Meet Your Mental Helper
Meet Your Mental Helper
Podcast Description
Meet Your Mental Helper features conversations with leading counselors, life coaches, martial arts coaches, and mental health experts. Discover inspiring stories, expert insights, and learn about effective tools for personal growth, resilience, confidence, and self-discovery. Episodes cover topics like trauma, anxiety, self-esteem, mindfulness, EMDR, and the mental and transformational benefits of martial arts. Subscribe for weekly episodes that support your mental well-being and personal development journey.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on a variety of themes including trauma recovery, anxiety management, self-esteem, mindfulness practices, emotional intelligence, and martial arts' transformative power. For example, episodes have delved into topics like existential therapy with Michael Shumway, the mental benefits of martial arts with Chief Master Mike Kassebaum, and roadmap strategies for healing from narcissistic abuse discussed by Jane Young.
Meet Your Mental Helper features conversations with leading counselors, life coaches, martial arts coaches, and mental health experts. Discover inspiring stories, expert insights, and learn about effective tools for personal growth, resilience, confidence, and self-discovery. Episodes cover topics like trauma, anxiety, self-esteem, mindfulness, EMDR, and the mental and transformational benefits of martial arts. Subscribe for weekly episodes that support your mental well-being and personal development journey.
In this episode of Meet Your Mental Helper, we talk with Michael Shumway, a licensed associate counselor based in Tempe, Arizona, who specializes in existential and Jungian therapy with a mythopoetic approach. Michael shares his journey from working at a boys ranch to launching a counseling career focused on helping young adults and couples navigate life transitions, anxiety, and relationships.
We explore:
• How philosophy, theology, and storytelling shape Michael’s approach
• Using existential anxiety and classic myths to guide personal growth
• The difference between “good” anxiety and distress
• How discomfort, adversity, and even unhappiness foster meaning and resilience
• Unique challenges for men in therapy and why tools, story, and problem-solving matter
• Michael’s upcoming men’s group based on the Odyssey and hero myths
For Michael’s contact info, group details, and more resources, visit:
MeetYourMentalHelper.com
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