Full Cup Professionals is a podcast to help social service providers learn how to serve from overflow. Here we have honest, relatable conversations on the realities of social service and share actionable, practical tools to help you stay healthy, whole and effective in your area of service. We’re sharing ways you can navigate trauma, avoid and heal from burnout, resources to empower your work, ways to improve your health and show up for yourself while you show up for others. So come on in, have a seat. We’ll pour you a cup of something good. You’ve dedicated your life to serving those around you. Now, it’s time to show up for yourself. We’re in this together.
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March 15, 20251 hr 14 min
18. Addressing pesky symptoms with Blood Sugar Balance and How to Live Better, Longer! - Part 2
In this episode, we circle back to our conversation on blood sugar! In this episode, Faith shares what she learned wearing a continuous glucose monitor and the practical steps she's taken to improve some of her recurring symptoms. We dial down the facts and talk about exactly how to easily fit these practices into our already crazy lives and all the symptoms that might see some real improvement with a few simple changes! You won't want to miss this one!Outlive by Peter Attia: https://peterattiamd.com/outlive/
February 15, 20251 hr 22 min
17. The BIGGEST Factor in Mitigating Stress in our Body: Why balancing blood sugar is important for everyone and exactly how to do it!
This season is all about listening to our bodies and today, Faith and Christa talk about the importance of blood sugar for EVERYONE, not just people with diagnosed issues. Our blood sugar is central to so many aspects of our health. When our blood sugar is off, we feel lethargic and exhausted or experience cravings and mood swings. If you get tired after you eat or experience that afternoon slump, if you crave sugar or caffeine, wake up in the middle of the night with sweats, have hormonal imbalances, suffer from depression or anxiety, or struggles with your weight, balancing your blood sugar is a key player in addressing all of it. In Part 1 of this 2-part episode, Christa gets nerdy and dives into the science behind blood sugar and breaks it down in a super easy-to-understand way and gives practical tips to balancing blood sugar.A HUGE thank you to a pioneer in this space, Jessie Inchauspé, known as Glucose Goddess on Instagram. Her work and research has been instrumental in making this information accessible. You can find her work at glucosegoddess.com. Glucose Goddess Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glucosegoddess/Outlive by Peter Attia: https://peterattiamd.com/outlive/
January 18, 20251 hr 23 min
16. Reviewing "The Body Keeps the Score"
"The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kolk sparked worldwide conversations about the reality of trauma in our everyday lives. It opened our eyes to the deep connection between our brains and bodies and gave us an understanding of just how much of a role our bodies play in stress regulation. As we dive into the idea of "listening to our bodies" to navigate stress in our roles as social service providers, we couldn't overlook this key giant in the literature around trauma in our bodies.
January 3, 20251 hr 0 min
15. We're back! All about Season 2 of the podcast!
Welcome to Season 2 of Full Cup Professionals. In this introductory episode, Faith and Christa lay out the theme for Season 2 and why this one practice is the game changer for any and all resilience work. We're so glad you're here! Let's dive in.
May 3, 20241 hr 24 min
14. Different types of rest + herbal infusion taste tests!
In our last episode of Season 1, we recorded in person to do a taste test of three herbal infusions that each help support the body through stress. As we sipped our tea, we talked through the various kinds of rest and the different ways to practice those kinds of rest. We laughed, told stories, and dropped some clues as to our focus for next season! Thank you so much for embarking on this journey with us! We can't wait to come back to continue to support you as you support others!
April 19, 20241 hr 40 min
13. Leveraging nutrition for stress support
We experience all of life - the physical, mental, and emotional - in and through our bodies. Our relationship to food and approach to nourishment play a massive role in how we feel and the quality of our life experience. In this episode, we dive into how nutrition impacts our mental health, what food is actually doing in our body after we eat it, and what foods you can incorporate today to begin supporting your body through stress. Christa shares her story with chronic illness, nutrition, and disordered eating and what she learned in each step of her journey. We all eat every day and the choices we make can serve to support us or add to our dis-ease. We hope this episode gives you some ideas to start making choices from a place of love that gives you the support you need to thrive.
