Fusebox <![CDATA[Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton]]> Beyond Well With Sheila Hamilton is a podcast for people who want to learn tools for living better. Each week, we dive into a different aspect of emotional and behavioral health with our team of psychologists, psychiatrists, and people with lived experience. If you've wanted to try mental health therapy, but are prevented from doing so by cost or because of a lack of time, this podcast is for you. Beyond Well With Sheila Hamilton is a podcast for people who want to learn tools for living better. Each week, we dive into a different aspect of emotional and behavioral health with our team of psychologists, psychiatrists, and people with lived experience. If you've wanted to try mental health therapy, but are prevented from doing so by cost or because of a lack of time, this podcast is for you. en false <![CDATA[Ep.1-Courtenay Hameister On Anxiety]]> a9e74172356c424a8984d43f86af0c52 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 18:06:00 -0100 Courtenay Hameister talks with Sheila Hamilton, host of Beyond Well, and Dr.'s Brian Goff and Jenna LeJeune. Courtenay has lived with anxiety for most of her life. Her book, Okay, Fine, Whatever, the Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Just Most Things chronicles a year in which Courtenay pushes herself to try almost everything that scares her. The results are funny and profoundly heartbreaking and provide a window into the reality of living with panic disorders and anxiety.  3073 false 1 full <![CDATA[Ep.2-Kerry Cohen on Sex Addiction]]> b816b506df754a33bca292013b612d71 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:35:26 -0100 Kerry Cohen is the author of Loose Girl and is a certified sex therapist. Her work with people recovering from sex and pornography addiction is grounded in compassion and understanding. In this interview with Sheila Hamilton, Dr.'s Brian Goff and Jenna LeJeune, Kerry talks about why sex and porn addiction is often a substitute for grief, loss and meaningful attachment. 3517 false 2 full <![CDATA[Ep.3-Cheryl Strayed On Grief]]> f997db30d6234868bba1d2cf395ef710 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:06:58 -0100 The message of Cheryl Strayed's memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Trail has helped millions of people process grief in a new and profound way.  In this episode of Beyond Well, Sheila Hamilton and Dr's Brian Goff and Jenna LeJeune talk about the potential of bouncing forward after loss, and of grieving from a place of honesty and self-compassion 3092 false 3 full <![CDATA[Ep.4-Dr. Stuart Ablon, Parenting Kids With Explosive Behavior]]> 2855938d0ccb4711acca2ee0a6e0dc41 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:15:05 -0100 Dr. Stuart Ablon is Director of THINKKIDS/Psychiatry at Massachusetts General and the co-inventor of Collaborative Problem Solving. In this interview with Sheila Hamilton and Dr.'s Brian Goff and Jenna LeJeune, Dr. Ablon talks about parenting explosive children. The well-researched truth, "They Do As Well As They Can" may change the way you think about discipline forever.   4145 false 4 full <![CDATA[Ep.5-Angela Schellenberg on Surviving Trauma]]> 738676bb77c24a22beb027b901b9b5d7 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:21:07 -0100 Angela Schellenberg was at home watching television with her mother when the news described a vicious murder. Angela watched in horror as she realized the yet-to-be-named victim's car belonged to her Father. For weeks, Angela dealt with the fear and uncertainty of a killer on the loose, a trauma that ultimately contributed to her mother's mental breakdown. In this riveting interview, Angela talks about rebuilding her life in the wake of trauma and become a licensed therapist who helps other people finding their way after violence. 2226 false 5 full <![CDATA[Ep.6-Lidia Yuknavitch On Depression]]> 958c96d7df3343a5a94ba0c28e5c06a2 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:33:04 -0100 We're thrilled to welcome Lidia Yuknavitch, author of nine books, including The Chronology of Water, The Small Backs of Children, The book of Joan, and the Misfits Manifesto. Lidia's Ted Talk, The Beauty of Being a Misfit has been viewed 2,862,000 times. We think she has something to share about how telling and retelling your story can help re-frame traumatic experience. 2868 false 6 full <![CDATA[Ep.7-Mitchell S. Jackson On Race, Othering and Empathy]]> 8b6a573b82164d9c804a80547fc524bb Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:03:56 -0100 Mitchell S. Jackson grew up in Portland, Oregon, one of the whitest cities in America. He dealt drugs, he spent time in prison, and then he went on to become a critically acclaimed author and teacher. His book, Survival Math is one of the most anticipated works on racism and the conditions that shape young black men.    In this episode of Beyond Well, Sheila, Brian and Jenna talk with Mitchell about why empathy may be the first step toward repairing America's fractures.    2626 false 7 full <![CDATA[Ep.8-Reema Zaman on Emotional Abuse and Finding Your Voice ]]> 5749d3ca56e8466a9b701fcd817a96db Mon, 18 Mar 2019 21:08:47 -0100 Reema Zaman is the first born child of a Bangledishi family, whose parents moved to Thailand and Hawaii before Reema turned six. In other words, she became used to being considered different. Reema's experience as a young woman growing up in cultures where women were not regarded as equal humans created a litany of problems--anorexia and sexually and emotionally abusive relationships with men.  Reema has wrestled free from those nightmarish experiences to not only tell her story, but rewrite her own path forward as a woman, a feminist, and an actress. Her memoir, I am Yours, tells the story of how Reema wrestled free of her past to become an inspiration for millions of other young women.      2018 false 8 full <![CDATA[Ep.9-Meet The Doctors of Beyond Well With Sheila Hamilton]]> 70059bf6788846d18d68cedcab763ce1 Tue, 19 Mar 2019 17:16:50 -0100 I've been talking to experts about mental health, psychology and wellness for more than a decade. But, when I finally met Dr. Brian Goff and Dr. Jenna LeJeune, I knew they were my kind of people.  In this episode of Beyond Well, Brian and Jenna talk with Sheila Hamilton about their careers, and what brought them to be interested in a particular type of therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.  Dr. LeJeune: "So much of the conversation around psychological suffering is pathologizing it. If you are experiencing pain, you've got to fix it. But if you are experiencing pain, that doesn't mean something is wrong with you. We have these tools that can help you develop psychological flexibility to deal more effectively with pain in the moment of your suffering."  Dr. Brian Goff: "I don't want people to fix themselves. I want someone to listen to this and feel like they're in good company with other humans and learn to reduce the pain they feel about their pain. How can I experience it in a way that even when my boat is taking on water, or is so scuffed up, or battered by the seas, I can still learn to sail." 2313 false 9 full <![CDATA[Ep.10-Leslie Abraham on Losing Someone You Love to Suicide]]> 15500a72f83b438c9cfc5f8cf99268d7 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 21:00:37 +0000 The CDC estimates that for every one person who dies by suicide, eight people are profoundly affected. The  grief, shock and sadness is shared by friends, coaches, church members and community members. 48,000 people died by suicide in 2018, leaving behind hundreds and thousands of people asking the question "WHY?" Leslie Abraham's husband died by suicide after a perplexing descent into depression. Her interaction with the psychiatric system is not uncommon--medicine didn't seem to help and her husband's shame over his condition forced the family into isolation. In this revealing and intimate interview, Leslie discusses what it means to be a suicide loss survivor and to rebuild her own view of mental health in the wake of such a significant loss. 2285 false 10 full <![CDATA[Ep.11-Jen Pastiloff On Being Human]]> fd35fbc1b79e4213aae317cae493723a Mon, 08 Apr 2019 21:21:31 +0000 Jen Pastiloff speaks with clarity and honesty about the sometimes rocky path to becoming human. She battled an eating disorder, she abandoned a brilliant path as a writer to become a waitress, and finally, she did something remarkable. She asked for help and willed herself toward health. Jen's honest assessment of who she is andwhat she has to offer the world is mother-effing awesome. 2228 false 11 full <![CDATA[Ep.12-Sarah Townsend on Postpartum Psychosis]]> a6fc02fbc7754a8bb0d435c5565070e6 Mon, 15 Apr 2019 21:35:03 +0000 This is truly one of the most beautiful conversations we've had about the experience of psychosis and what it means to lose touch with reality. Sarah Townsend tenderly examines the terrifying experience of postpartum psychosis through art, film, psychology and explains why love and connection is key to finding ground again. Sarah C. Townshend, Author, Therapist, Mother. Setting the Wire, a Memoir of Postpartum Psychosis available at www.SarahTownsendwriter.com     3281 false 12 full <![CDATA[Ep.13-On Being Weird with Heather and her Mom, Liz ]]> 238f7fe88b25461caf2c21b06834fd19 Mon, 22 Apr 2019 20:48:39 +0000 Meet Eleven-year-old Heather, whose quote book carries these bits of wisdom. "Don't judge by the outside. Dig deeper."  "I was an easy target. Now I'm not." And "I was bullied when I was younger and I've never been the same since." Heather was recently diagnosed as autistic, but, for a long time, kids just called her weird or different. She was bullied and terrorized for much of her elementary school experience. Finally receiving a diagnosis allowed Heather and her Mom access to tools to understand the unique nature of Heather's brain and how she might help others understand what it is like to be neurodivergent Now, Heather is reclaiming the word "weird" for herself and teaching other kids about what it means to be empathetic, open-hearted and hopeful.  2185 false 13 full <![CDATA[Ep.14-Scott Erickson/Say Yes: A Liturgy Of Not Giving Up On Yourself]]> f339148b0a344c79a747d7d56093548c Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:12:03 +0000 If you've ever felt like giving up or wondered what the point of life is, Scott Erickson wants you to know you're not alone. Through performance art, story-teaching, participation, and image curation Scott talks about the overwhelming voices he encountered that told him three things--nothing new will ever happen, you are sick and ugly, and dying is better than living. Then, Scott got curious about his interior life. And by examining his own existential crisis, Scott began to see this moment not as an ending but as a doorway into a much deeper invitation to understanding our hopes, vocation, and our existence itself. His live presentations are beyond the beyond.    #suicide #depression #anxiety #performance #art #storytelling #hope#existential #crisis #faith     2582 false 14 full <![CDATA[EP.15-Singer-Songwriter Nate Botsford: Music as Therapy]]> 37cee35a7f7b487fb195ff725dae0680 Mon, 06 May 2019 20:58:10 +0000 Nate Botsford says he grew up with mental illness in his home, unable to comprehend until much later who much it shaped who he is as a singer/songwriter. Nate began writing music at the age of thirteen and recognized how much of his songwriting was influenced by the dysfunction of growing up in a household where depression, sadness, and malaise was part of the norm. Today, Nate writes directly to the source of the negative voices he hears in his head. Listen in to the extraordinary sound and artistry of Nate Botsford.   1666 false 15 full <![CDATA[Ep. 16- Laurel Braitman/Learning Empathy Through Writing]]> 86aceb694693459ba08788a4c4f5c6fd Mon, 13 May 2019 23:48:46 +0000 For the last few years, Laurel Braitman, has been teaching writing and communications skills to medical students and doctors at Stanford University, helping healthcare professionals connect more meaningfully with their patients, their peers, and themselves. Nearly 30% of American medical students are depressed and one in ten have thoughts about suicide. Practicing physicians are even worse off with some of the highest suicide rates in the nation. It's how we learn to communicate with one another that matters most. The most important thing we can do in the time we have here is connect with other people  and ideally, make them feel less alone. Laurel also studies we can learn from the emotional lives of non-human animals, including her New York Times bestselling book, Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves helped us see how we can learn a lot from our non-human animal counterparts.   1705 false 16 full <![CDATA[Ep.17-Anna Debenham, You are Not Broken]]> 4a12615f5a8d4775a28607c521d7eb35 Sun, 19 May 2019 23:37:48 +0000   Anna Debenham is the founder of the Insight Alliance, an organization that works with men and women in prison and in the community sharing two simple, but profoundly life-changing ideas: We have everything we need inside ourselves to lead a good life Our experience of life is being created moment to moment from the insight out by our thoughts. At the heart of much of our suffering is our experience of life as something that is happening to us, rather than moving through us. As Anna puts it “We are feeling our thinking, not feeling the world around us.” Our minds create a virtual reality of the world that is so convincing that we usually can’t tell the difference between the world and the world as experienced through our thoughts. And it’s that world as experienced through thoughts that we become beholden to and, in that, lose the freedom to choose our path.   2346 false 17 full <![CDATA[Ep.18-Sophia Shalmiyev, The Making of An American Feminist]]> 780521beb93647b890ed9a7d1ea4ac97 Sun, 26 May 2019 17:51:39 +0000 Sophia Shalmiyev was eleven when she immigrated to New York City from Leningrad, motherless, displaced, and terrified. Shalmiyev is clear-eyed and unsentimental about the trauma and poverty she endured as a child and how it shaped the woman she is today as a feminist, artist, and mother. Shalmiyev is fiery and unapologetic in her views of what it takes to raise a feminist son. Her opinion of her newly adopted country is equally as compelling.  "I love America," she says, "It's broken, like me."  Shalmiyev is the author of Mother Winter, an MFA graduate of Portland State University, and a visual artist. She lives with her two children in Portland, Oregon.  2032 false 18 full <![CDATA[Ep.19 -Robyn Cruze, Making Peace With Your Plate]]> e8ade23b98564af79e33e2775525d531 Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:00:00 +0000 Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Without proper treatment, binge-eating disorder and bulimia can also bring misery and death. Robyn Cruz struggled with food throughout much of her adolescent and adult life, most notably, an eating disorder that crippled her spirit. Now, Robyn is traveling the country with her husband and two daughters, determined to raise awareness about the deadly nature of eating disorders and the long journey she traveled to make peace with her body, her food, and herself.  A well-known published author, public speaker and coach, Robyn Cruze, MA, is Eating Recovery Center’s National Recovery Advocate. Robyn participates in national media events and conferences exclusively for Eating Recovery Center and its Partner Programs. She also serves as a crucial source of support and knowledge to alumni, families and professionals on behalf of Eating Recovery Center and the Eating Recovery Center Foundation.  1885 false 19 full <![CDATA[Ep.20-Nyna Giles, Psychological Suffering Doesn't Discriminate]]> 1db25d01eea647c89abf97bf63a9d3ea Sun, 09 Jun 2019 21:54:05 +0000      Today’s show with Nyna Giles exposes the good and bad news about psychological suffering. Let’s start with the bad news first… Psychological suffering doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t care who you are, how wealthy your friends are, how beautiful you are, or what circles you run it. Psychological suffering can and will affect us all. Of course, privileges give certain people access to resources that may help those people cope more effectively with the suffering life deals them, but the suffering will happen all the same.   Nyna’s mother had all the trappings of the “perfect” life: she transcended her humble beginnings to become one of the “beautiful people,” hobnobbing with the rich and famous, including Grace Kelly, who she counted as her closest friend. And yet, psychological suffering, this time in the form of psychosis, came crashing down on that beautiful picture. As her mother’s world shrank, Nyna did what any child would do; she tried her very best to “save” her mom. But, of course, even our best attempts to save our loved ones often fail. But here’s the good news… Being able to live a life of meaning and purpose also does not discriminate. It doesn’t matter who we are, where we live, what forms of suffering life has given us, what we have done or what has been done to us, living whatever life we have been given in a way that is personally meaningful and has integrity for us is possible for every one of us. To find more information, links and After The Show Notes, please subscribe.  1722 false 20 full <![CDATA[Ep.21-Skye Fitgerald, Avoiding Compassion Fatigue]]> e1a273ccdb674a4ca9eb0598c5a8817e Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Skye Fitzgerald is an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker whose work on issues of social justice takes him to the epicenters of suffering. We talk with Skye about how he maintains his sense of self while covering brutally difficult topics.  Skye's most recent film, Lifeboat, forced this choice: "When you see someone drowning after falling or being pushed from a boat filled with refugees, do you get the shot or do you pull someone to safety? I put down the camera and grabbed people from the water. It was the decision I made so that I could live with myself."  1639 false 21 full <![CDATA[Ep.22-Storm Large, Follow the Yes]]> 5b1f588dd96e4f43a3bd9965eb3b75ab Mon, 24 Jun 2019 15:34:49 +0000 Storm Large: musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome. She shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova, where despite having been eliminated in the week before the finale, Storm built a fan base that follows her around the world to this day. Storm joins us to talk about growing up with a severely mentally disturbed mother and the message she received from her mother's doctor, "Oh yeah, you will absolutely end up like your Mother. It's hereditary." But, this conversation is not about Storm's efforts to outrun a diagnosis, it's an artist's journey back to herself. Storm's autobiographical musical memoir, Crazy Enough, played to packed houses in 2009 during its unprecedented 21-week sold-out run in Portland. She's back for the ten-year reunion stronger, wiser, and larger in spirit than ever before. (Don't miss the after the show conversation about cancel culture and what really goes on in therapy.) 3245 false 22 full <![CDATA[Ep. 23-Liz Scott, Emotional and Narcissistic Abuse]]> e1a5269deb0c4d2da2457a054be274d7 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Narcissistic Personality Disorder or NPD is a condition characterized by an overwhelming need for attention and admiration, a heightened sense of self-importance, and a lack of empathy toward others. It is difficult enough to encounter a partner or business associate with NPD, but Liz Scott grew up with narcissists as parents. Like an archaeological dig, Liz Scott’s memoir This Never Happened goes in search of the answers to the mysteries of her family. In her relentless quest to uncover the truth, she mines photographs and letters, leaving no one, including herself, unexamined.  In the end, Liz's struggle clears decades of familial pain to make room for compassion. 1574 false 23 full <![CDATA[Ep. 24-Drew Holguin, Open School: Dealing in Hope]]> 7b14213aabb94567964b5d8006a2d522 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Drew Holguin was born in a predominantly black neighborhood to mixed-race family. "I was too white in my neighborhood, but not white enough at the white dominant schools I attended. Regardless of where I was, I wasn't accepted." Holguin began delivering drugs as a way of getting attention and friends.   Holguin is one of 3.45 million kids in this country who are suspended or expelled from public school, with few options for what comes next. Open School is an innovative education program for students like Drew, who needed something different than a traditional school. Open School knows which kids are most likely to drop out. Educators interested in the whole person find those students and surround them with what they need to graduate and get ahead; rigorous academics, teachers who believe in them, and a whole lot of relentless love and support.  In this conversation, Drew talks about how emotional skill-building helped him create a healthy relationship, earn his Master's degree in Social Work, and return as a program manager in the counseling department at Open School.    www.openschoolnw.org       1637 false 24 full <![CDATA[Ep.25- Ari Mathae and their dad, Paul.]]> 8a92172ab3ef4797b40d778e46f271dc Mon, 15 Jul 2019 12:00:00 +0000 From Ari Mathae: "As I've come out, first as pansexual a couple of years ago and recently as nonbinary, I've had a lot of conversations with my friends and family and coworkers about gender and identity. For me, being nonbinary allows me to make my own rules for how I move within the world and form my own idea of feminine and masculine. But I still struggle frequently with redirecting my mind when I worry about fitting in or not fitting in enough with our culture's binary expectations." This episode is with Ari and their dad, Paul, talking about gender expectations, masculinity, and the role of the evangelical church in shaping gender expectations.  1845 false 25 full <![CDATA[Ep.26-Haley Johnsen, Singer-Songwriter]]> ec467a06504b498d9935e007616f007f Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Haley Johnsen is a singer-songwriter best characterized by her powerhouse vocals and unique lyrical perspective. Drawing inspiration from acts like Bonnie Raitt, Grace Potter, and Brandi Carlile, Haley sings with a soulful determination. Her songwriting speaks to common themes of loneliness, self-doubt and self-criticism. We talk to Haley about how she copes as a performer despite battling anxiety.  During 2017 and 2018, Haley toured as an opener for Sawyer Fredericks and as lead support for The Wind and The Wave all across the United States. She recently released her first full studio album and LP Golden Days now available everywhere. Haley talks with the Beyond Well Team about doing what she loves despite anxiety and self-doubt.  2091 false 26 full <![CDATA[Ep. 28/ Executive Chef/Restauranteur John Gorham on Building A Culture of Wellness]]> 223985dbcccc4798a5eb8d406e5a5efe Fri, 26 Jul 2019 03:11:33 +0000   Long before the death of Anthony Bourdain, Restauranteur John Gorham was addressing the issue of mental health in the kitchen. Restaurant workers have the highest rate of illicit drug use and the second-highest rate of suicide. In this episode, John talks with the Beyond Well team about the structural changes he's made to address anxiety, depression and drug use in restaurant workers. "Anthony's suicide was brutal on our industry," John says, "Because he had it all. He had the dream. He had it all. So if life wasn't good enough for him, how could it possibly be good enough for others who don't have his skills?"  John Gorham is Executive Chef/Owner of iconic Portland restaurants Toro Bravo, Tasty n Daughters, Tasty n Alder, PLAZA DEL TORO and co-owner of Mediterranean Exploration Company, Shalom Y'all, and Bless Your Heart Burgers. Gorham believes that a chef’s cuisine and style is influenced by a trade route composed of travels, past work and cities lived in.  1575 false 27 full <![CDATA[Ep. 29/ Chat with Dr. Jenna Lejeune and Dr. Brian Goff About Anxiety]]> b2776ed0d71840809280a240a728cdc1 Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:00:00 +0000 In this episode, Dr. Jenna LeJeune and Dr Brian Goff go deeper into some of the strategies they use with clients in recognizing, accepting and working with anxiety in order to continue to lead productive lives. Dr. LeJeune and Dr. Goff both practice Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a unique empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility means contacting the present moment fully as a conscious human being, and based on what the situation affords, changing or persisting in behavior in the service of chosen values. 1655 false 28 full <![CDATA[Ep. 30/ Let's Talk About Sex, Baby!]]> f89c1d3b298c475d89b5e127bf96864e Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Is it the sex itself, or something about sexual activity that is so good for our happiness? You might argue that people who are happier are more likely to have sex more often because they’re in a good relationship and are satisfied with it.  But, why do so many couples get hung up on frequency and type of sex? And how do we begin to communicate our needs honestly, without hurting our partners? Dr. Jenna LeJeune and Dr. Brian Goff talk about the positive emotional aspects of sex, disagree on porn, and get real on what good sex is all about.  1484 false 29 full <![CDATA[Ep. 31/ Sharma Shields: Embracing your Darkest Story]]> 5f3065274da349a1bb4b7122449df061 Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Sharma Shields wants us all to get real about the things we've done, the mistakes we've made, and the people we are hoping to become. Her writing, including her highly acclaimed novels, The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac, and the Cassandra, along with her award-winning short story collection, challenges readers to confront the most awful aspects of our society--sexual abuse, poverty, crimes against children, bullying, and environmental injustice.  But, Sharma is equally as open with her own life story, including alcoholism and living with multiple sclerosis. Sitting down with her was sheer joy, complete honesty, and a loving openness. How can we be both things? Both dark and light? Listen in: 2117 false 30 full <![CDATA[Ep. 32/ Talk With The Doctors: Do I Need Therapy?]]> 88151000e62e45d3bd7fcb5755451dfd Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000 We hire personal trainers to help us get in shape, tutors for difficult subjects, and music instructors to learn to master musical instruments.  So, why are people reluctant to hire a therapist, a person trained to help people better manage their minds? In this episode, Jenna, Sheila and Brian talk about how therapy works and what really goes on in therapeutic sessions. 1369 false 31 full <![CDATA[Ep. 33/ Musician, Artist, Activist Logan Lynn: It's Not What's Wrong With You.]]> 664a7429da8241568164316577a7ded9 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Logan Lynn is a musician, writer, producer, filmmaker, TV personality and LGBT activist. Since 1998, Logan has released nine studio albums and is the former host of Logo's "NewNowNextMusic." But, in the midst of his success, Lynn relied on self-medicating with drugs and alcohol as a response to years of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of a trusted family friend. It wasn't until a therapist asked Lynn, "What happened to you?" that Logan was able to deconstruct his own history of trauma. In this intimate interview, Lynn talks about his own unique path to recovery, why medical marijuana is part of his treatment plan, and how he consciously chooses life every day. 1873 false 32 full <![CDATA[Ep. 34/ Edan Armas: The Emotional Survival Kit for College]]> 1e132f142fb54d3b8bd98744978ca52f Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Edan Armas is an award-winning Spoken Word Artist and Poet and graduate of Stanford University. Armas was the 2019 Baccalaureate student speaker, and an outspoken voice on the topic of student mental Health. Edan’s undergraduate career focused on how emotion manifests in the body, mind and the  collective consciousness.  Edan encourages students to embrace both the tribulations and triumphs of the college experience, noting that the process of adulting is difficult—even painful, and how vulnerability became his superpower. 1010 false 33 full <![CDATA[Ep. 35/ Ken Cervera, A Brush With Death Informed My Life]]> d1d841f82c844354962e60f324618302 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Ken Cervera's openness, his honesty and his path to wellness have all been informed by an immensely isolating period in his late twenties when he attempted to end his life. Ken drove his motorcycle through a Los Angeles intersection straight into an oncoming vehicle. Miraculously, both drivers escaped harm.  It is Suicide Prevention Week and we believe suicide attempt survivors can be extremely helpful in understanding the suicide epidemic, the mindset of suicidal ideation, and why relationship-centered and evidence-based treatment is essential to recovery.  Ken Cervera is the host of Own Your Truth Podcast, a personal coach, and the Director of Wellness for Mind Health Institute, Pasadena. 1421 false 34 full <![CDATA[Ep. 36/ Dan Schilling: The Military Mental Health Crisis]]> 2e044dbae88743c195e67ee1d1481e1d Tue, 10 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Twenty-two veterans die by suicide every day in America, outpacing deaths in combat or war supporting activities. Despite the military’s best efforts to contain a public health crisis, the numbers of deaths continue to rise. The Beyond Well team had extraordinary insight into the causes and potential remedies of military suicides in our conversation with New York Times bestselling author and former Special Tactics Officer, Dan Schilling.   Schilling spent more than 30 years in the military, primarily as a Combat Controller and Special Tactics Officer, though he proudly started his career as an infantry grunt. His numerous combat and clandestine deployments have taken him around the world and include Operation Gothic Serpent, popularly known as Black Hawk Down from the movie and book bearing the same name, where he is credited with saving the lives of a Ranger and SEAL Team Six SEAL while under fire. He later founded and then served as the first commander of two special operations squadrons, one of which’s name and purpose remains classified.  A purveyor of adrenaline-fueled endeavors, he holds the Guinness World Record for most BASE jumps in 24 hours (201), a feat he conducted to benefit children who’ve lost a parent in special operations through the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. He is also a pro-rated demonstration skydiver, speedwing flyer and expert skier and volunteer instructor with Wasatch Adaptive Sports, helping those with disabilities to experience the thrill of downhill skiing.   Beyond Well talks with Dan about the mental health crisis in America’s military.  2709 false 35 full <![CDATA[Ep. 37/ Lois Chauncey and Paul Sale: When A CoWorker Loses Someone to Suicide]]> 60c0d4ff38ce42feb9ae6fe9d1885b4c Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000 In honor of Suicide Prevention Week, we are bringing you multiple stories of hope, resilience, and healing. Lois Chauncey lost her husband to suicide in May, and like many other suicide loss survivors, she feared she would also lose her job due to her complicated grief. Paul Sale, her Supervisor, provided a textbook-like example of how a company should appropriately respond to a suicide loss survivor in the workplace.   From the humbling way in which Paul responded to the initial news of suicide, to the steps Lois and Paul took to inform others in the workplace, the empathy, compassion, and kindness one team took to welcome back in a suicide loss survivor is a hopeful study in how a workplace can help heal a co-worker's grief, and win a valued employee's respect and loyalty.  1471 false 36 full <![CDATA[Ep. 39/ Rei Skoczylas: From homeless to helping]]> 2df5276879254cd5af7efd0fdb280c18 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000 If you’ve ever passed a homeless teen on the street and wondered, “How did they get there?” or “How can I help?” this interview with Rei Scozylakas is worthy of your time. Rei Scozylakas wasn’t dealt an easy hand in this life. But, as you can hear in our conversation, Rei’s story isn’t just one of struggle. In fact, that’s not even the most compelling part of their story “Nobody is born wanting to be an outcast. It wasn’t until I was really seen by the volunteers at Outside Inn, that I realized there was a different path than the one I was on.” 2059 false 38 full <![CDATA[Ep. 40/ Liz Prato, Chronic Fatigue and Creativity.]]> 8ce0bd3a2c114062b820497fe9ba8683 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Liz Prato is the author of several award-winning books and story collections. She talks with Beyond Well about the challenge of a creative life while living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.  Liz says, “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has forced me to get very quiet with myself, and ask who am I, apart from this body?” Liz’s insight into the psychological and physical toll of Chronic Fatigue is both illuminating and sobering. People who suffer from Chronic Fatigue syndrome are often dismissed by both the medical community and too often, their friends and family.  Chronic Fatigue is a medication condition of unknown cause, with fever, aching, and prolonged tiredness and depression.  2068 false 39 full <![CDATA[Ep. 41/ The Link Between Lyme Disease and Suicide]]> 9cd92b0146fb45f787645081ea5f9a6f Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Lyme Disease is the fastest growing infectious disease in the world, eclipsing the HIV/Aids crisis by over 10X. It is now reported in all 50 states and 79 countries. The CDC estimates 400,000 new cases per year, but even that number is thought to be on the low end of the problem. Lyme has been reported to be associated with various psychiatric presentations because Borreliaburgdorferi can present with symptoms similar to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Because Lyme patients are so often misdiagnosed and mistreated, a higher level of risk to self and others is associated with multiple symptoms developing after acquiring LAD.  3347 false 40 full <![CDATA[Ep. 42/ Kathleen Lane: Create more, Fear less]]> c63c3b5e51cf42bd972d06b049c94cdd Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Kathleen Lane is the author of The Best Worst Thing, a young reader’s book for anxious kids and the founder of  www.createmorefearless.org a program that uses creativity to explore, express, and connect. This episode includes tips for anxious children and pre-teens as well as brilliant takeaways for parents who cope with adult-sized worries. 2126 false 41 full <![CDATA[Ep. **/Exclusive Interview with LAUV]]> 8e67c5b8206748028675734ab25301ec Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Pop Superstar Lauv is on top of the world with the kickoff of his How I’m Feeling Tour, and he’s using his global platform to promote mental health. In every show, Lauv takes a few minutes to describe his descent into depression and severe OCD, and why he credits therapy and medication with allowing him to regain his creativity and confidence.   Lauv has partnered with Microsoft to create a worldwide mental health platform that connects people all over the globe. “No Matter where people are in the world, they can see that someone else is experiencing something really similar.”     Check out MyBlueThoughts.World and our blog of the concert at TheAnthem in D.C. @BeyondWellWithSheilaHamilton.com 953 false 42 full <![CDATA[Ep. 43/ Wild Author Cheryl Strayed and her documentary filmmaker husband, Brian Lindstrom.]]> f94402d1b49449efbd6e2fac81c5176c Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Bestselling-Author Cheryl Strayed met her husband nine days after she’d finished her now famous journey along the Pacific Crest Trail. “The woman I was before that hike would not have been ready to meet and fall in love with Brian.” Brian Lindstrom and Cheryl speak candidly with the Beyond Well Team about the intention and communication necessary to maintain a purposeful, values-oriented relationship, and the sheer luck there is in finding someone who sees and supports your dreams.  Lindstrom and Strayed just combined creative forces to shoot their critically acclaimed documentary “We are Forbidden” about young women in Nepal who are ostracized during menstruation. 2468 false 43 full <![CDATA[Ep. 44/ Ron Artis II, Radical Honesty]]> 2bc2fc1e034f43378f9d92f5e8178a04 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Ron Artis II is growing into a newly accessible and emotionally acute period of his life. His new album, Love is Love, is a departure from the funk and soul fans are accustomed to from his wildly popular band, Ron Artis II and the Truth, but its stunning lyrics and melodic sound reveal a growth Ron himself says he nearly missed, “From the age of thirteen to eighteen, while I was concentrating on becoming the best guitar player I could be, I thought emotions were something to be dispensed with, a distraction. I didn’t realize how much potential for creativity I was missing.” 2385 false 44 full <![CDATA[Ep. 45/ Jackie Shannon Hollis/A Childless Love Story]]> 34ec29d413fc4f19ba39e272ff476442 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:00:00 -0100 People are increasingly unsure about kids, and the US and European fertility rate is at an all time low. According to Pew Research, 1 in 5 people will remain childless. This week, the Beyond Well Team talk about the growing number of people who are intentionally childless. If you are attempting to decide whether to have children, this episode is for you. As a farm girl raised in eastern Oregon, Jackie ShannonHollis expected to become another someday. But, after several failed relationships, Jackie met the love of her life, a man who did not want children. In direct and intimate language, Hollis talks about her consideration of what to keep and what to abandon to make space for love. Her debut memoir, This Particular Happiness is receiving critical acclaim for its honesty, its poetry, and one woman’s ability to tell the truth about our most intimate desires. 1638 false 45 full <![CDATA[Ep. 46/ Kiah Stern/There Is No Plan B]]> 3d44afef38f24b3dbdf6cf44124ce6f7 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 12:00:00 -0100 As an actor on the hit series American Vandal and someone who is constantly in the public eye, Kiah Stern has no plan B. She’s working plan A with an intensity and focus rarely talked about when people dream of becoming a star. We talk with Kiah about how best to deal with a barrage of “feedback,” solicited or not. From her body to her hair to her various film and tv roles, Kiah (who played Jenna Hawthorne in Season Two of American Vandal) has developed specific techniques for how to deal with solicited and unsolicited feedback. In this episode, Kiah explains her love/hate relationship with social media, how she incorporates audition like techniques in her everyday life, and when she says no to external feedback. 1367 false 46 full <![CDATA[Ep. 47/ Israel Nebeker/Blind Pilot]]> d609cd6c15fe41d49386b78426a5ea3f Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:00:00 -0100 Israel Nebeker is the founder of Blind Pilot and a singer/songwriter whose music now reaches millions of fans. In this episode, Israel talks about confronting one of the darkest periods of his life by wandering into the Black Forest in Germany—with no path to follow and not sure if he would ever find his way out. It was only by confronting his loneliness, his fear, and his belief that he was powerless to change the dynamic that he experienced a significant awakening.    This interview was voted one of our favorites by the Beyond Well Team because of how open, authentic and vulnerable  Israel and his music is. Don’t miss it. 1778 false 47 full <![CDATA[Ep. 48/ Cassidy Quinn/ Let's Get Real about Mental Health.]]> f7c22399-f9c8-456f-b02f-8cc2bc0fd94b Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:00:00 -0100 Cassidy Quinn is one of the most beloved Northwest news and entertainment personalities. As host of a tv news program, Tonight with Cassidy, a radio show and a popular Youtube channel, Cassidy barely has time to sleep. In this episode, Cassidy talks about what it took to finally admit that she was suffering from depression and anxiety, and how she lives well despite her diagnosis. 2298 false 48 full <![CDATA[Ep. 49/ Doctors Only/The Holiday Blues]]> c8236a314c6e4cabba7301fc2dd0056b Mon, 25 Nov 2019 11:00:00 -0100 This is one of the most relevant conversations you’ll hear if you hunker down from late November until the New Year. The holiday blues are often a barometer of the stories we tell ourselves about what we should have, and compare those narratives to stories about what others seem to have. We invite you to a discussion on what some view as the hardest time of the year. 663 false 49 full <![CDATA[Ep. 50/ Nastashia Minto/How a Gay, Southern, Former Pastor Found her Voice]]> 2c7791235a7f481d816aa1e6191e3ab0 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 11:00:00 -0100 Nastashia Minto is an author, poet, and spoken word artist with the Soul of a Southern Pastor. In this interview, Nastashia talks about finding faith while abandoning her religion and delivers two of her stunning spoken word performances. 1339 false 50 full <![CDATA[Ep. 51/ Jenna LeJeune & Jason Luoma: Creating a Meaningful Life.]]> 8396bc7d-0d6b-42fe-9502-c0d2f73f5701 Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:00:00 -0100 What makes a meaningful life? How Can we all live lives of purpose, focusing on who and what matters most to us regardless of whatever difficulties we are facing? These are the questions at the heart of Beyond Well cohost Jenna LeJeune, Ph.D. and her partner Jason Luoma, Ph.D.'s new book Values in Therapy" A Clinician's Guide to Helping Clients Explore Values, Increase Psychological Flexibility, and Live a More Meaningful Life. In this very personal episode of Beyond Well, Jenna and Jason offer some of their ideas on what it means to live a value based life and how doing so can bring a sense of meaning, purpose, and vitality to our everyday lives. 3096 false 51 full <![CDATA[Ep. 52/ C. Lamar Frizzell, CEO Cedar Hills Hospital]]> c25c082e-17e5-4de0-acd1-b0f1b1141948 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:00:00 -0100 C. Lamar Frizzell, CEO of Cedar Hills Hospital, has worked in the field of behavioral healthcare for over 20 years. Most recently, Frizzell held a similar role at Willow Creek Behavioral Health located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Frizzell brings practical experience as a line-staff member and is educated in the fields of both Mental Health and Divinity In this interview, Sheila talks with Frizzell about the enormous pressure facing psychiatric hospitals because of an explosion of people in crisis. There are never enough beds, care is complicated, and psychiatric doctors and nurses are in short supply. Frizzell’s personal history growing up in a home where mental health problems were abundant informs his compassion and empathy for people in crisis. 1269 false 52 full <![CDATA[Ep. 53/ Doctors Only/Triggering and Safe Spaces]]> 4e801ab962ea4eec8858cebd12873bd7 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:00:00 -0100 Do “Trigger warnings” and “Safe Spaces” really keep us safe? Dr Jenna LeJeune and Dr. Brian Goff discuss the dangerous trend toward identifying feelings as painful and thoughts as dangerous and harmful.  But what are meant to be “safe-spaces” turn into echo chambers, shutting down any diversity of perspective or thought. New research suggests that trigger warnings may actually result in increased anxiety and Increased stigmatizing beliefs.  987 false 53 full <![CDATA[Ep. 54/ Doctors Only/ Lets Drop the “Self” in “Self-Care"]]> 31573ea6f3af4d7ebfc6bf395aef96a1 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:00:00 -0100 Dr. Brian Goff and Dr. Jenna LeJeune debate the nature of #self-care and whether the notion of self care has a negative impact on  people’s lives because it singles out your “self” from all the other selves you love (people, pets, work partners, etc.)  Jenna argues to  be sure to include you always in the group of people you are caring well for, using the skills of LovingKindness Meditation, Brian is more  open to the notion of #selfcare as it can help people who might otherwise have restricted or denied themselves love and compassion a gateway to care. 1220 false 54 full <![CDATA[Ep. 55/ Mike Schmidt/Seeing Beyond Labels]]> ef953bc1-4b8f-444b-9c66-9dd69e41a9ff Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:00:00 -0100 Mike Schmidt is running for Multnomah county district attorney with one of the most multi-dimensional views toward the criminalization of the mentally ill we’ve ever heard. Mike’s experience as an inner city school teacher informs his sense of justice and rehabilitation. 1738 false 55 full <![CDATA[Ep. 56/ Beyond Well Looks back at 2019 with Cheryl Strayed on Grief]]> 683b6880-aac7-4f41-89da-d73285c36d50 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 12:00:00 -0100 We are starting 2020 by taking a look back at a few of our favorite shows from 2019. This show was originally released in March of 2019. It features special guest Cheryl Strayed. The message of Cheryl Strayed's memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Trail has helped millions of people process grief in a new and profound way. In this episode of Beyond Well, Sheila Hamilton and Dr's Brian Goff and Jenna LeJeune talk about the potential of bouncing forward after loss, and of grieving from a place of honesty and self-compassion. 2975 false 56 full <![CDATA[Ep. 57/ Dave Dahl/Recovery is Not A Straight Line]]> 4182fc83-6c7e-42f9-8748-4b1dec360d05 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 12:00:00 -0100 Dave Dahl speaks openly about his ongoing management of depression and bipolar disorder and the excruciating climb back from a manic episode that nearly ended his life. Dahl’s entrepreneurial journey began in prison. In 1987, Dave was addicted to drugs and incarcerated for home burglary. Dave returned to his family bakery in the mid 2000’s and quickly developed a marketing juggernaut, Dave’s Killer Bread. In 2015, the Dahl family sold the business for $275 million dollars. In this interview, Dave talks with Sheila about the crucial necessity of management of his mental health symptoms. 1237 false 57 full <![CDATA[Ep.58/ Beyond Well Looks back at 2019 Lidia Yuknavitch on depression]]> 1815b521-efd6-4beb-887e-004c1d943889 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:00:00 -0100 This show was originally released in March of 2019. We're thrilled to Re-visit Lidia Yuknavitch. The author of nine books, including The Chronology of Water, The Small Backs of Children, The book of Joan, and the Misfits Manifesto. Lidia's Ted Talk, The Beauty of Being a Misfit has been viewed 2,862,000 times. We think she has something to share about how telling and retelling your story can help re-frame traumatic experience. 2921 false 58 full <![CDATA[Ep. 59/ Beyond Well Looks Back at 2019 with Lauv]]> 5c16b6eb-8846-46cc-aec2-7320c06020e5 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:00:00 -0100 In October of 2019 we spoke to pop Superstar Lauv. He was on top of the world with the kickoff of his How I’m Feeling Tour, and using his global platform to promote mental health. In every show, Lauv takes a few minutes to describe his descent into depression and severe OCD, and why he credits therapy and medication with allowing him to regain his creativity and confidence.  Lauv has partnered with Microsoft to create a worldwide mental health platform that connects people all over the globe. “No Matter where people are in the world, they can see that someone else is experiencing something really similar.”    Check out MyBlueThoughts.World and our blog of the concert at TheAnthem in D.C.@BeyondWellWithSheilaHamilton.com 992 false 59 full <![CDATA[Ep. 60/ Beyond Well Looks back at 2019 with Storm Large, Follow the Yes]]> c970fd0a-9b1c-41be-97d3-30ee1a01ca7c Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:00:00 -0100 We are starting 2020 by taking a look back at a few of our favorite shows from 2019. This show was originally released in June of 2019.  Storm Large: musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome. She shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova, where despite having been eliminated in the week before the finale, Storm built a fan base that follows her around the world to this day. Storm joins us to talk about growing up with a severely mentally disturbed mother and the message she received from her mother's doctor, "Oh yeah, you will absolutely end up like your Mother. It's hereditary." But, this conversation is not about Storm's efforts to outrun a diagnosis, it's an artist's journey back to herself. Storm's autobiographical musical memoir, Crazy Enough, played to packed houses in 2009 during its unprecedented 21-week sold-out run in Portland. She's back for the ten-year reunion stronger, wiser, and larger in spirit than ever before. (Don't miss the after the show conversation about cancel culture and what really goes on in therapy.) 3319 false 60 full <![CDATA[Ep. 61/ Doctors Only/On Politics]]> 20b4a076-5715-4ad5-9780-43f76a3b0386 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:15:00 -0100 There is a reported increase in the number of people seeing psychologists and psychiatrists for politically based fear, anxiety, and depression. In this episode, Dr. Goff and Dr. LeJeune discuss ways to stay healthy, engaged and positive during times of political stress. One of the hallmarks of politically induced anxiety is hyper-vigilance. Learn how to recognize it, calm your nervous system, and get busy applying your energy to something positive. 732 false 61 full <![CDATA[Ep. 62/ Beyond Well Looks back at 2019 with Israel Nebeker/Blind Pilot]]> 5be35904-5dec-469e-90ff-e06616f85cdc Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:00:00 -0100 We are starting 2020 by taking a look back at a few of our favorite shows from 2019. This show was originally released in November of 2019. It features special guest Israel Nebeker. He is the founder of Blind Pilot and a singer/songwriter whose music now reaches millions of fans. In this episode, Israel talks about confronting one of the darkest periods of his life by wandering into the Black Forest in Germany—with no path to follow and not sure if he would ever find his way out. It was only by confronting his loneliness, his fear, and his belief that he was powerless to change the dynamic that he experienced a significant awakening.  This interview was voted one of our favorites by the Beyond Well Team because of how open, authentic and vulnerable  Israel and his music is. Don’t miss it. 1810 false 62 full <![CDATA[Ep. 63/ Lindy West/Comedian,Writer, Body Positive]]> 7816bda5-7607-47b3-9d5d-3fda8b451d2d Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:00:00 -0100 Lindy West is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (2016, Hachette Books) as well as the brand new essay collection The Witches are Coming (2019, Hachette Books). In 2018 she wrote and executive produced Shrill as a half-hour comedy for Hulu, which just wrapped its second season. With frequent collaborators Ahamefule J. Oluo and Charles Mudede, she wrote and executive produced Thin Skin, an independent feature film, currently in post-production, and she and Oluo are writing a script for Shonda Rhimes’s upcoming Netflix anthology series Notes on Love. 1851 false 63 full <![CDATA[Ep. 64/ Doctors Only/ Relationship Talk]]> 1c29b803-8694-400f-adb9-6788012ea620 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:00:00 -0100 Dr. Brian Goff and Dr. Angela Izmirian (sitting in for Dr. Jenna LeJeune), talk about what it  takes to make a great relationship. If you want to give something sexy to your partner but  cringe at the idea of a hallmark cards or flowers, share this episode. It will spur the kind of communication that even Cupid would approve of. 1487 false 64 full <![CDATA[Ep. 65/ Beyond Well Solutions/Roundtable on LGBQT+ in the Workplace]]> 21f687ee-d30c-4609-9ca4-b22734ce034d Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:00:00 -0100 We talk with three employees about the experience of being gay, trans, and queer in the workplace. For many people who are considered “different,” the question of whether they are being passed over for Lunch invitations and promotions is the biggest mystery of all. “Is it because I’m gay? Or because I’m fat? Because it’s not because I’m not a good worker.” This is a painful, illuminating, and wonderful reaffirming interview with three people who have found their voices and plan to continue to hold businesses accountable until diversity and inclusion is not just a goal—it’s a value. 1417 false 65 full <![CDATA[Ep. 66/ Scott the Painter Returns]]> 04d12ee1-276f-4c2e-8279-650fd97a3219 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:00:00 -0100 Scott the Painter (Scott Erickson) is one of Beyond Well’s favorite guests, both for his refreshing candor regarding his personal suffering but also because his visual art, stories and his performance art resonate with tens of thousands of young people who are tired of staring at their phones and want to find deeper connection. In this episode, we talk with Scott about loneliness versus spending time alone, connecting during the darkest days of winter, and Scott’s personal wellness routine. 