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Leadership Always Requires An Advanced Change Perspective

Froswa’ Booker-Drew, Ph.D., has been quoted in Forbes, Ozy, Bustle, Huffington Post, and other media outlets, due to an extensive background in leadership, nonprofit management, partnership development, training, and education. She is currently the Director of Community Affairs for the State Fair of Texas. Formerly the National Community Engagement Director for World Vision, she served as a catalyst, partnership broker, and builder of the capacity of local partners in multiple locations across the US to improve and sustain the well-being of children and their families.

Dr. Booker-Drew Takes It To The Street

She was a part of the documentary, Friendly Captivity, a film that follows a cast of 7 women from Dallas to India. She is the recipient of several honors including semi-finalist for the SMU TED Talks in 2012, 2012 Outstanding African American Alumni Award from the University of Texas at Arlington, 2009 Woman of the Year Award by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and was awarded Diversity Ambassador for the American Red Cross. Froswa’ graduated with a Ph.D. from Antioch University in Leadership and Change with a focus on social capital, diverse women and relational leadership.

Brief Notes – Including Kegan, Leadership & Change At Harvard

She attended the Jean Baker Miller Institute at Wellesley for training in Relational-Cultural Theory and has completed facilitator training on Immunity to Change based on the work of Kegan and Lahey of Harvard. She has also completed training through UNICEF on Equity-Based Evaluations.

She is the author of 2 workbooks for women, Ready for a Revolution: 30 Days to Jolt Your Life and Rules of Engagement: Making Connections Last. Froswa’ was a workshop presenter at the United Nations in 2013 on the Access to Power. She was a Post Doctoral Fellow at Antioch University and an adjunct at the University of North Texas-Dallas. She writes for several publications around the world.

You will love this conversation – Froswa’ is a fireball, well informed, and inspirational.

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Links

* http://www.froswasrules.com 

* Book Rules of Engagement – Making Connections Last – Booker-Drew, Global Amazon Link

* https://brainspeak.com/author/froswa_booker_drew/

* http://www.linkedin.com/in/froswabookerdrew

* http://todaysleadingwomen.com/froswa-booker-drew/

* https://4good.org/froswa-booker-drew–2

* http://www.thebusinesswomanmedia.com/author/dr-froswa-booker-drew

* http://aura.antioch.edu/etds/144/ (Dissertation)

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Multiple Additional CBJ Experts on Mind & Self Management

* Dentinger – Emotional Memory and Personality – http://corebrainjournal.

A Deeper Dive into Dieting, Food & Emotional Eating

Julie M. Simon, MA, MBA, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and life coach with twenty-seven+ years of experience helping overeaters and imbalanced eaters stop dieting, curb emotional eating, heal their relationships with themselves and their bodies, lose excess weight – and keep it off.

A lifelong fitness enthusiast, she is also a certified personal trainer with over twenty-five years of experience designing exercise and nutrition programs for various populations. Julie is also the founder and director of the popular Los Angeles-based Twelve-Week Emotional Eating Recovery Program, which offers an alternative to dieting by addressing the mind, body, and spirit imbalances underlying overeating. Her professional experience with and personal journey through childhood trauma, weight challenges, and body, brain, and spiritual shortcomings led to the creation of this successful twelve-week program.

Simon’s Neuroscience Perspective – With Answers

Current brain science shows that a lack of consistent emotional nurturance in infancy and childhood, when the brain is forming, can result in difficulties with self-regulation. Demonstrating via extensive personal and client-based experience, Simon offers a comprehensive, step-by-step mindfulness program designed to rewire the brain and end overindulging once and for all.

Simon’s Magnificent Seven

In her book, When Food Is Comfort, Simon offers seven powerful mindfulness skills that constitute a practice she calls inner nurturing, which are designed to rewire the brain and end overindulging once and for all. Rather than feeling enslaved to their favorite foods, readers will experience, first hand, that their real source of comfort – all discussed in this interview.

