Wellness Podcast

By Alyssa Martoccio

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This podcast is for anyone looking for ideas to improve their mental health and wellness. I am not therapist/psychologist but a college professor interested in helping students (and everyone) with quick tips and tricks to make life just a little bit easier/happier/calmer etc.

Episode Date
Week 185: Cool down: Last episode til fall!
May 13, 2026
Week 184: Managing introvert burnout
May 06, 2026
Week 183: Survival strategies for when life is hectic
Apr 29, 2026
Week 182: Move your body!
Apr 22, 2026
Week 181: Lower the bar
Apr 15, 2026
Week 180: Being in the moment- mindfulness practice for beginners
Apr 08, 2026
Week 179: What's the rush?: Slow it Down Part 2
Mar 25, 2026
Week 178: Emotions: When is it time to move on?
Mar 18, 2026
Week 177: Some thoughts on weightlifting
Mar 11, 2026
Week 176: When anger is your friend
Mar 04, 2026
Week 175: Happy with your life vs happy in your life
Feb 25, 2026
Week 174: Touch Tree
Feb 18, 2026
Week 173: Toxic positivity and being OK with being sad
Feb 11, 2026
Week 172: It's OK to be different
Feb 04, 2026
Week 171: Numbing vs true comfort
Jan 28, 2026
Week 170: The necessity of joy during dark times
Jan 21, 2026
Week 169: Life actually IS hard, you're not just doing it wrong
Dec 10, 2025
Week 168: My advice for surviving the holidays this year
Nov 26, 2025
Week 167: This too shall pass
Nov 19, 2025
Week 166: Moving the needle
Nov 12, 2025
Week 165: Why I love winter
Nov 05, 2025
Week 163: Longevity Lessons from Blue Zones
Oct 29, 2025
Week 163: Celebrate tiny wins "Treat yourself"!
Oct 22, 2025
Week 162: To life the "good" life, don't forget adventures
Oct 15, 2025
Week 161: Slow down time, explore your own town
Oct 08, 2025
Week 160: ADHD Part 3- What ADHD looks like vs what it actually is
Oct 01, 2025
Week 159: You'll never (ever) get it all done: A few words on hustle culture
Sep 24, 2025
Week 158: Healthy (and surprising) ways to "take the edge off"
Sep 17, 2025
Week 157: How gratitude can (and can't) help in tough times
Sep 10, 2025
Week 156, How to make decision-making easier
Sep 03, 2025
Week 155: Getting through tough transitions
Aug 27, 2025
Week 154: Summer fun: Let's take back the pool!
Aug 20, 2025
Week 153: Finding magic in the real world: last episode until fall!
May 07, 2025
Week 152: How-to Guide to Surviving the End of the Semester
Apr 30, 2025
Week 151: What ADHD looks like vs what it actually is, Part 2
Apr 23, 2025
Week 150: Numbing vs. Real Comfort: Why we all need to be Anne of Green Gables
Apr 16, 2025
Week 149: A note on growing older
Apr 09, 2025
Week 148: My favorite ways to save money
Apr 02, 2025
Week 147: What actually is "Hope"? And how can we have more of it?
Mar 19, 2025
Week 146: Let's Get Creative!
Mar 12, 2025
Week 145: Lessons learned from my neurodiverse child (aka What ADHD looks like vs what it actually is, Part 1)
Mar 05, 2025
Week 144: What got me through this week
Feb 26, 2025
Week 143: Making Connections (not the NYT puzzle game)
Feb 19, 2025
Week 142: Just do the next right thing
Feb 12, 2025
Week 141: How to Break up with your Phone, Part 2: How to
Feb 05, 2025
Week 140: Breaking up with your phone, part 1: Why to break up with your phone
Jan 29, 2025
Week 139: What does it really mean to be brave/courageous?: Last episode of 2024!
Dec 04, 2024
Week 138: The benefits of asking for help
Nov 20, 2024
Week 137: What to do when all you want is to curl up in a ball
Nov 13, 2024
Week 136: How can you love a job for 20+ years?
Nov 06, 2024
Week 135: Wellness tips for the worst week ever
Oct 30, 2024
Week 134: Friendships, Part 3: Why can't we have different friends for different things?
