Better with Dr. Ericka

This episode features a discussion of improving sex and intimacy.  You may be wondering why this matters to your mental health, and you need to tune in to hear more.  My guest is Irene Fehr, MA, CPCC, and she is a Certified Sex & Intimacy Coach, who helps couples make love and sex work in long-term relationships and bring sex and passion into sexless ones.

This episode discusses relationships and finding ways to be single and happy. My guest is Jacqui Pugh who is a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming and a Certified Life and Emotional Intelligence Coach with an emphasis in singles, helps people all around the world use their old flame to light their new fire.

Questions this episode will answer:

-What is Neuro Linguistic Programming?

-Why do people often end up in multiple relationships that are similar?

-How can you embrace being single rather than lamenting not being in a relationship?

-What are some strategies to improve self-love?

Whether you are dealing with a break-up, living single life, or in a relationship, there is something you can learn from this episode.

Connect with Jacqui Pugh:

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jacqui_pugh/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jacquipughofficial

TESTIMONIALS: https://youtu.be/qIki6UzN2Os

Resources:

BURN PROGRAM: https://jacquipugh.com/home/burn-program/burn/

FREEBIE - The Top 7 SECRETS to being SINGLE AF (and Fulfilled) & LOVING LIFE! : https://www.facebook.com/groups/singleaflovinglife

WEBSITE: https://jacquipugh.com/

Telepsychiatry from Dr. Goodwin: AskDrGoodwin.com

Feel Better: 5 Tips for Overcoming Anxiety coaching guide:  www.FeelBetterBonus.com

About Jacqui Pugh:

Jacqui Pugh, Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming and Certified Life and Emotional Intelligence Coach with an emphasis on singles, helps people all around the world use their old flame to light their new fire. Through humor, knowledge, and experience, she guides her clients through uncovering blocks and ineffective life patterns that have been holding them back, followed by introducing massive action in order to activate major, desired life changes. Coming in 2023, is her book, "Sometimes It Takes a Breakup" - where she shares her story of how heartbreaks of all kinds lead her to her heart’s purpose, along with actionable steps for you to discover how to beneficially utilize yours. Keep your eye out for her fun and raw podcast on life and relationships releasing this fall called, "Stop F*cking Settling!" This fiery ball of energy will not stop pursuing her efforts to make this world a better place and to help make other people’s lives healthier and happier!

This episode features an important discussion of what therapy actually looks like and how it works.  My guess is Tanya Cole-Lesnick who is a psychotherapist and coach that also runs a group therapy program.

This episode discusses the value of connection and community!  I have the Just 4 Girlfriends Crew of Angelique David, Robyn McFarland, and Michelle Skinner.  Just 4 GirlFriends’ mission is to create an environment for all women to embrace self-care and self-preservation by providing engaging experiences that rejuvenate the mind and soul.

This episode features a discussion about mental health and turning pain into purpose. My special guest is Shanti Das, who is a dynamic mental health advocate, music industry veteran, and change maker. Her story is special, and you will definitely learn something from hearing it.

Questions this episode will answer:

-How does someone dying by suicide impact their loved ones?

-What are some ways to find purpose from pain?

-How can you advocate for mental health?

-How can you be an ally for those impacted by mental health challenges?

Whether you have been struggling with your mental health, looking to protect your mental health, or looking for ways to pivot from your career, there is something for you in this episode.

Connect with Shanti:

https://instagram.com/shantidas404

https://instagram.com/silencetheshame

Resources:

www.ShantiDas.biz

www.silencetheshame.com

Telepsychiatry from Dr. Goodwin: AskDrGoodwin.com

Feel Better: 5 Tips for Overcoming Anxiety coaching guide:  www.FeelBetterBonus.com

About Shanti Das:

Shanti Das is an accomplished entertainment industry veteran, speaker, author, and Philanthropist.

As a result of Shanti’s extensive community work in the 2000 decade, she decided to establish her very own nonprofit, The Hip-Hop Professional Foundation, Inc. The foundation was rebranded under the name Silence the Shame, Inc., the mental health movement that lead the way since 2016.

This episode features Brandi Junious, and you are in for a treat. She leads global diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across a multitude of industries, transforming multinational corporations, firms, nonprofit organizations, and local governments. She’s also an artist and uses her art to facilitate healing spaces.

