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The Shek Check
by The Shek Check
Self-awareness is a superpower we all need to strengthen, and we need some awareness from the outside to take it inward. To check ourselves. Host Erez Shek, with guests from around the world, is dropping that awareness surrounding our emotional health, personal growth, healing and well being. When we check ourselves, we wreck ourselves a little bit less. Let's get Shekked.
Episodes
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Grief: Somewhere Only We Know
Grief is known by many names- sadness, joy, anger, love, fear...just to mention a few. It is experienced & felt in ways that are unique to each of us and our relationship to the people, places or things that we are grieving. While many voices in this world want to help by claiming that they are...
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Anxiety, Horror Movies & Relief
What if we met our anxiety WITH anxiety? When we struggle with anxious feelings and thoughts we usually look for control and certainty to calm down- but what if we don't need to calm down? What if our anxious feelings and thoughts don't need our calmness but to be rerouted instead? What if we in...
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Anger: All the Cool Kids Are Feeling It
There are a lot of messages regarding anger and feeling angry. Being told it is bad, negative, and that it will drain you of your goodness. Hearing messages telling you to “manage" your anger or the importance to "calm down" when you are feeling angry. What if that was bullsh*t? At least some of...
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Stability: The Remix
For many people "stability" has been positioned as something we reach. Something we work towards or work for. A place we reach or find. How has that worked for you? While stability is officially defined as a quality, state or degree of being stable- what if we threw a wrench in that broad...
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Burnout, Being Human, & Beyond
If you are human than you have most likely experienced burn out in some form (in your form). So, what conversation are you having with yourself regarding burnout? What does it look like for you? How compassionate are you towards yourself when you are burnt out? How much of a human are you…
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Episode 100: F*CK GOALS
Have we missed the point of understanding what drives us instead of where we are driving to? Goals Vs. Values We live in a very goal and milestone centric society. We teach it in our schools and homes. They show up in our relationships, our work, our friendships, our families. They drive...
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Checkin' Internalized Toxic Positivity
What is toxic positivity? Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how crappy something is, no matter what uncomfortable emotions we are feeling, no matter what the situation is- people need to find the “positive” side things and find a more positive mindset. The phrase “toxic positivity”…
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Rebecca Kennedy: Journey to Body Positivity
Body image issues are more common than we think and more than we openly discuss. The fitness and diet culture remind us of this constantly. Rebecca Kennedy has lived through the toxic side of those issues and that culture and now she is changing it by example. Rebecca Kennedy is a ACSM Certified...
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Understanding the Inner Critic
The inner critic is what we call that inner voice that judges, criticizes and shames us. The thoughts surrounding actions, interactions, reactions, our choices and our behaviors- which can be harsh. We might hate on the inner critic for screwing with our self-esteem and our confidence, so in our...
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Kerri Hummingbird: Understanding the Mother Wound
What is the mother wound? Who does it affect? How does it show up? The mother wound is not a specific diagnosis but it is something that affects us all. We are all born of a mother- and there are generations of beliefs and behaviors that get passed down from that. The roles mothers played in the...
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Sunil Godse: Cultivating Intuition
Intuition is a form of knowledge that appears in consciousness without obvious choice or thought. It is not magical but rather a tool in which our impressions are produced from an unconscious place in our mind- formed from our past experiences and our cumulative unseen knowledge. If you are like...
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Accepting Communication
We all have had (or have) those people in our lives that frustrate us because of how they communicate....or how we think they don't communicate. We will blame them for the miscommunication, we create conflict around the miscommunication or lack of communication, and we exhaust ourselves trying to...
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Patrick Hill: Empowering Loss
We all face different kinds of loss in our lives, and we all go through hard times. It is an undeniable reality. The question becomes, what kind of freedom do we have to express what we are feeling? How safe do we think we are in expressing how and what we are going through? Loss and grief are…
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Reframe: Peace, Forgiveness & Healing
If you are like me, there are some very distinct images that pop up when I think of peace, forgiveness and healing. Cinematic images that seem far away and so hard to reach. What if we reframe those images? What if we reframe the concepts we have created around peace, forgiveness and healing?…
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Mindset Check: 2021
2020 has been exhausting right? So, it might feel natural to look at 2021 as the answer to all our problems. Is that helpful though? Is it helpful for us to demonize the year 2020, and romanticize the year 2021? Let’s do a quick mindset check. Check in and check out The Shek Check on social…
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Greg Bodin LMFT: Attachment Theory 101
Early childhood experiences shape how we feel in relationships and impact us through our whole life. How our needs are or aren’t met is what ultimately forms our attachment style later on in life. Psychotherapist Greg Bodin checked in with Erez to help us better understand attachment theory,...
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Haunted: Ghosts of Lies
The death of a truth creates the ghost of a lie. In this episode of The Shek Check, Erez serves a quick self-check on how powerful a lie can be and how even with time….it will always present itself in some way. Check in and check out The Shek Check on the web: Instagram:...
