Podcasts about pride connections

Your host, Devonee Thaxton, is joined by successful physical NFT artist, therapist, and coach Melissa Desilva. Melissa is the author of "The Profitable Practice: Helping Healing Professionals Build and Grow a Successful Business." Melissa is also the creator and host of the successful LGBTQ-plus podcasts “Pride Connections” and “Chit Chat with the Queer and Creative.” She has been featured as a guest on several international podcasts and blogs. You can also find her on the weekly YouTube show, “The Next Chapter”, where she and her co-host discuss all topics related to being single and getting older in our world today. In this episode, we talk about how Melissa went from running her mental health agency in Rhode Island in 2015 where members of the LGBTQ plus community can find safe and specialized therapeutic services to running her agency from home in Puerto Rico while also creating art and physical NFTs that positively impact the world. You can learn more about Melissa's NFT at QueerNFT.ioIf you'd like to be a guest on Savvy, Booked, & Blessed, https://podcast.prosavvyas.com/podcast-guest

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"You don't have to follow in the footsteps that have been laid out for you. You can create your own future." This, more or less, is the spine of my conversation with Melissa DaSilva, a successful physical NFT artist, entrepreneur, therapist, and coach who motivates other LGBTQ+ individuals and artists to take their life and career to the next level. She is the author of "The Profitable Practice: Helping Healing Professionals Build and Grow a Successful Business." Key Takeaways:Guilt and resentment - on both sides of an equation - are part of the territoryA difficult childhood brings with it valuable lessonsEverybody's flawed! Our role models AND our anti-role models More About Melissa:Melissa is the creator and host of the successful LGBTQ+ podcasts Pride Connections and Chit Chat with the Queer and Creative. She has been featured as a guest on several international podcasts and blogs. You can also find her on the weekly Youtube show "The Next Chapter," where she and her cohost discuss all topics related to being single and getting older in our world today. Melissa has been a licensed social worker for 15 years and started her Rhode Island-based mental health agency in 2015, where members of the LGBTQ+ community can find safe and specialized therapeutic services. Currently, Melissa lives and runs her mental health agency from Puerto Rico while also creating art and physical NFTs that positively impact the world. Where in the World is Melissa DaSilva?Website: MelissaDaSilva.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realmelissadasilva/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelissaDaSilvaLICSW Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealMsMelissa Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/realmelissadasilva/ Podcast: https://feed.pod.co/chit-chat-with-a-queer-coach NFT: https://opensea.io/OurQueerWorld Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UConNyQEzKv3- UloT4EKPErg  If you enjoyed listening to Truth Tastes Funny, please leave a 5-star rating and a 300-word review on Apple Podcasts (click Listen on Apple Podcasts to access review option)Follow us on Instagram: @truthtastesfunnyFollow Hersh on Instagram: @Hersh4allon LinkedIn: HershRephunon YouTube: HershRephunon Twitter: @TruthTstsFunnyOur Website: TruthTastesFunnyContact UsExplore Branded Ventures with Truth Tastes Funny and Hersh's YES, BRAND Podcast

Is there a dream or goal you've put on the back burner, telling yourself you'll get to it "one day"? Maybe you're not sure how to go about making a change, or fear that you might not be successful. But what if I told you that delaying your dreams is actually costing you more than taking the leap? Trusting your desire to change direction in life is the first step on the path to making it happen. In this episode, I chat with transformational coach Melissa DaSilva LICSW. She was living a life that she thought she was supposed to be living. It wasn't a bad one but after a life altering “aha” moment, Melissa realized her life needed to change direction. So she got really clear on what she wanted, created an action plan, and took the necessary steps, and went for it. Melissa also delves into the emerging technology of NFTs'. What are they and how they are impacting artists around the world. Melissa is a successful physical NFT artist, entrepreneur, therapist, author and coach who motivates other LGBTQIA+ individuals, entrepreneurs, and artists to take their life and career to the next level. She is the author of "The Profitable Practice: Helping Healing Professionals Build and Grow a Successful Business." Melissa is the creator and host of the successful LGBTQIA+ podcasts Pride Connections and Chit Chat with the Queer and Creative. You can also find her on the weekly Youtube show "The Next Chapter," where she and her cohost discuss all topics related to being single and getting older in our world today. Visit Melissa's website to learn more about her work and how she can help you create the life you want. For more information about Melissa, her NFTs' links mentioned, and a transcript of this episode, visit: https://go2.money/NFT  

