Break The Chains, Find Your Flame

Amy is a ball of energy and knowledge! She has her BS in nutritional sciences from Merrimack College and is now getting her MS in holistic nutrition from Hawthorn University. She's a certified personal trainer through NASM, and works with clients online through, AMPed Up Coaching where she guides people through nutrition, fitness, and mindset work. 

You can find her on instagram @amy_puchini where she is always posting helpful tips, healthy recipes, and inspiration.

Her website is: ampedupcoaching.weebly.com 

Episode 50!!! So glad to have my cousin, James, on for this episode to talk about his health journey and the small steps he is taking to make a big change in his life!!!

Buy The Book "The Successful Body" here:

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Rolando Garcia III Linkedin:

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Erik Seversen Linkedin:

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Erik Seversen website:

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Imani Seunarine (she/her) is Multiracial Latina mother, wife, daughter, and avid sewist. She combines her experience as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and love of sewing on her sewing blog  www.pintuckpress.com. Imani and her family navigate life with chronic illnesses through the integration of traditional and modern medicine. This journey changed the course of their lives and helped to shift her perspective on pathways to healing.

You can follow her on Instagram at @pintuckpress

Our Presentor:

Dr. Khadijah Tuitt is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who completed her terminal degree at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She in an alumna of the Partnership Fellow’s Program for emerging Leaders of Color and received honorable mention for the prestigious National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year (NCCY) Award.

As a child Khadijah experienced homelessness and neglect and by the time she reached adulthood she was a convicted felon. She is often invited as a panelist or keynote speaker and uses her story of trials to triumphs to help organizations understand the barriers that many Black and underserved individuals face.

Dr. Tuitt works to increase awareness around understanding the power of culture, diversity, and inclusivity. She also mentors in the community and is frequently invited to speak about the effects of substance use and mental illness on individuals, families, and society. She is passionate about increasing awareness regarding mental health disparities in underserved communities and in communities of color.

Resources:

 (n.d.). https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10492

 At what cost? a review of school police funding and accountability across the U.S. South - idra. (n.d.). IDRA. https://www.idra.org/resource-center/at-what-cost-a-review-of-school-police- funding-and-accountability-across-the-u-s-south/

 Hassett-Walker, C. (n.d.). The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic stops.

The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-racist-roots-of-american-policing-from-slave- patrols-to-traffic-stops-112816

 Hinton, E., & Cook, D. (2021a). The mass criminalization of Black Americans: A historical overview.

Annual Review of Criminology, 4(1), 261–286. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-criminol-060520- 033306

 Hinton, E., & Cook, D. (2021b). The mass criminalization of black Americans: A historical overview.

Annual Review of Criminology, 4(1), 261–286. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-criminol-060520- 033306

 Initiative, P. P. (n.d.). Following the money of mass incarceration.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/money.html

 The New York Times. (2015, May 8). A Conversation About Growing Up Black | Op-Docs | The

New York Times [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSAw51caEeg

 The problem with criminalizing childhood trauma | emancipate NorthCarolina. (n.d.).

https://emancipatenc.org/this-is-for-the-bad-kids/

 The Root. (2017, September 7). How the School-to-Prison Pipeline Functions [Video]. YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zer6FapK49E

 What are aces? | joining forces for children. (n.d.). Joining Forces For Children.

https://www.joiningforcesforchildren.org/what-are-aces/

Additional books to continue the conversation:

Stamped from the Begining - Ibram X Kendi

Me and My White Supremacy- Layla F Saad

How to be Antiracist- Ibram X Kendi

The New Jim Crow- Michelle Alexander

White Fragility - Robing Dianglo

Crisis Hotline : 1-800-273-8255 

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Addison Brasil is the Co-Founder, VP, Head of Brand Impact & Strategic Partnerships at tethr. tethr is the world’s first online, peer-to-peer support community connecting men for open and honest conversations about life. Check out the app on Apple App Store or Google play.

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Lorri Comeau, M.Ed. & Tabitha A. Mancini, M.A. co-founded Collaborative Learning Services. They have been colleagues in the field of disabilities for the past seven years and have utilized their expertise and experience to create a company that serves the needs of a wide range of learners. Their work with students, parents and educators strategically integrates education and learning tools that support successful outcomes and incorporates transforming the way we view learning differences.

Website: https://www.mycollaborativelearning.com/

Email: [email protected]

Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Collaborative-Learning-Services-101374005118791

Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorri-comeau-1242a6105/

Lorri's book can be found at:

https://www.ahead.org/professional-resources/publications/publications-for-sale

Dr. Thomas Brown's website:

https://www.brownadhdclinic.com/https://chadd.org/

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - a leading support and resource organization.

https://www.brownadhdclinic.com/

Dr. Thomas E. Brown's website - a leading expert and author in the field of ADHD

https://www.additudemag.com/

A website and magazine providing current information and resources regarding ADHD

http://www.ldonline.org/

A website that provides current information and resources about learning disabilities

Trailer for our new Miniseries Podcast of Stigma Is Curable- Our programming of community conversations on how to battle against mental and physical health stigmas.

https://www.instagram.com/tannerkern/

https://www.tannerkern.com

https://afsp.donordrive.com/campaign/100-Mile-Treadmill-Run- - Link to donate to 100 mile treadmill run for suicide awareness

Tanner Kern is a former Division I football player at Lafayette College. Due to suffering too many concussions, Tanner's career ended earlier than he expected. This put Tanner in a dark place for a significant period following him hanging up his cleats. When Tanner finished playing in 2017, he weighed 340 pounds. Through weight loss and fitness, he found a new passion for himself. Since 2017, Tanner has lost 140 pounds and run multiple marathons and ultramarathons. He is currently a writer, podcaster, and content creator inspiring others to become the best version of themselves.

James Harris, attended St Paul’s College (which no longer exists), he has a BA in Psychology.

After his freshman year, he joined the Army. James has eight years of service with an honorable

discharge. He also has two deployments one to Iraq and one to Afghanistan. After his military

duty, he earned a MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) from South University. He

is soon to be a License Professional Counselor (LPC). He is a member of Chi Sigma Iota, ACA,

RACA and sits on the board of NAMI-CVA

Today James is a multi-entrepreneur in Richmond VA, from the therapeutic standpoint he works

in community-based services in the inner cities, sits on FAPT team meetings at school as well as

social services, private practice and has started an international movement.

The movement is called “Men to Heal” which is assisting men to focus on their overall wellness,

mental and physical health. He conducts quarterly sessions on various topics involving men and

mental health. Feel free to stroll his page to purchase a shirt, get familiar or to see him with

celebrities, athletes and politicians who are in support of the movement. James conducts

speaking engagements for various companies and has done engagements in many states and five

countries via skype.

He also owns The HEALing Hub (@the_healing_hub-rva) which offers outpatient therapy,

massages, yoga, mindfulness, financial literacy seminars and feed the less fortunate every third

Saturday.

Lastly, James just authored his first book titled “Man Just Express Yourself” which is an

interactive guide for men, young and old. You can get a copy wherever books are sold. He also

has a YouTube channel which you can subscribe to called Men to Heal, where he gives insight

on certain health both physical and mental in relations to men and families

His website is www.mentoheal.com and his IG:@men_to_heal.