Melissa C. Clark

Your confidence coach and mental health expert.

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Faith Doesn’t Erase Grief with Kate Meyer :: [Episode 108]

Hello Friends!

As we continue in our year-long series, we are taking small steps to help you be healthy, small, easy, actionable steps to increase your happiness, build better relationships, and feel stronger.

Today’s episode is a hard topic – Grief and Loss. It can bring up lots of strong emotions. We don’t good or bad emotions – it’s all about what YOU do with them.  God was emotional, and we were made in His likeness. So why do sometimes, in the Church, we tend to not embrace our emotions or others’ when there is grief or a loss. 

In this episode, I am joined by Kate Meyer, a fellow counselor, author, and ordained minister. We discuss her new book, Faith Doesn’t Erase Grief. We also discuss how the Bible teaches us ways to grieve, why hope is so critical, and how God validates our grief. 

Kate J. Meyer, MDiv, LPC, is an ordained minister and licensed professional counselor who has worked in private practice and hospice care. She is passionate about bringing grief to light so that all grievers know how to move forward in a healthy, life-giving manner. Kate is also the author of The Red Couch, a novel about past mistakes and the challenge of overcoming them. She is a dog mom living with her husband in

Western Michigan. 

Listen in to learn more about :

  • Kate shares how her book was born of her occupation as a licensed counselor and ordained minister.
  • The unrealistic expectation we place on our timelines of grief.
  • Different phases of grief and what they look like.
  • The #1 worst thing you can say to someone who is grieving a loss. 
  • Can doubt be an essential part of faith?

Resources Mentioned

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero

Faith Doesn’t Erase Grief by Kate Meyer

Connect with Kate

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Instagram: @MelissaClarkCounseling 

Website – www.melisaaclarkcounseling.com

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Scared To Life with Ryan George :: [ Episode 107]

Feeling bored with life? Tired of the mundane?

Between work, doing household chores, errands, etc. life can often feel blah and mundane. One day rolls into the next. Before you know it, years and even decades seem to float by.

Today’s guest gives us some suggestions on creating a life full of adventure.

Today’s interview is a special treat and quite different from most of the other interviews I’ve done on this show. We’re hearing from Ryan George, a self-proclaimed adrenaline junkie. He recently wrote a book about his experiences called  Scared to Live: How to Live an Extraordinary Life.

Ryan has done it all, literally. Ryan George has traveled to all seven continents and both polar circles. An adrenaline junkie, Ryan is a certified wingwalker,  a bungee jumping enthusiast, and a via Ferrata connoisseur. He has surfed in the Arctic, ice climbed on three continents, and paraglided in seven countries. He co-leads Dude Group, a spiritual adventure community. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains with his wife, Crystal, and his daughter, Deonnie.

Listen in to learn more about:

  • Practical tips on how to get more adventure into your life (don’t worry, you don’t have to skydive or bungee jump).
  • We also discuss how adventure is essential.
  • How to fuel your God-given passions with adventure, and explore ways to find adventure in everyday life.
  • Lessons God has shown Ryan through his adventures.

Connect with Ryan

Connect with Me:

Instagram: @MelissaClarkCounseling

Website: www.melissaclarkcounseling.com

Have a great week!

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Body Image with Brittany Braswell, RD. :: [Episode 106]

Tired of dieting? Struggling with your body image?

If you nodded yes to these questions, you are going to love today’s episode.

It’s no shocker that most of struggle with food, body image, and exercise. According to the National Eating Disorder Association, up to 50 percent of Americans have a “disordered” relationship with exercise, their body, and food.

My hope is that you would begin taking care of yourself like you are taking care of a good friend.

I just loved my conversation with Brittany Braswell, who is a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist. We talk about how to create a better connection with food, what happens when we feel disconnected in our bodies, intuitive eating, and what are the barriers to a good relationship with food.

Listen in to learn more about:

  • What is intuitive eating?
  • Brittany’s journey and her passion for helping women find food freedom and freedom from body shame?
  • The 7 needs most women to struggle with in their relationship with food.
  • What are the barriers to recognizing signals like hunger and fullness?
  • Why it can also be  helpful to talk about why body positivity isn’t necessarily the goal.

Resources we discussed:

Connect with Brittany

Website – brittanybraswellrd.com

Instagram: http://www.brittanybraswellrd

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brittanybraswellrd

Download a copy of Brittany’s Ebook: Faith Over Fear

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The Proven Path to Purpose, Excellence, and Calling with Bob Hasson [ Episode 105]

Are you struggling with finding purpose and passion in your life?

In this episode, I sit down with Bob Hasson, author, consultant, and podcaster.  Bob is committed to helping you find purpose and more joy in your work.

Bob Hasson is both the founder and CEO of HPCI, a painting subcontractor he founded in 1978. For over 30 years, he has been a consultant and board member for churches, ministries, non-profits, and school boards. He has been married for 33 years to his wife, Lauren, and they have four children and two grandchildren.

Listen in to learn more about:

  • Why community is essential and how loneliness plays a significant role in anxiety and depression.
  • Identifying our strengths and weaknesses to set us up for long-term success.
  • Why we need to check in with ourselves and our relationships to see where we have been, where we are currently, and where we are headed.
  • 4 key ideas to help us find our individual purpose.

Resources:

Listen in here.

Have a great week!

Melissa

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Good Guys Guide to Great Sex with Sheila and Keith Gregoire :: [Episode 104]

Hello Friends!

We are over halfway done with our year-long series about helping you thrive in your life and gain nuggets of wisdom to assist you in multiple areas of your life.

Just a reminder – As you can tell from the title of this episode, this is not one of those episodes to listen to if you have kids in the car. So make sure to op in those AirPods or headphones if you have littles around.

Today we are chatting with Sheila Gregorie, who has been on the show previously. . We are also joined by her husband, Dr. Keith Gregoire, to talk about their book, The Good Guy’s Guide to Great Sex. We are talking about the arousal cycle, ways to grow your sexual life, and myths/misunderstandings blocking and creating challenges in your sexual relationship.

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 29 years and happily married for 24! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature “Girl Talk” about sex and marriage. And she’s written 7 books about sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus, she knits, even in line at the grocery store. Along the way, her husband, Dr. Keith Gregoire, has joined her on the Bare Marriage podcast and now writing the male counterpart to the revamped and expanded Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex. They want to rebuild Christian sex advice from the ground up, focusing on what we know works!

Listen in to learn more about :

  • How can men begin to see their sex life differently?
  • What is the orgasm gap, and why does it matter?
  • Why do we need to prioritize each other and don’t treat sex like an obligation?
  • 5 practical tips to have a better sex life.

Resources

Connect with Sheila and Keith

Connect with Melissa

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