August 22, 2024 • 27 mins
Ever felt like no matter where you are, you just don’t belong? That’s a feeling Regina Gee, Wyoming native and the mastermind behind Wellspring Coaching, knows all too well. Join us as Regina opens up about her personal battles with disconnection and depression, and how these experiences inspired her to create a unique coaching practice that fuses neuroscience and anthropology. Regina's story is a testament to the power of reconnecting with your body, community, environment, and—most importantly—your hope.
Ever wondered why returning to a once-familiar place can feel so unsettling? We dissect the emotional complexity of reverse culture shock and share some moving personal anecdotes about what it means to feel uprooted. Learn how dislocation and the loss of agency can often be mistaken for depression, and how finding your ‘right’ space can lead to a renewed sense of belonging and well-being. This episode goes beyond the textbook definitions of mental health conditions, exploring the deeper layers of human connection and the profound impacts of our environments on our mental state.
Curious about the difference between a coach, a personal trainer, and a therapist? Regina breaks down the common myths and misconceptions surrounding coaching, emphasizing a holistic approach that sees depression as more than just a condition to be fixed. Discover the versatile formats of her coaching sessions, from virtual meetings to hands-on workshops, all designed to foster personal growth and community connection. Plus, we highlight the importance of supporting local businesses in the greater Chattanooga area and invite you to nominate your favorite entrepreneurs to be featured on the Good Neighbor Podcast. Tune in to celebrate the incredible individuals who make our community vibrant and resilient.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Scott Howell.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Good morning neighbors, how y'all doing today
.
Welcome to the Good NeighborPodcast brought to you by the
Friends and Neighbors Group ofthe Greater Chattanooga Area.
Again, my name is Scott Howelland I'm your host for today.
The purpose of the GoodNeighbor podcast is to bring
awareness to the residents ofour communities regarding
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locally owned and or operatedbusinesses in the greater
Chattanooga area, includingCleveland, dalton, from I always
say from Cleveland to Dalton,from Jasper to Benton, the whole
entire area.
Every little small business isimportant to us and you know
small businesses are thebackbone of our communities and
they really still need oursupport today.
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And you know I always say thisEvery local business has a story
to tell about themselves and wejust want to help them tell it
loud and proud here at the GoodNeighbor Podcast.
And joining me today is one ofour good neighbors, regina Gee.
Did I say it correctly?
Yep.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Okay, I want to make sure I said that correctly.
Regina Gee at WellspringCoaching.
Regina, thank you for being ourspecial guest today on the
podcast.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Thanks, scott, I'm jazzed to be here.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Jazzed.
All right, I never had anybodytell me they were jazzed to be
here before.
That's cool yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
I'm excited to talk about what I do and why I do it.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Well, I'm jazzed to have you here, so I'm going to
adopt that phrase.
But yeah, we're glad to haveyou here.
You know, of course, we're hereto learn all about you and
Wellspring, coaching and whatyou offer to our listeners.
But before we dive into thebusiness part of it, would you
like to share anything with usabout yourself or your family?
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Yeah.
So I think that two things thatI keep pretty close to my heart
are the fact that I'm theoldest of four girls.
I think that's always a funthing, and we're 10 years apart,
and so the four of us togetheris something else in a good way,
in a powerful way.
And then I also I grew up inWyoming, um, and so I have this
big fondness for the mountainsand the big skies, and just I
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like being outside.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Wow, the big Wyoming.
That's one state that I'venever got to go to.
I've always wanted to seeWyoming and Montana and never
got to get to either one ofthose places, so it's on my
bucket list though.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
When you go, let me know and I'll tell you my
favorite places.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Hey, that's fair enough.
That'd be awesome.
So so, what are you not?
Are you from anywhere famouslike Jackson Hole, or anywhere
like that I grew up in CodyWyoming.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
So the east entrance to Yellowstone, where Jackson is
the south.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Okay, yeah, I've heard of Cody, all right, well,
all right.
Well, I tell you what let's do.
I'm going to give you all thetime that you need to tell us
about Wellspring Coaching.
What I'd like for you to do isshare with us.
You know not only what you do,but also your journey, how you
came, you know to doing what youdo.
So just share with us all thatyou can think of.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Sounds good.
So Wellspring Coaching is allabout relieving depression with
integrative care.
So I think that depression isabout disconnection and so I
work with it as disconnectionand help people reconnect to
their body, to their place, totheir people, to source and to
hope.
And so I'm the person who kindof looks at you as a whole human
being and asks these questionsof like okay, like, where are
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you connected, where are youdisconnected, what do you want
to do about it?
I love what I do because itkind of fills this gap in the
medical world of like I'm nothere to be an outside voice to
tell people what they should door how to do it.
I'm here to facilitate thisinside voice that just needs to
be witnessed and listened to.
So it's this deeply respectful,deep listening space and I
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really love it.
It's Wellspring was really bornout of my lived experience and
then also my background andresearch in neuroscience and
anthropology.
Oh wow.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
So in my undergrad I studied at the University of
Pittsburgh and I went therebecause they had this great
neuroscience program.
But I also, like, since Iwatched this TED Talk with Wade
Davis, I've just been obsessedwith anthropology and this
question of, like, what does itmean to be human?
So I went to this school and Iwas like, okay, cool, like these
two like the social sciencesand then the hard sciences, like
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kind of two different tracks.
But then I was always trying toput them together and I found
how to put them together withmental health.
But that only came after Istudied abroad in India and had
this like incredibly, likeexpansive semester.
I was like whoa, look at how bigthe world is and look at how
capable I am, this is amazingbig the world is.
And look at how capable I am,this is amazing.
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And then I came home and I gotincredibly depressed and I was
like, oh, this is, this is likea dent.
It felt like I was movingthrough jello.
It felt like everything wascovered with goo.
It was hard.
And then I went to studenthealth and tried the medication
and tried the therapy and itdidn't touch it and I was like
oh, there's a bigger story here.
How do I learn to tell that?
And I know I'm not the only onewho needs that bigger story.
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So then I dove in and I waslike, okay, here's the culture
and politics of mental health,here's the biophysiology of
depression, with theneuroscience background, and I
put them together.
And then I thought I was goingto get a PhD in medical
anthropology.
But then COVID kind of swoopsin.
I was like just kidding, wedon't have the funding for that
right now.
What are you going to doinstead?
And that's when I found theAndrew Weil Center for
Integrative Medicine in Tucson,arizona, which is where I was
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living at the time, and I waslike what do you mean?
I can still ask these questionsof wholeness and care, but do
it in a way that's likeone-to-one or in groups, like
actually making contact withanother person who is suffering.
And so I got that certification.
And right after I graduated Istarted Wellspring and then for
the last two years I've beengoing deeper with it and helping
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people out.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Well, that's great.
That's a whole lot of in twominutes there.
That's a whole lot of placesyou have been and lived in the
world right there.
I mean all the way from Arizonato Pennsylvania and then to
India and back.
I mean that's a lot of livingin a short amount of time.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
I drew a map one time where I was like here's where
I've lived, here's where I'vebeen, and like the amount of
lines that were covering theworld I was pretty heartened by.
I was like look at that, lookat you, go girl.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Well, I got.
I got two questions out of whatyou shared with us so far.
One is how did you wind up inChattanooga?
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Yes so the most important answer is that I loved
it.
My husband and I we were inTucson.
We kind of crash landed inTucson in the pandemic because
my sister was there and we likedit.
We were there but we knew itwasn't our place.
Like I love to talk about howthe desert is just intense in
every way, like it's hot, it'sspiky, it's dusty, and I am, uh,
more soft and gentle than that.
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And so then we were starting tobe like, okay, like we're.
No, we know we're not going tostay here forever.
Where do we want to go next?
Um, and then at our wedding,one of of my best friends was
like I'm moving to Chattanoogaand I was like, where, what is
Chattanooga?
Where's Chattanooga?
And then my husband, logan'sdad, was also like I had asked
him where some cool places wereand he's like, oh, chattanooga
is really cool.
And so it pinged my radar twiceand then we came to visit and
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we're like, oh, this is great.
And then it closer to logan'sfamily, which is also a win
logan being your husband.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
yep, okay, okay, yeah , so, uh, and then so you you
talked about a while ago aboutuh coming back from india and I
and I saw some of your pictures.
Uh were in where you were inindia and had pictures made of
things and I saw those and theypiqued my interest when I saw
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them.
So you came back from India,you came back from studying the
place of Buddhism, right, theplace of all the you know.
So when you came back and youfound yourself suffering from
depression and I don't want toget too personal if it's too
personal for you to talk about,so it's okay to say so, but what
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do you feel like kind ofcontributed to the sudden
depression?
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Oh, I love talking about this and thank you for
like respecting the space,because depression is really
personal and part of my work islike how do we talk about this?
In a way that is like what'sthe generative narrative within
depression?
yes um, and so for me it was.
I came home in quotes, um, andit was I felt.
I felt this profounddisconnection, like the rug had
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been ripped out from under meand I wasn't expecting it, like
I knew integration was going tobe hard.
When you come back, they callit reverse culture shock and
things like that and I wasexpecting that.
But I wasn't expecting to feellike my life was too small for
me.
Like I had the same apartment,I had this, I was getting the
same degrees, I had the same joband it just didn't fit anymore.
Like I felt like my environmentwasn't holding me, it wasn't big
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enough and at the time the beststory I had for that was oh,
this is depression, and if youhave depression, then you treat
it with medication, and sothat's the story I inherited and
I tried it and it didn't work.
And I was like that's where theshame piece came in, where I
was like, oh, I'm broken becausethis didn't work for me.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
And having to heal that within myself and be like,
oh, I'm not broken, I'm justdisconnected, how do I find yeah
, I could see that where, ifyou're spending time and a large
amount of time in anotherculture, you know, suddenly, uh,
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I moved to Chicago and uh, youknow, and I'm, I'm in my
twenties and I've moved toChicago and man, you talk about
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culture shock.
You know, it was just like, uh,it wasn't really Chicago, they
call it the Chicago land area,it was Northwest Indiana, but
but, uh, and then I changed my,I jumped into a brand new career
and it was just like everythingwas just like bam, bam, you
know.
And well, I adapted prettyquick and I kind of liked the
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new sense of life and the newsense of direction.
And then suddenly some thingshappened and when they happened
I found myself being forced toleave the newness of life that
I'd found, being forced to moveback.
And I moved to Nashville, theNashville area, and when I moved
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back it was just like, becauseI guess I was forced and I
didn't want it and I wasn'tready, I went into that.
I went into a deep depression.
I never experienced depressionbefore that You're talking about
being disconnected.
I didn't fit in anywhereanymore.
Suddenly, no area of my lifehad meaning to me.
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I don't think you have to goacross the world to experience
what you're talking about.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
It's just whenever you find yourself in that space
where it's like, oh, this is alittle off kilter.
Now I'd love to hear how youtalk about that experience.
What you're talking about it'sjust whenever you find yourself
in that space where it's like,oh, like, this is a little off
kilter.
Now I'd love to hear how youtalk about that experience, like
I've heard people talk about.
It's like a cloud came in.
I feel like there's a veilbetween me and my life.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
What was?
Speaker 3 (11:25):
it like for you if you want to share.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Yeah, no, it was.
I mean, I felt disconnected.
My late wife was still livingThen, obviously we were very
young, a married couple and andshe, we had a wonderful
relationship, you know.
But then suddenly there wasjust like disconnect everywhere,
everywhere, from her, from mychurch, from, you know, my
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church life, and I had awonderful church life, and it
was cut off.
My marriage had a cutoff in it,my career had a cutoff in it.
Uh, you know everything.
It seemed like the only theonly place I could find any
solace was actually going backhome to Alabama for a weekend
and I could find a little solacethere, you know.
But but then I had to go rightback to where I didn't want to
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be, you know, and I was, youknow, it was just constant
turmoil, uh, for me for a while.
So, yeah, it was, uh, this.
When you say disconnect, Itotally relate to that word
because that's the way I felt.
I didn't feel connected toanything until five yeah, until
finally, I was able about, Iguess, uh, close to a year or so
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later to actually to relocateinto a place, a space that I
wanted to be, and when I, when Ifound that place, I wanted to
be again.
