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