Join Zachary Phillips on an odyssey into his mind as he shares his lived experience with mental illness, the recovery process, and pursuit of happiness through authentic vulnerable expression.
One of the benefits of this podcast is that I can talk freely, using this medium as a form of therapy.
If you are interested in listening to me break down my woes and come to some semblance of sanity, perhaps take a listen. But be warned, I am offloading my issues here, not providing solutions.
Read MoreWriting therapy saved me this Christmas. My therapist recommended that I take note of all of the things causing mental duress. Doing so was revolutionary. Most of the anxiety and rumination simply disappeared and I was left with a list of stimulus overloads that I could now see clearly and thus manage.
In this episode I reflect on the Christmas season, discuss the process of writing therapy, as well as discuss my creative plans for 2022.
I wish you well for the year to come!
It’s that time of year again, when festive joy is replaced by obligation and overwhelm.
In this episode, I share how December is something for me (and many of you) to endure. Survival is put at a premium and strategies to maintain some semblance of normality are introduced.
I also have a meta discussion as to the point of this podcast, coming to the conclusion that I use it as another form of writing therapy - offering up a model for you to potentially replicate for your own healing (it never has to be shared of course).
Read MoreEver find yourself stuck in the middle of a conversation that you weren’t prepared for? One that is triggering, intense and wholly inappropriate for the situation?
I have.
In this episode I discuss how to manage these conversations, in a way that both protects your mental state as well as the relationship.
Read MoreThe page listens. It doesn’t judge. It can be discarded.
Alongside meditation, exercise and self-care, writing therapy is a central part of my mental health management.
In this episode I break down my process, and teach you how to do it yourself.
Looking at Coronavirus through the lens of collective trauma will help us to manage the crisis - both internally and communally.
We are all going through something new, unique and scary. We don’t have complete information, and we are seeing people lose their freedoms, livelihoods and lives.
This is traumatic, and is causing us to act and respond in a compromised way.
In this episode I discuss the importance of mentally re-framing as a way to maintain our mental states and relationships.
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This is shadow work with a twist.
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12 exclusive guided audio tracts, introspective contemplations, expansion challenges, & email coaching.
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