Courageous Wellness

In 2017, Award-winning Washington Post columnist, Steven Petrow experienced one of the worst years of his life. He lost both his parents, separated from his husband, and learned that his sister had meta-static cancer.  He began to question: how can one find joy during incredibly difficult times?  He discovered that joy is not only around us, but within us. 

He examines this and so much more in his book THE JOY YOU MAKE: Find the Silver Linings--Even on Your Darkest Days, released this September.  He explores the many expressions of joy and shows readers how to find, cultivate, and share it. Combining his personal experiences with research and expert interviews, Petrow asks (and answers) the question: “What if there was a way to find the joy in everything?”

In today’s episode, we discuss how the connection between joy and grief are inseparable, and Steven offers  practical, prescriptive advice to find the joy around us. We think this is a perfect episode and book for any season of life, but especially the upcoming holiday season – and hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did! 

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On this episode, we welcome psychologist and winter expert Kari Leibowitz who is the author of the  new book: ‘HOW TO WINTER: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days.’ Kari uses mindset science to help readers embrace winter as a season to be enjoyed, not endured and in turn, learn powerful lessons that can impact our mental well-being throughout the year. 

Inspired by cutting-edge psychological and behavioral science research, HOW TO WINTER provides readers with concrete tools for making winter wonderful wherever you live and harnessing the power of small mindset changes with big impact to help embrace every season of life. In this episode, Kari discusses an overview of what seasonal affective disorder is and isn't - what to look out for, and what to do if you simply have the "winter blues.” She shares how people can embrace the clock change in the fall, take advantage of darkness, and celebrate the

beginning of winter. She also shares specific actions people can take to get ready for winter physically and how to refresh your home for winter comfort and joy. We found this conversation really helpful as we enter the darker months and hope you gain as much from the conversation as we did.

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Today on the show, we have Vanessa Reiser. Vanessa is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), licensed in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Florida. She is a psychotherapist and the founder of the nonprofit TellaTherapist.org. She is also a long-distance runner and two-time Ironman who is best known for running the state of New York (285 miles in 11 days) in a wedding dress to raise awareness for narcissistic abuse. As a survivor of narcissistic abuse and a psychotherapist in private practice, Vanessa now specializes in narcissistic personality disorder, and her practice focuses on treating victims and survivors of cults, narcissists, domestic violence, and narcissistic abuse. Her insights are both personal and professional, giving her a unique lens into this insidious form of domestic abuse. Vanessa can be found online, sharing life-changing information that is educational and accessible. Her new book, is titled: Narcissistic Abuse: A Therapist’s Guide to Identifying, Escaping, and Healing from Toxic and Manipulative People. 

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Today, we sit down with  Palak Dave, entrepreneur, speaker, author of the book Beautiful Everydays: A Guide to Living in the Here and Now, and the Founder behind the brand, Embiria. Palak is not your typical wellness guru. She's on a mission to spark a crucial conversation about the importance of reclaiming our lives from digital overload and rediscovering the beauty IRL. Formerly an award-winning marketer with senior-level positions at companies including the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and Indigo Books and Music Inc., Palak embarked on a new journey in 2017, founding Embiria, a company on mission to inspire people to slow down and savor life, the European way.

As part of Embiria, Palak has opened the doors to her global membership community called Embiria Social Club, designed for women to escape the noise of social media and get back to being social. Through Embiria, she inspires a shift away from digital distractions toward cultivating friendships and embracing the beauty of the present moment. With having hosted over 300 curated events, Palak champions intentional living. Today we have a great conversation on fostering meaningful conversations and building authentic adult friendships that transcend surface-level interactions.  Enjoy the episode! 

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Today, we sit down with Dan Doty.  As a writer, wilderness guide, men's work leader, and somatic meditation teacher, he has helped to instigate and lead a part of the current global men's movement. As the visionary and founder of EVRYMAN, he has led retreats, and had the fortune to give talks around the world on masculinity, fatherhood, and spirituality. Dan has been featured on the Joe Rogan Experience 3 times, and his work has been featured on the Today Show, the NYTimes, Men's Health, and tons of other publications.  Dan helps men find confidence, connection, and step fully into themselves and their vulnerability — and today we have a really profound conversation on his powerful community of men and dad’s – and how he is supporting men on their journey to and through fatherhood.