2407 false 66 full <![CDATA[Ep. 67/ Mitchell Jackson/Race, Rage, and Kobe]]> f25642a2-aa30-4e6c-88f8-f7fb8ce0a6cf Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:30:00 -0100 Mitchell Jackson is an American author. His critically acclaimed book, Survival Math earned its title as Mitchell recalled calculating what it would take to survive the poverty stricken neighborhood of North Portland and the friends and family members who had become thugs, murderers, and drug dealers. Mitchell’s ascent from drug runner to prison inmate to a literary phenom is a reflection of his deep study and thinking on topics ranging from black history to Kobe’s lasting legacy on young black men in America.   We invite Mitchell to @BeyondWell to regularly discuss race, rage, and how to stay sane in some of the craziest times in American history. 1233 false 67 full <![CDATA[Ep. 68/ Brian Pilecki, Ph.D./Opportunities and risks of psychedelics 1]]> 3497b149-d1e8-4d54-aeb0-5a6cefb6044d Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0100 Episode One. Dr. Brian Pilecki combs the findings of science with compassion and curiosity. He is research the efficacy of psychedelics and studying harm reduction for people who want to use psychedelics to help with trauma, ptsd, anxiety disorders, and depression. In recent years, psychedelics have drawn interest for their unique ability to create a mind shift and lasting relief for clients who have otherwise battled intractable suffering.  821 false 68 full <![CDATA[Ep. 69/ Brian Pilecki, Ph.D./Opportunities and risks of psychedelics 2]]> 2c867232-fb2b-458b-8718-2927d28e62b3 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0100 Episode two. Dr. Brian Pilecki combs the findings of science with compassion and curiosity. He is research the efficacy of psychedelics and studying harm reduction for people who want to use psychedelics to help with trauma, ptsd, anxiety disorders, and depression. In recent years, psychedelics have drawn interest for their unique ability to create a mind shift and lasting relief for clients who have otherwise battled intractable suffering. 1655 false 69 full <![CDATA[Ep. 70/ Doctors Only/Coronavirus Stress]]> f71a0da3-b09e-4c14-856c-402989e09a56 Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:39:00 -0100 Coronavirus is scary. How we respond to it can be even scarier. According to the Economist, more than two thirds of American report being very concerned about the U.S. pandemic. How do we calmly prepare for disruptions to our lives without panicking? What are some of the evidence-based techniques for helping people with anxiety and panic disorders? How do we cope with the likelihood of temporary financial and social stress? This episode is for anyone who wants a centered, calm approach to getting through the Coronavirus pandemic. 1568 false 70 full <![CDATA[Ep. 71/ Doctors Only/Why Therapy?]]> a092b7b1-0f22-4e2f-9237-877f13878027 Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0100 The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung once said: “People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.” Perhaps that is why therapy is often seen as a last stitch effort to reclaim something people feel that they’ve lost—their health, their happiness, or their relationships. In this interview, Dr. Jenna LeJeune and Dr. Brian Goff discuss the reasons behind therapy, and their ardent belief that most people wait far too long (or until they are in crisis), to face their souls, their problems, and their habituated patterns in life. 1553 false 71 full <![CDATA[Ep. 72/ Humanity During Corona Virus]]> a6f01183-e170-4f74-a106-d514332d69c7 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 14:50:28 -0100 Dr. Brian Goff and Dr. Angela Izmirian provide guidance for how to talk to your kids about the seriousness of Covid-19, tips for calming your anxiety and panic, and the basics of bouncing forward or becoming a more resilient, compassionate person despite the chaos around us.   1858 false 72 full <![CDATA[Ep. 73/ C. Lamar Frizzell/MentalHealth and Covid19]]> c8189546-8d6c-4eea-99ad-bc2984ee377e Sun, 22 Mar 2020 18:19:34 -0100 C. Lamar Frizzell is the CEO of Cedar Hills Hospital and an expert in both mental health and divinity. At a time when so many people are asking the question, "Why is there so much suffering?" Sheila and Lamar talk about how we can view this crisis through the lens of spirituality.  This is the first interview Beyond Well is conducting by Zoom due to quarantine. Please be patient as we work to improve our sound! 1466 false 73 full <![CDATA[Ep. 74/Doctors Only/On Shame.]]> ea5d1c2c-750d-4271-99d5-7bcba8bec013 Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0100 Shame is the most painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior. But, as Dr. Goff and Dr. LeJeune discuss, shame roots at the very being of what we care about most. With an increase in public shaming, the potential of depression, isolation, and self-harm increases. The point, as Dr. LeJeune says, is to always offer a fellow human the path to retribution. 1362 false 74 full <![CDATA[Ep. 75/ Beyond Well/ Grief in a Bottle]]> 6dffc486-6aa1-40aa-a815-aab01897f95e Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Leslie Barber’s husband died of cancer in June of 2015. And as Leslie points out, nothing she’d done in her life prepared her for the shock, trauma, and loneliness of her husband’s death. Leslie was struck by how unprepared her friends and even her family were in dealing with her grief. Our culture is incredibly good at celebrating life. We need to learn to get better at acknowledging and coping with grief, the other end of the human cycle. Leslie’s support group at www.AGriefWarrior.com  is a place to begin healing. 1614 false 75 full <![CDATA[Ep. 76/ Dr Jonathan Horey/ActiveRecoveryTMS]]> 507b69f0-f2b4-4990-9049-2d725c95a45d Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:09:01 +0000 During the #Covid19 pandemic, Dr. Jonathan Horey continues to see patients who are seeking relief from drug-resistant depression. Dr. Horey has been practicing psychiatry since 2006. And treating patients with transcranial magnetic stimulation since 2017. He is passionate about the treatment of depression and helping his patients who are suffering. TMS is FDA cleared, non-invasive and non-medication treatment option that uses electromagnetism. 853 false 76 full <![CDATA[Ep. 77/ Doctors Only: FACE Covid]]> ad032479-3198-4d1a-935d-9fcead1c4a7e Mon, 06 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000 FACE COVID is developed by Russ Harris, an ACT therapist based in Australia. It is a set of practical steps for responding effectively to the Covid crisis, using the principles of acceptance and commitment therapy. F, focus on what's in your control. A. Acknowledge your thoughts and feelings. C. Come back into your body. E. Engage in What you are doing. Dr. Jenna LeJeune and Dr. Brian Goff take you through the practice.  1083 false 77 full <![CDATA[Ep. 78/ Beyond Well Podcast: MIchael Sorenson C Lamar Frizzell]]> d9345403-f5c9-4b78-8d3c-9237402b1593 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:13:35 +0000 Dr. C. Lamar Frizzell and Michael Sorenson join Sheila Hamilton to talk about the need for more psychiatric care and access to psychiatric beds. Universal Health Services is proposing to build 100 new beds in Wilsonville, but there is still some political opposition. A group of legislators, senators and business owners is petitioning the Governor to allow the hospital to be built.  871 false 78 full <![CDATA[Ep. 79/Cambia Health Solutions CEO Mark Ganz and Dr. Jim Polo, Medical Director]]> 0551584a-f1f9-4176-943b-b89c22963484 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 23:00:00 +0000 Cambia Health Solutions CEO Mark Ganz joins Beyond Well to talk about the enormous impact COVID19 is having on health organizations and describes his own personal battle against Covid19. "We are in the black swan of black swan events," Ganz says, "But the access to behavioral healthcare via telehealth may be one of the silver linings of this pandemic."  Dr. Jim Polo, Cambia's Medical Director also joins the conversation to talk about how to take care of Covid19 related anxiety.    1364 false 79 full <![CDATA[Ep. 80/ Doctors Only: Caring for the Covid19 Healthcare Heroes]]> 6655edef-cabe-457d-bb70-39c470ff8101 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Jenna LeJeune and Dr. Brian Goff talk about the unique impact on healthcare workers during Covid19 and the actionable items they and their loved ones can take to protect their mental health.  1269 false 80 full <![CDATA[Ep. 81/ What Are You Dreaming About During Covid19?]]> ff75e955-c31e-4f55-b76f-8d8bab61d7bf Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:30:00 +0000 Katherine Olivetti is a psychoanalyst and a dream expert who has authored two books on the topic. For the first time in her research, she is gathering data that suggests people of all cultures, from different countries, are having the same themes in their dreams. This is an incredibly hopeful and uplifting conversation about the power of dreams to help remake who we become as human beings.  833 false 81 full <![CDATA[Ep. 82/ Jonathan Salk/What Would the Creator of the Polio Vaccine Tell us Now?]]> d8f68a6a-88ec-43e1-9a58-24360c75a9bd Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:42:29 +0000 The vaccine for polio was announced 65 years ago, in April of 1955. Dr. Jonas Salk who led the team that developed the vaccine understood the urgency of a pandemic, and more broadly, that the key to eradicating disease takes more than science alone. In this interview with, Dr Salk’s youngest son, Dr. Jonathan Salk, Beyond Well’s Sheila Hamilton talks about the human, social, political and economic relationships involved in eradicating disease.   1265 false 82 full <![CDATA[Ep. 83/ Covid Financial Stress]]> 498948a3-2f64-4fa6-a1c0-01b95a755e2b Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000 In a recent Gallup poll, more than eighty percent of Americans now say financial stress is their biggest concern related to Covid19. While there is little we can control with regards to employment, there are practical steps we can take to be prepared for re-employment, and more importantly, emotional well-being practices we can use to stay grounded, even during the crisis.  1316 false 83 full <![CDATA[Ep. 84/ Doctors Only/Relationships during Covid19]]> 6e2980e1-da00-4a41-98df-1546845dc33f Mon, 04 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Jenna LeJeune and Dr. Brian Goff talk about the increase in people seeking therapy with divorce or separation on their minds. The unusual circumstance of quarantine, financial stress due to layoffs, and close quarters is creating a relationship powder keg unlike any other time in recent American history. This episode is for anyone wondering "Is it over?"  1260 false 84 full <![CDATA[Ep. 85/ How to Help Someone Struggling With Anxiety]]> acd39016-0c44-4c21-99b9-9ddb1bd5bc1d Mon, 11 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Jenna LeJeune is helping couples navigate tricky territory during the quarantine. How do you help someone who is experiencing extreme distress? Dr. LeJeune offers compassionate, evidence-based solutions. 1366 false 85 full <![CDATA[Ep. 86/ Covid19, HIV, and the Path Out of Fear]]> 15542df5-4132-463f-bd09-13bcbb148e8d Mon, 18 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Dan Ryan reflects on the similarities between the HIV/Aids crisis and Covid19, including a lack of adequate testing, discrimination against people who contracted the virus, disinformation, and a worldview awareness that viruses can be deadly. Ryan also says the experience deepened him as a human being and set him on a path of deep spiritual exploration.  805 false 86 full <![CDATA[Ep. 87/Portugal The Man's Zach Carothers]]> 33eb6558-f934-4ae8-93d5-35a9b9465f2d Mon, 25 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Zach Carothers talks about his interior work during Covid19, taking time to pay attention to his mental health, and putting down roots in the Portland area for the first time. The PTM Foundation is also advocating for indigenous peoples who have been severely impacted by the spread of Covid19. Carothers is clear-eyed about the challenge of a pandemic. "We will not be the same people coming out of this that we were going in," Carothers says." But, we have the chance to create what's next. And that's, exciting." 1583 false 87 full <![CDATA[Ep. 88/ Moving Beyond the Isolation and Fear of Covid19]]> 996a955d-8a60-4312-8c71-41048c84abed Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Doyle Smith, Angel Prater, and Michael Sorenson devote their lives to caring for people who are suffering from psychological distress. Smith runs Dual Diagnosis Anonymous, Prater is an intentional peer support national trainer and Sorenson is the business development director for Cedar Hills Hospital. In this interview, you'll hear specific techniques for moving beyond the isolation and fear of Covid19.      1254 false 88 full <![CDATA[Ep.89/ Andrew Solomon, What We Take From This]]> 702631d7-3c10-40ca-9965-559539c1d92e Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Andrew Solomon says of depression, "Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.”  This is a conversation with one of America's renowned writers, thinkers, and advocates about the less reported health impacts of Covid19; the epidemic of depression, and the self-reported increase in anxiety caused by loneliness, job insecurity, and fears of the future. 1513 false 89 full <![CDATA[Ep. 90/Domonique Debnam/Turning Over the Mic Now]]> c7b2945a-5aa3-43be-a0ad-81e1c84cafdb Wed, 10 Jun 2020 21:52:38 +0000 We are #turningoverthemic to #BlackVoices, including Domonique Debnam, an advocate and marketing executive for Brand Jordan at Nike in Portland, Oregon. Domonique shares her personal experiences growing up in one of the whitest cities in America and how the worldwide protests against police brutality have changed everything for Domonique personally and her hopes for the future.  1952 false 90 full <![CDATA[Ep. 91/Introducing Our New Co-Host, Dr. Jim Polo]]> 57990dd6-4e05-4b59-a53d-0a652758649a Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. James Polo joins the team at Beyond Well, with a background as a general physician, as a child psychiatrist, and as a general psychiatrist. Dr. Polo brings over 20 years of experience and previously served as Chief Medical Officer and senior psychiatric physician for Western State Hospital in Washington. He led development and oversight of psychiatric services in various military hospitals, served at the Pentagon as the Health Policy Advisor to the Secretary of the Army. He helped orchestrate complex care delivery for a children’s health care network in Washington state. In this interview, Dr. Polo talks about one of the most powerful experiences that helped him understand the complex forces of addiction and the depth of psychological struggle in family structures.  1403 false 91 full <![CDATA[Ep. 92/Dr. Jim Polo]]> 49146b05-2979-4c6a-aa30-203fc390d1a8 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 13:59:02 +0000 Dr. Jim Polo talks about the unique barriers to effective mental health treatment faced by black Americans. Racial trauma is key to understanding the black experience. 1383 false 92 full <![CDATA[Ep. 93/Erin Khar/ Strung Out]]> 8f58dafa-9639-4858-9973-43ab242e643c Mon, 22 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Our conversation with Erin Khar was recorded before the COVID19 pandemic but it speaks to an already existing crisis in our country, the opioid epidemic. Erin's brilliant memoir explores her fifteen-year-battle with opiate addiction and the very nature of why people do drugs, often to medicate other underlying mental health disorders. Her writing is clear-eyed, factual and cognizant of her own privilege as Erin finally wound her way to health.  1774 false 93 full <![CDATA[Ep. 94/ Part 2 Continuing Moving Beyond Loneliness & Isolation Covid 19]]> 835af44f-c5ba-414d-8946-acba14fb4ad1 Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Doyle Smith, Angel Prater, and Michael Sorenson devote their lives to caring for people who are suffering from psychological distress. Smith runs Dual Diagnosis Anonymous, Prater is an intentional peer support national trainer and Sorenson is the business development director for Cedar Hills Hospital. In this interview, you'll hear specific techniques for moving beyond the isolation and fear of Covid19.    1365 false 94 full <![CDATA[Ep. 95/The Weight of Covid19, Part One]]> 10e96d4c-f209-43e9-89b6-24daf3886fd9 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000   Dr. Jenna LeJeune breaks down the psychological components of stress eating and restricting during quarantine. Both impulses come out of a well established human urge to control our surroundings and how we feel in reaction to stress, anxiety, and sadness. 1042 false 95 full <![CDATA[Ep. 96/Coronavirus-Dealing with the Long Reality]]> 393c7fa4-e89b-4ec7-a4f2-e4f3b6bb1a72 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 How do you cope with the long reality of Covid19? Dr. Jenna LeJeune shares some tips and compassionate guided exercises for moving into the now. 1173 false 96 full <![CDATA[Ep. 97/ Laryssa Birdseye/Growing the F Up]]> b14a2f52-97d6-474c-a4a4-999f35303f41 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Laryssa Birdseye is the rare performer whose onstage person matches the intensity and brilliance of her voice. Birdseye’s lyrics are drawn directly from her wry and hilarious commentary on the state of her psychological world. Laryssa’s  clarity about her lifelong battle with anxiety, an eating disorder, and finally alcoholism, is a refreshing blast of honesty, “You think it’s over because you’ve whipped it…oh, but no.” 1985 false 97 full <![CDATA[Ep. 98/Dr Polo Anti depressants during covid]]> dd77d933-fb19-4502-bfa3-cb558ae93e46 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Since the arrival of Covid19, Americans have turned to anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication in sharply increasing numbers. Dr. Jim Polo, a licensed psychiatrist, talks with Beyond Well about the who, what, where, and when of seeking psychopharmacological help. Also, why counseling and behavior modification improves outcomes more than medicines alone.  1142 false 98 full <![CDATA[Ep.99/Dr. Polo Antidepressants vs Benzo's]]> 28e64ad9-d586-4d60-9f4c-862acd8455da Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Since the arrival of Covid19, Americans have turned to anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication in sharply increasing numbers. Dr. Jim Polo, a licensed psychiatrist, talks with Beyond Well about the who, what, where, and when of seeking psychopharmacological help. Also, why counseling and behavior modification improves outcomes more than medicines alone.  811 false 99 full <![CDATA[EP. 100/Miriam Feldman]]> f883105b-e7f1-4570-bf5f-aba82f10a7ad Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 In He Came In With It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness, artist Miriam Feldman expands into writing by sharing very personal experiences with her son’s mental illness as well as the greater impacts on the entire family. Feldman shares the ups and downs of navigating the mental health system, seeking the best care for her son within a structure that is all too often broken.  2057 false 100 full <![CDATA[EP. 101/Laura Munson Tea Talk]]> 93a683eb-68eb-45c7-80b4-bf9f79abb559 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Laura Munson is the bestselling Author of This is Not the Story You Think it Is, a beautifully honest and searing memoir about a marriage that is coming apart.  In her new book, Willa's Grove, Munson explores the power and wonder of sisterhood, belonging, and taking care of one another, even during our most difficult transitions. The book lands at a particularly important time as women everywhere seek deeper and more intimate connection.  1677 false 101 full <![CDATA[EP. 102/ What's it like to be a Psychiatrist?]]> b26d1e16-9f5a-4a7d-88f6-4ebb0233f4b8 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Jim Polo has worked as a general physician, a child psychiatrist, an adult psychiatrist, and in a state hospital setting. He's now the Director of Behavioral Health for Cambia Health Solutions. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Polo about why he chose this specialty and what his biggest breakthroughs/disappointments have been. 2081 false 102 full <![CDATA[EP. 103/How Do I Find a Counselor, Therapist, Psychologist or Psychiatrist]]> 2ca4de24-48f7-4e95-a6b9-0747a330b597 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 The Covid-19 Pandemic has had a severe impact on mental health. More than 260,000 people have been impacted by anxiety and depression. In a volunteer survey, sixty percent of people report mental distress due to concerns about contracting the virus, economic stress, and the pressures of quarantine.    Now is the time to seek help--but how do you find the right practitioner? This episode answers all of your questions. 790 false 103 full <![CDATA[EP. 104/Robert Kolker, Hidden Valley Road. Inside the Mind of an American Family]]> 13006245-0ac8-4782-9405-92cddc8e1518 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Robert Kolker is the author of Lost Girls, a New York Times Best-seller. His new book, Hidden Valley Road, is an Oprah Book Club pick and a scrupulously researched accounting of the Galvin family, a Colorado Springs family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia. The family became subjects of researchers investigating the genetic origin of schizophrenia.  2205 false 104 full <![CDATA[EP. 105/ Dr. Rhonda Wells-Wilbon/Social Work as a Passion]]> 34a2c512-e2fc-4425-b875-5863f3633c49 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Rhonda Wells-Wilbon joins the Beyond Well team to provide the perspective of a social worker in the overall picture of mental wellness. Dr. Rhonda has been a social work educator for 25 years teaching at the undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. level. She is an author, psychotherapist, trainer, and holistic wellness coach. She has expertise working with adult survivors of sexual abuse and assault and financial planning. As an African American woman, Doctor Rhonda will also help provide insight into racial trauma, and resistance to counseling and therapy in the black community. She is the mother of two young adult sons who are both in graduate school. 1122 false 105 full <![CDATA[EP. 106/Dr. Marissa Alert, Emotional Eating]]> a3e567aa-c5b9-4c34-a6fc-c72730c80347 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Alert received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Miami and her bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College. She has experience working with adults to help them better manage stress, improve their health habits, and live a life that is in line with their values. In this episode, Dr. Alert focuses on the stress of Covid19 on black Americans and the increase in emotional eating. 1005 false 106 full <![CDATA[EP. 107/BiPolar Disorder Dr. Jim Polo]]> 3229f17b-0766-4142-9b01-827f4381cb0d Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Jim Polo talks about the potential and pitfalls associated with treating people with Bipolar disorder. 1402 false 107 full <![CDATA[EP. 108/ Emotional Intelligence Robin Hills]]> f8f2595c-21bc-4600-9465-300e3d4c21dd Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 With a high degree of emotional intelligence, also known as emotional quotient (EQ), in the workplace, a person uses social skills, self-awareness, motivation and self-regulation to acknowledge, comprehend, regulate and reason using the emotions. Robin Hills is an emotional intelligence coach. He is Director of EI4Change, a company specializing in people development and the practical application of emotional intelligence in improving performance.    1654 false 108 full <![CDATA[EP. 109/ Willa Goodfellow/ BiPolar]]> 5f1d72fe-ce69-45e6-9800-3fb21f8cc952 Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Willa Goodfellow is one of the most insightful, optimistic and hopeful interviews we’ve ever done with someone living with bipolar disorder. Misdiagnosed, overmedicated and left distraught by her mental illness, Willa’s remarkable story of recovery will leave you cheering and sharing the episode with others.  1494 false 109 full <![CDATA[EP. 110/ Dr. Jim Polo Bi-Polar in Kids]]> bbf2e101-fe33-4e9e-807b-fb257a1ddf8a Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Childhood is fraught with mood changes and behavioral adjustments. So, what separates a normal child struggling with anger, relationships and learning with someone who is exhibiting symptoms of BiPolar disorder? Dr. Jim Polo discusses the specifics of bipolar disorder in children here and why he is particularly conservative when medicating young people.  1441 false 110 full <![CDATA[EP. 111/ Csaba Mera Here Awhile. Death with Dignity]]> 47aa0fc1-1550-4956-9376-d208d51ec5a7 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:00:00 -0100 Csaba Mera is a former pediatric oncologist and a physician who has often wished he could provide more comfort to his suffering patients. As a screenwriter, his newest film Here Awhile, examines the Oregon Death with Dignity Act through the lens of a young woman who has made the personal decision to avail herself of the law. Mera’s film is winning international acclaim for its candor, humanity and intimacy. How does a physician come to the place in life where art communicates his deepest questions? And how does an award-winning screenwriter balance the demanding career as a physician? Mera’s immigrant story is one not to miss. Here Awhile is now available on Amazon. 1425 false 111 full <![CDATA[EP. 112/ Topher Jerome. Jaspr]]> 79da693a-a9e2-4239-9e5a-808461478847 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0100 The majority of people who are threatening suicide either present at an emergency room or they see their primary care provider in the weeks before an attempt. For too long, health officials have not known how to properly evaluate for suicidal ideation and intent. Now, Jaspr Health is saving lives. The interactive tool empowers evidence-based suicide care at scale, and improves patient outcomes and experiences. Topher Jerome, a suicide attempt survivor, takes us through this revolutionary new platform.  1374 false 112 full <![CDATA[Ep. 113/ Dr Polo Post Election Episode]]> bc592322-b570-4153-bb3a-1eb8cdf4a86d Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0100 An “internal locus of control” is the belief that our actions have a direct effect on the outcomes in our life. Dr. Jim Polo explains the theory behind the locus of control and why it's important to our self-development, safety, and well-being when we focus on the things in our lives that are within our control. Please share this episode with anyone who feels overwhelmed by the recent election. 1164 false 113 full <![CDATA[Ep. 114/ Dr Rhonda Wells-Wilbon. Faith]]> ecd24dd5-df84-4321-91a7-763a957b431d Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0100 Dr. Rhonda Wells-Wilbon offers a reflection on the healing power of faith during times of social unrest. She encourages her clients and students to develop an intellectual curiosity about their spiritual being (whether they believe in a God or not), and to sit in meditation or prayer. In the days leading up to the election, we could all use a little more hopefulness and positivity. Dr Rhonda delivers.  1387 false 114 full <![CDATA[Ep. 115/ Dr. Marissa Alert]]> 925cc8dc-8da9-4b88-aa63-01b33f6f9201 Mon, 23 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0100 Dr. Marissa Alert shepherds her clients through the ups and downs of wellness. Among the most tricky months--from Thanksgiving until New Year. Add in a global pandemic, with economic stress and fewer opportunities for socializing, and your wellness routine can be easily sabotaged. Dr. Alert has some key advice for people hoping to keep it realistic this holiday season.  1202 false 115 full <![CDATA[Ep. 116/ Dr. Polo Psychosis]]> 5b1282ae-8ec4-4f3f-a92d-162bedc235ca Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0100 Dr. Jim Polo talks about the disturbing increase in reported incidents of psychosis, a severe mental disorder in which though and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality. "In those who face a high risk for somebody developing a psychotic disorder, cannabis can act like a trigger."  1713 false 116 full <![CDATA[Ep. 117/ Directing a Life With Anxiety]]> bbdf4bad-b146-43b8-96c3-915606997a2a Mon, 07 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0100 If you've ever wished for a successful, empathetic human to describe anxiety accurately, meet Harris Goldberg. Harris is a writer, producer and director (Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo: The Master of Disguise), and his own film Numb, inspired by his experiences dealing with depersonalization disorder and ocd. Goldberg talks with Beyond Well about the origins of his anxiety and how Covid quarantine has forced him to stress test his coping mechanisms.  1507 false 117 full <![CDATA[Ep. 118/ Steven Wolt-Getting Healthcare Workers Help]]> 18d4c8c8-34bd-4ad9-80aa-a07e6f2f9172 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0100 Steven Wolt is a recovered addict and entrepreneur who has studied what works in behavioral healthcare. As CEO of Veritus Solutions, Steven understands better than most the shame and stigma of seeking help for addiction. Wolt launched Veritus Solutions to provide recovery options for healthcare workers who are dealing with alcoholism, substance abuse, depression, or anxiety during Covid19. 1476 false 118 full <![CDATA[Ep. 122/ Dr. Polo Neurological Symptoms and Covid19]]> 35500121-4b41-4df5-ae8e-8362f75fac62 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0100 Researchers are scrambling to understand just how COVID-19 impacts the brain and what scientists can do to prevent long-term damage. Anxiety, depression, brain-fog, hallucinations, stroke and olfactory damage are all neurological symptoms now associated with Covid19. Dr. Jim Polo talks about potential treatment and outcomes available for people with neurological symptoms. 1437 false 119 full <![CDATA[Ep. 119/ Dr. Polo Substance Abuse]]> b4b6a1e2-9f54-4244-9a5a-8ed0e5863ec9 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0100 More than half of all Americans are coping with quarantine stress, depression and anxiety.  Substance abuse and drug use has also increased and access to residential treatment centers is limited due to the spread of the pandemic. Dr. Jim Polo walks us through treatment options available during this time. 1440 false 120 full <![CDATA[Ep. 120/ Jamaal and Christina Lane]]> aba3f090-5af4-4333-ad2e-e39233edff68 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0100 Cristina and Jamaal Lane founded three barbershops for black clients living in Portland, Oregon. Their conversations with thousands of people about what they needed to cultivate greatness led to the creation of Be Great University, a virtual community and learning platform for professionals who want to pivot professionally or increase their core business skills. Be Great University provides a step by step process for finding your inner purpose.  1228 false 121 full <![CDATA[Ep. 121/ How to Help Someone Who Is Suffering]]> 95fc2a2a-a429-416c-871e-478314fd3247 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0100 It is a time of great suffering for many people. Self-reported surveys suggest 2/3 of Americans are experiencing severe depression and anxiety. But, if you are a family member of someone who is suffering, talking about mental health issues is extraordinarily charged and potentially dangerous. Dr. Jim Polo walks us through best practices for helping someone who is hurting emotionally. 1337 false 122 full <![CDATA[Ep. 123/ Dr. Polo Loneliness and Mental Health]]> efda3883-7d8d-4b8a-ae8e-71fc3c90edce Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Loneliness is now a major health crisis, as lethal as smoking fifteen cigarettes per day. Let us sing, paint, walk, read and connect our way out of loneliness and relearn the art of being alone. Dr. Jim Polo offers tips for combatting loneliness during quarantine.  1452 false 123 full <![CDATA[Ep. 124/ Beyond Well Podcast Margo Fowkes]]> e367e951-ca46-4cb0-a769-019d76374b2d Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Margo Fowkes turned her enormous grief over the death of her son into a global force for healing. An extraordinary interview with a mother, entrepreneur and activist about the communal nature of grieving.  1176 false 124 full <![CDATA[Ep. 125/ Beyond Well Podcast Dr Polo]]> 1549fc2a-7ce0-45d6-a910-26d60b2c096f Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0100 What if 2021 is the year you could really make the changes  in your life? Dr. Jim Polo talks about the steps that are  necessary to make resolutions effective, and whether  psychology behind procrastination.      1036 false 125 full <![CDATA[Ep. 126/Joy Scott, Magenta Nation]]> d8579f66-e26c-49d3-9296-405359a6c911 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Joy Scott is the CEO of Scott Public Relations and a lifelong spiritual leader. Scott's book, Magenta Nation, turns the reader's attention toward the disastrous political divide in the United States and offers a clear communications strategy toward unification. Scott's book was written before President Biden's inaugural speech on Unity, but the themes and suggestions are similarly urgent; we must learn to be able to disagree without hating one another. How do we begin? Listen in. 1350 false 126 full <![CDATA[Ep. 127/DR Polo Seasonal Affect Disorder]]> 13b696f8-a0de-4ef5-b4ff-fdd080c8e3ac Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Seasonal Affective Disorder is a mood disorder characterized by depression that occurs at the same time every year. Seasonal affective disorder occurs in climates where there is less sunlight at certain times of the year. Symptoms include fatigue, depression, hopelessness, and social withdrawal. Treatment includes light therapy (phototherapy), talk therapy, and medications. 938 false 127 full <![CDATA[Ep.128/ Stephanie Thornton Plymale/American Daughter]]> 75ea6a0f-b9a7-4a06-a84d-0d931351b3f0 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Stephanie Thornton Plymale lived in a car with her mentally ill mother, became a ward of the state of California and an abused foster child, endured multiple car wrecks and physical traumas, and is one of the most optimistic, cheerful people I know. How do we bounce forward from trauma? How do we work with the anxiety and fear in our body that is created by trauma in order to understand and assimilate what happened to us? For Stephanie, it was investigating the onset of her mother's multiple personality disorder and realizing the extent of intergenerational trauma. American Daughter is above all, a book about hope. 1645 false 128 full <![CDATA[Ep.129/ Introducing "Chasing Chaos"]]> b9e184c8-4c7e-476b-a9c7-96a07513bbd0 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0100 We had such a phenomenal response to our video series, "Chasing Chaos," we are bringing you the conversation to our friends at Beyond Well. Courtenay Hameister is the author of Okay, Fine, Whatever, and the former host of Live Wire Radio. Courtenay spent one year challenging herself with the most frightening things she could think of in an attempt to confront her anxiety with hilarious and insightful results. Then, a pandemic hit, forcing everyone to examine their coping methods.  1845 false 129 full <![CDATA[Ep.130/Andrew Shayde/Naked and Afraid]]> e9144c5d-faec-4e85-a21b-5a19ebe2f510 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0100 This Beyond Well was created from our Chasing Chaos interview with Andrew Shayde, a fan favorite on the hit Discovery series, Naked and Afraid. Andrew came out as a gay man to his Baptist parents, traversed the wild ride of the Amazing Race and then decided to test himself even further by stripping down and enduring the African wild. The hardest part? Overcoming the fear, sleep deprivation and psychological distress of extreme conditions. Andrew's five steps for survival are genius. 1404 false 130 full <![CDATA[Ep.131/ Jarvis Sam, NIKE]]> 475b75d4-1e73-49aa-9dfc-343444e3c997 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Jarvis Sam is the Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Nike, one of the world's most respected and recognized brands. Sam talks about the racist attacks against Asian Americans, the four steps every company should take to actually integrate true diversity and inclusion into everyday values, and his own mental health practice for remaining optimistic, balanced, and passionate about changing the world. 2229 false 131 full <![CDATA[Ep.132/ Navigating Unemployment During Covid]]> 3b43be21-c501-4470-a679-bfc85cb8d11a Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0100 Unemployment can be one of the greatest stressors in a person's life. Combined with a global pandemic and economic uncertainty, it's no wonder that a record number of Americans are reporting anxiety and toxic stress. Jenny Foss, the CEO of JobJenny talks about the steps we should take now to be job ready and the psychological framework it takes to survive unemployment. 1364 false 132 full <![CDATA[Ep.133/Chris Colin]]> a23c958b-7475-47bc-9ebe-dd4070082b99 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0100 Chris Colin is a reporter for the NYTimes the New Yorker, and Wired Magazine. His book OFF, The Day The Internet Died is a comical picture book about a day when all the screens went dark. We all dream about a life free of scrolling or tweeting, but Colin imagines what an analog world might actually look like and why our attachments to our screens has created a new kind of addiction and dependence. 1117 false 133 full <![CDATA[Ep.134/Dr. Polo As we Transition Back to "Normal"]]> d8e555e2-8458-42f0-ac93-904201bbba94 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Families have adapted to Covid-19 whether they wanted to or not. Many remote workers who hated the isolation in the beginning would now prefer to work from home. Many children, who loathed the idea of staying home are now worried about going back to school. How do you prepare your family for the psychological flexibility needed for this next stage of Covid-19? Dr. Jim Polo is here to help. 1042 false 134 full <![CDATA[Ep.135/Cristina Prestin-Beard]]> 9e83a49b-41e8-4dea-80cb-d9dd9ca2c228 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Researchers estimate as many as ten percent of people who contract Covid 19 do not make a quick recovery. Many of these Covid long haulers are still suffering months later with debilitating fatigue, brain fog, gastrointestinal illness and psychological disturbances. Christina Preston-Beard discusses how dramatically her life has been altered by COVID-19. 1695 false 135 full <![CDATA[Ep.136/Laura Stanfill, Sad House]]> 20346800-397c-4998-b16f-b9cd596c8842 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000 There’s no guidebook for parenting during a pandemic. Sheltering at home means being yourself in front of your kids, all day every day, without the release of school or the office. Sad House is one mother’s guide to stumbling through a season of loss with humor, creativity, and hope. When Laura Stanfill’s best friend was killed by the virus in April 2020, her daughters experienced her grief at close range. They asked questions. They brought her treats. And when she didn’t stop crying, they admitted frustration and begged her to be happy. Over the next several months, with storytelling and art, gardening and games, Laura found her imperfect way through deep grief—just in time to weather a second major loss. Through Laura experimenting with her own creativity, Sad House offers a guide for family resilience, growth, and how small, shared joys can sustain a household in difficult times.  1060 false 136 full <![CDATA[Ep.137/ Dr. Polo Toxic Work Stress at Home]]> 36aeec95-8e11-43d3-861f-c57c9a70cd8e Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Americans are under tremendous stress; economically, physically and spiritually. How does one understand when he/she/they is coping versus on the verge of a mental breakdown? The line between sanity and mental  illness and how to cope with early symptoms in this episode with Dr. Jim Polo.   1181 false 137 full <![CDATA[Ep.138/Steven Wolt Veritus]]> aa0b41e5-1be2-47e2-8124-e8ef3d29e698 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Steven Wolt rejoins us to bring us up to date on Veritus INC., a fully confidential and evidence based recovery program for healthcare workers, lawyers and professionals. 577 false 138 full <![CDATA[Ep.139/Dr. Polo/Anger as Insight]]> 8767e3a2-6b6c-43ab-a218-0e28a1011815 Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000 It is a lot easier to be angry at someone than to tell them you are hurt. Anger is a readily accessible emotion and its impact on our bodies and our societies is evident, especially in a year of stress, uncertainty and social tension.  Dr. Jim Polo talks about how to recognize, moderate and manage anger.  1212 false 139 full <![CDATA[Ep.140/ Storm Large/Crazy Enough During a Pandemic]]> 083da317-5aa6-45ea-8847-c1690e722c29 Mon, 10 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Entertainers were hit particularly hard during the pandemic. If you make your living in front of people, your income and your profession were put on hold. Storm Large dealt with the isolation and loneliness of the pandemic with honesty, vulnerability and a difficult question, "If I'm not performing in front of thousands of people, who am I?"  The answer revealed itself in the form of live-streamed pajama sessions, honest conversations with others about their mental health and well-being, and the spark of genius that keeps us coming back for more, more, more from Ms. Large 1955 false 140 full <![CDATA[Ep.141/ Dr. Polo on Bullying]]> 483f84c3-9f80-4de9-be19-5620680efab4 Mon, 17 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000 As kids make their way back to in person learning, there is trepidation and fear among those kids who were the subject of bullying. Dr. James Polo offers a different perspective, "We will never end bullying. It is imbedded in the social construct that some people will use cruelty and teasing to improve their ranking." Polo says. "What we can do is teach our kids to be aware of bullying, how to report it when they see others doing it, and how not to become the victims of bullies. " 1595 false 141 full <![CDATA[Ep.142/ Trauma Aware Care]]> b15d6c1a-7615-4d03-b818-ad070e0d129f Mon, 24 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Fawn Preston and Angel Prater founded AWARE Consulting Group to help people and organizations offer truly trauma informed approaches to service delivery and crisis intervention. Every time we make a decision, interpret a conversation, or close a business deal, we are doing it through our own lens of trauma. Learning to be trauma aware is fundamental to an organization's success.  872 false 142 full <![CDATA[Ep.143/Logan Lynn Part 1]]> e1e91b1e-6ea1-4e65-a2db-889a312db4df Mon, 31 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Logan Lynn is an American musician, writer, producer, filmmaker, television personality, mental health advocate, and LGBT activist. Since 1998 he has released nine studio albums and became the spokesperson for the .gay domain. Lynn's childhood was scarred by sexual abuse and trauma and by his early teens, Lynn turned to drugs to cope. He was homeless before finally being introduced to a therapist who said, "What happened to you?", helping Lynn untangle decades of unhealthy coping mechanisms. This is a riveting two-part series on recovery, music, and becoming your own life mentor. 940 false 143 full <![CDATA[Ep.144/Logan Lynn Part 2]]> 2d48b410-37c9-423e-b9fb-b49fba20b9c9 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000 We continue our conversation with Logan Lynn, musician, entrepreneur, and creator of the dot gay website, where young people hoping to learn more information about coming out and living their truth can network, socialize and learn more about gender and gender identity. 1499 false 144 full <![CDATA[Ep.145/Dr Polo Vaccination Hesitation]]> c82b9327-2842-40a8-88f4-84615f4c5855 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Jim Polo talks about data regarding the thoughts and views of people who are vaccine resistant as well as effective ways that we can have the conversation about our own choice to vaccinate. 1535 false 145 full <![CDATA[Ep.146/Dr. Polo, What's it like to see a psychiatrist]]> 8e1e2222-1a2c-4d13-838b-11a30875dfba Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Jim Polo takes us beyond the stereotypes of the sterile offices and fainting couches to what really goes on in therapy, from the client's perspective and the perspective of the psychiatrist. 1768 false 146 full <![CDATA[Ep.147/Dr. Polo, Jealousy]]> 5324affe-9768-4db7-aa17-8a81a86496ec Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Jim Polo talks about the impulses and implications of jealousy, an emotion that is primarily driven by low self-esteem and a lack of self-worth. How do we work with this emotion if it is giving us vital information about our lives? Listen in. 1798 false 147 full <![CDATA[Ep.148/Dan Schilling, The Power of Awareness]]> 98c3b1ed-55b6-4dce-96ad-d274e75d8a78 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 In his thirty years as a special operations officer, Dan Schilling  learned multiple skills to keep himself and his crew alive in the most dangerous situations. Now, Schilling shares these secrets with  you and those you love.  1922 false 148 full <![CDATA[Ep.149/Managing the Transition Back to Work]]> f62724a1-8333-4cb9-83bc-2ad17779b4cc Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Jodi wrote Beyond Well, describing her transition back to work as a missile re-entering the atmosphere too quickly. Many of us have the feeling that we are not quite ready to re-emerge after a year or more of quarantine. Dr. Jim Polo provides guidance and empathy for those who are not quite ready for the new normal. 1207 false 149 full <![CDATA[Ep.150/Serena Dyer, Daughter of Wayne Dyer]]> 7820e13a-353f-4ce3-8291-08d0976fe5c8 Mon, 19 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 To millions of readers around the world, Dr. Wayne Dyer was the beloved “Father of Motivation”―but to Serena Dyer and her seven siblings, he was simply “Dad.” When he died suddenly in 2015, the family was blindsided by grief and felt unprepared to navigate life’s challenges and conflicts without his guidance. The experience launched Serena and her sister Saje on an adventure from loss to understanding as they came to realize and metabolize their father’s teachings with a new urgency, intimacy, and power as they applied them to their lives. As their journey unfolded, they realized their father’s wisdom―“The Knowing”―was embedded in their DNA … as it is for all of us. 1635 false 150 full <![CDATA[Ep.151/ Gender Diversity Part 1]]> efa4ca13-8a23-4e8c-9467-3c6793dc98a6 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Think your child might be trans? Cristina Olivetti Spencer and Dr. Dre Irizarry, MD provide a compassionate, realistic view of what's ahead for parents of self-Identifying trans youth. The number of young people seeking clinical services appears to be growing as well. A major clinic in the United Kingdom saw a more than 300 percent increase in referrals over the past three years. In the U.S., where youth gender clinics are somewhat newer—40 or so are scattered across the country—solid numbers are harder to come by. Anecdotally, though, clinicians are reporting large upticks in new referrals, and waiting lists can stretch to five months or longer. 1138 false 151 full <![CDATA[Ep.152/ Dr. Polo on Simone Biles/The No Heard Around the World]]> 0f46a71b-bc63-4d5f-a786-fbba04fc65c4 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Simone Biles was expected to be the talk of the 2021 Olympics because of her history of dominance in women's gymnastics. Instead, she became the talk of the world by drawing a line when it came to her willingness to perform at less than peak mental capacity. Dr. Jim Polo, "It was a no heard around the world." 1276 false 152 full <![CDATA[Ep.153/ Gender Diversity Part 2]]> cb476bab-bef7-456e-8540-604bc8d252f3 Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Part two of our conversation with Dr. Dre Irazarry Md, and Cristina Olivette Spencer, a trans family coach, author, and consultant.  1430 false 153 full <![CDATA[Ep.154/Dr Michael Presti, SAFERX Pharmaceuticals]]> 7b15c8e5-c33e-4263-907c-a3e35d9327a0 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000 The opioid crisis represents one of the greatest national public health emergencies of our time, ravaging communities throughout this country for decades. And unlike COVID, there is no vaccine on the way; there will never be a “silver bullet” for this intricate problem. But SafeRx has developed a solution to a previously unaddressed dimension of the crisis that is responsible for thousands of fatal prescription overdoses every year…the combination of opioids with alcohol. The opioid crisis is fueled by alcohol.  We talk with Neurologist Dr. Michael Presti about a breakthrough medicine designed to prevent the overdose epidemic.     1367 false 154 full <![CDATA[Ep.155/ Rose McGowan, After Me Too, What's Next?]]> 22fb3a0e-2c80-465f-af83-929ccab0a126 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Actor, Director, and Author Rose McGowan is synonymous with the Me Too Movement and a global awakening regarding the insidious nature of sexual harassment in film, corporate America, and politics. She was awarded Time Magazine's Person of the Year for speaking out about sexual assault and the ways in which Harvey Weinstein intimidated, coerced, and tracked his victims.  McGowan is the NYTimes bestselling author of the memoir, Brave, and has turned her attention and energy toward cultural resets and personal well-being.  1958 false 155 full <![CDATA[Ep.156/Kelly Williams Brown, Easy Crafts For The Insane]]> 66b4d88a-0e29-4738-8110-3d8e756dfd28 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Kelly Williams Brown is the NYTimes bestselling author of Adulting, a charismatic and charming redhead whose manners and signature dresses evoke another kinder century when people's manners were still intact. Kelly is also a person who attempted suicide after the worst 700 days of her life. We can be polar opposite things, whipsmart and suicidal, not doing well and extremely talented, hopeful, and perseverating around all of our failures. Kelly talks openly about how the wrong medicine and a string of failures led her to the very worst thing and how folding small stars into tiny shapes (and other crafts) saved her life.  2198 false 156 full <![CDATA[Ep.157/Addiction and Recovery/Why and How We Become Addicted]]> 18903d3f-50ae-486a-b4b5-5b0cbfb375f0 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Paul Conti is a board-certified Psychiatrist and the Author of Trauma: the Invisible Epidemic. Imagine, if you will, a disease―one that has only subtle outward symptoms but can hijack your entire body without notice, one that transfers easily between parent and child, one that can last a lifetime if untreated. According to Dr. Paul Conti, this is exactly how society should conceptualize trauma: as an out-of-control epidemic with a potentially fatal prognosis. Dr. Conti discusses the role of trauma in addiction and substance use. 1850 false 157 full <![CDATA[Ep.158/Addiction and Recovery/Medications to Help Treat Addiction]]> 24c7efd4-e4fa-4ee4-af76-fd52597526c2 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Dr. Eowyn Rieke is a primary care physician who saw how the opioid epidemic was overshadowing any kind of preventative care she could offer her patients. She specializes in the treatment of addiction and offers her patients medications to help treat the addictions. In this episode, Dr. Rieke breaks down addictions by substance and details the evidence for using medications to help treat various addictions. 1714 false 158 full <![CDATA[Ep.159/Addiction and Recovery/Understanding the Recent Epidemic]]> f31fc21d-cebb-4796-bd73-dc2ba2169a67 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000 The pandemic has been difficult for people in recovery. There has been a thirty percent increase in deaths by opioids and a sharp uptick in the number of people who are using substances to cope with the isolation, pain, and loneliness of quarantine. Dr. Amit Shah talks about the public response to the epidemic and why one person who believes in the person's recovery can make a difference. 1460 false 159 full <![CDATA[Ep.160/Addiction and Recovery/Getting Treatment for a Person with an Addiction]]> 6720fbb8-b165-4d62-8e55-24a5e712142b Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000 How do you begin to get help for a person who is addicted to a substance? Where do you turn for evidence-based, trauma-informed care? Fora Health's Kevin Mahon and Nerissa Heller detail the steps involved in in-patient, outpatient, and remote treatment, along with the pathways to coverage.  2785 false 160 full <![CDATA[Ep.161/ Fora Dr. Jim Polo. Grieving a Death from Substance Abuse]]> 525d72cd-a367-4b6c-be33-7d81f2b9bd26 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000 During the course of researching, producing, and reporting on this series, Sheila Hamilton's nephew died, presumably of an overdose.  Dr. Jim Polo talks about the complicated grief created by the death of an addict. 1121 false 161 full <![CDATA[Ep.162/Post Traumatic Growth]]> 470a0760-fc87-4a35-899d-c27d7cc3e5ba Mon, 11 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Post-traumatic growth describes the positive psychological change experienced due to struggling with highly challenging, highly stressful life circumstances. Many people who have gone through traumatic experiences relate how the experience deepened their beliefs, relationships, or spiritual understanding. Dr. Jim Polo talks about whether post-traumatic growth is possible during the pandemic and what we can do to be open to the possibility. 