Behavioral Health Today

We are the sum total of our past experiences. The season of childhood is a particularly vulnerable time, and what happens to us between the ages of birth to 18 has long and deep consequences in who we become. The reality is that children face adversity regardless of our best efforts to protect them and things happen that are often outside of our control. Adverse childhood experiences, referred to as ACEs, describe traumatic experiences that can have lasting effects into adulthood. Learning about one's ACEs can equip us to better care for our children as well as inform us to care for adults with ACEs. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Sarah Marikos, MPH. Sarah is an epidemiologist with a background in public health. As the Executive Director of ACE Resource Network, Sarah led the launch of NumberStory.org, the first national public awareness and education campaign on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), childhood trauma, and toxic stress that can increase the risk for poor health outcomes and educational challenges. Sarah has a Master’s in public health in epidemiology from San Diego State University; two Bachelor’s degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies and Geography from UC Berkeley; and was a Human Impact Partners’ Health Equity Fellow.

For more information about NumberStory.org and exploring your ACEs number, please visit: https://numberstory.org

Investments in the humans around us are the greatest investments we can make. In this episode, Dr. Erin Elmore speaks with Heather McGowan. Heather is a thought leader, author, and one of the leading voices on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Heather’s groundbreaking approach to the future of work and learning has made employees more fulfilled and innovative, leaders more potent and empathetic, and businesses more effective at reaching their goals in a rapidly evolving market. Heather is at the forefront of challenging what it means to be a leader in the future of work. She would say it’s not about lifting up the ‘best’ or most dominant performers, but rather selecting the most collaborative, the most empathetic, and the most fundamentally human among us to lead. Together Erin and Heather discuss the challenges of an outdated workforce system, adaption to new technologies, recent trends that are challenging the workforce, and the opportunity we have now to improve our outcomes when we embrace an empathic work environment where empathy drives performance.

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What if we had a path that could assist us with developing meaning, a greater personal depth, a better order to and clarity of are often complex and challenging lives. What if this path wove together both psychological and spiritual principles into an accessible model with processes that move us through our ambiguous, complex experiences and into a more integrated, holistic, and clarified self-transformation? In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Shai Tubali, PhD. Shai is an academic philosopher, speaker, and leading authority in the field of self-development and self-empowerment. Shai is also a best-selling author of numerous books inspiring many thousands on their inner journeys of mental, emotional, and spiritual transformation. Shai’s active vision is a spirituality that does not lead away from the world, but rather straight into the heart of life. Strongly believing that to be a realized human means to stand exactly in the middle between humanity and spirit, it’s his deep passion to bring about a much-needed shift in contemporary spirituality: an inner transformation that leads to embracing all of our earthly and spiritual aspects, with the heart at its center. Together Graham and Shai discuss techniques of meditation and the pathways to transcendent states of consciousness.  If we understand that our mind can be the source of our suffering, it can also be the source of our happiness. Nothing else can endow us with this kind of happiness. Meditation is the way to cultivate our mind, thus making it a source of happiness.

For more information about Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Meditation by Shai Tubali, please visit: https://store.shaitubali.com/product/llewellyns-complete-meditation/

Today’s episode is part of our clinicians’ series, where we provide a more practice, more hands-on experiential understanding of the application of various techniques, strategies, and constructs to help appreciate the dynamics that take place and the process of change that can be transformative. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Dr. Richard Winters. Richard is a practicing emergency physician and an executive coach at Mayo Clinic. He is also the director of Leadership Development for the Mayo Clinical Care Network, where he facilitates retreats and delivers programs that train leaders at healthcare organizations worldwide. Richard has authored the recently published Wall Street Journal bestselling book You’re the Leader Now What? Leadership Lessons from Mayo Clinic. Together Graham and Richard discuss imposter syndrome most leaders experience, the importance of self-awareness, authenticity, approaching one-on-one conversations, developing a shared reality, and the concept of the five hats of leaders: teacher, mentor, coach, supervisor, and sponsor. The individuals who step up and lead are the individuals that are going help us make the world a better place. And I think each of us are exactly the right people to do.

For more information about Dr. Richard Winters, please visit: https://www.richardwinters.com

For more information about You’re the Leader Now What? Leadership Lessons from Mayo Clinic by Richard Winters M.D, please visit: https://www.richardwinters.com/book/

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 Connect with Richard Winters on Twitter, please visit: https://twitter.com/drrwinters

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One out of five young people in the United States suffer from a mental or emotional behavioral disorder. Clymb, an interactive emotional wellness program, is about equipping our young people with the tools so that they can summit their lives successfully and teaching kids early on how to master the emotional aspect of their selves. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Ashley Williams.  Ashley Williams is an educator, emotional wellness advocate, mindfulness expert, and successful CEO of Clymb. Realizing that the development of emotional intelligence skills in youth predicts later life outcomes, Ashley launched Clymb - an interactive emotional wellness software for school-age children.  She is the 2022 Culture Builder of the Year for Baltimore, which honors her work to make children’s happiness a policy priority. Ashley has been featured on NPR, the Baltimore Sun, Champions of Wellness, and Technically, among many others. She has received Mayoral Recognition for her advocacy work to advance emotional wellness for Baltimore City youth. She is an alumnus of the John Hopkins Social Innovation Lab and was recognized by T. Rowe Price as a Highlighted Moonshot Innovator. With over a decade of experience in the field of emotional wellness, she has dedicated her career to helping individuals and organizations increase their overall happiness and satisfaction in life.

