This week's guest is Cassandra McClure, a multi-hyphenated entrepreneur in the beauty industry with a passion and commitment to clean beauty. She started out as a model and celebrity makeup artist, and now has her own patent-pending product, Lash Binder™—a tool and method that makes strip eyelash application quicker, easier, and safer. As the host of the Clean Beauty Podcast, she highlights brands with a green and clean ethos and educates and raises awareness about ingredient safety in daily products. Cassandra’s current next move is Clean Beauty Con, a business summit that has gone virtual with the goal of supporting struggling business-owners in these unprecedented times. (bio abbreviated from Cassandra's website) 

Brittany Crane is the author of the highly-praised Self Compassion Workbook - a 15 day guide and journal experience to help you build inner strength, accept yourself and thrive at life and the founder and CEO of Get Out There Girl. She is on a mission to help women thrive at life by... connecting with nature through high-adventure retreats, connecting with themselves through self compassion, and connecting with other women through vulnerability. Brittany helps women uncover their critical voices and treat themselves like they would treat a good friend. She believes that self compassion is the tool that will free women from the traps of comparison, guilt, and perfectionism. 

In today's solo Q+A I answer the following questions...

+ What was the main goal of making your podcast?

+ Podcasting sound quality Anchor is great for pods but how did you learn everything about mics and all the other technology? Your podcast seems to have much better quality and I love it!

+ What is something you are most passionate about right now?

+ How can you support/help support a friend who’s struggling with depression or any mental illnesses?

+ How to support a friend that you aren’t really close to…

+ How do you think being a kid/teenager impacts your mental health different than being an adult?

+ What are your favorite simple, on the spot coping mechanisms when something unexpected happens when you can’t cope ahead?

+ What’s one relationship you have re-evaluated/rebuilt since coming out of McLean/therapeutic boarding school? (ie: relationship with your family, or friends, teachers, etc?) How did you work on rebuilding those relationships?

+ How did you deal with the transition from residential to regular school. What were the most difficult parts and how did you deal with them?

This week’s guest is Scout Sobel, the host of SCOUT Podcast and cohost of Okay Sis. She is not only the CEO of Scout’s Agency, a PR agency that specializes in podcasts and women’s voices, brands, and companies but a huge mental health advocate and a bipolar survivor. If you want to hear more from Scout her podcasts' Okay Sis and SCOUT are available on every listing platform and you can follow her on Instagram at @scoutsobel.

Lexie Smith (from Every Ounce of Strength) and I sit down to discuss her mental health journey, full recovery, taking ownership of your mental health, and prioritizing your mental health before that of others. Find Lexie on Instagram at @everyounce.ofstrength and find her workbook (The Recovery Workbook) on Amazon.com!

Jill Nowak (LICSW) from 3East, McLean Hospital, and I sit down to reminisce about my time at 3East, discuss the benefits of gratitude, the difficulty of such a practice when struggling, and her path to working in the adolescent treatment industry. These gratitude skills in this episode are truly applicable to anyone no matter your background!

Though this week's episode is different from my normal episodes, it was extremely important to me to share this with you all. I hope this DBT education on validation and mindfulness of others can help you to help others feel seen, heard, and respected. No matter your physical or mental health, you can implement these skills and strengthen your relationships.

Blaise Aguirre M.D. (world-renowned psychiatrist, dialectical behavioral therapy expert, founder and medical director of 3East, and assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School) and I sit down to reminisce about my time at 3East, discuss the benefits of dialectical behavioral therapy, the importance of taking ownership of your life, and the complexity of emotional experiencing. If you have a teen in your life who struggles with mental health this episode is a MUST LISTEN.

With Emily LeBaron (from the Living For Hope Brand) I sit down and talk all things therapy, medication, and coping during COVID-19. Emily shares her story as a teenage depression survivor and talks about her brand.  

In this episode, I sit down with my younger sister, Ivy and we talk about self-respect, independence and I teach the FAST (be Fair, no Apologies, Stick to values, be Truthful) DBT skill.

Leeza (from The Leeza Rants Podcast) and I cover EVERYTHING in this episode. From our own experiences with anxiety, confidence, social media, productivity and self care in quarantine, the importance of having a therapist/someone to talk to, all things podcasting, and vulnerability, we cover it ALL!

In this episode, Steph and I sit down to go through break up protocol! Like we mentioned in today's episode, we're not experts, just speaking from experience and hoping to help. If you're in a relationship that feels unsafe, please talk to an adult you trust!

I sit down with my Dad and ask him about his preconceptions about adolescent mental health, we dive into his emotional experience when I was sent to treatment, his parenting principles, and how he's changed his perspective on parenting after navigating my mental health struggles.

In episode 22 of She Persisted, I sit down with Maya for the 2nd time to discuss how things have changed due to corona virus. We share our daily schedules and how we are working to stay positive and calm during a time full of anxiety. Finally, we dive into the anxieties that come with being a junior and the uncertainty about next year's college applications and admissions process.

In this episode of DBT education, I teach the GIVE (be Gentle, act Interested, Validate, Easy manner) and THINK (Think, Have empathy, Interpretations, Notice, use Kindness) skills allowing listeners to effectively navigate and improve their relationships. 

In the second episode of the Interpersonal Effectiveness module, I teach the DEARMAN (Describe, Express, Assert, Reinforce, be Mindful, Appear confident, Negotiate) skill, advising how to get what you want effectively in your relationships. Building off what we did last week, use this skill when you are prioritizing your objective.

In the first episode of the Interpersonal Effectiveness module, I walk my younger sister through an overview of interpersonal effectiveness, unhealthy beliefs about relationships, and how to clarify your relational goals.

This week's episode continues our journey into the mindfulness module. We talk about what mindfulness his, the purpose, and how it can help you with your DBT journey. Learn the HOW skills: Nonjudgementally, Effectively, One-Mindfully, Loving Kindness Meditation, and the difference between being and doing mind.

This week's episode begins our journey into the mindfulness module. We talk about what mindfulness is, its purpose, and how it can help you with your DBT journey. Learn the WHAT skills: Participate, Observe, and Describe, the 3 states of mind, and how to apply POD skills.  

This DBT Overview episode covers the biosocial therapy, behavior change tactics, dialectics, and validation. I go over a recent interpersonal conflict with my sister and we troubleshoot the interaction to maximize for objective effectiveness.