Health & Wellness Episodes

Send us a text Barry Krakow, MD is a board-certified internist and sleep medicine specialist, internationally recognized for the discovery and implementation of the most advanced approaches to solving the disabling sleep problems experienced in mental illness. His new book, Life Saving Sleep: New Horizons in Mental Health Treatment opens up a revolutionary system for treating mental health disorders by targeting the underlying sleep dysfunction. His work appears in leading scientific journals s...

Send us a text Michelle Dickenson is an Author & TEDx Speaker. I recenter employees and transform the mental health stigma in the workplace. The CDC says that 1 in 3 Americans are dealing with depression or anxiety due to COVID. The emotional impact of the pandemic is hitting many of us. The United Nations released a policy brief entitled COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health citing the deep toll the crisis has taken due to social isolation, losing a loved one, and the economic turm...

Send us a text As a conjoint lecturer with UNSW and an RACGP accredited supervisor, Dr. Alex Joannou has been training medical students, International Medical Graduates, and General Practice Registrars for more than 20 years to help people achieve that true feeling of peace that comes with healing. Along with that, Dr. Joannou has learned a lot about the human psyche in his 40-year medical career as the Practice Principal of Northside Health (a 12-doctor medical center).Dr. Joannous practice ha...

Send us a text Dr. G. Rex Kruhly, the founder of Depth Healing Technology, has been studying and training in his multi-discipline crafts of Health, Quantum Science, Personal Development (the areas of awakening, business success and goal achievement, psychology, stress, athletic performance, martial prowess), Consciousness and Brain Research, Classical Japanese Sword, Zen, Aikido, Oneness and Deeksha, Energy Psychologies, Brain Reprogramming, Military Science, Quantum Biology, Ecosystems, and Sp...

Send us a text Dr. George J Schmidt is an OKU graduate of the UMDNJ-NJ Dental School where he received his DMD degree. He is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. In addition to maintaining a highly successful private practice in Northern New Jersey, Dr.Schmidt holds appointments at two local Universities. He is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine and ...

Send us a text Laura is a nurse-turned-author who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2021, which only added to her list of major health scares over the previous five years. This prompted her to dig deeper into her past and led to the realization that she had complex post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from her childhood. She spent the next year and half exploring all the trauma healing modalities she could find. Laura details this experience in her book, "No, I'm Not Fine. Thank You." wh...

Send us a text Daniel Maigler is the mental health advisor for Paws for Patrick, a non profit that connects young people with mental health issues to emotional support animals. Host of the mental health podcast Not Allowed to Die, school social worker, therapist in private practice and a proud husband, and father to two boys and Mariska the three toothed Patterdale Terrier.For a therapist losing a client to suicide is the worst case scenario. For me that loss was compounded by the loss of my ne...

Send us a text Born in Mumbai, Dr. Ravi R. Iyer is the founding physician and president of the Iyer Clinic-LMG in Fairfax and Loudoun County, Virginia, USA, and serves as the director of clinical research for Loudoun Medical Group. A physician-scientist, inventor, author, and entrepreneur with research publications in the mechanisms of gene controls and several patents on veterinary and human medicines, Dr Iyer serves as the CEO of ActivPower, Inc. a nutrition and wellness company he founded. H...

Send us a text When Amanda finally managed to get away from the man who was trafficking her she was thirty-one years old and didn’t know what she’d gone through even had a name, much less how to deal with the pain of feeling like a broken person, unworthy of love and filled with so much anger. On a freezing cold day in 2018 she saw former trafficked people standing strong and showing their beautiful resiliency on a stage at an anti-trafficking event. At that moment she finally knew what her pur...

Send us a text Weaving together soaring, angelic vocals and the celestial sound of crystal singing bowls, Ashana Lobody is one of the premiere healing music artists of our time.In fact, Ashana’s original sound pioneered an entirely new genre of healing music with crystal singing bowls. This exquisitely crafted, luminous sonictapestry soothes and opens the heart, enfolding the listener in a transcendent experience of the Divine and a direct experience of the Soul. This stunninglybeautiful alchem...

Send us a text Dr. Allen graduated with a B.A. in Psychology with honors from Stanford University. She attended Oregon Health and Science University for medical school where she also earned a Masters of Public Health in biostatistics and epidemiology. She completed psychiatry residency at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, a joint program between Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Massachusetts Mental Health Center. She served as Chi...

Send us a text John Petrelli is a certified professional fitness trainer. For nearly thirty years he has used his signature style of motivation and his unique program of physical exercise, nutrition, and martial arts training to positively impact the lives of countless people, from Grammy Award-winning recording artists to corporate executives to world-class athletes to film celebrities to busy moms and dads alike. In 2021, John's life took an unexpected turn when he became paralyzed with Guill...

