What Should I Do Next
20-30 min weekly podcast addressing situational and physical life changes and challenges which impacts our emotional well-being, interpersonal relationships and life goals. The podcast provides tools to navigate and be successful in these situations in which you would not know what to do next. Hosted by Lolita Carter, a Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Educator, & Behavioral Health Specialist.
Episodes
37 episodes
What Should I Do Next: Revenge
The psychology of revenge is the study of the mental processes and motivation behind seeking retaliation for a percieved wrong. This episodes explore and explains the negative emotions associated with vengence, alternative interventions a...
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30:59
What Should I Do Next When I Feel Like My Best Is Not Good Enough
Feeling not good enough is more common than you would think. Influenced by many factors and experiences. This episode empowers the listener on how to effectively deal with negative thoughts and recognize inner strength.
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29:40
What Should I Do Next. Betrayal
Betrayal involves the act of someone violating your trust in them. This episode of discusses acts of betrayal and the emotional sequela.
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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29:41
What Should I Do Next: Dealing with Loneliness
Most everyone has experienced a fleeting feeling of loneliness on occasion. Transient loneliness is a short-term, fleeting feeling of loneliness.Chronic loneliness is generally correlated with negative effects.The holidays are ...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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30:46
What Should I Do Next to Avoid Conflict
This is time of year is when conflict may come to a head...with our friends, family, at work, and in so many other areas. Conflict arises out of poor communication. It is driven by emotions and personal experience. As the Holiday seasons ...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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28:01
What Should I Do Next When Consumed with Worry
It is the human experience to worry. Starting in childhood and continuing through out the life cycle, we tend to anticipate future events. Worry is caused by the anticipation of future negative events. This podcast addresses the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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25:20
What Should I Do Next When Love Is Put To The Test
Common to everyone is the need to feel love and a sense of connection.This episode brings into awareness how physical changes and interpersonal events can place a strain on relationships.
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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27:21
What Should I Do Next to Achieve Self-Fulfillment
Celebrating 30 Episodes of What Should I Do Next!This dynamic episode addresses the importance of examining our inner strengths and overall well being.You can realize you have to look at your spiritual being to get you through tim...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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27:54
What Should I Do Next: Dealing with Envy
Envy may negatively affect the closeness and satisfaction of interpersonal and family relationships.Those unpleasant feelings can be either motivators or give someone malicious intent or resentment.Envy or jealously has origins in low s...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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29:15
What Should I Do Next to Improve Quality of Life
Quality of life is a relative term using health, financial status and position as indicators of a good life. Today, societal disarray, economic challenges and personal stressors cause us to redefine "the good life."By having a posi...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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26:47
What Should I Do Next When the Foundations of Society are Shaken
The foundation of any system provides structure, and support. This applies to family, educational, judicial and political systems. In this episode we will closely look at the political system and how political parties came to...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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34:04
What Should I Do Next to Address Emotional Pain
Everyone is stressed.There's lots of emotional sadness and pain out there.Is emotional pain considered depression? Fatigue, low energy and other physiologic factors could be signs of depression on top of emotional pain.Transient hea...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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29:42
What Should I Do Next: A Conversation with a First Grader
Children have fears. This is normal. Expression or communication of these fears often are expressed with behavioral manifestations. This brief conversation with Lola can be enlightening for parents and educators.
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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8:56
What Should I Do Next to Come Against Strong Holds
Disappointment is inevitable. A strong hold is a powerful event that detains you from moving forward emotionally. A strong hold feeling causes us to feel regret, sadness, anger, bitterness, or loss. The greater the disparity, th...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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32:17
What Should I Do Next When There Is Family Disruption
Danielle L, Williams, Esquire, addresses the impact of family disruption. Drugs, Early Unwed Pregnancy, Gun Violence, Gangs, Crimes, and Educational Failures are all factors which contribute to the breakdown of marriage and family.&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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40:11
What Should I Do Next When Social Media Becomes Harmful
Social Media has become a large part of most people's lives. Typically how people use social media platforms is to communicate their interests, ideas, accomplishments and opinions. Unfortunately, social media is also us...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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28:57
What Should I Do Next When Family Traditions are in Jeopardy
Family memories, traditions, and connections help fortify the family unit. They also impart values and connectedness within the extended family, including cousins, siblings, aunts, uncles, etc.Loss of loved ones, work obligations, and...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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27:14
What Should I Do Next When the Cares of This Life are Overwhelming
Today's there's excessive stress in the world and in life!Stress is a feeling of emotional pain and pressure. Everyone experiences stress to some degree. The way you respond to stress, however, makes a a big difference to your overall...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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31:51
What Should I Do Next When My Status Changes?
Throughout the life cycle we assume different roles and inherit different responsibilities. All of these roles and responsibilities create different challenges. Listen as we discuss status changes with Dorothy Dickens, Licensed Clinica...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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32:57
What Should I Do Next to Address My Poor Self-Esteem
Do you suffer from low self-esteem?Self Concept is derived from our self value, self image and a self ideal (think of this as thoughts of future accomplishment)Poor self-esteem has a significant impact on our emotional well being. It ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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37:25
What Should I Do Next to Survive a Toxic Relationship
Healthy relationships with family, co-workers, friends and life partners is critical to our emotional wellbeing. Communication, trust, respect and support are components to a successful and healthy relationship. Toxic relatio...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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31:44
What Should I Do Next After Loss of a Loved One
Losing a loved one triggers a grief response, which is a normal psychological response to loss.Archie, a 28 year old male with a history of Autism, addresses the pain of losing 3 loved ones. He reviews his journey to emotional healing by go...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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26:13
What Should I Do Next To Promote Awareness of Community Health
Public Health is vital in all communities. Community health identifies and addresses socio-economic, cultural and behavioral risk factors which impact overall wellbeing and preventive health services. It also addresses the dis...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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30:09
What Should You Do When You're Frustrated With Healthcare
What should I do next when I am frustrated with the healthcare system?Americans are frustrated with their healthcare system.Exceedingly high costs, lower quality of care, unusually long wait times for appointments & in waiting r...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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34:03
What Should I Do Next When You Are Judged By the Way You Look
What Should I Do Next When I Am Judged By My Physical Features and Not By My PersonalitySociety judges us by our physical features and looks. This is misleading and omits to identify the personality or character of an individual.&...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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28:39