Then it was like things beganto come back together.
You know, it was just thatfeeling of being forced to do
something that I felt wasn'tright for me, wasn't the right
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thing for me to do.
You know, that makes sense.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Oh, it makes so much sense.
One of the things that I workwith is a disconnection from
hope, and hope is goals, agencyand pathways.
So it sounds like your agencywas like cut off when you were
forced to move to Nashville andthen that precipitated this
depressive experience, and thenyou were able to find relief
when you reconnected the place.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Yeah, yeah, I think so, and you know, I moved to a
place where I'd never beenbefore, so I didn't.
It wasn't that I had anyprevious connections there, but
it was just.
It was a place I felt like Iwas supposed to be.
I felt like it was good for me,whether than, rather than being
forced to be somewhere where itwasn't a bad place at all, it
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was just where it wasn't a badplace at all.
It was just it didn't feel likeit's where I was supposed to be
.
You know, and that resonance,yeah, I guess that's part of it.
Yeah, absolutely so thanks forasking, though I appreciate you,
you, uh, being willing to askme my side of the story thanks
for sharing yeah, absolutely.
Uh, you know when, when people,when you, when people begin to
approach you for the first timeor you begin a coaching session
with people for the first time,and what kinds of myths and
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misconceptions do you hear frompeople that maybe that they have
in their mind about what you door what, or what you can't do
for them, whichever it might be?
Speaker 3 (14:12):
yeah, so coaching is an interesting like it's.
People can call themselves acoach for many different ways um
so people, first off, they'rekind of like are you a coach who
trained over the weekend?
Are you a coach who, like, dida thing?
um and my training program was ayear.
So I'm like, yeah, I did athing.
So the first off is kind oflike talking about like, what
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the heck is coaching, why?
Why should I work with a coach?
They often, they often thinkthat I'm like a personal trainer
or a therapist, which I I'm not.
I'm kind of the person I thoseare specialists who I can direct
you to.
But I'm more zoomed out whereit's like, hey, we're gonna look
at how all these pieces gotogether and then if you need a
trainer, we'll bring a traineron board.
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If you need a therapist, we'llbring a therapist on board.
Um, and then they come to mewith a lot of um.
I don't like a lot of storiesabout what depression has been
told to them, or it's like ohit's a chemical imbalance in
your brain and it's like, well,we don't really know that, like
it's a hypothesis, themonoimmune hypothesis, and like,
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oh, you need medication ifyou're depressed, and it's like
sometimes it helps and sometimesit doesn't, and so there's just
so much more nuance and it's sopersonal in particular, and so
I just make a bunch of space fortheir specific experience.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
What if somebody comes to you and they have a
child, that suddenly something'shappened and they're
disconnected and they're, youknow, suffering from something
but nobody can seem to you knowfigure out what it is?
And they come to you.
Do you also work with youngerchildren, or is there an age
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range you work with?
Speaker 3 (15:52):
so, yeah, I've worked with teenagers before.
I've worked with retired peoplebefore I've worked with like.
I think 16 to 75 has been myage range, and it's so
interesting when parents come tome with this longing to fix
their child, where it's like oh,there's something here that I
need to fix, that I need to fix,um.
And I love what Parker Palmerhas to say about how, like, the
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human soul doesn't want to befixed or saved or advised, it
simply wants to be witnessed.
And so so much of my work issaying like, hey, this
depression, this thing isserving a purpose, so let's
figure out what purpose it'sserving and how to make it
life-giving rather thanlife-taking.
So if we out what purpose it'sserving and how to make it life
giving rather than life taking,so if we try to fix it and cut
it short, then it's notauthentic, it's artificial.
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If we let it do its work and ifwe're willing to be brave and
sit with it, look into the deepdark and just stay there for as
long as we need to, with theknowing that it's not always
going to be that way, then thatpressure to like be saved or
fixed goes away and, lo andbehold, the thing can do its
work.
The depression can do its work,and it spirals, unweaves and
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untangles, as long as you'rewalking alongside somebody
instead of trying to fix them.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
So so what you're saying is sometimes the things
that we go through like that isjust part of a greater learning
process that we just kind ofhave to go.
It's kind of a journey, youmight say.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Yeah, I believe depression is a signal asking us
to look deeper.
And when we don't look deeper,we're going to continue to feel
depressed.
But when we look deeper, likefor you when you moved to
Nashville, if you wouldn't havebeen depressed, it wouldn't have
been telling you that thiswasn't your place For me, it
wouldn't have told me that mylife needed to expand.
Um, so there is a gem withinthere, and it's how do we listen
for it and how do we give, giveit breathing room so that it
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can do the work it needs to do?
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Okay, I understand Now.
Do you typically do your yourcoaching sessions, uh, in person
or virtually, or is there apreference?
Speaker 3 (17:45):
Right now I'm virtual , so I work with people all over
the place um virtually, andthen I do groups as well, and
then I occasionally havein-person workshops.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Okay, in-person workshops, what are those?
Speaker 3 (17:56):
a lot and make one big collage together on a
particular theme and then I'mgoing to facilitate a wellness
coaching discussion about it andwe'll record it and have a scan
of the collage for you to takehome.
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And then I also do like thehealing song and dance events
where it's singing circlejourney, dance and wellness
coaching together.
We've done one about water, oneabout trees.
It's very connected to thenatural world.
And then I have my Depressionis Disconnection 101 workshop,
which is an hour long, like myframework of working with
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depression.
Here's how it looks withconnection to body place, people
, hope and source.
Where are you disconnected?
Where are you really connectedand where do you want to focus?
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Okay, I read about.
I was telling you before westarted recording.
I read about the one you hadlast month and you tell me what
that was called.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
Again, you said that one was healing woods song and
dance, and so that one was abouttrees.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Song and dance.
Yeah, and you, you, you workedwith some other coaches as well,
that that one that specializesin dance and one in singing, and
you just kind of all broughtall three of your coaching
practices together, right, anddid something.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
So Naomi Self is amazing and she does Chattanooga
Singing Circle.
So if you ever just want to bein a group of people who are
using their voice in anonjudgmental way, like it's
just, it's just playful.