For more information about Clymb, please visit: https://clymbup.io

The emotional walls that protect us at some point, imprisons us. And unless we open the door, we won’t see the shadow in front of us to walk through it. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison. Koshin is an author, Zen teacher, Jungian psychotherapist, and ACPE Certified Chaplaincy Educator. Koshin began his formal Zen training in 1987. He completed six years of training at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association as well as clinical contemplative training at both Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Medical Center. Koshin is a renowned thought leader and author in contemplative care; his work has been featured in the New York Times, PBS, CBS Sunday Morning and other media outlets. Koshin is the author of the recently published book Untangled: Walking the Full Path to Clarity, courage, and Compassion.

For more information about Untangled: Walking the Full Path to Clarity, courage, and Compassion by Koshin Paley Ellison, please visit: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60568473

The EPPP is a major hurdle and big commitment to study and pass, but support is available, and we are here cheering for you. In this episode, Dr. Erin Elmore speaks with Dr. Kristen Wilkinson. Dr. Wilkinson is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at The Barrington Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy in the Chicago area. She also is a contributing writer for StepMom Magazine and an Adjunct Professor at Midwestern University. Kristen’s specialties include working with young adults, women, divorce, stepfamilies, and bariatric surgery candidates. She has extensive training in working with anxiety, depression, body image, perfectionism, grief and loss, adjustment, and relationship and family concerns. Kristen is one of the longest standing EPPP coaches with Triad. Together Erin and Kristen discuss frequently asked questions around the EPPP, preparing for the exam, setting goals, and new information about the EPPP Part 2.

To listen to our Sleeper Effect episode with Dr. Kristen Wilkinson, please visit: https://www.triadhq.com/podcast-archive/daughters-of-divorce-and-the-sleeper-effect-with-dr-kristen-wilkinson-episode-23

Every spring when the birds would sing, I would pray that you were okay. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Arielle Spring. Arielle Spring is a living example of a phoenix rising. She began her life in an idyllic setting surrounded by loving parents and a sibling. She started to soar as a classical pianist and was mentored by a renowned piano teacher. Arielle’s life took a sudden turn in her sophomore year of high school when she experienced the first of a succession of traumas including sexual assault, the loss of her piano teacher, and becoming homeless.  Arielle began her ascent through hard work and dedication to discovering her true self. She took a job as a domestic violence crisis group facilitator which inspired her to create her own domestic violence support group. Arielle went on to become a certified professional life coach and health coach.  Arielle has discovered that her passion for music and design have spilled over into writing and books, publications and blogging are her current pursuit. Arielle is the author of the memoir titled When Birds Sing: My Journey from Trauma to Triumph detailing her journey through abuse to the moment when a conscious awakening prompted her to discover a power greater than herself.

For more information about When Birds Sing: My Journey from Trauma to Triumph, please visit: https://www.ariellespring.net/when-birds-sing

Mindfulness develops attention, concentration and the ability to simply be present with little or no future orientation, past orientation or goal orientation—choosing to be a human being rather than a human doing. In this episode, Dr. Erin Elmore speaks with Julie Potiker. Julie Potiker is a mindfulness expert and the author of two books, Life Falls Apart, But You Don’t Have To: Mindful Methods for Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos and SNAP! From Chaos to Calm, which was just published this year. Julie is a graduate of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program at University of California, San Diego and trained in Mindful Self-Compassion and Positive Neuroplasticity Training. Today, Julie shares these mindfulness techniques with the world through her books and her Mindful Methods for Life trainings.

For more information about SNAP! From Chaos to Calm by Julie Potiker, please visit: https://mindfulmethodsforlife.com/mindfulness-books/snap-book-2/

Using OnePerfect’s innovative Shift App, 90% of surveyed users shifted toward a better state of mind using a ‘shift’ anytime. In this episode, Dr. Erin Elmore speaks with Dr. Sean Sullivan. Sean is a licensed psychologist and founder of OnePerfect, an on-demand wellness platform that delivers personalized mindset ’shifting’ experiences, called ‘Shifts’. Dr. Sullivan began his formal psychology education at Harvard University. He interned at the Center for Mindfulness and Science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School prior to completing a psychology residency at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, and postdoctoral training based at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Sullivan’s clinical research focuses on applying technology to improve mental health — particularly by teaching anyone how to shift their state of mind on demand. As a psychotherapist for over twenty years, he has written popular psychology books and articles and created digital mental health, wellness, and peak performance psychology courses, apps, tools, and a psychology stage show.  

If you are an individual and would like to learn more about One Perfect Shift, please visit: https://www.oneperfectshift.com