Dr. Kimberly Bonds Grocher PhD, LCSW, ACC, RYT

08/08/2025

🔔S1, EP12: Stepping Back to Move Forward: How to Find, Choose, or Create Your Own Retreat🔔

There’s a lot of chatter about retreats in wellness, corporate, and entrepreneurial spaces, but retreating isn’t one size fits all. If you’ve never been on a retreat, you may be skeptical about a retreat being worth the investment of your time, money, and energy. And if you have been on retreats, maybe you’re considering what your next one should be. The right retreat at the right time can definitely be a game changer (and in many cases, a life changer)  as you’re designing your path, but how do you know which one(s) right for you? 

In this solo episode, I break down:

🌆Vacations vs. Retreats vs. Residencies
🌅Retreats as a strategy to move you from where you are to where you desire to be
🌄Finding retreats and discerning which ones are right for you
🌠The option of creating your own retreat

Link in comments!

If you’ve been on a retreat that’s had a positive impact on your career, business, and/or life, feel free to share it in the comments!

Coming Up: Reset, Revive, & Thrive- A Monthly Mini-Wellness Retreat for Women w/ Dr. Kim (Sunday August 17, 2025 .ny Tuckahoe, NY

07/28/2025

🔥🔥New Episode Alert: Doing the work vs Being the work🔥🔥

In this episode, I get to talk with the amazing Dr. Michelle Maidenberg, a true force in the mental health space in NY and beyond. She opens up about being vulnerable and doing the work on and in your own life  when you’re in a profession that requires you to keep it together for everyone else. Michelle shares her journey as she continues to find new ways to thrive in her personal life and the impact this has on her ability to help others heal as a psychotherapist.

She shares her perspective on:

❤️ Understanding how your emotional and behavior patterns can keep you in the box

❤️ The power that comes from being authentic

❤️ How your values can help you strengthen every area of your life including your relationships

If you’re in the midst of doing your own thing (whatever that means for you) and realizing you’ve got your own inner work to do to move forward, you’ll definitely want to listen to this episode (I’m especially looking at my fellow therapists, helpers, and caregivers 👀👀👀).

Link is in the comments!!

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06/09/2025

Always perfecting my craft and adding new skills to my tool box, but it’s extra enticing when I get to support another Black author and psychotherapist/social worker in the process. 🫶🏽

05/29/2025

✨✨✨Check out Episode 7✨✨✨

Join me and Elle McPherson of as Elle shares how she made the leap from being a financial professional in the non-profit sector to changing her course and becoming an expat and world traveler who helps others to do the same. And that's just one lane on her highway! You'll have to listen to hear the others 😉

We cover:

🛫Syncing your inner & outer journey: Traveling & living abroad as a means to self-exploration and deconditioning.

🛫Changing careers at mid-life (ish)

🛫Cultivating the courage to ditch the grind & reexamining your life "itinerary".

Be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thriving-outside-the-box/id1802754794

Self-Improvement Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Thriving Outside The Box is a podcast that sheds light on the stories of leaders and entrepreneurs across industries who dared to create and walk their own path in their careers, lives and businesses …

05/25/2025

True self care is a ritual, not a one time thing. Make monthly Self Care Sundays a part of your ritual.

Using gentle movement, breath work, meditation and other somatic practices to help you regulate your nervous system while adding a dash of creativity and community, you’ll be feeling rested, connected, restored, and ready for the week ahead.

Advanced registration is required so reserve your spot today! Link in comments.

05/15/2025

✨New Episode✨

**F. Diane Barth, LCSW**, clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, and author, joins me to talk about finding your path, no matter where you are in life.

Diane shares wisdom about:

🗝️ How great mentors can change everything (and how to find them!)
🗝️ Why it's never too late to try something new and exciting
🗝️ Loving what you do, even when everyone gives you that confused look 😉

**Ready to listen?** The newest episode is available right now on Apple, Spotify, & YouTube Music.

Self-Improvement Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Thriving Outside The Box is a podcast that sheds light on the stories of leaders and entrepreneurs across industries who dared to create and walk their own path in their careers, lives and businesses …

05/01/2025

I’m thrilled to share that Episode 5 has just dropped, and it’s one I’ve been excited about for weeks!

This time, I’m chatting with the wonderful Bridgette Simmonds (or as I like to call her, “coach extraordinaire”). Bridgette isn’t just an amazing wellness coach - she’s also one of my favorite people, and I think you’ll quickly see why.

In this heartfelt conversation, Bridgette opens up about her journey from the corporate insurance world to founding her own thriving wellness coaching practice. She also shares insights on how others can design their transition from where they are to where they’d like to be.

Can’t wait for you to listen and be inspired! ✨​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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04/16/2025

Very excited to share that episode 4 of the TOTB Podcast is now available! Meg Winnecour shares how her love of art, cooking and southern hospitality have culminated in the Cloud Collective Artist & Writer's Residency in beautiful, resilient Asheville, NC.

Meg and I share the following gems:

🎨 the importance of knowing, accepting and trusting yourself

🎨 aligning your personal and professional life

🎨 challenging yourself to be in places and spaces that are outside your box

🎨 leveraging the power of relationships to bring your vision to reality

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thriving-outside-the-box/id1802754794?i=1000703522524

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03/18/2025

This had to be one of the most amazing professional experiences I've had. .curto invited me to lead a workshop, "Taking Yourself Seriously as a Creative/Writer" at the Keys to the Castle Workshop's writer's retreat in Quebec City, Canada. One year and 3 months before this experience, I created a video about taking myself seriously as a creative (in a chateau in France 🏰🇫🇷)and then I used my professional expertise and lived experience to help others do the same (in a chateau in Quebec 🏰🇨🇦).

Grateful for the opportunity to bring creativity, wellness, coaching and leadership into one space, meet other amazing and accomplished writers while being able to fully experience the beautiful Fairmont Chateau Le Frontenac. More retreats, chateaus, creativity. and international experiences to come!! My angels on the other side are working it all out ❤️

06/25/2024

The last 3 months have been so full! The intense curriculum, accountability, resources, and community have been invaluable. Entrepreneurship is both challenging and invigorating and the learning never stops….neither does the need for mentorship and guidance. I’m grateful to Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women/NYU Stern School of Business for being one of those sources. Excited about what’s to come, stay tuned!