The Lightcast Podcast S3E10: The Finale
🎙️ In the final episode of The Lightcast Podcast, we dive deep into embracing personal evolution and what it truly means to follow life’s nudges toward a more authentic, fulfilling path. 🌟
S3:10 Embracing Evolution: The Lightcast Finale
On the final episode of The Lightcast Podcast, I talk about how listening and following the nudges to make a change can lead to a more authentic and satisfying life. I discuss how the more we can fill our own cup the more we can have the inner resources to selflessly give, provide for our communities, and do our part for collective evolution. I share a reflection exercise and questions to invite you to shine a light on what area of your life is calling for you to embrace personal evolution.
Springing Forward
Here's to kicking off Spring with growth, connection, and celebration!
Dear Gather & Grow family,
We're stepping into March with a heart full of gratitude and excitement! This month we're not only celebrating the strength and resilience of women for Women's History Month, but we're also eagerly counting down to our 5th birthday in April! Your unwavering support and trust in us have been our driving force and we look forward to continuing this journey with you!
We're thrilled to share that our service area is growing! Three of our clinicians (Ami Koide, Jacqueline Plante, & Traci Medeiros) are now offering telehealth support to Florida residents. If you or anyone you know needs a compassionate ear or support in our specialty areas, we're here for you. We're proud to say that we’re all LGBTQ+ affirming and provide relational therapy for a variety of relationship types.
Our commitment to education and support of the communities we serve continues with the launch of our full 3-Course LGBTQ+ Affirming Care Series, now featuring "Specializing in LGBTQ+ Mental Health". We believe this course will be an invaluable resource for those wanting to deepen their understanding of LGBTQ+ mental health and we warmly invite you to explore it.
Here's to kicking off Spring with growth, connection, and celebration!
With a spring in our step,
The Gather & Grow Team
GGOC Announcements
We're excited to announce that Specializing in LGBTQ+ Mental Health is now live! To make the world safer and increase cultural competency in the mental health field for the LGBTQ+ community, the full 3-Course Series is now available for FREE on Gather & Grow Education for Providers.
CEs and Certificates of Completion are available by donation and submission of course evaluation and distance learning post-test.
Therapy for LGBTQ+ individuals requires an understanding of unique stressors and mental health needs, due to societal inequality and discrimination. This population has been designated as a health disparity group, necessitating more focus from health programs. Effective care involves understanding minority stress, barriers to care, and the diverse experiences within the community. This course equips practitioners to cater to these needs, fostering an understanding of intersectionality, and emphasizes the importance of visibility, advocacy, and allyship.
Join our FREE 3-Part LGBTQ+ Affirming Care Workshop Series, tailored for mental health professionals. This beginner to intermediate series is facilitated by Gather & Grow OC Co-Directors, Jacqueline Plante and Traci Medeiros. It offers strategies for inclusive, respectful care, and continuous growth and education.
Providers now providing telehealth to Florida residents:
Information Regarding Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month to spark consciousness raising discussions about what abuse is, how to support those impacted, and to bring about protective legislation. While intimate partner violence (IPV) affects 1 in 3 women in their lifetime, with 16-24 years at the highest risk, there's a significant gap missing from the public discourse of what abuse can look like. Psychological aggression or emotional abuse is even more prevalent than physical and sexual IPV, with as many as half of women experiencing this in their lifetime. It's covert, often under the guise of love, and it can feel like you're losing your mind -this is why there's often such a disconnect when we struggle to name what abuse can be.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month to spark consciousness raising discussions about what abuse is, how to support those impacted, and to bring about protective legislation. While intimate partner violence (IPV) affects 1 in 3 women in their lifetime, with 16-24 years at the highest risk, there's a significant gap missing from the public discourse of what abuse can look like. Psychological aggression or emotional abuse is even more prevalent than physical and sexual IPV, with as many as half of women experiencing this in their lifetime. It's covert, often under the guise of love, and it can feel like you're losing your mind -this is why there's often such a disconnect when we struggle to name what abuse can be.
"Yellow Peril" Workshop this Thursday with GGOC Director, Traci
GGOC Co-Director, Traci, will be presenting “Yellow Peril: Dismantling White Psychology’s Narratives of the Model Minority" as part of the Gender Spectrum Professionals' Symposium.
A bit about the workshop, "The model minority is in peril. With increased violence, and media attention finally naming these acts as hate crimes, the mental wellness of the Trans/NB AAPI community is in great need of competent care. The AAPI experience is shifting in its relationship to the anti-racist struggle as a targeted group rather than as just an allied community, and white psychology narratives lack the tools to address this increasing and complicated need. Exacerbating the experience for trans youth is their relationship to their collective units, particularly as communities turn inward for safety.
This workshop highlights the unique intersections of the Asian American experience, historically and in the age of COVID. Attendees will learn how past and contemporary media representations of Asian Americans have created a distorted reflection of self-worth for many AAPI people and learn alternative narratives that invite AAPI trans youth into a richer understanding of their identity, their struggle, and ultimately, their healing."