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Ralph De La Rosa: Reality, Rage & Resiliency
Do you struggle with seeing value in your anger or rage? Do you struggle with seeing value in your sadness? Do you struggle seeing the love that exists within those “negative” emotions? Author, Psychotherapist and Meditation Teacher Ralph De La Rosa sits down to chat with Erez about the search…
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How We Notice Hate…
In this episode, The Shek Check delves into how we notice hate in this world. Erez addresses the importance of looking beyond the hate that is bold and loud. In this episode Erez references to his chat with Dr. Angelica Pinna-Perez in this episode:...
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Sam Thomas: Bullies, Bulimia, Addiction & Recovery
What can it look like when two men open up about their experiences with bullies and eating disorders? In this episode of The Shek Check, Erez sits down to talk with Sam Thomas- a writer and men’s mental health advocate based in the U.K. Sam opens up about his own experiences with bullies…
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Passion (It's Personal)
In this episode, Erez Shek expands on the importance of viewing passion (and the things that we are passionate about) as unique to the individual. How can we better understand passion as a reaction to things outside of ourselves AND also (at the same time) in relation to ourselves? The Shek Check...
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David Monticalvo: Cultivating Creativity For Resiliency
How can you create and foster creativity in your life to strengthen your resiliency? In this episode of The Shek Check, Erez sits down with David Monticalvo to discuss discovering where creativity lives inside of each of us and how we can cultivate our creativity to build resiliency. David is a...
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Closet Space / LGBTQ History Month
In this episode, Erez highlights LGBTQ History month and the complexities of coming out of the closet- as well as what the future can look like with changed behaviors in our society. What can we do to create inclusivity in our behaviors, language, schools and homes to develop space for Lesbian,...
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Part II: Redefining r/Evolutionary with Guest Dr. Angelica Pinna-Perez
Continuing my chat with social action activist, educator and psychotherapist Dr. Angelica Pinna-Perez. In Part I of our discussion we started taking a closer look at our understanding of racism and how it is built into our systems (internal and external). We continue that in part II, exploring...
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Part I: Redefining r/Evolutionary with Guest Dr. Angelica Pinna-Perez
Host Erez Shek sat down this week to speak with Dr. Angelica Pinna-Perez, a trauma aware and culturally affirming psychotherapist, educator and social action activist. She is the founder of The Cervitude Coalition 501(c)(3), a non-profit increasing access to quality holistic mental health care. A...
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Trapped Emotions with Guest David Delgado
What are trapped emotions? All our emotions affect our bodies in different ways and carry different energy within us. What happens when energy doesn't get to release the way it should? It does not just disappear or go away. It stays with us. It becomes trapped. How do trapped emotions show up in...
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Focus Check: Changed Habits Vs. Changed Mindset
Which comes first? Changed Mindset or Changed Habits? When I posed this question to my followers on Instagram, I got very interesting results. A majority of people responded that a changed mindset comes first. Which is why, in this episode, I explain why I think it's important to look at changed...
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Impact: When Intentions Don’t Matter
An intention is an idea or a thought, that you plan to carry out. It may be a vibe or an energy that you are aiming for. What is impact? It is the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another object. It can be an effect of an action on someone or something. Our intention…
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The Case To be Loud
How much has silence hurt you? Were you taught that being loud was disruptive? How many times have you been told that silence is the same thing as peace? Does challenging silence scare you? Does it freak you out to be loud? Host Erez Shek explores the mythical connection between silence and…
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Black Lives Matter with Guest Lorren Cotton
Beyond the hashtags, the powerful protests, and the media coverage lives the real, honest, and maybe uncomfortable conversations between white people and black people that need to take place. Can we do that? Yes we can, if we choose to. Actress Lorren Cotton sat down to talk about her experience…
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The MindBody Syndrome (TMS) with Guest Kevin Martillo Viner Ph.d
What is The MindBody Syndrome? Author and TMS Coach Dr. Kevin Martillo Viner sat down with Erez Shek to delve into what happens when we realize that the body has been saying what the mind has not been ready to. Kevin Martillo Viner Ph.d is a NYC based TMS author and personal coach and holds a PhD...
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Checkin' Kenyth Mogan : Queer Artist Feature
Queer Songwriter and Musician Kenyth Mogan joins us this week to share his new single "You and Me" (out May 22) off his new album "Star Stealer" (out June 15). Covers of 80's classic's from female artists. We jumped right into topics of queer culture, comparison culture, owning and discovering...
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Involved Evolution: Part Two with Guest Sari Lehrhoff M.D.
Episode 73: Involved Evolution: Part 2 In Part Two, Host Erez Shek continues his chat with Sari Lehrhoff M.D., the alternative psychiatrist. We continue to explore our work to be involved in our evolution including looking at our beliefs of self, rituals for our self-care, sleep hygiene and how…
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Involved Evolution: Part One with Guest Sari Lehrhoff M.D.