Oct 23, 2024
Week 133: Midterms Week Study Tips
Oct 16, 2024
Week 132: No more fake self-care
Oct 09, 2024
Week 131: The delightful practice of looking for delights
Oct 02, 2024
Week 130: How to be angry, better
Sep 25, 2024
Week 129: The benefits of Friday Night Movie Night
Sep 18, 2024
Week 128: What is fun and how to have more of it
Sep 11, 2024
Week 127: Lessons learned from sabbatical (and how to apply them to non-sabbatical life)
Aug 30, 2024
Week 126: 100 things to do before you turn 12 (or 22, or 102)
Aug 23, 2024
Week 125: Learning to say no
Dec 07, 2023
Week 124: 1 super easy trick to stick to your habits
Nov 30, 2023
Week 123: Trigger Warning: Identifying and dissolving triggers
Nov 16, 2023
Week 122: A 5-minute break
Nov 09, 2023
Week 121: Building restorative rest into your life, 5 minutes at a time
Nov 02, 2023
Week 120: One small thing you can do today to improve your health
Oct 26, 2023
Week 119: When to fight and when to let it go
Oct 19, 2023
Week 118: How to stop eating your feelings
Oct 12, 2023
Week 117: Belonging
Oct 05, 2023
Week 116: Why is adulting so hard?
Sep 28, 2023
Week 115: The benefits and pitfalls of "catch-up week"
Sep 21, 2023
Week 114: The "problem" with empathy
Sep 14, 2023
Week 113: Lessons learned from my neurodiverse kid
Sep 07, 2023
Week 112: How to complete the stress cycle every day
Aug 31, 2023
Week 111: I got everything I ever wanted. And...I still feel the same?
Aug 24, 2023
Week 110: Mental health lessons in gardening/making things grow - Last Episode Until Fall!
May 10, 2023
Week 109: Some preliminary thoughts on neurodiversity
May 03, 2023
Week 108: Change is (not) scary: Focusing on right now vs. focusing on the future
Apr 26, 2023
Week 107: Cycles of life and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel
Apr 19, 2023
Week 106: Lessons learned from 50 days of meditation
Apr 12, 2023
Week 105: "Into the Unknown:" Using both comfort and discomfort to deal with anxiety
Apr 05, 2023
Week 104: How (and why) to "Flow" more in our lives (Mini-season episode 5)
Mar 15, 2023
Week 103: Building a wellness toolbox to boost your brain power (Mini-season episode 4)
Mar 09, 2023
Week 102: How to read better (Mini-season episode 3)
Mar 02, 2023
Week 101: The beauty of the snow day
Feb 23, 2023
Week 100: Mid-semester metacognition study tips from a professor (Mini-season episode 2)
Feb 17, 2023
Week 99: How we learn (Mini-season episode 1)
Feb 09, 2023
Week 98: No one is perfect (so you aren't, either!): Shame, guilt, and the stories we tell ourselves
Feb 02, 2023
Week 97: Side note on making exercise possible
Jan 26, 2023
Week 96: My plan to fight burnout this week
Jan 20, 2023
Week 95: How to break an "unmanageable" project into tasks
Dec 14, 2022
Week 94: Dude, just go for a walk!
Dec 08, 2022
Week 93: Advantages of Nerding Out
Dec 01, 2022
Week 92: Success, Redefined
Nov 17, 2022
Week 91: What to do when you get derailed
Nov 10, 2022
Week 90: Ideas for tackling that holiday 2 do's list
Nov 03, 2022
Week 89: I don't believe in laziness
Oct 26, 2022
Week 88: Selfishness, self care and treating ourselves like a person we love
Oct 20, 2022
Week 87: How to make a big work/school push safely and healthfully
Oct 13, 2022
Week 86: You won't feel happier (or unhappier) "when..."
Oct 05, 2022
Week 85: Work Smarter, Not Harder
Sep 30, 2022
Week 84: OK fine, I'll try to meditate
Sep 21, 2022
Week 83: Battling Imposter Syndrome (aka "everyone belongs but me")
Sep 15, 2022
Gossip, Trust, and the Marble Jar
Sep 08, 2022
Don't be afraid to learn new things. But also, probably don't fix your own toilet
Aug 31, 2022
Multitasking is Not Real
Aug 24, 2022
Nontraditional paths and making your own path- Last episode until fall!
May 12, 2022
Finals' week special: My favorite metacognitive study tips
May 05, 2022
Be excellent to each other (and party on, dudes)
Apr 29, 2022
Rest Part 3, Quitting can be a good thing
Apr 21, 2022
Sleep Part 2 of 2: How to sleep better (tips from an anxious overworrier mom)
Apr 14, 2022
Sleep, Part 1 of 2: Why is sleep important?
Apr 07, 2022
Are you an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert?
