All Episodes

The Better Me Podcast Farewell

EP 181 When Does Winter Start?

EP 180 Generational Autism (with guest Julie M. Green)

EP 179 Buddies, Books, and Baseball (with guest Jennifer Diehr)

EP 178 Adoption, Culture, and Identity (with guest Dr. Brittany Penner)

EP 177 Writing for the LGBTQ+ Community and Having Your Books Banned

EP 176 Welcome to Fall

EP 175 Patience With Yourself

EP 174 Chronic Pain, Identity, and Mental Health (with guest Gabrielle Drolet)

EP 173 The Unexpected

EP 172 Feeling Grief for People and Places (with guest Tessa McWatt)

EP 171 The Bad and The Ugly of GenAI (with guest Terry Greene)

EP 170 Changing Perspectives on Bears and Life (with guest Claire Cameron)

EP 169 Self-care as Community (with guest Renee Hess)

EP 168 Being True to Yourself (with guest Noelle Podar)

EP 167 Trying to Regain Some of What Depression Has Taken

EP 166 5 Years of Better Me

EP 165 Caring For Yourself During the Holidays

EP 164 Why is Change So Hard (with guest Najwa Zebian)

EP 163 Choice, Consequences, and Comfort Zones (with guest Oliver Burkeman)

EP 162 What She Said- Conversations About Equality (with guest Elizabeth Renzetti)

EP 161 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (with guest Michelle Hébert)

EP 160 Telling the Story of Jack Whalen

EP 159 Why Trees Could Save Humanity (with guest Diana Beresford-Kroeger)

EP 158 Privilege and Productivity

EP 157 Kicking Off the Fall 2024 Season

EP 156 Signing Off for The Summer

EP 155 What, So What, Now What?

EP 154 Setting an End-Time for Your Workday

EP 153 Give Yourself Time for Ideas

EP 152 Women and Mental Health- The Problems Aren’t All in Our Heads (with guest Misty Pratt)

EP 151 Take a Pause

EP 150 Domestic Violence - One woman’s story and the need for change (with guest Denise Chong)

EP 149 How Awareness and Heritage Months Connect to Mental Health

EP 148 You Have Choices

EP 147 Why Do You Do That?

EP 146 Individuals Make a Difference (with guest Sally Armstrong)

EP 145 In Consideration of Future You

EP 144 Distractions

EP 143 What You Consume Matters

EP 142 Self-care is About Doing

EP 141 Clearing the Deck With a Weekly Review (with guest Loleen Berdahl)

EP 140 The Brave Habit (with guest Todd Henry)

EP 139 Sunlight, Bravery, and What's Coming Up

EP 138 The Mocking of Trauma and Mental Health

EP 137 Habits and Encouragement

EP 136 The Interview (with guest host Kelly S. Thompson)

EP 135 Wrapping Up 2023

EP 134 It's Never Too Late to Tell Our Stories (with Fran Eldridge)

EP 133 Books, Chocolate, and Other Holiday Traditions (with guest Kelly S. Thompson)

EP 132 Writing to Process Tragedy (with guest Stephanie Kain)

EP 131 The Year of Heather

EP 130 Finding Some Joy

EP 129 Caring For Yourself When You're the Caregiver (with guest Kelly S. Thompson)

EP 128 Finding Your Sense of Belonging (with guest Ritu Bhasin)

EP 127 Returning to Musical Roots to Withstand the World (with guest Jesse Daniel Edwards)

EP 126 When Others Try to Define Your Identity (with guest Charlotte Gill)

EP 125 Bullies and Besties

EP 124 When the World is Heavy (with guest Loleen Berdahl)

EP 123 Doing the Work of Mental Health for Ourselves and Others (with guest Rowan Jetté Knox)

EP 122 Fall 2023 Kick-Off

EP 121 That's a Wrap on Winter-Spring 2023

EP 120 Cleansing Your Mental Palette

EP 119 Writing for Your Mental Health (with guests Loleen Berdahl and Kelly S. Thompson)

EP 118 Books, Festivals, and Home (with guest Jennifer Diehr)

EP 117 Depression is Scary

EP 116 Dogs Make Us Better People (with guest Rona Maynard)

EP 115 What Do You Need Right Now?

