Episode 21: Behind the scenes of Intentional Therapist & Thrivival 101

This month we are turning the podcasting microphone towards ourselves!

In this long overdue episode of Thrivival 101, we, Dr. Karen Dyck and Dr. Melissa Tiessen, discuss the factors that led us to start Intentional Therapist and begin hosting our podcast.

We also explain why we believe self-care is a four-letter word, share how we are redefining self-care, and how our 4 C’s framework - Connection, Compassion, Courage, and Creativity - can help female clinicians (regardless of our work setting) put more of ourselves into our schedule and create a life from which we don’t need to escape.

Highlights:

• What led us to start Intentional Therapist and Thrivival 101
• How self-care has become a four-letter word
• How we’re redefining self-care for female clinicians
• The 4 C’s framework: Connection, Compassion, Courage, and Creativity
• How getting “messy” is such an important part of self-care
• Some more of our favourite nonconventional self-care practices

We hope you will listen and even better, let us know what you think! If this episode speaks to you, we would love if you would send us a quick message, share the episode with a colleague, or leave us a review. It really helps us to be able to reach even more like-minded clinicians.