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Links

* Website: http://www.overeatingrecovery.com

* The Twelve Week Overeating Recovery Program – Simon

* When Food Is Comfort: Nurture Yourself Mindfully, Rewire Your Brain, and End Emotional Eating – Simon, 2018 – Global Amazon Link

* The Emotional Eaters Repair Manuel – Simon, 2012 – Global Amazon Link

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Multiple Additional CBJ Experts on Mind & Self Management

* Simon – Weight Loss & Emotional Eating – First CBJ: http://corebrainjournal.com/231

* Seeley- Finding Your Path Within – http://corebrainjournal.com/247

* Vij – Turbo Metabolism, Mind & Body Recovery – http://corebrainjournal.com/217

* Terrany – Motherhood Mindfulness & Mastery Every Day – http://corebrainjournal.com/215

* Dentinger – Emotional Memory and Personality – http://corebrainjournal.com/220

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Sexual Abuse & Recovery

Rebecca & Kim Schaper – Openly discuss their family history with Sexual Abuse and Recovery in helpful detail. This is one you simply must listen to, with direct discussions about their family recovery process and work with others.

Their vulnerability, shame, and recovery practices will help others stand up and be counted.

Rebecca’s father molested both this mother and daughter. You must listen to this account to hear how these two open, brave women have reconstructed their lives.

Additional Family Insights

Rebecca was first interviewed on the challenging return of her schizophrenic brother years later at http://corebrainjournal.com/218

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Links

* Kim: https://www.kimschaper.com/about/

* Rebecca: https://www.rebeccaschaper.com/

* Seth Oberst – Therapist for Kim: https://www.sethoberst.com/about-me.html

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Multiple Additional CBJ Experts on Improved Medical Interventions

* Sexual Trauma Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/219

* These Mindset Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/mindset

* Teen Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/teen

* Relationship Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/relationships

* Accelerated Resolution Therapy for PTSD – Dr. Kevin Kip: http://corebrainjournal.com/201

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Thanks

Thanks to Kim and Rebecca for joining us here at CBJ to review your personal observations and research about the absolute value of direct interventions and recovery practices following sexual abuse.

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Leadership & Responsibility – Team Management Evolves

Dr. Christopher Avery joins us at CBJ to discuss Leadership and the Responsibility Process. When something goes wrong, large or small (for example, lost keys or a lost retirement account), The Responsibility Process kicks in. The mind works hard to Lay Blame as a reason for the problem.

Working Beyond Blame

If you accept blame as a sufficient reason, then you will act on that blame. If you don’t accept it, then your mind offers you an excuse (Justify) – and so on. Thus, taking personal responsibility is a step-wise process of refusing to act on a series of irresponsible thoughts that your mind offers up.

Note Well

Responsibility/irresponsibility does not delineate a character trait/flaw. It’s a mental process operating identically in everyone. The process can be observed, learned, taught, studied, developed, modeled, and practiced. Any willing individual, team, or organization can practice responsibility at ever higher levels. The Responsibility Process is most useful when self-applied. It backfires when used to Lay Blame on others.

Dr. Avery Details 

“The Responsibility Process guy”, founded The Leadership Gift™ Program to make world-class personal leadership development accessible to individuals worldwide. His books include The Responsibility Process and Teamwork Is An Individual Skill.

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Dr. Chris Avery’s Video Comments

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Links

* https://christopheravery.com/ – The Responsibility Process.

* The Fall Responsibility Process European Tour – 14 Presentations Across Europe

* http://corebrainjournal.com/241 – Team Leadership and Boundaries – Davidson

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Multiple Additional CBJ Experts on Improved Medical Interventions

* These Mindset Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/mindset

* Relationship Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/relationships

Practical Mind Science/Mind Intervention Training – Parker

* Your Informed Mind: Public, Primary Care/Pediatrics/Psychiatric Training – Evaluation and Treatments – Balanced Psych Interventions – ADHD & Beyond – First understand the multiple problems with treatments for “ADHD” and you have an excellent foundation for every other mind comorbidity and treatment failure seen with second opinions every day in our office practices.

> Updates for Coursework Launch Here – Evaluation & Treatment Improvement Details That You Can Take To Your Local Medical Team:  http://corebrainjournal...

Motherhood, Mindfulness, and Mommy Mastery – Life Coaching

Jasmine Terrany, LMHC – “I grew up in a home that was far from ordinary. My friends used to jokingly refer to it as Willy Wonka’s Factory. It took me years to fully understand my relationship with the larger world, and to fully understand my role, my work as a mother. My mother practiced Motherhood Mindfulness without training.”

