Caregiving is often described as an act of love, but what happens to the person doing the caring?

In this episode of Beyond the Mind, I’m joined by Geoff Grant, who brings more than 25 years of personal experience navigating caregiving—first supporting his mother and later caring for his wife, Karen.

Geoff shares what caregiving has taught him about vulnerability, resilience, loss, creativity, and the importance of remembering that caregivers need care too. We talk about the emotional and physical demands that can come with caring for someone you love, the parts of the caregiving experience that are often overlooked, and what genuine self-care can look like beyond the usual advice.

We also explore what happens after a major caregiving chapter ends. How do you rebuild your sense of identity? How do you turn difficult experiences into meaningful impact? And how can creativity, connection, and intentional living help us create a fuller life?

This is a thoughtful conversation about caregiving, humanity, legacy, and finding joy even through some of life’s most difficult seasons.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction & Meeting Geoff Grant

03:15 – Geoff’s 25-Year Caregiving Journey

10:20 – What Caregiving Teaches Us About Vulnerability

17:30 – The Parts of Caregiving People Don’t See

24:40 – What Does Real Self-Care Look Like?

32:00 – Creativity, Joy & Staying Connected to Life

39:15 – Life After Caregiving

46:30 – Loss, Legacy & Intentional Impact

54:00 – Integrating the Emotional, Physical & Spiritual Self

1:01:00 – What Caregiving Has Taught Geoff About Humanity

1:07:00 – One Truth About Being Human

🎁 Free Resource: Joy Is Your Nature: A Caregiver’s Reset Guide

Download Geoff’s free guide here:

https://mailchi.mp/909ef29a5aad/joy-is-your-nature-a-caregivers-reset-guide

The guide offers caregivers a moment to pause, reconnect with themselves, and remember that their own wellbeing matters too.

What if understanding where evil began could change the way we understand the struggles we face today?

In this episode of Beyond the Mind, I’m joined by Michael Muccio, author, pastor, business consultant, traveling speaker, and missionary who has spent more than 40 years in ministry.

Michael shares the extraordinary story behind his newest book, Evil’s First Breath—a novel based on a vision he says he received 35 years ago. What began as a dramatic presentation in his church eventually grew into a full-length book exploring the origin of evil, human struggle, spiritual realities, and the freedom found through Christ.

We also talk about Michael’s journey from working in the hospitality industry and learning from Zig Ziglar to becoming a pastor, author, and speaker, and how his experiences in business, ministry, and counseling have shaped the way he understands people and personal transformation.

This is a conversation about faith, temptation, destructive patterns, purpose, and the deeper questions behind why people struggle—and how understanding those patterns can help us move toward lasting change.

📖 Learn more about Evil’s First Breath: Michael Muccio’s book on Amazon

🌐 Learn more about Michael and his work: Michael Muccio’s website

Every mind has a story, and every story deserves to be heard.

In this powerful episode of Beyond the Mind, we sit down with Canadian author Angel Willard, whose memoir Fighting to Come Home shares an honest story of trauma, survival, motherhood, chronic pain, incarceration, accountability, and healing.

Angel opens up about the experiences that changed her life, the challenges of being separated from her children, and what it meant to rebuild after devastating circumstances. We talk about taking responsibility for our choices while still allowing ourselves the grace to grow beyond our past.

At the heart of Angel’s story is the idea of coming home to yourself—reclaiming your voice, breaking painful cycles, and discovering who you are beyond the hardest chapters of your life.

This is not simply a story about surviving. It is a conversation about rebuilding, resilience, motherhood, accountability, and finding the courage to begin again.

📖 Learn more about Angel and her memoir:

Angel Willard’s Amazon Author Page

Because sometimes, coming home isn’t about returning to a place. Sometimes, it’s about finding your way back to yourself.

What if addiction and self-sabotage aren’t simply about a lack of willpower, but about wounds that were never fully addressed?

In this episode of Beyond the Mind, I’m joined by Susan Eileen, a lifelong educator, author, and advocate for a trauma-informed approach to healing and addiction recovery.

