Podcasts about mental health recovery

What if the pain you've carried since childhood was never yours to hold in the first place?In this deeply personal episode of Beyond Diagnosis, host Rita De Michele speaks with author Judy King, whose life was shaped by early emotional trauma, a lack of confidence, and years of mental health challenges.Judy opens up about her journey of healing and self-discovery — a path she details in her powerful memoir, Agnus: A Childhood Betrayed and Reclaimed. Together, they explore what it truly means to reclaim your voice, rewrite your story, and break free from the emotional scars of the past.This conversation is for anyone who has ever felt unseen, unheard, or burdened by a history they didn't choose.  

Is social media silently impacting your mental health? Licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Jamie Micco of The Concord Center joins us and breaks down how social media can influence your emotional well-being for better or worse. Tune in as Dr. Micco shares cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) based strategies to help you manage screen time, reduce stress, and develop healthier online habits. Follow Dr. Micco & The Concord Center: Website: www.concordcbt.com Facebook: @TheConcordCenter Instagram: @TheConcordCenter LinkedIn: The Concord Center, LLC

Sponsored by Eco-Cool HVAC In this powerful episode of Conversations with Rich Bennett (or is it Conversations with Wendy now?), we spotlight the unsung champions of Maryland Wellness. Rich and cohost Wendy Beck sit down with Leann, Ralph, and Asha to explore how PRP services are transforming mental health care across Harford County. From home visits to building trust, these pros go beyond therapy to change lives—one relationship at a time. Guests: Leann Roderick, Ralph Watkins & Asha ·         Leann Roderick – Community Relations Coordinator at Maryland Wellness and lifelong Harford County resident. Leann connects local communities with essential mental health services and is passionate about closing the gap between substance abuse support and mental health care. ·         Ralph Watkins – Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner with over 30 years in mental health. Ralph specializes in helping clients regain stability and independence through hands-on, behavior-focused recovery programs. ·         Asha – PRP Counselor at Maryland Wellness. Asha is on the front lines, building trust and making real change through home visits and client-centered support, especially in underserved communities. Main Topics: ·         Overview of Maryland Wellness and its statewide mental health services·         The role and impact of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs (PRP)·         Differences between therapy and PRP: feelings vs. behaviors·         COVID-19's long-term effects on mental health and service demand·         Reducing stigma around mental health and increasing community awareness·         The importance of in-home visits and real-world client engagement·         Challenges in accessing mental health housing and support services·         Collaboration with courts, therapists, and substanceSend us a textEmily Adolph and Ona Crow are the co-creators of Nourish & Connect, an event designed to foster meaningful connections in a supportive and empowering environment. NOURISH & CONNECT – The Soul LiftSupport the showRate & Review on Apple Podcasts Follow the Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast on Social Media:Facebook – Conversations with Rich Bennett Facebook Group (Join the conversation) – Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast group | FacebookTwitter – Conversations with Rich Bennett Instagram – @conversationswithrichbennettTikTok – CWRB (@conversationsrichbennett) | TikTok Sponsors, Affiliates, and ways we pay the bills:Hosted on BuzzsproutRocketbookSquadCast Contests & Giveaways Subscribe by Email

Send us a textWhat if healing trauma required a shift in consciousness? In this powerful episode of Security Halt!, host Deny Caballero sits down with Christi Myers, a former emergency medicine professional turned ketamine therapy advocate. Together, they explore the groundbreaking role of ketamine therapy in treating PTSD, trauma, and mental health disorders, especially among veterans and first responders.Christi shares her deeply personal journey—moving from the fast-paced world of ER trauma care to the frontlines of integrative healing. The conversation takes listeners into the science and spirituality of recovery, emphasizing consciousness, self-reflection, and the need to break free from survival mode.They unpack the misconceptions surrounding ketamine, contrast it with traditional substance use like alcohol, and discuss the evolution of humanity toward deeper healing and purpose-driven living. Whether you're a veteran, a caregiver, or simply someone navigating personal growth, this episode is a profound reminder that healing is possible, and conscious choice is the key.

Send us a text & leave your email address if you want a reply!In this eye-opening episode, certified sex addiction therapist Patrick Eilers shares crucial insights about porn addiction recovery, early exposure prevention, and rebuilding intimate relationships. With over four years of specialized experience and a master's degree in clinical counseling psychology, Patrick brings both professional expertise and compassionate understanding to this challenging topic.ESSENTIAL TAKEAWAYSEarly Intervention Matters: With children accessing devices at younger ages, prevention and education are crucial.Recovery Is Possible: A structured approach combining therapy, support groups, and lifestyle changes can lead to successful recovery.Partners Need Support Too: Healing requires addressing both individual addiction and partner trauma.Healthy Sexuality Framework: Understanding the 12 dimensions of healthy sexuality is key to recovery.EPISODE LINKS *some links below may also be affiliate links Patrick's WebsitePatrick's Free Gift | Bloomworks Concepts and Coaching Updates North Point Perspective PodcastBook |  The Diet Cure by Julia RossBook |  The Mood Cure by Julia RossKING & QUEEN OF HEARTS. Leah & Willow's King & Queen of Hearts Intimacy Toolkit is on sale. Buy Now. 10% off Coupon: KINGANDQUEEN10. THE MALE GSPOT & PROSTATE MASTERCLASS. This is for you if… You've heard of epic anal orgasms, & you wonder if it's possible for you too. Buy Now. Save 20% Coupon PODCAST20. THE VAGINAL ORGASM MASTERCLASS. Discover how to activate the female Gspot, clitoris, & cervical orgasms. Buy Now. Save 20% Coupon: PODCAST 20 LAST 10x LONGER. If you suffer from premature ejaculation, you are not alone, master 5 techniques to cure this stressful & embarrassing issue once and for all. Buy Now. Save 20% Coupon: PODCAST20. Support the showSxR Hotline | SxR Website | YouTube | TikTok | Pinterest | Instagram | Dr. Willow's Website | Leah's Website

In 2000, Marion Jones Jones won five medals at the Sydney Olympics. She was celebrated as the fastest woman in the world, appeared on the cover of “Vogue,” and was sponsored by Nike. But then, she lost everything. In 2003, she lied to federal investigators about performance enhancing drugs. In the end, Marion was stripped of her Olympic medals, and was sentenced to prison. More than two decades later, Marion Jones is back in the limelight to share the wisdom she’s earned from her biggest mistakes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this raw and inspiring episode of Mind Over Masculinity, we dive into mental health recovery, masculinity, and resilience with Dale Walsh, a mental health coach and advocate who has been episode-free for 29 years after battling schizophrenia. Dale shares his incredible journey, from his initial diagnosis and struggles with psychosis to creating the transformative Live Love Method—a framework designed to help families heal, communicate, and reclaim their sense of self. His insights remind us that recovery isn't just survival—it's about thriving. About the Guest: Dale Walsh is a mental health advocate, coach, and creator of the Live Love Method, a coaching framework aimed at helping families support loved ones with serious mental illness while maintaining their own independence and well-being. Diagnosed with schizophrenia 45 years ago, Dale has lived independently for over 40 years and is dedicated to breaking the stigma around mental health and masculinity. Key Takeaways: Dale's Story: From a promising Dartmouth student to battling schizophrenia and finding recovery through resilience, support, and self-awareness. The Impact of Masculinity: How societal expectations around masculinity affect mental health recovery and why expressing emotions is key to healing. The Live Love Method: Learn how this framework—focused on Learn, Integrate, Validate, Explore, Listen, Observe, Value, and Express—empowers families to overcome codependency and rebuild trust. Challenges for Families: Understanding the hurdles families face when supporting loved ones with mental illness and how patience, compassion, and education can help. Advice to His Younger Self: Dale's heartfelt reflections on overcoming the stigma of mental illness and the importance of staying true to oneself. Hope and Empowerment: Why recovery is always an option and how to take small but meaningful steps forward. Connect with Dale Walsh: Website: Coming Soon – Live Love Method Information Learn More: Dale provides one-on-one coaching for families navigating serious mental illness. Contact him through LinkedIn for details. Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life or Mind Over Masculinity? DM on PodMatch: DM Me Here: PodMatch Subscribe to the Newsletter: Healthy Mind by Avik Join Our Community: Join Us Stay Tuned and Follow Us! YouTube: Healthy Mind - Healthy Life Instagram: @podhealth.club Threads: @podhealth.club Facebook: Podcast Healthy Mind LinkedIn: Avik #podmatch #mentalhealth #masculinity #selfgrowth #mentalillnessrecovery #mentalhealthadvocate #mindovermasculinity #livelovemethod

Quick fixes for mental health are destroying your progress. The self-help industry's promise of rapid transformation is setting you up for failure. Your attempts to heal quickly might be the exact reason you're stuck in place. Making dramatic lifestyle changes and expecting instant results creates a cycle of disappointment and abandonment. In this video, I explain four essential mindset shifts that transformed my approach to mental health recovery and can help you build sustainable, lasting change. Get my ⁠5-day guide to reclaiming your time and energy despite mental health struggles⁠. Get Practical tools for navigating life with depression and anxiety, delivered weekly⁠⁠⁠. ⁠3 Unique ways to work with me⁠ ⁠Dramatically improve your sleep in 2 steps⁠⁠ with my new Sleep Workbook. ⁠⁠⁠My book: For When Everything is Burning⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Connect with me on TikTok⁠ ⁠Connect on Instagram⁠⁠ Disclaimer: This content is not intended to be a replacement for receiving treatment. It is purely educational in nature. My relationship with you is that of presenter and audience, not therapist and client. But I do care.

This Christmas, join us for a heartwarming and thought-provoking episode of Mirror Talk: Soulful Conversations. Host Tobi sits down with Pat Broe, a sales and marketing professional with an extraordinary story of resilience, empathy, and personal growth. Pat opens up about his battle with anxiety, depression, and a life-altering near-death experience. From overcoming mental health challenges to redefining confidence, this episode offers practical tools and insights for navigating life's toughest moments. Discover how journaling, meditation, and resetting your relationship with social media can help foster emotional well-being. Pat's powerful story of vulnerability and hope will inspire you to embrace the gifts of existence—even grief and sadness—as part of the human experience. Don't miss this empowering conversation and an exclusive introduction to Pat's book, The Real Confident You. Takeaways: Family time during the holidays is crucial for emotional well-being. Pat's near-death experience was a transformative wake-up call. Sharing his story of overcoming a suicide attempt has helped others open up about their struggles. Social media's influence on mental health is significant but manageable with intentional habits. Digital detoxes and self-reflection are essential for resetting mental clarity. Resilience and empathy are vital tools for overcoming life's challenges. Humour can be a powerful way to navigate serious mental health topics. Key Chapters: [00:00] Introduction to Overcoming Mental Threats [10:41] The Impact of Near-Death Experience [17:40] Tools for Mental Health Recovery [30:10] Navigating Work and Social Media Enjoyed this episode? Please subscribe, share, and leave us a review! Let us know your biggest takeaway by tagging us on social media. To explore more, visit MirrorTalkPodcast.com.

There's a reason therapy often makes you feel worse than you did before you started. Good therapy helps disengage and deactivate negative coping mechanism you're using to handle the harsh reality of what you're facing. However this often happens before you're able to create new, healthier coping skills. This reality leaves you with two choices.

Jeff talks about Remount Foundation with founders Billy Jack Barrett, Jeanne Springer, and President Phil Austin. The foundation does amazing work to help people suffering from PTSD, traumatic brain injury, depression, and more through a connection to God and a relationship caring for horses. The program is changing the lives of those who need it most in tremendously profound ways. Don't miss this edition of Crosswalk Colorado Springs! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recovery Matters Podcast Episode 163 | Amilya, who experienced a tumultuous early life with familial addiction, turned to substances following a traumatic event in college. She describes her struggle with PTSD, anxiety, and depression, which led her to self-medicate with marijuana and alcohol. However, seeking a healthier path, she discovered the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) and embraced their resources. With the support of her mother, fiancé, and a solid recovery community, Amilya found balance and purpose. Now, she is thriving academically, interning, and deeply involved in helping others on their recovery journeys. Her story is a testament to the transformative power of recovery and community support.00:00 Introduction and Host's Background00:18 Guest Introduction and Early Life00:57 Struggles with Addiction and Trauma04:47 Path to Recovery and CCAR Involvement06:40 Experiences in Recovery and Relationships22:21 Future Aspirations and Current Recovery Practices ----Across the Web----

Candice Michelle, a former WWE champion, shares her journey from wrestling stardom to emotional healer. She discusses overcoming anxiety and panic attacks, the power of perspective, and the importance of balancing masculine and feminine energy. By sharing her experiences, Candice inspires listeners to embrace life's challenges as opportunities for growth and transformation.We share and explore...Candice Michelle's journey from WWE stardom to emotional healer.Her personal struggle and spiritual journey to healing.Combining physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being for optimal health.How to overcome challenges and discover your true purpose.Jump to the moments that matter with these timestamps:(0:00) Intro(10:29) The Role of Faith and Spirituality in Mental Health Recovery(20:47) Leaping into the Unknown (24:51) Overcoming Anxiety and Panic Attacks(34:38) Achieving Abundance Through GratitudeConnect with Candice: InstagramThe Good Chiropractor House of HealingConnect with Kristin:InstagramWebsiteJoin Kristin's Inner CircleKristin's Book:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sex, Drugs, & Soul: Finding Grace in the Shadow" on Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify Audiobook Link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this episode of Behind the Bite, Dr. Cristina Castagnini interviews Jennifer Gerlach, a therapist, writer, speaker, and author who is neurodivergent herself. They explore the complex intersections of autism, ADHD, mental health, and eating disorders, offering valuable insights for individuals, families, and professionals.Sign up for the FREE e-course to understand your eating disorder and embark on the road to recovery. We reflect on the harm caused by mirrors, comparing ourselves, and wearing the wrong clothing sizes. SHOW NOTES: Click hereFollow me on Instagram @behind_the_bite_podcastVisit the website: www.behindthebitepodcast.com

In this episode of Behind the Bite, Dr. Cristina Castagnini interviews Jennifer Gerlach, a therapist, writer, speaker, and author who is neurodivergent herself. They explore the complex intersections of autism, ADHD, mental health, and eating disorders, offering valuable insights for individuals, families, and professionals. Sign up for the FREE e-course to understand your eating disorder and embark on the road to recovery. We reflect on the harm caused by mirrors, comparing ourselves, and wearing the wrong clothing sizes.  SHOW NOTES: Click here Follow me on Instagram @behind_the_bite_podcast Visit the website: www.behindthebitepodcast.com

In this episode of Behind the Bite, Dr. Cristina Castagnini interviews Jennifer Gerlach, a therapist, writer, speaker, and author who is neurodivergent herself. They explore the complex intersections of autism, ADHD, mental health, and eating disorders, offering valuable insights for individuals, families, and professionals.Sign up for the FREE e-course to understand your eating disorder and embark on the road to recovery. We reflect on the harm caused by mirrors, comparing ourselves, and wearing the wrong clothing sizes. SHOW NOTES: Click hereFollow me on Instagram @behind_the_bite_podcastVisit the website: www.behindthebitepodcast.com

In this episode of Behind the Bite, Dr. Cristina Castagnini interviews Jennifer Gerlach, a therapist, writer, speaker, and author who is neurodivergent herself. They explore the complex intersections of autism, ADHD, mental health, and eating disorders, offering valuable insights for individuals, families, and professionals. Sign up for the FREE e-course to understand your eating disorder and embark on the road to recovery. We reflect on the harm caused by mirrors, comparing ourselves, and wearing the wrong clothing sizes.  SHOW NOTES: Click here Follow me on Instagram @behind_the_bite_podcast Visit the website: www.behindthebitepodcast.com

In conjunction with World Mental Health Day in October, we explore a broader perspective to mental health, challenging the notion that mental healthcare is limited to services provided within the health system. Special guest Dr Ahmed Hankir, psychiatrist with the NHS and recipient of the WHO Director-General's Global Health Leaders Award 2022, joins Ellisha Othman, Managing Director of Thrive Well, to explore how a trauma-informed approach in social services can improve inclusion, diversity and mental health on a daily basis, and how Dr Hankir uses his experience as a wounded healer to fight the stigma against mental health. Dr Hankir is also the author of the recently published ‘Breakthrough: A Story of Hope, Resilience and Mental Health Recovery', and will be speaking at the International Stigma Conference 2024 in KL from 23-24 November, organised by MIASA Malaysia.Image credit: Shutterstock

Dr. Dave Rabin exposes the cracks in traditional medicine and explains how new technologies, like Apollo Neuro, are filling the gaps. Watch now for the full story! TAKEAWAYSA wearable device using vibrations to help users feel calm and improve mental health.Feeling safe is key to recovery, and Apollo Neuro mimics soothing touch to promote healing.Traditional PTSD medications only work for about 30% of patients.MDMA-assisted therapy has an impressive 70-88% success rate for treating PTSD.Psychedelics like MDMA promote healing by fostering safety and self-acceptance.Apollo Neuro blends technology with natural healing methods like touch and vibration.The FDA delayed approval of MDMA therapy despite its strong results due to misinformation.Addressing root causes, not just symptoms, is crucial for true mental health treatment.Veterans struggling with PTSD may find new hope in alternative therapies like Apollo Neuro and psychedelics.Authentic connection and community are essential for improving mental health in today's world.TIMESTAMPS Introduction to Vibe Science (00:00:00) Introduction to the podcast and hosts, Ryan Alford and Chris Hansen. Introducing Dr. Dave Rabin & Apollo Neuro (00:00:29) Meet Dr. Dave Rabin and the Apollo Neuro device. How Apollo Neuro Works (00:02:50) Dr. Rabin explains how the Apollo Neuro device promotes healing using soothing vibrations. Limitations of Traditional PTSD Treatments (00:03:55) Discussion on why traditional PTSD medications have a low success rate.Psychedelics in Mental Health (00:06:02) Exploring how psychedelics like MDMA are transforming mental health treatment. Dr. Rabin's Passion for Mental Health (00:06:46) Dr. Rabin shares his personal journey and passion for helping others heal. Healing Requires Feeling Safe (00:10:30) The importance of feeling safe for effective mental and physical healing. Apollo Neuro Development & Benefits (00:12:00) How Apollo Neuro was developed and its benefits for mental wellness. MDMA-Assisted Therapy Success (00:32:04) MDMA therapy shows groundbreaking results in treating PTSD. Challenges with FDA Approval (00:40:00) The FDA's recent decision and challenges in approving MDMA-assisted therapy. The Importance of Community & Connection (00:48:00) How community and connection are crucial for mental health improvement. Closing Remarks & Where to Find Apollo Neuro (00:56:00) Final thoughts and how to follow Dr. Rabin and Apollo Neuro. Follow us on Instagram: @Vibe.Science Subscribe to our YouTube Page: www.youtube.com/@Vibe.Science

Send us a textAre you a grandparent unexpectedly thrust into the role of raising your grandchildren, grappling with complex emotions and new responsibilities? Do you find yourself balancing the nuances of childrearing with the legal, financial, and emotional challenges unique to this journey? Are you seeking insights on mindfulness, self-care, and holistic approaches to well-being?I'm Laura Brazan, and in Episode 25 of 'Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Integrating Eastern Philosophy and Western Psychology in Program Development for Lifelong Wellness,' we delve into the transformative journey of Dr. Mala.  Dr. Mala blends western psychology with eastern philosophy to enhance mental health outcomes for diverse populations. As an advocate for accessibility and destigmatization, she shares her expertise on program development, mindfulness, and culturally competent care. You can read more about her work at https://www.drmala.net/We explore practical strategies for supporting mental health within family systems, such as establishing routines, setting boundaries, and fostering open communication. Hear about real-life case studies, the benefits of integrative medicine, and how family participation in recovery can fortify commitment and morale. Tune in as we navigate the challenges and triumphs of raising grandchildren together. Let's reimagine a future filled with strength, support, and well-being for you and your grandchildren.Join us on 'Grandparents Raising Grandchildren' and discover the power of combining inner wisdom with therapeutic practices for a harmonious and healthy life.Thank you for tuning into today's episode. It's been a journey of shared stories, insights, and invaluable advice from the heart of a community that knows the beauty and challenges of raising grandchildren. Your presence and engagement mean the world to us and to grandparents everywhere stepping up in ways they never imagined. Remember, you're not alone on this journey. For more resources, support, and stories, visit our website and follow us on our social media channels. If today's episode moved you, consider sharing it with someone who might find comfort and connection in our shared experiences. We look forward to bringing more stories and expert advice your way next week. Until then, take care of yourselves and each other.Liked this episode? Share it and tag us on Facebook @GrandparentsRaisingGrandchilden Love the show? Leave a review and let us know! CONNECT WITH US: Website | Facebook

In this thought-provoking episode of Not a Great Whisperer, Katy Rey welcomes Carolina Mendonca, a true powerhouse in the mental health world. Carolina’s journey from Brazil to New Jersey, and now to Florida is filled with inspiring experiences and powerful lessons in resilience, self-understanding, and helping others. Carolina is a mental health coach who is […]

Text and Be HeardEver wonder how top athletes like Simone Biles and Noah Lyles overcome immense mental health challenges to succeed on the global stage? This episode promises to reveal the transformative power of recovery coaching and therapy in achieving emotional and psychological well-being. We'll share fascinating stories of triumph from the Paris 2024 Olympics, illustrating how addressing issues like depression, anxiety, and substance use can lead to extraordinary accomplishments. Learn how emotional intelligence (EQ) and hard work in all aspects of life can result in a truly remarkable existence.Join us as we discuss the crucial role recovery coaches play in helping individuals navigate the emotional and financial costs of prolonged struggles with addiction, anxiety, and more. We offer expert insights into how targeted support can aid in overcoming gambling, alcohol dependency, and other mental health challenges, ultimately guiding you to become the best version of yourself. Don't miss this chance to find inspiration and motivation within our Recovery Freedom Circle community, where we celebrate every victory, no matter how small. This episode is your gateway to starting a flourishing and fulfilling life.Support the Show.Recovery is Beautiful. Go Live Your Best Life!!Facebook Group - Recovery Freedom Circle | FacebookYour EQ is Your IQYouTube - Life Is Wonderful Hugo VRecovery Freedom CircleThe System That Understands Recovery, Builds Character and Helps People Have Better Relationships.A Life Changing Solution, Saves You Time, 18 weekswww.lifeiswonderful.love Instagram - Lifeiswonderful.LoveTikTok - Lifeiswonderful.LovePinterest - Lifeiswonderful.LoveTwitter - LifeWonderLoveLinkedIn - Hugo Vrsalovic Life Is Wonderful.Love

Send us a Text Message.Dive deep into the world of mental wellness with Dr. Anna Marie Frank and Anthony Hartcher as they unravel the power of holistic healing. In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Anna Marie Frank shares her transformative journey from conventional mental health treatments to groundbreaking alternative methods. Discover how she rewired her brain to overcome PTSD and trauma and explore the intersection of biofeedback and energy healing. From personal struggles and triumphs to innovative approaches in mental health, Dr. Anna Marie Frank reveals how questioning conventional medications and embracing holistic practices can lead to profound healing. Tune in as she discusses the profound impact of biofeedback, energy medicine, and self-care practices like nutrition and herbal remedies. About Dr. Anna Marie Frank: Dr. Anna Marie Frank, a Doctor of Traditional Naturopathy and Ph.D. in Natural Medicine, founded Happy Whole You wellness centers and created a unique brain nutraceutical line. Overcoming personal struggles with depression and learning difficulties, she is dedicated to advancing brain health. Dr. Frank authored “Stop Bullying Yourself!,” a guide to better health, wealth, and happiness. Interview Topics: Rewiring Wellness: Transforming Brain Health for a Holistic Life Debunking the Myth of Perfect Work-Life Harmony The Brain-Biology Connection: How Thoughts Shape Our Health Enhancing Employee Health and Corporate Wellness Holistically Integrating Mind and Body for Optimal Mental Health Think Well, Be Well: Uncovering the Power of Cognitive Health in Everyday Life Connect with Dr. Frank: Email: AnnaMarie@HappyWholeYou.com Website: HappyWholeYou.com LinkedIn: in/AnnaMarieFrankHappyWholeYou Facebook: /HappyWholeYou Instagram: @HappyWholeYou | @Dr.Anna.Marie YouTube: /HappyWholeYou Podcast: Happy Whole You About me&my health up & Anthony Hartcher me&my health up seeks to enhance and enlighten the well-being of others. Host Anthony Hartcher is the CEO of me&my wellness which provides holistic health solutions using food as medicine, combined with a holistic, balanced, Podcast DisclaimerAny information, advice, opinions or statements within it do not constitute medical, health care or other professional advice, and are provided for general information purposes only. All care is taken in the preparation of the information in this Podcast. [Connected Wellness Pty Ltd] operating under the brand of “me&my health up”..click here for moreTune in to the Patient Advocacy Voices Podcast todayJoin Sanofi's Eric Racine to meet the unsung heroes leading patient advocacy organizationsListen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.

