Dr. Margaret Paul is a bestselling author, popular MindBodyGreen writer, and co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding® self-healing process, and the related SelfQuest® self-healing online program. She has appeared on numerous radio and television shows (including Oprah). Her book titles include Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved By You , Healing Your Aloneness and Inner Bonding , and the recently published, Diet For Divine Connection and The Inner Bonding Workbook. Margaret holds a Ph.D. in psy...
Oct 19, 2021•52 min
Before you can succeed at parenting, you must first succeed as a couple. Today’s episode is for all the new parents, soon-to-be parents, or wanna-be future parents like myself. Today is an exciting day because I have not one but two guests joining me on the show. Kara Hoppe and Dr. Stan Tatkin join us on the show to discuss their new book Baby Bomb: A relationship survival guide for new parents. Baby Bomb is the resource you need when a new baby turns your life—and your romantic relationship—ups...
Oct 12, 2021•56 min
Katinka Blackford Newman is an award-winning documentary film director, journalist, and author. While going through a divorce, Katinka took an antidepressant. Not unusual – except that things didn't turn out quite as she expected. She went into a four-day toxic psychosis with violent hallucinations, imagining she had killed her children, and in fact attacking herself with a knife. Caught up in a real-life nightmare when doctors didn't realize she was suffering side effects of more pills, she wen...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr
Nancy Colier joins us on the show to teach you how to let go of anxiety and free yourself from obsessive rumination. Nancy is a psychotherapist, interfaith minister, author, public speaker, mindfulness teacher, and relationship coach. She’s a longtime student of Eastern spirituality and mindfulness practices form the ground of her work. She is the author of the recent, Can't Stop Thinking , The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World , Inviting a Monkey to Tea: Befriending ...
Sep 21, 2021•48 min
Join me inside today's bonus closet conversation episode where I'm talking all things Fight-Flight-Freeze. P.S. Do you ever feel like your anxiety will always be a part of your life or you can’t do anything without overthinking? If you’re ready for personalized support, daily action, and a holistic approach to healing your anxiety and being free from overactive and intrusive thoughts, I’m here to help. While anxiety can be unpredictable, it’s been my experience that it is NOT uncontrollable. I t...
Sep 16, 2021•17 min
David Cohen is a professor of social welfare at UCLA. His research looks at psychoactive drugs (prescribed, licit, and illicit) and their desirable and undesirable effects as socio-cultural phenomena “constructed” through language, policy, attitudes, and social interactions. Today we chat about... What piqued David's interest in mental health Where he thinks the mental health model is going wrong What makes someone psychotic as opposed to not psychotic How drugs fail to stabilize people David’s ...
Sep 14, 2021•58 min
Darcey Sergers joins us inside Episode 71 of The Courageously.u Podcast to chat about the time she lived with bipolar. Darcey lived with depression and anxiety on and off again beginning in her adolescent years. In 2016, after experiencing multiple stressors, she had a breakdown which led her to access psychiatric medications for the first time. A year-and-a-half after starting her medications, her symptoms began to worsen, and she knew she had to begin the slow taper off her medications. As she...
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Stop making excuses, friend! If there is something on your heart, do it. If you hate your job, leave it. If you want to build the life of your dreams, go for it. Whatever you do, stop making excuses for why you aren't doing the thing. In today's closet conversation, I'm hanging out with you with the hopes of delivering a dose of empowerment and inspiration. I'm sharing my fears, excuses, how I overcame them, and more. Oh yeah, one last thing, did you know I offer 1:1 anxiety coaching? Yup, I do!...
Sep 02, 2021•21 min
Dr. Anna Lembke is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations, has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, and maintains a thriving clinical practice. In 2...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Victoria Albina is a Certified Life Coach, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Breathwork Meditation Guide with a passion for helping women realize that they are their own best healers. With over 20 years of experience working in health & wellness, Victoria’s on a mission to help women break free from codependency, perfectionism, and people-pleasing and reclaim their joy. She’s also the host of the Feminist Wellness Podcast, holds a Masters degree in Public Health from Boston University and a BA ...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Dr. Drew Ramsey, MD is a psychiatrist, author, and farmer. His work focuses on clinical excellence, nutritional interventions, and creative media. He is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and in active telemedicine clinical practice based in New York City. His work has been featured by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lancet Psychiatry, The Today Show, BBC, and NPR and he has given three TEDx talks. He is the co-aut...
