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What Brought You Here Today?
Ryanne Truh Mellick
30 episodes
6 days ago
What Brought You Here Today? is a mix of education, and interviews, with people just like you. I am passionate about mental health, parenting, and bringing more awareness to mental health, particularly within our youth. Settle in and let's unpack "What Brought You Here Today?"
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What Brought You Here Today? is a mix of education, and interviews, with people just like you. I am passionate about mental health, parenting, and bringing more awareness to mental health, particularly within our youth. Settle in and let's unpack "What Brought You Here Today?"
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What Brought You Here Today?
#29 OCD 101 with Erin Venker, LPCC

Join me as I sit down with Erin to discuss all things Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Erin has received extensive training in exposure and response prevention therapy from multiple well-known experts in the field, and has several years of experience treating OCD and related disorders. Having OCD herself, Erin has a unique ability to connect with her clients. She uses creativity and an open sense of humor, while providing highly collaborative and evidenced-based treatment that focuses on clients to help them reach their individual treatment goals.


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10 months ago
39 minutes 18 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#28 Journaling, Affirmations, and Building Therapeutic Rapport with Samantha Southard, LMHC

Ryanne and Samantha discuss using affirmations and journaling to help manage mental health, the value of building therapeutic rapport with your therapist, and much more!


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⁠⁠⁠Schedule in Minnesota with Ryanne⁠⁠ - Learn more about Ryanne here! ⁠

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10 months ago
30 minutes 10 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#27 Demystifying Play Therapy with Candace Rutkowski, LMFT, RPT-S

Ryanne sits down with Candace to talk about all things Play Therapy. Tune in to learn more about play therapy, the importance of play, and how we can continue to model and support our children.


Candace Rutkowski is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™. She is a Certified FirstPlay® Infant Play Therapy Practitioner and a Certified AutPlay® Therapy Practitioner. Candace believes healing happens within the context of healthy relationships, and that the caregiver-child relationship is one of the most important building blocks of life. She specializes in working with children birth through 12-years-old, their caregivers, and their families.


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10 months ago
46 minutes 42 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#26 Deep Dive on Trauma and Worry Time with Amanda Pierson, LCSW

Ryanne and Amanda sit down (for a second time!) to do a deep dive on trauma and the value or worry time. Amanda has such great insight into trauma and all things mental health. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did while recording.


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11 months ago
40 minutes 31 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#25 Raising kids, the importance of repair, and screen time with Alex Loomis

Ryanne sits down with Alex, an aspiring Marriage & Family Therapist, to discuss the importance of repair, raising kids, and screen time!


Alex Loomis is an aspiring Marriage and Family Therapist working in private practice practice. He is also a full-time single father who constantly faces the challenges of responsibilities and self-care. Part of his motivation for this career change was to gain the skills and knowledge necessary to promote the well-being of his own child.


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11 months ago
38 minutes 55 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#24 DNA Surprises and Life Transitions with Sheridan Anderson, LPCC

Ryanne and Sheridan discuss life transitions and DNA surprises in this episode. Sheridan graciously shares her personal experience with a DNA surprise and how that has transformed her life and her work as a therapist.

TW: Suicide is mentioned at 8 minutes and 17 minutes.


Links for Sheridan:

Learn more about Sheridan and Sliding Doors Counseling

Follow Sliding Doors Counseling on Instagram


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11 months ago
38 minutes 1 second

What Brought You Here Today?
#23 Deep Diving on Boudaries with Brooke Halliday, LPCC

Brooke and I are back at it on today's episode and we are doing a deep dive on boundaries. If you struggle with boundaries, this conversation is for sure one that you are going to want to take some notes from.


Links for Brooke:

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Learn more about and schedule with her here


Links for Ryanne: 

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11 months ago
34 minutes 5 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#22 Trauma and Finding a Good Therapist with Laura Hanley, LICSW

Tune in as Laura breaks down trauma and provides a different perspective on how we view trauma. We talk about finding a good therapist, how life events change us, and how traumatic events impact us.


Links for Laura:

Learn more about Laura and Schedule with her here!


Links for Ryanne: 

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12 months ago
38 minutes 13 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#21 Living life after babies with Amber Reis, LMFT

Listen in as Amber and I kick off Season 3 of What Brought You Here Today. We talk about the perinatal experience, parenthood, spending intentional time with kids when you might not fully enjoy it, and maintaining your relationship after babies.

Links for Amber:

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Links for Ryanne: 

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1 year ago
37 minutes 5 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#20 Healing your body image, eating habits, and reality TV with Liana Ross

TW: diet culture and eating disorders. Liana and I kicked this episode off trying to explain how our names our pronounced when the spelling doesn’t line up and then we got into all the topics today from body image, food and eating habits, and our favorite topic - reality tv. What a FUN conversation to have with one of my favorite trauma therapists; I hope you all enjoy it!


