Helen Sernett, founder and host of the Sleep Lists podcast, was a non-profit fundraiser at the end of her rope, struggling with a long list of medical issues. Underlying all of it was the fact that she could no longer get herself to sleep. With Sleep Lists she serves up bedtime dreams every episode by reciting a lulling list of similar items. Lately, she’s more well rested and less on edge. She records voice over work and speaks at events about her experience with resilience and the power of neu...
Sep 29, 2024•58 min
Marcus is a communication coach for parents of preteens (ages 10-14). He helps them show up and maintain a meaningful relationship with their child during these crucial formative years. He works with parents who value doing hard things and want to connect with their tween before it's too late to bridge the gap. With a multicultural background himself—born to a Filipino mother and a Bahamian father—Marcus finds particular joy in supporting families communicate across generational and cultural div...
Aug 25, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Kristal DeSantis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Austin, Texas, known for her expertise in relationships, trauma work, and sex therapy. With a focus on supporting first responder couples and addressing men's issues, Kristal offers a unique therapeutic approach rooted in understanding male psychology and the challenges faced by men in contemporary society. Her development of The STRONG model of Relational Therapy, which blends trauma-informed and attachment-based methods, has...
Aug 17, 2024•53 min
For many years, Carolyn silently battled with depression and anxiety while struggling in school. Despite her relentless efforts, numerous tutors, and intense study sessions, success always felt out of reach. These challenges were compounded by her internalization of every situation and interaction. In her sophomore year of high school, Carolyn discovered that she had a learning difference known as Non-verbal Learning Disability. Initially feeling isolated and questioning herself upon this revela...
Aug 12, 2024•42 min•Season 6Ep. 151
Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala, a clinical psychologist and academic researcher, has dedicated her career to developing psychological treatments to help people recover from mental health difficulties. She has focused on proven strategies to shift the personality traits that put people at risk for anxiety, depression, substance misuse, etc. But you don’t need to be struggling with your mental health to take advantage of what the science of personality change has to offer. What if, instead of letting a ...
Jul 29, 2024•50 min
Leslie Draffin is a somatic psychedelic guide, sensual embodiment coach & menstrual cycle educator focused on helping women embrace their bodies, sex, and psychedelics. She supports conscious women & menstruators who want to heal themselves & connect more deeply with the divine through intentional micro-dosing, womb reconnection, pleasure activation & cyclical living. Leslie believes sacred Earth medicine has the power to bring us home to ourselves, awaken our authenticity and he...
Jul 18, 2024•47 min
Dr. Wendy is a Stanford trained positive psychologist and success coach for female entrepreneurs. She helps women design their most meaningful, intentional, and fulfilling lives and businesses. Utilizing her strengths, values, and evidenced-based success method, Dr. Wendy has helped thousands of women worldwide live a life and business they're obsessed with. Please visit: https://www.drwendyoconnor.com/ to learn more about the work she does. This show is brought to you by 6am Run & 6amrun.co...
Jul 13, 2024•51 min
Kayla Crane, a licensed marriage and family therapist and owner of South Denver Therapy, specializes in relationships and mental health. Renowned for her practical advice and insights, she's an ideal guide for those seeking to improve their emotional and relational well-being. Kayla has learned many things from her time as a therapist. None more important than communication is key to a loving and happy relationship. However, communication is a broad topic and requires work from all parties to ge...
Jul 09, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 147
With over 25 years of experience in business and finance, Shara brings a wealth of expertise to the podcasting world. From building a service-based beauty business to achieving six figures within months, to later spearheading a multi-million dollar beauty academy, her journey is a testament to resilience, adaptability, and the human spirit. Beyond her business acumen, Shara's story is one of triumph over tragedy. As a survivor of domestic violence and a COVID-19 survivor with a mere 20% chance o...
Jul 02, 2024•56 min•Season 5Ep. 146
Some people say that Duncan can help you to go beyond alcohol. But that isn't it. Duncan will help you increase your energy, power up your productivity, improve your relationships and enjoy the heck out of life. After 20 years of overdoing it, he cleaned up his act and trained with the world’s most successful stop smoking service. But that wasn’t enough. He studied at Cornell University, the Chartered Management Institute and in a windowless room in Peterborough. But that wasn't enough. He wrote...
Jun 24, 2024•46 min
Mary was once afraid that everyone would find out how incredibly ordinary she was and that would be her ultimate demise. She doesn't use smoke and mirrors, she is raw and honest and caring AF to be around. She believes in the magical mess of life and this informs her work. For the past 15+ years Mary has supported women and men in making small daily changes that make a major impact on their lives. These simple, ordinary changes can get lost in the flashy online world and at times the topics that...
