This week host Renae Johnson (they/them) and Open Space Therapy therapist Terra Friedman (she/her) discuss the reality of what it feels like to be burned out and ways to cope.

In this episode we answer:

• What are the symptoms of burnout? How do you know if it’s happening to you?

• Who is likely to experience exhaustion and burnout?

• How can therapy help with burnout?

• What types of tools or skills will help to deal with burnout?

Join us as we dive into the ways burn out can happen in our daily lives and strategies to help you decrease burnout symptoms and take care of yourself.

This week host Renae Johnson (they/them) and Open Space Therapy Collective Clinical Director Kristen Crowe (they/she) discuss the importance of having a therapist who is knowledgeable about polyamory, ethical non-monogamy, and open relationships.

In this episode we answer:

• What’s polyamory and what different forms or arrangements does it come in? Who decides to do polyamory and why? Is poly something that only queer people do?

• When might polyamory come up in therapy?

• How can therapists help with understanding poly identities and poly relationships?

• How shame can show up in the therapy room

• How to identify if your therapist can support you in all of your relationships

Join us as we dive into the complexities of these relationship experiences and find ways to grow your poly/ENM relationships in the way that is most fulfilling for you.

This week host Renae Johnson (they/them) and Open Space Therapy Collective therapist Jenny Nigro (they/them) discuss what intergenerational trauma is and how it shows up in our lives.

In this episode we answer:

• What is intergenerational trauma and why should we be thinking about it?

• How can I tell if I am experiencing intergenerational trauma? Is it going to just pop out and give me a breakdown some day?

• Is intergenerational trauma something that happens more often to queer and trans people?

• How does intergenerational trauma show up in my life and relationships if I am queer?

• How can I heal from intergenerational trauma if I am not even close to my family?

Join us as we dive into the complexities of intergenerational trauma and how it shows up in our lives.

This week host Renae Johnson (they/them) and Guy Macpherson (he/him) from The Trauma Therapist Podcast explore what it truly means to be a queer-informed therapist and why it’s so important.

In this episode, we answer:

• What is queer-informed therapy?

• Why a client should never have to educate their therapist about queerness

• Does being queer inherently mean you will have experienced trauma?

• How is the queer life different from the het life?

Join us as we dive into the complexities of queer-informed therapy and the differences of living life as a queer person, the joys and the struggles.

This week the My Therapist is Out! and Open Space Therapy Collective teams are taking a break to celebrate our 1 Year Podcasting Anniversary!

As much as I love what I do, the people I work with, and the creative endeavors it provides me – it’s time to take a break and get some rest. Today I want to delve into a topic that is often overlooked and over-commercialized as “mani-pedi self-care” but is incredibly vital to our well-being: the importance of tending to yourself through rest and restoration.

This week host Renae Johnson (they/them) and Artist & LGBTQ+ Community Leader Kia Sisowath (he/him) unpack the complex process of being a dedicated artist and when you’ve sacrificed too much.

In this episode we unpack:

• Breaking gender stereotypes in performance art

• How to step up when your artistic vision and collaborators need you

• The signs of burnout and sacrificing yourself for your art

• The role rest plays in creativity

• How collaboration and passing on the torch is key to growing your artistic self

Join us as we dive into the details of being an LGBTQ+ artist and leader as Kia shares his personal excitements and struggles over the past few years.

This week host Renae Johnson (they/them) and Psych NP Mikey Whited (they/he) real talk about what “mood stabilizer” medications really do (and don’t do).

In this episode we answer:

What does a mood stabilizer do? How does it work?

Who would benefit from being on a mood stabilizer?

If you start, do you have to stay on mood stabilizers forever?

How long does it take to feel the benefits of a mood stabilizer when taken regularly?

Are mood stabilizers addictive?

Join us as we dive into the medical details and social stigmas of these medications to get a clear picture if it can help you feel better and reach your personal goals.

This week host Renae Johnson (they/them) and Artist, Dancer, and Creative Leader Kane Kongppien (he/him) explore the depth of what it truly means to build trust and emotional safety with your creative colleagues.

