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Sheila Hamilton on the Journey from Trauma to Triumph" If you are alive there's a very high chance that you have either directly or indirectly had a traumatic experience. An experience that has is some way changed you. But has is GENUINELY made you stronger? Welcome: This is part two of an insightful, and deeply inspiring conversation with media mogul, author of “All The Things We Never Knew,” “Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness.” She is also the host of the hugely popular podcast “Beyond-Well” and mental health advocate. . Sheila shares her experiences as an Emmy-winning journalist and bestselling author, as well as her personal journey through profound trauma, including her husband's suicide and her daughter's cancer diagnosis. . The discussion delves into coping with trauma, the concept of post-traumatic growth (PTSG), and the importance of gratitude and presence. . Sheila underscores the need for acknowledging suffering, fostering empathy, and finding purpose amidst adversity, drawing on her experiences to provide invaluable lessons in resilience and personal growth. 00:00 Introduction to Sheila Hamilton 00:40 Sheila's Personal Journey with Trauma 01:28 The American Trap and Idealized Life 03:30 Reframing Trauma and Embracing Suffering 05:28 The Power of Gratitude 07:59 Facing Life's Challenges and Growth 11:50 Presence and Awareness in Life and Death 20:25 Sheila's Work and Reflections on Journalism 27:09 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Website https://sheilahamilton.com/ Social Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilahamilton1/ https://twitter.com/SheilaHamilton http://instagram.com/sheilahamilton . Dov Baron's brand new course has just been released on coursifyx.com/belonging ------------- Titled: "CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING." The course is divided into eight sections, each guiding you through exactly how to create a culture of belonging. . Because: CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING MAXIMIZES PERSONAL AND CORPORATE SUCCESS. Get Ready to strap on the tanks and Dive Deep into What it Takes to Create a Culture of Belonging in your organization! Are you curious to know more? coursifyx.com/belonging . "Those Who Control Meaning for The Tribe, Also Control The Movement of That Tribe" #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #emotionsourcecode #neuroscience #emotional #meaning #emotional #logic #culture#curiosity #humanbehavior
Sheila Hamilton on the Journey from Trauma to Triumph" As the epidemic of loneliness keeps growing along with terrifying numbers of suicides, will we keep telling ourselves and everyone else, “I'm fine”? Welcome: In this episode of the Dov Baron Show, we discuss the importance of mental and emotional health, particularly in the context of trauma, with guest Sheila Hamilton. . Sheila is a five-time Emmy award-winning journalist, author, and host of the podcast Beyond Well. . The discussion delves into Sheila's personal story of losing her husband to suicide and navigating the subsequent challenges, including raising her daughter alone and dealing with her own and her daughter's trauma. . Sheila highlights the significance of post-traumatic growth, the role of forgiveness, and the necessity of acknowledging and confronting trauma. . She also shares the lessons learned through her experiences and offers insights into achieving resilience and healing. . Throughout the episode, Dov and Sheila emphasize the need for a supportive environment and the importance of moving beyond mere survival to truly thriving after traumatic experiences. 00:00 Introduction and Opening Thoughts 00:29 Understanding Trauma and Its Impact 01:52 Introducing Sheila Hamilton 03:12 Sheila's Emotional Source Code 06:35 Coping Mechanisms and Resilience 09:31 The Path to Post-Traumatic Growth 12:45 The Role of Forgiveness in Healing 18:00 Addressing Mental Illness in Relationships 22:47 Sheila's Personal Journey and Reflections 29:07 Conclusion and Resources Website https://sheilahamilton.com/ Social Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilahamilton1/ https://twitter.com/SheilaHamilton http://instagram.com/sheilahamilton . . Dov Baron's brand new course has just been released on coursifyx.com/belonging ------------- Titled: "CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING." The course is divided into eight sections, each guiding you through exactly how to create a culture of belonging. . Because: CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING MAXIMIZES PERSONAL AND CORPORATE SUCCESS. Get Ready to strap on the tanks and Dive Deep into What it Takes to Create a Culture of Belonging in your organization! Are you curious to know more? coursifyx.com/belonging . "Those Who Control Meaning for The Tribe, Also Control The Movement of That Tribe" #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #emotionsourcecode #neuroscience #emotional #meaning #emotional #logic #culture#curiosity #humanbehavior
This is a Re-Visit episode.Ivan Maisel is well-known as one of the country's experts on college football. But the terrain of grief was something he'd never explored in-depth until the suicide of his son, Max. Maisel's memoir, 'I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye', gives voice to the hundreds and thousands of families who have lost someone to suicide and explores in intimate detail the journey one takes in order to accept grieving as an act of love.
No Stone Unturned.This is a revisit Beyond Well. It's one of our earliest shows from 2019. Edan Armas is an award-winning Spoken Word Artist and Poet and graduate of Stanford University. Armas was the 2019 Baccalaureate student speaker, and an outspoken voice on the topic of student mental Health. Edan's undergraduate career focused on how emotion manifests in the body, mind and the collective consciousness. Edan encourages students to embrace both the tribulations and triumphs of the college experience, noting that the process of adulting is difficult—even painful, and how vulnerability became his superpower.
Hypnotherapy is now recognized as a credible alternative treatment for many mental health related disorders including addiction, anxiety, and depression. Sheila Webber, a skilled hypnotherapist, talks with Beyond Well about how hypnotherapy works, the therapeutic benefits of a hypnotic state, and how to find a skilled practitioner. You can learn more about Sheila's practice at https://shifthypnosis.org/
We've uncovered a few of our favorite episodes that are hidden gems. Cheryl Strayed, a Beyond Well favorite, was kind enough to bring in her husband, Brian Lindstrom, aka Mr. Sugar.This conversation around relationships, marriage, and honoring your partner while maintaining some degree of independence has everything you want in a podcast; wisdom, humor, and really good advice.
