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Stress Therapy with Cheri Flake: Meditation & Stress Relief for Real Life

Stress Therapy with Cheri Flake: Meditation & Stress Relief for Real Life

By: Meditation Teacher & Mental Health Counselor Cheri Augustine Flake LCSW: Meditation Stress Relief Healthy Habits Spirituality Mental Health Self-Care Self-Help Happiness Mindfulness
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Are you stressed out, overwhelmed, or just plain over it? Stress Therapy with Cheri Flake teaches you proven stress management techniques and meditation for beginners that fit into real life.

Licensed mental health counselor Cheri Flake brings 25+ years of clinical experience to help you master stress relief through accessible meditation, mindfulness practices, and anxiety management strategies. Whether you're dealing with work stress, sleep trouble, emotional eating, or attention problems, you'll learn practical stress therapy methods that work for busy people living in the real world.

Cheri is absolutely unlike any therapist, meditation teacher or hypnotherapist you have ever encountered. Known as "Dolly Parton meets the Dalai Lama," Cheri makes meditation simple and stress management doable - even if you think you can't meditate or have tried everything before. Each episode delivers actionable stress relief techniques from thousands of therapy sessions, workshops, and meditation retreats.

Perfect for anyone seeking anxiety relief, better stress management, or beginner-friendly meditation that actually sticks. This isn't just head-nodding platitudes - it's real guidance with real results for real people ready to start living NOW.

Topics include meditation for stress, anxiety management, mindfulness for busy schedules, stress-related health issues, sleep improvement, emotional eating solutions, and building lasting healthy habits.

Your stress therapy session begins right NOW. 🧡

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Episodes
  • Bliss Blips

    Bliss Blips
    Jul 1 2026
    Hey beautiful people! What if you didn't have to lure anything into this moment — no worry, no anxiety, no "hurry up and get to the next thing" — and what if the good stuff started showing up on its own? In this mini meditation episode, I talk about taking custody of your own consciousness, getting out of the hurry-up cycle, and learning to just sit in right now. There's only one Now, baby, and it's right here. Stick around for the little guided meditation at the end. In this episode:
    • The "hurry up" trap — how we rush through every single moment to get to the next one, only to rush through that one too
    • Wherever you go, there you are: why nothing actually happens in the past or the future, only right now
    • Eckhart Tolle's simplest doorway into the present — just ask yourself, "Am I still breathing?"
    • Puppies versus politics — choosing what you let into your moment, being for peace instead of against war
    • Bliss blips: those little unprovoked blips of bliss that show up for no reason at all, and why they're tied straight to your meditation practice
    • A short guided meditation using a soft drishti, an environmental scan, and the Om Shanti mantra
    Mentions and shoutouts:
    • Joe Dispenza and the retreat that stuck with me
    • Wherever You Go, There You Are (I'm pretty sure that's Jon Kabat-Zinn)
    • Eckhart Tolle, Yogananda, Dan Siegel's "flip your lid," and Mother Teresa's "I won't march against war, but I'll march for peace"
    • The Vedas on life as a show we get to watch
    • September retreat at ilovetherapy.com with Sonic Yogi and an amazing Atlanta cellist joining us
    If you've ever had a bliss blip, I want to hear about it — email me at cheri@thestresstherapist.com (it's Cheri with a C — wasn't my idea). And come meditate with us at ilovetherapy.com. Connect with me @thestresstherapist on Instagram and @stresstherapy on Twitter. Georgia residents — book a free consultation at thestresstherapist.com. Produced and edited by Owen Flake
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    22 mins
  • How to Be Your Own Savior

    How to Be Your Own Savior
    May 19 2026
    Graduation season is here, and Cheri has a message for every new grad that she wishes she'd heard at 22 instead of figuring out the hard way: nobody is coming to save you. Not your parents, not your therapist, not the perfect partner, not your followers. And once you really get that, it's not depressing — it's the most freeing thing in the world. In this quickie episode, Cheri unpacks what it actually looks like to show up for yourself. She talks about why obsessing over how you look to attract the "right" person is a losing game (spoiler: all the dudes look the same after 60 anyway), why disappointment is almost always a sign you were outsourcing your wellbeing, and how taking 100% responsibility for your life is where the magic actually starts. She also gets into the social media trap — how scrolling through someone else's feed means you're paying attention to their agenda instead of your own — and makes the case for being the master and commander of your own attention. You don't have to record your life. You don't have to report on it. The quietest lives can be the richest ones. The episode wraps with a short seated meditation on letting thoughts come and go without judgment, plus a homework assignment: next time you're standing in line at the grocery store or waiting at the dentist, leave the phone in your pocket. Just stand there. Notice what you're thinking. That's it. It used to be normal. We've lost it. Time to get it back. A few things Cheri wants you to walk away with:
    • You are the person you've been waiting for. Be her. Be him.
    • Pick the kindest partner. Looks fade, kindness compounds.
    • Walk away from people who aren't bringing out your best — no animosity, no diagnosis, just go.
    • Disappointment = you were relying on something outside yourself. Take that as data.
    • Sitting and doing nothing is not lazy. It's a skill, and it's becoming a rare one.
    Connect with Cheri: Instagram: @thestresstherapist Twitter: @stresstherapy Retreats and offerings: ilovetherapy.com Georgia residents — book a free consultation at thestresstherapist.com Produced and edited by Owen Flake.
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    16 mins
  • Don't Own the Diagnosis

    Don't Own the Diagnosis
    May 2 2026
    Hey beautiful people! It's Maycember — that wild stretch of end-of-school-year chaos and springtime new beginnings. Instead of piling more onto your plate, I'm sharing a few tiny cognitive tweaks that can shift everything, plus a quick moment of stillness to get you through. I also open up about a recent scary diagnosis and why I'm refusing to own it. Rare but possible, baby. In this episode:
    • Why you should never "own" a diagnosis (mental or physical) — the language we use shapes our identity and our healing
    • Three cognitive flips that change everything: "I have to" becomes "I get to," "what if" becomes "even if," and the quiet magic of "wouldn't it be nice if…"
    • A 16-second bliss break you can do anywhere — shoutout to my friend Davidji for this one
    Mentions and shoutouts:
    • Catch Stress Therapy the show on New Reality TV (Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV)
    • Huge congrats to the Chamblee High School varsity tennis team heading to state finals
    • Stanford is studying energy healers and their effect on cancer cells — science is catching up to the woo woo
    • September 23–27 retreat with a sale running this week at ilovetherapy.com
    • If you spot a "Rare But Possible" t-shirt out there, please send it my way
    Connect with me @thestresstherapist on Instagram and @stresstherapy on Twitter. Georgia residents — book a free consultation at ilovetherapy.com.

    Produced and edited by Owen Flake
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    10 mins
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