Episode 72: Involved Evolution: Part 1 In Part One, Host Erez Shek chats with Sari Lehrhoff M.D. We explore her own personal evolution, her own choices and her involved decisions that have led to her current beliefs. Extending to her personal life, her work as a psychiatrist and her work with...
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#StayAtHome Stories: Part 2
Part 2: #StayAtHome Stories Within this global event we are all experiencing together, we are each experiencing it differently. We can create a lot of space for understanding, compassion and perspective when we just take the time to listen. About others and within ourselves. In Episode 70,...
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#StayAtHome Stories: Part 1
There is something powerful and uniting when we are sharing our lived experiences and shared experiences. As we face COVID-19 and how it is affecting our lives, this has never been more necessary. Within this global event we are all experiencing together, we are each experiencing it differently.…
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Yield for Change
We think the only way to create change, to grow or to become more than we are right now is to always go-go-go. We might believe that our productivity is defined by our ability to "push it real good". We might believe that if we have free time, then we have to fill it up as much as possible. We...
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Acceptance: Slammed With Uncertainty
Uncertainty The lack of certainty, a state of limited knowledge where it's impossible to exactly describe the existing state, a future outcome, our more than one possible outcome We don't always see how often we are dealing with uncertainty, because we are used to finding things and knowledge…
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Uncovering Space with Guest Ryan Allen
"Your life, in it's current state is your curriculum. You don't need to wait for someone or something else. It's you. It's your life. Embrace it all as if you've chosen it and let it teach you" - Ryan Allen The Shek Check is joined by Guest Ryan Allen- Writer, Coach, Breathwork Teacher and the...
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Walk In Contradiction
Are we able to have thoughts and beliefs that maybe oppose each other? What we might call "contradictions"? Yes, and the only time we struggle with that is when we are super aware of it. We are not one dimensional, we are not even two dimensional. How much would we struggle if we accepted that…
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Self-Awareness Tools: The “CheckingIn” App- Guest CEO & Founder Sean Burke
This week I sat down with Sean Burke, the Founder and CEO of "CheckingIn"- A self-awareness app that empowers people to tune into their emotions and energy levels in order to live healthier lives. Self-awareness is a super power that we all have access to within us, we often just need to start...
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The Breakfast Club Theory: A Lesson in Empathy
"They were five students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At 7 a.m., they had nothing to say, but by 4 p.m., they had bared their souls to each other. To the outside world they were simply a Brain, an Athlete, a Basket Case, a...
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De-clutter Within: A Present Moment Practice
We live in a world of to-do lists. We have things to plan, we have things to over-plan, we have work that needs to get done, we have people we need to meet, we have things we need to do, we have things we have to do, and of course things we want to do. While Marie Kondo will tell you to take a...
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Love is Love
Love is love. Like any feeling it is unlimited, it moves and it shifts. So why do we feel we need to compare our love? Why can't we hold space for the feeling, and how we feel it, and who we feel it for? Or who we have felt it for in the past? Why do we feel that we might have to sacrifice loving...
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Checkin’ Jason Hanasik
Sitting down with Journalist and Filmmaker Jason Hanasik to talk about his new film "A Childhood on Fire". “A Childhood on Fire” is a film about the father figures who violated Nick, the effects that abuse had on Nick’s sense of self and security, and the ways he is interrupting a cycle of…
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Processing Forgiveness
"What if forgiveness was more about processing, and less of a destination or a single act?" - Erez Shek Often we will be told to find forgiveness, or simply ask for forgiveness. However, nothing is as simple as a single moment, or a single act when it comes to our emotional health, our growth…
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Music: The Original Mental Health Advocate
Music and Musicians have been creating conversations around Mental and Emotional Health for decades. Creating conversations and communities of people who might not have met or spoken before. We can talk at people all we want, to educate and to bring awareness. We can plant those seeds, but we can...
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Shifts that Shape with Guest Tasha Jackson
Do our experiences shape us, or do the shifts we take from those experiences shape us? Or do they both? "I've looked at clouds from both sides now. From up and down..."- Joni Mitchell My conversation with Therapist and Author Tasha Jackson continues from Episode 57: "Swipe Right". There was a…
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Swiping Right with Guest Tasha Jackson
can we swipe right on ourselves to allow ourselves to swipe right on others. Therapist and Author Tasha Jackson joins me to talk about connecting in our social media age, dating in our social media age, and why we need to break down those thought barriers that keep us from swiping right. “Love is...
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Redefining Hope
What if....hope was not a magical thing outside of us that we had to find, that we had to hold on to, that we could lose? What if...hope is something we unknowingly practice everyday? What if...hope lived in our daily actions? What if...hope lived in the choices we make? What if...we redefined...
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Self-awareness is a superpower we all need to strengthen, and we need some awareness from the outside to take it inward. To check ourselves. Host Erez Shek, with guests from around the world, is dropping that awareness surrounding our emotional health, personal growth, healing and well being. When we check ourselves, we wreck ourselves a little bit less. Let's get Shekked.
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