Episode Notes Blind LGBT Pride International discusses gender. How we see ourselves, how we express our gender and how our bodies can be our best friend or biggest obstacle in expressing ourselves. This incredibly deep and vulnerable conversation draws back the curtain on the feelings behind gender identity and expression. Fluid, Trans, Cis-gendered, and transitioning; are all represented in this first of an on-going series of conversations. We are inviting our members and allies to join the conversation in up-coming Pride Connections. We invite you to check out past Pride Connections by visiting: acbmedia.org and searching for Pride Connection under podcasts. To learn more about Blind LGBT Pride International or to join, please visit us at: blindlgbtpride.org

The "B" in LGBTQ is often the people told to "pick a lane, just pick a lane!" Yet, more people are bisexual than would want to admit it. Thus the reason on this two eves, before National Coming Out Day we decided to explore the other side of the closet with a bisexual queer person. It's a fun exploration with my friend Melissa DaSilva - a coach and therapist who works with LGBTQ folks to help them be themselves. We explore her coming out - which really wasn't a huge coming out, and how she finds it being in the world of the bisexual, when everyone seems to have very interesting thoughts about what a bisexual needs and should do to fit in. About MelissaMelissa DaSilva, LICSW, is a therapist, author, podcast host, and artist. She started her career in social work, focusing on children and wellness in her community. She has found countless ways to help others thrive through therapy, coaching, and her dedication to spreading information and resources to LGBTQ+ individuals. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work at Rhode Island College with a focus in School Social Work. For years, Melissa worked in school systems to support students and help individuals succeed at what they love to do. In 2015, Melissa founded East Coast Mental Wellness in Providence, RI, a mental health agency where members of the LGBTQ+ community can find safe and specialized therapeutic services. She has created an environment in which clinicians have a place to do the work that they love, so they can help clients change their lives for the better. Melissa is the author of The Profitable Practice: Helping Healing Professionals Build and Grow a Successful Business. , which helps healers and new business owners succeed. She is the creator and host of the successful LGBTQ+ podcasts Pride Connections and Chit Chat with a Therapist. Her work has been published on many websites and she has been featured as a guest on several podcasts including Loving Without Boundaries, The Dots, and Shameless Mom Academy. When she isn’t helping others through her job, DaSilva spends time at tag sales, creating art, and spending time with her spouse and pets. For years, Melissa DaSilva has improved the lives of others through therapy, outreach, and life advice. Now, as an Executive Life Coach, Melissa helps successful and motivated LGBTQ+ individuals get “unstuck” in their lives so they can take their life and career to the next level through the use of goal setting and therapeutic techniques. Connect With Melissahttps://www.melissadasilva.com/ (Website) https://www.facebook.com/MelissaDaSilvaLICSW (Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/realmelissadasilva/ (Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/realmelissadasilva/ (LinkedIn) You can also listen to the podcast on…https://apple.co/2RBmUxZ ()https://bit.ly/2UxP9zN ()  https://spoti.fi/2JpvCfg ()https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rick-clemons/the-coming-out-lounge ()  http://tun.in/pjtKR ()https://bit.ly/30kT4kL ()  https://bit.ly/2FVH55j () 

Melissa DaSilva founded East Coast Mental Wellness, a mental health agency in Providence, RI where members of the LGBTQ+ community can find safe and specialized therapeutic services. She is the author of The Profitable Practice: Helping Healing Professionals Build and Grow a Successful Business, which helps healers and new business owners succeed. She is also the creator and host of the successful LGBTQ+ podcasts Pride Connections and Chit Chat with a Therapist. Melissa joins the show to share her journey as a business owner and entrepreneur, and to shed light on the LGBTQ+ community. 

June is Pride Month and Pride Month presents a chance for you to express your support for your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, or other LGBTQIA+ people in your life. Navigating how to be an ally appropriately can be tricky, but your support can help LGBTQIA+ people feel heard and safe as well as be used to amplify LGBTQIA+ voices as they advocate for equal rights. As an advocate for the LGBTQIA+, our team has created two shows dedicated to addressing the many challenges faced by the LGBTQIA+ community. Our first guest in this series is Melissa DaSliva. Melissa is the owner of East Coast Mental Wellness, a therapist, author, podcast host, and an artist. She specializes in working with LGBTQ+ individuals and school systems. She joins us to talk about creating a truly inclusive environment for the LGBTQIA+ Community, by offering direct emotional and therapeutic support for people in crisis. She also offers advice, support, and simple strategies to make like changes for the better.https://www.melissadasilva.com/about

