Working Parent Resource Sarah Argenal

So, 2020 has been a crazy year, right? Where do I even begin? A whole lot has shifted in my life and in my business over the last year, which is something I imagine a lot of you have been experiencing as well. So, I just wanted to take this end-of-year opportunity to check in with you and share a little about what’s been going on in my life and business, and how my family and I have been navigating life in quarantine. And I also have a pretty big announcement about the show and our future here at the Working Parent Resource Podcast at the end of this episode too.
In the introduction of my book, I write about how all of the changes we’re experiencing with this coronavirus is presenting us with an opportunity to slow down and take stock of where we are in every area of our lives. I know we’re all feeling it right now. I know times are incredibly tough, and for some families this time is shattering literally everything you thought you could rely on in life. It has broken you down to your core. But the longer this virus controls our lives, the more I believe this is the whole point. The world has shifted. I think every system, every structure, every norm we’ve taken for granted for thousands of years, all of the patterns of the past, it’s all being destroyed so we can re-build something better, something that’s more appropriate for the times we’re actually living in now. It’s time for us to start fresh, to integrate so many lessons we’ve learned as a species. We can do better, and this is our chance to create a new life for ourselves, and as a society. As hard as it is to believe, I really don’t think we’ll be going back to the way things were prior to 2020. And I for one believe this is a gift. There are so many things about our prior lives that simply didn’t work for a lot of people, in all aspects of life. Please take this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get rid of ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING, that is no longer serving you. Focus on what brings you joy and deep meaning and fulfillment. Take care of your health and your relationships. Do what you need to do for you, and don’t feel guilty about it. I know this is much easier said than done, and I also know that many of us, including me, are in a much more privileged position situation than others are. Do what you need to do to survive first, but as soon as you manage to come up for air, take a deep breath and start exploring how you can create a life you no longer need to just survive. Start creating a life you truly love.
Show Notes: https://argenalinstitute.com/93
Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
The Argenal Institute Website
The Argenal Institute Blog
The Argenal Institute Podcast Archive
The Argenal Institute Library
The Argenal Institute Press
The Whole SELF Lifestyle™ Program
The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents by Sarah Argenal
Sober Curious: The Blissful Sleep, Greater Focus, and Deep Connection Awaiting Us All on the Other Side of Alcohol by Ruby Warrington
Sober Curious Podcast
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker
This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life
 by Annie Grace
This Naked Mind Podcast
The Thyroid Connection by Dr. Amy Myers
Email me: sarah@argenalinstitute.com
About The Argenal Institute LLC:
The Working Parent Resource Podcast is a place where we explore how to defeat burnout as working parents so we can finally enjoy these precious years of our lives. My name is Sarah Argenal, and I'm the host of this show, as well as the founder of The Argenal Institute LLC, and creator of the Whole SELF Lifestyle™, which provides a sustainable and long-term approach to fulfillment for working parents. The show notes for this episode, as well as other resources, free training materials, and information about the Whole SELF Lifestyle™ can all be found on our website at https://arge

