When Depression is in Your Bed℠
When Depression Is in Your Bed℠ is a podcast about what happens when life gets hard and how we find our way back to connection.
Hosted by Trish Sanders, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Advanced Imago Relationship Therapist and Relationship Coach, each episode explores the complex relationship between our nervous systems, our relationships, and our emotional well-being.
Through a blend of personal stories, professional insights, and practical tools, Trish tackles topics such as depression, communication, perfectionism, neurodivergence, self-trust, conflict, repair, empathy, boundaries, attachment, nervous system regulation, and relational healing.
With honesty, warmth, and a deep belief in people's capacity to grow, Trish helps listeners understand not only why they get stuck, but how meaningful change becomes possible.
Whether you're struggling with depression, feeling disconnected from yourself or your partner, or simply trying to navigate life with more awareness and compassion, this podcast offers a roadmap back to connection, again and again.
When Depression is in Your Bed℠
Latest Episodes
#79 When Caring Feels Like Criticism: How Fear Changes the Conversation
Have you ever tried to help someone you love, only to have your care experienced as criticism?It can be one of the most frustrating and confusing experiences in a relationship. We know our intentions are good. We know we're coming...
#78 The Road to Growth: How Relationships Change Our Expectations
What if the people we love aren't just shaping our memories? What if they're shaping what we come to expect?Whether we realize it or not, every relationship is shaping what becomes familiar. And what becomes familiar gradually bec...
#77 Prediction as Protection: When Disappointment Clouds the Bright Spots
What if your brain isn't expecting the worst because you're pessimistic? What if it's trying to protect you?Have you ever noticed how easy it is to say, "Of course..." when something frustrating happens, but "Can you ...
#76 Connecting Through Struggle: Why It Felt Safe and Kept Me Stuck
What if one of the primary ways you've learned to connect with other people has also been quietly keeping you stuck?In this episode, I explore a realization that completely changed the way I think about empathy, healing, relations...
#75 Staying the Course: When Disappointment Doesn't Have to Become Dysregulation
What if healing doesn't mean you stop feeling disappointed, but that disappointment no longer has the power to pull you into the same old stories?In this episode, I share a very ordinary moment with my husband, Ben, that became an...