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Today, we sit down with JENNIE KETCHAM CROOKS, licensed clinical social worker, anxiety specialist and author of LOOK UP: The 30-Day Path to Digital Minimalism and Real Life Maximalism. The book guides readers through 30 consecutive days of evidence-based interventions for managing our out-of-control digital consumption to improve our meaningful real-world connections and better align our actions with our values. Jennie’s expertise gives us actionable ways to adjust our behavioral patterns toward healthier digital habits.  She has appeared on Oprah, The Dr. Drew Show and The View, is the founder of the West Coast Anxiety Clinic, and an OCD specialist. 

Prior to becoming a psychotherapist, Jennie published a memoir titled “I am Jennie” through Gallery Books and made her own life changes on a televised VH1 show. She’s appeared on numerous talk shows, radio shows, and podcasts, lectured at Harvard, consulted as an in-house “sexpert” for Lovers, and her writing has appeared in Huffington Post and the New York Times. We have an in-depth conversation on her incredible journey, with Jennie offering tangible tips and tools for living a life that feels good offline.

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Today on the show, we welcome Chloe Harrouche. Chloe is the founder of The Lanby, a concierge primary care practice in NYC. Her goal is to reimagine what it's like to go to the doctor from every touchpoint. At age 23 Chloe was diagnosed with breast cancer and experienced our broken healthcare system. Through her experience, she found no one to coordinate care across specialists, no hospitality, and no emphasis on wellness and nutrition which gave her the drive and mission to create The Lanby, a full replacement for your primary care needs and beyond. 

Today we discuss Chloe’s own journey with breast cancer, fertility challenges and ultimately creating a comprehensive solution for primary care coordination that can meet the unique needs of each patient.

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Today we speak to Jennifer Scheinman, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, and Senior Manager of Timeline Nutrition. Jen’s master’s degree in Integrative and Functional Nutrition, coupled with advanced training in bioenergetics, provides her with a profound understanding of the complex interplay between nutrition, cellular health, and longevity. This specialized education has equipped Jen with a unique skill set, enabling her to delve into the nuances of how dietary and lifestyle factors influence the body’s energy production and biological processes of aging.

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Career coach Megan Hellerer has become known as the “Conscious Career Coach,” working with clients including journalists, lawyers, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, a Fortune 30 Under 30 tech founder, the editor-in-chief of a major lifestyle magazine, and Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  

She offers a culmination of over a decade of learning, training, and coaching in her new book, DIRECTIONAL LIVING; A Transformational Guide to Fulfillment in Work and Life, released on September 24th. Hellerer’s unique framework comes from her innovative premise that a fulfilling, purpose-filled career, and life are built by cultivating your inner sense of direction, not pursuing a fixed destination.  

In DIRECTIONAL LIVING, Hellerer presents a new way of thinking about our lives, one that turns away from the voices telling us what a good life “should” look like, and instead relies on cultivating our own inner navigation. Through Hellerer’s revolutionary plan, we can get unstuck in our careers or even transform them, move from misery to meaning, and find the work we are meant to be doing in the world. 

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Today on the podcast, Aly speaks with Dr. Morgan Anderson of Dr. Morgan Coaching. Dr. Morgan is a psychologist and attachment theory expert that works to help women do personal healing to attract healthy love and partnerships in their lives. She went from being on a rollercoaster with relationships in her early twenties to then committing to breaking the cycle of drama and heartache. This led her to start therapy, change her own course of studies , and start supporting women and help them to attract securely attached, reciprocal, authentic and emotionally safe, loving relationships. 

Today, we break down attachment theory and get to the core of what each type of attachment looks like, and how we can work to transform our attachment patterns. Dr. Morgan gives us great self-reflective tools to examine our own patterns and dynamics that are sometimes easy to repeat. Go check out her wonderful podcast: “Let’s Get Vulnerable.” If you’d

like to work with Dr. Morgan you can visit: https://drmorgancoaching.com/

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