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Perspective and the Present Moment: A Conversation With My Brother

Bryan Piatt — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:46:15 GMT

In this week's episode, Bryan hops on a boat in Minnesota's lakes country and has a conversation with his younger brother Eric.

Eric shares his recent journey of traveling the world, and getting accepted into medical school. Eric shares what the process has taught him about what is most important to him, and coming into contact with the present moment.

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest.

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

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A Quick Message From The Lake: It’s Ok If Things Feel Hard

Bryan Piatt — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 20:32:55 GMT

In this week's episode of the podcast, Bryan checks in from the edge of his dock in lakes country.

If things feel hard right now with your mental health, this episode is an invitation to be gentle with you.

One moment at a time.

As always - take what serves you, and leave the rest.

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional)

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Self-Compassion, Mindfulness & Gentle Relentlessness with Jonny Say

Bryan Piatt — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 20:17:17 GMT

In this week's episode of the podcast Bryan talks to Jonny Say, who's a counselor and compassion & mindfulness-based therapist in the UK.

Jonny shares his own mental health story, which includes symptoms of OCD, depersonalization and panic.

Jonny shares how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy has been instrumental in his healing, and how he now uses it with his clients. Jonny also shares how he cultivates self-compassion in moments where things feel really intense.

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest.

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional.)]]>

A guided meditation for when you're overwhelmed

Bryan Piatt — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 14:52:00 GMT

In this episode, Bryan offers a meditation for you to help ground in moments of overwhelm.

This guided meditation is meant to help you gently come back to your heart, and your body, when the noise of your mind feels particularly intense.

As always - take what serves you, and leave the rest.

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional.)
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The power of play and movement to improve our mental health

Bryan Piatt — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 21:46:00 GMT

In a world that seems to be constantly driving us all more and more up into our minds, sometimes what we need most is for our bodies to express in a way that feels good.

In this episode, Bryan talks to Dr. Anastasia Ristau about the power of play, movement, and expressing our bodies.

Dr. Ristau and Bryan discuss how movement can help us maneuver our minds when they are particularly active, and the wisdom we tap into when we allow ourselves to play and express.

Dr. Ristau is a Licensed Psychologist and the Director of Psychotherapeutics at PrairieCare.

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest.

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional.)
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Four tools to help manage your mental health

Bryan Piatt — Tue, 16 May 2023 23:19:00 GMT

We all have things that help guide us with our mental health. Here are four things that I come back to often as I maneuver the noise of my mind on a daily basis.

My hope is that this episode can offer a soft place for you to land, no matter what it is that you're experiencing.

As always - take what serves you, and leave the rest.

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional.)
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Feeling pain can be scary, but 'getting in touch' with it can help

Bryan Piatt — Wed, 10 May 2023 01:11:00 GMT

Truly feeling the emotions that are present within our body can feel deeply scary at times. It can feel like we are "losing it" and out of control.

In this episode, Bryan talks to Kelly Grosklags about the process of "getting in touch" with our pain. Meeting ourselves gently as we lean into what we're feeling.

Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the founder of Conversations with Kelly. She's also the author of A Comforted Heart, and the host of the See My Grief podcast.

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest.

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional.)
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What you can really learn by actually living in the moment?

Bryan Piatt — Tue, 02 May 2023 23:03:00 GMT

Our minds love to jump into the future and try to figure out what things are going to be like there. Often creating really scary stories about what might be ahead of us. Instead of trying to figure out what the future is going to feel like, what if we give the present moment an opportunity to surprise us?

That's the topic of this week's episode. Bryan is joined by Kelly Grosklags for a conversation about creating space for "what is" in the present, and ways to anchor a little more into "the now".

Kelly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the founder of Conversations with Kelly. She's also the author of A Comforted Heart, and the host of the See My Grief podcast.

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest.

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional.)
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Supporting a child who is struggling with mental health

Bryan Piatt — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:03:34 GMT

For all of you parents out there doing your best to support a child who's struggling with their mental health, this one's for you.

In this episode, Bryan talks to Dr. Anastasia Ristau about what can be helpful when maneuvering mental health challenges within your family.

She discusses the process of holding space for your child, validating their experience, maneuvering shame that may arise for parents, and much more.

Dr. Ristau is a Licensed Psychologist and the Director of Psychotherapeutics at PrairieCare.