On today's episode, Melissa, an Executive Life Coach who helps successful and motivated LGBTQ+ individuals to take their life and career to the next level through the use of goal setting and therapeutic techniques, shares her side of her love story with husband, Joshua. Their love story is about creating a nontraditional relationship that speaks to who they both are as individuals and as partners. You'll also hear about how they overcame family tensions to build a happy life together.You can connect with Melissa and follow more of her story on her website at https://www.melissadasilva.com/. She is also the author of "The Profitable Practice." Melissa is the creator and host of the successful LGBTQ+ podcast Pride Connections and Chit Chat with a Therapist. Check out her podcast at https://chitchatwithatherapist.com/.The story was curated by Ekanem.Follow us on Instagram for updates at https://www.instagram.com/chooselovepodcast or check out our website at www.chooselovepodcast.comTo share your story or let us know what you thought of the episode, email us at chooselovepodcast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!Chat with us on FlickChat: https://flick.group/chooselovepodcast

Melissa is a successful and creative entrepreneur and mental health therapist. She owns her own wildly successful group practice, hosts two podcasts called Chit Chat with a Therapist and Pride Connections, is a published author of The Profitable Private Practice: How to start, run and grow a therapy business. She has created the Facebook group A Private Practice Made Easy, where she is open to share all her knowledge and guide new private practitioners. Website: https://www.melissadasilva.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticemadeeasy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aprivatepracticemadeeasy/ Follow me on twitter https://twitter.com/devonrealtalk and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/realtalkpodcastoffical/ “Like” the Real Talk: All Things Inclusion Facebook Page! https://www.facebook.com/realtalkpodcastofficial/ Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzY7Yol_eOPz5BlbdDTmabA/featured?view_as=subscriber Join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/U9QfppR Learn more about the podcast at https://realtalkpodcastonline.wordpress.com/ Have more questions or comments? Email me at devonewieters@gmail.com Support this podcast and our mission to make the world more inclusive one episode at a time at https://streamlabs.com/devonwieters or https://paypal.me/devonwieters

EPISODE 108: Interview with Melissa DaSilva. Melissa DaSilva is an entrepreneur, podcast host, therapist, hypnotist and artist. Melissa started her career in the social work field. She has worked in agencies and schools for many years. Always wanting to make more of an impact on society, she started the mental health agency East Coast Mental Wellness. She has created an environment that gives clinicians a place to do work that they love, so they can help clients make the change they so desperately want. Melissa's specialties include helping others get unstuck in their lives through the use of coaching, therapeutic techniques and hypnosis. Melissa is also the creator and host of the successful LGBTQ+ podcast Pride Connections. She has been published on many website blogs and featured as a guest on several international podcasts. ​ When not working Melissa enjoys spending time creating art, reading and connecting with others. She is a proud wife and pet parent. Follow her adventures and work at her website msmelissadasilva.com, her therapy practice at eastcoastmentalwellness.com, and her podcast at prideconnections.com, and on Facebook @aprivatepracticemadeeasy. If you get value out of the Loving Without Boundaries podcast, then consider becoming one of our patrons! Not only will you enjoy exclusive content made just for you, your support will also help us continue creating educational content while helping more people have a deeper understanding of consensual non-monogamy and healthy relationships in general. https://www.patreon.com/lovingwithoutboundaries

This week’s guest, Melissa DaSilva, is a mental therapist who focuses on the LGBTQA+ community. In addition, Melissa also has a podcast called “PRIDE Connections” (http://prideconnections.com) and is also starting a virtual assistant company for therapists. Melissa also runs a therapist mastermind program. I guess what I’m saying is that this is someone who is so busy, she needs a virtual assistant! We talk about all sorts of topics, from mental health to the LGBTQA+ community to relationships to virtual assistants to podcasting to finding a dead body… we really cover the gamut here! All this, and we record a sketch! Sketch Comedy Podcast show is an independent and completely improvised sketch podcast that is based on conversations with interesting people like YOU! We welcome all suggestions, and we are always looking for new and interesting people to have on the podcast. Thank you so much for watching and listening, and please check out our other links for more information, interaction and overall fun! For more episodes, information, and a chance to be on the show, visit: http://sketchcomedypodcastshow.com SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/sketchcomedypodcastshow TWITTER: http://twitter.com/sketchcompod INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/sketchcompod SUBSCRIPTIONS & REVIEWS APPLE: http://bit.ly/SCPSitunes GOOGLE: http://bit.ly/SCPSgplay RSS: https://scps.fireside.fm/rss PODCHASER: https://www.podchaser.com/SketchComedyPodcastShow Sketch Comedy Podcast Show is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. © Copyright 2018 Marathon Productions, LLC. Special Guest: Melissa DaSilva | A Therapists' Therapist for the LGBTQ Community.

