Healing Outdoors and Owning Your Story | Grizel Caminas Bien | Therapist, Musician, and Mental Health Advocate

Grizel Bien is a therapist, musician, writer, and mental health advocate who uses art, nature, and storytelling to help people reconnect with themselves. From Miami to Moab, she has followed a path that blends creativity, psychology, and a deep love for the outdoors. Grizel opens up about her own mental health journey, why boundaries have been life-changing, and how the outdoors became her safe space for self-soothing and healing. She shares the tools that have helped her, from therapy and medication to music and photography, and why she believes facing your fears is the only way to move forward. This is a conversation about reclaiming your story, living unapologetically, and finding the spaces that let you be fully yourself. Chapters: 00:00 Meet Grizel Bien 01:40 How She Became a Therapist 04:30 Growing Up Between Miami and East Tennessee 07:15 Moving to Moab and Finding Home Outdoors 13:36 Why Nature Is Her Safe Space 17:37 Choosing to Be an Example for Change 20:50 From Professional Musician to Mental Health Advocate 24:00 Boundaries as a Tool for Survival and Growth 27:46 Challenging the Myths Women Are Told 31:20 How Art and Writing Support Mental Health 35:40 The Role of Therapy and Medication in Her Healing 40:10 Facing Demons and Finding the Truth 45:00 Why Connection and Humanness Matter Most 50:30 Women Who Inspire Her 54:24 Redefining What It Means to Be Many Things at Once 57:33 Clearing Mistakes and Staying Real 1:03:40 Why Mental Health Is the Foundation for Everything The Powerful Ladies podcast, hosted by business coach and strategist Kara Duffy features candid conversations with entrepreneurs, creatives, athletes, chefs, writers, scientists, and more. Every Wednesday, new episodes explore what it means to lead with purpose, create with intention, and define success on your own terms. Whether you're growing a business, changing careers, or asking bigger questions, these stories remind you: you're not alone, and you're more powerful than you think. Explore more at thepowerfulladies.com and karaduffy.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices