Better with Dr. Ericka

Dr. Carol is double Board-Certified in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine as well as a Master movement, meditation, and mindset coach who brings more than 40 years of experience and expertise in Mind-Body Medicine and the movement sciences. 

Questions this episode will answer:

Whether you are in medicine, interested in meditation and mindset, or are simply interested in how you can get to a better life, there is something for you in this episode.

Find Dr. Carol: Penn:

www.drcarolpenn.com

www.penngmg.com

Resources:

Get your free Better Mental Health Affirmations: Affirmationbonus.com

About Dr. Carol Penn:

Dr. Carol A. Penn, DO, MA, ABOM, FACOFP doubly Board Certified in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine as well as being a Master movement, meditation, and mindset coach brings more than 40 years of experience and expertise in Mind-Body Medicine and the movement sciences. Gifted with the ability to inspire and educate about self-care, Dr. Penn brings a unique set of skills to her work as a physician. 

Her work in Mindful Movement and the dynamic small group facilitation work in the Mind Body Spirit Medicine series is designed to assist each participant in their journey of deep self-care and in learning how to prioritize themselves on behalf of achieving their best and highest self. 

She is a super proud wife, mom, and daughter living and loving in the midst of a beautiful blended family, surrounded by a beloved extended family and connections and kinship with friends and colleagues.

This episode discusses health coaching and functional medicine with Hally Brooke.  She is the Founder & CEO of Live Nourished Coaching. She is a Certified Functional Medicine Nutrition Counselor, Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Fox 21 Fitness & Nutrition Expert, and fierce industry advocate.

Questions this episode will answer:

Whether you are trying to figure out how to start your wellness journey, exploring how to get better health, or feeling good about your wellness, there is something for you in this episode. There are so many practical tips that you need to listen to the entire episode.  

Find Hally Brooke:

Instagram www.instagram.com/livenourishedcoaching

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livenourishedcoaching

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/livenourishedcoaching

Nourished Entrpreperuner: https://www.livenourishedcoaching.com/the-nourished-entrepreneur

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TnQzFJ8W1VkW_WXvGLzLQ

Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hally-brooke-nourished/

Website: www.livenourishedcoaching.com

Resources:

Get your free Better Mental Health Affirmations: Affirmationbonus.com

About Hally Brooke:

Hally Brooke is the Founder & CEO of Live Nourished Coaching. She is a Certified Functional Medicine

Nutrition Counselor, Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Fox 21 Fitness & Nutrition Expert, and fierce industry advocate.

Her mission at Live Nourished Coaching is to make the life-changing power of health coaching accessible to every single person in the US (to start). Hally and her company move this mission forward through direct-to-client coaching and innovative strategic partnerships with medical practitioners.

She has become an international speaker, top-level medical practice consultant and built a world-class health coaching agency. But what inspires her to do this work every day is getting to see her clients move from illness to health and then from health to wellness, thriving in their lives, and finding their own internal motivation to Live Nourished.

My guest for this episode is Tiffany Houser.  She is an executive & leadership coach, entrepreneur, and a woman of color who is passionate about people and transformation. 

Questions this episode will answer:

Whether you are an entrepreneur, woman, or neither, there is something for you in this episode.  This conversation even includes one of my new favorite books.  

Find Tiffany Houser:

https://www.facebook.com/tiffanyhouser

https://www.instagram.com/tiffanyhouser

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanyhouser/

https://evolveeq.com

Resources:

Get your free Better Mental Health Affirmations: Affirmationbonus.com

About Tiffany Houser:

Tiffany Houser is passionate about people and transformation. She coaches senior leaders and founders of scaling companies who are ready to experience powerful breakthroughs around their authentic leadership style, vision, self-worth, and purpose.

Her company, EVOLVE, designs and delivers executive coaching services, transformative team experiences, and captivating speaking engagements.

As a coach, entrepreneur, and, woman of color, Tiffany’s core focus is on self-worth and the wild rollercoaster ride it can take leaders on. In her coaching, workshops, and courses, she supports her clients by uncovering the hidden struggles compromising her clients' self-worth, often lurking in their blind spots. Tiffany's work breathes fresh clarity, confidence, and ease into her clients’ lives. By creating space for them to speak authentically about their experiences and emotions, reassuring them they're not alone, and equipping them with tools to unpack and transform their self-worth, Tiffany becomes an invaluable partner on their transformative journey, which she is also on.