“My mailbox was a big pink heart, purple trim lined the outside of the house, and every post on the walkway to my front door, along with every cabinet in the kitchen, boasted a different pastel color. There was a red illuminated ‘love’ sign accompanied by hot pink leather couches, and wall hangings full of hearts and ice cream sundaes. My home gushed with delicious love. At the time, I thought it was ordinary. Weren’t all homes overflowing with smiles and hugs?”

Her Evolution

“This happy home represented my mom’s inner world. She was a being of pure love. She fully understood Motherhood Mindfulness and Mastery. She had a deep wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of life, an ease in the loving way she approached all people and circumstances. Of all the parents I’ve known, of all the experiences I’ve heard, in over 50 countries of world travel, I’ve never come across any parent who compared to my mother.”

“On one hand I felt extremely grateful for this upbringing, yet on the other hand, I felt unworthy, aware that I hadn’t done anything to deserve this life. This unworthiness created a challenge in my twenties, for I judged my struggles.”

“I told myself I had no reason to suffer, so many people had it worse. It wasn’t a big deal that I longed for a deep, everlasting partnership, yet kept being attracted to men for superficial reasons. It wasn’t a big deal that I would binge, then restrict my food and over exercise the next day. It wasn’t a big deal that I felt insecure when starting my career. What I didn’t realize, was that downplaying my issues was intensifying them.”

Personal Notes For This CBJ Episode

“When I decided to become a therapist, I realized that if I was going to be “the best” therapist possible, I had to experience therapy from the other side. I made my weekly appointments my sacred time. I trusted the process. I confronted my fears. I let myself be vulnerable. I cried. I released. I challenged. I accepted. And I evolved as a therapist, a person and guide for Motherhood Mindfulness.”

Her training and transformational tragedy will help with your next steps for evolving your process and practice of self-realization.

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Links

* Extraordinary Mommy: A Loving Guide To Life’s Most Important Job – Terrany – Global Amazon Link

* Consultation Website: https://www.jasminterrany.com/

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Multiple Additional CBJ Experts on Improved Medical Interventions

* These Mindset Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/mindset

* Family & Teen Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/teen

* Relationship Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/relationships

Neuroscience Changes, Mind Interventions

Translated For Philadelphia Primary Care

Jennifer McPherson LPC is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Board Certified Counselor that specializes in behavioral health integration for primary care programs and chronic care programs. She attended Temple University for her undergraduate studies in Psychology and Religion and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) for her graduate studies in Counseling & Clinical Health Psychology. She is also currently pursuing an Executive MBA in Healthcare from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

In 2018, she founded McPherson Clinical & Consulting Services to provide clinical supervision to aspiring mental health professionals and to support physicians with the management of difficulty behavioral health patients. In addition, she is an Ambassador and the Podcast Host for Black Therapists Rock.

Here at CBJ, she discusses a serious need in most communities – the ongoing education of medical professionals who often have no clinical experience with rapidly advancing mental health treatment options.

Details Matter

Never before has so much been asked of primary care. Primary care providers are increasingly encountering heavy workloads, serving a large volume of patients in shorter visit times.

At the same time, there is a growing emphasis on healthcare delivery models that meet the “triple aim” (patient satisfaction, improved health outcomes, and lower cost). In the context of these demands, patient complexity in the primary care setting is high, with roughly one in four primary care patients presenting with multi-morbidity and up to half meeting criteria for a psychiatric disorder.1

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Links

* 1The Role of Behavioral Health in Optimizing Care for Complex Patients in the Primary Care Setting – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762832/

* Black Therapists Rock Conference Information & Registration – http://blacktherapistsrock.ontraport.com/t?orid=96&opid=1

* Instagram: @jenmcphersonlpc

* Twitter: @jenmcphersonlpc

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Multiple Additional CBJ Experts on Improved Medical Interventions

* These Testing Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/testing

* These Mindset Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/mindset

* Family & Teen Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/teen

* Relationship Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/relationships

* Veterans Need More Precise Interventions: http://corebrainjournal.com/vets

Practical Medical Training – The Latest Neuroscience For Global Offices – Parker

* Primary Care/Pediatrics Training – Balanced Psych Interventions – ADHD & Beyond – Understand ADHD and you have an excellent foundation for every other mind comorbidity seen almost every day in office practices. Updates for Launch Here:  http://corebrainjournal.

Read, Lead and Succeed – Imperative Family Notes

Dr. Danny Brassell – Affectionately known as “Jim Carrey with a Ph.D.,” Dr. Danny Brassell (www.DannyBrassell.com) has held numerous titles and worked with leaders from a variety of fields and disciplines, but he has always considered himself first and foremost a teacher.

He is a best-selling author of 15 books, including The Reading Makeover, based on his popular TEDx talk. Thousands, from school districts to businesses to association conferences, have enjoyed his energetic, interactive and informative presentations.

He has spoken to over 2,000 different audiences worldwide and is the co-founder of the world’s top reading engagement system for struggling and reluctant readers, www.ReadBetterin67Steps.com.

For CoreBrain Journal Listeners

Check This Out! – “As a thank you for letting me appear as your guest, and as an add-on for your listeners, I’d like to supply everyone with a complimentary e-copy of my book Read, Lead & Succeed, available at www.ReadLeadandSucceed.com. – I’m on a mission to help people succeed by building their love of reading. – Let me know how I can further serve your audience.”

Own This Interview

I’ll tell you straight up – I love this guy. For your home, your family, and you – must listen.

Dr. Brassell provides remarkably useful reading development tips and presents details in such an interesting way. Now I’m trying to read to my grandchildren long distance! Take Dr. Brassell up on this offer, his insights are researched, useful and exceedingly interesting. Then forward this link to everyone you know http://corebrainjournal.com/253

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Links

* The Reading Makeover – Brassell, Professional Resources – Global Amazon Link

http://www.DannyBrassell.com/

* http://ReadLeadandSucceed.com/ 

http://www.readbetterin67steps.com/

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Dr. Brassell On TEDx

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Multiple Additional CBJ Experts on Life Mastery

* These Mindset Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/mindset

* Family & Teen Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/teen

* Relationship Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/relationships

* Life Mapping for Improved Travels – Pahuta: http://corebrainjournal.com/239

* Twitter: @DannyBrassell

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Thanks

Thanks, Dr. Brassell, for joining us here at CBJ to review your personal observations and research about the absolute importance of...

Neuro-Emotional Technique NET & Family Therapy

Jason Wasser, LFMT, has an extensive background in working with youth and adults from all walks of life – and is here to tell us about a Neuro-Emotional Technique for various therapeutic applications.  His positions have included serving as a Student Life Coordinator at Princeton University, providing counseling services for the special needs population & their families through the Florida Medicaid Waiver program, and directing non-profit community educational and recreational programming.

You will appreciate that this CBJ Episode discusses NET, Neuro-Emotional Technique, practice, and family therapy.

Over the years, Jason has been to speak at college campuses, retreats, and educational programs on topics including spirituality, relationships, meditation/self-hypnosis, and group leadership. He has consulted with professional athletes including those in Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA) and the US Tennis Association, as well as with talent in the television and music industry. Jason also provides a variety of other therapeutic services including life, entrepreneur and business coaching for the general population as a Business Finishing School Certified Coach.

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Background

It’s important to note that Jason Wasser graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a Masters Degree in Marital & Family Therapy [LFMT] and a certificate in Sports & Fitness Psychology from California State University. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Addictions Professional (CAP), and Certified Hypnotherapist. Mr. Wasser is also a Certified Neuro-Emotional Technique (NET) practitioner,

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Links

http://www.thefamilyroomsfl.com/net – Website

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Multiple Additional CBJ Experts on Life Mastery

* These Mindset Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/mindset

* Family & Teen Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/teen

* Relationship Experts: http://corebrainjournal.com/relationships

* Brains Bullies and Lessons – Fraser: http://corebrainjournal.com/244

* Life Mapping for Improved Travels – Pahuta: http://corebrainjournal.com/239

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Thanks

Thanks, Jason, for joining us again here at CBJ to review these personal observations about your clinical experience with NET.

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Veteran Returns & Recovery

Audacity is the key to victory in battle.

~ Duane France

Duane K. L. France is a clinical mental health counselor, a veteran, and currently serves as the Director of Veteran Services at The Family Care Center, a private mental health counseling agency specializing in the unique needs of military service members, veterans, and their families. He is also the Executive Director of the Colorado Veterans Health and Wellness Agency, a 501(c)3 Nonprofit affiliated with the Family Care Center.