Dr. Leslie Dobson noticed a marked improvement in her patients during Covid when they were physically unable to spend time with people outside of their bubble. Then, as patients began socializing and working in person again, the same old anxiety, depression, and toxic stress reappeared. Dr. Dobson created "The Friend Cleanse" to help people decide who is giving you energy and who is sucking it away? Her deliberate decision-making rubric regarding how you spend your energy and with whom you spend it resulted in the book The Friend Cleanse.
Physician, heal thyself is another way of saying, "We won't believe a word you say until you take care of what ails you." Dr. Elliot Trotter recognized the enormous problem of physician burnout and toxic stress decades ago and developed one solution to help; medical scribes who reduced the bureaucratic chronicling of patient/doctor meetings.Dr. Trotter talks about how physicians can reduce stigma, confront their own emotional and behavioral challenges, and support one another when so many in the medical profession say they are hurting.
This is a revisit Beyond Well. It's one of our earliest shows from 2019. Edan Armas is an award-winning Spoken Word Artist and Poet and graduate of Stanford University. Armas was the 2019 Baccalaureate student speaker, and an outspoken voice on the topic of student mental Health. Edan's undergraduate career focused on how emotion manifests in the body, mind and the collective consciousness. Edan encourages students to embrace both the tribulations and triumphs of the college experience, noting that the process of adulting is difficult—even painful, and how vulnerability became his superpower.
In this episode, Laura and Tessa spoke with Kelly Mackin, co-founder of Motives Met. Kelly shared her inspiring journey and the personal experiences that led her to focus on well-being in the workplace. As the discussion unfolds, Kelly addresses the shift toward companies recognizing well-being as a right, not a privilege. She explores the co-creative nature of well-being, where individuals, leaders, and peers work together to foster a positive and thriving work environment.The episode concludes with practical tips for improving well-being at work, emphasizing the significance of small, actionable steps and a proactive, preventative approach. Learn how understanding and meeting your unique motives can lead to a healthier work life.To stay connected and continue the conversation, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn.And don't forget to check out our previous episodes for more tips and strategies to boost your workplace happiness. You can find them on your favorite podcast platform or on our website.If you have any questions, comments, or topic suggestions for future episodes, please reach out to us. We'd love to hear from you!Stay inspired, stay motivated, and stay happy at work!
Courtenay Hameister kindly agreed to be our first guest on Beyond Well and the episode remains one of our favorites; she is guileless, hilarious, and heartbreakingly real about living with anxiety. It's worth a listen, broken down into two parts. Courtenay is the author of 'Okay, Fine, Whatever,' a humorous look at living with anxiety.
Long before Sheila started the podcast Beyond Well she found herself feeling depressed, lethargic and sluggish during the winter months. Seasonal affective disorder in the Pacific Northwest is a serious challenge. Here, she talks to the host of City Cast about the evidence-based strategies she used to recover.
Jump into the deep nuances that will rivet you in this episode as we continue into part three - "Beyond Well and Wealthy" in the - "Receiving Rest and Clarity in the Father's Will" series.Explore the life-changing encounters of three unique individuals with different needs. We'll soak in the intricacies leading up to their breakthrough and obtaining clarity in the Father's will. So get ready to receive courage and feel secure in His love. We'll also continue to power through insightful mind-shifts that will lift off the weight of mere religion, ambiguity and the confusion sometimes associated with knowing God's will.Get Your Hopes Up!@damiteninwww.bydami.comwww.tribalmarks.comGet Your Hopes Up!@damiteninwww.bydami.comwww.tribalmarks.com
No two people will experience the same range of emotions during grief. The experience of loss is as unique as our DNA, and any attempt to define its duration, intensity or lasting impact falls short. Dr. Jim Polo discusses the intimacy of grief.
Ivan Maisel is Vice President/Editorial and Senior Writer at on3.com. He has covered college football for nearly four decades, at ESPN, where he served as Editor-at-Large for ESPN College Football 150, Sports Illustrated, Newsday, and The Dallas Morning News. His conversation on navigating a year of grief after the suicide of his only son is one of our favorite interviews of the year.
Cheryl Strayed is a New York Times bestselling author, playwright, and screenwriter. This interview is a must listen for anyone who is also navigating grief and encountering people who cannot hold another person's suffering.
Dr. Brian Goff and Dr. Jenna LeJeuene join us to talk about the myth of the "five stages of grief."
Kimi Culp is a multi-talented producer, writer, and person living with bipolar disorder. As a creative working in the demanding field of journalism, Culp relied on her hypomania to help her succeed--until she suffered her first devastating depression and could no longer function. Kimi kept the secret about her diagnosis for decades. In this interview, Culp describes the impact of coming out regarding her diagnosis.
Dave Dahl is the face of a multi-billion dollar bread-making company and the marketing genius behind the name, 'Dave's Killer Breads.' Dave isn't a killer, but he has made some pretty bad mistakes that landed him in prison, where he began to recognize that his early drug and alcohol use was an attempt to self-medicate his bipolar disorder. In this interview, Dave talks about the necessity of dual diagnosis and what leveling up to his potential really means.
