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The Sweet with the Sour

The Sweet with the Sour

Written by: Ren
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 A place where Ren shares what she's learned along the way in her own wellbeing journey with chronic pain, anxiety and depression. The hope is this podcast can help people see and feel they are not alone.Ren Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • Box Breathing Tool

    Box Breathing Tool
    Feb 4 2026

    Join Ren as she shares her go to tool in her mental health toolbox 🧰


    Box breathing, also known as square breathing, is a simple tool you can use anywhere, you don't need anything but yourself. You can also do this around other people and no one will be aware you are box breathing.


    Look for a square in your environment. If there isn't a square, that's ok you can imagine tracing a square.


    | inhale 2-3-4

    - hold 2-3-4

    | exhale 2-3-4

    _ hold 2-3-4


    Repeat


    Go from fight or flight to rest and digest.

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    9 mins
  • Hello Season 4

    Hello Season 4
    Dec 1 2025

    Join Ren as she share more about her healing journey with chronic pain, anxiety, depression, and an ultra-rare illness. Here is what you can expect from Season 4 of The Sweet with the Sour.
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    4 mins
  • How Are My Nails?

    How Are My Nails?
    Mar 24 2025
    Join Ren as she share more about her mental health journey with anxiety and depression. She shares about her treatments, including medications, TMS, and Spravato. Ren shares how her Self Health Check top 3 indicators are gages that tell her how is she really doing. Her nails are one of the top 3 in her Self Health Check. How Are My Nails? talks about how her nails help her know how she is doing.
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    15 mins
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