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We are continuing our “Age Series” with Sharada Lakhan, Licensed Psychologist, who will NORMALIZE the CHAOS of the 20s with us. Sharada received her doctorate in counseling psychology in 2016 and previously received a JD from Hamline School of Law. In her spare time she loves to cook, dance, garden, volunteer, and spend time with friends and family. If you missed the first episode of this series go CHECK IT OUT on all MAJOR PLATFORMS right now. There are different levels of CHAOS, blessings, lessons, heartache, happiness, desires, goals, dreams, and ideologies throughout the lifespan and we wanted to do a series that would reflect the growth, highlight the accomplishments, illustrate similarities, and NORMALIZE the CHAOS throughout the years. We will be having multiple guests, of a variety of backgrounds, join us for each decade and discuss careers, goals, love, friendship, and advice they'd share for those currently in that age group. Additionally, we have two special episodes scheduled, with a panel of guest speakers, discussing divorce and the journey to motherhood. Please remember and respect the experiences, thoughts, and opinions of those interviewed throughout the series. Not every single experience or piece of advice may resonate with you or your family; take from the series what applies. We value the experiences and uniqueness of each individual person and have a zero tolerance policy with regards to hate, discrimination, bullying, harassment, or negative slurs. We truly hope you enjoy this series and welcome all feedback!

We are excited to finally bring you our Age Series. There are different levels of CHAOS, blessings, lessons, heartache, happiness, desires, goals, dreams, and ideologies throughout the lifespan and we wanted to do a series that would reflect the growth, highlight the accomplishments, illustrate similarities, and NORMALIZE the CHAOS throughout the years. We will be having multiple guests, of a variety of backgrounds, join us for each decade and discuss careers, goals, love, friendship, and advice they'd share for those currently in that age group. Additionally, we have two special episodes scheduled, with a panel of guest speakers, discussing divorce and the journey to motherhood. To kick off the series, we have Marcus Hughes, our wonderful audio engineer, reminiscence and reflect on the Teen Years and share how he's "grown up" over the last few years. Marcus was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska and is the youngest of 3 children. He received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in design studies from Arizona State University. He has worked for companies like Nintendo before becoming a self-employed Entrepreneur with multiple businesses. He currently lives in Seattle and enjoys working out, playing video games, and audio engineering. Please remember and respect the experiences, thoughts, and opinions of those interviewed throughout the series. Not every single experience or piece of advice may resonate with you or your family; take from the series what applies. We value the experiences and uniqueness of each individual person and have a zero tolerance policy with regards to hate, discrimination, bullying, harassment, or negative slurs. We truly hope you enjoy this series and welcome all feedback!

Join us for Part II of this series as we continue to explore the notable, but often overlooked, relationship between racism and metal health. Part II of this series recaps some key points from Part I, discusses the intricate relationship between internalized racism and trauma, a brief overview of statistical data, access (of lack thereof) to services, common diagnoses and symptoms, some possible solutions and the true meaning of Allyship. Lastly, we continue to discuss some of the sociocultural concepts that are not fully understood and/or still upheld today that continue to perpetuate racism on historical, cultural and institutional levels.

Given the current cultural climate we felt it was time for us to (lightly) explore the notable, but often overlooked, relationship between racism and metal health. Part I of this series is a surface level conversation that focuses on the unique intricacies and dynamics between trauma, generational trauma, racism, and mental health/illness. We explore some sociocultural concepts that are not fully understood and/or still upheld today that continue to perpetuate racism on historical, cultural and institutional levels that can/may lead to internalized racism and therefore trauma; creating a direct line to mental illness.

Join us for a discussion as we explore the duality of women and how to strive for work/life integration not work/life balance. Its important we learn to balance our passion NOT our time.

And just like that we are back! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. We took a bit of a break, but we are back and better than ever. On today's episode we talk about new year intentions, habits, and routines. We discuss the purpose of intentions and how to set them, as well as how to form habits, habit loops, and replacing unproductive/unhealthy habits with new and improved routines.

In today's episode Dr. Cerven and Dr. Anderson discuss men's mental health in America. Men's mental health often goes by the wayside and is not discuss enough in mainstream media. The topics of emotional literacy, emotional regulation, self-regulation, self-care, and self love are also discussed in relation to men's mental health. Pull up a seat, grab a cup of coffee, and lean in with us as we talk about this important topic.

Today's episode is a follow up from last week's episode on the Netflix documentary 'The Social Dilemma'. The topic of conversation is cyberbullying.

Dr. Anderson and Dr. Cerven break down and analyze Netflix's new documentary The Social Dilemma. If you find yourself spending any amount of time on social media this will be an episode you won't want to miss!

Dr. Anderson and Dr. Cerven dive deep into the question --am I good enough? Too often we over analyze ourselves and situations, which lead us to need external validation. Let's face it, we are our own worst self critic--and can often have unrealistic/unattainable expectations for ourselves. Come hangout with us for the next 45 minutes if you're in need of a little motivation and self-love!

Today's episode is all about looking at the person in the mirror and choosing to love them. Self-love is not something that is easy or comes naturally for most of us. Practicing self-love is something that you must choose to actively in engage in every day. Dr. Cerven and Dr. Anderson discuss the concept of self-love, inner child wounds that can make it difficult to practice self-love (abandonment, trust, guilt & neglect), and how to incorporate self-love into your every day routine.

The COVID-19 pandemic has rocked our world for the past 5-6 months. Many people are struggling with depression, anxiety, and a variety of other mental health challenges. During this episode, Dr. Cervan and Dr. Anderson discuss all things related to anxiety & depression, and the COVID-19 pandemic (signs/symptoms, coping strategies, when to seek professional help).

Welcome to another episode of the CHAOS podcast! Today, Sarah and Sam are talking about face masks and friendship in the year 2020. Sarah shares some tips and tricks to help get your kids ready to wear their face masks at school--if they are headed back to the classroom this year. And, both Sam and Sarah share their clinical opinion on the social/emotional impact masks may have on your young kiddos. And while masks are important in this day and age--the majority of today's episode is centered around friendships and why they are so important as we age & through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hello everyone and welcome to the CHAOS podcast.  We are your hosts Dr. Sarah Anderson, OTD, OTR/L and Dr. Samara Cerven PsyD.  The topic of the day- back to school stress!  We share our mama perspectives of going back to school during the pandemic, as well as our professional perspectives.  Make sure to check out our Instagram account for any resources mentioned during the episode @drschaos.