Mental Status
Mental Status
Megan Kelly
Fatigued. Anxious. Irritable. Depressed. How are you actually doing? Welcome to Mental Status, a podcast made for burnt-out therapists looking to reignite their life beyond the chair. Each episode, your host Meg explores the ins, outs, ups and downs of being a professional helper in the modern age, and ways to help the most important person of all—yourself.
MS44: Rachel Elder, LMHC: "don't hate the story—learn to integrate it"
Is this episode, Meg sits down with Rachel as she explores her journey through intense agency burnout, learning to hold boundaries for herself (because nobody else is gonna do it for her) and learning to 'not hate the story—but learn to integrate it.'
Aug 30, 2022
50 min
MS43: Jacqueline Hurst Explores her Burnout to Breakthrough Journey
Meg sits down with UK's leading Life Coach, Jacqueline Hurst, and they explore all the ways we can move through the journey from burnout to breakthrough.
Aug 16, 2022
48 min
MS42: Happy Freakin' Birthday to Mental Status!
Holy cannoli, Mental Status is 1 year old! This episode is a celebration of you, all of the guests who shared their stories, the show in general, and the greater effects that this show has had on my life since that very first episode came out on July 19, 2021. So, to all of my listeners and guests—THANK YOU!! We did it!!
Jul 19, 2022
42 min
MS41: Liza Mordkovich, Licensed Social Worker, talks feeling guilty when making changes—and doing it anyway
Meg and Liza sit down to chat about the different systems and supports we can put into place to create an anti-burnout culture among mental health workers. We also chat about doing the things that help us feel better, even when we feel guilty.
Jun 28, 2022
49 min
MS40: Vitor de Souza of The Student Counselor Podcast talks about burnout culture during graduate school
Vitor de Souza of The Student Counselor Podcast chats with Meg about recognizing the signs of burnout during graduate school.
Jun 14, 2022
1 hr 8 min
MS39: Shawny Sena, LMFT invites you to bring playfulness & creativity back into the room
Meg and Shawny talk about side-hustle culture in the therapist world, the role of creativity in recovering from burnout, and how to work with all the parts of ourselves that get really freaked out by marketing.
May 31, 2022
1 hr 15 min
MS38: Jeff Guenther, LPC talks mouth tape, for-profit crisis lines, and being a therapist on TikTok
In this episode, Jeff Guenther—TikTok superstar and co-founder of TherapyDen—chats with Meg about the best ways to prevent snoring, what it was like to work at a for-profit crisis line, and his journey into private practice, social media creator burnout, and more.
May 23, 2022
1 hr 1 min
M37: Dr. Kim Dwyer Wants you to know your truth has always been there
Meg and Dr. Kim sit down and chat about Dr. Kim's journey through burnout, the "geographic cure" for healer-entrepreneurs, and ways to live out your values inside AND outside of your therapy practice.
May 17, 2022
58 min
MS36: Patrick Casale Talks Agency Burnout, Neurodivergence, and Shitty Psych Today Profiles
On this episode, Patrick chats with Meg about burning out in agency life, how neurodivergence informs and impacts his work as a therapist, coach and business owner today, as well as shitty Psychology Today profiles. Allll the shitty Psych Today profiles.
May 1, 2022
1 hr 6 min
MS35: Christie Cotcher talks Change, Nervous System Regulation & Self-Preservation for Clinicians
Christie Cotcher joins Meg to talk about creating first- and second-order changes to combat burnout, how to integrate nervous system regulation into your self-care and decision making, and ways of acting out of self-preservation in the therapy field.
Apr 18, 2022
1 hr 2 min
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