Working Change
General mental health related topics and discussions
Recent Episodes
July 16, 2025
Grief and Loss part part 2
Marla and Nate complete their discussion about grief and loss.
July 1, 2025
Grief and Loss part 1
Marla and Nate discuss concepts and challenges related to grief and loss. Marla shares about her work with people struggling to manage life following a difficult loss and experiencing intense grief.
Oct. 28, 2024
Mastering self-compassion
Marla and Nate discuss the value of self-compassion. What it is and isn't. Why it matters and how to improve our practice of it. Link to the article discussed below... https://self-compassion.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/SCtheoryarticle.pdf
Aug. 19, 2024
Exploring pity, sympathy, empathy, and compassion.
Marla and Nate discuss the differences between these concepts. They look at recent research and what the benefits to possibly changing our approach may be.
July 3, 2024
The 4 Psychological Needs
Marla and Nate discuss the 4 psychological needs presented in the book The Child In You by Stefanie Stahl. They hypothesize the original source of the needs and why these 4 are so critical for especially young children.
May 27, 2024
Is it you or is it me? Internalizing vs externalizing
Marla and Nate discuss what internalizing and externalizing are. They also talk about related psychiatric disorders and how to find more balance when we do too much of one or the other.