Duane talks more explicitly about the challenges of return, recovery and comprehensive treatment essentials. He’s determined to make a difference in the recovery/re-entry process.

Background

Duane is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer and combat veteran, having served in deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, North Africa, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. After retirement, he served as Program Director for the Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition, a 501(c)3 Nonprofit that provides emergency and transitional housing to veterans participating in programs at the local Department of Veterans Affairs clinic. Since transitioning to full-time clinical mental health counseling, Mr. France has provided mental health counseling services to the Colorado Fourth Judicial District Veteran Trauma Court.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Excelsior College of Albany, New York and a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Adams State University of Alamosa, Colorado.

In 2015, Mr. France was selected as one of five Military Scholars in the nation by the National Board of Certified Counselors Foundation, and in 2016 was selected as the awardee of the 2016 NBCC Foundation Capacity Building Grant. Duane is passionate about veteran mental health and feels strongly that those who have served in the military can continue to provide value to their community long after that service has ended.

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Links

www.veteranmentalhealth.com  – Duane’s Blog

* Book: Combat Vet Don’t Mean Crazy – France, Global Amazon Link

* Twitter: @ThCounselingVet

* CBD Dosing & Research: https://www.projectcbd.org/science/cannabis-dosing/cannabis-dosing-101

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Multiple Additional CBJ Experts on TBI, CTE, CBD

* http://corebrainjournal.com/vets Our CBJ Dedicated to the Vets Page, Listen to Jocko there

* CBJ/012 – Concussion and Suicide – Liu

* CBJ/127 – Brain Injury Resource Support Group – Bono

* CBJ/114 – Hemingway’s Brain and CTE – Farah

* CBJ/171 – Brain Injury Recovery and Prevention – Lewis

* CBJ/176 – Cannabinoids and Brain Injury – Patel

* CBJ/162 – Brain Injury Insights – DeWitt

* CBJ/224 – Brain Testing For Concussion – Lewis

* CBJ/244 – Brains Bullies and Lessons – Fraser

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CBD – Epidiolex For Epilepsy and Brain Injury

Dr. Michael D. Lewis is an expert on nutritional and holistic interventions for brain health, particularly the use of omega-3 fatty acids and CBD Oil for the prevention, management, and rehabilitation of concussions and traumatic brain injury (TBI). In this CBJ Episode, he discusses a new product, Epidiolex, which uses CBD Oil for epilepsy and brain injury.  See the references below for more specific research information about FDA approval.

He founded the Brain Health Education and Research Institute in late 2011 upon retiring as a Colonel after a distinguished thirty-one-year career in the US Army. His remarks are researched, informed and delivered from the voice of experience.

Ed Note: This is his third [previous CBJ posts on Concussions/TBI: CBJ/171,   CBJ/224] interesting interview here that discusses medical details of CBD oil applications for multiple levels of brain and body recovery.

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Dr. Lewis’ Brain-Focused Bio

In late 2011 upon retiring as a Colonel after a distinguished thirty-one-year career in the US Army. His pioneering work in the military and since has helped thousands of people around the world and is regularly featured in the media, including CNN’s Sanjay Gupta, MD, show and numerous radio shows and podcasts.

A graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point and Tulane University School of Medicine, Dr. Lewis is board-certified and a fellow of the American Colleges of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition. He completed postgraduate training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.

He is currently in private practice in Potomac, Maryland (BrainCARE, www.BrainCARE.center); is a consultant to the US Army and Navy as well as several organizations, institutes, and nutrition companies around the world; and is a founding member of the Pop Warner Youth Football Medical Advisory Board.

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Treatment Links and References, Amended 8-28-18

* His Book: When Brains Collide: What Every Athlete and Parent Should Know About the Prevention and Treatment of Concussions and Head Injuries: Michael D. Lewis MD – Global Amazon Link

* Greenwich Biosciences – Epidiolex Physician Clinical Program – Indications & Research

* Additional bonus: Dr. Lewis CBD Oil Discount for CBJ Listeners: 15% discount at PlusCBDOil.com – use the discount code: radio2017 – No Time Limit on this offer.

* See this excellent series of