Aug 17, 2021•52 min
Welcome to the first-ever Closet Conversations, with me, your host Tara Bixby! You might be scratching your head, wondering, what is a closet conversation? Closet Conversations are bonus episodes on The Courageously.u Podcast where I share what's on my heart. These are solo episodes where I sit in my closet and chat with you like we are best buds hanging out on the couch. Every now and then, I might also toss in some tips and tricks that I feel will help you live your best life. Today's Closet C...
Aug 09, 2021•17 min
My anxiety mentor, Dr. Catherine Pittman, joins us on the show for the third time to discuss her latest book Rewire Your OCD Brain: Powerful Neuroscience-Based Skills to Break Free from Obsessive Thoughts and Fears. Catherine is a professor and teaching is one of her greatest joys, so I thought it would be fun to switch things up a bit. Rather than me asking questions, I wanted to give you a look into what it’d feel like to sit inside one of her classes. Today’s lecture focuses on how and why yo...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Dr. Laura Berman is the world’s leading expert in sex, love, and relationships. She earned two Masters and a Ph.D. degree from New York University and has spent the last several decades helping individuals and couples around the globe love and be loved better. She is a New York Times bestselling author of many books, including her latest “Quantum Love.” She is an award-winning radio host and has her own podcast, “The Language of Love.” Dr. Berman previously hosted her own program, “In the Bedroo...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 5 min
In 2008, Britney Spears' father petitioned the court for legal authority over her after what appeared to be a decompensation in her mental health. The courts granted it, and she has now been under a conservatorship for thirteen years. That means, for thirteen years, she has had zero say over her body, finances, career, or life with this conservatorship in place. Her father is in complete control. In today's episode, I'm chatting about: What a conservatorship is Britney's plea to end her conserva...
Jun 29, 2021•22 min
Christina Dent is a politically conservative Christian, born and raised in Mississippi, who supported criminalizing drugs until she became a foster parent and saw the negative effects up close. She went on a journey to learn why drug-related harm wasn't decreasing and became convinced it's because the criminal justice system is the wrong tool for addressing drugs. In 2017, she began hosting book discussions in her home state of Mississippi using Johann Hari's book "Chasing The Scream: The First ...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Dr. Kelly Brogan is a holistic psychiatrist, author of the NY Times Bestselling book, A Mind of Your Own , Own Your Self , the children’s book, A Time For Rain , and co-editor of the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression . She is the founder of the online healing program Vital Mind Reset, and the membership community, Vital Life Project. She completed her psychiatric training and fellowship at NYU Medical Center after graduating from Cornell University Medical College, and has ...
Jun 15, 2021•57 min
Jamie Scrimgeour is a wife, mom, stepmom, life coach, conversation opener, and bs caller. Seven years ago, she found herself sitting on the bathroom floor with a glass of wine, balling her eyes out, wondering what the heck she was thinking marrying a man with three kids and an ex-wife. She was madly in love, the kids were great, but as a 26-year-old with zero experience in the parenting department, she was over her head. When she went to the internet for support and was disappointed in what she ...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Before becoming a celebrated wellness expert, motivational speaker, author of a best-selling memoir, Co-Founder of Greenhouse Tea Company, and Gwyneth Paltrow's pal, Quentin Vennie was a guy from a single-parent home in Baltimore who was told that he'd never amount to much. He was someone who fought addiction, battled anxiety, sold drugs in the heroin capital of America, escaped death, and dropped out of college three separate times. After years of fighting a war of anxiety, depression, and addi...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Today’s guest is the brilliant Elizabeth Stanley. Elizabeth, who prefers to go by liz, is an associate professor of security studies at Georgetown University. She speaks, teaches, and writes widely on a variety of topics related to resilience, decision-making, political psychology, civil-military relations, and international security. She is the award-winning author of Paths to Peace and Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive during Stress and Recover from Trauma . She is the c...