1575 false 162 full <![CDATA[Ep.163/Dr. Jim Polo, Emotional Intelligence]]> 3fef8fe9-ab21-4550-be6a-6bcf8a382714 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Emotional Intelligence refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions. While emotional intelligence can be learned and strengthened, those who possess the inborn characteristics of EI have more meaningful relationships, excel in most work situations, and report easier times managing the complexities of work/life balance. How do you learn to understand, interpret and respond to the emotions of others if you lack emotional intelligence? Dr. Jim Polo weighs in. 1265 false 163 full <![CDATA[Ep.164/Ivan Maisel, I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye]]> bcb8a17b-bae4-4a73-96b4-f8f7874a064b Mon, 25 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Ivan Maisel is well-known as one of the country's experts on college football. But the terrain of grief was something he'd never explored in-depth until the suicide of his son, Max. Maisel's memoir, 'I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye', gives voice to the hundreds and thousands of families who have lost someone to suicide and explores in intimate detail the journey one takes in order to accept grieving as an act of love.  1494 false 164 full <![CDATA[Ep.165/Dr. Jim Polo, Somatic Disorder]]> 0094ed48-8c3e-4082-8591-5f191109f90b Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0100 Dr. Jim Polo talks about somatic disorder; characterized by an extreme focus on physical symptoms— such as pain or fatigue — that causes major emotional distress and problems functioning. You may or may not have another diagnosed medical condition associated with these symptoms, but your reaction to the symptoms is not normal. What to do when the body goes offline due to psychological suffering.  814 false 165 full <![CDATA[Ep.166/Dr. Jim Polo, On Boundaries]]> f1d800ba-f958-4d62-bf68-7ef79dc376e0 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Why is it so hard to set boundaries? Oftentimes, it signifies a deeper value set. If you’re the type that always wants to be there for people you care about, it’s because you value relationships. If you’re the one at work who says yes to every project, it reflects how much you value learning. But when we only say yes, we might be missing chances to invest our time and energy in ways that help us take our values and our goals to new levels. 1504 false 166 full <![CDATA[Ep.167/Dr. Adam Stern, Committed]]> d8941bbf-fb74-4a9e-b5eb-40f634dcb970 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Adam Stern was a student at a state medical school before being selected to train as a psychiatry resident at one of the most prestigious programs in the country. His new and initially intimidating classmates were high achievers from the Ivy League and other elite universities around the nation.  In his memoir, Stern pulls back the curtain on the intense and emotionally challenging lessons he and his fellow doctors learned while studying the human condition, and ultimately, the value of connection.  In this interview, Stern combines his clear-eyed concern for the field of psychiatry as well as poignant memories about his residency at Harvard.  A must-listen for anyone considering psychiatry.     1607 false 167 full <![CDATA[Ep.168/Brittani Warrick Gets Real About Mental Health]]> c7973318-8225-427c-a8a3-0be2f4896fa4 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Brittani Warrick is a producer and social media strategist behind some of music's biggest names, including her aunt, singer Dionne Warwick. Warrick uses her savvy and power in media to open conversations about mental health, what wellness really looks like, and how maddening it is to navigate the mental health system. An inspiring inter-generational conversation with one of America's most promising young advocates. 1850 false 168 full <![CDATA[Ep.169/Dr. Jim Polo ADHD as an Adult]]> a364c448-1744-418f-8ee1-870b2f2a23d9 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Some people with ADHD have fewer symptoms as they age, but some adults continue to have major symptoms that interfere with daily functioning. In adults, the main features of ADHD may include difficulty paying attention, impulsiveness, and restlessness. Symptoms can range from mild to severe. Many adults with ADHD aren't aware they have it — they just know that everyday tasks can be a challenge. Adults with ADHD may find it difficult to focus and prioritize, leading to missed deadlines and forgotten meetings or social plans. The inability to control impulses can range from impatience waiting in line or driving in traffic to mood swings and outbursts of anger. 1592 false 169 full <![CDATA[Ep.170/Rabbi Brian Zackary Mayer]]> ee84aaa1-c6cc-4602-8fc0-a4f8851fadcf Mon, 06 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer grew up rational on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Asking the question why led him to rabbinical school. His love of humanity pushed him out of organized religion and to run Religion-Outside-The-Box, an internet-based congregation of 1,000’s. He loves living in Portland, Oregon with his partner and their two children.        1534 false 170 full <![CDATA[Ep.171/Doctors Only, What is Emotionally Focused Therapy]]> 9e988e94-589a-41d0-82cc-01b0482efee4 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Emotionally Focused Therapy is based on clear, research-based conceptualizations of individual growth, health and dysfunction. It is particularly useful in couples therapy, and as Dr. Izmirian explains, allows clients to explore and change strategies and interventions in a supportive and respectful setting. ETF has been validated by over thirty years of empirical research. 906 false 171 full <![CDATA[Ep.172/After Sports-Mental Health and the Retired Athlete]]> 03a429ef-e8ce-4bf3-ac36-87169c4c5f3c Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0100 Dan Devaney and Taj Dashuan were both incredibly successful college athletes, Dan at the University of Oregon, and Taj at Stony Brook University. But when the rigor, concentration and training of sports went away for Dan and Taj, so did their will to live. Both men struggled with substance abuse and depression. Dan found himself seriously considering suicide.   Through an excruciating journey of self discovery and giving back, both men have found the ability to connect with other former athletes who are struggling with addiction and mental health problems.  2138 false 172 full <![CDATA[Ep.173/Doctors Only-Toxic Relationships]]> 36f7532f-fe0c-4829-a77c-7ffa2a5d460c Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0100 People in toxic relationships need help from friends, family, and professionals to commit to change. There is no AA or NA for this. Changing is a process and not simply a decision. In this interview, Dr. Izmirian and Goff discuss the warning signs of a toxic relationships and the important steps partners need to take to heal. (If you are being physically, verbally, or sexually abused in a relationship you need to exit it immediately and seek help.) 1019 false 173 full <![CDATA[Ep.174/Fora Health, DRY JANUARY]]> 88deab82-dd6f-450e-a6b5-c9b83bc3a6e6 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0100 There is no more powerful testimony as to the challenges and rewards of sober living than to hear from former addicts turned recovery champions. Monta Knudson describes the difference in the way he interacts with family and clients as he helps others navigate sobriety, and Kelly Stromberg became an Addictions Counselor Supervisor after getting the help she needed to live without substances. Raw, emotional, and uplifting, these interviews are aptly timed for Dry January, when many people are considering cutting back or quitting alcohol and drugs. 1983 false 174 full <![CDATA[Ep.175/Fora Health Dry January]]> b4523090-72c7-475e-b153-75f8715dc6ad Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0100 Many people are curious about what would happen if they stopped their drinking habit. Whether it's one glass of wine, or several cocktails a night, Dry January is gaining in popularity as people test the limits of their personal sobriety. What if you made the one biggest mistake of your life while under the influence? How do you rebuild a life without alcohol in a culture built around drinking? Angela Teuscher's story of drinking while parenting is riveting and serves as a cautionary tale for other parents. 1282 false 175 full <![CDATA[Ep.176/Fora Health/Dry January]]> 08987f64-104a-46d9-a5c3-150e8b81aacd Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0100 Mariah Myton, Naomi Castor, and Connie McDowell share the heartbreaking and potent realities of loving someone with a substance abuse disorder. When one member of a family gets sick, the entire family unit tilts on its axis until that person is in recovery--and sometimes that recovery is not guaranteed. How do we accept our loved ones where they are, and at the same time draw healthy boundaries around our loved one's behaviors and actions. This episode is a must-listen for anyone who loves someone with alcoholism or addiction. 2091 false 176 full <![CDATA[Ep.177/Fora Health/Dry January]]> 106002d7-9d8c-4a94-af12-7959309a1c19 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0100 Mike Hovey ran a successful drug trade. He luxuriated in money, women, and status. He even made that profile work for him in prison, where he was at the top. Until it all came crashing down and Hovey had to go on a journey of self-exploration, mindfulness and meditation to recover. Every path to recovery is different. But Hovey is on a mission to help others see the benefits of an inner exploration. 1283 false 177 full <![CDATA[Ep.178/Fora Health/Dry January]]> 3815dcb3-701b-4536-b3c9-67c388b6e957 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0100 Steven Milanese takes us on an intimate path from addiction to how he eventually elevated his life as a supervisor of alcohol and drug treatment programs at Fora Health. How much does a person share about their past? What conditions are best for a person who wants to live in long-term recovery? From trauma to triumphing over drugs and alcohol, Milanese concludes our focus on #recovery during #DryJanuary.  1013 false 178 full <![CDATA[Ep.179/Beyond Well, Kimi Culp, Living Openly with Bipolar Disorder]]> 48dcabb3-4cd3-474c-9486-b7d63953a3c4 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:00:00 -0100 Kimi Culp is a multi-media producer devoted to bringing original ideas and concepts to life online and onscreen. She is also a person who kept her diagnosis of bipolar disorder a secret to all but her closest friends and family. Kimi's experience as a producer for NBC, ABC, and The Oprah Winfrey Show provided the perfect context for a person working with hypomania--until the fast pace of news and storytelling began to extract an incalculable toll.  We talk with Culp about self-stigmatizing, shame, and how living openly with bipolar disorder has changed her perspective on herself and her potential.  2053 false 179 full <![CDATA[Ep.180/Beyond Well Yuvi Zalkow]]> fb756608-9dd2-435b-b8a5-94672e077b4e Mon, 14 Feb 2022 12:00:27 -0100 Yuvi Zalkow is a writer, novelist, software developer and a man who deals with chronic pain through creativity, setting realistic goals, and loving his interior.  This conversation with Yuvi about his new book, 'I Only Cry With Emoticons" is a perfect release for Valentine's Day, since it is filled with my love for this brilliant Portland-based writer.  1603 false 180 full <![CDATA[Ep.181/Beyond Well Anxiety Sisters Part 1]]> c156f077-927d-4dc2-a6d7-97ccfa3d845b Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:00:06 -0100 Abbie Greenberg and Maggie Saracheck (Abs and Mags) met in college when they struggled with anxiety. Their bond and daily conversations about coping led to a lifelong friendship and a new book-- The Anxiety Sisters Survival Guide, part evidence-based journal, part heart-based memoir. Highly recommended. 1261 false 181 full <![CDATA[Ep.182/Beyond Well Anxiety Sisters Part 2]]> a09bd343-4c38-4354-873d-d7a59a3530c8 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:00:59 -0100 Abby Greenberg and Maggie Saracheck (Abs and Mags) join Sheila in part two of a conversation about managing anxiety, the benefits and realities of medication management and why belonging to a growing community of people who openly live with panic disorders and anxiety helps in every aspect of life.  1735 false 182 full <![CDATA[Ep.183/Dr Pritham Raj/Active Recovery TMS]]> dc06d30a-d1cb-4e1d-8717-5f3fe8bd2206 Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:30:06 -0100 Dr. R. Pritham Raj is both an internist and a board-certified psychiatrist. In this interview, he talks about the scientific evidence behind transcranial magentic stimulation, or TMS, an FDA approved therapy that is helpful for people with treatment resistant depression. (TMS is covered by most insurance.) 1848 false 183 full <![CDATA[Ep. 184/ John Harrison, Mental Health in the Workplace]]> 0ff81d6e-6c8f-4178-aaec-03039e52b107 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:30:01 -0100 John Harrison is the General Manager of WebMd Health Services, where he is instrumental in developing the company's vision to empower organizations and their populations to improve well-being. John has more than 25 years of strategic, client, and operational leadership. In this interview, John talks about the critical need for mental health screening, outreach, and education to be a part of every organization's well-being charter. 1644 false 184 full <![CDATA[Ep.185/ Chris Cumming, Mental Health in the Workplace]]> f55ce713-5714-4b94-8e37-3bac681f64d0 Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:30:22 -0100 Chris Cummings is the CEO of WellBeing at Work World, an integrated multi-channel platform to make the wellbeing of the workforce a strategic priority in every organization. In this interview, Chris talks about the profound changes the pandemic brought to mental health awareness in the workplace, and what companies can do to help support and better the lives of their employees. 1372 false 185 full <![CDATA[Ep. 186/ Andrea Herron, A Manager's Role in Workplace Mental Health]]> ed95527f-04fd-401b-b46d-b9c65825adbe Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:30:13 +0000 Andrea Herron is a seasoned HR Executive, author of "There's an Elephant in Your Office," and host of the HR Scoop podcast. She is a passionate advocate for addressing mental health in the workplace, and bolstering diversity, inclusion, and belonging.  Andrea talks with Beyond Well about the important role of managers in creating a culture of mental health awareness, support, and belonging, and she answers some of the toughest "what if?" questions from our audience.  Andrea earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Western Kentucky University.  1840 false 186 full <![CDATA[Ep. 187/ Psychologically Grounding in Wartime 1]]> 744b8d5b-c228-49f7-8b2d-bf435c1c967f Mon, 04 Apr 2022 12:30:17 +0000 Dr. James Polo trained at the United States Army War College and has served two tours of duty as a behavioral health care specialist. Dr. Polo's expertise on how to remain psychologically grounded during times of war is especially relevant to the times we are in.  In part one, we discuss how to talk about war with children and young adults, why limiting media consumption is so important, and how to prepare for a long-drawn-out conflict. 1253 false 187 full <![CDATA[Ep. 188/ Psychological Grounding in Wartime 2]]> 24bf2653-41da-417b-b6ba-27efe9605d05 Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:30:42 +0000 Dr. James Polo trained at the United States Army War College and has served two tours of duty as a behavioral health care specialist. Dr. Polo's expertise on how to remain psychologically grounded during times of war is especially relevant to the times we are in.  In part two, we discuss how to reduce the anxiety and depression brought on byevents outside of our control. 1255 false 188 full <![CDATA[Ep. 189/Daryl Tol Workplace Wellness]]> 8d94ba2b-b44e-4a91-9fe8-23c652707620 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 12:30:41 +0000 Daryl Tol is the Executive Vice President overseeing the One Mind at Work programs. He brings more than twenty years of healthcare leadership to One Mind, where a global coalition of employers and partners is transforming the approach to workplace mental health and wellness.  Tol shares how his personal battle with anxiety continues to shape his work and his belief system regarding equity, diversity and inclusion.  1754 false 189 full <![CDATA[Ep. 190/Todd/What is Treatment Resistant Depression?]]> 9da3b00c-60ee-4352-a9a1-ccc22fd03ec7 Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:30:10 +0000 When a person fails a third or fourth anti-depressant, the chances of success on another round of medication fall to 6.7 percent. And yet many patients whose medications have stopped working are advised to keep trying.  Todd's story of depression worsening to the point of suicidal thinking is an example of the trap these patients find themselves in. Fortunately for Todd, transcranial magnetic stimulation provided an effective alternative to medicine. 1026 false 190 full <![CDATA[Ep. 191/May Music Mental Health Lauv]]> b0784ddc-ae37-4c77-8605-1d03e8f31272 Mon, 02 May 2022 12:30:54 +0000 It is #mentalhealthawareness month and we are revisiting some of our favorite conversations with musical artists whose personal mental health challenges, victories and transformations are transformative. Sit back, listen and enjoy. Here's global superstar, Lauv 1100 false 191 full <![CDATA[Ep. 192/May Music Mental Health Israel Nebeker of Blind Pilot]]> 7ac0a63d-e1a8-4f48-9c76-4357cfc1e7cc Mon, 09 May 2022 12:30:52 +0000 During mental health awareness month, we are revisiting some of our favorite interviews with musicians whose mental health stories inspire and transform.  Israel Nebeker, lead singer with Blind Pilot talks about the darkest experience he's ever confronted and how he maintains his mental health awareness. 1929 false 192 full <![CDATA[Ep. 193/May Music Mental Health Zak Carothers Portugal the Man]]> 12847c86-f782-4f8c-ac9e-cb5afa098a4a Mon, 16 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000 This month, we are revisiting some of our favorite conversations with artists whose mental health is pivotal to their music and creative expression.  Zachary Carothers is a member of the Grammy Award-winning band Portugal the Man, and a fierce advocate for mental health awareness. We talk with Zach about his personal wellness habits, and how he balanced life and creativity during the pandemic. 1739 false 193 full <![CDATA[Ep. 194/May Music Mental Health Storm Large]]> 05cc4c82-02b7-4669-b04f-f7bc84cf9070 Mon, 23 May 2022 12:30:29 +0000 During the month of May, we are revisiting some of our favorite conversations with artists who have come to a place of deep awareness and respect for their mental well-being. Storm Large is an Author, Actress, Performer and force of nature. You don't want to miss the story of inherited mental health vulnerability and how Storm battles her demons with profound honesty and individuality.  2107 false 194 full <![CDATA[Ep. 195/May Music Mental Health Brittani Warrick]]> 04b54e61-0781-44ae-a148-c0174209a5c0 Mon, 30 May 2022 12:30:46 +0000 This month we are revisiting some of our favorite conversations with artists, musicians,, and influencers whose mental health journeys inspire and educate.  Brittani Warwick is the niece of the famous Dionne Warwick, and a social media manager for some of music's most influential artists. Her personal story of rising from the stigma of mental health to become one of her generation's greatest advocates is inspired and hopeful.  2005 false 195 full <![CDATA[Ep.196/Beyond Well Looks Back at Anxiety Courtney Hameister]]> 351a3abe-b30d-490b-89a5-0cc20d51d12b Mon, 06 Jun 2022 12:30:02 +0000 Comedic writer Courtenay Hameister takes an unflinching look at her life through the lens of anxiety. This is one of our most listened-to episodes because Courtenay is as real as anxiety, and anyone who has ever been told to "stop being so anxiety-ridden" understands the madness of this instruction. It is through self-compassion and understanding, humor, and the right combination of meds that Courtenay keeps her razor-sharp ability to comment on her approach to managing a serious condition. 1804 false 196 full <![CDATA[Bonus Episode/Dr. Raj, BiPolar Depression and TMS]]> 7bbafec7-8bc6-4d4a-b80e-9aff4d8f4d6d Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:00:17 +0000 Most people with bipolar disorder do not seek care when they are enjoying the perks of hypomania. They seek care when the behaviors of mania have destroyed their relationships, jobs, or careers, or they have sunk into the inevitable low of Bipolar Depression.  Dr. Pritham Raj talks about the unique characteristics of bipolar depression and why it is so dangerous. 1336 false 197 full <![CDATA[Ep.197/Beyond Well Looks Back at Anxiety Laryssa Birdseye]]> a4a4a8da-8461-4d5b-8939-f5a119f254b3 Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:00:35 +0000 Portland-based pop-soul singer-songwriter Laryssa Birdseye is most known for emotionally powerful and sometimes scathing "break-up" songs. But Laryssa has plumbed emotional wreckage and heartache to get to the place where she creates rather than perseverates, and the end product is both grittily honest and relevant to the lives of so many women who have struggled with  subtance-use and anxiety. 2101 false 198 full <![CDATA[Ep.198/ Beyond Well looks back at Anxiety Harris Goldberg]]> 0d02c48f-317a-4bec-88da-88e561b589ee Mon, 20 Jun 2022 12:30:00 +0000 Harris Goldberg is a skilled director and writer, and he also lives with debilitating anxiety and OCD. Goldberg's command of the internal parts of our lives that cause us pain and suffering is so evident in his interviews, and he shares how he may have finally cracked the code on how to live well with a severe form of anxiety.  1617 false 199 full <![CDATA[Ep.199/ Beyond Well looks back at Anxiety. The Anxiety Sisters Part 1]]> d769d3b1-1fa9-4ad5-ae3b-b568670f7fd4 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:30:47 +0000 The Anxiety Sisters (Abs and Mags) bonded in college over their shared difficulty with just about everything that seemed to come easy for other students. Decades later, the two have built a substantial community of people who share their experiences of living with anxiety while continuing to find joy, purpose, and happiness despite the ebbs and flows of their ongoing symptoms. (Part one) 1288 false 200 full <![CDATA[Ep. 200/ Beyond Well looks back at Anxiety. The Anxiety Sisters Part 2]]> 7a5522e0-6e8a-4de6-9b74-efa75e299a53 Mon, 04 Jul 2022 12:30:43 +0000 The Anxiety Sisters (Abs and Mags) bonded in college over their shared difficulty with just about everything that seemed to come easy for other students. Decades later, the two have built a substantial community of people who share their experiences of living with anxiety while continuing to find joy, purpose, and happiness despite the ebbs and flows of their ongoing symptoms. (Part two) 1757 false 201 full <![CDATA[EP. 201/ Beyond Well Looks Back at Depression/ Kelly Williams Brown]]> 0395eddb-1ff3-4981-b895-3a0e2214deba Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:30:03 +0000 Kelly Williams Brown wrote a bestselling book about adulting and then her life fell apart. In the book, "Easy Crafts for the Insane" Brown talks about how mental illness snuck up on her after divorce, friendship difficulties, and unexpected trauma, including breaking three limbs over the course of seven hundred days.  Warning: This episode deals with the impulse of attempted suicide and how common suicidal ideation is in the depths of deep depression. 2274 false 202 full <![CDATA[EP. 202/ Beyond Well Looks Back at Depression/ Scott Erickson]]> 9e0c2e49-4c20-4fe8-b109-6bd988fbf28f Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:30:45 +0000 This was one of the first episodes we recorded. Performance artist Scott Erickson describes in intimate detail how mid-life, young children, little sleep, and a desire to feel again led to his creation of the one-man show, 'Say Yes, A Liturgy of Not Giving Up On Yourself.' Erickson's exploration of the spiritual journey of depression is one of the most fascinating conversations we've had regarding the role of art, faith, and getting out of bed even when you don't feel like it. Share this episode with anyone lacking the vocabulary for living through the hardest times. 2627 false 203 full <![CDATA[EP. 203/ Beyond Well Looks Back at Depression/ Lidia Yuknavitch]]> 92c14c70-c51e-4c97-ae16-7d6f720914b4 Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:30:57 +0000 Lidia Yuknavitch is the author of several bestselling books, including her latest 'Thrust' which the Los Angeles Times calls the "Best Book of the Summer."  Yuknavitch talks about the power of storytelling to make sense of the world we are living in and the one we might just be barreling toward. She describes how, after the death of her infant daughter, Yuknavitch pieced her life back together with small scraps of paper and threads of awareness.  Please share this episode with anyone who is suffering from a traumatic loss. Yuknavitch holds the listener with exquisite care and tenderness--a gift to anyone who currently can't see their way forward.  1777 false 204 full <![CDATA[EP. 204/ Beyond Well Looks Back at Depression/ Andrew Soloman]]> 53353d4d-c3ee-4618-adc5-ae96b86c8938 Mon, 01 Aug 2022 12:30:09 +0000 Andrew Solomon is a NYTimes bestselling author, and a thought leader on mental health and well-being. In his widely viewed Ted Speech, Solomon says, "The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment." This is an interview that is so important for anyone you know who battles depression.  Solomon has taken an eye-opening journey into his own experience with depression and interviewed hundreds of other people who also suffer from this brain disorder. With empathy, sensitivity, and understanding, Solomon discusses the complexity, the mystery, and the difficulty of living with depression.  1624 false 205 full <![CDATA[EP. 205/ Beyond Well Looks Back at BiPolar Disorder/Dr. Polo]]> b47c3904-e330-4dd4-b170-90426bcb4c46 Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:30:58 +0000 Dr. James Polo talks about the psychiatric complications of Bipolar Disorder and why it can be so difficult to diagnose and treat. People with bipolar disorder often wait to seek help until they have experienced a devastating depression following a manic or hypomanic episode.  Polo brings hope to anyone who is living with bipolar disorder, as well as those who love someone suffering from this type of mood disorder. 1555 false 206 full <![CDATA[EP. 206/ Beyond Well Looks Back at BiPolar Disorder/Willa Goodfellow]]> f431819c-b543-4c6e-9bdc-2d514047e2e8 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:00:36 +0000 Willa Goodfellow's extraordinary run through bipolar disorder may be familiar to others whose diagnosis was missed for many years: incredible highs, devastating lows, a difficulty maintaining relationships, a mercurial run through life. When Goodfellow finally sought help through medication, she thought her challenges might be over. For many people with psychiatric problems, medicine does not work. The side effects are so numbing and intolerable that people find other ways to cope with their minds and behaviors. Goodfellow has done just that with resilience and a belief in her own self-discovery, she is living proof that it is possible to live well with bipolar disorder. 1602 false 207 full <![CDATA[EP. 207/ Beyond Well Looks Back at BiPolar Disorder/Dave Dahl]]> 952d31fc-2d20-4bb5-9544-35d785e980af Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:30:26 +0000 Dave Dahl is the face of a multi-billion dollar bread-making company and the marketing genius behind the name, 'Dave's Killer Breads.' Dave isn't a killer, but he has made some pretty bad mistakes that landed him in prison, where he began to recognize that his early drug and alcohol use was an attempt to self-medicate his bipolar disorder.  In this interview, Dave talks about the necessity of dual diagnosis and what leveling up to his potential really means.  1339 false 208 full <![CDATA[EP. 208/ Beyond Well Looks Back at BiPolar Disorder/Kimi Culp]]> d1282918-e2b6-4c7c-86fd-86ce07397cf9 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:30:29 +0000 Kimi Culp is a multi-talented producer, writer, and person living with bipolar disorder. As a creative working in the demanding field of journalism, Culp relied on her hypomania to help her succeed--until she suffered her first devastating depression and could no longer function. Kimi kept the secret about her diagnosis for decades. In this interview, Culp describes the impact of coming out regarding her diagnosis.  2072 false 209 full <![CDATA[EP. 209/ Beyond Well Looks Back at Grief/ Dr. Goth Dr. Le June, Lois and Rich]]> d51e0424-c500-4df4-8210-cd2fcdd6bcb9 Mon, 05 Sep 2022 12:30:02 +0000 Dr. Brian Goff and Dr. Jenna LeJeuene join us to talk about the myth of the "five stages of grief."  1586 false 210 full <![CDATA[EP. 210/ Beyond Well Looks Back at Grief/ Cheryl Strayed]]> c1b78332-6957-4841-94b7-b1de056b4a52 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:30:33 +0000 Cheryl Strayed is a New York Times bestselling author, playwright, and screenwriter. This interview is a must listen for anyone who is also navigating grief and encountering people who cannot hold another person's suffering. 3033 false 211 full <![CDATA[EP. 211/ Beyond Well Looks Back at Grief/Ivan Maisel]]> 94573a1c-2d9c-4f7a-86c8-46d5d72bde80 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 12:30:08 +0000 Ivan Maisel is Vice President/Editorial and Senior Writer at on3.com. He has covered college football for nearly four decades, at ESPN, where he served as Editor-at-Large for ESPN College Football 150, Sports Illustrated, Newsday, and The Dallas Morning News. His conversation on navigating a year of grief after the suicide of his only son is one of our favorite interviews of the year.    1603 false 212 full <![CDATA[EP. 212/ Beyond Well Looks Back at Grief Dr. Jim Polo]]> b3a3e0cb-8237-4cf6-b607-cd696733c0e6 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:00:38 +0000 No two people will experience the same range of emotions during grief. The experience of loss is as unique as our DNA, and any attempt to define its duration, intensity or lasting impact falls short. Dr. Jim Polo discusses the intimacy of grief. 1156 false 213 full <![CDATA[Ep. 213/Dr. Norman Rosenthal, Poetry as Medicine]]> fe1de03a-8d77-4158-9859-e9bea8c4fd90 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:30:31 +0000 Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal is a world-renowned psychiatrist, public speakinger, and best selling author who is known for his innovative research and inspirational writing. In this interview, Dr. Rosenthal talks about poetry as medicine for the soul. In a world that is maared by loss and deprived of pleasure, Rosenthal believes poetry can help fill in the gaps, offering a retreat from a troubled world and hope for a better future.  1983 false 214 full <![CDATA[Ep. 214/Karen Karbo, Returning To Our Authentic Selves]]> bcba6d68-db31-4544-8f6b-0fcfeda9774b Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:30:00 +0000 One of the main components of mental strength is living in congruity with your values and your desires. We are focusing on stories of women who made complex and sometimes controversial decisions in mid-life to turn toward the version of their lives that they'd always imagined for themselves.  Karen Karbo uprooted her life and career as a bestselling author to live in Couillure, France, and make her way through the mountain of paperwork and bureaucracy to become a French citizen. At the same time, Karen's daughter gave birth, complicating the long-distance relationship. With exquisite grace, consideration, and compelling reasoning, Karen talks about why it's essential we navigate our own wishes with as much care as we offer to our loved ones.  1508 false 215 full <![CDATA[Ep. 215/Julia Stoops, Returning to our Authentic Self]]> d9105d31-9928-4d73-b8bc-e5158ae3c20a Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:30:00 +0000 Julia Stoops is an accomplished visual artist who took an extended break to write and publish her first novel.  While the writing fulfilled her, the marketing and publicity experience was not what she imagined, and the pressure left her feeling empty and alienated. "We don't talk enough about what happens when the dream doesn't work out," Julia observes.  Through a deliberate process of evaluation and acceptance, Julia returned to the work that sustains her with a clear-eyed view of what success really means.  1203 false 216 full <![CDATA[Ep. 216/Carolyn Donohoe Marieb, Confronting Substance Use]]> 6db6d094-7210-4142-8cb1-02e49660e336 Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:30:00 +0000 Carolyn Donohoe Marieb already had a busy career and one child when she learned she was pregnant with triplets. The overwhelm she felt led Marieb to lean on alcohol to cope, a familiar crutch for many overstressed mothers. Carolyn finally realized that she could no longer lead a life controlled by alcohol, and when she sought help, she discovered a community of smart, capable women who had also put their wildest hopes and dreams on hold to serve an addiction. Anyone who is struggling with substance abuse will relate to Carolyn's candor, her humor in dealing with her previous mistakes, and her newly expanded joyous life as she nears some of the biggest opportunities offered by sobriety and mid-life. 1048 false 217 full <![CDATA[Ep. 217/ Domi Shoemaker/A Genderflexing Queer Writer Loving Mid-Life]]> 28142880-5398-4f28-a17c-52fd8f548e28 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:30:00 -0100 Domi Shoemaker identifies most strongly as a "Superfat gender flexing kinky queer writer and seeker of justice." Domi has always known they are different and did not try to "fit in" with the conservative, rigid norms of Idaho. Instead, Domi played little league with the boys, came out to their mother, and moved to Portland, Oregon, to find community and purpose. Domi explored their gender fluidity long before it was acceptable, paving the way for mid-life joy and meaning. Domi's courageous insistence on authenticity has proven critical to their ability to survive and even thrive, "I am so glad I stayed alive," Domi says. "I didn't always believe it was possible." To work with Domi, go to https://www.corporealwriting.com/corporeal-community 1345 false 218 full <![CDATA[Ep. 218/Dr. Raj, New Hope for People with Depression]]> 34883fc8-1bdf-4216-8ac4-3a42608645bf Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:30:00 -0100 Dr. Pritham Raj joins Sheila to discuss the newest FDA-approved treatments for depression, including Spravato, ketamine, and a fast-acting anti-depressant. For many people suffering from treatment-resistant depression, these new modalities combined with transcranial magnetic resolution may offer the best hope yet for remission. 1090 false 219 full <![CDATA[Ep. 219/Jenn Cassetta/The Art of Badassery]]> 2d829121-44c5-4b34-8ace-d4752d555c4d Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:30:00 -0100 Jennifer Cassetta witnessed the attack on the twin towers and, months later, endured a personal attack. Jennifer turned to the wisdom of the dojo and the training and discipline of martial arts to strengthen her body, steel her mind, and expand her compassion for herself and others. The Art of Badassery is Jennifer's program for helping women feel safe and powerful from the streets to the boardroom. A third-degree black belt in Hapkido and a master's degree in nutrition, Jennifer teaches women how to fuel themselves to rise above fear and reclaim their power. 1069 false 220 full <![CDATA[Ep. 220/ Farzana Nayani/DEI and the Critical Role of Employee Resource Groups]]> 6c404b1f-eba7-4720-b373-13b8538ceeab Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:30:00 -0100 Farzana Nayani (she/hers), is a recognized DEI specialist, international keynote speaker, and business coach. Of multiethnic Filipina-Pakistani background, Farzana is a passionate advocate for the multiracial community, and through her coaching practice, she supports individuals to move towards healing, transformation and achieving their full potential in a culturally sensitive and grounded way.  Nayani talks about:  Taking care of your employees and giving them a sense of well-being with ERGs Supporting marginalized groups who have faced tragedy and also have to carry on with work: How can we support them effectively as leaders and colleagues, or, if we are these professionals ourselves – how do we best address these issues? Will women and other marginalized groups suffer the highest consequences of “quiet quitting” and "labor hoarding" 984 false 221 full <![CDATA[Ep. 221/ Doctors, Do you like the Holidays?]]> 8ba7c288-318d-4e0f-8669-801975a07253 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:30:00 -0100 Dr. Jenna LeJeune and Dr. Brian Goff talk about navigating the holiday season, and dealing with internal and external stress. 770 false 222 full <![CDATA[Ep. 222/Michelle DeCourcy/Breast Implant Illness]]> bf4fd4de-2c41-46ce-bbfa-54fe3c0c9d4d Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:30:00 -0100 Michelle DeCourcy is one of tens of thousands of women who are choosing to have their breast implants removed. After battling leukemia in her thirties, and learning about a type of cancer that is related to breast implants, the designer and performer investigated the pros and cons of replacement. BII (breast implant illness) is not well understood, but the impacts can be debilitating. Women suffer joint pain, brain fog, and other immune system irregularities. Immediately following the procedure, Michelle noted less inflammation in her body, and her frequent bouts with anxiety and depression disappeared. (This is one woman's story about a profound change that had a positive impact on her life and is not meant to be interpreted as medical advice. For more information, see resources below and talk to your doctor.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAprdn6bt9I     https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/health/breast-implants-cancer.html NYTImes Article https://www.breastcancer.org/treatment/surgery/breast-reconstruction/types/implant-reconstruction/illness/breast-implant-illness BreastCancer.Org https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/what-know-about-breast-implants#:~:text=UPDATE%3A%20The%20FDA%20issued%20a,that%20forms%20around%20breast%20implants. FDA resource 1605 false 223 full <![CDATA[Ep. 223/ Dr. Jenna Dr. Brian... Shame]]> a13983af-e1d1-463a-bc4e-61149c720df7 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:30:00 -0100 Recorded Pre-Covid Lockdown in January of 2020. First released on Mar 23, 2020 Shame is the most painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior. But, as Dr. Goff and Dr. LeJeune discuss, shame roots at the very being of what we care about most. With an increase in public shaming, the potential of depression, isolation, and self-harm increases. The point, as Dr. LeJeune says, is to always offer a fellow human the path to retribution. 1362 false 224 full <![CDATA[Ep. 224 Episode one, Opportunities and risks of psychedelics]]> 155d1fec-56a9-4635-aa01-d07d816862bb Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:30:00 -0100 Oregon has approved the use of psyilocybin in a clinical setting. Within the year, some practitioners will be licensed to guide people through a pcilosybin experience. Dr. Brian Pilecki is one of the psychologists who has studied the efficacy of psychedelics and studying harm reduction for people who want to use psychedelics to help with trauma, ptsd, anxiety disorders, and depression. In recent years, psychedelics have drawn interest for their unique ability to create a mind shift and lasting relief for clients who have otherwise battled intractable suffering.  821 false 225 full <![CDATA[Ep. 225 Episode Two, Opportunities and risks of psychedelics]]> c1eb90e5-b733-4759-9db6-8f8c0b209f75 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 12:30:00 -0100   Part two of our conversation with Dr. Brian Pilecki on the potential promise of psychedelics in a therapeutic setting. Dr. Brian Pilecki combs the findings of science with compassion and curiosity. He is research the efficacy of psychedelics and studying harm reduction for people who want to use psychedelics to help with trauma, ptsd, anxiety disorders, and depression. In recent years, psychedelics have drawn interest for their unique ability to create a mind shift and lasting relief for clients who have otherwise battled intractable suffering.  1655 false 226 full <![CDATA[Ep. 226/ Trish Walker/Honey, I’m Just Getting Started]]> c1739703-39a1-42b4-aef0-7ffd84d79777 Mon, 02 Jan 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Trish Walker turned a pivotal birthday into an opportunity for spiritual growth and self-development. Her bucket list of fifty mind expanding and heart thumping experiences taught Trish the value of reaching beyond our comfort zones at mid-life. Now a certified coach, energy healer, author and part time actor, Trish inspires all of us to just get started.  1336 false 227 full <![CDATA[Ep. 227/ Dr Polo. Staying Psychologically Grounded During Economic Downturns and Layoffs]]> 8a65a46f-7b3d-4497-8f40-826e14b581f1 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Being laid off from work is one of the major traumas an individual can suffer. Our jobs have a profound impact on our financial well-being and sense of security, as well as providing a necessary social support and daily purpose. So, how do we cope when we are suddenly laid off from work? Dr. Jim Polo provides a framework for making sure your mindset remains strong and optimistic, including:  Taking time to reassess what went right and what you'd do differently at work. Finding a support group who can help you decompress and begin a job search. Avoiding catastrophic thinking. Focusing on what you can control.  Eliminating the stigma of unemployment and using available resources. Taking the opportunity to reassess your life's goals. Networking the right way to find the next meaningful role. 1351 false 228 full <![CDATA[Ep. 228/Resolutions and Goals with Dr. Polo]]> f79b8af8-7820-4559-bcb6-2a2a0dc115db Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Nearly eighty percent of people who make New Year's resolutions abandon their goals within three weeks.  Dr. James Polo talks about how to hack your resolution into more manageable, actionable goals that will help you achieve success. Whether you are considering a weight-loss regimen, dry-January, or changing your relationship to work, these tips are helpful and doable.  1538 false 229 full <![CDATA[Ep. 229/ Dr. Polo Psychedelics]]> e38258f0-bb32-46b6-a6e7-e65c67113bc2 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Dr. Jim Polo has been watching the rise and fall of psychedelics in the treatment of mental health since the 1960’s when many physicians were duscredited for supporting alternative treatments. Through the lens of a practicing psychiatrist, Dr. Polo talks about the potential of psychedelics at a time when the development of other psycho pharmaceuticals has stalled.  1392 false 230 full <![CDATA[Ep. 230/ Payton Nyquvest, Numinus / My Personal Psychedelic Journey]]> fbx/4c6cd36a-a26d-11ed-8a27-16a2cd1ac1f8 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:16:23 -0100 Payton Nyquvest had a history of trauma that resulted in deep depression. He tried every form of therapy and meds, and was considering ending his life when he tried Ayahuasca. The experience was guided, reassuring, and transformative. Payton devoted his life to understanding psychedelics and empowering people to heal and be well through the development and delivery of psychedelic medicine and integration. Payton is the Co-founder and CEO of Numinus, a company that engages in both the research for psychedelics and the commercialized expansion of the sector. Payton has deep business leadership experience, particularly in the finance sector, and is a recognized innovator and visionary in mental health care. 1474 false 231 full <![CDATA[Ep. 231/ Digital Breakthroughs In Mental Health]]> fbx/d6c0633e-a717-11ed-8081-16a2cd1ac1f8 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 17:47:34 -0100 Technology has opened a new frontier in mental health support and data collection. Mobile devices like cell phones, smartphones, and tablets are giving the public, doctors, and researchers new ways to access help, monitor progress, and increase understanding of mental well-being. Mobile mental health support, apps that can help people create changes in their personal behaviors, and telehealth are just a few of the many digital breakthroughs that have come to the aid of people who are suffering from mental health distress. However, the new technology frontier includes a lot of uncertainty regarding effectiveness, data collection worries, and lasting impacts. 1520 false 232 full <![CDATA[Ep. 233/Seasonal Affective Disorder. A replay with Dr. Jim Polo]]> fbx/a7723cce-b46e-11ed-a85b-ba5fa9561315 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:06:50 -0100 Dr. James Polo talks about the science behind seasonal affective disorder and why we need to attend to our diets, light exposure, and willingness to socialize during the winter months. 992 false 233 full <![CDATA[Ep. 234/Seasonal Affective Disorder. Sheila Interview on City Cast]]> fbx/03887726-b46f-11ed-8813-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Long before Sheila started the podcast Beyond Well she found herself feeling depressed, lethargic and sluggish during the winter months. Seasonal affective disorder in the Pacific Northwest is a serious challenge. Here, she talks to the host of City Cast about the evidence-based strategies she used to recover. 962 false 234 full <![CDATA[Ep. 235/ Revisit, How to help someone who is suffering.]]> fbx/5ff5e3fe-b46f-11ed-9ed9-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Many people who are deep in the throes of depression or anxiety can't recognize how sick they've become, and they resist help. Here's a simple guide for broaching the subject of well-being, when and how to get professional help, and the language of love that should be used again and again in dealing with someone's mental health disorder. 1371 false 235 full <![CDATA[Ep. 38/ Beyond Well Live: Sheila Hamilton, Your Story Is Not Over]]> 81c88a5165834f68ab1242c3976df0f8 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:51:30 -0100 Sheila Hamilton is a national speaker on suicide prevention, mental health, and resilience. In this live presentation, Sheila talks about the unique opportunity we have to remake ourselves, again and again. During Suicide Prevention month, reach out to someone who may be suffering from prolonged grief, complicated depression or suicidal thoughts and remind them: One day, your story about what you are going through will help someone else survive another day. There is an opportunity for growth in every aspect of our suffering. Stay Another Day. 1397 false 37 full <![CDATA[Ep. 236/ Revisit. Triggering and Safe Space]]> fbx/c326f166-b46f-11ed-8dde-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:30:00 -0100 Dr. LeJune and Dr. Brian Goff talk about cancel culture, the increase in trigger warnings, and the pros and cons of safe spaces on college campuses, businesses and public gathering places. 1023 false 236 full <![CDATA[Ep. 237/Dr. Polo. A discussion on Adolescent Mental Health. Talking to kids in modern times]]> fbx/44389fde-bec5-11ed-b1b2-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:30:00 -0100 The CDC has released a worrying report on adolescent mental health. More than 2/3 of teenage females report suffering from persistent sadness. Dr. Polo discusses the role of social media, early puberty, and external pressures that are creating a pressure cooker for adolescent mental health. 1036 false 237 full <![CDATA[Ep. 239/ Ellen Urbani]]> fbx/3afa167c-c9bb-11ed-8a34-ba5fa9561315 Sun, 26 Mar 2023 21:17:45 +0000 Ellen Urbani is a human rights activist, mother, and urban farmer who has spent most of her life in service of others. Now, Ellen shares with us the excruciating process of uncoupling from her life partner in order to fulfill her dream of living internationally. With exquisite care, Ellen sets the stage for eventual divorce and her departure from the people and the life she’s nurtured so lovingly. 1713 false 239 full <![CDATA[Ep. 238/Middle Aging and Mental Health]]> fbx/2dcf79a0-c426-11ed-bb55-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. James Polo talks about some of the difficulties, challenges and opportunities of middle age. 1658 false 238 full <![CDATA[Ep. 240/Navigating services for Mental Health]]> fbx/9f77df4c-ce81-11ed-b2af-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:30:00 +0000 The stigma of mental illness prevents far too many people from seeking care. Even more concerning is how difficult it is to find a practitioner in a timely manner, especially one who is taking new patients. Dr. James Polo talks about the difficulty of navigating mental healthcare and provides tips for running the gauntlet. 1734 false 240 full <![CDATA[Ep. 241/Caregiving in America]]> fbx/5963f83a-cfe7-11ed-a2d2-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:30:00 +0000 The share of American adults providing uncompensated care to friends or family members with serious medical conditions and the elderly is growing rapidly. What is even more alarming is that thirty percent of long term facilities could face bankruptcy in the coming years, forcing even more of the caregiving impact in-home and onto unpaid family and friends. Dr. James Polo discusses the psychological impact of long term caregiving and shares some of the strategies for staying well. 1325 false 241 full <![CDATA[Ep. 242/Caring for Aging Parents]]> fbx/56af1012-d563-11ed-b182-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 24 Apr 2023 12:30:00 +0000 There is no role as humbling or fraught with the potential for heartbreak than caring for an aging parent. Siblings who live nearby often shoulder the majority of hands on work, while others who live remotely do the best they can to offer financial assistance and other expertise. In this episode, Dr. James Polo talks about how communication at every step of your parent's aging process can help alleviate some of the problems that inevitably crop up when making decisions about care, housing, and end of life decisions. 1633 false 242 full <![CDATA[Ep. 243/ Sabrina Ullmann Mathews, Aging with Purpose]]> fbx/11971764-d8a0-11ed-9738-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 01 May 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Sabrina Ullman Matthews is one of my favorite people; a brilliant therapist, a curious and sharp mind, and such insightful views on ageism and true beauty. We spoke with her about how she lives the back half of her life with optimism and passion. How do we avoid and ignore the negative stereotypes of aging and live with full authenticity and joy? This is an episode filled with Sabrina's insight and humor. 1718 false 243 full <![CDATA[Ep. 244/ Revisit with Karen Karbo]]> fbx/0f42ed14-e465-11ed-9d77-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 08 May 2023 12:30:00 +0000 This episode looks at how Karen Karbo deliberately changed her life to live abroad and how she balances the pull of familial obligations, French paperwork, and a new, expanded way of living in middle age. Karen is an American novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist. Karbo's three comic novels, Trespassers Welcome Here, The Diamond Lane, and Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me, were each named New York Times Notable Books. 1467 false 244 full <![CDATA[Ep. 245/ Revisit with Kerry Cohen Part 1. Sex Promiscuity Love Addiction]]> fbx/33d26616-e5df-11ed-bdb7-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 15 May 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Kerry Cohen is the author of Loose Girl, and Crazy for You: Breaking the Spell of Sex and Love Addiction. Kerry's training as a licensed clinical psychologist and sex therapist is immensely helpful in understanding addictions, compulsions, and the behaviors society deems undesirable. 1891 false 245 full <![CDATA[Ep. 246/ Revisit with Kerry Cohen Part 2. Sex Promiscuity Love Addiction]]> fbx/ae7cc4d8-e5df-11ed-8bdf-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 22 May 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Part two of our conversation with sex therapist and author, Kerry Cohen. 1733 false 246 full <![CDATA[Ep. 247/ Cathleen Beerkens/Welcoming Coach/Nurse Cathleen Beerkens]]> fbx/3da17d0e-f4de-11ed-9135-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 29 May 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Cathleen Beerkens is joining the Beyond Well Team of professionals. With an extensive background in nursing, coaching, and degrees in medicine and holistic health, Cathleen brings a holistic mindset to mental well-being and health.In this episode, Cathleen talks about how she transitioned from the "illness industry" to the wellness profession and why she became aware of the importance of embracing her spiritual path as part of her personal development and enlightenment.&nbsp; Cathleen Beerkens is joining the Beyond Well Team of professionals. With an extensive background in nursing, coaching, and degrees in medicine and holistic health, Cathleen brings a holistic mindset to mental well-being and health.

