When Depression is in your bed

By Trish Sanders, LCSW

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This podcast looks through both a professional and personal lens to explore the impact depression can have on individuals and on relationships.  It takes a non-judgmental, destigmatizing view of mental health that encourages true, holistic healing and growth.

The host, Trish Sanders, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Advanced Imago Relationship Therapist.  In addition to her experience in the office with couples and depression, both she and her husband have lived with depression for most of their lives.  Trish shares with transparency and vulnerability, while bringing hope and light to an often heavy subject.

Follow Trish @trish.sanders.lcsw on Instagram for support in how to have a deeper connection and better communication in the relationships that matter most in your life.

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-  If you are looking to take the first step towards improving your connection and communication with your partner, check out this FREE monthly webinar on  "Becoming a Conscious Couple: How to Connect & Communicate with Your Partner,"  at wwww.wholefamilynj.com/webinar

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Episode Date
The Empathy Trap in Relationships: How Understanding Your Partner Can Keep You Both Stuck
May 13, 2026
Showing Up Imperfectly: When Perfectionism Looks Like Overachieving
May 06, 2026
Showing Up Imperfectly: One Way This Perfectionist Is Learning to Trust Herself
Apr 29, 2026
The Empathy Trap: When Feeling Understood Doesn’t Create Change
Apr 22, 2026
The Conscious Crash: How Doing the Work Changes the Struggle
Apr 15, 2026
Relational Safety and Repair: Moving from Dysregulation to Connection
Apr 08, 2026
Repair in Real Life: What We’ve Learned About Creating Relational Safety and Reconnecting
Apr 01, 2026
Repair in Relationships: How to Do It (and Why It Can Feel So Hard)
Mar 25, 2026
Rupture and Repair: Why What Happens After Conflict Matters Most
Mar 18, 2026
“I Didn’t Mean To”: Intention, Impact, and Repair in Relationships
Mar 11, 2026
Communication for Connection Part 3: A Real-Life Imago Dialogue
Mar 04, 2026
Communication for Connection Part 2: How the Imago Intentional Dialogue Changed My Relationship
Feb 25, 2026
Communication for Connection Part 1: The Imago Intentional Dialogue Process
Feb 18, 2026
Know Your Worth, Know Your Impact: How Embracing Your Relational Power Shapes Social Change
Feb 11, 2026
What It Means to Be Relational: Safety, Connection, and the World We Can Create Together
Feb 04, 2026
Introducing My Husband: From Behind the Scenes to Sharing the Mic
Jan 28, 2026
Becoming Someone I Can Trust: ADHD, Depression, and One Year of Nervous System Healing
Jan 21, 2026
When Depression Was the Clue: ADHD Misdiagnosed as Bipolar Disorder
Jan 14, 2026
This New Year, Stop Striving for a New You: Choosing the Pace That Lets the Real You Bloom
Jan 07, 2026
A Conscious Christmas Story: Choosing Connection When the Holidays Got Me Down
Dec 31, 2025
Let It Begin With Me: Embodying Peace Through Nervous System Regulation
Dec 24, 2025
Writing New Stories: How My Brain Healed After Holiday Depression and Beyond
Dec 17, 2025
Grief, Gratitude & ADHD: What’s Been Coming Up for Me This Holiday Season
Dec 10, 2025
Ketamine Isn’t the Fix—It’s the Opening: How Intentional Integration Turned Insight Into Healing
Dec 03, 2025
From Cautiously Curious to Confident: What I Learned Before Starting Ketamine Therapy
Nov 26, 2025
Signals of Safety: Real Stories of Nervous System Self- and Co-Regulation
Nov 19, 2025
My Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Journey: From Self-Hatred To Self-Care
Nov 12, 2025
Becoming Who You Already Are: Identity, Growth, and Celebrating Along the Way
Nov 05, 2025
Relearning Safety: Working With Your Nervous System to Create Habits of Rest
Oct 29, 2025
Finding Safety in Stillness: How Trauma Shapes the Nervous System and Rest
Oct 22, 2025
The Art of Slowing Down: Practical Ways to Rest and Renew
Oct 15, 2025
The Ventral Narrator: A Grounding Voice for Nervous System Regulation
Oct 08, 2025
Beyond Sleep: Expanding What Rest Means So We Can Have Daily Practices That Renew
Oct 01, 2025
The Politics of Rest: Power, Privilege, and the Pause
Sep 24, 2025
From Busy Bee to Safely Still: The Importance of Redefining Our Relationship with Rest
Sep 17, 2025
Mosh Pit Magic: The Brilliance of Nervous System Healing
Sep 10, 2025
From Gratitude to Growth: How Appreciation Can Transform Relationship
Sep 03, 2025
From Car Conflict to Regulated Road Trips: A Nervous System Approach to Creating a Smooth Ride
Aug 27, 2025
When Life Keeps "Lifing": Choosing Conscious Connection Over Chaos
Aug 21, 2025
The Flood of Healing: A Conscious Story of Grief's Evolution
Aug 13, 2025
When Past Behavior Doesn't Define Your Future: A Conscious Partnership Story
Aug 06, 2025
Conscious Connected Partners In Real Life: The Mirrors That Shape Us
Jul 30, 2025
Sex as Nervous System Co-Regulation: Depression in the Bedroom
Jul 23, 2025
Staying Out of the Stories: Transform Relationship Conflicts Using this Top Skill
Jul 16, 2025
Beyond Blame: Creating Partnership When You Feel Constantly Disappointed
Jul 09, 2025
Break the Cycle: Uncover Hidden Relationship Dynamics
Jul 02, 2025
Depression in the Bed, Partnership on the Path
Jun 25, 2025
Conscious Partnership: Taking Steps Together Towards the Relationship You Desire and Deserve
Jun 18, 2025
The Partnership Problem: When Your Relationship Feels Like a One-Person Job
Jun 11, 2025
Step Towards Hope and Safety: Creating Your Path Out of Depression
Jun 04, 2025
Step Towards Your Senses, Movement, Rest & Play: Creating Your Path Out of Depression
May 28, 2025
Step Towards Connection and Breath: Creating Your Path Out of Depression
May 21, 2025
Take a Step: How to Work With the Biology of Depression and Disconnection to Create Real Change
May 14, 2025
When Helping Your Partner Hurts You Both: A Nervous System Approach to Support
May 07, 2025
Tuning Into Your Nervous System: Relationship Guidance Through Body Wisdom
Apr 30, 2025
Can You Love Yourself Deeply and Still Stay? The Question That Could Change Everything
Apr 23, 2025
Your Problems Aren't The Problem: Why Understanding Your Relationship's Strengths Are Key to Change
Apr 16, 2025
Familiar Love vs. Conscious Love: How the Unconscious Can Guide Our Relationship Choices
Apr 09, 2025
Navigating the Hard Choice: Clearing the Path to the Next Step in Your Relationship Decision
Apr 02, 2025
Holding Hope: When Your Relationship Feels Broken
Mar 26, 2025
Should I Stay or Should I Go? 7 Questions for Making a Conscious Decision About Break-Up, Separation or Divorce
Mar 19, 2025
(Depressed) Boy Meets (Depressed) Girl
Mar 12, 2025
The Nervous System: The Missing Piece to Creating Greater Connection
Mar 05, 2025
Understanding Depression Through the Nervous System
Feb 26, 2025
Beyond Diagnosis, Understanding Depression
Feb 19, 2025
What to Expect, Part 2
Feb 12, 2025
What to Expect, Part 1
Feb 05, 2025
Struggle is So Last Year
Jan 29, 2025
When Depression is in your bed Trailer
Nov 21, 2024