Dana and Kim are joined in this conversation by Author / Journalist, Paul Kix. Paul is the author of; “The Saboteur” and the soon to be released; “You Have To Be Prepared To Die Before You Live”. His critically acclaimed  journalistic pieces have appeared in such publications as: ESPN the Magazine, GQ, Inc, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Boston Globe, and the Wall Street Journal. Paul’s 2017 feature piece for GQ Magazine; “The Accidental Getaway Driver” was recently made into a feature film and won the Best Director award for Director Sing Lee at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Paul’s psychological sophistication is apparent through out his writings and his daily stoic practices have helped him navigate inevitable change, life obstacles, and doing what is right.  

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"NEVER LET FEAR DECIDE YOUR FUTURE”

This episode is a prologue to EP52 on Hypnotherapy. Dr. Dana conducts an actual psychotherapy session with Co-Host Kim. This episode centers around Kim’s increasing anxiety and depression surrounding recent events in his life, falling back into a familiar pattern of self-isolation, and the pain of not feeling loved and cared for. This is a raw and candid conversation which focuses on running toward fear and not away from it.

“RECOVERY IS ABOUT PROGRESSION, NOT PERFECTION”

Dana and Kim continue their conversation about addiction and welcome into the studio special guest, “Bob”. Bob has struggled with addiction from an early age. Beginning with food, then alcohol, cigarettes, tobacco, and hoarding. Bob has spent most of his adult life breaking the chains of addiction and working on himself from the inside out. His story is inspiring and eloquently told. As Bob continues to pave the path of his own recovery journey, he also helps those that struggle with addiction as a mental health professional and also provides essential mental health services and counseling to First Responders.

“WE ARE ADDICTED TO ATTENTION RATHER THAN CONNECTION”

Dana and Kim are joined in this episode by Justine Hamilton as they discuss the addiction of Social Media. If you’re someone that checks their phone before anything else in the morning, use it as a way to cope with negative emotions, or it negatively affects other areas of your life like work, school, or relationships, then you should tune into this episode. Over 50% of social media users fit the criteria of addiction. It’s reaching epidemic proportions not dissimilar to drugs and alcohol. Like all addictions, there are potential remedies that the hosts discuss throughout the episode.

“ADDICTION IS THE ONLY PRISON WHERE THE LOCKS ARE ON THE INSIDE”

Dana and Kim begin a series of conversations surrounding addiction and whether certain types of personalities, mental health issues, and physiological factors make a person more apt to become an addict. Both Dana and Kim have first-hand experience with parents that struggled with addiction and offer insight of how it affected their family dynamics and the trauma it caused that was carried on into adulthood.

“BEING AN EMPATH IS LIKE SEEING WITH THE SOUL”

Do you have an Empath in your life…... A parent, child, sibling, spouse or partner? Living an Empathic life is both a blessing and a curse. True Empaths only make up 2% of the population. Dana and Kim explain in detail what an Empath is, how they operate in life, and what daily living is like being an Empath.

“ONE DAY, ONE MOMENT, ONE EVENT, CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE COMPLETELY”

Dana and Kim are joined in the conversation by Justine Hamilton and special guest, Mary Firestone who is the author of, “Trusting The Dawn”. Through a series of life events and the near death of herself and her family, Mary embraced the opportunity to look deep within herself and evaluate whether she was destined to live the life she was leading or if there was a deeper passion and desire to be truer to herself and those around her. Mary eloquently describes her journey through life’s trials and tribulations and describes the modalities she utilized to find her true self from within. (https://www.maryfirestone.co/)

“CHANGING YOURSELF CHANGES EVERYTHING”

Dana and Kim welcome into the studio, Michelle Sorro as they continue their conversation on Finding Yourself From Within. Michelle spent many years as a successful media personality as a Host for the Home Shopping Network, a correspondent for EXTRA,  and a contestant on The Apprentice. She is now a successful coach and podcaster. Michelle as she will tell you lived a very good life both professionally and personally. It was until the height of the pandemic that Michelle began a metamorphosis that ultimately transformed her into the person she is today. This as she describes was not an easy process which included the breaking down of the facade she had built around herself for many years. It also included losing friends and trusted ones within her inner circle that were not in alignment with her newfound truth. Michelle is very candid about her journey and where it eventually led her. https://www.michelle-sorro.com

“THE PRIVILEGE OF A LIFETIME IS TO BECOME WHO YOU TRULY ARE”

Dana and Kim welcome back episode 3 guest, Amy Cooper as we continue the conversation about finding your true self from within. Amy has endured and overcome a multitude of hardships that affect many of us in life. Loss of love, Loss of a marriage, Prolonged Illness, Health issues with a child, and the Loss of a beloved and once-successful business. Instead of burying her head in the sand, Amy took the opportunity to dig deeper into her true essence and discovered the person she is today; a content and centered human who is enjoying all that life has to offer.

“WHEN YOU FORGIVE, YOU HEAL. AND WHEN YOU LET GO, YOU GROW”

We continue our series on; “Finding Yourself from Within”. In this episode, Dr. Dana performs an actual hypnotherapy session with Co-host, Kim. This is a very raw and candid episode where the discussion centers around Kim’s inability to find true love and his hesitancy to fully open his heart to healthy romantic intimacy. This episode also debunks any myths surrounding hypnotherapy and guides the listener through the actual process and Kim’s reactions and post-session thoughts and results.