Counselor Off the Clock

Food Allergies: The Invisible Struggle

with Heather Hargis

The hidden emotional weight of managing food allergies as a family. Lydia and Heather Hargis talk about the anxiety, the constant vigilance, and the resilience that comes with it.

Playfulness in Adulthood

with Sheldon Clark

Why play is not just for kids. Lydia and Sheldon Clark talk about how adults lose their playfulness, why it matters for mental health, and how to invite it back in.

At Home with Tina Parol: Finding Inner Strength and Identity Beyond Success

with Tina Parol

In this At Home conversation, Tina Parol shares how being excluded as a kid shaped her music and her sense of self, and what she has learned about building an identity beyond achievement.

Grief and Loss, Not Just About Death and Dying

with Shara Carter

Grief is about far more than death. Lydia and Shara Carter explore the losses we rarely name, a role, a hope, a version of life, and how grief moves through every part of us.

At Home with Alyssa: Late Diagnosis and Learning Self-Compassion

with Alyssa

In this At Home conversation, Alyssa shares her experience of a late diagnosis and what it taught her about self-compassion, identity, and learning to be kinder to herself.

Social-Emotional Learning

with Kate Hickey

Helping kids build the emotional skills that school does not always teach. Lydia and Kate Hickey talk about raising emotionally healthy, resilient children.

Healing Trauma

with Victoria Valdez

Lydia and therapist Victoria Valdez talk through what healing from trauma actually looks like, why it rarely follows a straight line, and how the body holds what the mind cannot always say.

Enabling vs Helping

with Jessica Lavender

Where support ends and enabling begins. Lydia and Jessica Lavender explore how to help the people we love without taking over, and why that difference matters so much.

The Mind-Body Connection

with Ann Marie Wilson

How the mind and body speak to each other, why stress and emotion show up physically, and what that connection means for real healing.

Helping Your Child Succeed in Therapy

with Kimberley Proctor-White

For parents. Lydia and Kimberley Proctor-White talk about how to support your child in therapy, what your role looks like, and how families help the work take hold.

Finding Life Balance

with Kimberley Proctor-White

What balance really means, why it feels so out of reach, and how to build a life that does not run on empty. Lydia and Kimberley Proctor-White talk through it.

Pop Psychology

with Michele Horne

Lydia and Michele Horne sort the helpful from the harmful in the pop psychology flooding social media, what holds up, what does not, and how to think critically about mental health advice online.

Self-Sabotage

with Michele Horne

Why we get in our own way. Lydia and Michele Horne dig into where self-sabotage comes from, the fear underneath the behavior, and how to recognize the patterns that quietly keep us stuck.

Boundaries and the Window of Tolerance

with Danielle Reeves

How healthy boundaries and self-regulation keep us steady when life gets loud, and what the window of tolerance can teach us about staying grounded under stress.

How to Be Good at Therapy

with Danielle Reeves

What actually helps you get the most out of therapy. Lydia and Danielle Reeves talk about showing up, doing the work between sessions, and how clients and therapists build real progress together.

Dispelling Mental Health Myths

with Emily Kerlin

Lydia and Emily Kerlin take on the common myths about mental health and counseling, the ideas that keep people from reaching out, and separate what is true from what is not.

Demystifying the Therapy Process

with Emily Kerlin

Lydia and Emily Kerlin pull back the curtain on what therapy actually is, what a first session looks like, and what to expect as the work unfolds. A gentle starting point if you have been curious about therapy but unsure how it works.