March 24, 20241 hr 16 min
12. Can stress actually be a good thing?
What if there's more to your stress than you think? We're all about navigating stress on this podcast. Part of navigating stress is embracing the purpose it's serving and how it may actually be supporting our healing and growth. In this episode, we talk about stress as a messenger, how to understand what your stress is telling you, and how you can use that information to move through your situations. This conversation will help you reframe your stress as something to honor and leverage for your benefit instead of something to conquer and overcome. The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal, PhDHow to Make Stress Your FriendThis episode is sponsored by Holistic Hope.
February 25, 202454 min
11. Advocating with lived experience with Educator, Adoptee, and former Foster Youth Tina Bauer
Serving in a high-trauma space is challenging, but what if you have lived through that experience yourself? When people who have been through trauma begin to work as advocates or leaders in that space, it adds additional complexity to the dynamic that needs to be honored, understood, and addressed. In today's episode, we sit down with Tina Bauer, an adoptee and former foster youth who now advocates for youth in care. We talk through the good, the bad, and the messy of being a leader with lived experience and how organizations and managers can best support survivors as they share their stories or work on their teams. Tina not only works for a non-profit that helps youth in care find homes, she also uses her social media to share honest, real, and often hard truths that adults need to hear to better serve child welfare-involved youth. If you have lived experience or you work with those who do, this is an episode you don't want to miss. You can find Tina Bauer on Instagram and connect with her via her website.This episode is sponsored by Good Sustained. If burnout, vicarious trauma, and staff turnover are impeding your mission, fill out this form to see how I can help revitalize your team and optimize your operations so you can continue your mission for years to come.
January 29, 20241 hr 13 min
10. Embracing self-awareness and compassion as a law enforcement officer with Randy Kaiser
Randy Kaiser served over a decade in law enforcement before discovering a framework that changed his life. In this episode, we talk with Randy about the compounding trauma he experienced from his childhood experiences, personal losses, and working as a human trafficking investigator. Randy gets HONEST about his emotional disconnection and what happened when he realized there was a better way to work and live that improved the quality of his life, especially his relationships. Randy now trains law enforcement to implement the practices of TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention) to improve their outcomes and their wellbeing. This is one you don't want to miss.Connect with Randyk4enterprises.orgAre you a social service provider looking for a safe place to process your work experiences? Do you feel like you could use better tools as you work with your clients? Holistic Hope can help with both! Visit their website for details:holistichope.netWant to learn more about TBRI? Check these out:Research article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877861/#:~:text=Trust%2DBased%20Relational%20Intervention%20(TBRI)%20is%20a%20therapeutic%20model,treatment%20for%20at%2Drisk%20children.TBRI Webpage:https://child.tcu.edu/about-us/tbri/#sthash.fKTzqDBd.dpbs
January 15, 20241 hr 5 min
9. What we learned from burnout among social workers during CViD with Dr. Jillian Landers
2020 was a wild time for the field of social work. Social workers in various settings were pivoting their operations and practices to be able to keep serving their clients safely. The increasing demand and fast changes put a lot of strain on social workers and the burnout was REAL. Wouldn't be amazing if someone had been looking at the conditions under which social workers were operating, seeing where the overwhelm was stemming from, and noting the supportive practices that helped to contribute to resilience and longevity. Thankfully, that's exactly what Dr. Jillian Landers did for her dissertation. In this episode, which is really a reunion of friends, Dr. Landers unpacked her findings and the lessons they hold for the field of social work moving forward. Dr. Landers work helps us know what practices and supportive systems and practices will BEST keep our social workers healthy and thriving in their roles. You won't want to miss this episode! Want to optimize YOUR team's operations to foster resilience, promote self-care, and offer excellent services? Good Sustained offers consulting, workshops, and coaching to help your team feel their best and keep doing amazing work!For more info, visit goodsustained.com
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