The guest on today's show is Jennifer Owens, the co-founder and Wellness Director of Bridge Counselling and Wellness, in Louisville, Kentucky. Bridge Counselling and Wellness is an Integrative Health Centre that provides individual therapy, yog

09: Emotional Regulation, Part 2

Mar 3rd, 2017 24m 25s

In part 2 of today’s topic, we are going to continue to submerge ourselves in the idea of regulating emotions. Today, we are going to focus specifically on emotion regulation in an everyday way to handle our emotions. Last week we explored 10 d

08: Emotional Regulation, Part 1

Feb 17th, 2017 28m 1s

Today we’re talking about emotion regulation! It’s a big topic so I’m breaking it into 2 parts. In this episode I’ll cover what the emotions are, and why we want to regulate emotions. We’ll talking about the function of the emotion, the physiol

07: Using STOP Skills to Cope with Stress

Feb 3rd, 2017 23m 40s

Do you ever find yourself reacting to stressful events in a way that makes them worse? Would you like to learn a technique to help you to accept unavoidable, unpleasant occurrences calmly and without losing to the situation? If this is you, joi

06: Lovingkindness Meditation: A Practice

Jan 27th, 2017 10m 30s

Today we’re going to be doing something little bit different. As you may have heard in Episode 1, I believe that self-compassion is an important part of us being comfortable with ourselves and is the first step to making changes in our lives.

05: The Art of Relaxation with Daniel Hyde

Jan 20th, 2017 44m 40s

Welcome to today’s show with my guest, Dan Hyde. Dan is a licensed massage therapist and instructor in the martial arts of Tai Chi and Chi Kung. He practices in Greensboro, NC, at Move With Life Martial Healing. Dan centers his work around the

04: Using Food as a Natural Mood Enhancer with Doug Cook

Jan 13th, 2017 40m 14s

My guest today is Doug Cook, a registered dietician who specializes in functional nutrition and its role in mental health. Doug lives and works in Toronto and is the author of The 175 Best Superfood Blender Recipes. Doug helps people identify d

03: Carving Out Time for Self-Care with Pam Ladetto

Jan 6th, 2017 20m 49s

Are you stressed out, always caring for others with little time for yourself? Would you really benefit from some self-care? If so, listen in to Jennifer Cobb, licensed social worker, and dialectical behavior therapist, interviewing Pam Ladetto,

02: Make Meditation Your Medication with Jimmy Tunstall

Dec 22nd, 2016 31m 35s

This week’s Skill for life is meditation. Meditation slows aging, improves concentration, reduces stress, encourages a healthy lifestyle, increases happiness, and it delays death. Our guest, Jimmy Tunstall, is a counselor-therapist and a med

01: Cultivating Self-Compassion

Dec 21st, 2016 10m 46s

In today's episode Jennifer Cobb talks about self-compassion and gives us some tips for cultivating more. It's a concept that most of us are familiar with, but we tend to think that too much elf-compassion means that you just accept every flaw

00: Introduction to Skills 4 Livin'

Dec 16th, 2016 9m 4s

This is the introductory episode of your podcast Skills for Life, hosted by Jennifer Cobb, MSW, LCSW, DBTC. She founded and heads the Guilford Counseling, PLLC where she is a Clinical Social Work/Therapist and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT

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