Willa Goodfellow's extraordinary run through bipolar disorder may be familiar to others whose diagnosis was missed for many years: incredible highs, devastating lows, a difficulty maintaining relationships, a mercurial run through life. When Goodfellow finally sought help through medication, she thought her challenges might be over. For many people with psychiatric problems, medicine does not work. The side effects are so numbing and intolerable that people find other ways to cope with their minds and behaviors. Goodfellow has done just that with resilience and a belief in her own self-discovery, she is living proof that it is possible to live well with bipolar disorder.
Dr. James Polo talks about the psychiatric complications of Bipolar Disorder and why it can be so difficult to diagnose and treat. People with bipolar disorder often wait to seek help until they have experienced a devastating depression following a manic or hypomanic episode. Polo brings hope to anyone who is living with bipolar disorder, as well as those who love someone suffering from this type of mood disorder.
Andrew Solomon is a NYTimes bestselling author, and a thought leader on mental health and well-being. In his widely viewed Ted Speech, Solomon says, "The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment." This is an interview that is so important for anyone you know who battles depression. Solomon has taken an eye-opening journey into his own experience with depression and interviewed hundreds of other people who also suffer from this brain disorder. With empathy, sensitivity, and understanding, Solomon discusses the complexity, the mystery, and the difficulty of living with depression.
Lidia Yuknavitch is the author of several bestselling books, including her latest 'Thrust' which the Los Angeles Times calls the "Best Book of the Summer." Yuknavitch talks about the power of storytelling to make sense of the world we are living in and the one we might just be barreling toward. She describes how, after the death of her infant daughter, Yuknavitch pieced her life back together with small scraps of paper and threads of awareness. Please share this episode with anyone who is suffering from a traumatic loss. Yuknavitch holds the listener with exquisite care and tenderness--a gift to anyone who currently can't see their way forward.
This was one of the first episodes we recorded. Performance artist Scott Erickson describes in intimate detail how mid-life, young children, little sleep, and a desire to feel again led to his creation of the one-man show, 'Say Yes, A Liturgy of Not Giving Up On Yourself.' Erickson's exploration of the spiritual journey of depression is one of the most fascinating conversations we've had regarding the role of art, faith, and getting out of bed even when you don't feel like it. Share this episode with anyone lacking the vocabulary for living through the hardest times.
Kelly Williams Brown wrote a bestselling book about adulting and then her life fell apart. In the book, "Easy Crafts for the Insane" Brown talks about how mental illness snuck up on her after divorce, friendship difficulties, and unexpected trauma, including breaking three limbs over the course of seven hundred days. Warning: This episode deals with the impulse of attempted suicide and how common suicidal ideation is in the depths of deep depression.
The Anxiety Sisters (Abs and Mags) bonded in college over their shared difficulty with just about everything that seemed to come easy for other students. Decades later, the two have built a substantial community of people who share their experiences of living with anxiety while continuing to find joy, purpose, and happiness despite the ebbs and flows of their ongoing symptoms. (Part two)
Join us as the amazing Sheila Hamilton discusses how to ground yourself in the present moment, and reflecting on how you've been resilient in the past through the habit of REFLECTIVE WRITING. Sheila is a five-time Emmy award-winning journalist and the winner of Independent Publishing's Gold Award and a Kirkus five-star review. She is the author of All The Things We Never Knew: Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness. Sheila is also the creator of Spotify's fastest-growing mental health series, Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton, and hosts the award-winning video series, Chasing Chaos. Sheila owns Beyond Well Media .. Beyond Well's priority is mental health awareness and wellbeing. We provide comprehensive resources by offering guidance, training, and groundbreaking conversations with experts in mental health and emotional well-being. Beyond Well Solutions provides media programming and managerial training for companies who seek to engage employees with pathways to better mental health. Our CEO Sheila Hamilton is a nationally recognized APB Speaker on workplace well-being, mental health resilience, and how to build a mental health toolbox.
Join us as the amazing Sheila Hamilton discusses how to ground yourself in the present moment, and reflecting on how you've been resilient in the past through the habit of REFLECTIVE WRITING. Sheila is a five-time Emmy award-winning journalist and the winner of Independent Publishing's Gold Award and a Kirkus five-star review. She is the author of All The Things We Never Knew: Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness. Sheila is also the creator of Spotify's fastest-growing mental health series, Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton, and hosts the award-winning video series, Chasing Chaos. Sheila owns Beyond Well Media .. Beyond Well's priority is mental health awareness and wellbeing. We provide comprehensive resources by offering guidance, training, and groundbreaking conversations with experts in mental health and emotional well-being. Beyond Well Solutions provides media programming and managerial training for companies who seek to engage employees with pathways to better mental health. Our CEO Sheila Hamilton is a nationally recognized APB Speaker on workplace well-being, mental health resilience, and how to build a mental health toolbox.
The Anxiety Sisters (Abs and Mags) bonded in college over their shared difficulty with just about everything that seemed to come easy for other students. Decades later, the two have built a substantial community of people who share their experiences of living with anxiety while continuing to find joy, purpose, and happiness despite the ebbs and flows of their ongoing symptoms. (Part one)
Harris Goldberg is a skilled director and writer, and he also lives with debilitating anxiety and OCD. Goldberg's command of the internal parts of our lives that cause us pain and suffering is so evident in his interviews, and he shares how he may have finally cracked the code on how to live well with a severe form of anxiety.
Portland-based pop-soul singer-songwriter Laryssa Birdseye is most known for emotionally powerful and sometimes scathing "break-up" songs. But Laryssa has plumbed emotional wreckage and heartache to get to the place where she creates rather than perseverates, and the end product is both grittily honest and relevant to the lives of so many women who have struggled with subtance-use and anxiety.