Tiffany is a Michigan alum, a former SoulCycle Instructor and DJ, and serves on the Board of Becky's Fund. Tiffany fills up her cup with her partner Jay, their dog Coconut, and their adventurous life together.

This episode discusses suicide prevention and soul exhaustion with my guest, Sara Gaer. She is a suicide loss survivor and a Master’s Level Clinician with twenty-four years’ experience in the field of mental health care.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and I promise this episode is not gloom in doom. Surprisingly, it is actually about hope.

Questions this episode will answer:

You don’t have to be someone dealing with suicide to learn something in this episode. Emotional support and self-care are essential to be better, do better, and live better.  

Find Sara Gaer:

https://sarahgaer.com/

Resources:

Get your free Better Mental Health Affirmations: Affirmationbonus.com

About Sara Gaer:

Sarah Gaer is a suicide loss survivor and a Master’s Level Clinician with 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 health challenges and substance use disorders and with youth. She led a team of crisis counselors following the June 1st, 2011 tornado in Western and Central MA through a FEMA Crisis Counseling Program (CCP) and was the Senior Team Leader for the FEMA-funded CCP responding to Covid-19 in Massachusetts.

Since 2012, Sarah has worked as a Suicide Prevention Specialist focused on men in their middle years and public safety. She has trained hundreds of first responders in trauma, toxic stress reduction, and suicide prevention. Sarah is a QPR (Question, Persuade & Refer) Master Trainer for the QPR Institute.

Sarah has been providing trauma response services throughout Massachusetts since 2009 and has responded to suicides, homicides, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and child fatalities. She has also worked with many families after their loss by suicide.

Sarah is currently co-chair of the Pioneer Valley Coalition for Suicide Prevention and sits on the Executive Committee for the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention. She is a consultant in suicide prevention and trauma recovery nationally and is spearheading long-term recovery efforts at a medical facility in Massachusetts that has been deeply impacted by the pandemic. She is also a consultant and trainer for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health CIT-TTAC Jail Diversion program specializing in Law Enforcement mental health and suicide prevention.

Sarah is a mother of two, including her son who serves in the US Navy, and her daughter who will be attending UCONN. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, daughter, and three Bernese Mountain Dogs, Mulligan, Keegan, and Malone. In her free time, she enjoys writing, camping (in an RV, absolutely no tents involved), and hiking with her dogs.

This episode focuses on a discussion of emotions, conflict, and connection. We are going to discuss feelings…identifying them, dealing with them, and strategies to deal with conflict!  This episode features Dr. Glenn and Phyllis Hill and they have developed a proven tool to help conquer conflict in just 4 minutes

Questions this episode will answer:

-What are some strategies to identify emotions?

-Why does processing emotions matter?

-What is a proven way to conquer conflict in a relationship in only 4 minutes?

Whether you are in a romantic relationship or not, there is something in this episode for you.  You have emotions and you interact with others. You even get to hear me try their 4-minute technique on the show.

Find Glenn and Phyllis Hill:

https://instagram.com/connectioncodes

https://www.connectioncodes.co/

Resources:

Get your free Better Mental Health Affirmations: Affirmationbonus.com

About Glenn and Phyllis Hill:

Dr. Glenn & Phyllis Hill have developed a proven tool to help conquer conflict in relationships in just 4 minutes. After experiencing 30 years of painful marriage, Dr. Glenn decided to go back to school to find out what was making his marriage so bad. He received his masters in Marriage & Family Therapy and a doctorate in Clinical Sexology.

Dr. Glenn spent many of those years researching emotions and studying how the brain fires when we experience them. This led him to discover what is causing couples to disconnect and it was Phyllis who turned it around to find what causes couples to connect- now known as the Connection Codes.

They are on a quest to share the Connection Codes with the world. It is based on the science of the human condition. When doing his research, Dr. Glenn studied the behaviors of infants and children. He realized we all have these tools built in, we were simply reprogrammed along the way. He & Phyllis are now helping people get back to their core and live connected.

It’s back-to-school season, and my guest, Wendy Tilford, will help demystify the world of education.  For nearly two decades, Wendy Richard Tilford has dedicated her life to helping families and students achieve academic success. As an advisor, speaker, and franchise owner of a Huntington Learning Center Houston located in the Houston metroplex, Wendy is one of the most highly sought-after consultants and college counselors in Texas.

Questions this episode will answer:

-What are the major challenges in the education system?

-How do you advocate for your child, no matter what their needs are?

-What are some key things that parents and young people need to know about getting into college?

Whether you are a parent or not, there is something in this episode for you. We also discuss some problem-solving strategies, I know that you are surrounded by people dealing with education and young people in your professional and personal life.

Find Wendy Tilford:

https://www.instagram.com/wendyrtilford

https://www.facebook.com/wendynrichard

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendynrichard/

https://twitter.com/wendyrtilfordhttps://www.wendyrtilford.com/

Resources:

Get your free Better Mental Health Affirmations: Affirmationbonus.com

About Wendy Tilford:

For nearly two decades, Wendy Richard Tilford has dedicated her life to helping families and students achieve academic success. As an advisor, speaker, and franchise owner of a Huntington Learning Center Houston located in the Houston metroplex, Wendy is one of the most highly sought-after consultants and college counselors in Texas.

Guided by a belief that education opens doors of opportunity, Wendy works every day to provide families and students with educational resources, programs, and strategies that create a strong foundation for life-long learning and future success. Wendy's enthusiasm for helping families reach their academic and collegiate goals goes well beyond her profession. As a mother, her passion for education is deeply rooted in her love of family and her desire for all children to thrive and succeed.

This episode features a discussion of the impact of hair on personal and professional Iives along with building resilience to find a new purpose.  I’m so excited about my guest, Shalita Grant.  Shalita Grant is a Tony-nominated actress that made headlines when she courageously left a popular TV show due to her struggle with traction alopecia and hair damage, which affected her in front of millions of viewers. Determined to find a solution, she developed a groundbreaking plant-based hair treatment that addressed her own complex type 4 hair issues.

Questions this episode will answer:

-How can hair impact the ability to work?

-What are some of the historical issues related to black hair?

-How do you make a mission of solving a problem that challenges you?

I learned so much from this episode and was inspired by her passion. It doesn’t matter your gender or hair type, you will get something from this episode

Find Shalita Grant:

https://www.instagram.com/fournaturalshair/

https://www.facebook.com/FourNaturalsHair

https://www.tiktok.com/@4naturals_hair

www.fournaturalshair.com

Resources:

Get your free Better Mental Health Affirmations: Affirmationbonus.com

About Shalita Grant:

Shalita Grant, a Tony-nominated actress, made headlines when she courageously left a popular TV show due to her struggle with traction alopecia and hair damage, which affected her in front of millions of viewers. Determined to find a solution, she developed a groundbreaking plant-based hair treatment that addressed her own complex type 4 hair issues. This led her to establish Four Naturals Hair in her dining room in Toluca Lake, California in 2019, which has now expanded into a nationwide salon and home care treatment system.

With its plant-based active ingredients, the Four Naturals Treatment has become a transformative solution for textured hair, allowing Shalita's characters to look their best. Through her brand, she has empowered her clients, lovingly called Curlfriends, to experience newfound freedom and confidence with their type 4 hair, whether on vacation or in their daily lives. Shalita's commitment to healing and uplifting Black women has also extended to developing a patent-pending textured hair-detangling technique that brings pain-free and stress-free experiences to mothers and their children. Despite her own hair struggles, Shalita chose to rise above and make a positive impact in the industry, while finding joy in her personal life with her partner, former MMA World Champion Jessica Aguilar, and their three dogs in Puebla, Mexico.

This episode focuses on aging fabulously since we are all getting older.  My special guest is Stella Ringer, and she is your chief of aging fabulously.  Stella Ringer has over 25 years of experience as a corporate executive with brand and marketing experience.  She founded Zeal, Aging Redefined to drive change and demystify the stigma of aging.

Questions this episode will answer

Whether you are going through the aging journey, or want to know what you can do now to age gracefully, there is something for everyone in this amazing episode!

