Jared had the privilege of being a guest on Friday Night Feels hosted by Patrick Monette and this week's episode Pat is a guest. Happy Good Friday everyone! Pat's bio: Patrick Monette is a licensed mental health & addiction certified trauma counselor located in Northern New York. He is also a Certified EMDR therapist and EMDRIA Approved Consultant and trained couples counselor. He has taught at local universities and maintains a private practice focusing on couples work and trauma-informed treatment as well as gender issues, anger management, and co-occurring disorders.  He is actively engaged in the local community drug court systems as a mental health consultant and educator. Patrick is fluent in English and Spanish and offers treatment in both languages. He also stated his bi-weekly video show/podcast Friday Night Feels that focuses on various aspects of wellness and incorporates guests to come and share their experiences and areas of specialty. During the pandemic, Patrick has begun to hold online couples courses/retreats called Hold Me Tight®  to assist couples focus and improve their relationships. Please visit his website for more information www.patrickmonette.com Some notes from the talk: eating issues as a kid, bullying, Not always noticing all the signs when you are younger Growing up as an adult and getting in touch with it as you are older. The stigma as a mental health professional. You shouldn't be getting help if you are a mental health professional. Talking about how hard the pandemic was at first The challenges at first. What is it like doing therapy as a therapist Pat says you can always learn. You can always learn in therapy.. To be real and to let your colors show as a therapist. They are an expert on their lives. Taking a non judgmental approach to people's stories. A Trauma lens. Spirituality is always evolving. Masculinity & Mental Health: the man box being afraid of People are afraid to feel their feelings because it might last forever. Always humbled to hear other people's stories I have been through a lot in the last 15 years and I have gone through it.   https://www.patrickmonette.com/8306807.en.html     Stay tuned for lots of great interviews in April.   If you are feeling overwhelmed and need someone to talk to please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 Or visit online: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/   Please email loudernow88@gmail.com if you would like to be a guest on the show or have any questions or comments. We would love to hear from you.   If you like what you hear and would like to make a donation to this podcast. Please visit the Make A Donation link on my link tree:   https://linktr.ee/loudernowmhjareddiehl   Also, Jared has a course on Listenable called How To Cope with Depression:   https://listenable.io/web/courses/347/how-to-cope-with-depression/