After more than 30 years as an educator, Susan turned her attention to sharing her own sobriety and healing journey through her books and work. We explore the connection between childhood trauma and addiction, how unresolved trauma can continue influencing our relationships and choices long after the original experience has ended, and why self-sabotage can sometimes be rooted in wounds we haven’t yet understood.

Susan also shares her perspective on spirituality, emotional intelligence, toxic relationships, and the deeper inner work involved in creating meaningful change.

At the heart of her message is the idea that healing isn’t simply about removing what’s wrong with us—it’s about reconnecting with the part of ourselves that has been there all along.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction & Meeting Susan Eileen

03:20 – Susan’s Sobriety & Healing Journey

10:15 – The Connection Between Trauma & Addiction

18:00 – How Childhood Trauma Can Shape Adult Relationships

25:10 – The Hidden Effects of Complex Trauma

32:20 – Understanding Self-Sabotage

39:15 – Trauma in Everyday Life

46:00 – Spirituality & the Healing Journey

53:10 – Emotional Intelligence & Inner Work

1:00:00 – From Restlessness to Inner Peace

1:06:00 – Finding Your Inner Light

🌐 Connect with Susan Eileen:

Visit susaneileenbooks.com to explore Susan’s books, healing work, and resources.

If you’ve ever wondered why you keep repeating patterns you know aren’t serving you, this conversation offers a different way to look at the experiences underneath those patterns—and the possibility of creating something different.

What if you’re doing everything you can to recover—sleeping, exercising, eating well, taking supplements—but your body still doesn’t seem to know how to slow down?

In this episode of Beyond the Mind, I’m joined by Dr. Steve McGough, neuroscientist, clinical sexologist, inventor, and cofounder of Women and Couples Wellness, for a powerful conversation about the nervous system, recovery, intimacy, relationships, and resilience.

Steve has spent more than 16 years working with women and couples around nervous-system regulation, pelvic floor health, intimacy, and fertility. But behind his work is a deeply personal story. After his wife Wendy suffered a devastating medical experience following the loss of their son and spent years dealing with serious complications, Steve began searching for solutions when conventional options could not provide the answers they needed.

That journey eventually led him to create the technology behind the hi® massage system—and changed the direction of his life and career.

We talk about why recovery can stall when the nervous system remains stuck in a state of stress, the connection between physical tension and emotional wellbeing, and why understanding stress intellectually doesn’t necessarily make it leave the body.

Steve also shares what 25+ years of marriage, grief, serious illness, and building businesses alongside his wife have taught him about maintaining intimacy and connection under pressure.

We also explore his 50 years of QiGong and martial arts, where Eastern practices and Western neuroscience genuinely overlap, and where the science still has limits.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction & Meeting Dr. Steve McGough

04:00 – When Your Body Won’t Let You Recover

11:30 – The Nervous System & Chronic Stress

18:45 – Why Recovery Can Stall Even When You’re Doing Everything Right

26:00 – The Personal Story Behind Steve’s Work

34:15 – Grief, Trauma & the Body

42:00 – Intimacy, Stress & Long-Term Relationships

49:30 – 25+ Years of Marriage, Business & Life Together

56:00 – 50 Years of QiGong Meets Western Neuroscience

1:03:00 – What Actually Helps the Body Stand Down?

1:10:00 – Steve’s Message on Resilience & Recovery

Connect with Dr. Steve McGough:

🌐 Website: https://www.himassager.com

Learn more about Steve’s work, the hi® massage system, and resources for nervous-system regulation, intimacy, and recovery.

If this conversation resonates with you, share it with someone who may be doing everything “right” but still feels like their body never gets the message that it’s safe to slow down.

Motherhood can bring incredible love, but it can also bring emotions women may not feel prepared to talk about—loneliness, anxiety, resentment, grief, overwhelm, and the feeling that somehow you’ve lost the person you used to be.

In this episode of Beyond the Mind, I’m joined by Chelsy Catsam, therapist, founder of Catsam Wellness, and a specialist in women’s mental health, pregnancy, postpartum, motherhood, trauma, and major life transitions.

Chelsy opens up about her own experience of becoming a mother and wondering where the confident, grounded version of herself had gone. We explore the identity transformation that happens when a woman becomes a mother, why you can deeply love your children while still grieving parts of your old life, and why “getting back to yourself” may not actually be the goal.