James Wright, Global CEO of Red Havas, and Anne Tyrer, Vice President of U.K. Corporate Affairs and Communications at American Express, share how brands can be authentic in their purpose initiatives and how they communicate about them.
Comedic writer Courtenay Hameister takes an unflinching look at her life through the lens of anxiety. This is one of our most listened-to episodes because Courtenay is as real as anxiety, and anyone who has ever been told to "stop being so anxiety-ridden" understands the madness of this instruction. It is through self-compassion and understanding, humor, and the right combination of meds that Courtenay keeps her razor-sharp ability to comment on her approach to managing a serious condition.
Andrea Herron is a seasoned HR Executive, author of "There's an Elephant in Your Office," and host of the HR Scoop podcast. She is a passionate advocate for addressing mental health in the workplace, and bolstering diversity, inclusion, and belonging. Andrea talks with Beyond Well about the important role of managers in creating a culture of mental health awareness, support, and belonging, and she answers some of the toughest "what if?" questions from our audience. Andrea earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Western Kentucky University.
Join us as the amazing Sheila Hamilton discusses how to ground yourself in the present moment, and reflecting on how you've been resilient in the past through the habit of REFLECTIVE WRITING. Sheila is a five-time Emmy award-winning journalist and the winner of Independent Publishing's Gold Award and a Kirkus five-star review. She is the author of All The Things We Never Knew: Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness. Sheila is also the creator of Spotify's fastest-growing mental health series, Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton, and hosts the award-winning video series, Chasing Chaos. Sheila owns Beyond Well Media .. Beyond Well's priority is mental health awareness and wellbeing. We provide comprehensive resources by offering guidance, training, and groundbreaking conversations with experts in mental health and emotional well-being. Beyond Well Solutions provides media programming and managerial training for companies who seek to engage employees with pathways to better mental health. Our CEO Sheila Hamilton is a nationally recognized APB Speaker on workplace well-being, mental health resilience, and how to build a mental health toolbox.
Join us as the amazing Sheila Hamilton discusses how to ground yourself in the present moment, and reflecting on how you've been resilient in the past through the habit of REFLECTIVE WRITING. Sheila is a five-time Emmy award-winning journalist and the winner of Independent Publishing's Gold Award and a Kirkus five-star review. She is the author of All The Things We Never Knew: Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness. Sheila is also the creator of Spotify's fastest-growing mental health series, Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton, and hosts the award-winning video series, Chasing Chaos. Sheila owns Beyond Well Media .. Beyond Well's priority is mental health awareness and wellbeing. We provide comprehensive resources by offering guidance, training, and groundbreaking conversations with experts in mental health and emotional well-being. Beyond Well Solutions provides media programming and managerial training for companies who seek to engage employees with pathways to better mental health. Our CEO Sheila Hamilton is a nationally recognized APB Speaker on workplace well-being, mental health resilience, and how to build a mental health toolbox.
Join us as the amazing Sheila Hamilton discusses how to ground yourself in the present moment, and reflecting on how you've been resilient in the past through the habit of REFLECTIVE WRITING. Sheila is a five-time Emmy award-winning journalist and the winner of Independent Publishing's Gold Award and a Kirkus five-star review. She is the author of All The Things We Never Knew: Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness. Sheila is also the creator of Spotify's fastest-growing mental health series, Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton, and hosts the award-winning video series, Chasing Chaos. Sheila owns Beyond Well Media .. Beyond Well's priority is mental health awareness and wellbeing. We provide comprehensive resources by offering guidance, training, and groundbreaking conversations with experts in mental health and emotional well-being. Beyond Well Solutions provides media programming and managerial training for companies who seek to engage employees with pathways to better mental health. Our CEO Sheila Hamilton is a nationally recognized APB Speaker on workplace well-being, mental health resilience, and how to build a mental health toolbox.
Abby Greenberg and Maggie Saracheck (Abs and Mags) join Sheila in part two of a conversation about managing anxiety, the benefits and realities of medication management and why belonging to a growing community of people who openly live with panic disorders and anxiety helps in every aspect of life.
Abbie Greenberg and Maggie Saracheck (Abs and Mags) met in college when they struggled with anxiety. Their bond and daily conversations about coping led to a lifelong friendship and a new book-- The Anxiety Sisters Survival Guide, part evidence-based journal, part heart-based memoir. Highly recommended.
Yuvi Zalkow is a writer, novelist, software developer and a man who deals with chronic pain through creativity, setting realistic goals, and loving his interior. This conversation with Yuvi about his new book, 'I Only Cry With Emoticons" is a perfect release for Valentine's Day, since it is filled with my love for this brilliant Portland-based writer.
Kimi Culp is a multi-media producer devoted to bringing original ideas and concepts to life online and onscreen. She is also a person who kept her diagnosis of bipolar disorder a secret to all but her closest friends and family. Kimi's experience as a producer for NBC, ABC, and The Oprah Winfrey Show provided the perfect context for a person working with hypomania--until the fast pace of news and storytelling began to extract an incalculable toll. We talk with Culp about self-stigmatizing, shame, and how living openly with bipolar disorder has changed her perspective on herself and her potential.
Rabbi Brian on Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton Podcast Notes We live in one of the most “unchurched” cities in the United States. Only 25 percent of Portland, Oregon residents claim affiliation with any kind of religion. This might be one of the reasons Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer's unaffiliated religiosity gatherings are becoming so popular. … Rabbi Brian on Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton Read More »
In Part 2 of this series, we'll examine the relationship between the faith we profess and the good works that should come from it. We'll look at the classic passage on the subject from James 2:14-24 and share five tests to validate that your faith is a genuine faith that truly works.
