CRACKED! The Podcast

How to Rise Up from Rock Bottom, Heal the Hard Stuff, and Fix Your Life with Iyanla VanzantAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 16 December at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeWe've all had moments in our lives when we've felt deflated, defeated, life has confronted us with one challenge too many, we've run out of steam, and don't know where we're going to find the strength to even fight one more day. One person who is very familiar with such scenarios, and indeed has become the doyen of helping others rise up from rock bottom, fix their lives, and find something to celebrate even in the challenging times, is internationally bestselling author IYANLA VANZANT.One of America's most celebrated new thought spiritual teachers and inspirational public speakers, Iyanla Vanzant is the much-loved host and Executive Producer of the award-winning hit “Iyanla: Fix My Life” on Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network.In this episode, Iyanla Vanzant joins Rebecca and Sandie to share some of the harrowing ups and downs she's had to face in life along with the powerful insights and practical tools that she shares in her best-selling books, courses, events and TV programs to help us rise up from rock bottom, heal the hard stuff, and fix our lives.Connect with Iyanla at https://iyanla.comVisit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#IyanlaVanzant #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcastSubscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

Mental Health, Trauma, and the Wetiko Mind Virus – From Breakdown to Breakthrough with Paul LevyAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 18 November at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeOver 40 years ago, Paul Levy, had a life-transforming spiritual awakening that was misdiagnosed as a psychotic break. repeatedly hospitalized and told he was mentally ill, the abuse he subsequently received from psychiatry destroyed his family and almost killed him.However, over time Paul Levy extricated himself from psychiatry and continued to unfold and integrate his awakening, and, paradoxically, he now has psychiatrists consulting him!A Tibetan Buddhist practitioner and founder of the Awakening in the Dream Community in Portland, Oregon, Paul Levy is a noted pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence. A teacher, healer, and artist, Paul Levy is the author of several mind-blowing books including that explore the nature of madness, evil, psychological and emotional abuse, the projection of the shadow self, and the existence of Wetiko – a mind virus that is at the root of every crisis we and the world are facing today, but which, once recognized, can help humanity wake up and bring sanity back to our society. His titles include Awakened by Darkness – When Evil Becomes Your Father, Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality, and Wetiko – Healing the Mind-Virus that Plagues our World.#Wetiko #PaulLevy #MindVirus #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcastVisit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/Subscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

Healing Our Wounded Parts with the Internal Family Systems Model with Dr. Richard C. SchwartzAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 4 November at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 11 November at 12:00 ET/9:00 PT“There are no bad parts.”We've all been taught to believe that we have a single identity or personality, and to feel fear or shame when we can't control the inner voices that don't match the ideal of who we think we should be. Yet according to Dr. Richard Schwartz's research, “All of us are born with many sub-minds—or parts,” and it's perfectly natural to think that some of them are so bad they must stay hidden.But the fact is, says Dr. Schwartz, there are no bad parts… for the simple reason that every single part has a purpose. Dr. Richard C. Schwartz has been transforming psychology for decades with his internal family systems (IFS) model developed in response to clients' descriptions of various parts within themselves. in 2000, he founded the Center for Self-Leadership which offers trainings and workshops in IFS for professionals and the general public. He is the author of five books including, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model.Richard Schwartz joins Rebecca and Sandie this week to share why his IFS model has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, and depression treatment and how this new understanding of consciousness has the potential to radically change our lives.Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#DrRichardCSchwartz #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcastSubscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