Today we’re chatting with Amy McKeown, who is an award-winning health, mental health and wellbeing consultant. She coaches organizations of all sizes to build strategies with are both innovative and measurable, whilst providing unique expertise in implementing said strategies. Amy is also a respected thought-leader within her field, sharing her advice regularly on LinkedIn and at speaker events such as Mad World. Amy is also passionate about women's health and is actively campaigning to change the Equality Act 2010 to provide protection for families experiencing miscarriage or pregnancy loss.
As I release this episode, we’re heading into what experts are calling the darkest time of the coronavirus pandemic. Here in the United States and around the world, people of all ages are getting diagnosed, hospitalized, and are dying at unprecedented rates. Families have lost their routines, their childcare, their livelihoods, they’ve lost family members, and their very sense of sanity. Businesses around the world have wondered how they can support their employees, whether those employees work at home or are essential workers who need to be on site. Working parents and others struggle every day to figure out how to help their kids with school and get their work done while managing the other necessary aspects of life. And that’s just if they’ve been the lucky ones who haven’t gotten sick throughout this pandemic so far. It’s a really difficult time for everyone for so, so many reasons, and we need mental health support both at home and at work more than ever.
There are leadership experts and other “well-being experts” out there who have offered their services to individuals and organizations for many years. Amy and I have both noticed a trend in people who are not trained in mental health offering services that they simply don’t have any training or qualifications to provide. And it scares us both. I reached out to Amy a few months ago to get her thoughts on why this is happening, and how consumers, again both individuals AND companies, can filter out qualified mental health providers from those who may cause more harm than good.
Show Notes: https://argenalinstitute.com/92
Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Amy McKeown Website
Amy McKeown LinkedIn
Amy McKeown Twitter
Beware the Mental Health Expert article by Amy McKeown
Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff: How to Identify Who Has the Mental Health Expertise You Need by Amy McKeown
The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols
Mental Health First Aid
The Argenal Institute Website
The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents by Sarah Argenal
Email me: sarah@argenalinstitute.com
About The Argenal Institute LLC:
The Working Parent Resource Podcast is a place where we explore how to defeat burnout as working parents so we can finally enjoy these precious years of our lives. My name is Sarah Argenal, and I'm the host of this show, as well as the founder of The Argenal Institute LLC, and creator of the Whole SELF Lifestyle™, which provides a sustainable and long-term approach to fulfillment for working parents. The show notes for this episode, as well as other resources, free training materials, and information about the Whole SELF Lifestyle™ can all be found on our website at https://argenalinstitute.com/.
Sponsor:
This show is sponsored by Sarah's book, The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents: A Practical 4-Step Framework to Defeat Burnout and Escape Survival Mode for Good. Get your copy at www.argenalinstitute.com/books.
Reminders:
Don’t forget to subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts to be notified when a new episode is published.  Please leave an honest rating and review as well.  Ratings and reviews are extremely important and greatly appreciated!  They do matter in ranking the show, and I read each and every one of them.
 
 
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In this episode, we are chatting with Dr. Toni Warner-McIntyre, who is a fellow parenting professional, mental health therapist, life & wellness coach, with over a decade of experience. She earned dual Master’s degrees in Clinical Social Work and Education and her Doctorate in Human Sexuality. Dr. Toni’s approach encompasses both practical and powerful methodologies. She’s trauma & neuroscience informed, with specialized training in and experience with various effective modalities, which collectively support a holistic approach to life enhancement. She is founder of Dr. Toni Coaches. Its mission is to inspire and enact meaningful change in the world by helping impact makers create work, life & relationship balance, enhancing their lives and the lives of others. Dr. Toni is also the founder of Authentically Me Psychotherapy, a private practice in PA.
Show Notes: https://argenalinstitute.com/91
Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Dr. Toni’s Website
The Wellness Universe Blog
Dr. Toni Coaches Resource Library
The Argenal Institute Website
The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents by Sarah Argenal
Email me: sarah@argenalinstitute.com
About The Argenal Institute LLC:
The Working Parent Resource Podcast is a place where we explore how to defeat burnout as working parents so we can finally enjoy these precious years of our lives. My name is Sarah Argenal, and I'm the host of this show, as well as the founder of The Argenal Institute LLC, and creator of the Whole SELF Lifestyle™, which provides a sustainable and long-term approach to fulfillment for working parents. The show notes for this episode, as well as other resources, free training materials, and information about the Whole SELF Lifestyle™ can all be found on our website at https://argenalinstitute.com/.
Sponsor:
This show is sponsored by Sarah's book, The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents: A Practical 4-Step Framework to Defeat Burnout and Escape Survival Mode for Good. Get your copy at www.argenalinstitute.com/books.
Reminders:
Don’t forget to subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts to be notified when a new episode is published.  Please leave an honest rating and review as well.  Ratings and reviews are extremely important and greatly appreciated!  They do matter in ranking the show, and I read each and every one of them.
 