In this episode, Cathleen talks about how she transitioned from the "illness industry" to the wellness profession and why she became aware of the importance of embracing her spiritual path as part of her personal development and enlightenment. ]]> 1187 false 247 full <![CDATA[Ep. 248/ Dr Polo on Trauma]]> fbx/3ca2d0f4-fbe8-11ed-9677-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. Jim Polo discusses his own experiences as a military physician in the Iraq war and how trauma informs so much of the way we approach work, relationships, and our outlook onlife.? Dr. Jim Polo discusses his own experiences as a military physician in the Iraq war and how trauma informs so much of the way we approach work, relationships, and our outlook on
life.?]]> 1306 false 248 full <![CDATA[Ep. 249/ Dr. Polo on Despair, Conspiracy, the Reptilian Brain and Hopefulness.]]> fbx/ff9c1e48-ff09-11ed-9ff7-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:30:00 +0000 The rise in conspiracy theories mirrors the rise in societal fear and anxiety. What can we do when we see others succumbing to conspiracy theories or a cult mentality? Dr. Jim Polo discusses. The rise in conspiracy theories mirrors the rise in societal fear and anxiety. What can we do when we see others succumbing to conspiracy theories or a cult mentality? Dr. Jim Polo discusses.]]> 1210 false 249 full <![CDATA[Ep. 250/ Cathleen Beerkins, The Gut Brain Connection]]> fbx/ba9bbfd4-0007-11ee-9cae-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:30:00 +0000 The stomach is often referred to as the second brain, where the majority of our serotonin is made and our other feel good chemicals are created. Kathleen Beerkens talks about the extraordinary new science and age-old wisdom behind the phrase, “We are what we eat.” The stomach is often referred to as the second brain, where the majority of our serotonin is made and our other feel good chemicals are created. Kathleen Beerkens talks about the extraordinary new science and age-old wisdom behind the phrase, “We are what we eat.”]]> 1257 false 250 full <![CDATA[Ep. 251/ Cathleen Beerkins/ When Should I Hire A Coach Versus a Therapist?]]> fbx/422fc77c-0c85-11ee-a73b-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:30:00 +0000 We are undoubtedly in the long tail of Covid, and the mental health challenges that resulted from isolation, loneliness, and the impact of losing loved ones to an international pandemic.But not everyone who is struggling needs psychiatric or psychological help. Many people attempting to cope with personal problems could use the help of a personal health and wellness coach; for help with relationships, weight management, career changes, and financial advice.&nbsp;Cathleen Beerkens, CEO of A Wellness Revolution, discusses when it's the right time to hire a coach versus when you might need to seek psychological or psychiatric care.&nbsp; We are undoubtedly in the long tail of Covid, and the mental health challenges that resulted from isolation, loneliness, and the impact of losing loved ones to an international pandemic.