Jun 17, 2024•48 min
A difficult childhood left Britt ill equipped to process the difficult things that had happened to her. For years, she turned to addiction and an eating disorder as she had underdeveloped coping skills and a lack of sound guidance. Years of self-work allowed her to cope in healthier ways, but still chasing fleeting fulfillment. Her parenting journey led included a miscarriage while parenting children with a rare genetic disorder. A diagnosis of her neurodivergence left her having to re-parent he...
Jun 11, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 143
Halloween, 1985, Susan's life changed forever when her father, LAPD Detective Thomas C. Williams was ambushed and killed. Her compelling story of loss and the road to recovery from trauma provides hope and practical guidance for others who have been touched by violence and loss. Susan reclaimed her life, learned to manage PTSD, and found a path to vulnerability with courage, loss without victimhood, and love with forgiveness. Her book, Other Side of the Gun, is written so people better understan...
Jun 11, 2024•53 min
Are you ready to transform your stress management and reclaim control over your life? Well, then - you are listening to the right show with the right guest, Lolita Guarin. She is here to tell you not to let your past dictate your future – empower yourself with practical tools and insights to navigate life's challenges. She is a four-time #1 bestselling Amazon author, a stress management coach, and a dynamic speaker. Through her journey, Lolita discovered powerful, drug-free stress management str...
May 26, 2024•42 min
Many men are struggling right now as the old paradigms of what a "man" is supposed to be are no longer relevant or even appropriate. Men's work is where we discover healthier ways to be in the world, and where we as men can shed the old "lone wolf" way of being. Jason Lange is a men's embodiment coach, group facilitator, and evolutionary guide. He helps men drop in and wake up to deeper clarity in their life's purpose and relationships. He believes every man should be in a men's group for the gr...
May 02, 2024•51 min•Season 5Ep. 140
Manny Bains is a 2-time award-winning film director, author, and the founder of The Rising Star Movie Experience. Which was founded to create social change on a global scale which excels in propelling entrepreneurs to international fame through cinematic endeavors. Manny’s last film F.E.A.R. earned him a finalist status at the Cannes Continental Film Festival in November 2023 and has received over 30 global awards & accolades. A perpetual student of success, he has absorbed wisdom from and s...
Apr 25, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 139
Pamela Wagner is an accomplished and award-winning entrepreneur, honored on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and has 15+ years of experience in the personal development industry. Recently, she completed a Master’s in Psychology at Harvard Extension School and has been running her ad agency for 8+ years after leaving Google. Having successfully built a 6-figure agency without ever working more than 30h/week, she is the antidote to the modern ‘hustle hard’ anthem. Recently, she has started teaching ot...
Apr 04, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 138
Dr. J Ann Dunn BS, DC, CKP, CWK, is the Author of the Book Wholistic Kinesiology, and Perfect Health in Paradise, CEO of MyHappyGenes, creator and innovator of Wholistic Kinesiology, and Wholistic Methylation, teacher and lecturer. For over 30 years, she has practiced natural medicine researched, and taught her groundbreaking techniques to hundreds of individuals who, like her, are on a quest to find an alternative solution to allopathic medicine. Dr. Dunn began her career in the Natural Health ...
Mar 25, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 137
Heather Lillico is a Holistic Nutritionist and Yoga & Meditation Teacher. She teaches overthinking, people-pleasing perfectionists how to manage anxiety naturally & holistically. She's been featured on iHeart & Zoomer Radio, and in The National Post and Tiny Buddha. Heather is the creator of the anxiety support app, Cultivating Calm and has helped hundreds of women find freedom from anxiety and self-doubt. Find out more at https://www.heatherlillico.com/ This show is brought to you b...
Feb 22, 2024•52 min
Have you missed me? I have definitely missed all of you. But, I am back and I have a great show and a great guest for you. In this episode, I speak with Samaad Wes Keys, a gay black man, about his experiences growing up and navigating society. Samad shares how he felt different from a young age and how he used wit as a defense mechanism. He discusses the pressure to excel and represent black men in a society that often has higher expectations for them. Dr. Keys also talks about the lack of repre...