Questions this episode will answer:

-What is an artivist?

-How can art therapy and creative expression be healing tools?

-How can creativity enhance DEI work?

You’ll want to stay for the whole episode because we talk about everything from art, childhood, therapy, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Connect with Brandi:

https://www.instagram.com/brandijunious.art/?hl=en

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

Resources:

https://www.beaconoflightwholepersonwellness.com/

https://www.brandijuniousart.com/

Telepsychiatry from Dr. Goodwin: AskDrGoodwin.com

Feel Better: 5 Tips for Overcoming Anxiety coaching guide:  www.FeelBetterBonus.com

About Brandi:

Brandi Junious leads global diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across a multitude of industries, transforming multinational corporations, firms, nonprofit organizations, and local governments through the tactical interweaving of DEI practices into all facets of the business structure. Through strategic advising and management consulting, she helps senior leaders and human resource professionals live their equity mission and create more inclusive workplace cultures. Her areas of focus include strategic workforce diversity planning, pay equity analysis and remediation, DEI-centered change management, workplace culture assessment, developing and implementing equity-minded SMART goals, and the design, delivery, and facilitation of professional learning programs. She has partnered with Fortune 100 and 500 companies, media leaders, technology firms, and financial management organizations to advance DEI efforts, impacting thousands of employees and their surrounding communities.

Brandi is also an expert keynote speaker and facilitator, instructing on the topics of Using Data to Advance DEI Goals; Identifying and Overcoming Pay Disparities; Strategically Diversifying the Workforce; Embedding Racial Equity into HR Practices; and Budgeting for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Additionally, Brandi's work through the USC Race and Equity Center has been featured in CUPA-HR’s Higher Ed HR Magazine, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, and the USC Rossier Magazine.

Brandi is also an internationally-recognized artist, artivist, and contributor to art movements centering identity, justice, and representation. She is also founder and CEO of Beacon of Light Whole-Person wellness, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research and programming designed to improve whole-person wellness through creative therapies and holistic healing. As a trauma-informed certified therapeutic art life coach, Brandi teaches individuals how to use art as a pathway for healing, restoration, and reclaiming power. Brandi prides herself on creating equitable spaces across contexts that promote recovery from racialized, gendered, and other forms of trauma and discrimination.

It’s time for another “Best of” episode, and this one will focus on getting better health and wellness.

This episode features clips from:

Episode 34: Fertility and Advocating for Reproductive Rights of Black Women with Chiquita Lockley

Episode 37: Addiction, Substance Abuse, and Compassion with Dr. Cyntrell Crawford

Episode 38: Better Health and Being an Untraditional Doctor with Dr. Renee Matthews

Episode 41: Keys to Wellness with Dr. Jada Moore-Ruffin

Episode 44: Perimenopause, Menopause, and Reproductive Health with Dr. LaKeischa McMillan

It doesn’t matter where you are in your wellness journey or your gender, there’s something for you in this episode.

These guests are all certified truth-tellers!

Connect with Dr. Cyntrell:

Https://instragram.com/DrCyntrellPsych

https://www.facebook.com/DrCyntrellPsych/

Connect with Chiquita:

https://www.instagram.com/eggsovereasyfilm/

Connect with Dr. Renee:

https://instagram.com/AskDrRenee

https://facebook.com/AskDrRenee

Connect with Dr. Jada:

https://instagram.com/drjadamd

https://facebook.com/drjadamd

Connect with Dr. LaKeischa:

https://instagram.com/drlakeischamd

https://facebook.com/drlakeischamd

Resources:

Feel Better: 5 Tips for Overcoming Anxiety coaching guide:  www.FeelBetterBonus.com

Telepsychiatry from Dr. Goodwin: askdrgoodwin.com

www.DrLaKeischaMD.com

www.hormonequiz.co

https://startwithreal.com

http://www.eggsovereasyfilm.com

www.drcyntrell.com

https://askdrrenee.info

It’s that time! It’s time for a "best of" episode! This one focuses on leadership, mindset, and money…some of my favorite things.