SHOW LESSThis Wednesday on Ktteev.com at 7:30pm CST, I talk to Life Coach, Educator, and Mom, Dr. Sherell McArthur. Tune in as we talk about the work she's doing in the community with African American women, why society refuses to let young black girls be children, what's next for Beyond Well and more. For more video and audio podcast go to ktteev.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kendrick-thomas/support
Jodi wrote Beyond Well, describing her transition back to work as a missile re-entering the atmosphere too quickly. Many of us have the feeling that we are not quite ready to re-emerge after a year or more of quarantine. Dr. Jim Polo provides guidance and empathy for those who are not quite ready for the new normal.
Content warning: This episode DOES discuss some serious topics, including suicide. If you are experiencing some of those feelings yourself, please reach out to a professional for help. You can always reach The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.We talk a lot on this podcast about asking for help - when you notice you're struggling with your mental health. And that can be a really hard step to take. But then, what happens when you ask for help, and the help you receive isn't what's best for you and your brain?? Unfortunately, that does happen. You can be prescribed the wrong meds, diagnosed with the wrong mental illness, or given the wrong treatment - and that can be really dangerous.That happened to Sheila Hamilton's husband. And now she's devoted her entire career to breaking down the stigma around mental illness and changing the system, through her podcast, Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton, her web series, Chasing Chaos, and her book, All the Things We Never Knew: Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness. So in this episode, we talk to Sheila about what she's learned about Bipolar Disorder, some of the misconceptions about mental illness and suicide, and what she hopes the mental health system will look like someday.Listen to Sheila's podcast: https://beyondwellwithsheilahamilton.com/Watch her web series, Chasing Chaos: https://www.namicc.org/chasingchaosYou can keep up with Mentally Together on Instagram @mentallytogetherpod. Cassidy's Instagram is @cassidyquinntv, and you can watch the video version of each podcast episode at YouTube.com/cassidyquinn.Books recommended by Mentally Together guests (including Sheila's book): https://bookshop.org/lists/mentally-togetherMentally Together is a creation from Cassidy Quinn in collaboration with Coba.fm.Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/cassidyquinn)The Plant Doctors If you're a crazy plant person like me, you'll love The Plant Doctors. Use code CASSIDY for 15% off.Zoom+Care ZoomCare offers same-day doctor visits—that you can book online or from their app. Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/cassidyquinn)
We had such a phenomenal response to our video series, "Chasing Chaos," we are bringing you the conversation to our friends at Beyond Well. Courtenay Hameister is the author of Okay, Fine, Whatever, and the former host of Live Wire Radio. Courtenay spent one year challenging herself with the most frightening things she could think of in an attempt to confront her anxiety with hilarious and insightful results. Then, a pandemic hit, forcing everyone to examine their coping methods.
What if 2021 is the year you could really make the changes in your life? Dr. Jim Polo talks about the steps that are necessary to make resolutions effective, and whether psychology behind procrastination.
Margo Fowkes turned her enormous grief over the death of her son into a global force for healing. An extraordinary interview with a mother, entrepreneur and activist about the communal nature of grieving.
If you've ever wished for a successful, empathetic human to describe anxiety accurately, meet Harris Goldberg. Harris is a writer, producer and director (Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo: The Master of Disguise), and his own film Numb, inspired by his experiences dealing with depersonalization disorder and ocd. Goldberg talks with Beyond Well about the origins of his anxiety and how Covid quarantine has forced him to stress test his coping mechanisms.
Today I wax philosophically with Dennis Shirley about his new co-edited special issue of the ECNU Review of Education entitled Beyond well-being: Educating for Wholeness and Purpose. In our conversation we discuss the future of education and the dialectic between well-being and learning. Dennis Shirley is Duganne Faculty Fellow and Professor of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College. He’s co-editor with Stanton Wortham, and Deoksoon Kim of the latest issue of the ECNU Review of Education. freshedpodcast.com/shirley/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
Dr. Rhonda Wells-Wilbon joins the Beyond Well team to provide the perspective of a social worker in the overall picture of mental wellness. Dr. Rhonda has been a social work educator for 25 years teaching at the undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. level. She is an author, psychotherapist, trainer, and holistic wellness coach. She has expertise working with adult survivors of sexual abuse and assault and financial planning. As an African American woman, Doctor Rhonda will also help provide insight into racial trauma, and resistance to counseling and therapy in the black community. She is the mother of two young adult sons who are both in graduate school.
This week, Gregg and Jake discuss already outdated information regarding the Northern Territory elections and follow that up with (probably) already outdated information about Mr Morrison's promise to vaccinate us all! Or not. He'll get back to us we're sure. Then Jake give us all a lesson on how Coronavirus steals your DNA, leaving traces of it everywhere for those in hazmat suits to discover later... Oh, and Google doesn't want to pay for news. Not like the rest of us!
Since the arrival of Covid19, Americans have turned to anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication in sharply increasing numbers. Dr. Jim Polo, a licensed psychiatrist, talks with Beyond Well about the who, what, where, and when of seeking psychopharmacological help. Also, why counseling and behavior modification improves outcomes more than medicines alone.
Since the arrival of Covid19, Americans have turned to anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication in sharply increasing numbers. Dr. Jim Polo, a licensed psychiatrist, talks with Beyond Well about the who, what, where, and when of seeking psychopharmacological help. Also, why counseling and behavior modification improves outcomes more than medicines alone.