Melissa DaSilva is a licensed Social Worker and founder of the Rhode Island based mental health agency East Coast Mental Wellness. She specializes in providing therapy and hypnosis services to members of the LGBTQ+ community. She is also the host of the LGBTQ+ podcast Pride Connections. She is an artist on her off times and a proud wife and pet parent.

Melissa DaSilva is a licensed Social Worker and founder of the Rhode Island based mental health agency East Coast Mental Wellness. She specializes in providing therapy and hypnosis services to members of the LGBTQ+ community. She is also the host of the LGBTQ+ podcast Pride Connections. She is an artist on her off times and a proud wife and pet parent.

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Karaoke, skinny mirrors and sex spreadsheets, oh my!  Host, Erin Whitehead, invites Melissa DaSilva of the Pride Connections podcast to the show for a fun conversation about their Karaoke habits, intimacy advice from a robot guy and her work in the LGBTQ+ community.  Who in the world gets excited about Monday?! Who wants to go back to high school years? Anyone? Does abstinence based sex-education work? (Spoiler: no) How many cringe-worthy words can we fit into one podcast? Did you know there are apps where you can sing Karaoke in your underwear on your iPhone? (Spoiler: yup. Wurrly and Smule) Which version of “Natural Woman” can you sing? What’s this about Mariah, who doesn’t want to walk? Is “DivaDom” a real word? If your wife doesn’t want to be intimate, will a spreadsheet do the trick? (Spoiler: Come on, you know the answer) Who wants to see a cartoon about robots ripping out a uterus? (We are looking at you, Phil Rood)  You can listen to Pride Connections anywhere you listen to podcasts. You can also follow Melissa on social www.facebook.com/prideconnectionspodcast, www.twitter.com/prideconnectpod, and www.instagram.com/prideconnections. You can also learn more about her podcast at www.prideconnections.com and if you want to hire Melissa to sing Karaoke for your birthday party, check out www.msmelissadasilva.com! To follow us on social, find us @bralesspodcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram! You can interact with our guests, our host and other listeners by joining the closed Facebook group: Braless Podcast Conversations! Don't forget to check out our super soft and comfy t-shirts at www.bralesspodcast.com and for more information on how you can support this podcast visit www.patreon.com/bralesspodcast. To make a one-time donation to the podcast, which helps us to continue to produce more frequent content and improve our sound quality, etc. you can donate through PayPal bralesspodcast@gmail.com.   

Our special guest, Melissa DaSilva, host of Pride Connections podcast, joins us today to talk about LGBTQ and related mental health issues! For show notes and mentioned resources, visit OurHappyMindTravel.com/lgbt Instagram@HappyMindTravel for more!

Melissa DaSilva is a clinical social worker and founder of the group practice East Coast Mental Wellness in Providence, RI. She serves as an individual and couples therapist, as well as a group facilitator. She has spent many years working in schools as a school social worker and has an upcoming podcast titled Pride Connections.   Melissa is an expert in the field of transgender topics, and works with many trans and nonbinary youth to provide support throughout their transition. She collaborates with outside providers to ensure comprehensive care for those who wish to pursue physical transition. Melissa enjoys working with clients on LGBTQ topics, academic issues, bipolar disorder, and personality disorders. She also has experience supporting clients with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Her practice is welcoming towards all genders and sexualities, as well as poly and kink couples. She uses a variety of approaches in her therapy including pet therapy, meditation, and places a lot of focus on sleep and nutritional health. When Melissa isn't running her business she is creating art and selling it at local markets.    Listen in to hear Melissa share: What all the letters mean in LGBTQQIA (they are all different and all important) What the terms cisgender, non-binary, gender-expansive and gender fluid mean The difference between sex and gender How to talk to explain sexual orientation and gender to kids in very simple terms How can you and your family be supportive of LGBTQQIA children How to can you be supportive if you suspect your child might be LGBTQQIA How to ask someone about their sexual orientation and/or gender expression How to use gender pronouns correctly and appropriately   Links Mentioned: Podcast Website: PrideConnections.com Private Practice Website: eastcoastmentalwellness.com Melissa’s Email: Melissa@prideconnections.com