In this episode of the Ketones in Coffee podcast, host Lorenz, a certified ketogenic health coach, interviews Asher Adelman, a nutritional therapist and fitness coach who shares his transformative journey from suffering severe anxiety and depression to achieving optimal mental and physical health through diet and lifestyle changes. Asher discusses the limitations of traditional psychiatric treatments, the importance of addressing root causes related to nutrition, and offers insights into how dietary modifications can significantly improve mental health. The conversation includes personal anecdotes, client success stories, and practical advice on leveraging evidence-based nutritional therapy to alleviate symptoms of mental health disorders.00:00 Introduction to Ketones in Coffee Podcast00:36 Meet Our Special Guest: Asher Adelman01:34 Asher's Journey with Mental Health05:27 The Turning Point: Discovering Nutritional Therapy12:07 The Impact of Diet on Mental Health20:46 Hope and Recovery: Asher's Message28:04 Overcoming Depression with Diet28:55 The Role of Malnourishment in Mental Health30:44 Pain as a Signal: Addressing Root Causes35:09 Challenges in Changing Dietary Habits37:02 Framework for Nutritional Therapy40:59 The Importance of Eating Real Human Food46:11 Success Stories and Client Experiences51:49 Conclusion and Final Thoughts~~~~~~Estrella by Audiorezout is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.~~~~~~ Save yourself that trip to the market — Instacart delivers groceries in as fast as 1 hour! They connect you with Personal Shoppers in your area to shop and deliver groceries from your favorite stores.Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35. Go to ketocoachlorenz.com and use the contact form to get your Free Consultation!Support the Show.

Download "10 Military Habits That Are Sabotaging Your Career... and Your Life"Sunshine Grace was born in 1976 in Sheridan, MT, and comes from Russian, German, and Scottish lineages. Her early years in Portland, OR, were shaped by the Pacific Northwest's trees and mist, fostering her deep connection to nature. Her grandfather Frank Nielsen was a storyteller, which gave her an appreciation for good stories. She attended junior high and high school in Mesa, AZ, where she was exposed to community initiatives on universal love and compassion. She joined the military at age 22 for housing and educational opportunities, where her mentors showed her how to follow and the true meaning of “first in, last out” leadership.She helped raise her step-daughter in Jacksonville, FL, where she earned her master's degree in research psychology and worked for large corporations for twelve years. Married at the time, Jacksonville became her first haven for safety and belongingness. Building community became important to her there, but this is also where she became keenly aware of her family's history of debilitating anxiety and depression.After an ineffable experience in Kenya in the Serengeti, she moved to Austin in 2018, where she began her emotional healing journey. In 2019, her health mandated an early retirement to focus on simplicity and introspection. In 2019, she began a four-year period of severe mental health breakdowns. Realizing that she couldn't do this life alone, she began asking others for help. Her friends taught her she could feel safety in removing her masks.In the middle of this healing, she was called by ayahuasca in 2022, which began a cherished and deeply intimate relationship with this medicine. Working with ayahuasca, life got much harder before it began getting easier, but she eventually started to learn how to work with this teacher plant. Sunshine attributes the wisdom from ayahuasca and unconditional love and support from her friends and family as her anchors on her incredibly profound integration journey. Sunshine continues to work with sacred medicines to help her continue to learn how to think optimistically, receive love, prioritize her health, trust her intuition, and look for the divine beauty in life's perfect design!Today, Sunshine is more peaceful than she's ever been. She is passionate about meditation, non-duality, redemptive love, authentic expression, honest relationships, the importance of ceremony for life's rites of passages, reverent use of psychedelics – and the Texas two-step! She believes it's essential to have fun while healing!Ram Dass, Terence McKenna, Eckhart Tolle, spiritual teacher Adyashanti, Sandra Ingerman, Oprah Winfrey, Gary Zuckav, Albert Einstein, and Willie Nelson are just a few of her most admired teachers.SummaryThe conversation covers a range of topics, including the speaker's experience with ayahuasca, the impact of trauma on anxiety and depression, mystical experiences, military service, and the transition to civilian life. The speaker shares insights on creating safety for others, the ethics of war, and the challenges of serving in the military. The conversation also delves into the speaker's personal journey of self-discovery and exploration of sexuality. Mike Bledsoe shares his journey from military service to corporate life and retirement, and his exploration of psychedelics as a means of healing and spiritual growth. He discusses the transformative experiences he had with mushrooms and ayahuasca, and the profound insights and connections with spirit that emerged from these experiences.Chapters00:00 Ayahuasca and Self-Discovery: A Journey of Transformation07:17 Trauma, Anxiety, and the Impact of Awareness47:17 Creating Safety and Personal Exploration48:13 Military Service and Corporate Life52:19 Transition to Retirement and Spiritual Exploration57:44 Profound Insights of Psychedelic Experiences58:39 Integration and Reconnecting with the Heart01:32:10 Supporting Veterans in Mental Health Recovery

In this important episode, Valerie and Helen explore the subject of work and its critical role in recovery. For people with a mental health condition, work is a weighty challenge that can evoke anxiety and fear, hopes and dreams. Given their extensive backgrounds in the workplace, both successes and the inability to have a job due to acute mental illnesses, Helen and Valerie understand the great benefits of work as well as the downsides. Research shows that for American workers, employment is far more than a paycheck. It provides structure, a social network, meaning, and a positive identity. Few things can be as meaningful to recovery as a job. Don't miss this full exploration of work, and finding, getting, and keeping employment. Find Valerie and Helen at mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a Text Message.May is Mental Health Awareness month! I definitely didn't want to conclude this month without an episode covering this very important matter. Please join me and Mental Health Professional Tracy Levine as we  cover... The warning signs of someone who is suicidalThe importance of engaging in self-care and self-helpThe stigmas attached to mental illness Mental Health Resources and much more!This episode is packed with vital information and resources for you. Whether you are working in a church ministry, secular workplace , or dealing with family  members. I guarantee you will be enlightened by this one! I hope you enjoy

In this enlightening segment, Brian Clement, Ph.D., L.N, delves deep into the healing potential rooted in the phytochemicals found in edible plants and the power of mindfulness. He emphasizes the imperative role of embracing plant-based diets, which have been substantiated by science to be potent agents against diseases and disorders that plague modern society. Moreover, he underscores the importance of mindfulness, a practice that nurtures overall well-being by fostering connectivity to oneself and the broader universe. Join him as he navigates through the critical elements constituting a holistic approach to health, ranging from diet choices to physical activity and mental health practices. #PlantBasedHealing #MindfulLiving #HolisticWellness

In this episode of "Messy Can't Stop Her," host Judith Kambia Obatusa – JKO explores the role of faith in overcoming mistakes and their impact on mental health. Featuring biblical wisdom, scientific evidence, and testimonies from inspiring women like Deb, Brene Brown, and Michelle Obama. Discover how faith can be a source of hope and healing for mental trauma.References in this episodePew Research Study: Religion's Relationship to Happiness, Civic Engagement and Health Around the WorldResearchGate: The Impact of Religion/Spirituality on Mental Health with a Focus on DepressionDeb's StoryJoin the Messy Can't Stop Her Sisterhood at https://www.facebook.com/groups/3204395256540448/If you would love to share your story on the #MessyCantStopHer podcast, click here to let me know. Thank you so much for listening. Music Credit: https://indiefy.me/wanted-carter

In this enlightening segment, Brian Clement, Ph.D., L.N, delves deep into the healing potential rooted in the phytochemicals found in edible plants and the power of mindfulness. He emphasizes the imperative role of embracing plant-based diets, which have been substantiated by science to be potent agents against diseases and disorders that plague modern society. Moreover, he underscores the importance of mindfulness, a practice that nurtures overall well-being by fostering connectivity to oneself and the broader universe. Join him as he navigates through the critical elements constituting a holistic approach to health, ranging from diet choices to physical activity and mental health practices. #PlantBasedHealing #MindfulLiving #HolisticWellness

Embarking on the profound intersection of mental health and societal barriers,  Whitney is joined by life coach and co-host of the Pandora's Awareness Podcast, Asher Wright to interview Marlon Bacote.Together, we peel back the layers of cultural stigmas that shroud the struggles of Black men seeking vulnerability in a world where it's often seen as weakness. Highlighting the celebration of Second Chances Month this April, our conversation takes a deep look into the resilience required to navigate life post-incarceration, and the dire need for a shift in systemic structures that currently hinder this journey.Our discourse moves from the personal to the systemic, sharing stories like mine, from battling addiction to becoming a licensed mental health professional, and Marlon's relentless pursuit to utilize his certifications despite the roadblocks of 'barrier crimes.' The episode traverses through the complexities of re-establishing one's identity after significant life transitions, such as leaving the military or rejoining society post-prison. It's a narrative that intertwines the transformational power of education with the nuanced struggles of reintegration—where support systems play a pivotal role, and the echoes of past environments shape our paths forward.As we wrap up, the conversation turns towards a journey of healing and self-care, emphasizing their importance against the backdrop of societal pressures and shame. I share my own introspections on mental health management and the steps taken towards somatic meditation, while Marlon reflects on his transformative realization that catalyzed his recovery from addiction. This episode isn't just a talk; it's a testament to the undying spirit of hope and the affirmation that our past does not dictate our future. Join us in a heartfelt affirmation that every step towards mental health is a stride toward triumph.Get in touch with Asher at LifeChangingWisdom.com, and listen to Pandora's Awareness Podcast.Catch up with Marlon on IG @bacotemarlon.This episode was edited by Chris at DigitalREM. Thank you!Interested in a free discovery call to see how W. Knox Lee Consulting & Mediation could help you achieve your goals? Email the team at info@wknoxlee.com.Support the show SUBSCRIBE to the Validating Voice NewsletterSUPPORT Impostrix Podcast

Brian Henderson is the former Chief Operating Officer at one of the largest law firms in Asia. An award-winning influencer, educator in mental health, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In this episode, Aaron joins Brian to talk about his burnout recovery journey and what people can do to avoid burnout at work. 00:00 Intro 01:45 Why this line of work 6:35 Tools to Aid Mental Health 14:12 Advice to people who are still in Shell 25:11 Experiencing a dilemma 39:01 View on Self Improvement 42:00 Why try to improve yourself 49:52 What Enforce people's behavior 55:36 Question for the next Guest https://www.transformativepurpose.com ebooks, inspiration, and journal on Amazon: Unstuck: https://bit.ly/unstuck-amazon Journal: https://amzn.to/3O9fJeU Follow ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/aaronunstuck Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronpang Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-henderson-he-him-0207773/

In this Mental Wellness Moment, Dr. Nicholas Mitchell — Provincial Medical Director of Addiction and Mental Health with AHS — discusses what mental health recovery looks like, and the resources and supports available along the way.

This episode revisits the earnest conversation with the author of Teetering on a Tightrope, Steven Wilson, and his lifelong journey with bipolar disorder. Brad and Lesley explore the critical role of supporters in the lives of those battling mental health issues, emphasizing the delicate balance between caring and enabling. Listen as they share actionable insights for listeners to become more informed and empathetic advocates in their communities.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:How laughter can have an impact on our income. The limits of your capacity to help someone with mental health disorder. The significance of seeking professional advice when necessary.Advocating for mental health awareness and support in your community.Why empathy is crucial for those struggling with mental health issues.Episode References/Links:Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillGlossary: Equivalized IncomeImpact of Social Relationships on Income–Laughter Relationships Among Older PeopleAgency Mini 10OPC Summer CampOPC Reformer Accountability ChallengeSpy Corrector ControlLogix discountThe Barrels DeckCambodia Early BirdCall Your Congressperson - 202-224-3121NAMI (National Alliance for Mental IllnessTeetering on a Tightrope by Steven Wilson  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. DEALS! Check out all our Preferred Vendors & Special Deals from Clair Sparrow, Sensate, Lyfefuel BeeKeeper's Naturals, Sauna Space, HigherDose, AG1 and ToeSox Be in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar  Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramFacebookLinkedIn  Episode Transcript:Brad Crowell 0:00  We could start getting some things done if we as a community, who maybe we are suffering ourselves, or maybe we know someone who is suffering, but the only reason the only way that change will happen in the mental health in our country, in our communities is if we become active in voicing our desire for change for the need for support in this area is so important.Lesley Logan 0:30  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Brad Crowell 1:08  Hey everyone, Brad here today. Today we're gonna talk about depression, suicide and mental health. And if that's triggering for you, feel free to skip this episode. If you or anyone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, or are in a mental crisis you can call 988 in the US for the suicide and crisis hotline. And there are there are definitely hotlines in every country around the world I'm sure so take a quick look online. Anyway, onto the episode.Lesley Logan 1:50  Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co-host in life, Brad, and I are going to dig into the earnest convo I had with Steve Wilson in our last episode, if you haven't yet, listened to the interview, feel free to pause this now, go back and listen to that one and then come back and join us. You might be wondering what the point of this interview is, if you listen to that one, and the whole thing is is like my frickin goodness, we don't talk about mental health enough, enough. And either in your journey, you might personally have some issues with your mental health. Whether it is something that is something that you need to medicate or it's just something of different therapy around or someone in your life is and it can be fucking difficult when someone in your life is going through something you can't fix. And so I really wanted to have this earnest conversation. But before we get into that, today is February 8th 2024. And it's a Laugh and Get Rich Day and you know what? It's a day to laugh and to enjoy the many benefits that laughter brings. The biggest benefit of laughter is it improves our health. Laughing can elevate our mood, lower stress and blood pressure, pressure and strengthen the immune system. Pause. I'm gonna just tell you when I grew up, my parents used to tickle us and go laughter brings healing to the bone. Brad Crowell 2:59  It's the best medicine. Lesley Logan 3:00  Laughter is the best medicine and like we just would laugh, laugh laugh right before bed, which makes zero sense because we couldn't fall asleep afterwards. Brad Crowell 3:07  You get fired up, yeah. Lesley Logan 3:07  But anyway, that's fine. Back to this script of what this day is about. In this way, laughter makes us rich because health is wealth after all. But laughter can also contribute to our financial gains by enriching your professional lives. Those who laugh often tend to be happier. Hello? Happy workers are more productive and are liked by co-workers.Brad Crowell 3:27  So okay, so I looked into this because I was like, laugh and get rich Come on, are you for real? Lesley Logan 3:33  That Think and Grow Rich is that but like Laugh and Get Rich by Napoleon Hill.Brad Crowell 3:38  I was a bit skeptical to say the least. So can laughter actually have an impact on our income? Turns out there is an NIH or a National Institute of Health study that looked into this exact thing. And the results revealed a significant relationship between equivalent income and the frequency of laughter, social relationships and family structures were also associated with the frequency of laughter. So surprise, laughter can actually have an impact on your income and your relationships with other people. So, how about that?Lesley Logan 4:11  (Inaudible) next line? Brad Crowell 4:11  Laugh it up fuzzball.Lesley Logan 4:14  That's a Star Wars reference, by the way. Katie Donnelly, got it. And Rachel Piper and maybe if there's other Star Wars people go for it, let me know. All right, let's go. So February 11th, is when we actually start Agency Mini Number 10.Brad Crowell 4:31  Number ten. Lesley Logan 4:32  So, that's just in three days you can go to OPC, no, that's not it.Brad Crowell 4:35  Nope. You can go to profitablepilates.com/mini Lesley Logan 4:39  Wow, I've never done that profitablepilates (laughs) that's how rich I am, profitablepilates.com/mini. Just sign up because we have yet to pick an Agency Mini Number 11 state and that's not a threat. It's just reality. We are really, really trying to get down to one time a year with this, and we don't know if it's gonna be this year, but it could be. So you want to sign up? Because that's might could be the last time we don't know. Brad Crowell 5:07  Yeah, so we're gonna be helping fitness business owners just like you figure out their messaging, clarify their purpose and how to create a pitch that isn't salesy and feels natural to you, in a week of getting to know Lesley and I and our coaching style, and then afterwards, you can join us in the Agency program. Lesley Logan 5:25  And or just get every question you've ever had answered, like you think you want to start a membership, we'll tell you pros and cons. And we'll tell you if you're ready. And if you are ready, we'll tell you how to keep going. And if you're not, we'll tell you how to get ready. Like, we're not we're not here to shoot anyone's dreams down. We're here to actually make it possible. And we don't want to waste your time doing it. Okay, now OPC. We have summer camp coming up this summer, and we're letting you know that it's coming up, because it's gonna be amazing. And usually throughout the year, we do little workshops. We're not doing that anymore. We're doing a summer camp instead. So you don't want to miss it because it's going to be amazing. And you're going to want to go to opc.me/workshops to get on the waitlist way to go, babe. Added that right in right there live opc.me/workshops that's plural. Okay. Then there's an OPC reformer challenge going on right now.Brad Crowell 6:19  Actually it just wrapped.Lesley Logan 6:20  Just wrapped. But you know what, it didn't wrap for you. Because you can, this is why we're amazing, you can actually sign up for it right now because it starts when you want to start it.Brad Crowell 6:28  You sure can. Lesley Logan 6:28  That's opc.me/challenge. And if you're like, Y'all, I want an accountability challenge. But I don't have reformer. Well keep listening, because in March, we will have a mat version for you. So it's really, really amazing. You can start that anytime if you're like, ah, this week's not great, LL, I'm going to start next week, fine. Write down opc.me/challenge and then sign up next week. Running down this list here. I already mentioned the March Madness Mat Challenge because it's coming up in March, so you know stay tuned. The presale for the barrels flashcard deck. Here's what I can tell you right now because I just placed the order. The spine corrector is finally available from ControlLogix. And if you're like what? Yes, it is. Do you want my discount link? Yes, you do. We'll put it in the show notes, but also Brad Crowell 6:31  Go to opc.me/perks Lesley Logan 6:54  Perks. And if you're like, they want me to call them LL. Well guess what reach out to us. We got an email of the salesperson who will hook you up with my discount link, but you have to email me for that email. So you want to, for the Barrels Deck, the best price is always a presale price. Why? Because we make you wait several months to get them. So your payment for waiting and being patient is 30% off. And the only way to get that is to be on the waitlist for the flashcard which is opc.me/flashcardwaitlist. Do you see how the waitlists are where the epic should happen? Because that's where it happens. Brad Crowell 7:49  That's where it happens. Lesley Logan 7:50  That's where it happens. Amazon podcasts, obviously, so opc.me/flashcardwaitlist, I'm gonna talk over the dog.Brad Crowell 7:58  I couldn't help myself. Every time you touch me it's like static electricity snap on my earballs. Lesley Logan 8:03  For sure. Everyone who's watching on YouTube is watching us like this weird thing with our heads. It's I'm being shocked in my earballs. Okay, so last but not least, the Cambodia early bird has closed. And oh my God, you guys Brad Crowell 8:19  There may still be a few spots left. Lesley Logan 8:21  We don't know because we're recording this in the future in the past for the future. Brad Crowell 8:26  In the past for the future. Lesley Logan 8:27  But if you go to lesleylogan.co/retreat plural or singular? Brad Crowell 8:34  Singular. Lesley Logan 8:34  Singular. You can sign up and see if there and if it says sold out. Well. Brad Crowell 8:40  Lo siento. Lesley Logan 8:41  Yeah, lo siento. I'm sorry. Flash not get on the waitlist.Brad Crowell 8:48  Go to retreats plural and get on the waitlist for next year. Lesley Logan 8:50  Yeah. All right. Before we get into this awesome topic about mental health, do we have an audience question, Brad?Brad Crowell 8:56  We sure did. Thank you, Shawn from Youtube. What are the measurements for the arm and leg springs on the Cadillac if I wanted to make my Cadillac more classical? Lesley Logan 9:08  So, I love this, Shawn. And here's the quick and dirty answer. I have listed the entire measurements for every place where you would want to place a hook on your Cadillac or tower or wall unit on the Cadillac flashcard. So you buy that flashcard deck. It's right there and also in centimeters because I am aware that the rest of the world uses the metric system. Is that correct?Brad Crowell 9:29  Yes, yes it is.Lesley Logan 9:33  Well, what system do we use? Brad Crowell 9:34  Imperial.Lesley Logan 9:35  Imperial. That sounds so tough. Imperial? In this country an imperial system? What? That makes no sense. It makes me think of like, like going to the Great Wall of China. Imperial. Okay. Brad Crowell 9:50  It's because we roll. Lesley Logan 9:51  Wow, you know what, you guys, America makes us really wonder too. Okay, but I do have the metrics system listed, as well as the Imperial. Inches versus centimeters for people who were like, what's the translation there? If you're wanting to make your equipment more classical, if you're an OPC member, we actually help out with this a lot, by the way, because we can look at each particular piece of equipment and give you feedback on yours, also based on your body. But the other thing you want to consider everyone who is retrofitting or not even retrofitting, but just like making modifications to the equipment you have, it's very important, you know this, don't go buy clips at the hardware store, don't like you got to be really, really careful what you're doing, because your equipment that you have, is definitely tested to stand the test of time for the springs that are sold with it. So if you're buying springs, that are not the brand of equipment that you have, here is the deal, should some shit hit the fan. The way the insurance companies work, is your insurance company is going to get sued, don't stress about it, that's why you have one, but then your insurance company's gonna go to the manufacturer, manufacturer will go, nope, we don't use those springs on our equipment. Now, that doesn't mean you're personally responsible. It just means that your insurance company is going to take the fall for it and they don't get to pass the buck off to somebody else. Again, don't stress about it but you need to make sure that if you are making changes to your equipment that the clips that you buy go with the springs because the springs and the clips that they sell those springs have been tested for the torque of the springs. So if you go to the Home Depot, or I don't know what you call it in another country, those clips are not tested for the (inaudible) I don't know Home D. They didn't sponsor this episode. So (inaudible) we keep saying their name, but if you're gonnaBrad Crowell 11:49  I bleed orange.Lesley Logan 11:50  Do you remember that okay, you guys. There's a reel, there's a reel where this girl she's like I have never pronounced an L so hard as when I went into the hardware store and said I need to buy some (inaudible) but anyways, okay, when you you don't want to so the moral the story don't buy your clips at a hardware store. Whatever springs you buy buy clips from that manufacturer because they are tested for the torque and tension of the spring and pressures about to happen keep that in mind. If you're gonna make changes people do this all the time. That doesn't mean it's right it just don't stress about it. Brad Crowell 12:32  It's an FYI. Lesley Logan 12:32  Just an FYI. Brad Crowell 12:33  Shawn, thank you for that question on YouTube. And if you would like to leave a question for us, where should they go? Lesley Logan 12:40  Oh, you can just leave it anywhere. Apparently we just pick them up anywhere. We just pick them up anywhere. So I infusing it into the Be It Pod is much easier. But just like the T the TL didn't listen TL DL. You fast-forward it. Get the flashcards for the Cadillac Deck they are they are they are also labeled for towers and you will have the measurements there. Brad Crowell 13:01  OPC.me/flashcards. Okay, now let's talk about [Steve] Wilson. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1978. After years of misdiagnosis and struggles, including a pivotal stay in a mental institution, he eventually found stability. Beyond writing his book Teetering On a Tightrope: My Bipolar Journey in 2022, [Steve] dedicates his time to facilitating two mental health support groups, providing a hope and understanding to those navigating similar challenges.Lesley Logan 13:37  Yeah, so I have to say like, the more I thought about him, the more I thought about his wife that he's been married to forever. Brad Crowell 13:44  Yeah. She's a rockstar.Lesley Logan 13:45  And when I told my dad about this guy, and my dad was like I said, he has been married for this many years. And he goes, Wow, she's tough. Like, andBrad Crowell 13:53  50-year 50-something years of marriage and for part of it, he was likeLesley Logan 13:58  MisdiagnosedBrad Crowell 13:59  Completely misdiagnosed.Lesley Logan 14:00  Mismedicated. And so I kind of I resonate with that. And I wanted to have him on for some reason. First of all, I fell in love with him in like a pre-interview chat. And he he is, you know, dying as we speak. Like he he didn't tell me why he's dying. But he does. He's dying. So. So I wanted to have him on as quickly as possible because I really love that he is wanting to share and make a mental health something that we're all talking about. And he dedicates his time if you listen to the episode to like helping people talk about their mental health, but also like I just think that it's so it can be so hard and can feel so selfish when you are trying to make your magic happen and someone around you is suffering. And so one of my takeaways is it's very tough job to be a supporter. And you've got to love them. And you know, making sure they have housing and good stuff, but like, you can't, you also can't fix them. And that's the hardest part is that we all want to fix people. You know, I know everyone listening in here, a lot of them are teachers, a lot of them are in the service industry of some kind. And they like, and they're mostly are women and so you're inherently a caregiver who just want to love up and support people. But you, you can support them, but you don't have the answers. Unless you do. Unless you're trained in that. And then you do, like, why I have a client who is a psychologist who totally does, but um, but it can be really difficult, you know, even even her own personal life, she has some family members who have some mental health issues, and she can't (inaudible)Lesley Logan 14:09  You know, like, if it's family, they also know what you do, and it can be resentful, you know, or they can resent it. So yeah, it's tough. I mean, being a supporter.Lesley Logan 15:49  Yeah. And also, like, you know, something that I want to bring up that I think is important we had Lindsay, what's Lindsay's new last name? Lindsay, my old assistant, she did a course for us on Profitable Pilates, about being an advocate. And one of the first things she said, which is she was quoting somebody else, which is like, you can Brad Crowell 16:15  Moore.Lesley Logan 16:16  Lindsey Moore. Lindsey, if you're listening, I'm so sorry, I can't remember your last name. It's not even new anymore. But she, she brought up a person's like, a quote in the industry is like, you could only advocate you can only support someone in the amount that you have energy-wise, like there's a Venn diagram of their needs, and what you have to offer. And it's very, very important that you are acknowledging what you have to offer because if you go beyond that, you now no longer can serve them, or yourself or the people you're responsible for in your life. And I think that can be really difficult when we're watching someone suffer, because we can want a lot of things for them. And he has bipolar disorder. But you know, we know people who have gross narcissism and things like that, like, it's really freaking hard, because you're like, I just want them to take their meds or I just want them to do these things. And you, you can love them, and you can support them, and you can advocate for them in the amount that you actually have. And that's really, really hard for people to live with. Because they want to do more.Brad Crowell 17:20  Yeah, and, you know, I'm sure there's many of you out there who are in a situation right now where you're supporting someone. And you know, what [Steve] was talking about what that was just loving them, you know, he talked about people say, angry things to you. And it's really easy, I guess, easy is the wrong word. But it's, you can get to the point where you just want to snap back and he said, you know, that will never work. It will not work. But yeah, I you know, it just makes me think back through the relationships that I've had in my life and, you know, seeing trying to be there trying to be supportive without also being pulled down yourself. That's really challenging.Lesley Logan 18:10  Yeah. Well, and that's but that's like that whole like, we all ignore. No one listens to security tips anymore on the plane, although we should because the door just blew off. But we like that was Brad Crowell 18:24  Did you hear someone they found somebody's iPhone, it blew out of the plane 16,000 feet it landed, it was still working.Lesley Logan 18:31  What? Yeah, that's crazy. They also found the plug that came out in the first place, which like, yeah, at any rate, listen to the security thing. They say one thing that's very important, put your own air mask on first. And we all tend to give more than we have. And it's just, that's not gonna help anybody. And if you're not an expert in mental health it is okay to seek out an expert. And there's also a lot of groups you know, like in the world of AA and stuff like that. There's Al-Anon there's different, there's different groups for people who have people who suffer from mental health issues so that you can be seen by people who get you because like, you could tell you're, I have friends like you go to tell them a problem and they like just do not they're, it's okay for them to be the wrong person. You know, so, which I think is it's important to acknowledge that sometimes our friends are amazing, our family's amazing, but they're not the right support for us. If you're going with some if you have someone in your life or you yourself have a mental health situation. Brad Crowell 19:33  Well, one thing that I really loved that he said, what that he talked about was after he moved to Arizona, and had the appropriate medical diagnosis and the meds he was on we're actually providing support for him. He really wanted to give back. And so actually, before he even moved, he was starting to do speaking at high schools and stuff. But he said, When he got to Arizona, he was they turned him away. Because he's in his 60s and trying to talk to like 15-year-olds, he wasn't as relatable as they were looking for. So he said, alright, well, I'm gonna go do this anyway. But I'm going to work in support groups. And so he started, he began facilitating two different support groups. And he's been doing that for the last eight years. And you know, his mission. He said, he started that whole thing back in the 90s when he had a clothing store, in Ohio, and two people, two young people, he knew had committed suicide, and that's really took him down the teen route and supporting teens, you know, and then today, you know, he's supporting these groups that are, you know, all ages, but it sounded to me, like his passion is still youth, and really working with youth. Brad Crowell 21:00  And you had a great question for him, you asked him, hey, we got a lot of moms on this program. You know, how do you begin to identify or, you know, what do you do? If your kid is beginning to struggle and they're unwilling to talk to you or they're exhibiting these different signs, and he said, he said, watch your child and notice if there are changes in their moods or actions, and you do not probe that he said, the first telltale sign is that their overall attitude will shift, whether that whether they're playing like, maybe they're escaping into video games, or you notice that their grades are dropping, or they never go outside. You know, these are signs that there's there's very much like something that's mentally, like, they're struggling with something right. And for him, it was abuse or sexual abuse. Right? And his parents he said weren't paying attention, and they wouldn't have known what to do anyway, because nobody was talking about it 50 years ago, (inaudible) more than 50. He was it would have been, he's in the 70s now, he's in his 80's now?Lesley Logan 22:14  I don't know how old he is now. But it was, he was like eight Brad Crowell 22:17  Yeah, he was he was less than 10 years. Lesley Logan 22:19  So young. But you know what's crazy to me is like, we all talk about like, oh, the world was worse now than it was no, it was terrible then Brad Crowell 22:27  Yeah he was raped as an eight-year-old in a movie theater (inaudible). Lesley Logan 22:32  There was no language around that and no one was taught opening up like my parents were very much like, no one's gonna touch you, these are your private parts. You can only be touched here if you give permission like, but like, that wasn't happening. My dad was never told that. Do you know what I mean? Like I like think about my dad's age when I was thinking about Steven, and I was just like, that wasn't happening. We but we pretend like nothing was happening bad back then. But it was. It's just it wasn't on the news it wasn't getting from this location to another location. Brad Crowell 23:02  And yeah, there wasn't the the Internet to disseminate, you know, that this has happened. happenedLesley Logan 23:06  This has and what are the telltale signs? And you know I Brad Crowell 23:08  You don't hear about it. Lesley Logan 23:09  I happened to, this morning, I happened to, I don't know why my news app came up, but and I also don't know why I clicked on this article. But I'm glad I did because I think it's really fitting for this. So Jessica Alba. I don't even know what she does today, in what, but she was interviewed for a magazine. Real Simple's first health issue, mental health issue, she was interviewed for it. And she was very open and honest that she and her daughters go to therapy together. And I was like, wow, that's so interesting that she would share that. And she actually shared how she got her daughters to go to therapy with her. And by the way, every one of my friends who has a daughter, I'm like, just so you know, they're gonna hate you for 10 years minimum, at least, you gotta let it go. You got to be prepared for that. Like they're just going to hate you. But Jessica Alba, she noticed that her daughters and her were having conflicts. And so she actually signed them up for therapy. And she said, this is your hour to tell me everything that you are upset about with me. And so parents listening, if you're trying to get your kiddos, to talk to you what's going on, what a great way to preface this is your vent hour like you can be up you can say everything you don't like about me in this container. And then there's a therapist there who can help you as a parent, articulate what they need, and also can help this kid that you're raising, you know, share what's going on with them. And like I just think it was I loved it. I was like, if my parents had told me, this is my parent venting hour I'm in therapy every week would have loved it. Mom, if you and dad are listening, just saying, that would have been a better marketing strategy.Brad Crowell 24:53  Yeah, she has a 15 and a 12-year-old daughter and then a younger son. Lesley Logan 24:58  So anyways, I think it's really important that we know the signs when you have kids and also just like how to support people that are going through it. So that doesn't affect you in a way that is beyond what you can handle. It's okay.Brad Crowell 25:13  Yeah. He said if you if you do identify, you know, like a dramatic change like those, those things, he said, you need to connect with your kids. So figure out how to connect with them, how to build a relationship with them. Jessica Alba was give her daughters' venting time. He said, it's important that you don't straight up say that there's something wrong with them, and we need to fix it. So we're gonna go to a psychiatrist like, that is probably terrifying for them. Also mortifying for them, because they're probably feeling embarrassed or guilty.Lesley Logan 25:50  Anything wrong with them in high school and junior high, like everybody, butBrad Crowell 25:53  Also like, you know, like I you know, what did he say? He said he didn't tell anybody about his abuse for 30 years, 30 years before he told him what so he was 38 before he ever talked about it. Right? So it's the, the guilt and the fear associated with it, it makes it easy to hide that kind of a thing. And so he said, be gentle in the approach. Yeah. Lesley Logan 26:27  Yeah. I think that's amazing. Brad Crowell 26:29  All right. Let's talk about those Be It Action Items. What bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted action items can we take away from your convo with [Steve] Wilson? He said that it's a terribly long journey ahead, you know, to stabilize mental health. You know, and he was specifically talking about the two different types of bipolar disorder. And he I want to say he had type two, I think that's what he had. But, you know, you had a really interesting conversation about stability. And, you know, he said, we, he said, so many people in this country who are suffering, he said, 60 million people suffer from some kind of mental health, whether it's depression, or bipolar, or whatever. And he said, we could get start, we could start getting some things done if we, as a community, who maybe we are suffering ourselves, or maybe we know someone who is suffering. But the only reason the only way that change will happen in the in mental health in our country, in our communities, is if we become active in voicing, our desire for change for the need for support in this area is so important. I mean, I think that it's again, because of the Internet, it's so prevalent today, it's so, we can easily find all these instances where mental health is a problem today and it feels like there's nothing being done about it. And he said, actually, that there are less, there are less support groups today. There are less college psychiatrists today. There are less therapists today than there were, I don't actually know when the stats are, but in recent years, he said it's on a decline. Yeah. And, you know, a lot of that has to do with the business behind health care in our country. Right? The fact that the insurance companies make it really challenging to get coverage for these things and Lesley Logan 28:43  They make it so challenging that the therapist can't make a living off of it. They don't take it anymore. So like,Brad Crowell 28:50  Otherwise, you're looking at paying out a couple hundred bucks a session. 