Sentenced To Life

Join Kendall Alaimo as she interviews Dr. Cathy Malchiodi, an internationally recognized expert in art therapy. They chat about art as a modality for trauma informed practice, Dr. Malchiodi’s own path using self applied art therapy in her own healing, how expressive movement allows trauma survivors to act out trauma narrative and release held tension … Continue reading Episode 35: Just Dance! →

Title: My Name is Kendall This episode requires a trigger warning. Trauma Activist Kendall Alaimo goes solo in this episode and checks in with Sarah in Heaven (or somewhere in the universe). Kendall asks Sarah if she can see her like the character Susie in the book The Lovely Bones. Kendall talks about using her … Continue reading Episode 34: My Name is Kendall →

Episode 33: Childhood Fractured             Join Host Kendall Alaimo as she interviews Allen Vandever a fellow survivor, artist and the founder of Childhood Fractured, a coffee shop here in Chicago that offers a free cup of coffee in exchange for a conversation about child sexual abuse prevention. We chat about Allen’s art, live trauma painting performances … Continue reading Episode 33: Childhood Fractured →

Episode 32: Radio Man        Join host Kendall Alaimo as she interviews the man behind our podcast known as “radio man” and sometimes “head cheese.” They discuss how producer and sound editor Steve Robinson got involved with this podcast production. Tune in as Kendall interviews this radio veteran about his 52 year radio … Continue reading Episode 32: Radio Man →

Episode 31: Eggcellent Episode Kendall Alaimo interviews egg freezing expert Valerie Landis who believes in sentencing eggs to life! Tune into this eggcellent episode where they talk about the process of harvesting eggs, fertility and mental health, dating in your 30’s and parenting strategies for trauma survivors. This podcast is only possible with the support … Continue reading Episode 31: Eggcellent Episode →

On Sentenced to Life we often say, “Life is a Trip!” Kendall got on board United flight 1900 only to sit down next to a fellow psychology lover, ketamine super fan and her new friend Elizabeth in seat 26B. Tune in as they chat about how to change your brain, how ketamine allows you to experience a … Continue reading Episode 29: Mile High Mental Health →

Title: Many Sides Of Jane Description: This week host Kendall Alaimo interviews Jane Hart from A&E’s reality show, Many Sides of Jane. Jane lives with dissociative identity disorder. She recently got brain imaging done to confirm that her different personalities created different imaging results. These images where viewed all over the world. But since Jane … Continue reading Episode 28: Many Sides of Jane →

Episode 27: Raised as a Dog This week Kendall interviews Dr. Bruce Perry, the author of The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog. Dr. Perry shares his story of a little boy he treated in a hospital that was raised in a cage as a dog. Kendall and Dr. Perry discuss what happens to … Continue reading Episode 27: Raised as a Dog →

Justice For All In this episode Kendall goes solo and talks to Sarah again. She reflects on the last few weeks and a trauma bomb that went off last week. Kendall is still on two feet standing at the front lines of the battle ground with her megaphone and a polka dot flag as she … Continue reading Episode 26: Justice for All →

Title: Keta-versary Description: “It’s Kendall’s Keta-versary and she goes solo in this Sentenced to Life episode about her story of child sex trafficking. We also included an audio clip from Ashton Kutcher’s testimony which inspired Kendall to have her own today. As an activist Kendall believes you must act. She is using her mental health … Continue reading Episode 22: Keta-versary →

This episode was inspired by a recent radio interview Kendall gave on Chicago station WGN-AM on Rick Kogan’s Sunday evening program, After Hours. During that interview Rick asked Kendal how she survived trauma recovery before finding ketamine. This inspired her to write a letter to Rick with her answer. Rick also writes for the Chicago … Continue reading Episode 8: Dear Newspaperman →

Episode 14:  Understanding Evil What is evil? Are we born evil? How do we treat evil? This week we discuss the topic of evil with our guest, Dr. Todd Dubose. Dr. Dubose is a professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He has over 30 years experience and has taught his coursework around the … Continue reading Episode 14: Understanding Evil →

Join co-hosts Dr. Jason LaHood and Kendall Alaimo as they smack down some real talk about mental health. They met by serendipity as patients at a ketamine clinic in Chicago that “sentenced them to life.” They both battle lifelong PTSD and are experts in the field of trauma recovery. Through this podcast they make international … Continue reading Episode 13: Near Death Experience →

Join co-hosts Dr. Jason Lahood and Kendall Alaimo as they smack down some real talk about mental health. They met by serendipity as patients at a ketamine clinic in Chicago that “sentenced them to life.” They both battle with lifelong PTSD and are experts in the field of trauma recovery. Through this podcast they make … Continue reading Episode 7: The Nut House →