Find Your Strengths, Break Some Rules, and Reflect on the New Year with Diana's Best Friend Dr. Alexis Karris Bachik
This episode is an extra special one! One of Diana’s best friends, Dr. Alexis Karris Bachik joins her to reflect on the New Year. Together they explore what values they lived out in 2022, their health routines, difficulties with letting go, and the behind-the-scenes of their friendship, book writing, and more!
Listen and Learn:
What values did Diana live out most in 2023?
Diana’s take on sharing vulnerability on the podcast
Strategies for adult relationships with our parents
Supplement and skincare routines for mental health
What are signature strengths and how can you apply them?
Diana’s wishes for you in the New Year
About Dr. Alexis Karris Bachik
Dr. Alexis Karris Bachik, Professor of Psychology, received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and completed her doctoral internship at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She is also a Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University, where she studied psychology and economics. She has been a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Colorado #3501) since October 2010. Dr. Karris Bachik is most interested in research related to Positive Psychology, the scientific study of optimal human living, a new branch of psychological study supported by the American Psychological Association. Specifically, she has been measuring positive character traits in college students and testing how these traits relate to mental health outcomes such as depression, drinking, and anxiety, as well as well-being outcomes such as student success, happiness, and resiliency.
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Links to Alexis’s Supplements
Vanilla Collagen (Alexis adds this to her 3 cups of green tea)
Links to Diana’s French Skin Products in order of usage
Retinol Serum (night)
Hyaluronic Acid Serum (morning)
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