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 135
Daniel Packard is a U.C. Berkeley Mechanical Engineer that turned his painful 10-year battle with severe anxiety into a mission to engineer an actual permanent solution for anxiety. After 8 years of research and testing (working with 3000 people from 5 continents) Daniel and his research have developed world’s only permanent anxiety solution program with a 90% success rate. And because Daniel is so passionate about results, his company is the only emotional health company in the world where clie...
Nov 17, 2023•51 min•Season 5Ep. 134
Jisunny (Jisun Sunny Fisher, PhD, MA, CHt, CAPP), is a licensed psychologist, award-winning author and happiness coach with a superpower of helping entrepreneurs and empaths find their compelling direction and rediscover how to fall in love with life again. Her goal is to help mission-driven visionaries, entrepreneurs, and creatives who want to overcome the fear of the unknown/unpredictable + patterns of self-sacrificing so that they can live their most epic, transcendent life-mission. With grad...
Nov 10, 2023•48 min•Season 5Ep. 133
Dr. Maidenberg is the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of “Thru My Eyes”, a nonprofit 501c3 organization that offers free clinically guided videotaping to chronically medically ill individuals who want to leave video legacies for their children and loved ones. She is also an adjunct faculty at New York University (NYU) and teach a graduate course in Mindfulness Practice. Michelle is a Certified Group Therapist through the American Group Psychotherapy Association and a Diplomate and certified mem...
Nov 03, 2023•51 min•Season 5Ep. 132
Dana S. Diaz is a wife, mother, and author of the best-selling book GASPING FOR AIR: THE STRANGLEHOLD OF NARCISSISTIC ABUSE. Starting in her childhood years, she endured lifelong experiences with narcissistic abuse. Her education in journalism and psychology at DePaul University in Chicago gave her the ability to accurately verbalize and express how narcissistic abuse creates confusion and conflict within victims, so that she can help other victims know they are not alone and better understand t...
Oct 27, 2023•45 min•Season 5Ep. 131
To say I was blown away and impressed by Lion is an understatement. His story is not only incredible, his view of the world has made me rethink the type of person I want to be. Lion Goodman is founder of the Clear Beliefs Institute. He is a professional certified therapeutic coach with 40 years’ experience as an executive coach, teacher, healer, and Subconscious Pattern Detective. He is the creator of the Clear Beliefs Method for deleting limiting beliefs, healing childhood wounds and resolving ...
Oct 03, 2023•51 min•Season 5Ep. 130
The image of the Black man in America has changed over time and continues to evolve. Historically, Black men have been subjected to negative stereotypes and discrimination, often portrayed as violent, dangerous, and intellectually inferior. These stereotypes were perpetuated through media representation, such as in films and television shows, and in everyday interactions. However, in recent years, there has been a shift in the portrayal of Black men in the media and in popular culture. Black men...
Apr 23, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 129
I could have brought a black guest on to talk about February but that song and dance is played out. I could have told everyone that I am going to focus on poverty, police brutality, the unbalanced school system and other things plaguing the black community during Black History Month, but that is so 2022. From now on, I am continuing the conversation throughout the entire year. That is why I invited Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis to chat with me. Dr. Dennis is an activist, sociologist and criminologist, e...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 128
This is going to be a little different for most of you. As some of you know, I am the host of another show, the "6AMRun Podcast." That show is not only about running and nutrition, but it also about self-help and lifesfyle. We bring on all kinds of guests and this week I wanted to bring you into that show. Join 6AMRun.com Ambassador and Host, Marc Paisant, as we welcome Autoimmune expert, Josie Warren, to the show. For much of her young adult life, Josie struggled with autoimmune disorders, seve...
Feb 27, 2023•51 min•Season 5Ep. 127
Many of us don't know how to let go - let go of the fear, the pain, and the trauma. We also don't know understand what we can gain when we finally learn to let go: Freedom. That is where our guest, Patricia Lindner, comes in. Patricia joins the show all the way from the southern portion of Germany. She helps professional women and men achieve FREEDOM CUBED by letting go of anxiety, pain, or stress so they can experience peace of mind, balance in their soul, and ease in their body. As a multi-pas...
Feb 16, 2023•45 min•Season 5Ep. 126
How do you turn pain into power? How do you unlock that part of your mind that allows you use all trauma and negativity you have experienced and use it as fuel to build a prosperous and successful future? If you have ever asked yourself these questions, I have the perfect therapist and coach for you. Vin Infante has been featured in Forbes, NY Weekly, International Business Times, Entrepreneur and a few other places discussing how people can create massive shifts in thinking while also highlight...
Feb 13, 2023•54 min•Season 5Ep. 125
