Conscious Mental Health

Bonus Episode! Common Client Conundrums: Holiday Prep Edition with Vanessa Blades, LPCC, IMHP

Academy of Integrative Mental Health

In this special bonus episode, Laurel and Vanessa Blades, therapist and integrative mental health professional, chat all things holiday-prep and focus on Common Client Conundrums that arise during the holiday season!

  • Setting your pace and intentions
  • Whose needs are you prioritizing?
  • Yellow Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - how to survive tough conversation traps
  • Money mindfulness
  • Forced family or Found family?
  • Special traditions
  • Non-holiday holiday movie recommendations
  • And more!

Resources from the show:

Check out our FREE companion resource for this episode in the Academy of Integrative Mental Health’s online learning library!✨
https://learn.academyimh.com/course/holidayplanning

Article on Yellow Rock:
https://www.onemomsbattle.com/blog/implementing-yellow-rock-communication-when-co-parenting-with-a-narcissist

Bonus resources:

You Can Disagree, Respectfully (Article)
https://open.substack.com/pub/nedratawwab/p/you-can-disagree-respectfully?r=1t63jj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Modified Gray Rock Communication (Video)
https://youtu.be/C5hytskUE_A?si=P2eKdjp7YQ1_jXl4

Grey Rock vs Yellow Rock (Video)
https://youtu.be/SL_4LE1FoJw?si=X2bp4eDiCnAONGPm

Holiday Anxiety (Video Playlist)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0f8EWxuyFagwACrUMdalfy7MthaFoAGm&si=yGUeHovTXwnbuJ0R

Where to find Vanessa:
http://www.bridgemindbody.com
Instagram: @bridge_mindbody

Get in touch: https://www.academyimh.com
Take a course: https://learn.academyimh.com

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