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Pretty Mental

Pretty Mental is about accepting our full selves and inspiring others to do the same by being daringly unfiltered. This means completely normalizing all things mental health and the wild journey that has brought us here. We are challenging the stigmatization of normal human suffering. We are done pretending and subscribing to the notion that it’s taboo to have challenging mental health experiences. Welcome to the pretty mental health club and enjoy the show! Tune in every Monday at 6am EST for a

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41. Finding Strength in Flexibility with Kier Gaines

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2020/11/02

Today we had an impactful, unfiltered, and super real conversation with Kier Gaines of @kierandthem. Topics mentioned in this episode: Getting real about building psychologically flexible systems for our mental health The art of building and maintaining healthy relationships His journey into the space of mental health advocacy Transcending the cultural conditioning and narratives of toxic masculinity Practicing and redefining joy Kier IG: @KierandThem Kier & Them YouTube Website:

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00:52:21

40. Trauma, Ayahuasca, & the Power of Community with...

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2020/10/26

Today we talked to our good friend Carlos Aviles all about his healing journey. In this conversation we covered: The psychological impact of shutting down his emotions in order to survive military service Challenging the negative stereotypes and cultural narratives that encourage men to suffer in silence Moving through the grief of losing his son and what healing from this has looked like The ayahuasca experience that turned his life around Carlos Aviles IG: @the_real_carlosaviles Carlos

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00:46:36

39. The Truth is Somewhere in the Middle

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2020/10/19

Happy Monday family! We are back with a new podcast today talking about: 💃🏻 V led P through her first breathwork session experience 💃🏻 Letting go of the rational mind and leaning into embodied practices to make more room for joy 💃🏻 Different methods for challenging the thoughts and compulsions that keep us trapped in anxious and depressed loops 💃🏻 How to raise our tolerance for uncertainty Donate to our GoFundMe to help Andrill & Azariah Website: PrettyMental.Com IG:

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00:44:12

38. We’ve All Experienced Trauma - Let’s Talk About It!

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2020/10/06

We're normalizing the conversation on trauma - Big "T" and little "t". In our latest conversation, we covered: New insights and research we’ve been learning from on trauma and depression Understanding the impact of temperament on the manifestations of trauma Why we love embodiment practices like breathwork when it comes to healing trauma Donate to our GoFundMe to help Andrill & Azariah Website: PrettyMental.Com IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial Twitter: @PrettyMentalVal Contact:

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00:46:38

37. Bringing All of Your Different Selves to the Table

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2020/09/28

Today's episode features: V & P updates Our current feelings about the Breonna Taylor ruling How we are handling the world of news and politics right now A deep dive into Parts work (game changer!!) Website: PrettyMental.Com IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial Twitter: @PrettyMentalVal Contact: Community@PrettyMental.com Support Pretty Mental on Patreon

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00:46:11

36. Redefining "Goals" and Flowing with the Mystery...

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2020/09/21

In today's conversation we are challenging old paradigm of goal setting with an approach that is more sustainable for our mental health. A few of the topics covered: Gearing up and coping ahead for the mood changes that come with the colder seasons Updates on our personal therapy journey Creating “goals” that are mental health informed aka goals that are aligned with inner peace Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke "God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the

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00:54:47

35. How We Healed from Eating Disorders & Body...

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2020/09/14

Get ready for one of the most vulnerable, raw and honest podcast episodes we’ve done so far. Today we cover: V’s journey with looking for a therapist and our insights into finding the right match Our lived experience with eating disorders and body dysmorphia and our journey to healing Common patterns that take place in eating disorders and how these patterns are extremely similar to those in OCD The social conditioning that’s important for us all to challenge in order to heal our

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00:45:12

34. Normalize Being Human

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2020/09/07

Integrating insights from Vale’s trip to Mexico Navigating the rigidity we experience in America relative to our experiences in other countries Paula’s thoughts on the rules she’s encountered in the mental health system Why love is a basic need for mental health The importance of addressing context whenever we talk about mental health “conditions” Why it’s so misguided to blame everything on genetics Finding the balance between challenging ourselves to adapt and honoring our authentic

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00:46:36

33. Resting Back into Our Worth

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2020/08/24

Remembering our inherent value beyond productivity The necessity of intentional rest and challenging narratives of rest as “laziness” What it means to us to live a lifestyle that holds rest as a sacred practice How to practice healthy emotional/energetic boundaries while being there for those we love Learning to not be scared of ours and others’ heavier emotions Show Notes: The Nap Ministry Website: PrettyMental.Com IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial Twitter: @PrettyMentalVal