Send us a text For much of her young adult life, Josie struggled with autoimmune disorders, severe food allergies, a debilitating eating disorder anorexia, alcoholism, ADD, and anxiety and depression. She was told by her medical doctors that each of her diagnoses was lifelong and that she just needed to manage them the best she could for the rest of her life. Josie felt crushed, like a lost cause and there was really no hope for her. She was only in her twenties – these were supposed to be the ...

Send us a text David Szczecinski www.mymilan.com.au Formal Qualifications: Bachelor of Social Work Diploma of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy Accreditations: Trainer (Certificate IV Training and Assessment) Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (Australia) Professional memberships: Member of Australian Association of Social Work. After serving in the Army, David re-trained as a Social Worker in 2003 and started work as a prison Drug and alcohol counselor. Many of David’s skills wer...

Send us a text Katie Bramlett started WeShape with the intention of advocating for women to stop focusing on the number on the scale and instead put their energy and efforts towards a more meaningful intention such as movement, rest, and a deeper connection with self. Her entire company and product is rooted in intention, movement, community, and beliefs. Katie has a passion for bringing awareness to the toxic expectations placed on women in the fitness industry, as well as the often overshadowe...

Send us a text Blair is an author, poet, educator, consultant and ordinary mystic. He has written award winning 5 books available on Amazon Books and dozens of articles on meditation, manifestation, and related topics. He describes himself this way, “I am an explorer who has discovered a variety of techniques, tools and ideas that I think you will find useful in your own personal development. Here’s an example of what I mean. From one perspective, each of us has a unique story in which we are bo...

Send us a text Deanna Kuempel is a human trafficking survivor, a widow, a former C-Level executive, fashion designer, bodybuilder, skincare expert, currently Ms. Chicago America Nation 2021, now podcast host. She has lived a very big life with lots and lots of experience. When she decides to do something she always does it BIG! Deanna is the creator of the label free podcast and you can find more information about the show by visiting www.labelfreepodcast.com

Send us a text Todd is a Licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed clinical social worker with 35+ years of experience helping couples and individuals heal themselves from crises such as trauma and infidelity. He also help couples rekindle the passion and aliveness in their relationship. Todd is a firm believer in combining healing modalities into his practice. He incorporates EMDR, Emotional Focused Therapy and Meditation to help promote optimal healing and living for his patients. ...

Send us a text Sarah Gaer is a suicide loss survivor and holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health counseling and has twenty four years’ experience in the field of mental health care. She is a proud alumna of Holyoke Community College Class of ’98 and Antioch New England University Class of ’09. Her graduate degree work was focused on military veterans and trauma. Sarah has worked as an outpatient clinician, on a crisis team, in residential settings both for those with chronic mental hea...

Send us a text Brad Williams hosts the Over 40 Fitness Hacks show, a podcast about people who are over 40 staying fit without losing their social life. Brad has been a personal trainer and gym owner for over 12 years and has seen it all. On today’s show Brad will give some helpful tips for those over 40 to exercise and stay healthy without missing a beat in your social life. If you are under 40 please tune in as well because the advice Brad will be giving can help you also. www.over40fitnesshac...

Send us a text Rich Lewis is an author, speaker and coach who focuses on centering prayer as a means of inner transformation. He teaches centering prayer in both his local and virtual community and offers one-on-one coaching. Rich’s newest book is titled, Sitting with God: A Journey To Your True Self Through Centering Prayer. He publishes a weekly meditation, book reviews, and interviews on his site, Silence Teaches. He has published articles for a number of organizations, including Contemplati...

Send us a text On August 5, 2015 Phil Barth took a surprise visit to the cardiac wing of Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati. Phil suffered what was labeled a "small" heart attack. Phil remembers thinking "if this is small he’d hate to see medium." Per the advice of his Doctor Phil changed his diet, started exercising more and decided to work on controlling stress. For the past five years Phil has published a daily list: Great things that happened today. Each day Phil celebrates the great thin...

Send us a text Troy Hadeed was born in Trinidad, wrote his first letter to the editor at 10, has taught yoga internationally for over 15 years, and has founded several successful businesses, including a hemp store, a waste oil recycling business and a yoga studio. He has walked coast-to-coast across central America, navigated the world on a ship, spent prolonged periods in silence, and is continuously seeking to make sense of the human experience. In all things, Troy hopes that his life will ass...

Send us a text Matthew Dickson helps people with mental illness in developing countries so they can get access to basic mental health care at www.MindAid.ca. Mind Aid steers people towards 7 nonprofits using these models of basic mental health care, which are low-cost, proven effective, and scalable. Some of these groups are promoted by Zak Williams (son of Robin Williams), Bill Clinton, Forest Whitaker (of "Star Wars"), Ashley Judd, and Tim Shriver (founder of the Special Olympics). Highlights ...