We also talk about birth trauma, pregnancy loss, anxiety, burnout, resentment, and the ways motherhood can sometimes bring old trauma to the surface. Chelsy explains how women can begin recognizing when they may need more support and shares insights from her work using Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and specialized perinatal mental health training.

This is an honest conversation about the parts of motherhood women may be afraid to say out loud—and a reminder that needing support does not mean you’re failing.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction & Meeting Chelsy Catsam

03:20 – “I Don’t Feel Like Myself Anymore”

09:15 – The Identity Shift No One Warns You About

16:10 – Loving Your Baby While Missing Your Old Life

23:05 – Anxiety, Overwhelm & the Emotional Weight of Motherhood

30:00 – When Motherhood Brings Old Trauma to the Surface

37:15 – Birth Trauma & the Experiences Women Carry in Silence

44:20 – Resentment, Anger & the Emotions Moms Feel Guilty About

51:10 – Baby Blues, Burnout & When to Seek More Support

58:00 – You Don’t Have to “Get Back” to Who You Were

Connect with Chelsy:

🎁 Free Guide: “Why Am I Reacting Like This?” — a 7-day postpartum check-in designed to help women understand what they’re experiencing, notice whether things are getting lighter or heavier, and identify what support they may need next.

Download the free guide here: https://app.flodesk.com/form/6a7c8a210a49a4512731fc1f

🌐 Learn more about Chelsy and Catsam Wellness through her website.

What happens when your business is growing, but your marketing starts to feel like another source of stress?

In this episode of Beyond the Mind, I’m joined by Wes Towers, founder of Uplift 360, who has spent more than 20 years helping trades, construction, and industrial businesses make smarter marketing decisions and build stronger online visibility.

We talk about the hidden chaos behind marketing—too many agencies, scattered strategies, wasted budgets, and business owners trying to manage everything themselves. Wes explains how bringing clarity and proper leadership to marketing can reduce overwhelm and help businesses focus on what actually drives growth.

We also explore the changing world of search and how AI is reshaping the way people discover, trust, and choose businesses. From SEO and reviews to content and “Search Everywhere Optimisation,” Wes shares practical insights on staying visible and relevant without losing the human side of business.

This conversation is ultimately about more than marketing—it’s about clarity, decision-making, knowing when to ask for help, and creating a business that doesn’t constantly demand your attention.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction & Meeting Wes Towers

03:10 – When Marketing Becomes Business Stress

09:00 – Why Businesses Get Stuck in Marketing Chaos

15:30 – Too Many Agencies, No Clear Strategy

22:10 – Where Businesses Commonly Waste Their Marketing Budget

29:00 – In-House, Agency or Fractional Marketing Support?

36:20 – The Changing Way People Search and Buy

43:15 – SEO, AI & “Search Everywhere Optimisation”

50:30 – Building Trust Online and Getting Chosen

57:00 – Creating More Clarity in Your Business

🌐 Connect with Wes: https://uplift360.com.au

Learn more about Uplift 360, Wes’s marketing leadership services, and practical resources for trades, construction, and industrial businesses.

What if the problem isn’t that you need better boundaries, a better calendar, or more discipline—but something deeper about the way you’ve learned to live?

In this episode of Beyond the Mind, I’m joined by Liz Coleman, a certified Transformational Life Coach, psychology graduate, Mind Shifting and NLP practitioner, and creator of the MindLife Reset™.

Liz works with women who look successful and steady from the outside but feel constantly “on” internally—overthinking decisions, struggling to relax, and feeling guilty even when they finally slow down.

We talk about what can keep high-achieving women trapped in patterns of overthinking and pressure, why awareness alone doesn’t always create change, and how the mind, body, and spirit can work together in the process of transformation.

Liz also shares her own journey from a demanding C-suite career, personal challenges, and years of searching through therapy, medicine, and wellness approaches to creating a whole-person approach that helped her understand what was missing.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction & Meeting Liz Coleman

03:15 – When You Look Successful but Don’t Feel at Peace

09:20 – Why Is It So Hard to Switch Off?