 
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In this episode, I chat with Dr. Lisa Coyne, who is the Founder and Senior Clinical Consultant of the McLean OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents at McLean Hospital and is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She is the Founder and Director of the New England Center for OCD and Anxiety (NECOA), she is the President of the Association of Contextual Behavior Science, and is on the Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board of the International OCD Foundation. She is also a licensed psychologist and a peer-reviewed ACT trainer. She has authored multiple articles and chapters on ACT with children and adolescents and is a co-author of the books Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Clinician’s Guide for Supporting Parents, and The Joy of Parenting. Her new books, Stuff That’s Loud: A Teen’s Guide to Unspiraling When OCD Gets Noisy and Stop Avoiding Stuff: 25 Microskills to Face your Fears and Do It Anyway.
Show Notes: https://argenalinstitute.com/90
Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Dr. Lisa Coyne Website
Dr. Lisa Coyne Facebook
Dr. Lisa Coyne LinkedIn
Dr. Lisa Coyne Twitter
Learn to Thrive Blog
Column by Dr. Lisa Coyne
Stuff That’s Loud: A Teen’s Guide to Unspiraling When OCD Gets Loud by Dr. Lisa Coyne
Stop Avoiding Stuff: 25 Microskills to Face Your Fears and Do It Anyway by Dr. Lisa Coyne
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Clinician’s Guide for Supporting Parents by Dr. Lisa Coyne and Koa Wittingham
CDC Report: Health Equity Considerations & Racial & Ethnic Minority Groups
NPR Report: What Do Coronavirus Racial and Ethnic Disparities Look Like State by State?
The International OCD Foundation
OCD Peers: Online Peer Support for OCD
The OCD Stories Podcast with Stewart Ralph
The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols
The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage: Ted Talk by Susan David
The Argenal Institute Website
The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents by Sarah Argenal
Email me: sarah@argenalinstitute.com
About The Argenal Institute LLC:
The Working Parent Resource Podcast is a place where we explore how to defeat burnout as working parents so we can finally enjoy these precious years of our lives. My name is Sarah Argenal, and I'm the host of this show, as well as the founder of The Argenal Institute LLC, and creator of the Whole SELF Lifestyle™, which provides a sustainable and long-term approach to fulfillment for working parents. The show notes for this episode, as well as other resources, free training materials, and information about the Whole SELF Lifestyle™ can all be found on our website at https://argenalinstitute.com/.
Sponsor:
This show is sponsored by Sarah's book, The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents: A Practical 4-Step Framework to Defeat Burnout and Escape Survival Mode for Good. Get your copy at www.argenalinstitute.com/books.
Reminders:
Don’t forget to subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts to be notified when a new episode is published. Please leave an honest rating and review as well. Ratings and reviews are extremely important and greatly appreciated! They do matter in ranking the show, and I read each and every one of them.
 
 
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In this episode, we’re chatting with Dr. Jill Stoddard, who is a clinical psychologist and the founder and director of The Center for Stress and Anxiety Management in San Diego, CA. She specializes in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and related issues. Jill received her PhD in clinical psychology from Boston University in 2007. She is an award-winning teacher, peer-reviewed ACT trainer, and author of Be Mighty: A Woman’s Guide to Liberation from Anxiety, Worry, and Stress Using Mindfulness and Acceptance and also co-author of The Big Book of ACT Metaphors: A Practitioner’s Guide to Experiential Exercises and Metaphors in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She co-hosts the Psychologists Off The Clock Podcast and writes the Be Mighty blog for Psychology Today. She lives in San Diego with her husband, two kids, and two French bulldogs.
Show Notes: https://argenalinstitute.com/89
Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Dr. Jill Stoddard Website
Dr. Jill Stoddard Facebook
Dr. Jill Stoddard LinkedIn
Dr. Jill Stoddard Instagram
Dr. Jill Stoddard Twitter
Be Mighty: A Woman’s Guide to Liberation from Anxiety, Worry, and Stress Using Mindfulness and Acceptance by Dr. Jill Stoddard
Psychologists Off The Clock Podcast
Psychology Today Blog by Dr. Jill Stoddard
The Center for Stress and Anxiety Management
COVID-Related Mental Health Tools
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
IFS: Internal Family Systems Theory
ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The Argenal Institute Website
The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents by Sarah Argenal
Email me: sarah@argenalinstitute.com
About The Argenal Institute LLC:
The Working Parent Resource Podcast is a place where we explore how to defeat burnout as working parents so we can finally enjoy these precious years of our lives. My name is Sarah Argenal, and I'm the host of this show, as well as the founder of The Argenal Institute LLC, and creator of the Whole SELF Lifestyle™, which provides a sustainable and long-term approach to fulfillment for working parents. The show notes for this episode, as well as other resources, free training materials, and information about the Whole SELF Lifestyle™ can all be found on our website at https://argenalinstitute.com/.
Sponsor:
This show is sponsored by Sarah's book, The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents: A Practical 4-Step Framework to Defeat Burnout and Escape Survival Mode for Good. Get your copy at www.argenalinstitute.com/books.
Reminders:
Don’t forget to subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts to be notified when a new episode is published.  Please leave an honest rating and review as well.  Ratings and reviews are extremely important and greatly appreciated!  They do matter in ranking the show, and I read each and every one of them.
 