From Schizophrenia to Recovery with Bethany Yeiser and Mary Beth De BordAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 7 October at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 14 October at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTBethany Yeiser is an author and mental health advocate. Her memoir Mind Estranged tells the story of Bethany's life, from her years as a promising university student through her gradual descent into schizophrenia, and unexpected full recovery.In July, 2016, she partnered with Dr. Henry Nasrallah to establish the CURESZ Foundation whose mission is to support a multifaceted educational campaign to correct the misperceptions about schizophrenia among the general public, using multiple media platforms, and inspire hope among patients and their families about the increasing prospects of remission and recovery through new treatments that parallel the momentous advances in understanding the neurobiology of psychotic disordersMary Beth De Bord is an attorney, author, advocate, wife and mother. Ms. De Bord met Bethany while searching for answers for her son who was ill with a brain disorder. A passionate advocate for those afflicted with serious brain disorders, she has served on the Board of Directors of The CURESZ Foundation since its inception.The mother of four sons and a caregiver for a family member recovering from a severe psychiatric condition, her passion is to educate others about and to eradicate the stigma of mental illness and to advocate for greater support and cures for those afflicted with mental illness.Connect with them at https://curesz.orgVisit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.com Connect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/ #BethanyYeiser #MaryBethDeBord #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Dr. Rasean Hodge and Nick Mccauley – Making Sense Of The Cannabis DebateAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 2 September at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PT Watch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV Youtube Air Date OMTimes Radio 9 September at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTWith statistics showing that stress, depression, anxiety and fear are fast becoming a major global problem, more and more people are turning to medical marijuana to help lift their low moods, calm chronic tension, ameliorate withdrawal symptoms, and ease their physical, mental, and emotional pain.But how effective is medical marijuana really? And, perhaps more importantly, how safe?While marijuana is the most commonly used drug of abuse in the USA, 26 states and the District of Columbia have now enacted laws that have legalized its use in some form, and three additional states have passed measures permitting the use of medical marijuana. With the cannabis debate being such a hot topic of late, Rebecca and Sandie have invited experts Dr. Rasean Hodge and Nick McCauley on to Cracked! The Podcast this week to unravel some of the many myths and misconceptions about cannabis in general, and the question of medical marijuana being a safer alternative to opiates and NSAIDs in treating PTS, depression, anxiety, addiction, mental health issues, and pain.Dr. Rasean Hodge received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Morehouse College and earned his medical degree, cum laude, from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Hodge completed his internship and residency in Family Medicine from the Morehouse School of Medicine in 2005.Upon completion of his education, Hodge matriculated into Family Medicine and served as Investigator on numerous clinical research studies aimed at making the human condition better for those who are suffering. His compassion for those in need continued to be evident as he has led several Hospice Programs throughout Georgia as both Medical Director and Assistant Medical Director.Nick McCauley is an expert on marijuana.Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#DrRaseanHodge #NickMccauley #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Opening to Change with Professor Richard BoyatzisAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 19 August at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 26 August at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTWe all know people whose lives would be so much better if only they would listen to our advice and change…We argue and fight with parents, relatives, students or children who don't do what we want them to… we criticize colleagues who don't behave in a way that we feel they should, and even sever relationships with partners, loved ones, and friends who won't listen to us, even when we're telling them something for their own good.The truth is we all think WE know what's best for others. Sometimes, we might even be right. But regardless of how well-meaning our motivation is, will never change someone by pushing.So how do we get people to change? According to the latest neuroscience, there is a secret biological key to coaching genuine, lasting change in the lives of others and in us. Joining Rebecca and Sandie this week to explain the mechanisms that affect our ability to let go of behaviors, habits, thought patterns, and addictions that don't serve us and open to new ideas and change is expert in the field of emotional intelligence, behavioral change, and competence, Professor Richard Boyatzis.Richard Boyatzis PhD is a distinguished University professor at Case Western Reserve University, as well as a professor in the departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology, and Cognitive Science. A fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Association for Psychological Sciences, he is the author of over 200 papers and nine books including one that reveals the secret we'd all like to know… Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth.Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#RichardBoyatzis #OpeningToChange #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Healing the Wounds of Trauma with Malcolm SternAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 5 August at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 12 August at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTAccording to Hungarian-Canadian physician, speaker and best-selling author, Dr. Gabor Maté: “Trauma is a psychic wound that hardens you psychologically and then interferes with your ability to grow and develop. It pains you and now you're acting out of pain. It induces fear and now you're acting out of fear. Trauma is not what happens to you, it's what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you. Trauma is that scarring that makes you less flexible, more rigid, less feeling and more defended.”In this episode of Cracked! The Podcast, Rebecca Schaper and Sandie Sedgbeer speak with group and individual psychotherapist and author, Malcolm Stern about understanding, moving beyond, and healing emotional, physical, and psychological trauma.MALCOLM STERN originally trained in Humanistic Psychology and has been working as a group and individual psychotherapist for more than 30 years. He is co-director and co-founder of alternatives at Alternatives, the internationally renowned platform for leading spiritual teachers and alternative thinking at St. James's Church in London. In addition to running psychotherapy groups and courses internationally, he teaches occasionally at the Esalen Institute in California and Findhorn in Scotland, and is the author of Falling in Love, Staying in Love, and Slay Your Dragons with Compassion – 10 Ways to Thrive Even When it Feels Impossible. Connect with Malcom at https://malcolmstern.com | https://compassionatementalhealth.co.uk/ Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#MalcolmStern #Trauma #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Sister Jenna – Finding Emotional Wellness In Times Of Anxiety & ChangeAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 15 July at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PT Watch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 22 July at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTAt a time when so much is uncertain, the world is isolated, nations are divided on a variety of issues, and depression, stress, and anxiety are on the rise, it can be challenging to stay motivated, or maintain our emotional wellbeing.Sister Jenna is a prominent motivational speaker, teacher, spiritual leader, author, and founder of the Meditation Museum I & II in metropolitan Washington, DC. A renowned radio host and TV personality she spearheads a variety of initiatives for youth, women, governments, and communities, and is founder of the popular syndicated radio show America Meditating, which focuses on wellness, current events, healthy living, spirituality, self-help, meditation, and empowerment, and has featured interviews with Alanis Morissette, Nikki Giovani, Whoopie Goldberg, and more on their spiritual and emotional wellness journeys.Sister Jenna joins Rebecca and Sandie this week to share her professional and personal insights on several important current topics, including mental and emotional wellness, the power of meditation, and coping with loved ones who are experiencing cognitive decline.Connect with Sister Jenna https://www.americameditating.org/Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#SisterJenna #FindingEmotionalWellness #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

The Link Between Inflammation and Depression with Prof. Ed BullmoreAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 1 July at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PT Watch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 8 July at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTTHE INFLAMED MIND: a radical new approach to depression with Prof. Ed BullmoreWorldwide, depression will be the single biggest cause of disability in the next 20 years. but treatment for it has not changed much in the last three decades. In the world of psychiatry, time has apparently stood still…until now…This week, Rebecca and Sandie talk to world expert in neuroscience and mental health, Professor Edward Bullmore whose game changing bestseller… The Inflamed Mind: A Radical New Approach to Depression reveals the breakthrough new science on the link between depression and inflammation of the body and brain.Prof. Edward Bullmore trained in medicine at the University of Oxford and St. Bartholomew's hospital, London; and then in psychiatry at the Bethlem Royal & Maudsley hospital, London. He moved to Cambridge as Professor of Psychiatry in 1999 and was head of the Department of Psychiatry from 2014-2021. He is currently Director of the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, and Deputy Head of the School of Clinical Medicine. He has published more than 500 scientific papers which have been highly cited, and has been elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and the Academy of Medical Sciences.Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#EdBullmore #TheInflamedMind #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

