Light from the Rabbit Hole

On today’s episode, Dawn interviews Reverend Doctor Natalie Vail who is a double board Acupuncturist, Ordained Spiritualist Minister, Certified Psychic-Medium, Reiki Master, Herbalist, Feng Shui Consultant and initiated Shamanic Priestess with more than 30 years of experience as a Healer. Based in San Diego, she works with clients worldwide.  As an integrated Practitioner, her personal mission is to share ancient wisdom and hold a sacred space for people to heal their deepest wounds through compassion and courage.  We discuss her unique gifts from when she was speaking with dead people and spirits from the age of 4, to her own traumatic story during adolescence of living with a severely mentally ill father where she and her siblings endured a dysfunctional and violent upbringing.  This created the need for her to find her own healing journey of trauma recovery.  On this path, she continued to cultivate her healing gifts as an empath and intuitive. She became an Acupuncturist, Feng Shui consultant and Reiki Master so that she could use all the tools of healing combined with her psychic ability to help those who are looking for trauma recovery with transformation with deep healing from past traumas.  We discuss all of this as well as Epigenetics which could be a topic all by itself on a separate podcast.  This was an informative, uplifting and unique podcast that will stretch your limiting beliefs.  It’s amazing to know there are true healers like Rev. Dr. Natalie in this world and we are lucky to have them called into our lives. 

In this week’s episode, Dawn interviews Lianne Saffer who often describes her life as an endless quest to “feel it all”. She is a wife, mother, writer, life coach, fitness instructor, hair stylist, and advocate for helping people live a loud and authentic life. Lianne is a newly published author of a book that is ON FIRE on Amazon called “Please Don’t Send Me Flowers”. Her link to the book is here and believe me, you are going to want to read it.

It will make you laugh out loud, cry out loud, be validated and seen, and deeply contemplate/reflect on what’s truly relevant in life. Lianne says she wrote the book in hopes of opening the conversation around challenges in relationships, sexuality, religion and cancer.  She wrote it to make others be aware that its ok to be uncomfortable and vulnerable and that cancer isn’t a box wrapped in a pretty pink bow.  She wants you to get a glimpse of yourself in the pages and feel less alone.  She’s also my fabulous spin instructor whom when I first met was married to a man and now is married to a woman.

Our podcast talks authentically and in a very raw tone of how she found herself, found her soulmate and found her purpose.

Her wife, Steph Saffer joins us on the back-half of the podcast and adds so much love and insight into supporting and loving Lianne.  You will quickly learn that Lianne’s story needs to be heard.  She’s not going to pull any punches in this interview and some could say she’s controversial and outspoken…good for her! But I call her a “light bearer” and we need a hell of a lot more of those in this world.  Go buy this book and let your damn light shine!

You can follow Lianne on Instagram @liannesaffer

Dawn interviews Pirie Jones Grossman, former well known TV Host for E! E! Entertainment Television, Fox Television, NBC, CBS and ABC who is now living a beautiful second half of her life as a Certified Life EmPowerment Coach, TedX Talk Speaker, Influencer and Writer. She also has a secret. Her story will resonate with those who carry a secret, those who may not even be aware of their secret yet and those that feel ashamed to share or acknowledge their secret. Pirie obtained her Masters in Spiritual Psychology in 2014 and that is where she meet her podcasting co-host, Diane Chandler who she share a successful Podcast called “Own your Throne”. Pirie is authentic, candid and inspiring as she shares her own personal struggles with her mother’s severe mental health illness, her own addiction to sleeping pills, her infertility struggles and her “secret”.

In her current business, she coaches women on focusing on self-esteem and helping women to reignite the second chapter of their lives through empowerment coaching so they can fulfill their full potential. “It’s never too late to be something great!” Her story is courageous, authentic and triumphant. You’re not going to want to miss this one and you won’t see what’s coming. If you would like to work with Pirie, you can reach her via email at [email protected] or her website https://piriejonesgrossman.com/ and you can subscribe to her and Diane’s amazing podcast at www.ownyourthrone.co.

If you are someone you know is talking or thinking about suicide, depressed or you are concerned on their behalf for their safety and emotional stability, please ask them if they are considering suicide. Many people feeling this way just want to be seen and heard. Don’t be afraid to ask. They will tell you. Connect them or connect for them to the suicide hotline for help at 800-273-8255. 

In this episode, Dawn interviews two rising stars within the LGBTQ+ community that are not afraid to be raw, authentic, bold, empowered and their successful podcast “Coming Out Happy” is taking the world by storm.  Their episodes are amazing, they tackle real life issues and give unbelievable advice and support from their own experiences and from the certified life coach training that Dani has worked so hard to achieve.  On their Podcast, online community and on their YouTube videos, Certified Life Coach and Author of the book called Coming Out Happy, Dani Max and her life partner Keely Lou discuss their experiences being LGBTQ+, struggles, triumphs, coming out at work and dating within the community.  They have also created this unbelievable and fast growing private online community where they have created master classes, targeted content and programs that support the community specifically between the ages of 18-35 years old to understand that self-love and acceptance are the foundation of happiness.