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00:59:46

32. Leveraging Beauty & Sensuality to Surrender and...

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2020/08/17

How both pain and beauty are equally powerful elements in the healing journey How creative practices and the arts are powerful and necessary medicines for our souls The importance of switching up our environments & routines Managing feelings of regret and making peace with our individual journies Understanding & overcoming chronic guilt The necessary balance between softness and strength within all of us Show Notes: The Great Surrender Website: PrettyMental.Com IG:

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00:49:45

31. Shaking Off Social Pressure and Honoring Our Own...

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2020/08/03

Covered in this episode: Honoring our own timelines by challenging society’s expectations Leaning into the most authentic versions of our lives and how by freeing ourselves we free others What it means to move through life by the guidance of our intuition and how we can get better at doing this How do we define failure? Lessons from Valentina’s second ayahuasca journey Website: PrettyMental.Com IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial Twitter: @PrettyMentalVal

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00:47:32

30. Tackling the Fear of Death and Challenging our...

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2020/07/27

Today we sat down and processed through: The ways in which control issues are ultimately rooted in our fear of death. Why leaning into the work of challenging our individual and collective compulsive need for control is particularly important right now for our mental health. What it looks like find a balance between having agency over our lives, taking action, and letting go. The experiences we have each gone through that caused us to search for a balance in our own controlling issues.

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00:20:00

Meditation for a Heavy Heart (Heart-Opening)

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2020/07/22

When our hearts are aching, we must answer the call. Website: PrettyMental.Com IG: @PrettyMentalOfficial Twitter: @PrettyMentalVal

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29. Overcoming Codependency & People Pleasing Habits

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2020/07/20

Today we processed through some of the challenges that come along with maintaining a healthy lifestyle in a society where that is still not the norm. This naturally looped us into a deeper conversation on the nuanced aspects of practicing boundaries without getting too rigid. We explored some of the underlying causes of people-pleasing compulsions and how we can begin to challenge this tendency and why it’s so important if we hope to move away from having fear-based co-dependent relationships with

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00:58:09

28. Understanding Postpartum and General OCD with...

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2020/07/13

Today we sat down with our close friend, the beautiful soul, and extremely talented Kristen Giorgi to deep dive into her personal experiences with postpartum OCD & depression. We normalize the fact that most of us experience some mental health challenges despite what our social media might depict. We go over the very real ways in which pregnancy and childbirth are a trauma for the body and why it’s so important to validate and better understand this aspect of the experience for women and for the

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00:53:32

27. Why We Need Healthy Boundaries for Open-Hearted...

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2020/07/06

Today we sat down and spoke to the timeliness of acknowledging the need for all of us to engage in heart-opening work if we hope to heal and dismantle the ongoing trauma that is being perpetuated through individual and collective practices of oppression. We also address the ways in which healthy boundaries are absolutely necessary if we are going to feel safe enough to keep our hearts open. We take you guys through specific examples of how we can recognize that our boundaries are being crossed, how

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01:21:02

26. Challenging the Politics of Silence with Dr....

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2020/06/29

For today’s podcast we sat down to have an amazing conversation with University of Georgia professor Dr.Rumya Putcha to discuss her research on the intersection between race, gender, systems of oppression and the politics of silence in the United States in general and how this shows up in wellness spaces in particular. We unpacked the ways in which we have come to often misuse the concept of self-care to avoid and turn away from difficult yet necessary conversations and the trauma caused when we

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00:50:00

25. Relating to Anger in a Healthy Way & Dismantling...

Pretty Mental ·

2020/06/22

Today we unpack the biology of our anger and its role in our body’s survival instinct as well as how we can relate to it in a healthy way during these times. We also continue to explore what it looks like to dismantle our own privilege and the language that we use so that we can continue to be actively anti-racist. We talked about DARVO which is the strategy that is commonly used by abusers to keep their power and why it’s important to be conscious of this strategy as we continue challenging the

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00:54:06

24. The Narcissistic Roots of Oppression and Why Your...

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2020/06/15

In today's podcast we sat down and unpacked the validity of the anger that is coming up right now, the role that Narcissism has played in creating these systems of oppression, and we grappled with the questions of why we did not start speaking out on this more passionately before now, We also explore why sustainable change will require that we turn the energy of this movement into a lifestyle, and we finish off with an exploration into the dehumanizing psychology of White

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01:08:54

23. Unpacking Systemic Racism & Choosing Sides with...

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2020/06/08

In today’s podcast, we sat down with Psychotherapist and social justice advocate Torri Johnson to dive deeper into the subject of systemic racism and unpacked some of the flaws in the criminal justice system that are allowing the oppression, abuse and killing of Black people in this country. We also addressed What White allies and all non-black allies need to be aware of as we continue forward with the Black Lives Matter movement as well as the importance of continuing to build this momentum while

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