300 bucks a session.Lesley Logan 28:54  Oh, my God, it's yeah, no, no, it's it's insane. And I don't fault the therapist for not taking insurance because like, I know how hard, in the United States, I know how difficult it is to get paid from insurance companies. You're waiting months. Yeah. And they bring it down to nothing. And so people have bills to pay. And it just needs to be some. That's a whole other topic. At any rate, I there are, what is amazing is there are look in your community. There are some support groups that are out there, it's, you're to find them. But like, you know, I know in Las Vegas, there's different support groups that are based off for different types of people. And there are charities that want to help you there are so you know if you are the person supporting someone who has is mentally ill, I think you know, use your Internet. Thank God we have it.Brad Crowell 29:46  Yeah, I definitely like completely sidetracked and took over your Be It point.Lesley Logan 29:51  Yeah, it's okay. I'm gonna go into it. Brad Crowell 29:52  Well, well, you know, I think we can just you already talked about find in the Internet. He mentioned a company or an organization called NAMI, N-A-M-I, so, you know, find that website, and they have resources and tools on there for those who are suffering from mental health. And then also, you know, he talked about calling your congressperson. So to be quite honest, I mean, that is the easiest possible thing.Lesley Logan 30:18  Everybody, you know, call your congressman, we have a phone number, because there's a, there's a sweatshirt you can buy off Cricut media called call your congressperson. I think it's 222Brad Crowell 30:29  202-224-3121. And we'll put that in the show notes. 202-224-3121. And you can call them and you can tell them, hey, I live in this state, this is my zip code, and they will connect you with your congressperson. And you can just leave them a voicemail, you'll almost never get someone on the phone, you just leave them a voicemail, and you say, hi, you know, my name is this is my zip code and I really, really, really care about mental health. And I think that you, as my congressperson should be fighting on behalf of mental health. And you just need to tell them that that is literally what all you you need to do is call them and just leave that voicemail.Lesley Logan 31:06  And if you live in a different country, I don't know how to have your person's number for you, but I'm sure that's on the Internet as well. And they work for you. Whether you get to vote for them or not. They're supposed to work for you. So you call them you find a way to email them, things like that. Lastly, I just want to say he mentioned that the stigma against mental health in this world is terrible. Specific, it really frickin is I was so, so so proud of my dad the other day, we're driving the car. And we're talking about homelessness. And he said, well, most of them are mentally ill. And I was like, you're right. Thank you. They are. Like they're not like, you're I think people look at homeless people. And they're just like, they should just pull it up from their bootstraps. They could there's a job, there's jobs out there you should get them. Y'all you have to have a physical address for resume. You do. Period. You have to have physical address to get your money from the VA system, you have to have a physical addresses, PO Boxes don't work. Brad Crowell 31:07  So if just if I'm sure none of you have been following along, but I've been supporting a homeless family now for five years, I think, four, four or five years. Yeah, they just finally got an address. Finally. Lesley Logan 32:18  Yeah, so So can you just when you see people who are talking crazy on the sidewalk, I know it scares you. I know it makes you fearful, I know you want to turn away, we have got to stop. Other-ising people who have mental health issues. Because it is a prevalent problem in this country. It's prevalent in this world, there is help out there for the people, for people who can afford it or have access to it. And if you are at all able to make a phone call to your congressman person, please do. And if you've got someone in your life, who's got issues that need support, do not stop until you find them support, because we have to stop, we have to stop making it like they're weirdos. They're not. They're human beings who have hormone imbalance who have a genetic thing. Brad Crowell 33:12  Chemical imbalance.Lesley Logan 33:13  Like, like it's so easy for this all to happen. And you also know what you might be depressed one day. So at any rate, this whole episode was not supposed to be done on a like a low note, my whole point of doing this is like I have seen what mental health issues in my own family have done to my own family and how they can tear people apart or make or strain relationships I have seen we lived in L.A. and we saw the effects of mental health that was unsupported. And I feel I am very, I'm very grateful for how that well this podcast is doing and I wanted to provide a story from someone who has who has actually suffered is suffering from it, who is actually doing amazing things and he's got a great book to help you. If you don't even understand what it's like to have mental health issues, the empathy that you could have after you read this book could be what you need to help you support other people. Brad Crowell 34:10  Yeah, in fact, I think that's a perfect way to to end this. I'm actually going to read you the just the byline on this book here. From [Steve] the title the book is called teetering on a Tightrope: My Bipolar Journey he wrote in 2022. He said, as an energetic normal boy of nine, Stephen W. Wilson would not have guessed that the most horrifying day of his life was lurking just months ahead. From that terrifying day when he was at the theater to a suicide to his suicidal ideations. His attempt to kill his father and his subsequent hospitalization, Teetering on a Tightrope sweeps the reader headlong into the abyss of bipolar disorder. Wilson propels the reader into his sometimes out-of-control mind, inability to perform sexually and overwhelming anger. Despite all that Steven Wilson gushes about the monumental times when he was in a state of normalcy and could enjoy life's golden moments, all centered around his family and his friends. Teetering On a Tightrope shows that those who suffer from bipolar disorder can experience a full and productive life. So there is hope.Lesley Logan 35:17  I'm Lesley Logan. Brad Crowell 35:18  And I'm Brad Crowell. Lesley Logan 35:18  Thank you so much for joining us today. You are amazing. And we are so grateful for you. How are you going to use these tips in your life, we want to know. Tag the Be It Pod, send us your questions, shoot us a friend who needs it. And until next time, Be It Till You See It. Brad Crowell 35:31  Bye for now. Lesley Logan 35:33  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. 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Welcome back, everybody. This is Part 2 of Your 2024 Mental Health Plan, and today we are going to talk about the specific tools that you need to supercharge your recovery. This podcast is called Your Anxiety Toolkit. Today, we are going to discuss all the tools that you are going to have in your tool belt to use and practice so that you can get to the recovery goals that you have. Let's go. For those of you who are here and you're ready to get your toolkit, what I encourage you to do first is go back to last week and listen to Part 1 of this two-part series, which is where we do a mental health recovery audit. We go through line by line and look at a bunch of questions that you can ask yourself, journal them down, and find specifically what areas of recovery you want to work on this year.  Now, even if you're listening to this as a replay and it's many years later, that's fine. You can pick this up at any point. This episode and last week's episode actually came from me sitting down a few weeks ago and actually going, “Okay, Kimberley, you need to catch up and get some things under control here.” You can do this at any time in a month from now or a year from now. We're here today to talk about tools, so let's get going.  First, we looked at, when we did our audit, the general category. The general question was, how much distress are you under? How much time is it taking up, and how do you feel or what are your thoughts about that distress? That is a very important question. Let's just start there. That is an incredibly important question because how you respond to your distress is a huge indicator of how much you will suffer.  If you have anxiety and your response is to treat it like it's important, try to get it to go away, and spend your time ruminating and wrestling, you're going to double, triple, quadruple your suffering. You're already suffering by having the anxiety, but we don't want to make it worse.  If you're having intrusive thoughts and you respond to them as if they're important and need to be solved, again, we're going to add to our suffering. If you have grief, shame, or depression and you're responding to that by adding fuel to the fire, by adding negative thoughts, or by saying unkind things to yourself, you're going to feel worse. How do you respond?  WILLINGNESS Tool #1 you're going to need in this category is willingness. When you identify that you're having an emotion, how willing are you to make space for that emotion? I'm not saying give it your attention; I'm saying, are you willing to just allow it to be there without wrestling it, trying to make it go away? Are you willing to normalize the emotion? Yeah, it makes complete sense that I'm having a hard time, or that all humans have these emotions. How willing can you be?  Often, what I will ask my patients is, out of 10, if 10 being the highest, how willing are you? We're looking for eights, nines, and tens here. If you're at like a six, seven, that's okay. Let's see if we can get it up to the eights, nines, and tens.  VALUES OVER FEAR Another tool (Tool #2) is respond with values, not fear or emotion. We want to work at being very clear on what our values are, what is important to us. Because if we don't, emotions will show up. They will feel very, very real. When they feel very, very real, you're likely to respond to them as if they're real. Again, adding fuel to the fire, adding to the suffering. Instead, we want to respond with values.  If you have fear, you're going to ask yourself, do I want to respond based on what fear is telling me, or my values, my beliefs, the principles, the things that are important to me? If you're depressed, do you want to respond based on what depression is telling you to do? Like, "Give up, it's hopeless, there's no point." Or do you want to get back in touch with what matters to you? What would you do if depression wasn't here? What would you do if anxiety was not here?  The third tool I'm going to give you, and this is a huge one—I'm going to break it down into different categories—is mindfulness. Now, if you've been here on Your Anxiety Toolkit, you already know that I think mindfulness is the most important tool, one of the most important tools you will have in your tool belt. You should be using it in your tool belt every day. It's like if you actually had a tool belt, it'd be like the hammer, the thing you probably use the most.  Mindfulness involves four things, and this is the way I want you to think about it.  MINDFULNESS Number one, it's awareness. Mindfulness is being present and aware of what is happening to you internally. Being able to identify, I feel sad, I feel anxious, I notice uncertainty, I'm noticing I'm having thoughts about A, B, and C. That awareness can help you stay in line with your values, but stay present enough to respond wisely.  Mindfulness is also presence. I've already given you that word. It's being in the here and now. Fear always wants us to look into the future; mindfulness is being in the here and now. Depression often always wants us to look at the past and ruminate on the past and what went wrong or what will potentially go wrong in the future; mindfulness is only tending to the here and now, what's actually happening.  When I'm anxious and I become present in my body, I realize that the thing that I'm afraid of hasn't happened yet. If it is happening, if the thing that I'm afraid of is happening, then I can still go, “Okay, what's happening in the present? How can I relate to it?” As we've discussed in earlier tools, how can I relate to it in a way that doesn't add to my suffering? Can I make some space for it? Can I be willing to have it? Can I respond with values? Really getting present in this moment will give you some space to act very skillfully.  NON-JUDGMENT The next mindfulness tool is non-judgment. We have to be non-judgmental. Often, when I'm with my patients or with my students, they will often say, “I'm having anxiety, and it is bad and wrong, and I'm wrong for having it, and it shouldn't be here.” All of that is a judgment.  I often bring them back to the fact that anxiety, while yes, it is uncomfortable, it is neutral. Let me say that again. Anxiety, while it is uncomfortable—it's not fun—it is neutral. It is neither good nor bad. It just is your present experience. This work becomes how willing are you to feel discomfort. How willing are you to widen your distress tolerance for this thing that you're experiencing, and how can you practice not judging it as bad?  The thing to remember is, if you have an emotion, a sensation, or a thought, and you appraise it as bad, your brain will remember that for next time. So next time you have it, it will more likely send out a bunch of cortisol and adrenaline and a bunch of stress hormones when you have that emotion, that sensation, or that thought. And that's how we can break this cycle by practicing non-judgment.  WISDOM AND INSIGHT The fourth piece of mindfulness that I want you to consider is wisdom and insight. This is not a typical mindfulness tool, I would say, but it's an important piece of our work. When we have mental struggles, when we have emotional struggles, it's very easy to fall into the trap of believing our thoughts and our feelings, going into that narrative, and getting into that story. When we do that, again, we make things worse. We tend to act on those emotions and that distress instead of our values. A lot of mindfulness, if you can practice being present, if you can practice being aware, if you can practice being non-judgmental, you then get to be steady in wisdom. You get to check the facts and respond according to the facts and the reality. You get to be level in how you respond. It doesn't mean your anxiety will go away. It just means that you're thinking in a way where you can make decisions. You're connected to your prefrontal cortex, where you can make good decisions for yourself, not just respond to the emotions that you're having. That's sort of like a bigger picture, but that's sort of more like the result of practicing mindfulness.  When we last week went through the audit of your mental health recovery, we also addressed safety behaviors. Now these were avoidance, reassurance seeking, mental compulsions, physical compulsions, and there is a fifth one, but we'll talk about that later. We really went through and thoroughly investigated, did an audit, did an inventory of how many of these behaviors and what specific behaviors you do. Again, if you didn't listen to that episode, go back and look at that because it will help you put together a really good inventory of what's going on for you. Now, I want to address a couple of things when it comes to these. If you're someone who does a lot of avoidance, I'm going to strongly encourage you to use Tool #4, which is find ways to face your fear. Identify all the things that you are afraid of and you're avoiding, and find creative ways to face your fear and make it fun. If you're afraid of something, try to find ways to make it fun that line up with your values. If you're afraid of airplanes but love to travel, pick a place when you first start this that you're interested in going to. Have it be something that you have been wanting to go to for a long time. Do it with someone you enjoy doing it with. If it's something miscellaneous around the house, include the people around you, make it fun, put the music on that you want. You're not doing that to take the discomfort away; you're doing it so that it's so deeply based on your values, so deeply based on what's important to you, and purposely every day, find ways to face your fears.  Now, if you have OCD specifically and you want help with this, we have a full, comprehensive course called ERP School. If you go to CBTSchool.com, you can get access to that, and it will take you step by step on how to do that for OCD.  If you have generalized anxiety or panic disorder, we have a step-by-step process for how you can do that. It's called overcoming anxiety and panic.  If you have depression, we actually have a whole comprehensive course for depression as well on how you can face the depression, how you can undo the way that depression has you avoiding things and procrastinating, and how it's demotivating you. That course is there for you as well at CBT School.  If you're someone who struggles with mental compulsions, we actually have a free six-part mental compulsion series here on Your Anxiety Toolkit. It's completely free. I'll leave the links for that in the show notes below. But that will help you walk through it with six amazing clinicians from around the world, like the best ones that we can get, talking specifically about different ways to manage mental compulsions. But it does involve a lot of the tools we've already talked about—a lot of mindfulness, a lot of facing your fear, a lot of willingness, a lot of awareness. These are things that you can be using specifically to interrupt those safety behaviors. Now, another tool (Tool #5) is distress tolerance, because as you face your fear, you're going to have some uncomfortable feelings. Distress tolerance is an opportunity for you to lean into that discomfort a little more. It's very skill-based. Let me give you a couple of ideas.  BEGINNERS MIND Number one would be this idea of a beginner's mind. Usually, when we're uncomfortable, our natural human instinct is to get out of here. Like, “Let's go. I don't want to be here. I don't want to feel it. Let's run away.” Another instinct is to fight. Like, “Oh, I want to wrestle with it.”  Beginner's mind is the opposite of that. It's the practice of being curious. We actually have a whole podcast episode on beginner's mind. Think of it like you're a baby. I always say, imagine you're like one or two and you hand the baby a set of keys. Now, if you handed a set of keys to an adult, they'd be like, “Yeah, that's keys.” They wouldn't really stop to look at the keys. But if you give it to the baby, they're so curious, they're so open-minded, and they look at the keys like I've never seen these. They're shiny, but they're hard, but they're bumpy. They have these round things. What do you do with them? I'll put them in my mouth. What do they taste like? What do they feel like? They're so willing to see these keys as if it's the first time they've ever seen them because it's the first time they've ever seen them.  As adults, we have to practice being curious, just like that. When we're uncomfortable, we can be curious instead of nonjudgmental and go, “Okay, let's be curious about this. What does it feel like? I wonder what it's like if I'm willing to feel it. How long does it last? Can I let it be there? I wonder what will happen if I let it be there and go and do this or face the fear.” Let's be curious instead of having a fixed mindset of, “I can't feel this. I can't handle it. I don't want to,” and so forth. Beginner's mind is very important in helping you relearn the perceived stress or the perceived danger of a certain thing.  Another really important distress tolerance skill is radical acceptance. Radical acceptance is a sort of badass response to fear and emotions by going, “Bring it. Let's have it. It's here. There's nothing I can do. Trying to stop it only makes things worse. And so I'm committed to radically accepting it being here.” Then you can go on to use other tools like your values and willingness, ERP, CBT, and any of those. You can use any of those skills. But you're coming from a place of just radically accepting that it's there.  UNCERTAINTY Another distress tolerance skill is to be uncertain on purpose. “Bring it on.” If you have anxiety, you're going to have uncertainty anyway. Bring it on. Let's let it be there. Let's make another relationship with uncertainty—one that's not stressful and one where it's like, I'm allowing it to be there. I actually have some mastery over it because I've practiced letting it be there before, and I tolerated it then, and I'm sure I'll tolerate it again.  Remember here, you have gotten through 100% of the hard things in your life. You can do it again, and each time we can make this 1% improvement in how skillful we are in response to it. SELF-KINDNESS AND SELF-COMPASSION The next category that we had in the audit was kindness. We talked about questions such as, how do you treat yourself throughout the day? How kind are you? Do you punish yourself for having emotional struggles? And of course, you guys know this is number six, which is self-compassion. We know that self-punishment doesn't work. In fact, it makes us feel worse.  Self-compassion is the practice of making you a safe place to have any emotion, any discomfort, have any thought, have any anxiety. You're willing to have them all, and you're going to promise yourself and commit to yourself that you'll be gentle with yourself no matter what. That's the work.  Truly, so many of you have said that you've been working on that, and you've actually made huge strides in that area. We have so much content on Your Anxiety Toolkit on self-compassion. I'd encourage you to go back and listen to any of those. This year I'm going to really heavily emphasize this work, but I really want you to really consider creating a safe place for you to have any emotion, any intrusive thought, any feeling, any discomfort at all, any pain, so that you know that you're always in a safe place to have those feelings.  MINDSET  The last category of the audit that we did last week was on mindset. We asked questions like, how willing are you to experience these emotional struggles? When you wake up, what's the thing you think? Do you think, “Oh no, I can't handle it, this is going to be terrible, I hope I don't have any anxiety today, I hope my emotions don't come or I hope I don't have any thoughts”? Or do you have a more positive outlook of the day?  Now, we already talked about willingness. It was one of the first tools that we used. But here, I want you to consider the idea of being positive. Now, I'm not saying positive like, “Oh no, my bad things won't happen,” or “No, I'm not a bad person, and my fears won't come true.” That's not what I'm talking about being positive. I'm talking about remind yourself of your strengths. That is a tool.  Being complementary and positive is a tool that we don't use enough. We spend all the time thinking about the worst-case scenario, and we very rarely take time to really think, “I'm actually pretty strong. I've actually handled a lot. I'm actually very, very resilient.” Is it possible that you do that too? What can we do to get you to see yourself the way I see you?  Often, I'll say to clients, “Oh my gosh, you're doing so well.” And they'll be like, “Oh, I kind of am, you're right.” Or I'll say, “Wow, look at how you got through that really hard thing.” And they're like, “No, it's not a big deal; everyone can do it.” But I'm like, “No, you did that.”  CELEBRATE YOUR WINS  Please practice being positive towards yourself, having positive regard for yourself, celebrating your wins, thinking positive about your strengths, not just focusing on your weaknesses.  Now Tool #8, we all know. I say it every single week, which is it's a beautiful day to do hard things. When we wake up and we think, “Oh no, I don't want bad things to happen,” we become a victim. What we want to do is we want to stand up and say, “Today is a really beautiful day to do really freaking hard things, and I'm going to practice doing those.” I want you to think of #8 as a motto, a mantra that you can take with you everywhere. “It is a beautiful day to do hard things.” We don't need perfect conditions to do hard things either. We don't need motivation to do hard things. Sometimes we just have to do them, whether we're motivated or not. And then we see the benefit. We don't have to wait until you have the right thought, the right feeling, or the right situation.  Often, I'll catch myself like, “Oh, I had a little bit of an argument with my husband. No, I'm not going to do hard things today.” No, that's the day to go do the hard thing. Do it because it's what brings you closest to your recovery. It brings you closest to the goals that you have.  TIME MANAGEMENT Now, Tool #9 is time management. When you wake up in the morning, if dread is the first thing on your mind, time management will help. We have a whole course on CBTSchool.com on time management, and what it is about is teaching you a few core things. Number one, schedule your recovery homework first because it has to be the priority. It has to be. Secondly, schedule fun time first. Don't schedule work. Don't schedule your chores. Make sure you're prioritizing these things because recovery requires rest, it requires fun, it requires lightness and brightness, and fulfillment. Doing these hard things takes up a lot of energy, so any way you can, even if it's for two minutes, manage your time so that you have set in your calendar, set a reminder, the time where you're going to do the things that you need to do to get your recovery on its way. Prioritize it.  We have a whole course called Time Management for Optimum Mental Health. You can get it at CBTSchool.com, and it really outlines how you can do this and how you can practice prioritizing these things, which brings us to Tool #10, which is find a community of people who are doing the same things as you.  I get it, everyone on Instagram looks like they're having a jolly time and their life is easy. The truth is, no, they're not. Find the people who are also struggling with similar adversity. You could go to CBT School Campus, which is a Facebook group we have. On social media, there are so many amazing advocates sharing what it's like to be doing this work. Come on over and follow me on Instagram at Your Anxiety Toolkit, where I talk a lot about this all the time. There is a community of people who make the most gorgeous comments and are so supportive and encouraging. FIND COMMUNITY Find a community, because if you feel like you're the only one who's struggling, it makes it really, really hard. Just know that you're not alone and that other people are going through hard things. They might not be going through exactly what you're going through, but this community is filled with millions of listeners. There are other people who are struggling too, so try to find them. Use them as accountability buddies. Touch base with them.  My best friend and I meet once a week, fire the phone, and check in. How are you doing? What are you doing well with? How are you doing with the goals you set for last week? Try to find someone, if you can, who can be your accountability buddy. If not, maybe ask a loved one or a friend who might be willing to do that.  There are the 10 tools that I want you to have in your toolkit. You're not going to use them all the time. You're not even going to be good at them. I'm even willing to say you're going to suck at using them, and that is okay. I suck at using these sometimes too. This is not about perfection; this is about pausing, looking at the problem, asking yourself, which of these tools would be most helpful right now? And be curious. Again, use your beginner's mind. Be curious about trying them, experimenting, giving yourself a lot of celebration in the fact that you tried.  Again, this doesn't have to be perfect. We make 1% improvements over here. That's all I'm looking for—a 1% improvement. Is there something you can do today that will get you 1% closer to your recovery goal? If that is possible, go for it. Give it your best. You will not regret it. I've never once had someone regret moving towards their recovery. In fact, I've only seen people say, “I'm so grateful I did it.” Even though it might have been late, it's never too late.  All right. Have a wonderful day. I know you can do this. I cannot wait for this year. I have so many things I want to talk to you about.  Have a wonderful day, and I'll see you next week.