But not everyone who is struggling needs psychiatric or psychological help. Many people attempting to cope with personal problems could use the help of a personal health and wellness coach; for help with relationships, weight management, career changes, and financial advice. 

Cathleen Beerkens, CEO of A Wellness Revolution, discusses when it's the right time to hire a coach versus when you might need to seek psychological or psychiatric care. ]]> 1190 false 251 full <![CDATA[Ep. 252/ Cathleen Beerkins, Relationships and your Health.]]> fbx/e3606e66-1064-11ee-a580-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:30:00 +0000 A Wellness Revolution Founder Cathleen Beerkens is urging you to ask these questions of your relationships; is it for a reason, a season or a lifetime? This episode is chocked full of timely advice and tips for anyone navigating a relationship.&nbsp; A Wellness Revolution Founder Cathleen Beerkens is urging you to ask these questions of your relationships; is it for a reason, a season or a lifetime? This episode is chocked full of timely advice and tips for anyone navigating a relationship. ]]> 1392 false 252 full <![CDATA[Ep. 253/ Data Driven Suicide Prevention Dr Jessica Chaudhary]]> fbx/e798bd06-15ed-11ee-bc6a-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. Jessica Chaudhary joins us to talk about the critical role data analytics can play in determining who might be at risk for suicide and how we might provide support to prevent suicide. Dr. Jessica Chaudhary joins us to talk about the critical role data analytics can play in determining who might be at risk for suicide and how we might provide support to prevent suicide.]]> 1161 false 253 full <![CDATA[Ep. 254/ Revisit: How to Help Someone Struggling With Anxiety]]> fbx/0f6bb162-0969-11ee-9fa5-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:30:00 +0000 If you love someone who is struggling with anxiety and feel helpless to impact their life positively, this episode is for you, with common sense advice and tips to help support the person who suffers from anxiety. If you love someone who is struggling with anxiety and feel helpless to impact their life positively, this episode is for you, with common sense advice and tips to help support the person who suffers from anxiety.]]> 1384 false 254 full <![CDATA[Ep. 255/ Cathleen Beerkens/On Manifesting]]> fbx/46ea0234-1cf0-11ee-b7cb-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:30:00 +0000 What is manifestation? How does it work, and why has it consumed the attention and energy of millions of young people? Cathleen Beerkens discusses the concept of manifestation and how to use its principles to create better relationships, expand your career, and bring happiness to your life. What is manifestation? How does it work, and why has it consumed the attention and energy of millions of young people? Cathleen Beerkens discusses the concept of manifestation and how to use its principles to create better relationships, expand your career, and bring happiness to your life.]]> 1846 false 255 full <![CDATA[Ep. 256/ Suzanne Anderson, A Transformational Field Guide Through Trauma and Loss]]> fbx/53d729b4-1c18-11ee-9523-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Suzanne Anderson and Sheila Hamilton's profoundly intimate and revealing discussion about losing their husbands to suicide.&nbsp;Suzanne is the founder of The Mysterial Woman and a psychologist, coach, leadership consultant and transformational teacher. Her pioneering work helps guide others to awaken to their full feminine and masculine strength.In this interview, Suzanne discusses the story behind, 'You Make Your Path By Walking, a Transformational Field Guide Through Trauma.' Suzanne Anderson and Sheila Hamilton's profoundly intimate and revealing discussion about losing their husbands to suicide. 