May 25, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Majo Molfino is a Latinx author, designer, women’s leadership expert, and recovering good girl. She is the author of Break the Good Girl Myth and host of the HEROINE podcast featuring top female leaders, creatives, and visionaries. Her leadership program, IGNITE, guides women to design and share a creative dream with the world. She has a master’s in learning, design, and technology from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in cultural studies from McGill Univers...
May 18, 2021•43 min
In 2006, Mary Turner Thomson’s world shattered when she discovered her husband Will was a bigamist, con man, and convicted sex offender. Unbeknownst to her, this would be the start of a bold new chapter in her life, fighting to protect other women from his heartless gaslighting campaigns—and putting a stop to his endless deception. Mary thought her story would end with the revelation that Will, in fact, had several families—and numerous children. But when she discovered that he had continued to ...
May 11, 2021•51 min
Dr. Jud Brewer is an internationally renowned addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist. He is an associate professor in the School of Public Health, and Medical School at Brown University. His 2016 TED talk, "A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit," has been viewed over 16 million times. He has trained Olympic athletes and coaches, government ministers and business leaders, and today he’s bringing his wisdom to you. His latest book, Unwinding Anxiety recently hit book shelves and today we are unpack...
May 04, 2021•53 min
Laura McKowen is a writer, teacher, and speaker. She had a long, successful career in public relations and the Mad Men– esque drinking culture of advertising. After getting sober, Laura quickly became recognized as a fresh voice in recovery, beloved for her soulful and irreverent writing online and in print. She now leads sold-out retreats and courses, teaching people how to say yes to a bigger life. Laura's also the founder of The Luckiest Club, a sobriety support community. Her first book, We ...
Apr 27, 2021•57 min
Stephanie Thornton Plymale is the CEO of Heritage School of Interior Design. Stephanie calls Portland, Oregon, home – a word with much meaning as she grew up without one. From living in a car on the beach with her five siblings, to isolation in the Dependent Unit of the State of California, to a horribly abusive foster home, Stephanie never experienced a feeling of family as a child. Married at 19 to her high school sweetheart, her desire for family roots helped her to build a stable marriage an...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Dr. Ethan Kross is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind and the author of his first ever book Chatter: The Voice in our head, why it matters, and how to harness it. He is an award-winning professor in the University of Michigan’s top-ranked Psychology Department and Ross School of Business, Ethan utilizes and implements his research on how the conversations people have with themselves impacts their health, performance, decisions, and relationships. Ethan earned hi...
Apr 14, 2021•42 min
Kelsey Patel is one of Hollywood's leading wellness and reiki experts. She's a sought-after spiritual empowerment coach, movement teacher, reiki healer, meditation instructor, and a multi-faceted entrepreneur and inspirational speaker. She is the creator of the Pure Joy app and founder of Magik Vibes, a soul-enhancing lifestyle brand that includes her very own wellness meets spirituality podcast, Magik Vibes. We chatted about... Kelsey's journey from the U.S. Senate to the world of wellness The ...
Apr 06, 2021•56 min
Were you raised by an emotionally immature person? Are you an emotionally immature parent? Not sure how to answer these questions. No worries. You’re in luck. Today the wonderful Dr. Lindsay Gibson joins us on the show to discuss how to heal from distant, rejecting, or self-involved parents. Dr. Gibson has been a psychotherapist for over thirty years, working in both public and private practice. In the past, she has served as an adjunct assistant professor in Clinical Psychology, teaching doctor...
Mar 30, 2021•59 min
Karin Jervert is a fine artist, writer, and psychiatric survivor labeled Bipolar at 21. She is currently working on a memoir exploring the medicalization of suffering and the parallel loss of language around emotional pain. Her work explores empathy, identity, normalization of suffering, and the power of creative expression to transform trauma, particularly the types of trauma inflicted by the psychiatric industry. Her study of Buddhism and improvisational comedy find their way into her work as ...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 2 min
According to the CDC, in 2018, suicide was the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States, claiming the lives of over 48,000 people. Suicide was the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10 and 34, and the fourth leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 35 and 54. There were more than two and a half times as many suicides in the United States as there were homicides. Today Dr. David Rudd, President and Distinguished University Prof...
Mar 16, 2021•31 min