And then Catherine Toledanodoes journey dances.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Okay, all right.
Well, I was reading about it.
I thought it was veryinteresting.
I'd never heard of anythinglike that before.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Yeah, it's kind of new and unique, like I know
about a bunch of dancing eventsor singing events, but putting
them together, I haven't heardof anyone else doing them.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yeah, yeah, you know some of the questions I was I
was planning to ask you you'vealready kind of answered and uh,
so uh, but you know, you andyour husband moved here from
Chattanooga.
Sometimes, I do, I do like toask some personal questions
sometimes and you and yourhusband moved to Chattanooga
from some some pretty fantasticplaces I mean Wyoming, and and
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then uh, then you know Tucson,I've been to Tucson, Like you
said, it's a big desert, butit's still kind of it's
different when you've never beenthere.
So, but now you're inChattanooga, what do y'all like
to do outside of work?
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Oh, my goodness, we have so much fun going, paddle
boarding and kayaking.
Like last weekend we didAudubon Anchories to Camp Jordan
on South Chickamauga Creek andthat was really.
That was really fun.
Um, I'm trying to hike as muchof lookout mountain as I can.
We're going to go backpackingin august for our second wedding
anniversary in wyoming I'm veryexcited about that oh great.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
I've never did backpacking type hiking, but I
love getting out in thewilderness and walking and
enjoying nature.
I really enjoy that kind ofthing.
So if there was one thing,regina, that you wish if our
listeners can know about you andwhen I say this I mean the
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heart of Regina, gee andWellspring Coaching If there was
one thing that you wish thatthey could know but they
probably wouldn't know unlessyou shared it with them and
you'd like to shout it loud andproud here today what would that
be?
Speaker 3 (21:22):
I want people to know that not all depressions are
disorders and that you don'tneed a diagnosis to be worthy of
support diagnosis to be worthyof support.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
That's very interesting.
Not all depressions aredisorders and you don't need a
diagnosis.
Diagnosis.
Yeah, Thank you.
To be worthy of support.
That's very I think that's avery comforting saying.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
Yeah, go ahead I just want.
I was going to say tell me avery comforting saying yeah, Go
ahead.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
I just want I was going to say, tell me a little
bit more about that.
Just explain that a little more.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
I think that it makes so much more room for the heart
of all things, and I the ideaof care as being cherishing
rather than controlling and sonot all depressions are
disorders means that thisquestion of feeling depressed is
also a question of what itmeans to be human.
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And so when we put somethinginto a medical box with, like,
how we seek, how weconceptualize a problem, is how
we seek its solution.
So if depression is only amedical problem, then you can
only seek medical solutions, andthat's not the whole story.
Right, then there's also roomfor other solutions, like
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connection to nature andconnection to people, and like
creativity and delight and allof these beautiful things, and
then not needing a diagnosis tobe worthy of support, like the
work of diagnosis is a veryspecific thing and it's very
useful in a specific context,but outside of that context, it
can actually be harmful.
And so if you are feeling thisway and you're like, well, I
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have to go take this test at thedoctor or do this thing or take
this medication to be worthy ofbeing seen, like, that's not
helpful, and so I really careabout telling a bigger, better,
more beautiful and true storyabout depression.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
I can relate to that a little bit.
You know, for 15 years Ipastored a church.
And if you, if a person don'thave any stress in their life,
start pastoring a church, and uh, I mean, you know, you, you get
your stress, and everybodyelse's too, Right, and uh, so I
had an old, I had an old Jeep,an old, raggedy looking Jeep.
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But where I found a relief andand I called it my therapy, was
that old Jeep up in themountains and and and I just
ride and just look at nature,the trees, the hills, the
mountains, the creeks, and justspend time out there.
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I didn't even have to haveanybody with me.
You know, sometimes I wouldhave people with me, but
sometimes it'd just be me and Ijust got out there and I found
my therapy there, you know.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
Well, that was a sacred space to you.
You were out there, connectingwith something bigger than
yourself, and it made you feelat peace.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
That makes a lot of sense.
It makes a lot of sense.
But, regina, I've reallyenjoyed this, but before we end,
I want you to take a moment andyou just explain to everybody
where they can find you or findmore information about you,
whether it be online or offline.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Absolutely so.
The best place to find meonline is Instagram and it's at
Wellspring underscore coaching.
And then I'd also love to seeyou at my free depression is
disconnection 101 workshop.
I run those twice a month andyou can register online.
You'll find that link on myInstagram, and then I also have
a sub stack.
So I I write a lot and ifyou're, if you liked what I
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talked about or how I saidthings, I would definitely
recommend getting subscribed tomy sub stack, which is just
Wellspring Coaching with ReginaGee.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Okay, all right, and they can find all that
information on your Instagramaccount.
Yep, okay, all right, wonderful.
Well, you know, I reallyappreciate you being with us
today, regina.
I've thoroughly enjoyed yourtime and your explanation of how
that you reach out and try tohelp people.
You know, cope with the thingsthat they're going through, and
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I know, I'm sure, just from whatI've got from you today.
I'm sure that the people whohave connected with you are
really glad they did.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
Thank you so much, scott.
It was really great to be inthis space and get to talk about
what I care about, and thanksfor listening.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Absolutely, and thank you as well.
And, of course, you know, toall the good neighbors of the
greater Chattanooga area.
After meeting with Regina andlearning more about what she
does at Wellspring coaching, Iknow that she hopes that you'll
take a moment, you know, toconsider all she has to offer.
You know, examine yourself andyour space.
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You know, after hearing herwords today, if if you've
something has resonated with you, something you feel that you
need, something that you're notgetting, and if you feel like
that she might have some way ofcoaching you and helping you to
understand more about yourselfand more about that space of
time that you're going throughright now.
(26:19):
You know, reach out to her,check her Instagram page out and
talk about her sub stacks, Ibelieve is the way she worded it
.
Uh, you'll check that out andsee if there's something there
that can benefit you and thenyou'll reach out to her.
Uh, attend one of her sessionsshe was talking about that.
She does twice a month and anduh, you know you might be
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surprised you might find some ofthe help.