Suzanne is the founder of The Mysterial Woman and a psychologist, coach, leadership consultant and transformational teacher. Her pioneering work helps guide others to awaken to their full feminine and masculine strength.In this interview, Suzanne discusses the story behind, 'You Make Your Path By Walking, a Transformational Field Guide Through Trauma.']]> 1265 false 256 full <![CDATA[Ep. 257/ Revisit: Andrea Herron. Navigating HR.]]> fbx/85c9df28-0969-11ee-9710-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Andrea Herron's brilliant guidance for managing workplace mental health issues is one of our favorites. We spend eight to ten hours a day at our workplaces and the people in positions of authority can impact our mental health more than our doctors, friends, even our spouses.This guide for how to navigate human resources and a workplace if you need a mental health break is one you should bookmark or share with friends who are struggling. Andrea Herron's brilliant guidance for managing workplace mental health issues is one of our favorites. We spend eight to ten hours a day at our workplaces and the people in positions of authority can impact our mental health more than our doctors, friends, even our spouses.

This guide for how to navigate human resources and a workplace if you need a mental health break is one you should bookmark or share with friends who are struggling.]]> 1732 false 257 full <![CDATA[Ep. 258/ Revisit: Andrew Soloman on Depression]]> fbx/e48a968a-0976-11ee-a246-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Andrew Solomon is a New York Times Bestselling author, a regular New Yorker contributor, and a person with clinical depression.Andrew's book, 'The Noonday Demon, An Atlas of Depression' was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won the 2001 National Book Award. The Noonday Demon's contribution to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human condition is stunning, examining depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms.Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policymakers and politicians, Solomon reveals the subtleties the complexities, and the agony of the disease. , Andrew Solomon is a New York Times Bestselling author, a regular New Yorker contributor, and a person with clinical depression.
Andrew's book, 'The Noonday Demon, An Atlas of Depression' was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won the 2001 National Book Award. The Noonday Demon's contribution to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human condition is stunning, examining depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms.

Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policymakers and politicians, Solomon reveals the subtleties the complexities, and the agony of the disease. ,]]> 1528 false 258 full <![CDATA[Ep. 259/ Revisit: Our First Show Ever! Part One.]]> fbx/d5317c92-0c98-11ee-bb2f-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Courtenay Hameister kindly agreed to be our first guest on Beyond Well and the episode remains one of our favorites; she is guileless, hilarious, and heartbreakingly real about living with anxiety. It's worth a listen, broken down into two parts.&nbsp; &nbsp;Courtenay is the author of 'Okay, Fine, Whatever,' a humorous look at living with anxiety. Courtenay Hameister kindly agreed to be our first guest on Beyond Well and the episode remains one of our favorites; she is guileless, hilarious, and heartbreakingly real about living with anxiety. It's worth a listen, broken down into two parts.   

Courtenay is the author of 'Okay, Fine, Whatever,' a humorous look at living with anxiety.]]> 1712 false 259 full <![CDATA[Ep. 260/ Revisit: Our First Show Ever! Part Two.]]> fbx/2059e5c4-0c99-11ee-bef2-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Courtenay Hameister, author of 'Okay, Fine, Whatever' a humorous look at living with anxiety, joins us for part two of our first program ever.&nbsp; Courtenay Hameister, author of 'Okay, Fine, Whatever' a humorous look at living with anxiety, joins us for part two of our first program ever. ]]> 1463 false 260 full <![CDATA[Ep. 261/ Dr. Polo Perfectionism and Perfectionists]]> fbx/0bb0cc04-202c-11ee-861e-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. James Polo talks about the trap of perfectionism and why perfectionists don't always end up more successful in business. How do psychiatrists and psychologists treat perfectionists whose rigidity is beginning to impact their relationships and jobs? Let's get into it! Dr. James Polo talks about the trap of perfectionism and why perfectionists don't always end up more successful in business. How do psychiatrists and psychologists treat perfectionists whose rigidity is beginning to impact their relationships and jobs? Let's get into it!]]> 1189 false 261 full <![CDATA[Ep. 262/ Revisit: Chris Colin "The Day the Internet Died"]]> fbx/4b5f6dcc-361d-11ee-8864-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:30:00 +0000 A ReVisit with Author Chris Colin "The Day the Internet Died". Chris Colin is a reporter for the NYTimes the New Yorker, and Wired Magazine. His book OFF, The Day The Internet Died is a comical picture book about a day when all the screens went dark. We all dream about a life free of scrolling or tweeting, but Colin imagines what an analog world might actually look like and why our attachments to our screens has created a new kind of addiction and dependence. A ReVisit with Author Chris Colin "The Day the Internet Died". Chris Colin is a reporter for the NYTimes the New Yorker, and Wired Magazine. His book OFF, The Day The Internet Died is a comical picture book about a day when all the screens went dark. We all dream about a life free of scrolling or tweeting, but Colin imagines what an analog world might actually look like and why our attachments to our screens has created a new kind of addiction and dependence.]]> 1146 false 262 full <![CDATA[Ep. 263/ Dr. Steven Batash. Ozempic and Mental Health Part 1]]> fbx/433c46b6-3d1a-11ee-855a-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Millions of Americans are now taking drugs that were intended to help diabetics for weight management. Dr. Steven Batash is among the world’s leading experts on non-surgical weight loss procedures.&nbsp; Dr. Batash completed his undergraduate education at Columbia University and received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine. As a board-certified gastroenterologist, he is currently affiliated with NYU Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.Dr. Batash discusses the link between weight management and mental health, as well as the impact of the new generation of weight loss drugs on focus, mood, and well-being. Millions of Americans are now taking drugs that were intended to help diabetics for weight management. Dr. Steven Batash is among the world’s leading experts on non-surgical weight loss procedures.  Dr. Batash completed his undergraduate education at Columbia University and received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine. As a board-certified gastroenterologist, he is currently affiliated with NYU Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

Dr. Batash discusses the link between weight management and mental health, as well as the impact of the new generation of weight loss drugs on focus, mood, and well-being.]]> 1370 false 263 full <![CDATA[Ep. 264/ Dr. Steven Batash. Weight Loss and Mental Health/Side Effects and Warning Signs]]> fbx/5ee70a80-3d1b-11ee-bff0-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. Steven Batash is among the world’s leading experts on non-surgical weight loss procedures. He has worked closely with the doctors who pioneered the techniques he practices and has countless success stories of patients in the US, Europe, and South America. Dr. Batash completed his undergraduate education at Columbia University and received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine. As a board-certified gastroenterologist, he is currently affiliated with NYU Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.In this episode, Dr. Batash talks about the proliferation of Ozempic users and outlines the side effects and decision-making regarding long term use of the drug.&nbsp; Dr. Steven Batash is among the world’s leading experts on non-surgical weight loss procedures. He has worked closely with the doctors who pioneered the techniques he practices and has countless success stories of patients in the US, Europe, and South America. Dr. Batash completed his undergraduate education at Columbia University and received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine. As a board-certified gastroenterologist, he is currently affiliated with NYU Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

In this episode, Dr. Batash talks about the proliferation of Ozempic users and outlines the side effects and decision-making regarding long term use of the drug. ]]> 892 false 264 full <![CDATA[Ep. 265/ Dr. Frank, Psychological Overeating and Overeaters Anonymous]]> fbx/b4375338-57f0-11ee-9127-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Dr Frank, a practicing psychologist and member of Overeaters Anonymous, joins us to discuss disordered eating, shame, and his personal realization that food had become an addiction.&nbsp;Overeating has much of the same psychological basis as alcohol and drug addictions and a twelve-step process for recovery has been immensely helpful for tens of millions of American adults. For more information&nbsp;https://oa.org/ Dr Frank, a practicing psychologist and member of Overeaters Anonymous, joins us to discuss disordered eating, shame, and his personal realization that food had become an addiction. 

Overeating has much of the same psychological basis as alcohol and drug addictions and a twelve-step process for recovery has been immensely helpful for tens of millions of American adults. For more information https://oa.org/]]> 2230 false 265 full <![CDATA[Ep. 266/ Introducing Dr. Christy Gibson Part 1]]> fbx/635cbb5e-6224-11ee-bc9c-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0000 We are thrilled to introduce you to Dr. Christy Gibson, a physician and researcher who marries her Western expertise with the knowledge and wisdom of functional medicine and other therapies that have shown promise for patients struggling with immune disorders, gut dysfunction, and drug resistance.&nbsp;Dr. Gibson's career goal is to enhance individual and community well-being through health education, promotion of agency, connection, and healing from trauma. Welcome, Dr. Gibson! We are thrilled to introduce you to Dr. Christy Gibson, a physician and researcher who marries her Western expertise with the knowledge and wisdom of functional medicine and other therapies that have shown promise for patients struggling with immune disorders, gut dysfunction, and drug resistance. 

Dr. Gibson's career goal is to enhance individual and community well-being through health education, promotion of agency, connection, and healing from trauma. Welcome, Dr. Gibson!]]> 1001 false 266 full <![CDATA[Ep. 267/ Introducing Dr. Christy Gibson Part 2]]> fbx/9e0e4d76-6224-11ee-b964-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0000 We are thrilled to introduce you to Dr. Christy Gibson, a physician and researcher who marries her Western expertise with the knowledge and wisdom of functional medicine and other therapies that have shown promise for patients struggling with immune disorders, gut dysfunction, and drug resistance.&nbsp;Dr. Gibson's new book, 'The Modern Trauma Toolkit' will be released by Hachette Books in Spring of 2023. We welcome her understanding of integrated trauma work and her appreciation of resilience. Follow her @TikTokTraumaDocWelcome, Dr. Gibson! We are thrilled to introduce you to Dr. Christy Gibson, a physician and researcher who marries her Western expertise with the knowledge and wisdom of functional medicine and other therapies that have shown promise for patients struggling with immune disorders, gut dysfunction, and drug resistance. 

Dr. Gibson's new book, 'The Modern Trauma Toolkit' will be released by Hachette Books in Spring of 2023. We welcome her understanding of integrated trauma work and her appreciation of resilience. Follow her @TikTokTraumaDoc
Welcome, Dr. Gibson!]]> 972 false 267 full <![CDATA[Ep. 268/ Omar Khawaja. CIO's, CISO's and Mental health in the C suite]]> fbx/d79f09fa-63a4-11ee-aabf-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0000 Cybersecurity executives have one of the world's most stressful positions: faced with external threats from hackers who never rest and tasked with protecting critical data, government security, and medical information.&nbsp;Not surprisingly, more than half of CISO's and CIO's say stress will make them leave the job within the next 24 months. Omar Khawaja is a former CISO who decided to help others in similar positions recognize their stress and prioritize their lives in order to develop better balance in their lives.&nbsp;Now, as a CISO to the CISO's, Omar talks with Sheila about resilience, burnout, and one of the world's most high-stakes job.&nbsp; Cybersecurity executives have one of the world's most stressful positions: faced with external threats from hackers who never rest and tasked with protecting critical data, government security, and medical information. 

Not surprisingly, more than half of CISO's and CIO's say stress will make them leave the job within the next 24 months. Omar Khawaja is a former CISO who decided to help others in similar positions recognize their stress and prioritize their lives in order to develop better balance in their lives. 

Now, as a CISO to the CISO's, Omar talks with Sheila about resilience, burnout, and one of the world's most high-stakes job. ]]> 1711 false 268 full <![CDATA[Ep. 269/ Dr. Frank Patti and Paula Body Acceptance]]> fbx/072579e8-6e09-11ee-90fb-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:30:00 -0100 Dr. Frank Patti joins us again to talk about body acceptance along with Paula, an Overeaters Anonymous member and a role model for many other women who struggle with image and self-esteem.&nbsp;Paula reminds us that regardless of our triggers, traumas, and histories, we all need coping mechanisms to hold ourselves accountable for our own health. In this episode, we talk about some of the most effective ways to retrain our behavior and begin healing our relationship with food.&nbsp; Dr. Frank Patti joins us again to talk about body acceptance along with Paula, an Overeaters Anonymous member and a role model for many other women who struggle with image and self-esteem. 

Paula reminds us that regardless of our triggers, traumas, and histories, we all need coping mechanisms to hold ourselves accountable for our own health. In this episode, we talk about some of the most effective ways to retrain our behavior and begin healing our relationship with food. ]]> 1963 false 269 full <![CDATA[EP. 270 / Revisit. Holidays and the beating the holiday blues]]> fbx/eb162b92-6f9a-11ee-a8a9-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Dr. Jenna LeJeune and Dr. Brian Goff talk about navigating the holiday season, and dealing with internal and external stress.This is one of the most relevant conversations you’ll hear if you hunker down from late November until the New Year. The holiday blues are often a barometer of the stories we tell ourselves about what we should have, and compare those narratives to stories about what others seem to have. We invite you to a discussion on what some view as the hardest time of the year. Dr. Jenna LeJeune and Dr. Brian Goff talk about navigating the holiday season, and dealing with internal and external stress.
This is one of the most relevant conversations you’ll hear if you hunker down from late November until the New Year. The holiday blues are often a barometer of the stories we tell ourselves about what we should have, and compare those narratives to stories about what others seem to have. We invite you to a discussion on what some view as the hardest time of the year.]]> 718 false 270 full <![CDATA[EP. 271/ Revisit. When a Coworker loses someone to suicide.]]> fbx/8ead070c-72a8-11ee-95d8-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Support for when a Coworker loses someone to Suicide. Lois Chauncey lost her husband to suicide she feared she would also lose her job due to her complicated grief. Paul Sale, her Supervisor, provided a textbook-like example of how a company should appropriately respond to a suicide loss survivor in the workplace. &nbsp; From the humbling way in which Paul responded to the initial news of suicide, to the steps Lois and Paul took to inform others in the workplace, the empathy, compassion, and kindness one team took to welcome back in a suicide loss survivor is a hopeful study in how a workplace can help heal a co-worker's grief, and win a valued employee's respect and loyalty.&nbsp; Support for when a Coworker loses someone to Suicide. Lois Chauncey lost her husband to suicide she feared she would also lose her job due to her complicated grief. Paul Sale, her Supervisor, provided a textbook-like example of how a company should appropriately respond to a suicide loss survivor in the workplace.   From the humbling way in which Paul responded to the initial news of suicide, to the steps Lois and Paul took to inform others in the workplace, the empathy, compassion, and kindness one team took to welcome back in a suicide loss survivor is a hopeful study in how a workplace can help heal a co-worker's grief, and win a valued employee's respect and loyalty. ]]> 1502 false 271 full <![CDATA[EP. 272/ Revisit. Lidia Yuknavitch]]> fbx/f6f0e54e-72bd-11ee-ad93-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:30:00 -0100 We are happy to revisit our show with Lidia Yuknavitch, author of nine books, including The Chronology of Water, The Small Backs of Children, The book of Joan, and the Misfits Manifesto. Lidia's Ted Talk, The Beauty of Being a Misfit has been viewed 2,862,000 times. We think she has something to share about how telling and retelling your story can help re-frame traumatic experience. We are happy to revisit our show with Lidia Yuknavitch, author of nine books, including The Chronology of Water, The Small Backs of Children, The book of Joan, and the Misfits Manifesto. Lidia's Ted Talk, The Beauty of Being a Misfit has been viewed 2,862,000 times. We think she has something to share about how telling and retelling your story can help re-frame traumatic experience.]]> 1688 false 272 full <![CDATA[EP. 273/ Revisit. They overcame homelessness and doing GREAT]]> fbx/399422ac-734b-11ee-bd02-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:30:00 -0100 If you’ve ever passed a homeless teen on the street and wondered, “How did they get there?” or “How can I help?” this interview with Rei Scozylakas is worthy of your time. Rei Scozylakas wasn’t dealt an easy hand in this life. But, as you can hear in our conversation, Rei’s story isn’t just one of struggle. In fact, that’s not even the most compelling part of their story “Nobody is born wanting to be an outcast. It wasn’t until I was really seen by the volunteers at Outside Inn, that I realized there was a different path than the one I was on.” If you’ve ever passed a homeless teen on the street and wondered, “How did they get there?” or “How can I help?” this interview with Rei Scozylakas is worthy of your time. Rei Scozylakas wasn’t dealt an easy hand in this life. But, as you can hear in our conversation, Rei’s story isn’t just one of struggle. In fact, that’s not even the most compelling part of their story “Nobody is born wanting to be an outcast. It wasn’t until I was really seen by the volunteers at Outside Inn, that I realized there was a different path than the one I was on.”]]> 2079 false 273 full <![CDATA[EP. 274/ Nathan Horn-Mitchem Digital Security Anxiety Stress]]> fbx/c108216a-7e73-11ee-ad2d-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Artificial Intelligence is among the top concerns for business leaders; how to implement it, how to manage the societal impact, and how to prevent further risk by utilizing it.But, as Nathan Horn-Mitchem describes, the concern about the impact of AI isn't just affecting business leaders. AI will change our lives many people cannot yet imagine; eliminating jobs, encouraging us to adapt to unprecedented change, and forcing us to become our own cyber-security officers. &nbsp;In this interview with one of the financial industry's leading thought leaders on AI, cybersecurity and team management, Nathan Horn-Mitchem describes the steps you can take to be ready.&nbsp; Artificial Intelligence is among the top concerns for business leaders; how to implement it, how to manage the societal impact, and how to prevent further risk by utilizing it.