16:10 – Overthinking, Pressure & the Need to Have It All Together

23:05 – Why Better Boundaries Aren’t Always the Answer

30:15 – The Mind, Body & Spirit Connection

37:20 – Why Mindset Work Alone May Not Be Enough

44:10 – Learning to Trust Yourself Again

51:00 – Liz’s Personal Journey & the MindLife Reset™

58:00 – Living Your Life on Your Own Terms

Connect with Liz Coleman:

🌐 Website: Liz Coleman’s Website

🎁 Free Guide: 5 Techniques to Overcome Limiting Beliefs — a practical guide for working with the subconscious patterns underneath your habits and beliefs.

What happens when you’ve spent years trying to fit yourself into a world that doesn’t seem designed for the way your mind and nervous system work?

In this episode of Beyond the Mind, I’m joined by Gazit Chaya Nkosi for an honest conversation about autism, trauma, neurocomplexity, spirituality, identity, and the journey from survival to actually loving life.

Gazit shares their personal journey of living with heightened sensitivity, trauma, dissociation, and the pressure to fit into cultural expectations—and how learning to listen to their nervous system, question those expectations, and honor their authentic needs changed the way they experience life.

We also explore nervous-system regulation, Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), somatic parts work, boundaries, people-pleasing, spirituality, and what it really means to build a life worth living rather than simply trying to survive.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction & Meeting Gazit Chaya Nkosi

02:15 – Living as a Neurocomplex Person

08:30 – When Survival Becomes Your Normal

15:20 – Understanding the Nervous System & Regulation

22:10 – SSP and Somatic Parts Work

29:05 – Boundaries, People-Pleasing & Saying No

36:40 – Spirituality, Identity & Inner Authority

44:15 – Questioning Cultural Expectations

51:30 – Building a Life Worth Living

58:00 – Gazit’s Message for Anyone Feeling Stuck

Connect with Gazit Chaya Nkosi:

🌐 Website: https://therootedcoop.com

Find their nervous-system course, 1:1 support, YouTube resources, book Holy Shit, and more through their website.

If this conversation resonates with you, share it with someone who may need to hear that building a life worth living can look different from what the world expects.

#BeyondTheMind #GazitChayaNkosi #Neurodiversity #NervousSystemRegulation #TraumaRecovery #MentalHealth #Spirituality #SelfAcceptance #PersonalGrowth

What happens when you spend years listening to other people’s stories? For Victor Jones, host of Liquor Talk Podcast, hundreds of conversations have shaped not only his platform but also the way he sees people, authenticity, success, and himself.

In this episode of Beyond the Mind, Victor opens up about his journey as a podcast host, the reality of building a platform, staying authentic in a world obsessed with personal branding, dealing with setbacks and self-doubt, and the mental side of consistently putting yourself out there.

We go beyond the microphone to talk about the person behind the podcast—and what years of real conversations have taught Victor about life, people, and himself.

Listen in for an honest conversation about authenticity, growth, resilience, and the courage to keep showing up.

### Chapters

00:00 — Introduction: Meet Victor Jones

02:15 — The Story Behind Liquor Talk Podcast

05:10 — Who Is Victor Behind the Microphone?

08:20 — What Hundreds of Conversations Have Taught Him

12:05 — Staying Authentic in a Social Media World

16:00 — Dealing With Setbacks and Self-Doubt

19:45 — The Pressure to Keep Showing Up

23:10 — Building a Brand Without Losing Yourself

26:30 — Lessons From Other People’s Stories

30:00 — The Mental Side of Being a Creator

33:15 — Advice to the Younger Victor

36:00 — Building a Legacy Through Podcasting

39:00 — Victor’s Message to Anyone Afraid to Start

41:00 — Final Thoughts

### Connect With Victor

Visit the Liquor Talk Podcast website to explore Victor’s work and listen to more of his conversations:

Liquor Talk Podcast

### About Beyond the Mind

Beyond the Mind is a podcast dedicated to honest conversations about mental health, emotional wellbeing, personal growth, and the experiences that shape who we become.

Every mind has a story—and every story deserves to be heard.