You need a few pieces of thepuzzle anyway that you need to
start on the right part of yourjourney and you know all you
listeners you know.
I'd like to thank you all fortaking time out of your busy day
to be with us here at the GoodNeighbor Podcast today.
Always remember to support thelocally owned and or operated
businesses in the greaterChattanooga area.
They're all important to us,from Cleveland to Dalton, from
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Jasper to Benton and all thecommunities around.
You're all important to all ofus.
So thank you all for being withus today on the Good Neighbor
podcast.
Again, my name is Scott Howell.
Everybody, go out and make thisa remarkable day.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
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podcast.
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Thank you.
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
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Here's your host, Scott Howell.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Good morning neighbors, how y'all doing today
.
Welcome to the Good NeighborPodcast brought to you by the
Friends and Neighbors Group ofthe Greater Chattanooga Area.
Again, my name is Scott Howelland I'm your host for today.
The purpose of the GoodNeighbor podcast is to bring
awareness to the residents ofour communities regarding
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locally owned and or operatedbusinesses in the greater
Chattanooga area, includingCleveland, dalton, from I always
say from Cleveland to Dalton,from Jasper to Benton, the whole
entire area.
Every little small business isimportant to us and you know
small businesses are thebackbone of our communities and
they really still need oursupport today.
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And you know I always say thisEvery local business has a story
to tell about themselves and wejust want to help them tell it
loud and proud here at the GoodNeighbor Podcast.
And joining me today is one ofour good neighbors, regina Gee.
Did I say it correctly?
Yep.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Okay, I want to make sure I said that correctly.
Regina Gee at WellspringCoaching.
Regina, thank you for being ourspecial guest today on the
podcast.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Thanks, scott, I'm jazzed to be here.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Jazzed.
All right, I never had anybodytell me they were jazzed to be
here before.
That's cool yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
I'm excited to talk about what I do and why I do it.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Well, I'm jazzed to have you here, so I'm going to
adopt that phrase.
But yeah, we're glad to haveyou here.
You know, of course, we're hereto learn all about you and
Wellspring, coaching and whatyou offer to our listeners.
But before we dive into thebusiness part of it, would you
like to share anything with usabout yourself or your family?
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Yeah.
So I think that two things thatI keep pretty close to my heart
are the fact that I'm theoldest of four girls.
I think that's always a funthing, and we're 10 years apart,
and so the four of us togetheris something else in a good way,
in a powerful way.
And then I also I grew up inWyoming, um, and so I have this
big fondness for the mountainsand the big skies, and just I
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like being outside.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Wow, the big Wyoming.
That's one state that I'venever got to go to.
I've always wanted to seeWyoming and Montana and never
got to get to either one ofthose places, so it's on my
bucket list though.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
When you go, let me know and I'll tell you my
favorite places.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Hey, that's fair enough.
That'd be awesome.
So so, what are you not?
Are you from anywhere famouslike Jackson Hole, or anywhere
like that I grew up in CodyWyoming.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
So the east entrance to Yellowstone, where Jackson is
the south.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Okay, yeah, I've heard of Cody, all right, well,
all right.
Well, I tell you what let's do.
I'm going to give you all thetime that you need to tell us
about Wellspring Coaching.
What I'd like for you to do isshare with us.
You know not only what you do,but also your journey, how you
came, you know to doing what youdo.
So just share with us all thatyou can think of.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Sounds good.
So Wellspring Coaching is allabout relieving depression with
integrative care.
So I think that depression isabout disconnection and so I
work with it as disconnectionand help people reconnect to
their body, to their place, totheir people, to source and to
hope.
And so I'm the person who kindof looks at you as a whole human
being and asks these questionsof like okay, like, where are
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you connected, where are youdisconnected, what do you want
to do about it?
I love what I do because itkind of fills this gap in the
medical world of like I'm nothere to be an outside voice to
tell people what they should door how to do it.
I'm here to facilitate thisinside voice that just needs to
be witnessed and listened to.
So it's this deeply respectful,deep listening space and I
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really love it.
It's Wellspring was really bornout of my lived experience and
then also my background andresearch in neuroscience and
anthropology.
Oh wow.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
So in my undergrad I studied at the University of
Pittsburgh and I went therebecause they had this great
neuroscience program.
But I also, like, since Iwatched this TED Talk with Wade
Davis, I've just been obsessedwith anthropology and this
question of, like, what does itmean to be human?
So I went to this school and Iwas like, okay, cool, like these
two like the social sciencesand then the hard sciences, like
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kind of two different tracks.
But then I was always trying toput them together and I found
how to put them together withmental health.
But that only came after Istudied abroad in India and had
this like incredibly, likeexpansive semester.
I was like whoa, look at how bigthe world is and look at how
capable I am, this is amazingbig the world is.
And look at how capable I am,this is amazing.
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And then I came home and I gotincredibly depressed and I was
like, oh, this is, this is likea dent.
It felt like I was movingthrough jello.
It felt like everything wascovered with goo.
It was hard.
And then I went to studenthealth and tried the medication
and tried the therapy and itdidn't touch it and I was like
oh, there's a bigger story here.
How do I learn to tell that?
And I know I'm not the only onewho needs that bigger story.
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So then I dove in and I waslike, okay, here's the culture
and politics of mental health,here's the biophysiology of
depression, with theneuroscience background, and I
put them together.
And then I thought I was goingto get a PhD in medical
anthropology.
But then COVID kind of swoopsin.
I was like just kidding, wedon't have the funding for that
right now.
What are you going to doinstead?
And that's when I found theAndrew Weil Center for
Integrative Medicine in Tucson,arizona, which is where I was
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living at the time, and I waslike what do you mean?
I can still ask these questionsof wholeness and care, but do
it in a way that's likeone-to-one or in groups, like
actually making contact withanother person who is suffering.
And so I got that certification.
And right after I graduated Istarted Wellspring and then for
the last two years I've beengoing deeper with it and helping
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people out.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Well, that's great.
That's a whole lot of in twominutes there.
That's a whole lot of placesyou have been and lived in the
world right there.
I mean all the way from Arizonato Pennsylvania and then to
India and back.
