Relatable with Thrive Therapy
Relatable is a podcast dedicated to helping you connect better to the relationships in your life and better connect to yourself. Join three licensed therapists in Colter Bloxom LPC, Lauren Mokarry LPC, and Cayla Gensler LPC as they take you through different tools and tricks on how to enhance your relationships. We look at dating relationships, marriage, parents, children, setting boundaries, and so much more in addition to covering various topics on how mental health plays a role in our relationships.
Episodes
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Why is making new friends so much harder than it was 50 years ago? We are more connected than ever and simultaneously also more lonely. Colter, Cayla, and Lauren discuss how to go about making friends, keeping friends, and letting people know when we are currently not accepting new friends.
1. Talking points for making new friends.
2. How to manage anxiety around making friends.
3. Understanding what is important to you in friendship and identify your own needs.
4. Read cues around reciprocity and get a sense if somebody else is feeling the friendship as well as we are.
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
If there is one thing to know about boundaries, it is that a boundary is not about what you need somebody else to do. It is about what you are going to do in response to somebody else's behavior. Colter, Cayla, and Lauren discuss boundaries from a psychotherapeutic lens and give tools for how to better communicate boundaries.
1. Our bodies are the indicator for when we need to set boundaries.
2. Boundaries exist on a continuum, not as binary bookends.
3. Communication of boundaries should be specific to the prioritized need.
4. We should approach boundaries with grace, generosity, and curiosity.
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
We want to get to know people better, but ask questions that don't really get us the information we are looking for. Does knowing somebody's favorite movie or cuisine really tell you that much about them? What if we dug a little bit deeper..."When is the last time you cried and what was it about???" Now that will tell you a bit more about somebody. Colter, Cayla, and Lauren kick off Relatable by giving you 10 questions to really get to know somebody.
1. We describe 10 questions to ask on a first date.
2. You can also use these questions in a long term relationship or as a table question with friends or family.
3. Learn about how the process in which somebody uses to answer the question is more important than the actual content of their answer.
4. Gain clarity of what you are looking for when trying to achieve with the information you are asking for.
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
The podcast episode introduces "Relatable," hosted by Lauren Mokarry, Cayla Gensler, and Colter Bloxom from Thrive, a therapy community in Phoenix. They discuss the inspiration behind the podcast, aiming to delve deeper into complex themes beyond their therapy groups. Each host specializes in different mental health areas—trauma, attachment work, anxiety, and OCD treatment. Thrive, beyond therapy, fosters community connections, a concept extended to the podcast. Unlike typical interview-style podcasts, they carefully select topics to provide insightful resources on relationships, self-connection, and more. Listeners are encouraged to start anywhere to join this community-oriented discussion.