Have you ever thought about why you think the way you think? Or act the way you act? Have you ever thought about what drives you in life and relationships?
In the "What Drives You?" podcast, we explore these questions and more through the relatable metaphor of the "family car," which sheds light on how our family of origin dynamics impact us throughout our lives.
What Drives You is brought to you by Ellen Y. Chute, a licensed therapist, former lecturer at the University of Michigan, and family systems expert. For the first six episodes, Ellen is joined by Tolly Taylor, an award winning reporter and expert interviewer. Together, Ellen and Tolly bring us an enlightening and thought-provoking dialogue that sparks the question, "What drives you?"
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Have you ever thought about why you think the way you think? Or act the way you act? Have you ever thought about what drives you in life and relationships?
In the "What Drives You?" podcast, we explore these questions and more through the relatable metaphor of the "family car," which sheds light on how our family of origin dynamics impact us throughout our lives.
What Drives You is brought to you by Ellen Y. Chute, a licensed therapist, former lecturer at the University of Michigan, and family systems expert. For the first six episodes, Ellen is joined by Tolly Taylor, an award winning reporter and expert interviewer. Together, Ellen and Tolly bring us an enlightening and thought-provoking dialogue that sparks the question, "What drives you?"
We all desire to be our true selves with those we love and in our places of work, service, and worship. The key to being our whole, most authentic self is forgiveness—and we must start by forgiving ourselves.
Julie Feldman, Registered Dietician Nutritionist (and my amazing daughter), joins me to discuss Value-Driven Nutrition. Tune in and learn to feel great about your food choices, love the body you're in, and empower your family to do the same!
How can we build and maintain healthy love relationships? How can we find love and keep love in our lives? How can we find love again after divorce or the death of a partner? Dr. Terri Orbuch, The Love Doctor ®, chats with me about all of this and more!
What is mental illness? How do I know if my loved one needs help? If I sense that someone may be having suicidal thoughts, how do I talk to them about it? My guest, Amy Stern, LMSW, helps us answer these questions and more.
We all want authenticity in our relationships—we want others to feel safe to be real and honest. But what happens when a loved one's journey to becoming their authentic self massively upsets the status quo of our life together? My guest today shares her story of supporting a loved one through a major life transition and how this experience has affected their "family car."
When you set aside time to press pause and rest, what does that look like for you? Do you know how to pause in a way that will leave you feeling truly replenished? This episode will encourage you to do just that!
Life and COVID recently forced me to slow way down. As a result, I began to wonder, "How do I want to show up this holiday season?" If I don't want to show up frazzled and overextended, how DO I want to show up? Let's talk about how we want to show up and how we can experience all the joy and peace of this season!
Author Beth Robinson joins me to talk about grief and healing. Beth is a co-author and co-curator of the Amazon bestselling book, The Epiphanies Project: Twenty Personal Revelations. Through her writing, she's learned much about her own grief and gained compassion for some of the disappointments and sadness she processed after her mother's passing. Join us for this powerful conversation on grief and healing.
What if preparing meals could be therapeutic? What if we could use the process of meal planning and cooking to learn more about ourselves and our family dynamics? My guest, Julie Ohana, LMSW, helps individuals, families, and groups build self-awareness and healthy communication through the art of cooking.
This week, I'm chatting with Barb and Sophie, two sisters from a large family. We'll hear how they had very different experiences within the same family "car" and how those experiences helped shape who they are today.
Do you feel a deeper level of angst? Maybe a low hum of anxiety just under the surface? Do you find it unsettling that, as humans, we seem to be more divided than ever? I can say "yes" to all of these questions and this is what I hear daily as a therapist. So, in this episode, I want to share what the world needs now—self-compassion, soothing, grounding, and kindness—just to name a few, and I'll share some practical ways we can give these things to ourselves and others.
Our road trip into season 2 of "What Drives You?" begins Monday, October 24th! I hope you'll join us for some inspirational, insightful, and encouraging conversations about how our family dynamics shape the people we become. Hit that subscribe button so you don't miss a thing!
Happy New Year! On this bonus episode of the podcast, I felt inspired to share about this very special time of year—the Jewish New Year season. If you are Jewish and observing the holidays with your family and community, this episode will help ground you in the meaning of this important season. If you are not Jewish but would like to learn a bit about what your Jewish friends are celebrating this time of year, I hope you'll tune in too. There's something for everyone, including some wonderful reminders about mindfulness in this episode. I hope you give it a listen!
Special guest, Paul Chute, shares his family of origin "car" experience, how that disintegrated in a traumatic way, and how he went on to create new "cars" throughout his life. Through Paul's experience, we learn how friends, co-workers, military comrades, and people in our various spheres of life can help us to create the support systems we need to face our fears and keep moving forward in life.
How does our experience in our childhood car show up in our adult relationships? Ellen and Tolly explore this question in depth through a fascinating look at 3 examples Ellen shares from her work as a therapist. Although the client experiences are composites and all names have been changed, these examples bring the car metaphor to life in vibrant, relatable, and fascinating ways.
In this special edition, Ellen welcomes her husband, Paul, on the show to discuss the unique challenges we experience during the holiday season. Paul is also a social worker and presents thought-provoking questions about how we can navigate potentially triggering family interactions as we revisit our "family car" this season. Ellen offers practical ways that we can extend grace and compassion to ourselves and others and how we can make the most of the holidays this year.
Ellen and Tolly welcome a very special guest, Bethany Taylor. Bethany is Tolly’s wife and a social worker. Bethany brings her experiences from her family of origin to the discussion, bringing the car illustration to life in new ways!
Who were you in your family car…the smart one, the athlete, the baby, the lazy one? Our roles influence us forever!
In this episode, Ellen and Tolly dig into the rules and roles of the family car and how those dynamics stay with us, driving us, throughout our lives. Ellen shares about her family car growing up and how those roles and rules led her to create a new family car when she married and had a family of her own. The illustrations of Ellen and Tolly's personal examples help us to become aware of the rules and roles in our family car growing up and how we may be responding to those dynamics now, in our current cars. You are guaranteed to find glimpses of yourself, your parents, and your siblings in this episode!
Welcome to the What Drives You? podcast! In this first episode, Tolly and Ellen introduce the metaphor of the "family car," a powerful representation of the dynamics we experience in our family of origin.
Ellen Y. Chute is a licensed therapist and former lecturer at the University of Michigan. She brings her wealth of clinical and personal experience to this authentic and relatable conversation. Tolly Taylor is an award-winning reporter and expert interviewer. Together, Ellen and Tolly bring us an enlightening and thought-provoking dialogue that sparks the question, "What drives you?"
Have you ever thought about why you think the way you think? Or act the way you act? Have you ever thought about what drives you in life and relationships?
In the "What Drives You?" podcast, we explore these questions and more through the relatable metaphor of the "family car," which sheds light on how our family of origin dynamics impact us throughout our lives.
What Drives You is brought to you by Ellen Y. Chute, a licensed therapist, former lecturer at the University of Michigan, and family systems expert. For the first six episodes, Ellen is joined by Tolly Taylor, an award winning reporter and expert interviewer. Together, Ellen and Tolly bring us an enlightening and thought-provoking dialogue that sparks the question, "What drives you?"
