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A Conversation About Clinical Depression. Season 1 Episode 10. Part 2.

In this episode, the co-hosts, Xiomara and Victoria, continue their discussion about clinical depression. They get into details about some of the symptoms related to depression. In addition, they provide personal examples of their experiences with treatment for clinical depression and how it related to their personal and professional lives.

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A Conversation About Clinical Depression. Season 1 Episode 10. Part 1.

In this episode, the co-hosts, Xiomara and Victoria, discuss the difference between general depression and clinical depression. They get into details about how they each have experienced both and discuss the differences between onset, causes, treatment and other issues related to clinical depression. In addition, they provide personal examples of their experiences with clinical depression and how it related to their personal and professional lives.

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Where Have We Been? When Life Happens and Mental Health.

In this episode, the co-hosts, Xiomara and Victoria, discuss why they have not been posting podcasts for weeks. They get into details about what caused their absence and the different ways in which they responded to their situations and how they handled their mental health during those experiences. In addition, they provide personal examples of their own experiences with and how it related to their personal and professional lives.

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Grief and Mental Health. Season 1 Episode 8: Part 2.

In this episode, the co-hosts, Xiomara and Victoria, continue their discussion about grief and mental health. They get into details about what causes grief and the different ways in which different people experience the grieving process. In addition, they provide personal examples of their own experiences with grief and how it related to them from a cultural perspective.

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Grief and Mental Health. Season 1 Episode 8: Part 1.

In this episode the co-hosts, Xiomara and Victoria, have a discussion about grief and how to process it. They get into details about what causes grief and the different ways in which different people experience the grieving process. In addition, they provide personal examples of their own experiences with grief and how it related to them from a cultural perspective.

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Social Media and Mental Health.

In this episode the co-hosts, Xiomara and Victoria, have a discussion about social media and the negative and positive impact it can have on mental health. They get into details about how social media has impacted their personal lives and mental health in positive ways and in negative ways. They also provide some steps that we can all consider taking to protect our mental health when using social media.

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Self-care: What it is and is not.

In this episode the co-hosts, Xiomara and Victoria, have a discussion about what self-care really means in the mental health community. They get into details about what it is and what it is not. In addition, they provide personal examples of their own self-care go-to’s and give listeners other examples to consider for their own self-care routine.

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Signs That You Are With The Right Therapist.

In this episode the co-hosts, Xiomara and Victoria, have a discussion about whether or not you have found the right therapist for you. They provide examples of how to go about finding a therapist who is a good fit and some specific examples of what to look for. Much details are discussed about the green flags of a good therapist in addition to some specific red flags to look out for.

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Coaches are not Counselors/Therapists.

In this episode the co-hosts, Xiomara and Victoria, have a discussion about why coaches are not counselors/therapists. The discussion goes into personal and professional examples of how and why there are very distinct differences between the two. Some of the specifics that are discussed include the qualifications for both that includes education, training, supervision, boards, certification, and other significant credentials impacting the validity of each one.

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What is the Difference Between Mental Health and Mental Illness?

In this episode the co-hosts introduce themselves and share a little bit about their backgrounds. They then discuss why they decided to create this podcast and what their vision and mission are for it. They then dive into a discussion introducing the topic which is mental health and mental illness. The co-hosts explain how mental health and mental illness is experienced through different domains such as our personal lives, relationships, career, identity and other areas of our lives.

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