TW: My guest today is Debra Blackman. Debra tells us about sexual abuse that happened to her as a child, so if that's likely to be difficult for you to hear, please do switch off from this episode.Growing up in a family with an affluent facade, Debra suffered in silence from sexual abuse by a family member until she was 17. Her mother failed to see her plight. When the family moved home, Debra experienced bullying and isolation, and struggled to face the situation she was in. The abuse from her father reached a breaking point when she was 18, and she finally stood up to him, leading to her being kicked out of her own home with just £5 to her name.It's not surprising that this difficult start took Debra down a toxic path in her relationships over the next few years, but today she is a top flight banker and CEO, providing an example of how it's possible to overcome even the worst kind of experiences and build a life you can love.Debra tells us how her behaviour reflected what was happening to her, how therapy changed her mindset about her life, and how she hasn't allowed the abuse to define her. She also says how hard it was to walk away from the abuse when she was very young, and acknowledges that she wasn't ready to tackle her trauma until the time was right. Who is Debra Blackman? Debra is the owner of Viessentially, an exectuive PA service. More teenage parenting from Helen Wills:Helen wills is a teen mental health podcaster and blogger at Actually Mummy, a resource for midlife parents of teens.Thank you for listening! Subscribe to the Teenage Kicks podcast to hear new episodes. If you have a suggestion for the podcast please email teenagekickspodcast@gmail.com.There are already stories from fabulous guests about difficult things that happened to them as teenagers - including losing a parent, becoming a young carer, and being hospitalised with mental health problems - and how they overcame things to move on with their lives.You can find more from Helen Wills on parenting teenagers on Instagram and Twitter @iamhelenwills.For information on your data privacy please visit Podcast.co.Please note that Helen Wills is not a medical expert, and nothing in the podcast should be taken as medical advice. If you're worried about yourself or a teenager, please seek support from a medical professional.Podcast produced by James Ede at Be Heard production.

