Trust & Thrive

It’s okay to feel lost. It's okay to change your mind. It's okay to explore new paths.In this episode, I challenge the negative connotation of the word "lost."I explain how feeling lost may be a sign that you are actually discovering your true self.I also share how I've personally been feeling stagnant, yet trying to stay hopeful, during the pandemic, along with letting go of past limiting beliefs.STAY CONNECTED:INSTA: @trustandthriveTIKOK:@trustandthriveTWITTER: @trustandthriveFACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramontWEBSITE: www.tara-mont.comEMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

Jen Oleniczak Brown is the founder of The Engaging Educator (EE), a women-owned and operated company dedicated to helping people find their unapologetic, authentic and best voice, communication style and self through improv-based education. Since 2012, EE has served over 50,000 students, working with companies such as Viacom, Food Network, The New York Times, Saks Fifth Avenue and CBS. EE is based out of NYC, LA, SF and Winston Salem, NC. Jen’s work can be found in publications including Bustle, Fast Company, Forbes, Moneyish and others. Jen is also the author of Think on Your Feet: Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Impromptu Communication Skills on the Job. Aside from her entrepreneurial endeavors, Jen has done three TEDx talks on the power of improv, including one TEDxWomen on uplifting and elevating women. Jen's personal mission is to empower as many women as possible to stop playing small and to know their incredible supernova powers. She currently lives in Winston Salem, NC with her husband Alex, dog Drumstick, and about two-dozen houseplants.In this episode, we touch on the power of silence and intentional listening, how to get straight to the point and not repeat yourself, how to master networking and small talk, and more impromptu communication tips.FOLLOW JEN:WEBSITE: https://theengagingeducator.com/INSTA: @yesandjenbrownTWITTER: @JenOleniczakBOOK: Think on Your Feet: Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Impromptu Communication Skills on the JobSTAY CONNECTED:INSTA: @trustandthriveTIKOK:@trustandthriveTWITTER: @trustandthriveFACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramontWEBSITE: www.tara-mont.comEMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin is a licensed psychologist and executive coach, with a focus on career advancement, leadership development and job transitions. She is a cofounder and partner of Dynamic Transitions Psychological Consulting. She is also a career and executive coaching consultancy, where she works mostly with high potential managers and executives. Dr. Orbé-Austin earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University. Her views about career advancement, job transitions, leadership, and diversity & inclusion are regularly sought by the media and she has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, NBC News, Forbes, The Huffington Post, Refinery29, Business Insider, and Insight Into Diversity. She has also been honored as a Top Voice on LinkedIn in the area of Job Search and Careers. Dr. Orbé-Austin has been an invited speaker at various national conferences. She recently gave a TEDx talk entitled "The Impostor Syndrome Paradox."Dr. Orbé-Austin regularly consults with organizations in the private sector, non-profits, and educational institutions in supporting their employees and senior leadership teams to address gender bias, diversity, equity, inclusion concerns, leadership development, effective communication, team cohesion, and managing conflict management. Her practice also consults to universities on the reorganization & evaluation of their career centers to enhance their efficacy and metrics, in order to improve service delivery, data analysis, and student career outcomes.Her book, Own Your Greatness: Overcome Impostor Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt, and Succeed in Life (Ulysses Press, 2020) co-authored with her partner, Dr. Richard Orbé-Austin, was released in April 2020.In this episode, we discuss many underlying reasons as to why people experience imposter syndrome, dealing with toxic bosses and coworkers, emotional boundary setting, the problem with comparison and perfectionism, what "owning your greatness" looks like, the importance of acknowledging one's progress, and more.FOLLOW DR. ORBÉ-AUSTIN:WEBSITE: www.dynamictransitionsllp.com/INSTA: @drorbeaustinTEDx: The Imposter Syndrome ParadoxBOOK: Own Your Greatness: Overcome Impostor Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt and Succeed in LifeSTAY CONNECTED:INSTA: @trustandthriveTIKOK:@trustandthriveTWITTER: @trustandthriveFACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramontWEBSITE: www.tara-mont.comEMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

Kristina Furia spent the first ten years of her career as a mental health counselor and psychotherapist before realizing her true calling as a transformational teacher and coach.With a Masters degree in clinical and counseling psychology, as well as a certification in coaching, Kristina applies her diverse knowledge-set of the mind, body, and spirit to empower those she works with to lean into their true purpose, to be free of the confines of a harsh inner critic, and to experience each day as a unique gift.In this episode, Kristina and I touch on working through emotional blocks, tips on meditating, the abundance mentality, responding vs. reacting, the importance of gratitude and taking action, tips on visualization, and more.Kristina also shares the many misconceptions on the terms 'manifestation' and 'the law of attraction.'FOLLOW KRISTINA:WEBSITE: www.yournewfrequency.comINSTA: @yournewfrequencySTAY CONNECTED:INSTA: @trustandthriveTIKOK:@trustandthriveTWITTER: @trustandthriveFACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramontWEBSITE: www.tara-mont.comEMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

Jason Phillips is a licensed therapist and life coach, specializing in helping individuals achieve their highest level of personal and professional development. Jason focuses on what he refers to as the 3 C’s, Clarity, Confidence, and Consistency. As a Detroit Native, Jason is a proud graduate of Cass Technical High School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Eastern Michigan University, and a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan.As a mental health professional, Jason has worked with various populations to include college counseling, grief and loss, Active Duty soldiers, Veterans, and community mental health. He currently teaches crisis intervention and substance abuse at a local university, and is the owner and CEO of Peace & Prosperity Coaching LLC. Jason has been featured on various podcasts including Therapy For Black Girls and Shall We Proceed. He’s appeared on Media Personality Spirit’s Free Advice Friday multiple times and recently collaborated with BLANKWardrobe on a series entitled “Wear Confidence” focusing on building/leveraging style and confidence.In this episode, we touch on the connection between trauma and self-esteem, mental wellness, emotional wellness, emotional validation, along with recognizing unhealed wounds. We also discuss why many people downplay their trauma, how complex trauma healing can be, acknowledging the roles we played in childhood, and more.FOLLOW JASON:WEBSITE: www.pnpcoach.comINSTA: @jphillipsmswTWITTER: @jphillipsmswSTAY CONNECTED:INSTA: @trustandthriveTIKOK:@trustandthriveTWITTER: @trustandthriveFACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramontWEBSITE: www.tara-mont.comEMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