I mean that's a lot of livingin a short amount of time.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
I drew a map one time where I was like here's where
I've lived, here's where I'vebeen, and like the amount of
lines that were covering theworld I was pretty heartened by.
I was like look at that, lookat you, go girl.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Well, I got.
I got two questions out of whatyou shared with us so far.
One is how did you wind up inChattanooga?
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Yes so the most important answer is that I loved
it.
My husband and I we were inTucson.
We kind of crash landed inTucson in the pandemic because
my sister was there and we likedit.
We were there but we knew itwasn't our place.
Like I love to talk about howthe desert is just intense in
every way, like it's hot, it'sspiky, it's dusty, and I am, uh,
more soft and gentle than that.
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And so then we were starting tobe like, okay, like we're.
No, we know we're not going tostay here forever.
Where do we want to go next?
Um, and then at our wedding,one of of my best friends was
like I'm moving to Chattanoogaand I was like, where, what is
Chattanooga?
Where's Chattanooga?
And then my husband, logan'sdad, was also like I had asked
him where some cool places wereand he's like, oh, chattanooga
is really cool.
And so it pinged my radar twiceand then we came to visit and
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we're like, oh, this is great.
And then it closer to logan'sfamily, which is also a win
logan being your husband.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
yep, okay, okay, yeah , so, uh, and then so you you
talked about a while ago aboutuh coming back from india and I
and I saw some of your pictures.
Uh were in where you were inindia and had pictures made of
things and I saw those and theypiqued my interest when I saw
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them.
So you came back from India,you came back from studying the
place of Buddhism, right, theplace of all the you know.
So when you came back and youfound yourself suffering from
depression and I don't want toget too personal if it's too
personal for you to talk about,so it's okay to say so, but what
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do you feel like kind ofcontributed to the sudden
depression?
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Oh, I love talking about this and thank you for
like respecting the space,because depression is really
personal and part of my work islike how do we talk about this?
In a way that is like what'sthe generative narrative within
depression?
yes um, and so for me it was.
I came home in quotes, um, andit was I felt.
I felt this profounddisconnection, like the rug had
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been ripped out from under meand I wasn't expecting it, like
I knew integration was going tobe hard.
When you come back, they callit reverse culture shock and
things like that and I wasexpecting that.
But I wasn't expecting to feellike my life was too small for
me.
Like I had the same apartment,I had this, I was getting the
same degrees, I had the same joband it just didn't fit anymore.
Like I felt like my environmentwasn't holding me, it wasn't big
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enough and at the time the beststory I had for that was oh,
this is depression, and if youhave depression, then you treat
it with medication, and sothat's the story I inherited and
I tried it and it didn't work.
And I was like that's where theshame piece came in, where I
was like, oh, I'm broken becausethis didn't work for me.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
And having to heal that within myself and be like,
oh, I'm not broken, I'm justdisconnected, how do I find yeah
, I could see that where, ifyou're spending time and a large
amount of time in anotherculture, you know, suddenly, uh,
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I moved to Chicago and uh, youknow, and I'm, I'm in my
twenties and I've moved toChicago and man, you talk about
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culture shock.
You know, it was just like, uh,it wasn't really Chicago, they
call it the Chicago land area,it was Northwest Indiana, but
but, uh, and then I changed my,I jumped into a brand new career
and it was just like everythingwas just like bam, bam, you
know.
And well, I adapted prettyquick and I kind of liked the
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new sense of life and the newsense of direction.
And then suddenly some thingshappened and when they happened
I found myself being forced toleave the newness of life that
I'd found, being forced to moveback.
And I moved to Nashville, theNashville area, and when I moved
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back it was just like, becauseI guess I was forced and I
didn't want it and I wasn'tready, I went into that.
I went into a deep depression.
I never experienced depressionbefore that You're talking about
being disconnected.
I didn't fit in anywhereanymore.
Suddenly, no area of my lifehad meaning to me.
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I don't think you have to goacross the world to experience
what you're talking about.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
It's just whenever you find yourself in that space
where it's like, oh, this is alittle off kilter.
Now I'd love to hear how youtalk about that experience.
What you're talking about it'sjust whenever you find yourself
in that space where it's like,oh, like, this is a little off
kilter.
Now I'd love to hear how youtalk about that experience, like
I've heard people talk about.
It's like a cloud came in.
I feel like there's a veilbetween me and my life.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
What was?
Speaker 3 (11:25):
it like for you if you want to share.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Yeah, no, it was.
I mean, I felt disconnected.
My late wife was still livingThen, obviously we were very
young, a married couple and andshe, we had a wonderful
relationship, you know.
But then suddenly there wasjust like disconnect everywhere,
everywhere, from her, from mychurch, from, you know, my
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church life, and I had awonderful church life, and it
was cut off.
My marriage had a cutoff in it,my career had a cutoff in it.
Uh, you know everything.
It seemed like the only theonly place I could find any
solace was actually going backhome to Alabama for a weekend
and I could find a little solacethere, you know.
But but then I had to go rightback to where I didn't want to
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be, you know, and I was, youknow, it was just constant
turmoil, uh, for me for a while.
So, yeah, it was, uh, this.
When you say disconnect, Itotally relate to that word
because that's the way I felt.
I didn't feel connected toanything until five yeah, until
finally, I was able about, Iguess, uh, close to a year or so
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later to actually to relocateinto a place, a space that I
wanted to be, and when I, when Ifound that place, I wanted to
be again.
Then it was like things beganto come back together.
You know, it was just thatfeeling of being forced to do
something that I felt wasn'tright for me, wasn't the right
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thing for me to do.
You know, that makes sense.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Oh, it makes so much sense.
One of the things that I workwith is a disconnection from
hope, and hope is goals, agencyand pathways.
So it sounds like your agencywas like cut off when you were
forced to move to Nashville andthen that precipitated this
depressive experience, and thenyou were able to find relief
when you reconnected the place.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Yeah, yeah, I think so, and you know, I moved to a
place where I'd never beenbefore, so I didn't.
It wasn't that I had anyprevious connections there, but
it was just.
It was a place I felt like Iwas supposed to be.
I felt like it was good for me,whether than, rather than being
forced to be somewhere where itwasn't a bad place at all, it
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was just where it wasn't a badplace at all.
