On Your Mind

Mental health is an area of healing that begs for more innovative solutions. A growing body of evidence is making a strong case for the claim that integrative approaches to mental wellness are creating better results for people than reliance on traditional medication and psychotherapy. The Director of the Pacific Psychological Care Group, Dr. Jeffrey Bruno is passionate about finding alternative natural therapies that support mental wellness. This passion has led him to pioneer the use of nutritional psychology and light-assisted neuromodulation psychotherapies, as well as other therapies that help get people out of the trap of medication dependency. He joins Dr. Timothy J. Hayes in this conversation to explain how these therapies work in relation with each other and why a one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work in mental health.

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Our body sends us signals about our health and wellbeing far more than what we take notice of. The physical symptoms reveal other deeper issues that, when left unattended, may slowly creep their way up and become something much serious. Joy Dettling learned this the hard way. After all the stress—physically, emotionally, and mentally—and a laundry list of health issues, Joy found herself battling chronic health conditions and anxiety. In this episode, she joins Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D., to share how she was able to heal herself from that and now supports others on their journey as a life and health coach. Joy takes us into the energy work and yoga that she does with her clients and how she helps them get inside their subconscious and overcome trauma. Join her and Timothy as they discuss more the steps to healing in a holistic way.

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While medications help people with their mental health conditions and addiction, it is, however, not ideal in the long run. Many have found themselves suffering from withdrawal symptoms, stuck inside yet another loop. In this episode, Timothy J. Hayes Psy.D. sits down with Lyle Murphy to ask him about what he has found to help others free themselves from using medications and their effects right after. As the founder of Alternative to Meds Center, Lyle has created a program that helps individuals with medication withdrawal using alternative mental health, holistic psychiatry, and holistic addiction treatment. He shares those with us, along with his own experiences on medicating acute mental disorders. People are continuously trying to figure out a long-term and beneficial alternative without suffering from withdrawal symptoms from medications. Learn from Lyle's experience and find some alternatives to antipsychotics in today's conversation.

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The Trowbridge Road is a 2020 National Book Awards Longlist Selection novel written by Marcella Pixley for young people. It revolves around childhood trauma, death, and redemption through friendship. Do you want to know the inspiration behind Marcella's much-awarded novel? Are you coping with childhood trauma, and you're seeking healing and redemption? Then this episode is for you. Marcella recounts her own childhood trauma and how it propels her to express her experiences to others so that you may understand that you're not alone. Listen to this episode and be encouraged to share your own story because many people around you know your pain and suffering. 

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Are you struggling with overcoming addictions in your life? Whether you are addicted to alcohol, social media, sex, etc., Laura McKowen understands what you're going through. Laura is the author of We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life, wherein she reveals her heart-wrenching struggles with overcoming her addiction to alcohol. The journey to sobriety is not easy, but it's possible and necessary! Having a supportive community with whom you can be honest and accountable is a tremendous step towards healing. When you share your struggles with others and listen to their stories, you will understand that you're not alone. Join in the conversation and be inspired by Laura's experience, so you, too, can experience the magic of a sober life. 

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Your body plays a major role in trauma resolution. Since we experience everything through our bodies, they have a significant correlation to our psychological health. Joining Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. today is Dr. Pat Ogden, the Founder of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (SPI). Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is a body-centered treatment of unresolved trauma. Dr. Pat shares stories of how this form of therapy helped her patients walk through the traumatic events of their past and release the tension from their bodies. Discover how you can have better emotional and mental health. Join in the conversation to learn more. 

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It is indeed alarming that the word postpartum has become synonymous with depression, though in fact, it pertains to the transition stage between pregnancy and motherhood. To help mothers and their respective partners get through this challenging life phase, the help of a postpartum doula is extremely valuable. Exploring this profession with Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. is professional doula Bonnie M. Griffin. She focuses her discussion on her duties as a doula, breaking the common misconceptions surrounding her work that usually overlaps with midwifery. She also emphasizes why postpartum moms need extensive support beyond cute baby clothing and baby showers; they need assistance in terms of service and emotions as well.

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Being thrust into the challenging situations inherent in the military, many veterans come out needing mental health services. Dr. Frank Yurasek zeroes in on the plight of veterans in areas around post-traumatic stress disorder, the silent suicide epidemic, and the pain afflicting them as well as non-veterans. However, different from what has been usually done, Dr. Yurasek adds to the field Eastern Medicine, and in this episode, he joins Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D., to tell us all about it. He shares how he incorporates East to West in helping veterans combating PTSD and other mental health conditions with acupuncture, self-help, and more. Dr. Yurasek also lets us in on the work he is doing with Healer Warrior, his thoughts on the current pandemic, and our brains' role in our bodies' functions and its healing.

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There’s a reason why so many cultures have used storytelling in a myriad of ways over history, but one primary reason is it’s a way for people to connect to each other, to understand things, to know what to pay attention to, and to heal from past wounds. Kathryn Nicolai has always been a storyteller and somebody who told herself bedtime stories as a young child to fall asleep. For someone with a condition called aphantasia, which is the inability to visualize mental images, overlapped with a severely deficient autobiographical memory, Kathryn is always present in the moment, a state that she celebrates in her book, a collection of bedtime stories called Nothing Much Happens. She returns on the show with Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. to dissect some concepts from her book and share why she finds the small mundane details captivating and something to enjoy and be grateful for. She also talks about her podcasting journey and how she’s using the platform to use her voice to reach out to people by telling stories.

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Mental health illnesses have always been treated on a subjective level, concentrating on the patient's feelings and thoughts. This may have been a tried and tested procedure in functional psychiatry, but Dr. Donald Raden chose to go beyond the norm and conduct treatments on the objective side. He sits down with Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. to share his discoveries in approaching mental health treatments by focusing on biological problems instead of just psychological ones, allowing for a more straightforward designing process of health roadmaps. He explains how this huge leap changes the way medications are provided to patients, helping them get away from antidepressants and common interventions that may cause adverse side effects.

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