In this episode we answer:

What emotional safety means in a professional environment

How leading LGBTQ+ Pride events at Disney and in SoCal cities builds community

What changes in Kane’s life inspired him to break his own intergenerational cycles

Compassionate and mindfulness strategies to utilize in your workplace to enhance connection and emotional safety

Join us as we dive deep into Kane’s experience and how shifting his leadership style enhanced the safety, mental health, and creative expression for himself and his team.

In this episode Paul Gilmartin & Renae talk about:

How religious trauma numbs us from ourselves

How feeling like “not fitting anywhere” was the clue to help unlock the exploration into gender fluidity

The never ending process of self-discovery

Finding love in chosen family

Importance of LGBTQ+ community building

Join us as we dive into how Renae’s journey of intergenerational trauma and queer self-discovery led to finding chosen family, an authentic sense of self, and the desire to build a welcoming landing spot for the greater queer and trans community.

This week we explore what it actually means to feel your feelings.

The difference between feeling and emotion

How to appreciate and learn from negative feelings

Difficulties accessing our feelings

And how that can be different in the Queer & Trans experience

Join us as we demystify the feeling process and help you have your feelings become an ally instead of an enemy.

My Therapist is Out! Podcast - Ep 26 Healing From Being Rejected By Your Family with Debbie Whyte APCC, ATR (she/her)

In this episode we talk about:

Common reasons someone may experience rejection from their family

Trauma caused by being rejected from your family

Coping strategies for dealing specifically with parental rejection

The beginning process of healing

What “creating your own family” really means

Ways the holidays trigger rejection

In this episode we answer:

Why do I feel like I’m stuck in a toxic hetero relationship model I can’t break out of?

But to reel it back, what are the problems with hetero relationships?

I love my partner, but I can’t get them to see that I want more than just a role-play of a white picket fence and a house relationship. They’re so cottage core. How can I get them to break free?

My partner is older and they seem to want me to play a certain role and I just want more than that hetero model. But there’s no “model” if you’re queer, just stereotypes.

I broke up with my last partner because we fought so much. But now the same thing is happening with my new partner. Am I the problem?

As queer folks we often find ourselves sitting with a cis-het therapist wondering why we can’t connect or why things don’t feel safe. Sometimes we push through and swallow the dismissal of our experience, or we just leave the queer part of ourselves out of the therapy room. Even more frustrating we find that we are spending the therapy session educating the therapist on the queer experience!

Building a community and chosen family who gets you is one of the most important endeavors of our lifetime. Join us this week as we talk with Bryan Kosarek, founder of the Unite App. Together we explore:

Queerness

Ambiguous Grief

Growth Past Family Dynamic Patterns

Effect of Building Queer Community

We all need each other to be our best selves.

If you were lazy you would be having more fun! Being unmotivated sucks, no ifs, ands, or buts. Being unmotivated can feel like:

😰 Worthless

🔥Depressed

😬 Angry

But unmotivated isn’t “just being lazy”. There are a million reasons we feel unmotivated. Join us to find out more!

We hear medication terms and names thrown around all of the time. By our friends, social media, even doctors will just suggest something but won’t really take the time to explain. My Therapist is Out and Mikey Whited, Pscyh NP (he/they) are here to help make all that medical jargon really clear for you as we dive into SSRI medication today.

Even if you’re just getting clues that you may have a stalker, things can escalate and get very scary. Unwanted phone calls or hang-ups, surprise run-ins, or lots of texts and DMs, and it can quickly turn threatening. If you’re feeling uncomfortable, pay attention!

We are happy to welcome therapist to our team Jenny Nigro, ASW!

Jenny works with Queer & Trans Individuals who: Are exploring their gender and identity

Have experienced trauma or difficult relationships and want to quiet the tension and feel empowered

Sound Like You?

Book a Free Consultation Call with Jenny!

Are all the doctor’s telling you that the labs don’t show anything so the pain is in your head? Guest and Head Witch of Crystal Case Apothecary, Lynsi Stevens (she/her) joins Renae to discuss Lynsi’s five year journey of decolonizing her health, chronic health stigmas, and her drive to help others balance their medical needs with their spiritual and creative life.