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Rachel Sellers, who has earned both a master’s degree in Education and a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, talks about all things mental health. This is a podcast that is real, authentic, and honest. It’s geared towards helping people cultivate a deeper understanding of themselves and provides free education about mental health and wellness. Rachel is passionate about ending the mental health stigma and inspiring others to live a more wholehearted life. She is a psychothe ...
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This episode is a bit more personal than her usual content but in it, Rachel shares with listeners some of the fun projects she's been up to and why she's been absent from the podcast. She talks about life as a dog mama, EMDR training, and about her newly published workbook, The Body Image Workbook For Every Body: Deconstructing diet culture and le…
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Perfection and Procrastination with Lauren Ruth Martin
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In this episode, Rachel and Lauren chat about all things perfectionism and procrastination. Lauren, a Nashville-based therapist, teacher, and speaker shares amazing insights into these topics, teaching us about the intersection of perfectionism and procrastination and how they're often much more intertwined than we think. Rachel and Lauren both tal…
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Binge Eating 101 with Stefanie Michele
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In this episode, Rachel and Stefanie chat about binge eating and Binge Eating Disorder. Stefanie provides amazing education about binge eating, different kinds of triggers for binge eating, and the differences between overeating, emotional eating, and binge eating. Stefanie also talks about her own recovery journey and the tools that helped her the…
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"Big T" and "Little t" Trauma and Issues With These Distinctions
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One of the ways we’ve made progress in the field of trauma is by recognizing that it’s not just the big stuff that “counts.” The mental health field now uses two categories to describe and label trauma: "Big T" and "Little t". In this episode, Rachel shares issues surrounding these distinctions, including how it perpetuates a narrow definition of t…
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Mainstream culture has adopted an extremely narrow-minded view and understanding of trauma, and we desperately need a paradigm shift. So in this episode, I talk about what trauma is, with hopes of expanding your understanding of the word. I define trauma as what happens in our bodies when we experience something overwhelming. I explain what exactly…
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In this episode, Rachel defines and explores diet-culture, a system of beliefs that have idealized thinness at all costs and oppresses people who don't live up to this ideal. Rachel discusses what this has to do with eating disorders and why she's passionate about the anti-diet message.
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In this episode, Rachel discusses the role of dissociation and attachment in the development of eating disorders. Rachel highlights how eating disorders function to meet several core human needs and how important it is to address that in treatment.
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In this episode, Rachel dives into one of her favorite topics to speak and teach on-- the intersection of trauma and eating disorders. Rachel talks specifically about two factors that explain the relationship between trauma and ED's including coping with emotion and nervous system dysregulation and the need for power and control. She offers insight…
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It's time to debunk some myths to help break down stigma! In this episode, Rachel addresses 5 common myths that people have about eating disorders. These myths include: eating disorders are about wanting to be skinny, eating disorders only affect rich, white, cisgender, females; eating disorders have a "look"; eating disorders are a choice; and las…
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Rachel is kicking off Season 2 by providing an overview of the various types of eating disorders as well as what causes them. She begins to debunk several myths about eating disorders, a theme that will continue throughout the entirety of this season. Rachel also offers a preview of the various topics she'll cover in Season 2, including the underly…
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This episode concludes Season 1! In it, Rachel gives a brief summary of the season, reviewing all three nervous system responses and characteristics of each state. She also offers simple tools for self-regulation and how to spend more time in your Ventral state. She talks briefly about the plans for Season 2-- a season dedicated to educating people…
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In this episode, Rachel explains the Polyvagal Ladder, a tool that can be used to better understand the nervous system. She explains how it can be used for self-regulation and why that's important. She expounds on this topic, using other metaphors to help listeners understand their various nervous system states and how to recognize a state shift. S…
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In this episode, Rachel dives into how the Polyvagal Theory offers a paradigm shift to the mental health field. She breaks down four specific ways that this theory and recent neuroscience research findings support an embodied approach to healing mental health disorders. She also explains the concept of "faulty neuroception" and how this is at the r…
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In this episode, Rachel explains the Polyvagal Theory-- a theory explaining how our nervous systems respond to cues of safety and danger. She also explains why she's starting the podcast with this theory.
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Welcome to the Rachel Sellers Podcast! In this episode, Rachel shares a little bit about herself, her goals for the podcast, and what you can expect for Season 1.
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