Connectfulness Practice

Oct 14 2022 48 ep. 62 mins 34

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Deep conversations about the roots of our disconnects and how to restore relationship with Self, others, and the world. Hosted by relationship therapist, Rebecca Wong.

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What Does It Mean To Grow Up? with Julie Lythcott-Haims

Oct 14 2022 64 mins

For this final episode of the season, I talk to Julie Lythcott-Haims, who is asking the question “what does it mean to grow up?” For her, it’s about lovingly letting go of your past burdens so that you can be true to yourself – while not trampling on anybody else. Our conversation flows naturally from topic to topic as we learn about how learning mindfulness took her from b

The Impact of Racism on Relationships with Akilah Riley Richardson

Sep 21 2022 66 mins

I'm excited to share this podcast conversation with one of my dearest friends Akilah Riley-Richardson. Akilah has been in clinical practice for 16 years, is based in Trinidad and Tobago, and specializes in work with sexual and racial minorities. In this conversation, Akilah and I talk about relational privilege and the impact historical and race based trauma has on relationships. A

Show Up In Your Complete Identity with Moraya Seeger DeGeare

Sep 06 2022 53 mins

Moraya Seeger DeGeare is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, consultant, writer, activist, and mom. We recorded this conversation in-person, meandering in our discussion around moving within a world that tries to adhere to dominant culture all the time. Here’s what we hope you get out of this conversation: if you are someone who’s not walking around in a dominant culture

Recontextualizing Healing In Community & On Social with Dr. Han Ren

Jul 14 2022 42 mins

Dr. Han Ren (she/they) is deeply rooted in Liberation-oriented, anti-oppressive, culturally informed therapy. In this time of global upheaval and collective trauma many people have experienced increasing amounts of isolation. Social media is one of the places people turn when they feel alone. Han's widely viewed content on social media centers on liberating the idea that healing ha

Shifting From Me vs You to Us Consciousness with Terry Real

Jun 10 2022 55 mins

Patriarchy, supremacy, and toxic individualism are cultural values that really are at the root of so many social and political problems we face today. Systemic change can seem overwhelming, if not nearly impossible. But changing the power structure within our most intimate relationships? That’s something we can definitely do–starting today. How? By

The Truth About Mismatched Libido & Desire with Cyndi Darnell

May 13 2022 73 mins

What our culture teaches us about sex isn’t very useful. Many of us have absorbed the message that sex is a means to some kind of end–orgasm, connection, a baby. We’ve learned that there’s a right and a wrong way to do it. We’ve even learned that sex is natural. It’s no wonder then that when our libido doesn’t match our partner’s or our desires don

The Paradoxes of Healing with Dr. Lissa Rankin

Apr 26 2022 80 mins

In Lissa Rankin’s book, Sacred Medicine, she writes, "We live in a disembodied culture because trauma causes us to leave our bodies. It is a defense mechanism and in extreme cases, a survival skill that can save you. Yet you can't heal the body without being in it." Our culture encourages dissociation: Buy this product to feel better, drink this to escape, distr

Lean Into the Awkwardness: An Interview with Rebecca

Mar 30 2022 57 mins

Dear listeners, for this month’s episode, we decided to do something a little different. Instead of interviewing a special guest, we’ve turned the tables and your host has become the guest! Out of curiosity and a sense of play (two things we adore here at Connectfulness), Rebecca agreed to be interviewed by our podcast editor, Al Hoberman, who is also a fabulous mus

Stepping into Your Wise Adult Self with Terri Delaney

Feb 20 2022 95 mins

“I can’t adult today” makes for great social media fodder. But as with all humor, there’s a nugget of truth in there. How many models do we have for adulting that is healthy, balanced, secure and relational? Our culture has sold us quite a bill of goods: Independence and “rugged individualism” as an indication that we’ve become successful adults. Perfection or m

Taking Responsibility for Your Feelings with Shane Birkel

Jan 19 2022 54 mins

So often, many of us are still just waiting on our parents to show up for us in the way we needed them to when we were little. Sometimes we’re consciously aware of this, oftentimes we’re not. And it can continue long after our parents have passed, if we haven’t made the unconscious conscious and learned to reparent ourselves. Otherwise, we often unintentiona