Mar 31, 2022
Spring Cleaning! Or, Outer Order Contributes to Inner Calm
Mar 24, 2022
How to stop feeling your feelings- breaking out of feelings loops
Mar 17, 2022
2-year pandemic anniversary- pause, reflect, grieve, again?
Mar 10, 2022
Change your body, change your brain
Mar 03, 2022
Friendships part 2: Friendships with age gaps
Feb 24, 2022
The fine line between comfort and numbing: Lessons learned from Nutella spoons
Feb 17, 2022
Friendship: Making friends, keeping friends, letting go of friends
Feb 10, 2022
How to Beat Covid Isolation Together
Feb 03, 2022
Rethinking the "rules" of life
Jan 27, 2022
Happiness Hacks: What do happy people do (and not do)?
Jan 20, 2022
More pandemic anxiety: how I am getting through Omicron
Jan 13, 2022
Pandemic Christmas #2: Letting go of expectations and being OK with reality
Dec 24, 2021
Creating systems (not just goals) to improve wellness
Dec 16, 2021
The 3 things that everyone, everyone (everyone) needs: Sleep, (healthy) food, and exercise
Dec 09, 2021
Goodness gracious great balls of...emotion?
Dec 02, 2021
Navigating holiday stress
Nov 24, 2021
Tiny beautiful things or, Life is a collection of moments
Nov 18, 2021
You are not alone
Nov 11, 2021
Zooming out: Your one wild and precious life
Nov 04, 2021
Plan but also pivot, re-assessing your ideal week
Oct 28, 2021
What to do when you get stuck/derailed
Oct 21, 2021
Slow it down
Oct 15, 2021
Community, connection and belonging
Oct 08, 2021
"Let it go"- decreasing anxiety, stress and overwhelm
Oct 01, 2021
You can't be great at everything at the same time (and that's OK)
Sep 23, 2021
Climate change and mental health
Sep 17, 2021
The importance of reflection
Sep 10, 2021
Failure is the greatest gift
Sep 03, 2021
Transitions Part 2: Giving ourselves and others grace
Aug 27, 2021
Asking for help, can we please stop being passive aggressive already? (Last episode of the summer!)
Jul 08, 2021
Everything I know about anger
Jun 17, 2021
Fitting in vs belonging
Jun 10, 2021
The importance of the seasons
Jun 04, 2021
Finding the things that fill your cup
May 27, 2021
(Rest, Part 3): The Default Mode Network (DMN)
May 21, 2021
Change, Saying Goodbye and Grief (it's not only about death)
May 14, 2021
Let's let go of perfectionism and all just be "good enough"
May 06, 2021
Transitions
Apr 30, 2021
Ways to Cultivate Calm in your Life
Apr 23, 2021
Your worth is not defined by your productivity, and other life goals
Apr 16, 2021
Get Your Vaccine (It's good for your mental health, too)
Apr 09, 2021
Rest Part 2, Vacation as Rest
Apr 02, 2021
Listen to your Body
Mar 26, 2021
Hygge! (Hoo-ga)
Mar 19, 2021
1 Year Pandemic Quarantine Anniversary- Pause, Reflect, Grieve
Mar 12, 2021
My Pandemic Stress Cycle
Mar 05, 2021
Be Realistic, Not Optimistic, About your Goals
Feb 26, 2021
Journaling: Don't Knock it Til you Try it
Feb 19, 2021
This will all be over someday Part 2
Feb 12, 2021
Habits and Mental/Physical Health
Feb 05, 2021
Be You, Be Real
Jan 29, 2021
Go back to the beginning aka it's OK to not be ok, Part 2
Jan 22, 2021
"Go back to the beginning" aka it's OK to not be OK
Jan 15, 2021
New Years Resolutions
Jan 08, 2021
Traditions
Dec 17, 2020
This will be over someday
Dec 10, 2020
"Tiger Time" aka how to get more s*** done in less time
Dec 03, 2020
Helping Others
Nov 20, 2020
Rewards!
Nov 13, 2020
Social well-being aka phone a friend
Nov 06, 2020
Completing the Stress Cycle (Special Election Week Edition!)
Oct 30, 2020
Technology Detox
Oct 26, 2020
Feel all the Feelings
Oct 16, 2020
Dance Party!
Oct 09, 2020
Mindfulness
Oct 09, 2020
Exercise (but not how you think)
Oct 09, 2020
Not Food
Oct 05, 2020
The Great Outdoors
Oct 05, 2020
Practice Gratitude
Oct 01, 2020
Rest
Sep 30, 2020
Things to make you feel better
Sep 30, 2020
Ideal Week
Sep 30, 2020