Worrier to Warrior
by Lisa Dumas
Lisa Dumas is a somatic therapist passionate about educating adults and teens about calming anxiety and compassionately attending to mental health challenges in self and community. Join her each week as she shares stories, skills and conversations to help you soothe an anxious mind and body and remember you’re stronger than you think you are.
Episodes
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Caring for Others Without Losing Yourself
Long-time nurse, business owner and yoga/Ayurveda educator Aimee Pruitt is back on the pod sharing how to create boundaries and burnout resistance when caring for others as a career or as a parent or partner. Useful tips for anyone in a helping role and some extra advice for up-and-coming health...
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Loving an Anxious Human with Cliff Dumas
Who better to speak about what it’s like to love someone who has struggled with their mental health than Lisa’s long-time partner, Cliff Dumas. Listen to hear how Cliff discovered the truth of Lisa’s disordered panic and the best things he did to support her, plus how facing big fears can prove…
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The Helpers Need Help with Aimee Pruitt
After personally encountering nurses sharing stories of their degraded mental health due to the staggering pressure they’ve experienced throughout the last 2.5 years, Lisa talks to her former co-host and longtime RN Aimee about her perspective working in the industry, the toll she has personally...
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Don’t Sweep It Under the Rug
Yessica Avencena is a psychotherapist and the founder and CEO of Aspire Behavioural Health clinics and MindfulYou healing centers in California’s Central Valley. Yessica and Lisa discuss the mental health crisis we are collectively experiencing, how parents can support their struggling teens and...
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Holding Yourself and Others Through Worry and Anxiety
This week Lisa shares tools for feeling grounded and how important it is to ground ourselves while supporting others. She offers more information about holding space for loved ones struggling with anxiety and guides a simple practice to quickly get out of stressful thoughts and into a centered,...
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Protecting and Sustaining Energy
For us “worriers”, a lot of energy can be directed toward navigating our anxious inner dialogues and attempting to protect ourselves from the uncomfortable symptoms of anxiety. Cultivating a more peaceful inner landscape is not a luxury, it’s essential so that life can expand beyond worry. This...
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Nature Therapy
Lisa has been treating herself as she would a yoga therapy client by prescribing herself some tools to support bouts of lower mood and exhaustion related to big life transitions. Time in nature is a simple, but meaningful way to support the body’s need for movement which in turn uplifts the mind...
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Acceptance and Letting Go
Lisa is in her third week living in an empty nest and shares how she and her husband are working with acceptance to find peace as parents. She offers some inspirations on the art of letting go and discusses the concept of non-attachment and how it can lead to more love for ourselves and those we...
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Flowing with Change and Emotion
This week Lisa shares about the reality of saying goodbye to her daughter as she launches to college in Scotland and how to relate with more than one emotion at a time. She offers some inspiration and concepts to flow through emotions rather than becoming stuck in them and challenges herself (and...
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Yoga Therapy for Anxiety and Autoimmune Conditions
Yoga Therapy for Anxiety and Autoimmune Conditions with Susan Frankovich This week features an interview with one of Lisa’s colleagues, Yoga Therapist Susan Frankovich. Lisa and Susan explain the difference between yoga therapy and a yoga class and how it can offer relief from anxiety, autoimmune...
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Speak it Out Loud and Savour the Sweetness
This week Lisa shares the many ways her life changed over quarantine and the inspirations that supported her through a cross-border move, disenchantment with the wellness industry and a newfound purpose to work with young people struggling with their mental health. Find out more about us and our...
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Celebration, Anger and Feeling it All
Our first brand new episode in a year chronicles Aimee’s experience as a new business owner and a nurse navigating the pandemic and the practices that helped her along the way. Join us for a Radiant Summer! Our robust course is back and includes seven thoughtfully crafted master classes and...
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We're back (almost). BONUS Solstice episode!
On this episode: One year ago, Aimee and Lisa stepped away from the podcast, not knowing when they would return, because who could make a plan in 2020? Aimee had to prioritize her work as an experienced Registered Nurse in a global pandemic and Lisa was in the middle of a Covid pivot which…
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Burnout, Addiction and Connection
On this episode: From an Ayurvedic perspective, the beginning of summer signals the start of “pitta” season, a time of year related to the element of fire. For those of us with already “fiery” natures, this is an opportunity to be mindful of the effects of increased heat in our bodies and minds....
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Keep Going
On this episode: In the midst of worldwide protests to end systemic racism, white people are being called to acknowledge and dismantle our biases and take actions that can sustain change toward equality. This week Aimee and Lisa offer resources for continued education and share how our spiritual...
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Being Intentional in the Unknown
After a pause from the podcast, Aimee and Lisa are back with a conversation about processing the collective challenges we’ve been facing. They share how celebration and joy can exist alongside worry and difficult emotions and some examples from their lives. They also talk about what they want to...
