It’s Not Therapy! with Liana KerznerFeeling stuck, unmotivated, anxious, frustrated, or just plain ‘blah’? With mental health services stretched beyond capacity, and people experiencing historical levels of isolation, it’s time for an innovative strategy for overcoming everyday problems.It’s Not Therapy! is that strategy - a radio, streaming, and podcast show that offers life skills supports for busy people! It’s Not Therapy! Is hosted by Liana Kerzner, a professional communicator who offers a friendly ear and solutions that can bring swift, positive results. And because these are skills everyone can use, both solution-seekers and listeners benefit!How exactly...
Latest episodes
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 190 - Understanding Consent
The alleged sexual assault incident at Cornell University, and how poorly it was handled, has again raised discussion of consent to prominence. But consent isn't a concept limited…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 189 - Change, Loss, The Unknown and Wolverine
Change, loss and the unknown - three primal fears that our present reality pokes and prods on a daily basis. Liana presents her lifelong experiences with video games as a framework…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 188 - Politics & Our Mental Health
We live in loud times. Opinions, especially about politics, are not spoken, they are shouted, at volumes that keep increasing as each side tries to out-shout the other. All that no…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 187 - Navigating the Madness of Mental Health
The mental health system can feel like an exhausting catch-22: the process of seeking help creates the exact kind of stress, anxiety, and burnout it is supposed to treat. Psychothe…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 186 - 'Lanterns' lights the way to understanding trauma
It's a rare thing when superhero TV or movies offer something deeper than rousing beat 'em up action, but HBO's series about DC Comics' Green Lantern, Lanterns, does it. Liana shar…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 185 - Why Modern Dating Feels So Hard
Online dating is a multi-billion dollar business...so why is dating harder than ever? Anxiety over rejection, communication deficits (real & imagined) and less-developed social ski…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 184 - Canada’s Failing Grade on Mental Health Services
The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (https://www.camimh.ca/) released its fourth annual Mental Health and Substance Use Health Report Card and the results are…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 183 - The Feel Good Wisdom of Dolly Parton
When Dolly Parton exited the stage last week, she left behind a legacy of authenticity, positivity, integrity, strength and resilience. Throughout a long career filled with well-ea…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 182 - A' Stands for Autumn...and Anxiety
The end of summer ushers in more than a change in the weather, it can also revive personal anxieties about the reduction of daylight, memories of back to school, and other experien…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 181 - Privacy
In a society where cameras are everywhere, our personal privacy is under assault on a daily basis. But it isn't just technology that erodes our privacy; there are, and always have…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 180 - Are you too scared to be authentic?
Everyone wants authenticity… from others. Expressing your real feelings, real opinions, and real needs can be scary in a world increasingly built on rejection; hiding behind pleasa…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 179 - Defying Gravity - Neurodivergent Creators Making Stuff For Neurodivergent Kids
When her son Jonathan was very young, Lynn Greenberg was told that his neurodivergence would prevent Jon from achieving scholastic success. Years later, Jon graduated from universi…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 178 - Neurodivergency, Sexuality and Communication!
How to put the 'oral' in sex!A healthy sexual connection with a partner is built on good communication and understanding. But what happens when you don't fully understand what arou…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 177 - Narcissism - Myths, Facts and When Therapists Get It Wrong.
Narcissism is a word that has broken containment; people mistakenly believe it's simply an inflated ego rather than a specific mental health disorder requiring diagnosis by a licen…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 176 - Why It's So Hard To Just Start Stuff!
We all have tasks or projects that we know we need to do, even want to do, but we don't, we don't even get started. Is it fear of failure? Fear of success? Fear of change? A mixtur…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 175 - Social Media and Phone Bans For Kids - Solution or Band-Aid?
Social media and cell phone bans for children under 16 are a common topic among many world governments, including Canada's. But what if the device isn't the problem, but a symptom…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 174 - Weird Ways To Fight Loneliness (With Chachkes!)
Recent studies have shown that the loneliness epidemic has been furthered by a lack of meeting spaces in the real world, notably low-pressure gatherings... and what's more low-pres…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 173 - Identity is Messy and Beautiful
We talk about the journey of identity and self image, but that becomes an even bigger struggle when you’re a professional singer, touring with some of the biggest bands in the worl…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 172 - Talking To Strangers
Many of us were told in childhood not to talk to strangers. Good advice at the time. But today, one of the foundations of the loneliness epidemic is people not knowing how to talk…
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It's Not Therapy - Epi 171 - Surviving Narcissism: Why Partners Make Us Feel Like Prey
Many of us have been in a relationship with someone who is wrong for us. This is especially true of people who are 'givers' that find themselves attracted to 'takers'...sometimes r…