From Mental Illness to Mental Health Advocate and Peer to Peer Specialist with Pete Earley & Kevin EarleyAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 17 June at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PT Watch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 24 June at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTMental illness doesn't just affect the individual it's happening to; it affects their friends, colleagues, and every single member of their family. In this episode, former Washington Post journalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of the NY Times bestselling book CRAZY—A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness returns with his son Kevin to share their individual perspectives on Kevin's mental health journey; how it affected their relationship, Kevin's journey through several recovery failures to ultimate success, Pete's mental health advocacy, and Kevin's training as a peer-to-peer specialist helping others with mental health issues find their way back to mental health.Connect with Pete at http://www.peteearley.com/Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#PeteEarley #KevinEarley #MentalIllness #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Greeting the Monsters in Your Head with ACT TherapyAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 3 June at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 10 June at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTThere are many therapies aimed at helping people cope with psychological distress, depression and anxiety and most are aimed at helping sufferers get rid of their bad thoughts and feelings and encouraging good ones.This week Cracked! The Podcast takes a look at a successful new evidence-based approach that not only helps people make room for their uncomfortable thoughts and feelings, but also helps improve one's relationships, develop healthier exercise and eating behaviors, cope better with pain or health conditions, and even make positive changes in the world. It's called acceptance and commitment therapy, otherwise known as ACTDr. Diana Hill is a licensed clinical psychologist based in California and Colorado. Dr, Hill studied biopsychology (the physiology and neuroscience of behavior) as a premed student at the University of California Santa Barbara and pursued a PhD in Clinical Psychology at the ~University of Colorado before completing a year-long pre-doctoral internship in 2007 at University of California Davis Counseling and Psychological Services. She is the co-author of The ACT Daily Journal with Dr.Debbie Sorensen, which offers a practical guided 8-week program for integrating the core processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT.) Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#DrDianaHill #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Lorie Eve Dechar – Supporting Your Emotional, Spiritual & Mental HealthAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 20 May at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 27 May at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTThere are numerous natural aids and solutions to help support our physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing. Many date back thousands of years before pharmaceutical drugs were even a consideration. The ancient Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and Chinese all believed in the therapeutic and healing properties of plant oils and essences, while numerous references to their value appear in the bible.Lorie Eve Dechar is an acupuncturist, alchemical healer, artisan of transformation, and author of three books, five spirits, kigo, and The Alchemy of Inner Work: A Guide for turning Illness and Suffering into True Health and Wellbeing. Her background includes a Masters degree in acupuncture, training in Archetypal Psychology, Gestalt, Focusing-oriented Psychotherapy, and Zen Mindfulness Meditation as well as fifteen years as senior faculty at the tri-state college of acupuncture in New York City. In 2013, with her husband Benjamin Fox, she co-founded A New Possibility, a healing and learning community committed to inner work that leads to outer change.Lorie Eve Dechar joins Rebecca and Sandie this week to explain how essential oils and flower remedies affect both our psyche and our physical health. She will also demonstrate how applying these to specific acu-points on your body can provide a quick, healthy, and natural alternative solution to alleviating symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression when life gets fraught.Connect with Lorie at https://anewpossibility.com/Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#LorieEveDechar #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb – Supporting Our Kids Through Times of Stress, Anxiety, Depression & Emotional TurbulenceAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 6 May at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 13 May at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTAdolescence is a unique and formative time in life as well as a crucial period for developing and maintaining social and emotional habits important for mental well-being. The challenges of being a teenager and raising a teenager are well known. But thanks to Covid 19, those challenges have greatly escalated over the past year. With depression, anxiety, suicide, addictions, and other mental health issues rapidly escalating in children, it's time to take a look at what we, as parents and caregivers, can do to support and guide our teens and tweens through this difficult time.Lara Honos-Webb, PhD is a Practicing Clinical Psychologist licensed in California. A family therapist who works with teenagers, she is the author of several books on Attention Deficit Disorder, and is known for her distinctive reframing of mental illnesses that are commonly conceived as detrimental into gifts that offer exceptional strengths. Dr. Honos-Webb joins Rebecca and Sandie this week to explain how the emerging knowledge of adolescent neural development and the tools shared in her new