Full Cup Professionals

In this episode, we circle back to our conversation on blood sugar! In this episode, Faith shares what she learned wearing a continuous glucose monitor and the practical steps she's taken to improve some of her recurring symptoms. We dial down the facts and talk about exactly how to easily fit these practices into our already crazy lives and all the symptoms that might see some real improvement with a few simple changes! You won't want to miss this one!Outlive by Peter Attia: https://peterattiamd.com/outlive/

This season is all about listening to our bodies and today, Faith and Christa talk about the importance of blood sugar for EVERYONE, not just people with diagnosed issues. Our blood sugar is central to so many aspects of our health. When our blood sugar is off, we feel lethargic and exhausted or experience cravings and mood swings. If you get tired after you eat or experience that afternoon slump, if you crave sugar or caffeine, wake up in the middle of the night with sweats, have hormonal imbalances, suffer from depression or anxiety, or struggles with your weight, balancing your blood sugar is a key player in addressing all of it. In Part 1 of this 2-part episode, Christa gets nerdy and dives into the science behind blood sugar and breaks it down in a super easy-to-understand way and gives practical tips to balancing blood sugar.A HUGE thank you to a pioneer in this space, Jessie Inchauspé, known as Glucose Goddess on Instagram. Her work and research has been instrumental in making this information accessible. You can find her work at glucosegoddess.com. Glucose Goddess Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glucosegoddess/Outlive by Peter Attia: https://peterattiamd.com/outlive/

"The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kolk sparked worldwide conversations about the reality of trauma in our everyday lives. It opened our eyes to the deep connection between our brains and bodies and gave us an understanding of just how much of a role our bodies play in stress regulation. As we dive into the idea of "listening to our bodies" to navigate stress in our roles as social service providers, we couldn't overlook this key giant in the literature around trauma in our bodies.

Welcome to Season 2 of Full Cup Professionals. In this introductory episode, Faith and Christa lay out the theme for Season 2 and why this one practice is the game changer for any and all resilience work. We're so glad you're here! Let's dive in.

In our last episode of Season 1, we recorded in person to do a taste test of three herbal infusions that each help support the body through stress. As we sipped our tea, we talked through the various kinds of rest and the different ways to practice those kinds of rest. We laughed, told stories, and dropped some clues as to our focus for next season! Thank you so much for embarking on this journey with us! We can't wait to come back to continue to support you as you support others!

We experience all of life - the physical, mental, and emotional - in and through our bodies. Our relationship to food and approach to nourishment play a massive role in how we feel and the quality of our life experience. In this episode, we dive into how nutrition impacts our mental health, what food is actually doing in our body after we eat it, and what foods you can incorporate today to begin supporting your body through stress. Christa shares her story with chronic illness, nutrition, and disordered eating and what she learned in each step of her journey. We all eat every day and the choices we make can serve to support us or add to our dis-ease. We hope this episode gives you some ideas to start making choices from a place of love that gives you the support you need to thrive.

What if there's more to your stress than you think? We're all about navigating stress on this podcast. Part of navigating stress is embracing the purpose it's serving and how it may actually be supporting our healing and growth. In this episode, we talk about stress as a messenger, how to understand what your stress is telling you, and how you can use that information to move through your situations. This conversation will help you reframe your stress as something to honor and leverage for your benefit instead of something to conquer and overcome. The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal, PhDHow to Make Stress Your FriendThis episode is sponsored by Holistic Hope.

Serving in a high-trauma space is challenging, but what if you have lived through that experience yourself? When people who have been through trauma begin to work as advocates or leaders in that space, it adds additional complexity to the dynamic that needs to be honored, understood, and addressed. In today's episode, we sit down with Tina Bauer, an adoptee and former foster youth who now advocates for youth in care. We talk through the good, the bad, and the messy of being a leader with lived experience and how organizations and managers can best support survivors as they share their stories or work on their teams. Tina not only works for a non-profit that helps youth in care find homes, she also uses her social media to share honest, real, and often hard truths that adults need to hear to better serve child welfare-involved youth. If you have lived experience or you work with those who do, this is an episode you don't want to miss. You can find Tina Bauer on Instagram and connect with her via her website.This episode is sponsored by Good Sustained. If burnout, vicarious trauma, and staff turnover are impeding your mission, fill out this form to see how I can help revitalize your team and optimize your operations so you can continue your mission for years to come.

Randy Kaiser served over a decade in law enforcement before discovering a framework that changed his life. In this episode, we talk with Randy about the compounding trauma he experienced from his childhood experiences, personal losses, and working as a human trafficking investigator. Randy gets HONEST about his emotional disconnection and what happened when he realized there was a better way to work and live that improved the quality of his life, especially his relationships. Randy now trains law enforcement to implement the practices of TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention) to improve their outcomes and their wellbeing. This is one you don't want to miss.Connect with Randyk4enterprises.orgAre you a social service provider looking for a safe place to process your work experiences? Do you feel like you could use better tools as you work with your clients? Holistic Hope can help with both! Visit their website for details:holistichope.netWant to learn more about TBRI? Check these out:Research article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877861/#:~:text=Trust%2DBased%20Relational%20Intervention%20(TBRI)%20is%20a%20therapeutic%20model,treatment%20for%20at%2Drisk%20children.TBRI Webpage:https://child.tcu.edu/about-us/tbri/#sthash.fKTzqDBd.dpbs