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Grounding in Uncertainty
This week Aimee and Lisa acknowledge the challenge to remain steady amidst the ever-changing news and regulations announced to battle the spread of COVID-19. They share what’s coming up for them, what wisdom traditions offer about handling troubling times and a few simple tools and concepts to…
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A Healing Practice for Anxious Times
While Aimee is called to use her skills as a registered nurse in Columbus, Ohio, Lisa hosts solo and offers a practice she hopes will be helpful. There’s a lot of information out there about the benefits of meditation. If you haven’t had a regular practice, it’s a hard time to start something…
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Family, Relationships and Emotions While Staying at Home with Counsellor Susan Guttridge
This week we talk to Masters Level Counselor and EMDR Facilitator Susan Guttridge about how to process our own varied emotions and reactions to social distancing while being in close proximity to those we live with for an unknown amount of time. Susan also shares wisdom and advice for those…
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Right Action, Right Now
As a registered nurse for the last 25 years, host Aimee Pruitt is on the front lines of our current health crisis in her home state of Ohio. She’s feeling strongly about the actions that we are taking as a global community right now and tells us why it’s time to stay the f@!k home. Lisa and Aimee...
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Upholding the Roots of Yoga with Sarah Cutfield
The underpinnings of yoga include lifetimes worth of wisdom, symbolism and mythology to inspire and enrich the experience of the practitioner. In our contemporary practice, it’s easy to be unaware of how postures got their names, the reasons for chanting and the beauty of the epic tales that are…
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Healing Trauma and Opening the Heart with Nicolai Grosell
When old pain is released through energetic movement and consciousness is brought to our habitual patterns, we can move toward freeing ourselves and make lasting changes. We can achieve this freedom and change through a holistic process involving body, emotion, mind, and spirit. Nicolai Grosell…
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Inspired
Did you know there are massive benefits to being inspired? On this episode, Aimee and Lisa talk about the importance of inspiration and how they keep themselves inspired. They refer to a quote Lisa read years ago that suggests offering gratitude upon waking each morning and asking for just one...
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Self-Discovery Through Relationship with Lisa and Aimee
Lisa just got back from a couples retreat with her partner and brought back some insights to share. Our opportunity in any relationship is to learn more about ourselves. When we’re frustrated or annoyed with someone else, what aspect of our past is being triggered? Lisa shares a realization that...
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Heal Your Stories, Heal Your Health with MD Karyn Shanks
Dr. Karyn Shanks is a physician, teacher, and author of Heal—A Nine-Stage Roadmap to Recover Energy, Reverse Chronic Illness, and Claim the Potential of a Vibrant New You. She believes that health and vitality are essential for the highest expression of our human potential and that the bones of...
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The Pressure of Being “Good” with Psychotherapist Jodi Krahn
For every woman who ever felt not good enough in some way- not smart enough, pretty enough, not a good enough mother, friend or daughter- this one’s for you. Aimee and Lisa have an unexpected therapy session with their regular guest Jodi Krahn as they relay a recent revisit of unhealed, younger...
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Celebrate The Good
When was the last time you took some time to truly celebrate you, your accomplishments and how far you’ve come? Lately, Aimee and Lisa have been reminded to take a minute and soak up the good stuff when it arrives, instead of moving right on to the next thing. They offer some inspiration for...
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Mindfulness and Money with Manny Weintraub
Manny Weintraub specializes in explaining investing (in plain English) to people who haven’t seriously considered it. As an avid meditator, yoga enthusiast, and a Chartered Financial Analyst with 30 years of experience, Manny has a unique approach that focuses on mindful investing and retirement....
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Small Shifts, Big Change with Coby Kozlowski
Our first episode of 2020 is an inspiring conversation with Coby Kozlowski. Coby is a senior faculty member at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health and Esalen Institute and author of the wonderful book- One Degree Revolution: How the Wisdom of Yoga Inspires Small Shifts That Lead to Big Changes.…
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Being Useful with Brandt Passalacqua
In the last episode of 2019, Aimee and Lisa have a meaningful conversation with Lisa’s Yoga Therapy Teacher, Brandt Passalacqua. Brandt is the creator of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School and has been enjoying Yoga and the healing arts since 2001 after overcoming obesity and a...
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A Year Later
As the podcast comes close to celebrating its first year anniversary, Aimee and Lisa share their big takeaways from the amazing and insightful guests they welcomed to the show in 2019! A Radiant Winter: The doors open to join the program as we shift into offering tools to help you stay harmonized...
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Shift with the Seasons
This week Lisa flies solo while Aimee enjoys a much-needed retreat. In her absence, she enjoys a conversation with Tori Peck, a traffic reporter from San Diego who has been a participant in Aimee and Lisa’s online program “A Radiant Fall”. We asked Tori if she would be willing to share her story...
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No Shame
When struck by a memory of a past mistake, do you experience the initial sense of shame all over again? Aimee and Lisa both recently had an experience of remembered shame and how it can cause us to speak terribly to ourselves as more punishment. This week, a discussion about self-forgiveness,...