EP 114 How Are You? Busy (with guest Loleen Berdhal)

EP 113 Preparing Your Body to Avoid Injury (with guest Miranda Esmonde-White)

EP 112 - On Repentance and Repair (with guest Danya Ruttenberg)

EP 111 Writing to Tell Your Stories and to Help Others Heal (with guest Kelly S. Thompson)

EP 110 Chronic Stress, Burnout, and the Temptation of Dopamine (with guest Chris Bailey)

EP 109 Priorities and Creativity (with guest Loleen Berdahl)

EP 108 Every Family Has a Story (with guest Julia Samuel)

EP 107 Welcome to 2023

EP 106 We’re Talking Baseball … and Education and Podcasts (with guest Stephen Hurley)

EP 105 Meaningful Things Aren't Meant to Be Automatic

EP 104 Being Ready for Your Found Time (with guest Loleen Berdahl)

EP 103 Setting and Upholding Boundaries (with guest Melissa Urban)

EP 102 Freeing Yourself of Subscriptions

EP 101 Being Prolific, Brilliant, and Healthy (with guest Todd Henry)

EP 100 Trauma, Illness and the Myth of Normal (with guest Gabor Maté)

EP 99 Yes, Things Have Been This Bad Before (with guest Shaylyn Romney Garrett)

EP 98 Don’t Forget to Have Fun (with guest Isabeau Iqbal)

EP 97 The Earned Life (with guest Marshall Goldsmith)

EP 96 Fall 2022 Preview

EP 95 We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Program ...

EP 94 Avoiding Overwhelm in a Time of Crisis

EP 93 Starting Points

EP 92 What Can We Do About Imposter Syndrome (with guest Isabeau Iqbal)

EP 91 The Benefits of Doodling (with guest Giulia Forsythe)

EP 90 - Kangaroos, Courage, and Baseball (with guest Laney Jones)

EP 89 The Many Benefits of the Culture of Open (with guest Lena Patterson)

EP 88 My Pillars of Mental Health

EP 87 Starting Small

EP 86 Avoid Anxiety Over What You Can’t Control

EP 85 Lessons I’ve Learned From My Dogs

EP 84 Protect Your Boundaries From Yourself

EP 83 Success, Failure, and Boring Days

EP 82 Things That Make Me Happy

EP 81 With Self-Care, One Size Doesn’t Fit All (with guest Jorden Cummings)

EP 80 Having the Right Words

EP 79 Students Helping Students (with guest Terry Greene)

EP 78 EASY Goals, Motivation, and Time to Think (with guest Loleen Berdahl)

EP 77 Books, Book Banning, History and The Green Room (with guest Jennifer Diehr)

EP 76 The Teen Perspective (with guest Sydney B.)

EP 75 Don’t Be Trashy (with guest Tara McKenna)

EP 74 You Can’t Buy Happiness (with guest Michael Harris)

EP 73 Consistently, With a Few Mulligans

EP 72 Letting Go of Embarrassment

EP 71 Laughter, Grief, and Community (with guest Shawn Hitchins)

EP 70 Using Poetry to Talk About Mental Illness (with guest Sabrina Benaim)

EP 69 Midlife Transitions (with guest Dr. Kristina Dervatis)

EP 68 Living Through Tragedy with Help from Family, Laughter, and Pharmaceuticals (with guest Donna Morrissey)

EP 67 Integrity

EP 66 Stepping Back to Breathe (with guest Kirsteen MacLeod)

EP 65 Lessons Learned From Music, Parenting, and Life (with guest Emm Gryner)

EP 64 Welcome Home (with Guest Najwa Zebian)

EP 63 Stay on Top of Things, Without Burning Out (with guest Loleen Berdahl)

EP 62 Higher Ed Gig Economy in the Time of COVID-19 (with guest Christina Katopodis)

