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In this episode, Dr. LaMarr D. Shields is joined by LaMonika Hill, the author of Liv & Gabby. LaMonika shares her personal challenges with mental illness and decided to write a book entitled  Liv and Gabby: Brighter Days Ahead to help children understand the effects and causes of mental illness, and to learn the importance of being supportive and never losing sight of brighter days, no matter how dark things may seem.

LaMonika's advocacy work is centered on increasing awareness to end the stigma surrounding mental illness. She emphasizes that seeking help for mental illness is a sign of strength, not weakness. Her experience and understanding of mental illness have profoundly affected others, allowing them to see that they are not alone in their struggles.

www.thehelpingheal.com

In this episode, we discuss the social media platforms like Instagram, which made headlines last year for suppressing likes to curb the comparisons and hurt feelings associated with attaching popularity to sharing content. But do these efforts combat mental health issues, or are they simply applying a band-aid to a wound? 

We discuss the excessive use of Social Media with Dr. Margaret Cochran and how it fuels feelings of addiction, anxiety, depression, isolation, and FOMO.

Dr. C  is a transpersonal psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, educator, life coach, and author with over 25 years of clinical experience. She seamlessly interweaves traditional ego psychology, transpersonal psychology, and energy psychology Affording her patients every tool possible to achieve their goals and make their dreams a reality.

www.drcochran.net

In this episode, Dr. Shields talks  with Victor Sagalovsky about all things Deuterium-Depleted Water (DDW) and its effects on our biology. Victor Sagalovsky is Co-Founder and CEO of Litewater Scientific, the first and only super deuterium-depleted light water, where he has dedicated himself to the research, development, and production of this rare water.

https://www.drinklitewater.com

Troy Hadeed was worn on the island of Trinidad & Tobago, and teaches, practices, and lives yoga to the best of his ability on his home island.

In this episode, Troy gives practical tools to aid the listeners  on their journey of self-realization and empowerment through breath, alignment, and funny.  Troy believes, " that our practice on the mat is a direct representation of our daily lives in every way."

Whether a simple beginners practice, foundations, or intense advanced transitions, this interview aims to offer an avenue to connect with mindfulness, your body, the GOD of your own understanding, & LOVE.

It’s pretty hard to remain hopeful these days. It can seem as if the world has gone mad — violence, cruelty, and inhumanity are everywhere and not just in Ukraine. The United States, once a beacon of personal freedom and security, is waging war on women, immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ, and anyone deemed different from the majority. In this episode,  Attorney Lauren Abrams shares the wisdom and insights from the people she has interviewed through firsthand stories that helped them find hope.

For more information about Lauren, please visit www.52weeksofhope.com.

If you've ever felt the pain of disconnect, from yourself, from those closest to you or from the world in general, then Steve Vincent's raw and authentic interview with Dr. Shields will help you rethink life's challenges. If you want to find true freedom, to 'find you', then you're invited to take the journey into your Shadow Self.

In this episode, Dr. Shields sits down with freelance journalist, Rebecca Webber, who lives  in Cape Town, South Africa,  and covers social justice, the environment, the arts, travel, and more for CNN, USA Today, the New York Times, Dwell, and many other publications.

She shares personal stories of being a journalist, and how she coaches  writers  by helping them improve their skills, break into new markets, and increase confidence. 

www.rebeccalweber.com

Many of us have a tendency to worry unnecessarily about our health. For some the anxiety becomes chronic, and they may spend many hours checking for symptoms, seeking reassurance from others, surfing the internet for information about different diseases, or repeatedly visiting the doctor. 

By trade, Brian Sachetta is a software developer. He combines his experiences in the tech world with previous mental health battles to draw parallels between computer systems and the human mind and give readers practical strategies for evading their own psychological demons.

He currently has two books on the market, “Get Out of Your Head: A Toolkit for Living with and Overcoming Anxiety” and “Get Out of Your Head Vol. 2: Navigating the Abyss of Depression.” His mission is to help as many sufferers as possible through not only those books but also his blog and podcast appearances.

If you’re feeling stuck, stressed, or stagnant, you’re not alone. Large numbers of people feel burned out or feel a loss of control in their professional and personal lives. But now is a perfect time to take stock—closing one chapter and opening another. Nira Lull shares strategies to help you get unstuck and set your course to begin moving forward.

www.niralall.com

Words are a powerful thing. Words can build and lift, comfort and calm, teach and inspire.  To the opposite, words can destroy and demolish, incite and enrage, berate and criticize, embarrass and demean.  It has been said that in an average day a person will speak somewhere between 10 and 20,000 words. Which means we have that tons of chances every day to say something positive or to say something negative, the choice is totally up to us.

There is an old saying that “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Whoever came up with that saying had it completely wrong…what they saying needed to say is “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but unkind words will always hurt me…and a broken bone can heal with time, but the damage done by unkind words might never heal.”  

My next guest understands the power of words, and is passionate about helping people to unlearn the negative things they’ve said to themselves or were said about them. Through his work over the past 40 years, he has taught countless thousands of people how to improve various aspects of their lives.

