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Listen to fascinating interviews of random people that Carol has met. Listen to Cheryl talk pop culture as she identifies and analyzes deeper messages that she has found in stories and situations of today. Laugh along as Carol ‘n Cheryl share their own stories and the lessons they’ve learned. Thanks for listening!
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Monday Aug 29, 2022
Self Forgiveness
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Diane Bonilla joins Carol n Cheryl in this episode to talk about self forgiveness. You may remember Diane from prior episodes. See links below under resources.
Diane is a licensed professional counselor with over 25 years of clinical experience in both community mental health and private practice. She specializes in emotional regulation, stress management, work life balance, caregiver self care, grief, loss, and anxiety. Diane is a Certified Grief Informed Professional (CGP).
We begin our conversation with why self forgiveness is so important. Cheryl shares a story about her mother and Diane points out how much self awareness and time it takes to process what happened to Cheryl. Diane breaks down the four Rs. Responsibility, repair, receive the lesson and release the negative stuff. We also discuss how powerful it is to write down what you would say to another person in the same situation and read it back to yourself. Carol shares two stories one about her father and one about her daughter. Diane highlights how the four R’s are used in these stories and walks us through self forgiveness.
Diane recommends looking into Jack Kornfield’s work on meditation and how it can aid in self awareness and forgiveness. She also recommends journalling, therapy and a whole lot more.
Resources:
Diane’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/dianebonilla.lpc
Diane’s Website: https://dianebonilla.com
Anxiety 101: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carol-n-cheryl/id1488345423?i=1000548356970
Guiding Parents of Young Adults Coping With Pandemic Loss: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carol-n-cheryl/id1488345423?i=1000529693045
Alma Mater Advising: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carol-n-cheryl/id1488345423?i=1000492216289
Jack Kornfield: https://jackkornfield.com
Grief: https://grief.com

Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Anxiety 101
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Diane is a licensed professional counselor with over 25 years of clinical experience in both community mental health and private practice. She began her work in Anxiety during the early 90’s. She owns her own practice and specializes in grief, loss, anxiety and panic issues with young adults and adults through the generations.
Diane currently provides Telehealth counseling sessions, where Brody, her adopted, 13-year-old Beagle-mix, is often asleep in the office, sending out healing vibes.
Find out more about Diane here:
Website:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/dianebonilla.lpc
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dianebonilla.lpc/
In this episode, Diane walks through the basics of anxiety management with an emphasis on physical wellness, breathing strategies, and mindfulness exercises to help calm anxiety symptoms and quiet anxious thoughts. She includes information that helps explain the science behind anxiety and helps the listener become their own anxiety expert!
Peter Levine Interventions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f75enR6DPjE
Unwinding Anxiety Card Deck, Brewer and Abblett:
https://www.amazon.com/Unwinding-Anxiety-Card-Deck-Science-Based/dp/1683734106
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Monday Oct 04, 2021
Tete‘s Kitchen
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Tete from Tete’s Kitchen on Youtube, joins Carol and Cheryl in this episode to chat about how she developed a passion for cooking. She shares how Tete’s Kitchen was born. Tete explains how she reinvented herself during COVID and found a new purpose after her children left home. Tete says cooking is an art and art is love. Click listen to get to know Tete and find out why Carol and Cheryl love Tete’s Kitchen.
Tete’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcJp3r_bK3raQ8KqdKdn__Q/videos
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Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Emerging with Resilience: Guiding Parents of Young Adults Coping with Pandemic Loss
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Diane is a licensed professional counselor with over 25 years of clinical experience in both community mental health and private practice. She began her work in grief and loss during the mid 90’s working with those affected by HIV. She continues her work at Healthy Minds Therapy, specializing in grief, loss, anxiety and panic issues with young adults and adults through the generations.
Diane’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/wavesofwellness21 Diane’s Website: https://9700bonilla.myportfolio.com/work
In this episode Diane Bonilla returns to the Carol n Cheryl Podcast to have a conversation about coping with pandemic loss. Diane delves into the impact of the pandemic on young adults, especially students. During the pandemic students were experiencing depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, insomnia, and greater symptoms were reported in the LBGTQ community. Surveyed students reported six to seven losses as defined by themselves. College students were hit harder than we thought and maybe more so than other age groups. Diane explains why this age group is more impacted by loss. As a parent it is important to process our own losses and support our young adults through their losses. She talks about what grief is and what it looks like. Diane addresses the question: Why am I sad when I should be happy? This question arises often now the pandemic is ending. Lastly Diane gives us tools to process our loss and find resiliency.
Resources:
Websites:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
https://healthymindstherapy.blog
Podcasts:
APPS:
Calm
Headspace
Betterhelp
Instagram:
Kreft’s Couch
Books:
“The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma,” by Dr Bessel van der Kolk
“Finding Meaning: the 6th Stage of Grief,” by David Kessler

Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Catching Up With CnC
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Join us in this episode as Carol n Cheryl catch up on what they are doing now that the world is opening after the pandemic. Cheryl brings us up to date on the Royal Family, Love is Blind stars Lauren and Cameron and more. Find out how Carol n Cheryl’s grand-puppies, Zuko and Daisy, end up in California and how they feel about it. We have home improvement projects galore and learn what cockroaches enjoy dining on most. Cheryl supports Carol at her father’s Memorial Service and a whole lot more.
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