Join us as we delve into the complex tapestry of Dukkha (suffering) and Sukha (happiness), exploring the profound connection between mental health and the journey to recovery. In this episode, I dive into the Sanskrit Philosophy of Dukka & Sukka. These concepts guided me through a challenging year, which included a breakup with my partner who struggles with addiction. My intention for this show is to open my heart to others who might relate and share ways to elevate your energy during tough times. Whether you're on a personal journey, supporting a loved one, or simply seeking a deeper understanding of these intricate themes, I am here to provide knowledge, inspiration, and a sense of community. Join us on this enlightening exploration of the human experience. Self care tree link: https://amzn.to/3Ys5CGh Britney Spears book: https://amzn.to/3QCLFtN Modere Skin Collagen Code

Embark on a journey of self-discovery and transformation as former Major Leaguer turned Mental Health Advocate, Drew Robinson, who makes a triumphant return to the #ComebackStoriesPodcast. In this riveting episode, Drew shares his powerful story of overcoming tragedy and finding hope amidst the darkest moments of his life. Hosts Darren Waller and Donny Starkins lead with heart and purpose, creating a safe space for Drew to unleash a storm of raw emotion and vulnerability. As a seasoned captain in the world of mental health and advocacy, Drew reflects on his career-defining year, from his near-death experience to his inspiring comeback. Through vivid storytelling, he delves deep into the lessons he has learned, the tools and practices that have helped him heal, and the importance of acknowledging mental health struggles without shame or guilt. This captivating conversation is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of connection. Don't miss this episode of #ComebackStoriesPodcast. Subscribe to the Inflection Network YouTube channel, and follow us on iHeart, Instagram, and X for more inspiring content, stories of transformation, and heartfelt conversations. Join Drew, Darren, and Donny as they navigate the choppy waters of life's challenges, proving that with courage, determination, and the right mindset, you can overcome anything. #AllIN #InflectionNetwork ► YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCriVmGIBt38uDKYOL3pmjkw  ► iHeart https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-comeback-stories-119696372/  ► Instagram https://www.instagram.com/inflectionent/?hl=en  ► Instagram https://www.instagram.com/comebackstoriesshow/?hl=en  DARREN WALLER ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/rackkwall/?... ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/rackkwall83?lang=en DONNY STARKINS   ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/donny_stark... ► Twitter | https://mobile.twitter.com/donnystarkins #ComebackStoriesPodcast #AllIN #InflectionNetwork See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Robert Hedaya has been practising functional medicine psychiatry for many years, and is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center. He is the author of Understanding Biological Psychiatry, The Antidepressant Survival Guide and Depression: Advancing the Treatment Paradigm, and the founder of the Whole Psychiatry and Brain Recovery Center, as well as a faculty member at The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM). In this captivating interview for The MindHealth360 Show, Dr. Hedaya talks about how he uses Functional Medicine, focusing on nutrition, digestion, inflammation, toxicity, and hormone levels, and combines it with novel brain therapies which he bundles in his pioneering HYLANE protocol, for a truly personalised treatment for mental health and neurological disorders. HYLANE combines hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), qEEG guided transcranial laser therapy, and neural exercises to treat dysfunction in the brain. He has had great successes with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, neurodegenerative and other brain disorders using this technology, sometimes even when not combined with functional medicine.  He also discusses how our brains can be deeply affected by socio-cultural, environmental factors and trauma, leading to dysregulation of the hypothalamic pituitary and adrenal (HPA) axis and epigenetic mutations which can affect vital functions such as methylation.

This episode, we bring our guest Caleb Swanepoel to the show. Caleb has a great story in sharing from his experiences.  Caleb shares about: - Surviving a shark attack - Training as an athlete/passion for surfing - Speaker/Inspiring/Storytelling - Recovery/Mental Health/Mindset - Creating his own path - So much more that you don't want to miss Check out Caleb Swanepoel at: - IG: @calebswanepoel    - FB: Caleb Swanepoel - Linkedin: Caleb Swanepoel Rise to the Challenge Podcast mission is Real Life Stories, Real Motivations, To Inspire All Generations. In each episode, we bring guests on the show from all background, all experiences, and all generations to share their story about overcoming challenges, accomplishing their goals, and rise to the challenge. Our guests get real about their experiences because we all have our own story and journey that we are on. Come on the journey with our guest and maybe your story connects, learn something new, and so much more when our guests are on the show. What is your Rise to the Challenge you are going on right now? Let us know. Make sure to subscribe to all of our platforms from Youtube, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, iHeart Radio, and More. Follow the show to stay up to date on new episodes.

How much water should you drink daily? This is a loaded question. The average athletic female needs approximately 4 liters of water per day and the average athletic male needs about 5.7 liters. A gallon of water is 3.78. Our muscles are made up of about 76% water and our brains are made up of about 75% water. When we are even slightly under hydrated it affects everything from our energy and mood to our sleep and ability to perform our workouts. In this video, I will share with you the top tips for how to stay hydrated, key signs that you might be dehydrated, how hydration can help increase your energy, workouts and improve sleep, my favorite electrolytes and hydration tools, and so much more!

