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How to Stop Ruminating Feb 15, 2023

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Cows spend 7-8 hours a day chewing, swallowing, regurgitating, re-chewing, and re-swallowing their food. That's a lot of time! Humans spend a lot of time ruminating as well. Rather than ruminating on food, they ruminate on thoughts: they love to chew on thoughts over and over again, swallow them, regurgitate them, and chew on them some more. While rumination can be helpful to cows in digesting food, rumination for humans has the opposite effect. It wastes time, depresses our mood, and keeps us from solving a problem. In this episode, we dive into rumination--why we do it and how to stop it.
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Weaknesses are Just Strengths Overused Jan 30, 2023

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Have you ever noticed that sometimes the very things you love about someone are also sometimes the things that drive you crazy? Often our strengths and our weaknesses are two sides of the same continuum. We're constantly late but it's because we're optimistic about how much we can get done. We're compassionate, but when we care too much, we might neglect ourselves to solve other's problems. Understanding that our weaknesses are actually just our strengths overused can be a game changer in helping us accept ourselves AND in learning how to navigate situations with our strengths as opposed to our weaknesses.
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Solving for Mental Load (Without Sabotaging Your Marriage) Jan 23, 2023

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Do you ever feel like you have a CNN line ticker constantly moving across the bottom of your brain listing all the things you have to keep track of from whether you've run out of toilet paper, to order the soccer uniform, to making dinner, to exercising etc.? This is your mental load. Studies show that women carry significantly more of the mental load around home life than men do. In reaction to this, many women feel frustrated and expect men to "do their share." But what I've seen in my coaching is that this actually discourages both partners to blame the other partner and expect them to suddenly do what their partner does. I see it create frustration and disconnection in marriages. I created a podcast to share some ways to navigate mental load without sabotaging your marriage--in fact, it can bring you closer together.
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How to Love Your Body & Lose Weight Even If You've Tried Everything with Becca Brown Dec 05, 2022

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What do you say to yourself when you look in the mirror? Do things like, "Ugh, why am I so fat?" or "I hate my body" sound familiar? Many of us internalize messages starting at a young age that can lead to a negative body image.
It may not seem like a big deal. But actually, what we say to ourselves about our body has a tremendous impact on our emotional AND physical health. In fact, it plays an important role in whether or not we're able to lose weight.
Many people think they can hate themselves into losing weight. They think they have to force themselves to stop eating so much or work out more. But most people who attempt this method end up discouraged.
Ironically learning to love your body is actually the most effective, lasting, and fun way to lose weight! And it's possible...even if you feel like you've tried everything.
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Gratitude & The Law of The Harvest Nov 23, 2022

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In gardening and agriculture, it's clear that you'll reap what you sew. If you plant corn, you won't reap wheat. The law of the harvest is also true in our emotional health. However, sometimes it is less obvious. Gratitude is one type of seed we can plan that can help us grow and cultivate happiness and emotional health.
Gratitude has physical and emotional benefits, particularly when it’s practiced regularly. In this episode, we discuss some of these benefits, how gratitude creates them, and how to cultivate gratitude regularly in your life.
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What Happens to a Couple When Relocating? Addressing the "Invisible Changes” with Karina Lagarrigue Oct 19, 2022

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Regardless of whether you’ve moved several times or this is your first move as a couple, there are invisible changes that happen to both partners during transition. My guest, Karina Lagarrige—an international psychologist who specializes in expat couples—discusses what these changes are and how to deal with them in a way that brings you closer, not farther apart as a couple.

In this episode you’ll learn:

What are some of the “invisible changes” couples experience when moving?
Why do they experience these?
What issues do these “invisible changes” create for the couple?
The difference between overcoming and addressing an issue
When it’s time to deal with an issue and when it’s time just to get by
What an emergency kit might look like for a couple who is struggling with a move.

Links Referred to in the Podcast:

Link for Expat Couple’s Summit
https://www.expatcouplessummit.com

Link to participate in Expat Mom Research for Karina Lagarrigue
Karina is an international psychologist doing research on personality and adjustment to expat motherhood. If you are willing to participate, please click the link below.
ADJUSTING TO EXPATRIATED MOTHERHOOD
https://qmulsciences.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a2XwJ4RkYMleatE
If you are not an expat but want to contribute to enlarging the literature on how personality, social support, coping mechanisms, etc. modulate the experience of becoming a mother, please fill in this form and be part of my control group!

ADJUSTING TO MOTHERHOOD
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Midlife Transition #3: A Practical Guide for Navigating a Midlife Crisis Oct 14, 2022

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Just like you wouldn't try to find a new place in a new city without a map or a GPS or a guide, you won't want to navigate a midlife transition without a guide either. You aren't usually at your best in "crisis" so it's even more essential to have a guide. This podcast will walk you through seven helpful ways to navigate a midlife crisis.
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ADJUSTING TO EXPATRIATED MOTHERHOOD
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If you are not an expat but want to contribute to enlarging the literature on how personality, social support, coping mechanisms, etc. modulate the experience of becoming a mother, please fill in this form and be part of my control group!

ADJUSTING TO MOTHERHOOD
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Midlife Transition #2 Mindset Mistakes & Midlife Crisis Sep 26, 2022

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When we reach midlife, it is often accompanied by a variety of changes. Those changes can often trigger a midlife crisis. The way we think about and respond to that experience to make a tremendous different in how we navigate a midlife crisis. It can make the difference of suffering and prolonging a midlife crisis vs. a midlife crisis being the impetus for us to become who we were meant to become. There are five mindset shifts that can help us traverse the midlife transition successfully.
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ADJUSTING TO EXPATRIATED MOTHERHOOD
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If you are not an expat but want to contribute to enlarging the literature on how personality, social support, coping mechanisms, etc. modulate the experience of becoming a mother, please fill in this form and be part of my control group!

ADJUSTING TO MOTHERHOOD

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Midlife Transition #1: Am I Having a Midlife Crisis? Sep 13, 2022

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One of the questions I get frequently is, “Am I having a mid-life crisis?” The way a mid-life crisis is portrayed in the media often does us a disfavor. We assume it looks like buying a Porche or quitting your job to travel the world alone. The truth is that mid-life is the intersection of some important shifts intellectually, emotionally, physically, and intellectually. These changes often cause us to reflect on our lives, to re-evaluate ourselves and our relationships, and sometimes compel us to make changes. This is normal. It’s part of the human experience, and it’s a powerful opportunity for growth. This episode is part of a series on mid-life transition. In this episode we’ll break down what a mid-life crisis is, what triggers them, how you know if you are having one, and what the stages of one are. If you are human and you’re younger than 65, you won’t want to miss this one. :)
Episodes referred to:
The Grief Series-Episodes #63-#67
The Teenage Brain-Episode #54
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2nd Podcastiversary: How I Got From There...To Here Aug 24, 2022

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Do you ever look at other people and wonder how they got where they are now? On this episode, I'm excited to share a little of my journey starting out as an expat mom as I and my kids struggled with the challenges of expat life. I share some of the tools I discovered that helped me totally change my emotional health, my mothering experience, and our life abroad. I'm excited to share this piece of my journey with you on the 2nd anniversary of The Expat Mom Podcast.
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