In Dani’s book, she created a five lesson system that helps people determine who they are meant to be while creating a life they love.  While listening to this podcast, you will NOT believe these two beautiful ladies are millennials…you will think you are listening to two souls that have lived a thousand years. I must have said four times in this podcast that I wanted them both to be my daughters, because I felt such a sense of pride of what they have done so far and what is yet to be. The LGBTQ+ community needs to know Dani and Keely because they are setting the world on fire, just listen and you will be hooked. Follow them on Instagram @comingouthappy, on TikTok @comingouthappyteam and danimaxcoaching.com and pick up Dani’s 5-Star rated book on Amazon titled “Coming Out Happy”.

On today’s episode Dawn interview Dr. Laurie Goldman, who is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, and functional medicine practitioner who’s been in private practice since 1999.   She had an interesting start to her career working at one of the country’s largest county jails where she was hired to focus on the women population. While working in the public health sector, she realized that the word psychiatrist did not always have the best connotation. She decided to change that mindset and wanted to be a different kind of psychiatrist. She is trained in integrative and functional medicine which adds a completely different approach and level of normality to psychiatry. She dispels the stigma that psychiatrists overprescribe and she shares her philosophy and approach that works successfully in her integrative practice. She founded Clear Path Wellness to help her patients reach their maximum state of mental and physical health using a personalized, comprehensive approach powered by the principles of functional medicine, which treats the whole person, not just symptoms. Listening to Dr. Laurie will give you renewed hope that there are amazing health care professionals like her out there and that you can be treated holistically and achieve even better results. To reach Dr. Laurie her website is at lauriegoldmanmd.com.  If you are in the LGBTQ+ community and are seeking a psychiatrist these are a few great resources for you The American Psychological Association (APA) provides countless educational and support resources on a range of LGBTQ topics- The Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists offers numerous resources for LGBT individuals experiencing mental health conditions and psychiatric professionals with LGBT clients-The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association's Provider Directory is a search tool that can locate a LGBTQ-inclusive health care provider.

Dawn interviews a dear beautiful lifelong friend, Alison Guillon, LPC, Founder/Owner of Pacific NorthWest Behavioral Health who is a trained EMDR therapist that teaches us the beauty of EMDR which Is used to treat so many levels of trauma.  You will be glued to your seat listening to the amazing science and stories that Alison shares.  She sheds so much beautiful light on the positive influences of EMDR that you will be excited to learn more! She sees collaborative care as essential to overall wellness and comes to her mental health expertise trained in ruling out general medical conditions before promoting psychotropic medications including but not limited to: deficiencies in vitamin D, vitamin B, thyroid, HPA-axis function, adrenal, autoimmune disorders and inflammation.  Alison can be reached at pnwbh.com.

Dawn interviews Kathryn Metcalf Hernquist who has successfully navigated through insurmountable odds with grace and courage.  With a family history of drug and alcohol abuse, she was not only pre-disposed to addiction but learned at any early age that it was the only way she could “escape” the torment of childhood molestation and sexual abuse in her adult life.  Her story, up until she finally went into treatment and sought help, was a dangerous, risky life filled with chaos, shame and unfortunate events.  She shares a very vulnerable and scary story of a stalker and serial rapist who broke into her home in her very early 20’s, that ultimately would be the catalyst that plunged her deep into her meth addiction.  Like many victims of abuse, from the outside, she appeared and looked normal…whatever THAT is.  In her words, no one would have ever known what she was going through. This is a true story of triumph and we were honored to have her on the show. She has devoted her life to 35 years of sobriety and she is a “money coach to the sober community”.  She has an awesome interview series that can be found at secondstagesobriety.com. My favorite comment that Katherine made in her closing of the podcast is “One moment at a time, one step at a time, one thing at a time and all of that will add up to an incredible life”.  

Dawn interviews a special guest on today’s episode that knows her and her sons story better than anyone…her husband Ryan.  He gives his perspective of loving both Cole and Dawn from the sidelines while also being an active participant in supporting Cole’s growth and development from the time when he entered Cole’s life at the age of 8 years old.  Together, Dawn and Ryan share what they learned, what they missed, what they didn’t know, how they could have navigated through the challenging times differently and what they did right…in the best interest of their son.  Ryan discusses how difficult it can be to watch from the sidelines in support of not only the addict who is suffering from mental illness but knowing how to support his wife in the process.  The life that they have lived together for many years trying to understand mental illness and to support Cole, is a beautiful story of resilience, patience and compassion.

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Dawn revisits one of her favorite guests, Amy Stark of Stark Transformation, for a 2nd podcast which is a virtual EFT tapping session.  

Watch the Video on our YouTube Channel here:  https://youtu.be/kySbsSeWu6Q

In this podcast which will also be shown on YouTube as a visual session, you can see the power of EFT in action. Amy will explore and heal old programs that Dawn is continuing to run over and over again that have kept her from reaching her full potential.  As a psychic and healer, Amy connects to Dawn’s higher self and taps into her energy to provide immediate healing through the power of tapping with her additional gift of energy transformation.  If you have never witnessed a true healing through the process of EFT, you won’t want to miss this vulnerable and emotional journey that Amy takes Dawn on to repair the trauma and old stories she has been running since before birth.  It’s a remarkable session to listen to on the podcast platforms but even more powerful to witness the healing first hand.  Amy will discuss the chakra’s and show the EFT tapping points so that even the novice will understand the power behind this amazing healing tool.  You can tap along for your own healing during this podcast or you can contact Amy at www.starktransformation.com to book sessions directly with her. I guarantee after you see the unbelievable release that Dawn experiences, you will understand the science and the power that only EFT can deliver.