But, as Nathan Horn-Mitchem describes, the concern about the impact of AI isn't just affecting business leaders. AI will change our lives many people cannot yet imagine; eliminating jobs, encouraging us to adapt to unprecedented change, and forcing us to become our own cyber-security officers.  

In this interview with one of the financial industry's leading thought leaders on AI, cybersecurity and team management, Nathan Horn-Mitchem describes the steps you can take to be ready. ]]> 1587 false 274 full <![CDATA[EP. 275/ Dr. Afton Hassett. Yes, Pain is in the Brain. Chronic pain reset.]]> fbx/e3b47412-92cc-11ee-90f2-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Chronic pain affects tens of millions of Americans and leaves many who are suffering without clinical or psychopharmaceutical support. Dr. Afton Hassett, author of Chronic Pain Reset, offers brilliant insight into the origins of pain, the different types of pain, and how we might all benefit from evidence-based methods for thinking about our pain differently. Please pass this episode along to anyone you know who has been suffering from Long Covid, Chronic Fatigue, Rheumatoid Arthritis, or Osteoarthritic pain.&nbsp; Chronic pain affects tens of millions of Americans and leaves many who are suffering without clinical or psychopharmaceutical support. Dr. Afton Hassett, author of Chronic Pain Reset, offers brilliant insight into the origins of pain, the different types of pain, and how we might all benefit from evidence-based methods for thinking about our pain differently. Please pass this episode along to anyone you know who has been suffering from Long Covid, Chronic Fatigue, Rheumatoid Arthritis, or Osteoarthritic pain. ]]> 1552 false 275 full <![CDATA[EP. 276/ Dr. Christine Gibson. Coping with Holiday Stress and Trauma]]> fbx/339c5b36-953c-11ee-89fb-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Dr. Christine Gibson is a trauma specialist and is skilled in helping her patients navigate the most difficult experiences, including the triggering events from Thanksgiving to New Year. Why are the holidays so stressful for survivors of trauma? And what can you do to turn down the drama related to the holiday period? A beneficial episode for anyone who has been traumatized by abuse, violence, divorce, or family dysfunction.&nbsp; Dr. Christine Gibson is a trauma specialist and is skilled in helping her patients navigate the most difficult experiences, including the triggering events from Thanksgiving to New Year. Why are the holidays so stressful for survivors of trauma? And what can you do to turn down the drama related to the holiday period? A beneficial episode for anyone who has been traumatized by abuse, violence, divorce, or family dysfunction. ]]> 1494 false 276 full <![CDATA[Ep. 277/ Revisit with Lauv for the Holiday]]> fbx/b02486fc-9e91-11ee-9cfe-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 25 Dec 2023 12:30:00 -0100 Happy Holiday! There is nothing better than hearing old friends.In the fall of 2019 we had the opportunity to talk to Pop Superstar Lauv. He was just kicking off his How I’m Feeling Tour, and was using his global platform to promote mental health. In every show, Lauv took a few minutes to describe his descent into depression and severe OCD, and how he credits therapy and medication with allowing him to regain his creativity and confidence.&nbsp; Lauv had partnered with Microsoft to create a worldwide mental health platform that connects people all over the globe. “No Matter where people are in the world, they can see that someone else is experiencing something really similar.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Check out MyBlueThoughts.World and our blog of the concert at TheAnthem in D.C. @BeyondWellWithSheilaHamilton.com Happy Holiday! There is nothing better than hearing old friends.
In the fall of 2019 we had the opportunity to talk to Pop Superstar Lauv. He was just kicking off his How I’m Feeling Tour, and was using his global platform to promote mental health. In every show, Lauv took a few minutes to describe his descent into depression and severe OCD, and how he credits therapy and medication with allowing him to regain his creativity and confidence.  Lauv had partnered with Microsoft to create a worldwide mental health platform that connects people all over the globe. “No Matter where people are in the world, they can see that someone else is experiencing something really similar.”     Check out MyBlueThoughts.World and our blog of the concert at TheAnthem in D.C. @BeyondWellWithSheilaHamilton.com]]> 983 false 277 full <![CDATA[Ep. 278/ Revisit with Dr. Polo on Resolutions and Procrastination]]> fbx/5d3ae078-9e94-11ee-9d51-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 01 Jan 2024 12:30:00 -0100 This show is a revisit from 2021. But, it applies today.What if 2024 is the year you could really make the changes in your life? Dr. Jim Polo talks about the steps that are&nbsp; necessary to make resolutions effective, and whether&nbsp; psychology behind procrastination. &nbsp; This show is a revisit from 2021. But, it applies today.
What if 2024 is the year you could really make the changes in your life? Dr. Jim Polo talks about the steps that are  necessary to make resolutions effective, and whether  psychology behind procrastination.  ]]> 1065 false 278 full <![CDATA[Ep. 279/ Dr. Introducing Dr. Stephen Whiteside Part 1]]> fbx/f738e1b4-a69d-11ee-a821-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 12:30:00 -0100 We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Stephen Whiteside, a child psychiatrist from the Mayo Clinic, to our program. Dr. Whiteside specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders for children and adolescents.&nbsp;In this episode, Dr. Whiteside addresses intrusive thoughts, related eating disorders, and the benefits of exposure therapy.&nbsp; We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Stephen Whiteside, a child psychiatrist from the Mayo Clinic, to our program. Dr. Whiteside specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders for children and adolescents. 

In this episode, Dr. Whiteside addresses intrusive thoughts, related eating disorders, and the benefits of exposure therapy. ]]> 1276 false 279 full <![CDATA[Ep. 280/ Dr. Stephen Whiteside Part 2]]> fbx/41af5a02-a69e-11ee-949f-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:30:00 -0100 Dr. Stephen Whiteside provides critical information and treatment alternatives for children suffering with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder.&nbsp; Dr. Stephen Whiteside provides critical information and treatment alternatives for children suffering with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder. ]]> 1093 false 280 full <![CDATA[Ep. 281/ Re-Visit with Edan Armas. Adulting and The Emotional Survival Kit for College]]> fbx/e8a48ccc-b0be-11ee-b963-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:30:00 -0100 This is a revisit Beyond Well. It's one of our earliest shows from 2019.&nbsp;Edan Armas is an award-winning Spoken Word Artist and Poet and graduate of Stanford University. Armas was the 2019 Baccalaureate student speaker, and an outspoken voice on the topic of student mental Health. Edan’s undergraduate career focused on how emotion manifests in the body, mind and the&nbsp; collective consciousness.&nbsp; Edan encourages students to embrace both the tribulations and triumphs of the college experience, noting that the process of adulting is difficult—even painful, and how vulnerability became his superpower. This is a revisit Beyond Well. It's one of our earliest shows from 2019. 
Edan Armas is an award-winning Spoken Word Artist and Poet and graduate of Stanford University. Armas was the 2019 Baccalaureate student speaker, and an outspoken voice on the topic of student mental Health. Edan’s undergraduate career focused on how emotion manifests in the body, mind and the  collective consciousness.  Edan encourages students to embrace both the tribulations and triumphs of the college experience, noting that the process of adulting is difficult—even painful, and how vulnerability became his superpower.]]> 1032 false 281 full <![CDATA[Ep. 282/ Paul Anderson A story of Childhood Trauma to Post Traumatic Bounce]]> fbx/d9318d82-bbcf-11ee-83b4-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:30:00 -0100 Paul Anderson is the CEO and founder of Workhouse Media and a successful philanthropist, lawyer, and real estate investor.&nbsp;Paul’s remarkable story of surviving childhood trauma impacted his many coping mechanisms, including a strive-and-drive mentality, hyper-awareness and sensitivity, and a tenacious work ethic.How do we acknowledge the pain of past trauma while marshaling its undeniable gifts? Listen in: Paul Anderson is the CEO and founder of Workhouse Media and a successful philanthropist, lawyer, and real estate investor. 


Paul’s remarkable story of surviving childhood trauma impacted his many coping mechanisms, including a strive-and-drive mentality, hyper-awareness and sensitivity, and a tenacious work ethic.

How do we acknowledge the pain of past trauma while marshaling its undeniable gifts? Listen in:]]> 1763 false 282 full <![CDATA[Ep. 283/ Dr. Stephen Whiteside. Tips for Dealing with Explosive Children]]> fbx/9671974c-bca8-11ee-9689-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 12:30:00 -0100 Explosive behavior can be aggressive, defiant, or even violent. In this episode, Dr. Stephen Whiteside talks about the three-step process for bringing explosive behavior under control, including using warm attention, a structured reward system, and immediate consequences for bad behavior.To find out more about Dr. Whiteside's work at the Mayo Clinic, follow the Anxiety Coach at the Mayo Clinic. Here is his newest book:&nbsp;https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-anxiety-coach-stephen-ph-whiteside-phd-lp/1142868466#:~:text=at%20Mayo%20Clinic.-,Dr.,with%20his%20wife%20and%20daughter. Explosive behavior can be aggressive, defiant, or even violent. In this episode, Dr. Stephen Whiteside talks about the three-step process for bringing explosive behavior under control, including using warm attention, a structured reward system, and immediate consequences for bad behavior.

To find out more about Dr. Whiteside's work at the Mayo Clinic, follow the Anxiety Coach at the Mayo Clinic. Here is his newest book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-anxiety-coach-stephen-ph-whiteside-phd-lp/1142868466#:~:text=at%20Mayo%20Clinic.-,Dr.,with%20his%20wife%20and%20daughter.]]> 1446 false 283 full <![CDATA[Ep. 284/ ReVisit with Angela Teuscher. Dry January Mommy Drinking]]> fbx/fc1b40ce-b3e4-11ee-b201-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:30:00 -0100 This is a ReVisit we recorded for Dry January in 2022.Many people are curious about what would happen if they stopped their drinking habit. Whether it's one glass of wine, or several cocktails a night, Dry January is gaining in popularity as people test the limits of their personal sobriety. What if you made the one biggest mistake of your life while under the influence? How do you rebuild a life without alcohol in a culture built around drinking? Angela Teuscher's story of drinking while parenting is riveting and serves as a cautionary tale for other parents. This is a ReVisit we recorded for Dry January in 2022.
Many people are curious about what would happen if they stopped their drinking habit. Whether it's one glass of wine, or several cocktails a night, Dry January is gaining in popularity as people test the limits of their personal sobriety. What if you made the one biggest mistake of your life while under the influence? How do you rebuild a life without alcohol in a culture built around drinking? Angela Teuscher's story of drinking while parenting is riveting and serves as a cautionary tale for other parents.]]> 1240 false 284 full <![CDATA[Ep. 285/ Dr. David Sitt ADHD Part 1]]> fbx/0b189766-c60a-11ee-9442-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:30:00 -0100 Dr David Sitt talks with Sheila about adult onset Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and how adults can learn to work with their brains while minimizing stimulant medication.&nbsp;Dr. Sitt is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York City with extensive experience as a therapist, evaluator, and educator.As the founder and President of the Mindful Consulting Group, Dr. Sitt specializes in the assessment and treatment of adults with ADHD, anxiety, and mood disorders through validated treatment modalities such as CBT and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).Dr. Sitt also advises corporate clients and educational institutions on the varied impacts of technology on productivity, brain functioning, and interpersonal communication.&nbsp;The Mindful Consulting team provides cognitive, psychoeducational, and neuropsychological evaluations for children and adults Dr David Sitt talks with Sheila about adult onset Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and how adults can learn to work with their brains while minimizing stimulant medication. 

Dr. Sitt is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York City with extensive experience as a therapist, evaluator, and educator.

As the founder and President of the Mindful Consulting Group, Dr. Sitt specializes in the assessment and treatment of adults with ADHD, anxiety, and mood disorders through validated treatment modalities such as CBT and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).

Dr. Sitt also advises corporate clients and educational institutions on the varied impacts of technology on productivity, brain functioning, and interpersonal communication. 

The Mindful Consulting team provides cognitive, psychoeducational, and neuropsychological evaluations for children and adults
]]> 1065 false 285 full <![CDATA[Ep. 286/ Dr. David Sitt ADHD Part 2]]> fbx/44475f54-c60a-11ee-86a6-ba5fa9561315 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:30:00 -0100 As the founder and President of the Mindful Consulting Group, Dr. David Sitt specializes in the assessment and treatment of adults with ADHD, anxiety, and mood disorders through validated treatment modalities such as CBT and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).Dr. Sitt also advises corporate clients and educational institutions on the varied impacts of technology on productivity, brain functioning, and interpersonal communication.&nbsp;The Mindful Consulting team provides cognitive, psychoeducational, and neuropsychological evaluations for children and adults
As the founder and President of the Mindful Consulting Group, Dr. David Sitt specializes in the assessment and treatment of adults with ADHD, anxiety, and mood disorders through validated treatment modalities such as CBT and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).

Dr. Sitt also advises corporate clients and educational institutions on the varied impacts of technology on productivity, brain functioning, and interpersonal communication. 

The Mindful Consulting team provides cognitive, psychoeducational, and neuropsychological evaluations for children and adults
]]> 988 false 286 full <![CDATA[Ep. 287/ Dr. Whiteside/Bullying]]> fbx/a9dea480-d0eb-11ee-8ef7-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:30:00 -0100 Dr. Stephen Whiteside specializes in anxiety disorders at the Mayo clinic. Bullying is so common in kids with anxiety disorders, Whiteside outlines a process for identifying the problem, enlisting help, and keeping your child safe. Dr. Stephen Whiteside specializes in anxiety disorders at the Mayo clinic. Bullying is so common in kids with anxiety disorders, Whiteside outlines a process for identifying the problem, enlisting help, and keeping your child safe.]]> 909 false 287 full <![CDATA[Ep. 288/ Dr. Leslie Dobson/The Psychopaths]]> fbx/d5193e4e-d5b9-11ee-a135-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:30:00 -0100 Dr. Leslie Dobson talks about the methods she uses to determine whether someone is a psychopath, and she shares survival tactics for people who are involved with a psychopath in relationships or at work. Dr. Leslie Dobson talks about the methods she uses to determine whether someone is a psychopath, and she shares survival tactics for people who are involved with a psychopath in relationships or at work.]]> 1539 false 288 full <![CDATA[Ep. 289/ Dr. Leslie Dobson/ Narcissistic Abuse]]> fbx/ab54d594-dcc3-11ee-b8c3-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:30:00 -0100 Dr. Leslie Dobson talks about one of the most dangerous personality disorders; narcissistic abusers. Her advice for singles who believe they may be in relationship with an abuser ranges from how to detect lies to when and how to leave safely. It's a must listen episode with one of the nation’s foremost authorities on dangerous personality types. Dr. Leslie Dobson talks about one of the most dangerous personality disorders; narcissistic abusers. Her advice for singles who believe they may be in relationship with an abuser ranges from how to detect lies to when and how to leave safely. It's a must listen episode with one of the nation’s foremost authorities on dangerous personality types.]]> 783 false 289 full <![CDATA[Ep. 290/ Dov Baron. Emotional Source Code]]> fbx/11af4b34-e166-11ee-8b1c-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:30:00 -0100 Dov Baron has quickly become one of my favorite podcast hosts. With his searing intellect and wide-ranging knowledge, his program allows the curious listener to learn from neuroscientists, philosophers, physicists, and not-so-regular people.Dov is the preeminent expert on Emotional Source Code: the beliefs that give people meaning, drive their actions, and determine results. He is a sought-after speaker and consultant and offers one-on-one coaching for some of the world's greatest business leaders.In this interview, Sheila talks with Dov about his daily practices for well-being, how early trauma formed his bounce-forward mentality and the habits we can all use to improve our performance and durability. &nbsp; Dov Baron has quickly become one of my favorite podcast hosts. With his searing intellect and wide-ranging knowledge, his program allows the curious listener to learn from neuroscientists, philosophers, physicists, and not-so-regular people.

Dov is the preeminent expert on Emotional Source Code: the beliefs that give people meaning, drive their actions, and determine results. He is a sought-after speaker and consultant and offers one-on-one coaching for some of the world's greatest business leaders.

In this interview, Sheila talks with Dov about his daily practices for well-being, how early trauma formed his bounce-forward mentality and the habits we can all use to improve our performance and durability.  ]]> 1834 false 290 full <![CDATA[Ep. 291/ Dr. Steven Whiteside. The Withdrawn Child.]]> fbx/d134e19c-e6f4-11ee-b786-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Is your child exhibiting significant behavioral changes?&nbsp;Dr. Steven Whiteside joins us to talk about withdrawn kids and teens, and the steps parents can take if a teenager appears at risk of hurting themselves. Is your child exhibiting significant behavioral changes? 

Dr. Steven Whiteside joins us to talk about withdrawn kids and teens, and the steps parents can take if a teenager appears at risk of hurting themselves.]]> 1123 false 291 full <![CDATA[Ep. 292/ Dr. Bret Scher/Keto and Mental Health]]> fbx/13d47350-ebc3-11ee-8fda-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Stanford Medicine has announced results from the first U.S.-based clinical trial of the ketogenic diet for serious mental illness since 1965. The study showed dramatic improvements in both metabolic and mental health.&nbsp;Dr. Bret Scher is a cardiologist and the clinical director of Metabolic Mind. In this interview, Dr. Scher discusses the research into metabolism and mental health as well as the new scientific studies validating keto as a beneficial diet for people with brain disorders.&nbsp; Stanford Medicine has announced results from the first U.S.-based clinical trial of the ketogenic diet for serious mental illness since 1965. The study showed dramatic improvements in both metabolic and mental health. 

Dr. Bret Scher is a cardiologist and the clinical director of Metabolic Mind. In this interview, Dr. Scher discusses the research into metabolism and mental health as well as the new scientific studies validating keto as a beneficial diet for people with brain disorders. ]]> 1385 false 292 full <![CDATA[Ep. 293/ Dr Leslie Dobson. Pedophiles and Instagram Moms]]> fbx/3ab7964a-ec73-11ee-a20c-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:30:00 +0000 The New York Times recently investigated the proliferation of pedophiles who stalk minor’s instagram pages, accounts that are managed by the minor child’s parents. Reporters found high numbers of registered pedophiles who were not only liking and commenting on children's photos and videos, but saving them to their own personal profiles.&nbsp;What is a safe approach to social media for kids? Dr. Leslie Dobson weighs in.&nbsp; The New York Times recently investigated the proliferation of pedophiles who stalk minor’s instagram pages, accounts that are managed by the minor child’s parents. Reporters found high numbers of registered pedophiles who were not only liking and commenting on children's photos and videos, but saving them to their own personal profiles. 

What is a safe approach to social media for kids? Dr. Leslie Dobson weighs in. ]]> 904 false 293 full <![CDATA[Ep. 294/ Beyond Well/Dr.Elliot Trotter Physician Burnout]]> fbx/a03c6302-f20d-11ee-a1ed-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Physician, heal thyself is another way of saying, "We won't believe a word you say until you take care of what ails you." Dr. Elliot Trotter recognized the enormous problem of physician burnout and toxic stress decades ago and developed one solution to help; medical scribes who reduced the bureaucratic chronicling of patient/doctor meetings.Dr. Trotter talks about how physicians can reduce stigma, confront their own emotional and behavioral challenges, and support one another when so many in the medical profession say they are hurting.&nbsp; Physician, heal thyself is another way of saying, "We won't believe a word you say until you take care of what ails you." Dr. Elliot Trotter recognized the enormous problem of physician burnout and toxic stress decades ago and developed one solution to help; medical scribes who reduced the bureaucratic chronicling of patient/doctor meetings.

Dr. Trotter talks about how physicians can reduce stigma, confront their own emotional and behavioral challenges, and support one another when so many in the medical profession say they are hurting. ]]> 816 false 294 full <![CDATA[Ep. 295/ Beyond Well Dr Leslie Dobson, Friend Cleanse]]> fbx/d6ff6f90-f2cd-11ee-a73d-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. Leslie Dobson noticed a marked improvement in her patients during Covid when they were physically unable to spend time with people outside of their bubble.&nbsp;Then, as patients began socializing and working in person again, the same old anxiety, depression, and toxic stress reappeared. Dr. Dobson created "The Friend Cleanse" to help people decide who is giving you energy and who is sucking it away? Her deliberate decision-making rubric regarding how you spend your energy and with whom you spend it resulted in the book The Friend Cleanse.&nbsp; Dr. Leslie Dobson noticed a marked improvement in her patients during Covid when they were physically unable to spend time with people outside of their bubble. 

Then, as patients began socializing and working in person again, the same old anxiety, depression, and toxic stress reappeared. Dr. Dobson created "The Friend Cleanse" to help people decide who is giving you energy and who is sucking it away? Her deliberate decision-making rubric regarding how you spend your energy and with whom you spend it resulted in the book The Friend Cleanse. ]]> 817 false 295 full <![CDATA[Ep. 296/ Functional Mental Health]]> fbx/c6d56bc6-f77b-11ee-8427-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 06 May 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Leigh Brandon is a functional doctor who studies the connection between mental health and the microbiome.&nbsp; Leigh Brandon is a functional doctor who studies the connection between mental health and the microbiome. ]]> 1436 false 296 full <![CDATA[Ep. 297/ A "No Stone Unturned" Re-visit with Cheryl Strayed]]> fbx/87f095ac-019e-11ef-a5a7-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 13 May 2024 12:30:00 +0000 We've uncovered a few of our favorite episodes that are hidden gems. Cheryl Strayed, a Beyond Well favorite, was kind enough to bring in her husband, Brian Lindstrom, aka Mr. Sugar.This conversation around relationships, marriage, and honoring your partner while maintaining some degree of independence has everything you want in a podcast; wisdom, humor, and really good advice.&nbsp; We've uncovered a few of our favorite episodes that are hidden gems. Cheryl Strayed, a Beyond Well favorite, was kind enough to bring in her husband, Brian Lindstrom, aka Mr. Sugar.

This conversation around relationships, marriage, and honoring your partner while maintaining some degree of independence has everything you want in a podcast; wisdom, humor, and really good advice. ]]> 2508 false 297 full <![CDATA[Ep. 298/ Dr. Leslie Dobson/What is Anxiety?]]> fbx/e1768986-0e34-11ef-b536-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 20 May 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Google compiles the most frequently asked questions regarding mental health, and the #1 question is: What is Anxiety? &nbsp;Everyone has a different experience of anxiety but Dr. Leslie Dobson explains the most common symptoms of anxiety and the most effective, evidence-based treatments.&nbsp; Google compiles the most frequently asked questions regarding mental health, and the #1 question is: What is Anxiety?  Everyone has a different experience of anxiety but Dr. Leslie Dobson explains the most common symptoms of anxiety and the most effective, evidence-based treatments. ]]> 848 false 298 full <![CDATA[Ep. 299/ Dr. Greg Chasson/ The Perfectionist at Work]]> fbx/10e109bc-0e35-11ef-9871-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 27 May 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. Greg Chasson is a renowned psychologist and expert in cognitive-behavioral therapy. In his new book, Flawed: Why Perfectionism Is a Challenge for Management, he dissects perfectionism's double-edged nature and its often detrimental effects on productivity.&nbsp;As an Associate Professor and Director of Behavioral Interventions at the University of Chicago's Obsessive-Compulsive &amp; Related Disorders Clinic, Dr. Chasson draws on extensive research and practical experience.&nbsp; Dr. Greg Chasson is a renowned psychologist and expert in cognitive-behavioral therapy. In his new book, Flawed: Why Perfectionism Is a Challenge for Management, he dissects perfectionism's double-edged nature and its often detrimental effects on productivity. 

As an Associate Professor and Director of Behavioral Interventions at the University of Chicago's Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders Clinic, Dr. Chasson draws on extensive research and practical experience. ]]> 1089 false 299 full <![CDATA[Ep. 300/ Hypnotherapy Sheila Wenger]]> fbx/3ad4fcb0-1920-11ef-a8c7-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Hypnotherapy is now recognized as a credible alternative treatment for many mental health related disorders including addiction, anxiety, and depression.&nbsp;Sheila Webber, a skilled hypnotherapist, talks with Beyond Well about how hypnotherapy works, the therapeutic benefits of a hypnotic state, and how to find a skilled practitioner. You can learn more about Sheila’s practice at&nbsp;https://shifthypnosis.org/ Hypnotherapy is now recognized as a credible alternative treatment for many mental health related disorders including addiction, anxiety, and depression. 

Sheila Webber, a skilled hypnotherapist, talks with Beyond Well about how hypnotherapy works, the therapeutic benefits of a hypnotic state, and how to find a skilled practitioner. You can learn more about Sheila’s practice at https://shifthypnosis.org/]]> 1279 false 300 full <![CDATA[Ep. 301/ Hoarding. Dr. Greg Chasson]]> fbx/75cb3db8-1eb4-11ef-89f9-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. Greg Chasson is an expert in compulsive hoarding, or a persistent difficulty in parting with objects or belongings. Dr. Chasson explores the disorder in relation to ocd and offers advice to family members of people with hoarding behaviors.&nbsp; Dr. Greg Chasson is an expert in compulsive hoarding, or a persistent difficulty in parting with objects or belongings. Dr. Chasson explores the disorder in relation to ocd and offers advice to family members of people with hoarding behaviors. ]]> 1160 false 301 full <![CDATA[Cathleen Beerkens/Your Creator Matrix]]> fbx/86050e94-2778-11ef-9514-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 17 Jun 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Cathleen Beerkens is the founder of A Wellness Revolution and the author of Your Creator Matrix, where she shares new research and techniques to achieve optimal wellness.&nbsp;Your Creator Matrix is the interconnected framework that links your mind, body, and spirit on all levels (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) with the Unified Field. When we master our stories—the deeply-held narratives and beliefs that influence all of our choices and creations—and learn how to digest our life experiences in new ways, we gain the power to choose new future timelines and manifest the wellness, abundance, and love we truly desire.In this thought-provoking book, researcher and integrative health coach Cathleen Beerkens shows us how quantum physics and the new sciences of epigenetics, glycobiology, and nutrigenetics can support us to create optimal cellular health, digest and assimilate our old storylines, nourish ourselves at all levels for optimal wellness, and begin to operate fully as the Creator in our lives for the good of all. Cathleen Beerkens is the founder of A Wellness Revolution and the author of Your Creator Matrix, where she shares new research and techniques to achieve optimal wellness. 