As always, take what serves you - and leave the rest.

(This podcast is not meant to replace therapy. If you feel you need it, we encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional.)
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Fox News and Tucker Carlson part ways; Don Lemon out at CNN

Reuters — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:59:14 GMT

Fox News Media and its top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, less than a week after the Fox Corp. media company settled for $787.5 million a defamation lawsuit in which Carlson played a starring role.

Also Monday, cable television network CNN has fired longtime host Don Lemon, the news anchor said in a post on Twitter, adding he was "stunned" by the step and that he was not directly informed of the termination by the network.

The outspoken Carlson embraced conservative issues and delivered his views with a style that made his prime-time show, "Tucker Carlson Tonight," the highest-rated cable news program in the key 25-to-54 age demographic on the most-watched U.S. cable news network.

Dominion alleged in its lawsuit that Carlson allowed debunked election-fraud claims about the voting-technology firm to air on his show, while casting doubts on the plausibility of those claims in private messages that emerged in legal filings.

Carlson's next move and the reason for his departure are unclear.

“We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” Fox News said in a statement.

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, said Fox would suffer from Carlson's departure. "@TuckerCarlson leaving Fox News. He was the boldest they had! This is a big loss for Fox," he wrote on Twitter.

Carlson is also key to additional legal battles facing Fox, including a lawsuit filed by his former head of booking Abby Grossberg, who said Fox coerced her testimony in the Dominion case.

Grossberg last month accused network lawyers of pressuring her to provide misleading testimony and said Fox exposed her and others to rampant sexism and misogyny. Fox fired Grossberg, saying her legal claims were "riddled with false allegations against Fox and our employees."

Claims of manipulation

In the immediate weeks after Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election, smaller, more conservative rivals to Fox such as Newsmax gained viewers as they questioned election results. Dominion alleged that Fox staff, ranging from Carlson and members of the newsroom to the board of directors, knew the statements about Dominion were false but continued to air them to avoid losing more viewers.

“For a while Fox News has been moving to become establishment media and Tucker Carlson’s removal is a big milestone in that effort,” Newsmax Chief Executive Christopher Ruddy said in a statement.

Dominion is also suing Newsmax and One America News for similar debunked claims about vote rigging.

Carlson’s last program was April 21, the company said in the statement. It said that "Fox News Tonight" will air live at 7 p.m. CDT as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named.

After the announcement of Carlson's departure from Fox News, a Trump spokesperson tweeted: "Fox News is controlled opposition." Trump gave an interview to Carlson earlier this month that aired on Fox.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who has been a staunch Trump supporter, was quick to back Carlson. "I stand with Tucker Carlson!" she tweeted shortly after the news broke.

Carlson joined Fox News as a contributor in 2009 and became a co-host of "Fox & Friends Weekend" in 2012. He began hosting his prime-time show in November 2016. In 2021 Fox announced a multiyear deal with Carlson to provide content for its Fox Nation streaming service.

Lemon says network fired him

In his tweet, Lemon said, "I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned,” he wrote. "After 17 years at CNN, I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly. At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at the network."

In a statement of its own, CNN said the network and Lemon had parted ways. It added that Lemon was offered a chance to meet with the network's management but that he instead released a statement on his personal Twitter account. The network described Lemon's version of events as "inaccurate."

Neither statement gave a reason for Lemon's departure.

Lemon joined CNN in 2006. He hosted the prime-time show "Don Lemon Tonight" for more than eight years and gained prominence during the presidency of Donald Trump for his commentary on the former Republican president, whom he called a "racist."

Trump welcomed Lemon's departure from CNN. On his Truth Social platform, the former president said: "My only question is, WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG?"

Lemon faced severe criticism earlier this year for comments made on air during a discussion about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley's proposal that people over the age of 75 who wish to serve in the White House should prove mental competence.

He said Haley was not in her prime and that a woman's prime is in her 20s, 30s or "maybe her 40s." He later apologized for the sexist comments.

In response to Lemon's departure from CNN, Haley tweeted on Monday: "A great day for women everywhere."

Lemon was on the air earlier on Monday for the "CNN This Morning" show, which he began hosting a few months ago.

CNN's top boss, Chris Licht, said the show, which Lemon hosted with journalists Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow, will continue and CNN was "committed to its success."

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