book, Six Super Skills for Executive Functioning, can help teens learn how to develop their self-confidence, regulate their emotions and mood, improve their focus, enhance their motivation, and bring them the hope, optimism, and skills that lead to immediate relief and improvement, as well as lasting growth to serve a lifetime.Connect with Lara https://www.addisagift.com/Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#DrLaraHonosWebb #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Dr. Naomi Kehati Bronner – Why Shock & Trauma Are The Ground Zero Of Many Mental Health IssuesAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 15 April at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 22 April at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTOur mental health is a measure of how strong the relationships in our lives are. Since our sense of wellbeing is linked to our ability to create and sustain healthy connections with other people, having our emotional needs met is as important to our mental wellbeing as oxygen is to our breathing. Not having our needs for safety, trust, or attunement adequately met because of parental neglect, familial abuse, or other traumas can not only create a distortion in how we experience ourselves and others, but also compromise our nervous system's ability to regulate our feelings.Clinical Psychologist Dr. Naomi Kehati Bronner, specializes in understanding the dynamics that are at the roots of relationships between people and events that have shaped their perceptions of their self and their world. Dr. Bronner joins me today to explain why our primary relationships in terms of the parenting we received, the family dynamics we grew up with, and the kind of community we were raised will inevitably shape our lives, and how ancestral and developmental trauma are often the ground zero of most mental health issues.Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#DrNaomiKehatiBronner #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Robert Whitaker – Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in AmericaAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 1 April at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 8 April at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTAs the media continues to focus attention on the worst pandemic in living memory, there is an altogether different epidemic that has been steadily and relentlessly decimating more and more people's lives over the last 50 years. Strangely, despite all the highly touted advances science, psychiatry, and the pharmaceutical industry have made in uncovering and treating the biological causes of mental and behavioral disorders this last half-century, the number of disabled mentally ill in the USA and other parts of the world has skyrocketed.Which begs the question: if we have treatments that effectively address mental health disorders, as is claimed, why has mental illness around the world reached epidemic proportions, when logic says it should have diminished?Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author who has won numerous awards as a journalist covering medicine and science, including the George Polk Award for Medical Writing and a National Association for Science Writers' Award for best magazine article.In 1998, he co-wrote a series on psychiatric research for the Boston Globe that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. His first book, Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill, was named by Discover magazine as one of the best science books of 2002. Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness won the 2010 Investigative Reporters and Editors book award for best investigative journalism. He is the publisher of madinamerica.com.Robert Whitaker joins Rebecca and Sandie on Cracked! The Podcast this week to share how the psychiatric establishment in America regularly misled the public about what was known about the biology of mental disorders, the validity of psychiatric diagnoses, and the safety and efficacy of its drugs.Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#RobertWhitaker #MagicBullets #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Elizabeth Stanley – Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from TraumaAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 18 March at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTWatch the Livestream on OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook or OMTimesTV YoutubeAir Date OMTimes Radio 25 March at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTIf ever someone was born to write a book, that person was trauma survivor Elizabeth A Stanley. And the book was Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma.And the most important things Elizabeth wants readers to know are: One, she has skin in the game, and two, whatever you have experienced, there is a solution to your suffering.