Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton

Logan Gore is a professional who lives with anxiety and panic attacks. She tried medicine, therapy, and many other forms of assistance. 

It wasn’t until Logan trained a mental health service animal that her symptoms subsided. 

Why dogs can be beneficial partners in bringing distressing episodes under control. 

Dr. Greg Chasson is an expert in cognitive behavioral therapy. Why has CBT become the gold standard for therapy? How does it work and what can you expect when you try it? Here’s your guide! 

Cathleen Beerkens is the founder of A Wellness Revolution and the author of Your Creator Matrix, where she shares new research and techniques to achieve optimal wellness. 

Your Creator Matrix is the interconnected framework that links your mind, body, and spirit on all levels (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) with the Unified Field. When we master our stories—the deeply-held narratives and beliefs that influence all of our choices and creations—and learn how to digest our life experiences in new ways, we gain the power to choose new future timelines and manifest the wellness, abundance, and love we truly desire.

In this thought-provoking book, researcher and integrative health coach Cathleen Beerkens shows us how quantum physics and the new sciences of epigenetics, glycobiology, and nutrigenetics can support us to create optimal cellular health, digest and assimilate our old storylines, nourish ourselves at all levels for optimal wellness, and begin to operate fully as the Creator in our lives for the good of all.

Dr. Greg Chasson is an expert in compulsive hoarding, or a persistent difficulty in parting with objects or belongings. Dr. Chasson explores the disorder in relation to ocd and offers advice to family members of people with hoarding behaviors. 

Hypnotherapy is now recognized as a credible alternative treatment for many mental health related disorders including addiction, anxiety, and depression. 

Sheila Webber, a skilled hypnotherapist, talks with Beyond Well about how hypnotherapy works, the therapeutic benefits of a hypnotic state, and how to find a skilled practitioner. You can learn more about Sheila’s practice at https://shifthypnosis.org/

Dr. Greg Chasson is a renowned psychologist and expert in cognitive-behavioral therapy. In his new book, Flawed: Why Perfectionism Is a Challenge for Management, he dissects perfectionism's double-edged nature and its often detrimental effects on productivity. 

As an Associate Professor and Director of Behavioral Interventions at the University of Chicago's Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders Clinic, Dr. Chasson draws on extensive research and practical experience. 

Google compiles the most frequently asked questions regarding mental health, and the #1 question is: What is Anxiety?  Everyone has a different experience of anxiety but Dr. Leslie Dobson explains the most common symptoms of anxiety and the most effective, evidence-based treatments. 

We've uncovered a few of our favorite episodes that are hidden gems. Cheryl Strayed, a Beyond Well favorite, was kind enough to bring in her husband, Brian Lindstrom, aka Mr. Sugar.

This conversation around relationships, marriage, and honoring your partner while maintaining some degree of independence has everything you want in a podcast; wisdom, humor, and really good advice. 

Leigh Brandon is a functional doctor who studies the connection between mental health and the microbiome. 

Dr. Leslie Dobson noticed a marked improvement in her patients during Covid when they were physically unable to spend time with people outside of their bubble. 

Then, as patients began socializing and working in person again, the same old anxiety, depression, and toxic stress reappeared. Dr. Dobson created "The Friend Cleanse" to help people decide who is giving you energy and who is sucking it away? Her deliberate decision-making rubric regarding how you spend your energy and with whom you spend it resulted in the book The Friend Cleanse.