EP 61 Productivity and Mental Health - Part 4

EP 60 Productivity and Mental Health - Part 3

EP 59 Productivity and Mental Health - Part 2

EP 58 Productivity and Mental Health - Part 1

EP 57 Viewing Food and Myself Differently

EP 56 Being a Fine Wine

EP 55 Asking For Help Is a Sign of Strength

EP 54 Self-Care, Hope, and Connection (with guest Reverend Daniel Brereton)

EP 53 A Conversation About Mental Health (with guest Amanda Coolidge)

EP 52 Marking Another Milestone - 400+ Days of Meditation

EP 51 Being Open to Being Wrong

EP 50 - Celebrating A Milestone (with guest Dave Hemstad)

EP 49 The Joy of Music (with guest Darlene Langston)

EP 48 Mental Health and Evening Routines

EP 47 Mental Health and Morning Routines

EP 46 Life in a Fire Tower- Looking out and looking in (with guest Trina Moyles)

EP 45 Small Adventures and Chance Encounters

EP 44 Hockey, Addiction, and Gratitude (with guest Brantt Myhres)

EP 43 I Don't Know What You Mean

EP. 42 Teaching During COVID-19 (with guests Kate Harding and Marla Rosenthal)

EP 41 Designing For Everyone (with guest Jess Mitchell)

EP. 40 This Too Shall Pass (with guest Julia Samuel)

EP. 39 Should I Really Worry About That? (with guest Timothy Caulfield)

EP. 38 Welcome to 2021

EP. 37 I Did the Best I Could Do

Ep. 36 Dead Mom Walking (with guest Rachel Matlow)

Ep. 35 Talking to Strangers (with guest Marianne Boucher)

Ep. 34 A Radiant Life (with guest Merle Massie)

Ep. 33 The Problems With Diet Culture and Mental Health (with guests Angela Erickson and Jackie Reimche)

Ep. 32 Books, Books, and More Books (with guest Jennifer Diehr)

EP. 31 Supporting Instructors and Students Alike Through Mental Health Challenges (with guest George Siemens)

Ep. 30 Leadership Self-Care and Team-Care (with guest Mary Burgess)

EP 29 Nothing Much Happens (with guest Kathryn Nicolai)

EP 28 Role Models

EP 27 The Motivation Code (with guest Todd Henry)

EP 26 Mindfulness For You and Your Family (with guest Jessica Morey)

EP 25 Gratitude - The Role of Gratitude in Helping Us Feel Better

EP 24 Changing Minds and Hearts to Make the World a Better Place (with Heather Fenyes)

EP 23 Moving Forward When Things Go Sideways (with Shelby Edwards)

EP 22 My Manifesto

Ep 21 The good, the bad, and the advice for parents (with Sydney)

EP 20 Who You Eat With May Be Just As Important As What You Eat (with Marta Zaraska)

EP 19 Entitled to Nothing, Grateful for Everything (with Lisa Thomaidis)

EP 18 The Importance of Students ‘Fitting In’ (with Angela DeBarger)

EP 17 Read Any Good Books Lately (with Jennifer Diehr)

EP 16 The Role of Meditation in My Mental Health

Ep 15 The Quest to Make Education More Human (with Robin DeRosa)

EP 14 Feeling Fear (with Eva Holland)

EP 13 Living With the Unknown (with Greg Johnson)

EP 12 Increasing Access to Education (with Hugh McGuire)

EP 11 Slowing Down with Carl Honoré

EP 10 John Boyer

EP 09 Laughter is Good Medicine with Guest Dave Hemstad

EP 08 'Light a Fire' with Jeffery Straker

EP 07 A Tween Perspective ft Sydney B.

EP 06 Life is a Verb’ Even During a Pandemic ft Patti Digh

EP 05 Remember Your ‘Why"’ ft Loleen Berdahl

EP 04 - Getting Past Your ‘Mego’ (Guest Ted Mouradian)

EP 03 Putting On Your Oxygen Mask

EP 02 Self-Care For Those Who Support Others (Guest Reverend Daniel Brereton)

EP 01 Welcome the Better Me Podcast