2020 was a wild time for the field of social work. Social workers in various settings were pivoting their operations and practices to be able to keep serving their clients safely. The increasing demand and fast changes put a lot of strain on social workers and the burnout was REAL. Wouldn't be amazing if someone had been looking at the conditions under which social workers were operating, seeing where the overwhelm was stemming from, and noting the supportive practices that helped to contribute to resilience and longevity. Thankfully, that's exactly what Dr. Jillian Landers did for her dissertation. In this episode, which is really a reunion of friends, Dr. Landers unpacked her findings and the lessons they hold for the field of social work moving forward. Dr. Landers work helps us know what practices and supportive systems and practices will BEST keep our social workers healthy and thriving in their roles. You won't want to miss this episode! Want to optimize YOUR team's operations to foster resilience, promote self-care, and offer excellent services? Good Sustained offers consulting, workshops, and coaching to help your team feel their best and keep doing amazing work!For more info, visit goodsustained.com

You know the drill. By the time December 29 rolls around, most of us are stuffed to the brim with Christmas cookies and a corresponding plate of self-loathing. We're ready to turn a corner with LOTS of ideas for how we can improve. But we all know the story. A few months (weeks? days?) go by and we're right back where we were. We're missing something. I'll give you a hint - IDENTITY. In this episode, we unpack a fresh approach to New Year's goals that aligns us with who we are and what we value! This approach takes the pressure OFF of the outcomes and center our focus on who we're being. The result? More confidence. Less self-loathing. And more actually meeting our goals! You won't want to miss this episode. We get REAL about our own failed goal-setting. There are a lot of laughs mingled with our painfully honest conversation. Then Faith deals out the New Year's practice she uses and shares with her clients and why it's SO MUCH BETTER than what we usually do every January. Grab your friends and listen in! This episode is sponsored by our podcast producer, Mike Jilek! If you need music written, audio engineering, sound production, and more, check out his gigs on Fiverr! This show wouldn't exist without him and his hard work.https://www.fiverr.com/mikejilek?source=order_page_user_message_linkFor trauma trainings, Motivational Interview trainings, or therapy, contact Faith!holistichope.net@holistic_hope_For 1:1 health coaching, stress-resilience consulting, and workshops, contact Christa!goodsustained.com@good_sustained

In this episode, we sit down with Heather Gates, a chaplain for the Galveston Police Department. Heather's fresh take on this traditional role has been so effective that the city of Galveston recognized and funded her role to ensure she keeps up the amazing work. Work that looks a little different than what you might expect. She shares how she navigates the layers of trauma in supporting law enforcement while experiencing scenes herself, the power of simply being present and the work required to cultivate that presence, building trust while pioneering a new role and so much more. You won't want to miss the wealth of this conversation with "boots on the ground" social worker and chaplain, Heather Gates. Critical Incident and Crisis Response Trainingshttps://www.crisisresponse.org/Get support for your team with Good Sustainedhttps://www.goodsustained.com/servicesWe want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected]

This is part 2 of our conversation on boundaries. In this episode, we unpack boundaries in relationships and how owning your emotions, actions, and responses is the key to navigating our relationships, especially with our clients.

Have you heard the phrase, "Saying yes to one thing is saying no to something else"? We all have to make choices if we're going to live our fullest AND most peaceful lives. In this episode, we talk about everyone's favorite word: boundaries! We talk about why it can be so challenging for those of us who work in social services to say no but how we have to if we're going to cultivate the other aspects of our lives that matter to us. You won't want to miss this episode as we cover some of the processes you can use to find your boundaries and start making those hard choices that lead to peace! This episode is sponsored by Good Sustained. For more information about 1:1 coaching and to see if it's right for you, visit goodsustained.com/services. I can't wait to support your goals!

Compassion fatigue and burnout are two incredibly common experiences for anyone who takes care of others. In this episode, we look at how the brain's intention to keep us safe can lead us to experience emotions and symptoms that can make our jobs and lives even more difficult. We talk through:the signs of compassion fatiguethe difference between compassion fatigue and burnoutwhy social service providers need to be watching and prepared for thiswhat restoration and recovery from compassion fatigue/burnout might look likeThis episode is sponsored by Holistic Hope, who provides training on trauma informed care and Motivational Interviewing. You can learn more about their services at holistichope.net.

In this episode, we continue exploring the stress response by unpacking the "polyvagal theory." We talk through the modes of our nervous system: rest and digest, fight or flight, and fawn/freeze. We talk through what's happening on a physiological level, what it feels like to be in these modes, where they might show up in our lives and how our response in one moment have implications far beyond. We then talk through how, with that understanding, we can learn to navigate those moments to stay more aware and conscious of our response so that our lives aren't run in "survival mode."

In this episode, we dive into our stress response and how living in "survival mode" shows up in our work in social service. Our brains and bodies have this amazing process that takes over in the face of a threat. But that process doesn't just impact that moment - it carries over into how we see the world, and ourselves in it, as we move forward. Understanding this process and learning to recognize it in ourselves is key to helping us navigate our roles in social services.

In our first episode, we dive into how our brains work, what trauma is and how it shows up in our work and personal lives. We talk about the impact of social service roles in us as providers and what we can all do to help build resiliency while we work in high trauma spaces.