The Wellness Surf & Skate Podcast
Welcome to The Wellness Surf and Skate Podcast — where therapy meets the tide, pavement meets healing, and wellness flows through movement.
Hosted by Albert Balderas, a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Surf Therapy Facilitator, this podcast explores the intersection of mental health, nature-based healing, and board sports like surfing and skateboarding. Each episode dives into topics like surf and skate therapy, somatic practices, emotional alchemy, community healing, and the power of play.
Whether you’re a therapist, a skater, a surfer, or a soul seeking connection, you’ll find stories, strategies, and soulful insights to help you move through life with more presence, resilience, and stoke.
Healing doesn’t have to happen in stillness. Sometimes, it happens in motion.
New episodes weekly. Let’s ride.
Episodes
9 episodes
Episode 9: The Healing Crew: Why Community Matters in Movement Based Therapy
In this heart-centered episode, host Albert Balderas, California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Surf Therapy Facilitator, explores the role of community in the healing process — especially within movement-based therapy...
Episode 8: The Art of Falling: Building Resilience One Wipeout at a Time
In this episode, host Albert Balderas, California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Surf Therapy Facilitator, explores what it really means to fall — and get back up.Through the wisdom of surf and skate therapy, Al...
Episode 7: From Breakdown to Flow: Movement as Emotional Alchemy"
In this powerful episode, host Albert Balderas, California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Surf Therapy Facilitator, explores how intense emotions like grief, anxiety, stress, and anger can be transformed through move...
Episode 6: Surf, Skate, and the Inner Child
In this episode, host Albert Balderas, California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Surf Therapy Facilitator, invites you into a deeper exploration of your inner child — the part of you that still carries wonder, fear, pl...
Episode 5: Play in Motion: Where Play Therapy Meets Surf and Skate
In this episode, host Albert Balderas, California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Surf Therapy Facilitator, explores the deep connection between play therapy and movement-based healing through surf and skate prac...
Episode 4: Flow State – The Rhythm of Healing in Motion
In this episode, host Albert Balderas, California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Surf Therapy Facilitator, explores the concept of flow state — the powerful, immersive experience where mind, body, and movement align.
Episode 3: Skate and Heal – A Deeper Dive into Skate Therapy
In this episode, host Albert Balderas, California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Surf Therapy Facilitator, dives into the healing power of skate therapy — a movement-based therapeutic approach rooted in rhythm, risk, a...
Episode 2: Introducing Surf Therapy + The Power of Blue Mind
In this episode, host Albert Balderas, California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Surf Therapy Facilitator, introduces listeners to the transformative world of surf therapy — a nature-based therapeutic approach rooted i...