Your Creator Matrix is the interconnected framework that links your mind, body, and spirit on all levels (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) with the Unified Field. When we master our stories—the deeply-held narratives and beliefs that influence all of our choices and creations—and learn how to digest our life experiences in new ways, we gain the power to choose new future timelines and manifest the wellness, abundance, and love we truly desire.

In this thought-provoking book, researcher and integrative health coach Cathleen Beerkens shows us how quantum physics and the new sciences of epigenetics, glycobiology, and nutrigenetics can support us to create optimal cellular health, digest and assimilate our old storylines, nourish ourselves at all levels for optimal wellness, and begin to operate fully as the Creator in our lives for the good of all.

]]> 930 false 302 full <![CDATA[Ep. 303/ Why CBT Works. Dr. Greg Chasson]]> fbx/2ff47cfa-2cd8-11ef-96b4-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. Greg Chasson is an expert in cognitive behavioral therapy. Why has CBT become the gold standard for therapy? How does it work and what can you expect when you try it? Here’s your guide!&nbsp; Dr. Greg Chasson is an expert in cognitive behavioral therapy. Why has CBT become the gold standard for therapy? How does it work and what can you expect when you try it? Here’s your guide! ]]> 1619 false 303 full <![CDATA[Ep. 304/ Logan Gore. Mental Health Service Dog.]]> fbx/80785c02-3276-11ef-b7ac-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Logan Gore is a professional who lives with anxiety and panic attacks. She tried medicine, therapy, and many other forms of assistance.&nbsp;It wasn’t until Logan trained a mental health service animal that her symptoms subsided.&nbsp;Why dogs can be beneficial partners in bringing distressing episodes under control.&nbsp; Logan Gore is a professional who lives with anxiety and panic attacks. She tried medicine, therapy, and many other forms of assistance. 

It wasn’t until Logan trained a mental health service animal that her symptoms subsided. 

Why dogs can be beneficial partners in bringing distressing episodes under control. ]]> 1452 false 304 full <![CDATA[Ep. 305/ No Stone Unturned. Political Season, Stress, the 24 hour news cycle and social media.]]> fbx/1f4c5072-34ac-11ef-824e-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Doctors Jenna LeJune and Brian Goff. This show originally aired four years ago. We could easily refer to it as the more time moves on the more things stay the same. :)The subject matter: The political season is winding up into overdrive The noise machine on the Left is facing off with the noise Machine on the Right and the 24 hour News cycle is pummeling everyone with what we should be thinking about who, what and why you should be tuned in for the next big political story! We talked with the Doctors about how it’s ok to feel overwhelmed, It’s ok to have your own political feelings and ...perhaps most importantly... it’s ok to turn off the noise machine. Enjoy the episode.&nbsp; Doctors Jenna LeJune and Brian Goff.
This show originally aired four years ago. We could easily refer to it as the more time moves on the more things stay the same. :)
The subject matter: The political season is winding up into overdrive The noise machine on the Left is facing off with the noise Machine on the Right and the 24 hour News cycle is pummeling everyone with what we should be thinking about who, what and why you should be tuned in for the next big political story! We talked with the Doctors about how it’s ok to feel overwhelmed, It’s ok to have your own political feelings and ...perhaps most importantly... it’s ok to turn off the noise machine. Enjoy the episode. ]]> 761 false 305 full <![CDATA[Ep. 306/ No Stone Unturned. Why Therapy.]]> fbx/b56e7414-3569-11ef-8d80-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Doctors Jenna LeJune and Brian Goff.This show aired more than four years ago. We originally titled it “Why Therapy”. But in hindsight we easily could have called it “Why therapy could work for you and what to expect when you get there...Oh, and by the way there are different kinds of therapist approaches so, here’s what you could be looking for” It’s a Doctors only discussion and an interesting insider view from a couple of mental health care professionals.&nbsp;We hope you enjoy the episode.&nbsp; Doctors Jenna LeJune and Brian Goff.
This show aired more than four years ago. We originally titled it “Why Therapy”. But in hindsight we easily could have called it “Why therapy could work for you and what to expect when you get there...Oh, and by the way there are different kinds of therapist approaches so, here’s what you could be looking for” It’s a Doctors only discussion and an interesting insider view from a couple of mental health care professionals. 
We hope you enjoy the episode. 
]]> 1581 false 306 full <![CDATA[Ep. 307/ Dr. Greg Chasson/ Dialectical Behavioral Therapy]]> fbx/a9cc028c-406f-11ef-892a-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. Greg Chasson talks about Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, or DBT. DBT is a type of talk therapy (psychotherapy). It’s based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but it’s specially adapted for people who experience emotions very intensely.“Dialectical” means combining opposite ideas. DBT focuses on helping people accept the reality of their lives and their behaviors, as well as helping them learn to change their lives, including their unhelpful behaviors.Dialectical behavior therapy was developed in the 1970s by Marsha Linehan, an American psychologist. Dr. Greg Chasson talks about Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, or DBT.
DBT is a type of talk therapy (psychotherapy). It’s based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but it’s specially adapted for people who experience emotions very intensely.
“Dialectical” means combining opposite ideas. DBT focuses on helping people accept the reality of their lives and their behaviors, as well as helping them learn to change their lives, including their unhelpful behaviors.
Dialectical behavior therapy was developed in the 1970s by Marsha Linehan, an American psychologist.
]]> 1466 false 307 full <![CDATA[Ep. 308/ No Stone Unturned. Jackie Shannon Hollis/A Childless Love Story]]> fbx/50fa8a8e-42fe-11ef-9243-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Beyond Well No Stone Unturned.A re-visit episode from 2019.People are increasingly unsure about kids, and the US and European fertility rate is at an all time low. According to Pew Research, 1 in 5 people will remain childless. This week, the Beyond Well Team talk about the growing number of people who are intentionally childless. If you are attempting to decide whether to have children, this episode is for you. As a farm girl raised in eastern Oregon, Jackie ShannonHollis expected to become another someday. But, after several failed relationships, Jackie met the love of her life, a man who did not want children. In direct and intimate language, Hollis talks about her consideration of what to keep and what to abandon to make space for love. Her debut memoir, This Particular Happiness is receiving critical acclaim for its honesty, its poetry, and one woman’s ability to tell the truth about our most intimate desires. Beyond Well No Stone Unturned.
A re-visit episode from 2019.
People are increasingly unsure about kids, and the US and European fertility rate is at an all time low. According to Pew Research, 1 in 5 people will remain childless. This week, the Beyond Well Team talk about the growing number of people who are intentionally childless. If you are attempting to decide whether to have children, this episode is for you. As a farm girl raised in eastern Oregon, Jackie ShannonHollis expected to become another someday. But, after several failed relationships, Jackie met the love of her life, a man who did not want children. In direct and intimate language, Hollis talks about her consideration of what to keep and what to abandon to make space for love. Her debut memoir, This Particular Happiness is receiving critical acclaim for its honesty, its poetry, and one woman’s ability to tell the truth about our most intimate desires.]]> 1653 false 308 full <![CDATA[Ep. 309/ A talk with Doctors, Do I need therapy? No Stone Unturned.]]> fbx/8a36693a-45fb-11ef-be8b-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:30:00 +0000 A No Stone Unturned episode from 2019."A talk with Doctors, Do I need therapy?"We hire personal trainers to help us get in shape, tutors for difficult subjects, and music instructors to learn to master musical instruments.&nbsp; So, why are people reluctant to hire a therapist, a person trained to help people better manage their minds? In this episode, Jenna, Sheila and Brian talk about how therapy works and what really goes on in therapeutic sessions. A No Stone Unturned episode from 2019.
"A talk with Doctors, Do I need therapy?"
We hire personal trainers to help us get in shape, tutors for difficult subjects, and music instructors to learn to master musical instruments.  So, why are people reluctant to hire a therapist, a person trained to help people better manage their minds? In this episode, Jenna, Sheila and Brian talk about how therapy works and what really goes on in therapeutic sessions.]]> 1391 false 309 full <![CDATA[Ep. 310/ Ken Cervera, A Brush With Death Informed My Life. No Stone Unturned.]]> fbx/856e156e-4a0c-11ef-91ea-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 12:30:00 +0000 A No Stone Unturned episode from 2019.Ken Cervera's openness, his honesty and his path to wellness have all been informed by an immensely isolating period in his late twenties when he attempted to end his life. Ken drove his motorcycle through a Los Angeles intersection straight into an oncoming vehicle. Miraculously, both drivers escaped harm.&nbsp; We believe suicide attempt survivors can be extremely helpful in understanding the suicide epidemic, the mindset of suicidal ideation, and why relationship-centered and evidence-based treatment is essential to recovery.&nbsp; Ken Cervera is the host of Own Your Truth Podcast, a personal coach, and the Director of Wellness for Mind Health Institute, Pasadena. A No Stone Unturned episode from 2019.
Ken Cervera's openness, his honesty and his path to wellness have all been informed by an immensely isolating period in his late twenties when he attempted to end his life. Ken drove his motorcycle through a Los Angeles intersection straight into an oncoming vehicle. Miraculously, both drivers escaped harm.  We believe suicide attempt survivors can be extremely helpful in understanding the suicide epidemic, the mindset of suicidal ideation, and why relationship-centered and evidence-based treatment is essential to recovery.  Ken Cervera is the host of Own Your Truth Podcast, a personal coach, and the Director of Wellness for Mind Health Institute, Pasadena.]]> 1423 false 310 full <![CDATA[Ep. 311/ Edan Armas: The Emotional Survival Kit for College. No Stone Unturned.]]> fbx/b6e5677c-4ba2-11ef-844a-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:30:00 +0000 No Stone Unturned.This is a revisit Beyond Well. It's one of our earliest shows from 2019.&nbsp;Edan Armas is an award-winning Spoken Word Artist and Poet and graduate of Stanford University. Armas was the 2019 Baccalaureate student speaker, and an outspoken voice on the topic of student mental Health. Edan’s undergraduate career focused on how emotion manifests in the body, mind and the&nbsp; collective consciousness.&nbsp; Edan encourages students to embrace both the tribulations and triumphs of the college experience, noting that the process of adulting is difficult—even painful, and how vulnerability became his superpower. No Stone Unturned.
This is a revisit Beyond Well. It's one of our earliest shows from 2019. 
Edan Armas is an award-winning Spoken Word Artist and Poet and graduate of Stanford University. Armas was the 2019 Baccalaureate student speaker, and an outspoken voice on the topic of student mental Health. Edan’s undergraduate career focused on how emotion manifests in the body, mind and the  collective consciousness.  Edan encourages students to embrace both the tribulations and triumphs of the college experience, noting that the process of adulting is difficult—even painful, and how vulnerability became his superpower.]]> 1013 false 311 full <![CDATA[Ep. 312/ Dr, Greg Chasson. Navigating Healthcare.]]> fbx/4d1bfa1a-4eb6-11ef-b36d-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:30:00 +0000 How do you find a therapist once you’ve decided to seek help? And how do you assist young adults who need care when they are away at college?&nbsp;Dr. Greg Chasson provides a critical roadmap for accessing mental health services.&nbsp; How do you find a therapist once you’ve decided to seek help? And how do you assist young adults who need care when they are away at college? 
Dr. Greg Chasson provides a critical roadmap for accessing mental health services. ]]> 1392 false 312 full <![CDATA[EP. 313/ What's it like to be a Psychiatrist? Dr. Polo. No Stone Unturned.]]> fbx/9850940c-6499-11ef-9d8f-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 02 Sep 2024 12:30:00 +0000 A No Stone Unturned Episode.A re-visit from 2020.What's it like to be a Psychiatrist?Dr. Jim Polo has worked as a general physician, a child psychiatrist, an adult psychiatrist, and in a state hospital setting. He's now the Director of Behavioral Health for Cambia Health Solutions. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Polo about why he chose this specialty and what his biggest breakthroughs/disappointments have been. A No Stone Unturned Episode.
A re-visit from 2020.
What's it like to be a Psychiatrist?
Dr. Jim Polo has worked as a general physician, a child psychiatrist, an adult psychiatrist, and in a state hospital setting. He's now the Director of Behavioral Health for Cambia Health Solutions. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Polo about why he chose this specialty and what his biggest breakthroughs/disappointments have been.]]> 2104 false 313 full <![CDATA[EP. 314/ Alesia Weiss. Non Paternity Event Advocate]]> fbx/44ec5a1c-6179-11ef-90c8-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Along with the information genetic testing can provide, it also delivers more questions and confusion. Alesia Weiss's own experience with an over-the-counter DNA kit in 2014 resulted in severe shock when she discovered that the man who’d raised her was not her genetic father. Learning the identity of her biological father took four long years of research and the news that he’d passed away years before her discovery will always be a profound source of sorrow for her. Because of this experience, Alesia has worked hard to support NPEs, the donor-conceived community, and adoptees in their fight to know their genetic history.&nbsp;Her service on behalf of this community includes genealogical research, education, networking and the provision of informed emotional support.1.&nbsp; www.nursingfornpes.com&nbsp; , or NPEN, is a website for anyone who needs assistance with deciphering their DNA , finding a therapist, looking for a mentor,&nbsp; or just needing resources.&nbsp;2.&nbsp; www.facebook.com/groups/thisnpelife is a private FB community that is an incredible group of almost 4000 members that understand the pain personally and truly get it.&nbsp;1.&nbsp; www.nursingfornpes.com&nbsp; or NPEN is my website for anyone who needs assistance with deciphering their DNA , finding a therapist, looking for a mentor,&nbsp; or just needing resources.&nbsp;We also have the FB group that offers an incredibly supportive community--&nbsp;2.&nbsp; www.facebook.com/groups/thisnpelife is our private FB community that is an incredible group of almost 4000 members that understand the pain personally and truly get it.&nbsp;1.&nbsp; www.nursingfornpes.com&nbsp; or NPEN is my website for anyone who needs assistance with deciphering their DNA , finding a therapist, looking for a mentor,&nbsp; or just needing resources.&nbsp;We also have the FB group that offers an incredibly supportive community--&nbsp;2.&nbsp; www.facebook.com/groups/thisnpelife is a private FB community that is an incredible group of almost 4000 members that understand the pain personally and truly get it.&nbsp;
Along with the information genetic testing can provide, it also delivers more questions and confusion. Alesia Weiss's own experience with an over-the-counter DNA kit in 2014 resulted in severe shock when she discovered that the man who’d raised her was not her genetic father. Learning the identity of her biological father took four long years of research and the news that he’d passed away years before her discovery will always be a profound source of sorrow for her. Because of this experience, Alesia has worked hard to support NPEs, the donor-conceived community, and adoptees in their fight to know their genetic history. 
Her service on behalf of this community includes genealogical research, education, networking and the provision of informed emotional support.

1.  www.nursingfornpes.com  , or NPEN, is a website for anyone who needs assistance with deciphering their DNA , finding a therapist, looking for a mentor,  or just needing resources. 

2.  www.facebook.com/groups/thisnpelife is a private FB community that is an incredible group of almost 4000 members that understand the pain personally and truly get it. 



1.  www.nursingfornpes.com  or NPEN is my website for anyone who needs assistance with deciphering their DNA , finding a therapist, looking for a mentor,  or just needing resources. 

We also have the FB group that offers an incredibly supportive community-- 

2.  www.facebook.com/groups/thisnpelife is our private FB community that is an incredible group of almost 4000 members that understand the pain personally and truly get it. 





1.  www.nursingfornpes.com  or NPEN is my website for anyone who needs assistance with deciphering their DNA , finding a therapist, looking for a mentor,  or just needing resources. 

We also have the FB group that offers an incredibly supportive community-- 

2.  www.facebook.com/groups/thisnpelife is a private FB community that is an incredible group of almost 4000 members that understand the pain personally and truly get it. 



]]> 1452 false 314 full <![CDATA[EP. 315/ The College Toolbox. Dr. Greg Chasson.]]> fbx/a04d1bf8-6a11-11ef-83d5-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. Greg Chasson provides practical tools for young adults who are entering college. The ages of 18-25 are when a majority of mental illnesses are detected. What can you do to support your mental health now and when you are under intense pressure?&nbsp; Dr. Greg Chasson provides practical tools for young adults who are entering college. The ages of 18-25 are when a majority of mental illnesses are detected. What can you do to support your mental health now and when you are under intense pressure? ]]> 1106 false 315 full <![CDATA[Ep. 316/ The Link Between Lyme Disease and Suicide. A No Stone Unturned Episode.]]> fbx/16f29ba2-6ada-11ef-a02e-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:30:00 +0000 A No Stone Unturned Re-Visit.From September 2019.Lyme Disease is the fastest growing infectious disease in the world, eclipsing the HIV/Aids crisis by over 10X. It is now reported in all 50 states and 79 countries. The CDC estimates 400,000 new cases per year, but even that number is thought to be on the low end of the problem. Lyme has been reported to be associated with various psychiatric presentations because Borreliaburgdorferi can present with symptoms similar to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Because Lyme patients are so often misdiagnosed and mistreated, a higher level of risk to self and others is associated with multiple symptoms developing after acquiring LAD.&nbsp; A No Stone Unturned Re-Visit.
From September 2019.
Lyme Disease is the fastest growing infectious disease in the world, eclipsing the HIV/Aids crisis by over 10X. It is now reported in all 50 states and 79 countries. The CDC estimates 400,000 new cases per year, but even that number is thought to be on the low end of the problem. Lyme has been reported to be associated with various psychiatric presentations because Borreliaburgdorferi can present with symptoms similar to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Because Lyme patients are so often misdiagnosed and mistreated, a higher level of risk to self and others is associated with multiple symptoms developing after acquiring LAD. ]]> 3358 false 316 full <![CDATA[Ep. 317/ Nyna Giles Psychological Suffering Doesn't Discriminate. No Stone Unturned.]]> fbx/64bcb53e-6bc5-11ef-992b-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:30:00 +0000 A No Stone Unturned episode.Originally Released in June 2019.Nyna Giles exposes the good and bad news about psychological suffering. Psychological suffering doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t care who you are, how wealthy your friends are, how beautiful you are, or what circles you run it. Psychological suffering can and will affect us all. Of course, privileges give certain people access to resources that may help those people cope more effectively with the suffering life deals them, but the suffering will happen all the same.&nbsp;Nyna’s mother had all the trappings of the “perfect” life: she transcended her humble beginnings to become one of the “beautiful people,” hobnobbing with the rich and famous, including Grace Kelly, who she counted as her closest friend. And yet, psychological suffering, this time in the form of psychosis, came crashing down on that beautiful picture. As her mother’s world shrank, Nyna did what any child would do; she tried her very best to “save” her mom. But, of course, even our best attempts to save our loved ones often fail. But here’s the good news… Being able to live a life of meaning and purpose also does not discriminate. It doesn’t matter who we are, where we live, what forms of suffering life has given us, what we have done or what has been done to us, living whatever life we have been given in a way that is personally meaningful and has integrity for us is possible for every one of us.&nbsp; A No Stone Unturned episode.
Originally Released in June 2019.
Nyna Giles exposes the good and bad news about psychological suffering. Psychological suffering doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t care who you are, how wealthy your friends are, how beautiful you are, or what circles you run it. Psychological suffering can and will affect us all. Of course, privileges give certain people access to resources that may help those people cope more effectively with the suffering life deals them, but the suffering will happen all the same. 
Nyna’s mother had all the trappings of the “perfect” life: she transcended her humble beginnings to become one of the “beautiful people,” hobnobbing with the rich and famous, including Grace Kelly, who she counted as her closest friend. And yet, psychological suffering, this time in the form of psychosis, came crashing down on that beautiful picture. As her mother’s world shrank, Nyna did what any child would do; she tried her very best to “save” her mom. But, of course, even our best attempts to save our loved ones often fail. But here’s the good news… Being able to live a life of meaning and purpose also does not discriminate. It doesn’t matter who we are, where we live, what forms of suffering life has given us, what we have done or what has been done to us, living whatever life we have been given in a way that is personally meaningful and has integrity for us is possible for every one of us. ]]> 1652 false 317 full <![CDATA[Ep. 318/ Dr. Greg Chassen Toxic Achievement Culture]]> fbx/76360322-76df-11ef-9c4d-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:30:00 +0000 Dr. Greg Chassen is an expert on perfectionism and OCD at the University of Chicago.In this episode, Dr. Chasson discusses the inherent pressure families feel to help their children succeed. The pressure begins as early as infancy, when mothers feel compelled to train their babies in utero, and continues through college, where many mothers and fathers demand their teens attempt to get into an Ivy League school.&nbsp;The CDC says the level of stress on families is in part due to this toxic achievement culture. Dr. Chassen offers strategies for breaking the stress cycle and reclaiming our families' lives and happiness.&nbsp; Dr. Greg Chassen is an expert on perfectionism and OCD at the University of Chicago.
In this episode, Dr. Chasson discusses the inherent pressure families feel to help their children succeed. The pressure begins as early as infancy, when mothers feel compelled to train their babies in utero, and continues through college, where many mothers and fathers demand their teens attempt to get into an Ivy League school. 

The CDC says the level of stress on families is in part due to this toxic achievement culture. Dr. Chassen offers strategies for breaking the stress cycle and reclaiming our families' lives and happiness. ]]> 731 false 318 full <![CDATA[Ep. 319/ Dr. Greg Chassen on Politics]]> fbx/bf607942-76df-11ef-98da-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 14 Oct 2024 12:30:00 +0000 There is no shortage of evidence that the political divide in America stresses out Americans. From workplaces to families to the Thanksgiving table, there is internalized stress about how to talk about politics without alienating one another.Dr. Greg Chasson takes on the elephant in the living room: should we even try to bridge the divide? There is no shortage of evidence that the political divide in America stresses out Americans. From workplaces to families to the Thanksgiving table, there is internalized stress about how to talk about politics without alienating one another.

Dr. Greg Chasson takes on the elephant in the living room: should we even try to bridge the divide?]]> 1510 false 319 full <![CDATA[Ep. 320/ Mike Schmidt/Seeing Beyond Labels. A No Stone Unturned Re-visit.]]> fbx/1bd0ad9c-8be3-11ef-9820-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:30:00 +0000 This is a "No Stone Unturned Re-Visit episode.It is from 2019.This is a fun episode as it starts with a conversation with one of our Doctors about a "Silent Retreat" she had just experienced.It also has a bit of a political vibe because we talk to Mike Schmidt who at the time was running for Multnomah county district attorney with one of the most multi-dimensional views toward the criminalization of the mentally ill we’ve ever heard. Mike’s experience as an inner city school teacher informs his sense of justice and rehabilitation.Enjoy! This is a "No Stone Unturned Re-Visit episode.
It is from 2019.
This is a fun episode as it starts with a conversation with one of our Doctors about a "Silent Retreat" she had just experienced.
It also has a bit of a political vibe because we talk to Mike Schmidt who at the time was running for Multnomah county district attorney with one of the most multi-dimensional views toward the criminalization of the mentally ill we’ve ever heard. Mike’s experience as an inner city school teacher informs his sense of justice and rehabilitation.
Enjoy!]]> 1764 false 320 full <![CDATA[Ep. 321/ Ron Artis II, Radical Honesty. A "No Stone" from 2019]]> fbx/85cd5bb0-8be7-11ef-a414-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:30:00 -0100 No Stone Unturned. Ron Artis II, Radical Honesty.This episode features live musical performances and was recorded in September of 2019.At the time we noted that Ron Artis II was growing into a newly accessible and emotionally acute period of his life. His new album, Love is Love, was a departure from the funk and soul fans were accustomed to from his wildly popular band, Ron Artis II and the Truth, but its stunning lyrics and melodic sound reveal a growth Ron himself says he nearly missed, “From the age of thirteen to eighteen, while I was concentrating on becoming the best guitar player I could be, I thought emotions were something to be dispensed with, a distraction. I didn’t realize how much potential for creativity I was missing.” No Stone Unturned. Ron Artis II, Radical Honesty.
This episode features live musical performances and was recorded in September of 2019.
At the time we noted that Ron Artis II was growing into a newly accessible and emotionally acute period of his life. His new album, Love is Love, was a departure from the funk and soul fans were accustomed to from his wildly popular band, Ron Artis II and the Truth, but its stunning lyrics and melodic sound reveal a growth Ron himself says he nearly missed, “From the age of thirteen to eighteen, while I was concentrating on becoming the best guitar player I could be, I thought emotions were something to be dispensed with, a distraction. I didn’t realize how much potential for creativity I was missing.”]]> 2410 false 321 full <![CDATA[Ep. 322/ It's an Election! You've Got This. Dr. Greg Chasson]]> fbx/c2334ace-9641-11ef-8455-16a2cd1ac1f8 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:18:18 -0100 Nearly seventy-five percent of all Americans say they are experiencing election related stress. Dr. Greg Chasson is here to help us get through the coming weeks with evidence-based tools for stress reduction.&nbsp; Nearly seventy-five percent of all Americans say they are experiencing election related stress. Dr. Greg Chasson is here to help us get through the coming weeks with evidence-based tools for stress reduction. ]]> 1597 false 322 full <![CDATA[Ep. 323/ Seasonal Affective Disorder]]> fbx/67265904-9df4-11ef-b222-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:30:00 -0100 A revisit with Dr. James Polo. He talks about the science behind seasonal affective disorder and why we need to attend to our diets, light exposure, and willingness to socialize during the winter months. A revisit with Dr. James Polo. He talks about the science behind seasonal affective disorder and why we need to attend to our diets, light exposure, and willingness to socialize during the winter months.]]> 992 false 323 full <![CDATA[Ep. 324/ Beyond Well Looks Back at Grief. A Revisit with Ivan Maisel]]> fbx/8dd35344-a20f-11ef-895b-16a2cd1ac1f8 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:30:00 -0100 This is a Re-Visit episode.Ivan Maisel is well-known as one of the country's experts on college football. But the terrain of grief was something he'd never explored in-depth until the suicide of his son, Max. Maisel's memoir, 'I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye', gives voice to the hundreds and thousands of families who have lost someone to suicide and explores in intimate detail the journey one takes in order to accept grieving as an act of love.&nbsp; This is a Re-Visit episode.

Ivan Maisel is well-known as one of the country's experts on college football. But the terrain of grief was something he'd never explored in-depth until the suicide of his son, Max. Maisel's memoir, 'I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye', gives voice to the hundreds and thousands of families who have lost someone to suicide and explores in intimate detail the journey one takes in order to accept grieving as an act of love. ]]> 1523 false 324 full