Wide Open Spaces with Ilise Litwin

Season 4: Episode 136: Grief during the Holidays ”Life Unexpected”

Grieving is never easy and is amplified during the Holidays. This week we discuss Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Reframing our Thought Process to cope with grief. We must all create a healthy balance in our lives even during the grieving process. This Episode is Dedicated to My Father-in-law. We will miss you Dad.

Season 4: Episode 135: Your Brain on Giving

Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to manipulate your brain to give you a natural high.  It has been scientifically proven that the art of giving to others creates a hormone and chemical release that gives you a "Happy High".  Let's discuss ways of giving that will elevate your emotions and enhance your mood. The art of Giving.

Season 4: Episode 134: Where is Your Energy Spot?

Energy is all around us. How can we capture this energy to utilize as a means of lifting our mood, energy levels and health?  This weeks Podcast will take you on an individual journey to help you identify your own personal energy spot in your world. In the process you will take a journey with me to a Vortex in Sedona, Arizona. Let's gain some positive energy together.

Season 4: Episode 133: Surviving the Holidays

Holiday time can be so overwhelming and chaotic. I want to set you up for success this Holiday Season by learning how to cope with Positive/Negative Stressors. Take a listen and you might be able to relate to a lot of the stressors that I go through and well stress that everyone goes through. Let's make this Holiday Season Bright and Merry in every sense of the word. Happy Holidays from me to you at Wide Open Spaces with Ilise.

Season 4: Episode 132: Music is Your Therapy

"Music is Life" a frequent statement that I make. Join me this week as I teach you how to deconstruct music from the lyrics. Identify your own Theme Song and to use music and it's lyrics as a healthy coping mechanism. "Music is Life".

How is Your Mind’s Eye?

Let me take you on a special trip through a wine vineyard. Visualizations and our memories can lead us to a productive way of coping with life's challenges.  Open up Your Mind's Eye to new beginnings and maybe even a natural sense of a high.

Season 4: Episode 130: It’s Time to take a Self-Inventory of Yourself

The Holiday Season can be very overwhelming, debilitating and anxiety provoking.  You may even find yourself experiencing the Holiday Blues.  Let's take a listen to this weeks podcast on how to take a Self-Inventory of yourself to ensure that this is the most nurturing Holiday Season that you have ever had.  Who knows, maybe you will even learn some new things about yourself.  Tis The Season to be Jolly.

Season 4: Episode 129: Do You have Imposter Syndrome?

Halloween is a time where we all put costumes on to hide who we really are.  Do you ever feel like a fraud at work, your experiences, education, social situations, skills and even in your home life? Pop in your earbuds and take a listen to this Podcast where I will help you acknowledge and identify how you feel like a Fraud or an Imposter in your daily life.  I will guide you through how to overcome Imposter Syndrome.

Season 4: Episode 128: Do You Feel Stuck in Your Mental Blocks?

Life is full of challenges and sometimes overloading our brains can lead to us feeling Stuck and having Mental Blocks.  This Podcast identifies 3 areas that are impacted by Mental Blocks and how you can clear your brain to be more productive. Sometimes you need to just Sit with Yourself to figure out what is going on internally and how you can move forward and evolve.

Season 4: Episode 127: Reality Television is Good for Your Mental Health

Are you a Reality TVAholic? Bravoholic or a TLC fan?  Reality Television can be good for your mental health.  Addictions fall into many categories and Reality TV is there.  I bet you watch some Reality TV and you aren't even aware of it.  Take a listen to hear about how Reality TV is a coping skill. You might be surprised the effect it has on your chemical make up.  Reality TV might be more like reality then you realize. This Episode I open up to you about my personal addiction.