There are clips from:

-Episode 39: Money, Financial Health, and Making Brave Changes with Dr. Randi

Nelson

-Episode 43: Mentorship and the Importance of Being in the Room with Tracey

Hermanstyne

-Episode 40: Confidence, Taking Action, and Purpose with Drexwell Seymour

-Episode 33: Intellectual Property and Finding Joy at Work with Kenya Pierre

It doesn’t matter where you are in your professional or personal journey, there is something for you! This episode is going to help you be better, do better, and live better.

Connect with Dr. Randi:

https://www.facebook.com/drrandibmd/

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

Connect with Dr. Tracey:

https://instagram.com/Neurodiva

https://facebook.com/traceyhermanstyne

Connect with Drexwell:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000062421449

Connect with Kenya:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenyathackerpierre

Resources:

www.drrandibmd.com

www.drexwellseymour.com

Feel Better: 5 Tips for Overcoming Anxiety coaching guide:  www.FeelBetterBonus.com

Telepsychiatry from Dr. Goodwin: askdrgoodwin.com

This episode features your host, Dr. Ericka, discussing insights and tips from her month that was solely dedicated to rest and recovery. Her experience as a double board certified psychiatrist and entrepreneur gives her additional insight into strategies that work.

Questions this episode will answer:

-What is a month of me?

-What are tools to help prioritize yourself and your healing?

-How can you increase wellness and self-care even if you don’t have a whole month?

-Why does wellness matter?

Connect with Dr. Ericka:

https://instagram.com/doctorericka

https://facebook.com/doctorericka

https://linkedin.com/in/doctorericka

https://doctorericka.com

Resources:

Feel Better: 5 Tips for Overcoming Anxiety coaching guide:  www.FeelBetterBonus.com

Telepsychiatry from Dr. Goodwin: askdrgoodwin.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 is known as one of few medical professionals who will tell you what they don’t tell you…but you really need to know! Her evidence-based methods go against the grain of common myths about success that sound good, but don’t really work. She will show you and your organization secrets used by some of the world’s greatest achievers and translate them into practical steps that can change your life forever.

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

This episode features Integrative OB-Gyn, Dr. LaKeischa McMillan, discussing the formally taboo topics of menopause and perimenopause. This discussion also touches on how the recent overturning of Roe vs. Wade can affect women that are experiencing perimenopause or menopause.  Dr. LaKeischa specializes in helping women get their hormones balanced, regain mental sharpness, and have energy all day.

Whether you are identify as woman or not, this discussion can increase your knowledge, along with help you support those around you and increase your level of empathy.

Questions this episode will answer:

-What are some symptoms of perimenopause?

-Why are womens’ health and women’s reproductive rights not only important for those who identify as women?

-How can overturning Roe vs. Wade impact women in menopause and perimenopause?

-What are some ways or strategies to reasess and reset?

Connect with Dr. LaKeischa

www.instagram.com/drlakeischamd

www.facebook.com/drlakeischamd

www.twitter.com/drlakeischamd

Resources:

Feel Better: 5 Tips for Overcoming Anxiety coaching guide:  www.FeelBetterBonus.com

Telepsychiatry from Dr. Goodwin: askdrgoodwin.com

www.hormonequiz.co

About Dr. LaKeischa:

Dr. LaKeischa Webb McMillan was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama.  She earned her undergraduate degree in Biology (cum laude) from Oakwood College, now Oakwood University, and continued her studies at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.  In addition to her academic degrees, Dr. LaKeischa is certified in the use of the DiVinci Robotic System for Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery.  Because of her passion for teaching, she was awarded the distinction of Resident Teacher of the Year an honor bestowed by fellow residence.  A gifted speaker, OB-GYN and hormone specialist, and Amazon Best-Selling Author, Dr. LaKeischa has a passion for helping women struggling with depleting hormones, get their hormones balanced, regain mental sharpness and have energy to last the entire day.  If you want to become a Hormone Hottie follow Dr. LaKeischa on all social media @drlakeischamd.

Living Your Dreams In the Midst of a Pandemic with Azizi Blissett

In this episode, Life Coach, Azizi Blissett and I embark on a discussion of pursing your dreams and manifesting even during a pandemic. Life doesn’t have to stop just because COVID happened, and this episode discusses practical strategies to pursue your dreams.