Dr. James Polo joins the team at Beyond Well, with a background as a general physician, as a child psychiatrist, and as a general psychiatrist. Dr. Polo brings over 20 years of experience and previously served as Chief Medical Officer and senior psychiatric physician for Western State Hospital in Washington. He led development and oversight of psychiatric services in various military hospitals, served at the Pentagon as the Health Policy Advisor to the Secretary of the Army. He helped orchestrate complex care delivery for a children’s health care network in Washington state. In this interview, Dr. Polo talks about one of the most powerful experiences that helped him understand the complex forces of addiction and the depth of psychological struggle in family structures.
Five-time Emmy Award-Winning journalist, Sheila Hamilton from Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton, the fastest growing mental health podcast in the world, visits with Rich on how to avoid or defend an Amygdala hijack by giving you a world-class view of what is, and why you control it. LINKS: Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton Business Solution: Beyond Well Solutions Diane Musho Hamiton: The Embodiment Podcast
The vaccine for polio was announced 65 years ago, in April of 1955. Dr. Jonas Salk who led the team that developed the vaccine understood the urgency of a pandemic, and more broadly, that the key to eradicating disease takes more than science alone. In this interview with, Dr Salk’s youngest son, Dr. Jonathan Salk, Beyond Well’s Sheila Hamilton talks about the human, social, political and economic relationships involved in eradicating disease.
Cambia Health Solutions CEO Mark Ganz joins Beyond Well to talk about the enormous impact COVID19 is having on health organizations and describes his own personal battle against Covid19. "We are in the black swan of black swan events," Ganz says, "But the access to behavioral healthcare via telehealth may be one of the silver linings of this pandemic." Dr. Jim Polo, Cambia's Medical Director also joins the conversation to talk about how to take care of Covid19 related anxiety.
Dr. C. Lamar Frizzell and Michael Sorenson join Sheila Hamilton to talk about the need for more psychiatric care and access to psychiatric beds. Universal Health Services is proposing to build 100 new beds in Wilsonville, but there is still some political opposition. A group of legislators, senators and business owners is petitioning the Governor to allow the hospital to be built.
Leslie Barber’s husband died of cancer in June of 2015. And as Leslie points out, nothing she’d done in her life prepared her for the shock, trauma, and loneliness of her husband’s death. Leslie was struck by how unprepared her friends and even her family were in dealing with her grief. Our culture is incredibly good at celebrating life. We need to learn to get better at acknowledging and coping with grief, the other end of the human cycle. Leslie’s support group at www.AGriefWarrior.com is a place to begin healing.
C. Lamar Frizzell is the CEO of Cedar Hills Hospital and an expert in both mental health and divinity. At a time when so many people are asking the question, "Why is there so much suffering?" Sheila and Lamar talk about how we can view this crisis through the lens of spirituality. This is the first interview Beyond Well is conducting by Zoom due to quarantine. Please be patient as we work to improve our sound!
Scott the Painter (Scott Erickson) is one of Beyond Well’s favorite guests, both for his refreshing candor regarding his personal suffering but also because his visual art, stories and his performance art resonate with tens of thousands of young people who are tired of staring at their phones and want to find deeper connection. In this episode, we talk with Scott about loneliness versus spending time alone, connecting during the darkest days of winter, and Scott’s personal wellness routine.
We talk with three employees about the experience of being gay, trans, and queer in the workplace. For many people who are considered “different,” the question of whether they are being passed over for Lunch invitations and promotions is the biggest mystery of all. “Is it because I’m gay? Or because I’m fat? Because it’s not because I’m not a good worker.” This is a painful, illuminating, and wonderful reaffirming interview with three people who have found their voices and plan to continue to hold businesses accountable until diversity and inclusion is not just a goal—it’s a value.
We are starting 2020 by taking a look back at a few of our favorite shows from 2019. This show was originally released in November of 2019. It features special guest Israel Nebeker. He is the founder of Blind Pilot and a singer/songwriter whose music now reaches millions of fans. In this episode, Israel talks about confronting one of the darkest periods of his life by wandering into the Black Forest in Germany—with no path to follow and not sure if he would ever find his way out. It was only by confronting his loneliness, his fear, and his belief that he was powerless to change the dynamic that he experienced a significant awakening. This interview was voted one of our favorites by the Beyond Well Team because of how open, authentic and vulnerable Israel and his music is. Don’t miss it.
We are starting 2020 by taking a look back at a few of our favorite shows from 2019. This show was originally released in June of 2019. Storm Large: musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome. She shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova, where despite having been eliminated in the week before the finale, Storm built a fan base that follows her around the world to this day. Storm joins us to talk about growing up with a severely mentally disturbed mother and the message she received from her mother's doctor, "Oh yeah, you will absolutely end up like your Mother. It's hereditary." But, this conversation is not about Storm's efforts to outrun a diagnosis, it's an artist's journey back to herself. Storm's autobiographical musical memoir, Crazy Enough, played to packed houses in 2009 during its unprecedented 21-week sold-out run in Portland. She's back for the ten-year reunion stronger, wiser, and larger in spirit than ever before. (Don't miss the after the show conversation about cancel culture and what really goes on in therapy.)