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1 year ago
45 minutes 1 second

What Brought You Here Today?
#19 Holistic Perinatal Mental Health and Parenting with Jessica Sorensen

On today’s episode, I sit down with Jessica of Bloom Well Therapy and talk about all things perinatal mental health. She is a wealth of knowledge and drops some really important reminders that all parents can use in our journey. She is passionate about this topic and provides so much support to those of us who are struggling with managing mental health pre- and post-partum. Please take care while listening.


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Links for Ryanne: 

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1 year ago
37 minutes 41 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#18 Infertility, Mental Health, and Romantasy Books with Abbie Clark

TW: Infertility. Abbie and I talk about mental health, infidelity, finding the joy in reading and entering our romance novel era, and the not so likelihood of messing up our kids. She shares some of her struggles with infertility and how she found her joy through Instagram, content creation, and managing her mental health. This was such a great conversation and I hope you all enjoy it.


Links for Abbie:  

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Links for Ryanne: 

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1 year ago
33 minutes 14 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#17 All things Taylor Swift with Jess and Karly from Typical Tuesday Night

#17 The title says it all! On today’s episode, I sit down with Jess & Karly, the hosts of Typical Tuesday Night: A Taylor Swift Podcast. And this episode is SO juicy and good. We talk about the intersection between mental health and music, Taylor and her reputation, the post-Era’s concert come down, and Travis. I hope this episode takes you out of your down bad and brings back your Miss Americana vibes.


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1 year ago
48 minutes 5 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#16 How Culture and Parents Impact Mental Health with Anne-Kenya Dubuisson

#16 On this episode Anne-Kenya and I talk about the influence and impacts that our culture and parents have on mental health, her work with immigrants, veterans, and people with disabilities, and the importance of trust in the therapeutic relationship. I am so grateful to Anne-Kenya for sharing her experiences and hope that you all enjoy our conversation. 


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1 year ago
34 minutes 37 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
#15 Attachment Styles and Couples Work with Jeana Wescott

#15 On today’s episode, I sat down with Jeana, a marriage and family therapist specializing in couples work. Jeana and I talk about the Gottman Method, reading the book for fun, attachment, and many other topics. Please take care while listening.


Links for Jeana:

Learn more about Jeana here

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1 year ago
37 minutes 6 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
Finding Yourself through Yoga & Boundaries with Angela Francis

On today’s episode, I sat down with Angela, a counseling psychology graduate student and yoga teacher from Wisconsin. Angela and I talked about her non-traditional route to finding her career path, hitting rock bottom, finding your self-worth, and the benefits of a breakdown. There is a very brief mention of suicidality at 16 minutes into this podcast and Angela talks about how her thoughts changed the trajectory of her life for the better.


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1 year ago
44 minutes 8 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
Reframing Your Parenting Experience with Kendra Olson

On today’s episode, I sit down Kendra Olson, a licensed social worker and owner of Psychotherapy for Maternal Well-Being. Kendra and I talk about perinatal and maternal mental health, how to reframe your own narrative in your parenting experience, cultural and societal pressures, healing your inner child, and what “traumatizing your child” actually means. Please take care while listening! 


Links from today's show: 

https://www.instagram.com/pfmwellbeing/

https://www.pfmwellbeing.com/

Links for Ryanne: 

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1 year ago
42 minutes 35 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
ADHD and Parenting with Gretchen

On today’s episode, I sit down with Gretchen, the owner of Parent-Child Body and a licensed independent clinical social worker. Gretchen specializes in ADHD, perinatal Mental health, birth trauma, and early childhood development. We have a really engaging conversation about maternal mental health, traumatic birth, parenting with ADHD, and how to best support yourself when you feel overwhelmed by the mental load. This episode does share brief details related to child birth. Please take care while listening. 


Links from today's show for Gretchen:  

https://parent-childbond.com/

https://www.instagram.com/4adhdmommas/

gretchen@parent-childbond.com

Links for Ryanne: 

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1 year ago
37 minutes 3 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy with Eric Peterson

On today’s episode, I sit down with Eric Peterson, professional Clinical Counselor and alcohol and drug counselor  AND owner of Catalyst Insight Collective. Eric takes a holistic approach to his practice and is bringing awareness to psychedelic assisted treatments and provides these services in Minnesota. This episode does discuss psychedelic drugs used for therapeutic purposes including Ketamine and MDMA. Please take care while listening.

Links from today's show for Eric:  

https://www.youtube.com/@CatalystInsightCollective/featured

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https://www.catalystinsightcollective.com

Solistic Healing 

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1 year ago
44 minutes 59 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
Being Your Own Advocate with Amanda

On today’s episode, I sat down with Amanda, psychotherapist and social worker based in Chicago. Amanda and I talked about our experiences as highly sensitive people, being your own advocate, and her work with couples, teens, and other populations. This was such a fun conversation and one that will resonate with many of you!


Links from today's show: 

Follow Amanda on Instagram

Shop ‘Be Gentle To Your Mental’

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1 year ago
39 minutes 43 seconds

What Brought You Here Today?
What Brought You Here Today? is a mix of education, and interviews, with people just like you. I am passionate about mental health, parenting, and bringing more awareness to mental health, particularly within our youth. Settle in and let's unpack "What Brought You Here Today?"