 
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In this episode we’re chatting with Anne Moss Rogers, who is TEDx storyteller, the 2019 YWCA Pat Asch Fellow for social justice, author of the award-winning book, Diary of a Broken Mind, and an Emotionally Naked® motivational speaker who helps people foster a culture of connection to prevent suicide, reduce substance misuse, and find life after loss.
Despite her family’s best efforts, Anne Moss’s 20-year-old son Charles died by suicide on June 5, 2015, after many years of struggle with anxiety, depression, and ultimately addiction. Anne Moss started a blog, EmotionallyNaked.com, and chronicled her family’s tragedy in a newspaper article that went viral.
After receiving a message from a young lady who wrote that one of her blog posts saved her life, Anne Moss sold her digital marketing business and followed her purpose of preventing suicide and reducing the stigma of addiction and mental illness.
She has been featured in the New York Times and was the first suicide loss survivor ever invited to speak at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Anne Moss is also a trainer for the 4-hour evidence-based training called safeTALK.
Anne Moss and I recorded this conversation before COVID changed all of our lives, but it’s amazing how everything we talked about is not only still relevant, I think it’s even MORE relevant now. The rates of depression, anxiety, and risk of suicide are growing at alarming rates, and COVID has only intensified these issues for teens in particular. I invited Anne Moss to come back on the show recently so we could talk about how COVID is impacting teens now, and how people can best support their teens in this trying and unpredictable time. We share a lot of resources throughout our conversation, but I’ve included even more in today’s show notes in case you are worried about your teen and need some extra support.
Show Notes: https://argenalinstitute.com/88
Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Anne Moss Rogers Website
Anne Moss Rogers Facebook
Anne Moss Rogers Instagram
Anne Moss Rogers Twitter
EmotionallyNaked© Blog
Diary of a Broken Mind by Anne Moss Rogers
SafeTALK Training
Signs of Drug Use (Free eBook)
Coping Strategies for Grief and Loss (Free eBook)
9 Ways to Help Your Kids Build Resilience (Free eBook)
Mental Health and COVID Statistics for Teens
Mental Health and COVID Statistics for Adults
Youth Suicide Statistics
Suicide Helpline: 1-800-273-8255 (TALK)
Crisis Textline: 741-741
Toxic Positivity
The Argenal Institute Website
The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents by Sarah Argenal
Email me: sarah@argenalinstitute.com
About The Argenal Institute LLC:
The Working Parent Resource Podcast is a place where we explore how to defeat burnout as working parents so we can finally enjoy these precious years of our lives. My name is Sarah Argenal, and I'm the host of this show, as well as the founder of The Argenal Institute LLC, and creator of the Whole SELF Lifestyle™, which provides a sustainable and long-term approach to fulfillment for working parents. The show notes for this episode, as well as other resources, free training materials, and information about the Whole SELF Lifestyle™ can all be found on our website at https://argenalinstitute.com/.
Sponsor:
This show is sponsored by Sarah's book, The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents: A Practical 4-Step Framework to Defeat Burnout and Escape Survival Mode for Good. Get your copy at www.argenalinstitute.com/books.
Reminders:
Don’t forget to subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts to be notified when a new episode is published.  Please leave an honest rating and review as well.  Ratings and reviews are extremely important and greatly appreciated!  They do matter in ranking the show, and I read each and every one of them.
 
 
 
The post “WPR088: Supporting Your Teens and Navigating Mental Health Issues, Addiction and