In October of 2019 we spoke to pop Superstar Lauv. He was on top of the world with the kickoff of his How I’m Feeling Tour, and using his global platform to promote mental health. In every show, Lauv takes a few minutes to describe his descent into depression and severe OCD, and why he credits therapy and medication with allowing him to regain his creativity and confidence. Lauv has partnered with Microsoft to create a worldwide mental health platform that connects people all over the globe. “No Matter where people are in the world, they can see that someone else is experiencing something really similar.” Check out MyBlueThoughts.World and our blog of the concert at TheAnthem in D.C.@BeyondWellWithSheilaHamilton.com
This show was originally released in March of 2019. We're thrilled to Re-visit Lidia Yuknavitch. The author of nine books, including The Chronology of Water, The Small Backs of Children, The book of Joan, and the Misfits Manifesto. Lidia's Ted Talk, The Beauty of Being a Misfit has been viewed 2,862,000 times. We think she has something to share about how telling and retelling your story can help re-frame traumatic experience.
We are starting 2020 by taking a look back at a few of our favorite shows from 2019. This show was originally released in March of 2019. It features special guest Cheryl Strayed. The message of Cheryl Strayed's memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Trail has helped millions of people process grief in a new and profound way. In this episode of Beyond Well, Sheila Hamilton and Dr's Brian Goff and Jenna LeJeune talk about the potential of bouncing forward after loss, and of grieving from a place of honesty and self-compassion.
What makes a meaningful life? How Can we all live lives of purpose, focusing on who and what matters most to us regardless of whatever difficulties we are facing? These are the questions at the heart of Beyond Well cohost Jenna LeJeune, Ph.D. and her partner Jason Luoma, Ph.D.'s new book Values in Therapy" A Clinician's Guide to Helping Clients Explore Values, Increase Psychological Flexibility, and Live a More Meaningful Life. In this very personal episode of Beyond Well, Jenna and Jason offer some of their ideas on what it means to live a value based life and how doing so can bring a sense of meaning, purpose, and vitality to our everyday lives.
Psychologists Off The Clock: A Psychology Podcast About The Science And Practice Of Living Well
Living a values-based life is different from a goal-oriented one. A values-based life encompasses more than trying to “feel good” or get to a final destination. When you direct your life toward what really matters to you, you will feel an increased sense of meaning and vitality, whatever situation you find yourself in. Values-based living has greater depth and staying power than goals and resolutions. Join Debbie and Dr. Jenna LeJeune, author of Values in Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide to Helping Clients Explore Values, Increase Psychological Flexibility, and Live a More Meaningful Life, for an encouraging discussion about what “living well” really means and how to increase values-based living in yourself and in your clients. Listen and Learn: What do “values” really mean, and how are they different in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy? How to disentangle values from morals and goals Tips for how to explore what “living well” means to you Why pain deserves appreciation What to do when you feel like your values conflict with each other About Dr. Jenna LeJeune Dr. Jenna LeJeune is a clinical psychologist, author, and co-founder and president of Portland Psychotherapy, an evidenced-based psychotherapy clinic in Portland, Oregon. Dr. LeJeune specializes in using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help individuals reorient toward what matters to build a more meaningful and well-lived life. She is a peer-reviewed trainer in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and serves as a mental health expert co-host of the podcast Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton. A Clinician’s Guide to Helping Clients Explore Values, Increase Psychological Flexibility, and Live a More Meaningful Life is Dr. LeJeune’s first book. Resources Values in Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide to Helping Clients Explore Values, Increase Psychological Flexibility, and Live a More Meaningful Life by Jenna LeJeune and Jason Louoma The Other Side of Happiness: Embracing a More Fearless Approach to Living by Brock Bastian PhD Portland Psychotherapy Clinic Sponsor: Praxis Continuing Education ACT BootCamp® with Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Robyn Walser, Ph.D., and Kelly Wilson, Ph.D., cofounders of ACT Portland, OR | February 20–23, 2020; up to 32 CE/CME credits available Sign up with a friend to save 20% off the professional registration price! Meet Our New Co-Host, Dr. Jill Stoddard! In this episode, we also make an exciting announcement about a new Co-Host joining us in January 2020. Listen to learn more about her and her upcoming book you can pre-order! Be Mighty: A Women’s Guide to Liberation from Anxiety, Worry, and Stree Using Mindfulness and Acceptance _________________________ Thank you for joining us on this episode of Psychologists Off The Clock. We appreciate your feedback. Please take a moment to leave a quick rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts. It helps us spread the word to more folks like you! Subscribe for free where you listen to podcasts! Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Deezer, iHeartRadio
Liz Prato is the author of several award-winning books and story collections. She talks with Beyond Well about the challenge of a creative life while living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Liz says, “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has forced me to get very quiet with myself, and ask who am I, apart from this body?” Liz’s insight into the psychological and physical toll of Chronic Fatigue is both illuminating and sobering. People who suffer from Chronic Fatigue syndrome are often dismissed by both the medical community and too often, their friends and family. Chronic Fatigue is a medication condition of unknown cause, with fever, aching, and prolonged tiredness and depression.
Sheila Hamilton is a national speaker on suicide prevention, mental health, and resilience. In this live presentation, Sheila talks about the unique opportunity we have to remake ourselves, again and again. During Suicide Prevention month, reach out to someone who may be suffering from prolonged grief, complicated depression or suicidal thoughts and remind them: One day, your story about what you are going through will help someone else survive another day. There is an opportunity for growth in every aspect of our suffering. Stay Another Day.