After recently reading Attached: the New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep--Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller, I've been reflecting more on my attachment style, and learning to really recognize and honor my needs.In this episode, I share my experiences and thoughts on attachment styles and the importance of honoring one's needs. I also hope to encourage listeners to reflect on their own attachment style (anxious, avoidant, secure, anxious/avoidant), and to not compromise one's needs just to please someone else.Keep staying true to yourself and what matters to you. STAY CONNECTED:INSTA: @trustandthriveTIKOK:@trustandthriveTWITTER: @trustandthriveFACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramontWEBSITE: www.tara-mont.comEMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

KamalaDevi McClure is a muse, a mystic, and a mentor. In addition to 52 Fridays: A Polyamorous, Queer, Kinky Tantric Love Story (May 12, 2020; CLEiS Press), she is the author of Polyamory Pearls, Sacred Slut Sutras, Don’t Drink the Punch and co-author of Sacred Sexual Healing. Her family stars in Showtime’s hit docu-series, Polyamory: Married and Dating. She has appeared on Dr. Drew, Ricki Lake, Tyra Banks, and the award-winning documentary Sex Magic.KamalaDevi is based in San Diego and travels the world as faculty for the International School of Temple Arts (ISTA) and is the founder of Tantra Theater and Poly-Palooza. Her mission is to awaken artists, healers, and visionaries around the world to become love leaders.In this episode, we discuss the truths and misconceptions of polyamory relationships, the importance of open communication, coping with feelings of jealousy, what it means to be a love leader, exploring one's sexual identity, and more.FOLLOW KAMALADEVI:WEBSITE: www.kamaladevi.comINSTA: @kamaladeviTWITTER: @kamaladeviFACEBOOK: facebook.com/LoveKamalaDeviSTAY CONNECTED:INSTA: @trustandthriveTIKOK:@trustandthriveTWITTER: @trustandthriveFACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramontWEBSITE: www.tara-mont.comEMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

Adriana Bucci is a Certified Mindbody Life Coach and Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Expert who has truly been there. After decades of narcissistic abuse from her family of origin and 4 years of chronic pain - she made the mindbody connection in early 2019. Essentially, the mindbody connection is a theory that states that repressed emotions from childhood trauma are stored in the body, and can manifest as chronic pain and other mystery symptoms. The solution is to allow oneself to feel those repressed emotions, which Adriana did very reluctantly at first as this was truly hard to believe. Lo and behold, doing this inner work worked for her and she has been spreading the message ever since.In this episode, we discuss the importance of letting yourself feel all of your emotions, how emotions can turn physical, growing up with a narcissistic parent, recovering from emotional abuse, loyalty vs. abuse, setting boundaries, and more.FOLLOW ADRIANA:WEBSITE: www.letsgetyourshifttogether.com/INSTA: @letsgetyourshifttogetherSTAY CONNECTED:INSTA: @trustandthriveTIKOK:@trustandthriveTWITTER: @trustandthriveFACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramontWEBSITE: www.tara-mont.comEMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart is a pediatric psychologist, parent coach, and business owner at A New Day Pediatric Psychology in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Lockhart is originally from St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She completed her doctoral and post-doctoral training with the U.S. military where she worked for 10 years. She opened up her own private practice in January 2016. Dr. Lockhart specializes in ADHD, anxiety, and medical diagnoses. Her passion is helping people find healing, meaning, and their unique purpose.In this episode, Dr. Lockhart gives tips on raising race conscious children, the problem with racial color blindness, the importance of integrating Black voices in every household, reflecting on one's limiting beliefs and childhood narrative, communicating effectively with racist family members, and more.This episode is not only for parents, as we all need to work on getting more comfortable with conversations around race and racism.FOLLOW DR. LOCKHART:WEBSITE: www.anewdaysa.comINSTA: @dr.annlouise.lockhartFACEBOOK: A New Day Pediatric PsychologySTAY CONNECTED:INSTA: @trustandthriveTIKOK:@trustandthriveTWITTER: @trustandthriveFACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramontWEBSITE: www.tara-mont.comEMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

Josh Odam is the founder and curator of Healing While Black, an online space devoted to normalizing conversations around mental health for Black and Brown queer, trans*, and gender non-conforming people. Currently, he is a first-year student, pursuing a Master’s in Social Work (MSW). He understands his mental health is inextricably linked to antiblackness and queerantagonism. His goal is to provide comprehensive and anticolonial therapeutic intervention for marginalized communities in New York State.       In this episode, Josh discusses Black mental health & his experiences as a Black queer man. He also touches on the importance of acknowledging all parts of one's identity by embracing intersectionality, why being an "ally" is not enough, the process of healing, the need for accomplices in the LGBTQ community, and more.You can follow Josh and support his patreon below.FOLLOW JOSH:INSTA: @healingwhileblackSUPPORT HIS PATREONSTAY CONNECTED:INSTA: @trustandthriveTIKOK:@trustandthriveTWITTER: @trustandthriveFACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramontWEBSITE: www.tara-mont.comEMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com