His latest book, 'How to Be Bulletproof From Criticism' has attracted rave reviews from health professionals, business owners and world class entrepreneurs. 

Leaders of today are facing a multitude of challenges. They need to create a triple bottom line, finding economical, environmental, and socially sustainable solutions. Moreover,  leaders are not only expected to see a strategy through; they also need to reimagine and re-examine the workplace for their employees. 

In this episode, Dr. Kweisi Ausar discusses the relationship between workplace spirituality, organizational justice, and mental health.

Doug Cartwright is a speaker, author, and the CEO and Founder of The Daily Shifts, an online company dedicated to inspiring lasting transformation of the mind, body, and soul. The Daily Shifts was born from Doug’s personal journey of introspection and healing. Now an app, a master class, and blog, The Daily Shifts has appeared on ABC News, Spectrum TV, and in Psychology Today, among others. 

In his new book, Holy Sh!t We’re Alive, Doug shows you how to live with intention, how to trust yourself, and how to show up every day for a meaningful life. You’ll learn mind-blowing facts and important clues to understand your existence and unique contributions. Self-love can be your superpower. No matter who you are or where you’ve been, his book gives you permission and motivation to do the work and throw out the garbage holding you back, so you too can maximize your human experience.

Today I sit down with the author of the national bestseller Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World (published by Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books in 2018). He's also the CEO of The Better Meat Co., a four-time TEDx speaker, the Business for Good Podcast host, and a long-time leader in food sustainability. 

He co-founded, The Better Meat Co., which uses fermentation to turn microbes into meat within hours, creating a far more sustainable and humane method of satisfying our “meat tooth” than raising and slaughtering animals for food. 

www.bettermeat.co
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Simone Knego is the best-selling author of The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You, is a speaker, entrepreneur, and mother to six multicultural children. With her bold witticism, larger than life personality, and fearless attitude, she is a powerful force for good. Sharing her journey of adopting three of her six children in foreign countries, her climb of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise cancer awareness, and all of the funny, scary, and inspiring stories that came along the way.

www.simoneknego.com

For too long, women have been told to confine themselves—physically, socially, and emotionally. So on this episode, Dr. Shields sits down with Eliza VanCort, author of A Woman's Guide to Claiming Space, to discuss the inequalities and systems of oppression that take shape in private, professional, and public spaces.

Eliza identifies the five critical behaviors of all "Space Claiming Queens": use your voice and posture to project confidence and power, end self-sabotage, forge connections, neutralize unsafe spaces, and unite across differences. Through personal narrative, research, and actionable strategies, VanCort provides how-tos on combatting challenges like antimentors and microaggressions and advises on building up your "old girls" club, asking for what you're worth, and owning your Space without apology.

Eliza VanCort is a teacher, consultant, and speaker who provides the necessary tools for women to rewrite the rules and create the stories of their choice safely and without apology.

www.elizavancort.com

Dr. Shani Fox helps cancer survivors get back in charge of their health and build their confidence so they can make the most of their new chance at life. Believing unconditionally in each person’s innate power to generate wellness and happiness, she encourages survivors not to settle for a “new normal”, but to create a “new extraordinary”.

Dr. Shani’s revolutionary survivorship care model, “Back in Charge! Your Guide to Creating Extraordinary Wellness and Joy After Cancer” nurturesphysical wellness and body/mind harmony that increase resilience to disease.

PAUL SALTER is a Registered Dietitian Coach, Author, and Sustainable Weight-Loss Expert. He firmly believes that weight-loss-related challenges aren’t related to lack of nutrition knowledge, but are actually projections of deeper rooted emotional and psychological challenges and that one won’t be able to confidently sustain weight loss until those challenges are acknowledged and overcome. 

If you want to know more about Paul Salter, you can visit his website at www.thepaulsalter.com.

In this episode, I sit down with inspirational speaker, Certified Psychodramatist, Team Coach, and  owner of The Game Plan for Better Living, Joshua Lee! We discuss helpful habits to get your life back on track.
 
When you are distracted by life events, you let go of yourself to meet the needs of others. You work late for your boss, you help someone build a business, you support other’s dreams, you volunteer and give of yourself. All the while, you let go of your own dreams or leave them in a box in the garage.

www.thegameplancoaching.com 

Over the last seven months, as the Covid-19 virus has continued its spread, our worlds have become smaller. Working from home has morphed from a novelty to the mundane. Travel for business or pleasure, once routine, has become nonexistent. Seeing friends, going to our favorite restaurants, visiting family — the list of things we can’t do, and won’t be able to for months to come, is endless.

Peter Quinn stopped to talk about how the lack of novelty in our Covid existence can negatively impact our creativity — our ability to put ideas together in new, useful combinations to solve problems.

 Peter Quinn describes what he does as being a creative director working at the nexus of brand, culture, and purpose. As a creative professional, he helps organizations grow, engage, shift beliefs and attitudes, and sometimes what he makes inspires people to act. Peter believes that everyone contains many selves. His past experience of being a performer in bands, painter, curator, video creator, and even little league baseball coach, father, and husband– has allowed him to bring a lens to his projects– one that is uniquely his.