Hosts and PTSI Resilience Trainers John Salerno and Samantha Horwitz talk with Antonio Santana, USMC combat veteran, retired law enforcement officer, author, and founder of Frontline Strong Podcast and https://FrontlineStrong.org on A Badge of Honor Podcast.Your darkness is not your end; it is a part of your journey; it is a chapter in your great book of life. The best things in your life are on the other side of your darkness. Frontline Strong provides the light to help frontline workers get back on the path to healing.Frontline Strong's mission is to serve those who make selfless service their life's work. Our goal is to decrease the impact of trauma on the lives of first responders, frontline healthcare workers, veterans, and their families through access to free counseling services with therapists and social workers with a passion for working with those on the frontline.A Badge of Honor offers workshops to first responders across the nation, working with mental health liasons and critical incident management teams for Post Traumatic Stress Injury Recovery, wellness and resilience. A Badge of Honor says, "We Hear You," and wants you to know you are not alone. A Badge of Honor is a non-profit partner with Carry The Load as part of their Continuum of Care program.A Badge of Honor Podcast is brought to you by:Carry In Texas, https://www.carryintexas.com 469-232-7894OBBM Network Podcasts, https://obbmnetwork.com 214-714-0495Support the show

Hosts and PTSI Resilience Trainers John Salerno and Samantha Horwitz talk with David Dachinger, retired firefighter / EMT, and host of Responder Resilience Podcast on A Badge of Honor Podcast.Responder Resilience is a show featuring experts sharing wisdom and experience from the front lines of First Responder health and wellness.More Fire, Police, and EMS personnel die by suicide than by the hazards of the job.  And research shows that up to a quarter of public safety dispatchers have symptoms of PTSD and depression.In this silent worldwide crisis, First Responders are quietly suffering, due to stigmas around mental health services, and a lack of awareness about available vital resources to assist them. We can help the helpers.Hosted by David Dachinger, retired fire lieutenant with over 20 years as a leader in emergency services, Dr. Stacy Raymond,  Clinical Psychologist and trauma specialist, and Bonnie C. Rumilly, LCSW and EMT who specializes in the treatment of First Responders. Follow them https://www.respondertv.com/A Badge of Honor offers workshops to first responders across the nation, working with mental health liasons and critical incident management teams for Post Traumatic Stress Injury Recovery, wellness and resilience. A Badge of Honor says, "We Hear You," and wants you to know you are not alone. A Badge of Honor is a non-profit partner with Carry The Load as part of their Continuum of Care program.A Badge of Honor Podcast is brought to you by:Carry In Texas, https://www.carryintexas.com 469-232-7894OBBM Network Podcasts, https://obbm.buzzsprout.com 214-714-0495https://OBBMNetwork.comSupport the show

Hosts and PTSI Resilience Trainers John Salerno and Samantha Horwitz talk with Marc “Junk” Junkerman, retired law enforcement Lieutenant from Maryland, U.S. Army Veteran, and faculty member and outreach ambassador with the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) on A Badge of Honor Podcast.The mission of ICISF is to be the leader in providing education, training, consultation, and support services in comprehensive crisis intervention and disaster behavioral health services to emergency responders, and other professions, organizations and communities worldwide.Marc is an independent consultant whose primary focus is in assisting clients with the design, implementation, and sustainment of wellness and resiliency cultures. His approach is best reflected in the US Army's leadership mantra of “Mission First, People Always” and is rooted in practical, holistic leadership and management applications.Marc has been tapped on numerous occasions to brief or testify in front of state and federal lawmakers, serves regularly as a keynote speaker, and is the creator of the CISM 360© and S.O.A.Ring with CISM programs.Find out more about ICISF across social media or visit https://icisf.org/A Badge of Honor offers workshops to first responders across the nation, working with mental health liasons and critical incident management teams for Post Traumatic Stress Injury Recovery, wellness and resilience. A Badge of Honor says, "We Hear You," and wants you to know you are not alone. A Badge of Honor is a non-profit partner with Carry The Load as part of their Continuum of Care program.A Badge of Honor Podcast is brought to you by:Carry In Texas, https://www.carryintexas.com 469-232-7894OBBM Network Podcasts, https://obbmnetwork.com 214-714-0495Support the show

Yoga is a tool that helps bring connection to our bodies, the communities around us and to highest expression of who we want to be. Today's guest Chelsea Roff is sharing how Yoga is also one of the most impactful tools in eating disorder recovery. Chelsea is the founder of Eat Breathe Thrive. She is a yoga and mindfulness instructor, research collaborator, and thought leader in neuroscience and integrative health. An eating disorder survivor, Roff has an intimate understanding of the depths of human suffering and the conditions necessary for individuals and communities to thrive. She created Eat Breathe Thrive 10 years ago and today has helped more than 7,000 people from over 42 countries on their recovery journey.  In this episode we discuss...Chelsea's personal experience with an eating disorder and yoga as tool for healingThe nuance of why yoga traditionally wasn't used in eating disorder recoveryThe combination of service and community in addition to a physical yoga practice as a part of a holistic recovery experienceHow yoga helps us notice our personal patterns on and off the matMeditations that can help connect with the bodyHow yoga can help people not only recover but also PREVENT eating disordersChelsea's opinion on how yoga teachers can best support their students who might be struggling with an eating disorderThe deeply personal journal of self care and how to be discerning about health and wellness culture while in eating disorder recoveryEat, Breathe, Thrive's classes, workshops and resources for anyone that is struggling with an eating disorderLearn More About Our Guest...Learn more about Chelsea and Eat Breathe Thrive: https://www.eatbreathethrive.orgFollow along on Instagram: @eathbreathethrive

In this episode of Burnt Out, Skip talks with Jason Howard. Jason is a former Paramedic that stuggled with Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health. Now, Jason is the Director for Turning Point Madison County / C.O.S.T. program in Indiana, helping residents with similar issues he overcame. Produced by https://MyPodcast.Media#substanceusedisorder #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #recovery #recoveryispossible #emt #ems #paramedic #ptsd #firstresponder

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! We have reached the end of Mental Health Awareness Month and after finishing out talking about Mental Health Recovery and what the new Sparks could mean the hosts give some time to talk about what Sparks Joy for them. Hobbes's section is added at the end and also has a CW around grief. Again we would like to state that Black Lives MatterWe also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here.We also finally have a Linktree with all of our discounts/resources____________________________________________As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article on stigma from NAMI's site.If you're thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741-741 International suicide hotlines: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US. IMAlive: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging. TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support): 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200 Trans Lifeline (US): (877) 565-8860____________________________________________Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle)Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today is an episode that we are still in aw over. It is the audio (it's a little rough) from our Panel at Magic Con Minneapolis. It features all of the hosts (and this means Chase and Michelle)!It is MH Awareness Month and we want to link some episodes talked about on the panel (Content Warning (Mental Health, Suicidal Ideation, Substance Use, Trauma):https://zencastr.com/z/x8mCMputhttps://zencastr.com/z/S2temOlqhttps://zencastr.com/z/BZW-G9eBhttps://zencastr.com/z/01GMNM9lhttps://zencastr.com/z/l24Dc5nVhttps://zencastr.com/z/bNskwaFtWe also finally have a Linktree with all of our discounts/resources____________________________________________As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article on stigma from NAMI's site.If you're thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741-741 International suicide hotlines: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US. IMAlive: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging. TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support): 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200 Trans Lifeline (US): (877) 565-8860____________________________________________Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle)Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com

INTRODUCTION: In recent months I have come across two men who have gotten the victory over Narcissistic Personality Disorder!!! YES! – It can be done! God has been showing me and dealing with me on how I ogtta become more loving to people suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Because the are suffering and they are suffering in silence. I now take a certain type of responsibility in guiding people with NPD into a better existence. When I got HIV I suffered in silence because I thought I was alone – it was a problem in my mind. NPD is no different in that it tends to isolate people and make them unhappy. I want everyone happy – event the high level narcissist because ultimately they have what they have done because they are unhappy. Therefore this episode explores the beginnings my love that I intend to spread to every person suffering from this I can get speak to in this whole world because I am ok with being happy when people around me are not. I know a lot of people say NPD is not curable. I know a lot of people say these people cannot be helped. I say what the Angel Gabriel said to the Virgin Mary – with God nothing shall be impossible. So I invite those suffering with Narcissistic Personality Disorder to accept the challenge to get well – to do better – to open your mind to the possibilities of a more peaceful life. I have not abandoned and I will not abandon you. You already feel alone and the very last thing you need is for people to tell you that your situation is entirely hopeless. I think you have a strong deliverance waiting for you and I think that those of you who overcome NPD – I think y'all are gonna be some of the most incredible people that society has every seen. And you will be extremely close to God – because as the Scripture says, he loves much who is forgiven much. So all you really have laying before you is potential to be great and to great things for God in this world and in the one to come. Personally, I welcome you. I know that  God welcomes you. God will not turn away from you and God is always there for you. The Scripture says that if our hearts condemn us that God is greater than our hearts. I chose to believe that my NPD babies out there are going to be alright. I have both seen and experienced the power of God in my life and God is alive and active in your life even though you may not be able to see it just yet. You will one day. And if it's any consolation to you – know that you are not alone even it's nothing more than knowing that this world has a lot of people suffering from this sickness. I encourage you to seek God – to seek a form of therapy that will work for you – to seek out support groups that have other people suffering like you are in them. With God there is ALWAYS hope – I don't want y'all hurting yourselves over NPD. Suicide and self harm are a real thing in the lives of people suffering from NPD, especially those suffering from Covert Narcissism. I am so glad God has granted me the grace to look at someone who has NPD as someone who really needs help and love more than anything. God has allowed people with NPD into the world for the same reason He has allowed other types of personalities that are difficult to love: to test the love of the world. The primary purpose of this episode is to reach out to the heart of NPDs –  I present a Word of hope and light to those suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder from God. God does not desire for any of us to be lost. I do not believe that anyone is beyond saving. I do believe healing is available for all of us. The high level narcissist has a long road ahead of them but with God all things are possible. Let us help our fellow humans suffering in this way to find love in a way that they have never found it before and let us show them pity and mercy. What people suffering from NPD need is a new way to interpret the life that they have been living. Prayer changes

How does providing affordable, independent housing through Housing Unlimited improve the quality of life for adults in mental health recovery? In this episode, our guest is Abe Schuchman, CEO of Housing Unlimited, a Maryland-based nonprofit that provides housing services to individuals with mental health challenges. Abe breaks down their unique shared housing model and focuses on the importance of natural support in shared living environments. He touches on the benefits of portable vouchers and stresses why focusing on people's strengths rather than weaknesses is vital. Join us in this insightful conversation on the importance of accessible housing and the impact of shared living models in providing support and community. Abe Schuchman has served as Housing Unlimited's Executive Director (now CEO) (HUI) since Housing Unlimited began operations in December 1994. HUI purchased its first home in 1995 and is now a supported living housing nonprofit organization that provides permanent, safe, affordable, and independent housing to more than 230 low-income adults in mental health recovery. Mr. Schuchman, working closely with Housing Unlimited's strong and active Board of Directors and staff, has coordinated all of Housing Unlimited's affordable housing acquisition and management operations to date.  [00:01 - 07:49] Opening Segment • Abe introduces Housing Unlimited Providing housing services to individuals with mental health challenges Promoting community integration and independence through a shared housing model • A nonprofit housing model focuses on traditional lease elements [07:50 - 15:51]Collaboration with Support Services for Tenants • How Housing Unlimited collaborates with other nonprofits for support services • How to provide natural support and tenant empowerment for shared living environments • Portable vouchers provide tenants with the opportunity to live independently [15:52 - 23:34] Live Independent Lives • What the tenant empowerment program includes Extra measure property management service and paid tenant internships • Importance of treating everyone as people first and focusing on their strengths • Meaningful representation on the staff of former tenants and leaders in mental health recovery [23:25 - 27:59] Closing Segment • How to create a supportive and empowering living environment Connect with Abe on LinkedIn, or visit Housing Unlimited, empowering people in mental health recovery to live independently!  Key Quotes: "The most important lesson that I learned early on and has been talked to me in different ways is the importance of treating everyone as people first and focusing on their strengths rather than weaknesses." - Abe Schuchman Please check out videos of many of the podcast episodes on my YouTube channel: Accessible Housing Matters, To learn more, share feedback, or share guest ideas, please visit my website, or contact me on Facebook and Twitter. Like what you've heard? Please review us! That helps let other people know about the podcast. Accessible Housing Matters is dedicated to raising awareness about important issues around accessibility and housing and getting conversations going. I'd love to learn more about what's on your mind and get your feedback about the show. Contact me directly at stephen@accessiblehousingmatters.com to share your thoughts or arrange a call.