It was just it didn't feel likeit's where I was supposed to be
.
You know, and that resonance,yeah, I guess that's part of it.
Yeah, absolutely so thanks forasking, though I appreciate you,
you, uh, being willing to askme my side of the story thanks
for sharing yeah, absolutely.
Uh, you know when, when people,when you, when people begin to
approach you for the first timeor you begin a coaching session
with people for the first time,and what kinds of myths and
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misconceptions do you hear frompeople that maybe that they have
in their mind about what you door what, or what you can't do
for them, whichever it might be?
Speaker 3 (14:12):
yeah, so coaching is an interesting like it's.
People can call themselves acoach for many different ways um
so people, first off, they'rekind of like are you a coach who
trained over the weekend?
Are you a coach who, like, dida thing?
um and my training program was ayear.
So I'm like, yeah, I did athing.
So the first off is kind oflike talking about like, what
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the heck is coaching, why?
Why should I work with a coach?
They often, they often thinkthat I'm like a personal trainer
or a therapist, which I I'm not.
I'm kind of the person I thoseare specialists who I can direct
you to.
But I'm more zoomed out whereit's like, hey, we're gonna look
at how all these pieces gotogether and then if you need a
trainer, we'll bring a traineron board.
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If you need a therapist, we'llbring a therapist on board.
Um, and then they come to mewith a lot of um.
I don't like a lot of storiesabout what depression has been
told to them, or it's like ohit's a chemical imbalance in
your brain and it's like, well,we don't really know that, like
it's a hypothesis, themonoimmune hypothesis, and like,
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oh, you need medication ifyou're depressed, and it's like
sometimes it helps and sometimesit doesn't, and so there's just
so much more nuance and it's sopersonal in particular, and so
I just make a bunch of space fortheir specific experience.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
What if somebody comes to you and they have a
child, that suddenly something'shappened and they're
disconnected and they're, youknow, suffering from something
but nobody can seem to you knowfigure out what it is?
And they come to you.
Do you also work with youngerchildren, or is there an age
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range you work with?
Speaker 3 (15:52):
so, yeah, I've worked with teenagers before.
I've worked with retired peoplebefore I've worked with like.
I think 16 to 75 has been myage range, and it's so
interesting when parents come tome with this longing to fix
their child, where it's like oh,there's something here that I
need to fix, that I need to fix,um.
And I love what Parker Palmerhas to say about how, like, the
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human soul doesn't want to befixed or saved or advised, it
simply wants to be witnessed.
And so so much of my work issaying like, hey, this
depression, this thing isserving a purpose, so let's
figure out what purpose it'sserving and how to make it
life-giving rather thanlife-taking.
So if we out what purpose it'sserving and how to make it life
giving rather than life taking,so if we try to fix it and cut
it short, then it's notauthentic, it's artificial.
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If we let it do its work and ifwe're willing to be brave and
sit with it, look into the deepdark and just stay there for as
long as we need to, with theknowing that it's not always
going to be that way, then thatpressure to like be saved or
fixed goes away and, lo andbehold, the thing can do its
work.
The depression can do its work,and it spirals, unweaves and
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untangles, as long as you'rewalking alongside somebody
instead of trying to fix them.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
So so what you're saying is sometimes the things
that we go through like that isjust part of a greater learning
process that we just kind ofhave to go.
It's kind of a journey, youmight say.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Yeah, I believe depression is a signal asking us
to look deeper.
And when we don't look deeper,we're going to continue to feel
depressed.
But when we look deeper, likefor you when you moved to
Nashville, if you wouldn't havebeen depressed, it wouldn't have
been telling you that thiswasn't your place For me, it
wouldn't have told me that mylife needed to expand.
Um, so there is a gem withinthere, and it's how do we listen
for it and how do we give, giveit breathing room so that it
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can do the work it needs to do?
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Okay, I understand Now.
Do you typically do your yourcoaching sessions, uh, in person
or virtually, or is there apreference?
Speaker 3 (17:45):
Right now I'm virtual , so I work with people all over
the place um virtually, andthen I do groups as well, and
then I occasionally havein-person workshops.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Okay, in-person workshops, what are those?
Speaker 3 (17:56):
a lot and make one big collage together on a
particular theme and then I'mgoing to facilitate a wellness
coaching discussion about it andwe'll record it and have a scan
of the collage for you to takehome.
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And then I also do like thehealing song and dance events
where it's singing circlejourney, dance and wellness
coaching together.
We've done one about water, oneabout trees.
It's very connected to thenatural world.
And then I have my Depressionis Disconnection 101 workshop,
which is an hour long, like myframework of working with
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depression.
Here's how it looks withconnection to body place, people
, hope and source.
Where are you disconnected?
Where are you really connectedand where do you want to focus?
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Okay, I read about.
I was telling you before westarted recording.
I read about the one you hadlast month and you tell me what
that was called.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
Again, you said that one was healing woods song and
dance, and so that one was abouttrees.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Song and dance.
Yeah, and you, you, you workedwith some other coaches as well,
that that one that specializesin dance and one in singing, and
you just kind of all broughtall three of your coaching
practices together, right, anddid something.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
So Naomi Self is amazing and she does Chattanooga
Singing Circle.
So if you ever just want to bein a group of people who are
using their voice in anonjudgmental way, like it's
just, it's just playful.
And then Catherine Toledanodoes journey dances.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
Okay, all right.
Well, I was reading about it.
I thought it was veryinteresting.
I'd never heard of anythinglike that before.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Yeah, it's kind of new and unique, like I know
about a bunch of dancing eventsor singing events, but putting
them together, I haven't heardof anyone else doing them.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yeah, yeah, you know some of the questions I was I
was planning to ask you you'vealready kind of answered and uh,
so uh, but you know, you andyour husband moved here from
Chattanooga.
Sometimes, I do, I do like toask some personal questions
sometimes and you and yourhusband moved to Chattanooga
from some some pretty fantasticplaces I mean Wyoming, and and
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then uh, then you know Tucson,I've been to Tucson, Like you
said, it's a big desert, butit's still kind of it's
different when you've never beenthere.
