Episode 2: Aimee Zakrewski Clark
The Furthest I Was from Fine…
When I started sifting through the stories I wanted to share with this podcast, I thought I was going to start with the recent past: 2017 and on. But once I started evaluating what had led to my breakdown in December of 2018, it was much harder to find a starting point than I’d thought it would be. What seemed like a typical case of burnout actually fed into issues I have been working to address and process for decades, and a lot of it started when I sought out a couples therapist in 2006 to help me with my then boyfriend.
The relationship was doomed, but the therapy was life-changing. Working with Aimee showed me that there were couples who had open conversations about their challenges and shortcomings, that I was worth the boundaries I was struggling to build, and that though I could never control my thoughts and feelings, I could absolutely learn more about how to work with the ones I did have.
Aimee’s one of those people who seems completely unstoppable, and in addition to helping clients and training new therapists, she also has a podcast full of helpful information, writes for various outlets including HuffPo, and runs her daughters’ school PTA. I’m tired just writing about her many accomplishments and interests!
To learn more about Aimee, please check out her website:
https://thegrowthvigilante.com/
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EPISODE NOTES: Therapist, Writer and fantastically frank Aimee Zakrewski Clark sits down with Kim to talk about self-regulation, awareness, and identifying the triggers that set us off. Aimee has her own brilliant podcast, which explains why her advice was So Helpful and the tips she shared So Effective that we were barely able to edit this one down to 90 minutes! Check out “Ask Aimee Zak!” wherever you get your pods to soak up more Aimee, and get ready to blow your own mind with this candid convo.