WARNING: POOR EXAMPLE OF A  SOUTHERN DRAWL DUE TO MY RECENT INFLUENCES AS OF LATE-What&apos;s your influence? What&apos;s influencing your thoughts? If you&apos;re telling yourself not-so-nice things you&apos;re going to believe those not-so-nice things. Why do you tell yourself the negative things? Why are you so quick to accept the negative instead of the positives? Staaaap. Just Staaaaap. Start changing your wiring in your mind and start immersing yourself in positive things. Start telling yourself you&apos;re successful. Start telling yourself your GORGEOUS. Start telling yourself you have a lot to offer to those around you. If Chandler can stop smoking with a hypnosis tape-so can you! Let me ask you this... has your negative "just keeping it real" comments to yourself done anything for you? No. Probably not. Go get your coffee or tea and let&apos;s get to spilling. 

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The one with Influence.

I love this topic so much. Addiction to your illness is definitely a "thing". Being addicted to your illness (mental health in this case) is something we&apos;re all probably doing. Hey-we&apos;re trying our best... cut us some slack! You&apos;ve heard the story.... you grew up with anxiety or developed it along the way from an intense experience and learned to cope with it by finding a different way to function and it has worked for you but now it&apos;s created more dysfunction because you have gained something from the dysfunction. (INSERT DEEP BREATH AFTER THAT LONG RUN ON SENTENCE). Yikes. Deep Breath in... expand the belly and deep breath out.  Take a listen as I explain more about this and how to start identifying if this is going on for you. Is this what&apos;s keeping you from having healthier relationships? Is this what&apos;s causing the same argument in your relationships? Is this keeping you from moving forward? Those secondary gains are NIIIIIIIICEEEEEE. You know why they&apos;re nice? Because they&apos;re easy. We&apos;ve used them to get around the actual problem and the actual healthy solution. Awww, man! Does this mean I can&apos;t project my anxiety onto my loved ones so they can handle what&apos;s causing my anxiety?! Yeah, &apos;fraid so. But I promise it&apos;ll feel even better to work through and develop better behaviors to cope. 

The one with Addiction to Illness

****yaaaaaawwwwnnnnn***** Good morning! How&apos;d you sleep? Still feeling exhausted in the mornings (or whenever you wake up to start your day)? Maybe you need a nighttime routine to have better sleep hygiene. In this epi, I talk about the cycles of sleep and why going through the stages of sleep is SO important. I discuss some of the habits or things that could be interfering with a good night&apos;s sleep too... you know that glass of wine or beer you drink before going to bed??.....I know! I&apos;m sorry, I didn&apos;t make this fact up-but it&apos;s actually not so good to be doing. The keyword we&apos;re looking for here is CALM..... CAAAAAAALLLLMMMM. How can you calm your system down before bed? Where do you start with creating a bedtime routine? Let&apos;s talk about it and get those ideas started for you so you can be on a path to better sleep. 

The one with Sleep.

This epi talks about putting someone, something, a method of doing things on a pretty pedestal. The one that sits high and you look to it for the answers. As you take a seat on the Orange Couch, maybe the discussion will start to generate ideas on how you can deconstruct those pedestals. NO ONE NO METHOD should be on a pedestal. There&apos;s a difference between admiration and putting someone or something on a pedestal. It&apos;s fine to admire.... think highly of someone or something but it should never dictate how you feel, act, or think of yourself. Go get your coffee, tea, (maybe even a little bubbly??!) and let&apos;s have a seat on the Orange Couch!

The one with the Pedestal

OOOOY. Fear of failure?? Fearing change? Do you struggle with perfectionism? Are you fearing that your dream of accomplishing a goal won&apos;t end well? Let&apos;s discuss... get your tea, coffee, maybe a splash of something extra in your bevy cuz we&apos;re about to have a seat on the Orange Couch to discuss!

The one with Fear of Failure

The discussion continues in this weeks episode with my amazing friend Jackie Brubaker of That Girl Coaching. Jackie is a life coach and together her and I discussed what happens when we lose momentum in our goals and the possibilities of WHY we lose the momentum. Topics of imposter syndrome, impatience, and other WHY&apos;s are included. Additionally, we talk about what we need to keep the momentum going and what helps to keep the fire lit to keep going! Sometimes it&apos;s all about taking a step back and letting things simmer as you remember your WHY.

The One With That Girl Coaching.

This is the debut episode of Orange Couch Therapy! In this episode, I discuss a little bit about myself and how Orange Couch Therapy started. Producing a podcast has been on my heart and mind for a little while now and I&apos;ve decided to just go for it. I have no experience with podcasts but I do know I wanted to do it and have discussions with everyone related to being a human being on this earth. After I discuss the origins of OCT, I dive right into the winter blues that are felt by lots of people. Even if you don&apos;t have the winter blues there always that dip in inspiration/motivation in the beginning of the year. So, let&apos;s talk about it! What exactly is going on? I discuss a few possibilities that may describe how you&apos;re feeling. Then we talk about antidotes to overcoming those dips in inspiration. This is your cue to go grab your coffee or tea so we can have a seat on the Orange Couch.

The one with winter blues.

Hey! First, if you haven&apos;t already, go to my Instagram page- @orangecouchtherapy and hit follow! I&apos;ll be posting updates about the podcast and there&apos;s a link to the Orange Couch Therapy website that is hosting all of the episodes currently posted and the future ones to come. I&apos;ll update you all as soon as the episodes are available on your favorite podcast apps.http://instagram.com/orangecouchtherapy/This is a little sneaker peek into what to expect on the OCT podcast. I start to get into the content a little bit and give you something to think about before we have a seat on the Orange Couch. It&apos;s a fun and casual conversation about our moods in the months of January and February. Is it seasonal depression? Anxiety? Feeling cooped up? Well... we&apos;re going to talk about it when the podcast launches on FEBRUARY 1ST, 2021! 

OCT Trailer

This is a quick introduction about Orange Couch Therapy~

Introduction to Orange Couch Therapy

Hey! Come on in! My name is Megan Garcia and I'll be your main host for the duration of this podcast. I am a board-certified licensed therapist in the northwest suburbs of Sweet Home Chicago!So why the Orange Couch? Well, it's more of an ode to my love of a particular t.v. series that followed the lives of six close pals who reside in New York. Can that BE anymore of a hint? I took the couch concept because I'm actually a licensed therapist whose office holds a couch and some chairs so my clients are comfortable spilling their tea. Also, It just so happens that the color orange has many meanings in different cultures and one of my favorite meanings describes orange as a color representing transformation.In therapy, there is lots of transformation. One of my many hopes as you listen to this podcast is that it brings you transformation. Positive transformation. With that being said, let's get started. Get your tea, coffee, lemonade, or whatever it is you like to drink!

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