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The Power Of Purpose
Over the last few weeks, Lisa and Aimee have each experienced an abundance of opportunities to live what they feel to be their “dharma”, their sacred duty or purpose. The teachings of yoga have told us all along that one of the pillars of a rich, fulfilled life is finding meaning. Now, western...
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Good Qi with acupuncturist Danielle Leclair
This week Aimee and Lisa welcome one of Lisa’s favourite practitioners onto the show- (R.TCMP, R.Ac) Danielle Leclair. She shares what acupuncture is, how it works, how to manage our vitality in the darker months of fall and winter and how traditional Chinese medicine looks at our bodies, our…
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Truth Wins with Katie Brauer
This is an incredibly inspiring conversation with one of the best pro-snowboarders in the world turned yoga teacher and entrepreneur, Katie Brauer! Katie shares all the ways she has literally and figuratively fallen and gotten back up and how her childhood and professional sports career helped…
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I Feel Good and I Knew That I Would
This week Aimee and Lisa talk about the importance of committing to feeling good every day, and how that might be the most essential thing we do all day. When inevitable stress and discomfort arises, we can easily fall away from choices that support us and fall into patterns that make us feel...
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Small Miracles
In times of change and upheaval, it’s easy to let our practices go and let stressful thoughts rule our inner environment. This week Aimee is feeling overwhelmed and ungrounded which the 5000-year-old science of Ayurveda says we may be more susceptible to during the transition season of fall.…
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The Daily Grind as a Spiritual Practice
Both Aimee and Lisa agree that taking in a yoga class can help change our perception of a “bad day” into a better one. But what happens when going to a class isn’t possible, wanted, or available? Real-life offers plenty of opportunities to take the yogic path off the mat. In this episode, you’ll...
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Bring it Into the Light
Lisa is traveling to teach a workshop she created to offer tools to soothe anxiety and she shares why they work. This leads Aimee and Lisa into a deep conversation about Lisa’s experience with disordered panic, and how speaking openly about fear can take it’s power away. Resources: Rick...
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The Spaces Between
It’s the first week of October so Aimee and Lisa share what’s beginning and what’s ending. Then, they discuss having a similar experience- living through an extra-long workday and feeling strong and vital afterward because of threading their practices through their schedule as it unfolded. Listen...
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Real Talk
In this episode, Aimee updates us on the outcome of the “saintly” adventure she shared last week which prompts Lisa to tell a story about a fertility frog?? Then Aimee and Lisa attempt to offer some practices to honor the first week of fall, but they keep getting sidetracked. First, by authentic...
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Make time
This week Aimee and Lisa are together in Aimee’s home city of Columbus after teaching together at Aimee’s studio. The two talk about how fall can aggravate the Ayurvedic dosha (bioenergy) of vata which is a drying and turbulent quality that can cause us to feel anxious and overwhelmed. The two...
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Take Care of You
When emotional upheaval or exhaustion strikes, what happens? Our reactions to the realities of life often cause us even more pain. But, once we know better, we endeavor to do better. This episode is all about using the tools we teach in our real lives to support ourselves when things get real....
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Building a Tool Box
Whether it’s learning to conquer worry, shift habitual negative thinking or create a structure that supports self-care, there’s a practice for that from the traditions of yoga and Ayurveda. This week, Aimee and Lisa give examples of tools they’ll be offering in their upcoming digital program- “A...
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Chakra Talk Part 2
There’s so much to say about the energetic aspect of the body and Aimee and Lisa hope to make this more mystical subject accessible by sharing how they personally relate to what can happen if there’s an imbalance in the system. This episode is full of ideas to help you speak your truth, enhance...
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Rock Your Chakras- Part 1
This week is all about a more mystical aspect of yoga philosophy- the chakra system. For some, the energetic architecture of the body may seem theoretical, for others, it’s a useful healing resource. If it’s true that the balance of centers of energy within can influence everything from how well…
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Out of the Shadows
We all have qualities that we’ve learned are bad or wrong so we’ve rejected them in ourselves and others. When someone else sees our shadow selves, it is extremely uncomfortable to be faced with an aspect of ourselves we have judged harshly. This week, Lisa’s shadow came into the light. Lisa and...
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Good Grief
This week Aimee shares her perspective of the collective mourning being experienced in her home state of Ohio since last weekend’s tragic events. This leads to a conversation about an emotion that we all share, but many of us fear- grief. Aimee speaks about her own journey with grieving and Aimee...
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What an Aromatherapist Wants You to Know
If you’ve ever been interested in using essential oils in a safe and effective way, this episode is for you. Aimee and Lisa are joined by the truly authentic Certified Holistic Aromatherapist Sandra Detwiller who shares some of her vast knowledge about how aromatherapy works, how we can utilize…
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About this show
Lisa Dumas is a somatic therapist passionate about educating adults and teens about calming anxiety and compassionately attending to mental health challenges in self and community. Join her each week as she shares stories, skills and conversations to help you soothe an anxious mind and body and remember you’re stronger than you think you are.
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