“There's nothing in Widen the Window that I haven't grappled within my own mind and body and no tool or concept I teach that hasn't personally helped me and thousands of other people,” explains Elizabeth. “I've experienced a lot of stress and trauma in my life, from childhood abuse and family alcoholism to rape to military deployments (including a near-death experience after I stopped breathing while deployed in Bosnia), to sexual harassment. For many years, I coped by powering through, compartmentalizing, and denying these experiences. My body bore the burden of that denial, which manifested in a range of physical illnesses, depression, and PTSD. It finally took losing my eyesight to see that there's an easier way.”Widen the Window grew from Elizabeth's own healing journey and from teaching the resilience program she created—Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT®), which has been tested through rigorous neuroscience research and published in top-tier science journals. To date, MMFT research has been featured on 60 Minutes, ABC Evening News, NPR, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, and many other media outlets. She has also partnered with Sounds True to create an online version of the MMFT course.A professor of security studies at Georgetown University, Elizabeth A Stanley is the award-winning author of Paths to Peace and Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma.Dr. Elizabeth Stanley joins Rebecca and Sandie this week to share her story and the tools that she has subsequently taught to thousands in high-stress environments, including corporate leaders, first responders, healthcare workers, diplomats, military service-members, and members of Congress. Connect with Elizabeth at https://elizabeth-stanley.com Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#ElizabethStanley #WidenTheWindow #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

EFT – Retrain Your Brain for Resilience, Creativity & Joy & Reduce Anxiety, Stress and PTSAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 4 March at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PT Air Date OMTimes Radio 11 March at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTHow quickly can you remodel your brain for joy?Stunning new research shows that “flow” states begin changing your brain within hours. With practice, they remodel key brain regions completely. Stress circuits shrink while happiness circuits grow.This leads to “Bliss Brain”––a state in which joy is natural. It nurtures the personality traits of patience, compassion, creativity, and love.This week, legendary researcher Dawson Church explains the neuroscience behind these discoveries, and teaches the 7 simple steps that lead to elevated emotional states.Dawson Church is an award-winning author and researcher who has edited or authored a number of books in the fields of health, psychology, and spirituality, including The Genie in Your Genes, Mind to Matter: The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality, and Bliss Brain: The Neuroscience of Remodeling Your Brain for Resilience, Creativity, and Joy, which demonstrates that peak mental states rapidly remodel the brain for happiness.Dawson has conducted dozens of clinical trials and founded the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare (NIIH.org) to promote groundbreaking new treatments. Its largest program, the Veterans Stress Project, has offered free treatment to over 20,000 veterans with PTSD over the past decade. Dawson shares how to apply these health and performance breakthroughs through EFT Universe (EFTUniverse.com), one of the largest alternative medicine sites on the web.Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/ #DawsonChurch #EFT #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Wounded Heroes – The documentary bringing hope to everyone battling PTSAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 18 February at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PT Air Date OMTimes Radio 25 February at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTWatch the Live Stream at OMTimesTV Youtube or OMTimes Radio & TV FacebookEvery single day between 17 and 22 veterans die by suicide. After learning about this statistic and the serious side effects of overmedicating veterans, California filmmaker, Michael Gier, went on a mission to find successful alternative non-drug treatments that restore lives from the destruction of PTS. “Post-Traumatic Stress among our veterans is a serious problem,” says Gier. “Most are given prescription medications, or drug cocktails as many call them, some of these prescriptions are black labeled with serious side effects.”In Michael Gier's Wounded Heroes Documentary due out March 5th, 2021, PTS sufferers are finally getting their voices heard as they speak out about their mistreatment by the healthcare system, the medications that are making them worse, and the amazing new, proven, non-drug therapies that are giving them back their lives.Join us as we talk about the “Wounded Heroes” documentary film directed/produced by Michael Gier, which follows his three-year journey across the country to find effective alternative treatments and programs that can help anyone battling post-traumatic stress get their lives back.Michael Gier made a living as an entertainer for most of his life. In 2009 he started Gier Productions, LLC a full-service global production company. Over the years he's directed/produced hundreds of TV commercials, corporate videos, short films, feature films, and documentaries. His most recent project is “Wounded Heroes” about Veterans, Post-Traumatic Stress, the 20+ per day suicide rate, and the many successful alternative treatments that give anyone battling PTS their lives back.Connect with Michael at https://www.woundedheroesdocumentary.com/ | https://www.michaelgier.com/ Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/ Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#MichaelGier #WoundedHeroes #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Pete Earley – Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health MadnessAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 4 February at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PT Watch the Live Stream at OMTimesTV Youtube or OMTimes Radio & TV Facebook Former Washington Post reporter Pete Earley had written extensively about the criminal justice system. But it was only when his own son—in the throes of a manic episode—broke into a neighbor's house that he learned what happens to mentally ill people who break a law.This is the Earley family's compelling story, a troubling look at bureaucratic apathy and the countless thousands who suffer confinement instead of care, brutal conditions instead of treatment, in the “revolving doors” between hospital and jail. With mass deinstitutionalization, large numbers of state mental patients are homeless or in jai––an experience little better than the horrors of a century ago. In his Pulitzer prize-nominated book, Crazy – A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness, award-winning journalist and best-selling author, Pete Earley takes us directly into that experience—and into that of a father and award-winning journalist trying to fight for a better way.Connect with Pete at http://www.peteearley.com/Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#PeteEarley #Crazy #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Natural Approaches to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Stress, and Depression with Michael Murray, NDAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 21 January at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTAir Date OMTimes Radio 28 January at 12:00 ET/9:00 PT“Within each of us is a tremendous capacity to heal and be well. The power of nature.” —Michael T. Murray, NDDid you know that saffron, the world's most expensive spice, is a natural antidepressant agent that has shown efficacy equal to drugs like Zoloft and Prozac, but is much safer?Or that Berberine can correct brain chemistry in anxiety and PTSD? Or that Omega-3 fatty acids can help improve mood and mental function?Are you aware that 5-HTP can help boost your serotonin levels, providing a natural way to overcome depression, obesity, and insomnia?Or that probiotics may prevent ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders? Or that undiagnosed food allergies can cause mental confusion, personality changes, hyperactivity, anxiety, insomnia, and depression.In his latest book, The Longevity Matrix, Dr. Micahel Murray not only provides a valuable and comprehensive blueprint for achieving health, vitality, and longevity, but also offers a wealth of scientific research on natural approaches to achieving optimal physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.Michael Murray ND is one of the world's leading authorities on natural medicine. A graduate and former faculty member of Bastyr University in Seattle, where he also serves on the board of Regents, Dr. Murray has literally written the Textbook of Natural Medicine for Healthcare Practitioners as well as The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine for the lay public. Dr. Murray has dedicated his life to educating physicians, patients, and the general public on the tremendous healing power of nature. In addition to his books, which have cumulative sales of over six million copies, he has written thousands of articles, appeared on hundreds of radio and TV programs, and lectured to hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.Connect with Michael at https://doctormurray.com/Download a free excerpt from The Longevity Matrix at https://www.crackedthepodcast.com/project/episode-2-dr-michael-murray/Visit the CRACKED! The Podcast show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/cracked-the-podcast/Connect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comConnect with Rebecca Schaper at https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/#MichaelMurray #RebeccaSchaper #SandieSedgbeer #CrackedThePodcast

Slay Your Dragons With Compassion: 10 Ways to Thrive Even When it Feels Impossible with Malcolm SternAir Date Live Streaming on OMTimes TV 07 January at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PTAir Date OMTimes Radio 14 January at 12:00 ET/9:00 PTWhen renowned psychotherapist Malcom Stern's daughter Melissa took her own life in 2014 he experienced most parents' worst nightmare and his grief made him challenge every aspect of his work and life. It thrust his growth and development forwards in ways he never thought possible, forcing him to confront his fears and work through his biggest blocks. Malcolm Stern's third book, Slay Your Dragons With Compassion: 10 Ways To Thrive Even When it Feels Impossible, is the distillation of over thirty years' experience in the therapy room and shows us that meaning can exist even in the worst tragedy. By creating a set of practices and making them central to our lives we can find passion, purpose, and meaningful happiness while navigating life's darkest moments in such a way that we discover the gold hidden within.Malcolm Stern originally trained in Humanistic Psychology and has been seeing groups, couples, and individuals for more than 30 years. He is a Co-Director and Co-founder of Alternatives in London and runs psychotherapy groups internationally. He co-presented the British Channel 4 series on relationships “Made for Each Other” in 2003 and 2004.https://malcolmstern.com/http://www.compassionatementalhealth.com/Download a free excerpt from Malcolm Stern's book athttps://www.crackedthepodcast.com/project/episode-1-malcolm-stern/