Twenty-two veterans die by suicide every day in America, outpacing deaths in combat or war supporting activities. Despite the military’s best efforts to contain a public health crisis, the numbers of deaths continue to rise. The Beyond Well team had extraordinary insight into the causes and potential remedies of military suicides in our conversation with New York Times bestselling author and former Special Tactics Officer, Dan Schilling. Schilling spent more than 30 years in the military, primarily as a Combat Controller and Special Tactics Officer, though he proudly started his career as an infantry grunt. His numerous combat and clandestine deployments have taken him around the world and include Operation Gothic Serpent, popularly known as Black Hawk Down from the movie and book bearing the same name, where he is credited with saving the lives of a Ranger and SEAL Team Six SEAL while under fire. He later founded and then served as the first commander of two special operations squadrons, one of which’s name and purpose remains classified. A purveyor of adrenaline-fueled endeavors, he holds the Guinness World Record for most BASE jumps in 24 hours (201), a feat he conducted to benefit children who’ve lost a parent in special operations through the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. He is also a pro-rated demonstration skydiver, speedwing flyer and expert skier and volunteer instructor with Wasatch Adaptive Sports, helping those with disabilities to experience the thrill of downhill skiing. Beyond Well talks with Dan about the mental health crisis in America’s military.
No matter who we are, we are all going to struggle at some point in our lives. While this is an inevitable truth of being human, what if we could talk openly about our struggles, share our stories, and build a toolbox for better living? This is the foundation of the message, and the mission of the Beyond Well podcast with Sheila Hamilton. As a five-time Emmy award winning journalist, Sheila has worked in every media platform including documentary film, television, radio, podcasting, and is also the author of: All the Things We Never Knew, a powerful memoir about the journey of loving and losing someone with mental illness. It’s not an easy task to try and summarize the strength, courage, and resilience of Sheila Hamilton, and my hope is that when you listen to this interview you will be inspired to read, absorb, and connect with her work as an author, mental health advocate, and professional storyteller.
Long before the death of Anthony Bourdain, Restauranteur John Gorham was addressing the issue of mental health in the kitchen. Restaurant workers have the highest rate of illicit drug use and the second-highest rate of suicide. In this episode, John talks with the Beyond Well team about the structural changes he's made to address anxiety, depression and drug use in restaurant workers. "Anthony's suicide was brutal on our industry," John says, "Because he had it all. He had the dream. He had it all. So if life wasn't good enough for him, how could it possibly be good enough for others who don't have his skills?" John Gorham is Executive Chef/Owner of iconic Portland restaurants Toro Bravo, Tasty n Daughters, Tasty n Alder, PLAZA DEL TORO and co-owner of Mediterranean Exploration Company, Shalom Y'all, and Bless Your Heart Burgers. Gorham believes that a chef’s cuisine and style is influenced by a trade route composed of travels, past work and cities lived in.
I've been talking to experts about mental health, psychology and wellness for more than a decade. But, when I finally met Dr. Brian Goff and Dr. Jenna LeJeune, I knew they were my kind of people. In this episode of Beyond Well, Brian and Jenna talk with Sheila Hamilton about their careers, and what brought them to be interested in a particular type of therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Dr. LeJeune: "So much of the conversation around psychological suffering is pathologizing it. If you are experiencing pain, you've got to fix it. But if you are experiencing pain, that doesn't mean something is wrong with you. We have these tools that can help you develop psychological flexibility to deal more effectively with pain in the moment of your suffering." Dr. Brian Goff: "I don't want people to fix themselves. I want someone to listen to this and feel like they're in good company with other humans and learn to reduce the pain they feel about their pain. How can I experience it in a way that even when my boat is taking on water, or is so scuffed up, or battered by the seas, I can still learn to sail."
Welcome to Chapter 35 of Only Haft the Story Podcast! Today's episode is with Ruben Shmul Mizrahi and he is a student living in Israel. Overall, Ruben is quite an enlightened individual and we get pretty deep in this conversation. Ruben's passion involves creating healthier homes and relationships- all in effort to support our youth, which lead to a generation of future leaders. He's an awesome dude and it was a pleasure to have him on the show! **WE GOT A RAISE** ONLY HAFT THE STORY- PODCAST FOR PENNIES IS ALIVE & BEYOND WELL!! Every time you listen to an episode of this show $0.03 will be donated to SafeSpace.Org in effort to support Mental Health. Spread the word and help us reach our goal of 100,000 downloads, which equates to $3,000. Support Ruben on Facebook: Ruben Shmuel Mizrahi Music By: @BobRabbit_ Support the Story: @andrewhaft --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/OnlyHaftTheStory/support
Mitchell S. Jackson grew up in Portland, Oregon, one of the whitest cities in America. He dealt drugs, he spent time in prison, and then he went on to become a critically acclaimed author and teacher. His book, Survival Math is one of the most anticipated works on racism and the conditions that shape young black men. In this episode of Beyond Well, Sheila, Brian and Jenna talk with Mitchell about why empathy may be the first step toward repairing America's fractures.
The message of Cheryl Strayed's memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Trail has helped millions of people process grief in a new and profound way. In this episode of Beyond Well, Sheila Hamilton and Dr's Brian Goff and Jenna LeJeune talk about the potential of bouncing forward after loss, and of grieving from a place of honesty and self-compassion
Courtenay Hameister talks with Sheila Hamilton, host of Beyond Well, and Dr.'s Brian Goff and Jenna LeJeune. Courtenay has lived with anxiety for most of her life. Her book, Okay, Fine, Whatever, the Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Just Most Things chronicles a year in which Courtenay pushes herself to try almost everything that scares her. The results are funny and profoundly heartbreaking and provide a window into the reality of living with panic disorders and anxiety.
In our crazy world honesty is something that can be hard to find. Dr Corey looks at this issue and offers some solid solutions.
The Stories We Tell OurselvesHave you ever told yourself a story about your past that prevented you from living your best life right now? I know I have. This podcast will discuss some of these stories and how to change their meaning so that you can have an empowering alternative that can propel you to new heights.