So, but now you're inChattanooga, what do y'all like
to do outside of work?
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Oh, my goodness, we have so much fun going, paddle
boarding and kayaking.
Like last weekend we didAudubon Anchories to Camp Jordan
on South Chickamauga Creek andthat was really.
That was really fun.
Um, I'm trying to hike as muchof lookout mountain as I can.
We're going to go backpackingin august for our second wedding
anniversary in wyoming I'm veryexcited about that oh great.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
I've never did backpacking type hiking, but I
love getting out in thewilderness and walking and
enjoying nature.
I really enjoy that kind ofthing.
So if there was one thing,regina, that you wish if our
listeners can know about you andwhen I say this I mean the
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heart of Regina, gee andWellspring Coaching If there was
one thing that you wish thatthey could know but they
probably wouldn't know unlessyou shared it with them and
you'd like to shout it loud andproud here today what would that
be?
Speaker 3 (21:22):
I want people to know that not all depressions are
disorders and that you don'tneed a diagnosis to be worthy of
support diagnosis to be worthyof support.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
That's very interesting.
Not all depressions aredisorders and you don't need a
diagnosis.
Diagnosis.
Yeah, Thank you.
To be worthy of support.
That's very I think that's avery comforting saying.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
Yeah, go ahead I just want.
I was going to say tell me avery comforting saying yeah, Go
ahead.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
I just want I was going to say, tell me a little
bit more about that.
Just explain that a little more.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
I think that it makes so much more room for the heart
of all things, and I the ideaof care as being cherishing
rather than controlling and sonot all depressions are
disorders means that thisquestion of feeling depressed is
also a question of what itmeans to be human.
(22:18):
And so when we put somethinginto a medical box with, like,
how we seek, how weconceptualize a problem, is how
we seek its solution.
So if depression is only amedical problem, then you can
only seek medical solutions, andthat's not the whole story.
Right, then there's also roomfor other solutions, like
(22:40):
connection to nature andconnection to people, and like
creativity and delight and allof these beautiful things, and
then not needing a diagnosis tobe worthy of support, like the
work of diagnosis is a veryspecific thing and it's very
useful in a specific context,but outside of that context, it
can actually be harmful.
And so if you are feeling thisway and you're like, well, I
(23:03):
have to go take this test at thedoctor or do this thing or take
this medication to be worthy ofbeing seen, like, that's not
helpful, and so I really careabout telling a bigger, better,
more beautiful and true storyabout depression.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
I can relate to that a little bit.
You know, for 15 years Ipastored a church.
And if you, if a person don'thave any stress in their life,
start pastoring a church, and uh, I mean, you know, you, you get
your stress, and everybodyelse's too, Right, and uh, so I
had an old, I had an old Jeep,an old, raggedy looking Jeep.
(23:40):
But where I found a relief andand I called it my therapy, was
that old Jeep up in themountains and and and I just
ride and just look at nature,the trees, the hills, the
mountains, the creeks, and justspend time out there.
(24:00):
I didn't even have to haveanybody with me.
You know, sometimes I wouldhave people with me, but
sometimes it'd just be me and Ijust got out there and I found
my therapy there, you know.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
Well, that was a sacred space to you.
You were out there, connectingwith something bigger than
yourself, and it made you feelat peace.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
That makes a lot of sense.
It makes a lot of sense.
But, regina, I've reallyenjoyed this, but before we end,
I want you to take a moment andyou just explain to everybody
where they can find you or findmore information about you,
whether it be online or offline.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Absolutely so.
The best place to find meonline is Instagram and it's at
Wellspring underscore coaching.
And then I'd also love to seeyou at my free depression is
disconnection 101 workshop.
I run those twice a month andyou can register online.
You'll find that link on myInstagram, and then I also have
a sub stack.
So I I write a lot and ifyou're, if you liked what I
(24:54):
talked about or how I saidthings, I would definitely
recommend getting subscribed tomy sub stack, which is just
Wellspring Coaching with ReginaGee.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Okay, all right, and they can find all that
information on your Instagramaccount.
Yep, okay, all right, wonderful.
Well, you know, I reallyappreciate you being with us
today, regina.
I've thoroughly enjoyed yourtime and your explanation of how
that you reach out and try tohelp people.
You know, cope with the thingsthat they're going through, and
(25:24):
I know, I'm sure, just from whatI've got from you today.
I'm sure that the people whohave connected with you are
really glad they did.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
Thank you so much, scott.
It was really great to be inthis space and get to talk about
what I care about, and thanksfor listening.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Absolutely, and thank you as well.
And, of course, you know, toall the good neighbors of the
greater Chattanooga area.
After meeting with Regina andlearning more about what she
does at Wellspring coaching, Iknow that she hopes that you'll
take a moment, you know, toconsider all she has to offer.
You know, examine yourself andyour space.
(25:58):
You know, after hearing herwords today, if if you've
something has resonated with you, something you feel that you
need, something that you're notgetting, and if you feel like
that she might have some way ofcoaching you and helping you to
understand more about yourselfand more about that space of
time that you're going throughright now.
(26:19):
You know, reach out to her,check her Instagram page out and
talk about her sub stacks, Ibelieve is the way she worded it
.
Uh, you'll check that out andsee if there's something there
that can benefit you and thenyou'll reach out to her.
Uh, attend one of her sessionsshe was talking about that.
She does twice a month and anduh, you know you might be
(26:43):
surprised you might find some ofthe help.
You need a few pieces of thepuzzle anyway that you need to
start on the right part of yourjourney and you know all you
listeners you know.
I'd like to thank you all fortaking time out of your busy day
to be with us here at the GoodNeighbor Podcast today.
Always remember to support thelocally owned and or operated
businesses in the greaterChattanooga area.
They're all important to us,from Cleveland to Dalton, from
(27:05):
Jasper to Benton and all thecommunities around.
You're all important to all ofus.
So thank you all for being withus today on the Good Neighbor
podcast.
Again, my name is Scott Howell.
Everybody, go out and make thisa remarkable day.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Thank you for listening to the Good Neighbor
podcast.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go to GNPClevelandcom.
That's GNPClevelandcom, or call423-380-1984.
Thank you.
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