Find Stella Ringer:

https://instagram.com/zeal_agingredefined?igshid=MWI4MTIyMDE=

https://www.facebook.com/Zeal__AgingRedefined?mibextid=LQQJ4d

www.livingredefined.me

Resources:

Get your free Better Mental Health Affirmations: Affirmationbonus.com

About Stella Ringer:

For over 30 years Stella J. Ringer has written the story of tenacity, determination and goodwill! Per her extensive business acumen in Brand and Entertainment Marketing; Ringer understands what drives consumer connections. In addition to her business accolades, Stella equally focuses on family and community leadership! In every arena, this thought leader is highly regarded for her confidence, influence and style.

Stella’s reputation as a business maven is rivaled only by her reputation as a lifestyle influencer.

Recognized by Best Self Atlanta magazine as an “Over 40 and Fabulous” trendsetter and leading fashion contributor for Pivot magazine, Stella is a sought-after fashion and style thought leader founded in her belief that every woman is entitled to discover, embrace and experience her own unique style – no matter her age or life stage. 

A renowned fashionista, she has been honored as one of the “Top 25 African American Women in Atlanta,” as one of the “Sisters with Superpowers” by Rolling Out magazine, and as a “Dior Maven” by City Box Media, to name a few.

Stella founded Zeal, Aging Redefined to drive change and demystify the stigma of aging! She invites women 40+ to walk in their truth, unleash their positive energy around aging and not see the journey as the end, but a beautiful beginning to living their best NOW!

In this special bonus episode, I’m going to share reflections on my past year and strategies that I am putting in place to make my next year of life even better.  You know I’m all about the be better, do better, live better.

Questions this episode will answer:

Whether you are just starting your journey of adulting or trying to figure out this mid-life situation, there is something for you in this episode.  Plus, you’re going to get to know me more and learn how I face my own challenges.

Connect with Dr. Ericka:

https://instagram.com/doctorericka

https://facebook.com/doctorericka

https://linkedin.com/in/doctorericka

https://doctorericka.com

Resources:

Telepsychiatry Practice:  GoodwinMed.com

Free coaching guide, Feel Better:  5 Tips to Overcoming Anxiety: FeelBetterBonus.com

About Dr. Ericka:

Dr. Ericka Goodwin is on a mission to help you Be Better, Do Better, and Live Better. She is a Harvard-trained, double board-certified psychiatrist, bestselling author, top-rated speaker, integrative lifestyle coach, and creator of the hit podcast, “Better with Dr. Ericka.” She is a graduate of Spelman College and Emory University School of Medicine. She also completed her General Psychiatry Residency at Morehouse School of Medicine.

Dr. Ericka works with organizations and high-performing individuals who are stuck and want to get back to getting better results and living a better life.

Within a few moments of being with Dr. Ericka, you can see why executives, leaders, and entrepreneurs hire her to get to the next level. She takes Ivy League strategies and simplifies them into easy-to-use steps that everyone can relate to. Dr. Ericka’s down-to-earth style makes it easy for everyone to relate to her story, feel seen, heard, and look within to access greater levels of personal and professional breakthroughs.

Dr. Ericka’s story is proof that “When you know better, you can do better!”

This episode features a discussion about resilience and medical cannabis.  The featured guest is Ashley Wynn- Grimes, a black female entrepreneur, ae for more than 12 years, an author, registered nurs, and a speaker.  

Questions this episode will answer: 

It doesn’t matter your profession or gender, you can find inspiration in this episode, especially around self-discovery and finding the language to have an authentic conversation with yourself.

Find Ashley Wynn-Grimes:

www.instagram.com/cannabisnursingsolutionswww.cannabisnursingschool.com

www.stigmatizedthebook.com

Resources:

Get your free Better Mental Health Affirmations: Affirmationbonus.com

About Ashley Wynn-Grimes:

Ashley’s work is dedicated to empowering patients and professionals to make informed wellness choices with impactful educational medical programs that also serve to promote diverse representation and increased resiliency in those she serves. During her impressive career, Ashley has worked in various healthcare settings, including telemetry nursing, quality improvement, and professional development. She is responsible for trail-blazing non-traditional cannabis patient care programs in Maryland that offer standardized approaches to dispensing cannabis for nursing professionals and children in school settings.