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Have you ever felt overwhelmed by anxiety, as if the weight of the world is resting on your shoulders?

You’re not alone.

Join Dr. Dympna Weil in a heartfelt conversation with Jessica Ortner, co-creator of The Tapping Solution and a New York Times bestselling author, as they explore the transformative practice of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). Jessica shares, “Tapping is not just a technique; it’s a pathway to self-discovery and healing,” highlighting how this simple yet profound method can unlock the door to emotional well-being.

In this enlightening episode of Prescribing Possibility, we delve deep into the world of tapping, uncovering its roots in the groundbreaking work of Dr. Roger Callahan. Jessica recounts her personal journey, revealing how EFT helped her navigate through profound anxiety during one of life’s most challenging periods.

Together, they discuss the science behind tapping and its applications in modern stress management, offering insights into how this technique can serve as a vital tool for caregivers, healthcare professionals, and anyone facing the daily chaos of life.

Join us in this reflective dialogue that not only sheds light on the healing power of EFT but also encourages bold growth and clarity in the face of adversity. Discover how simple practices can lead to significant shifts in mental health awareness and emotional well-being, allowing you to navigate chaos with grace and resilience.

This episode is an invitation to embrace the possibility of a harmonious life, where wellness support is within reach, and self-discovery is celebrated.

Tune in and let’s embark on this healing conversation together!

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In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we're bringing back one of our most important conversations — and it's just as urgent today as when we first aired it.

In this episode, host Dr. Dympna Weil sits down with Dr. Stephanie Simmons, Chief Medical Officer of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation, to tackle a challenge hiding in plain sight: the mental health crisis among the very people who care for us.

Healthcare workers face extraordinary emotional demands — yet too many hesitate to seek help, fearing it could cost them their careers. Dr. Simmons shares how the Foundation is working to change that, from building more supportive workplace cultures to eliminating stigmatizing language embedded in medical licensing requirements.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• The mission and advocacy work of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation

• How licensing language creates real barriers to care-seeking

• The personal stories that are driving systemic change

• Why seeking mental health support is a sign of strength — not weakness

• What healthcare organizations can do right now to foster a culture of care

This conversation is a reminder that protecting the well-being of healthcare workers isn't just a compassionate goal — it's a patient safety issue.

🌱 This Mental Health Awareness Month, share this episode with a colleague, a friend in healthcare, or anyone who needs to hear that asking for help is an act of courage.

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In this deeply personal solo episode, Dr. Dympna Weil pulls back the curtain on what’s been happening behind the scenes—and why she’s been quieter lately

She shares her experience navigating debilitating vestibular migraines, the invisible cost of chronic illness, and the emotional weight of guilt that so often accompanies it. From missed moments to misdiagnoses, insurance battles to unexpected relief, this episode is an honest look at what it means to live in a body that doesn’t always cooperate—and how to find compassion anyway.

If you’ve ever felt unseen in your struggle, or found it hard to receive support when you’re used to being the caregiver, this conversation will meet you right where you are.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode

• What vestibular migraines actually feel like (and why they’re often misunderstood)

• The hidden cost of chronic illness: missed moments, limitations, and guilt

• Why conditions like vestibular migraine are frequently misdiagnosed

• The frustrating reality of navigating insurance and treatment access

• The impact of losing a medication that was working—and what came next

• A powerful moment of relief (and what it revealed emotionally)

• The challenge of receiving care when you’re used to giving it

• Why asking for help is not weakness—it’s part of healing
  

Key Takeaways

• Chronic conditions don’t always look the way we expect—and that can delay diagnosis and validation

• Guilt often compounds physical suffering, especially for high-achieving caregivers

• The healthcare system isn’t always designed with the patient’s lived experience in mind

• Relief, after prolonged struggle, can feel more like an exhale than celebration

• Receiving care is a practice—and sometimes the hardest one to learn
  

A Moment to Reflect

Where in your life are you pushing through… when your body might be asking you to pause?

What would it look like to let yourself receive support—without apology?

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In this powerful episode of Prescribing Possibility, I sit down with Dr. Christine Yu Moutier, a physician, mother, and national leader in suicide prevention. We cover the most pressing questions parents, educators, and clinicians are asking right now. From the unsettling rise of AI chatbot dependency to the surprisingly simple things that can save a young person's life.

In this episode:

• The state of youth mental health today What the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey tells us about anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation

• AI, chatbots, and your child Why Dr. Moutier is sounding the alarm about platforms like Character AI

• Warning signs that are easy to miss Why most suicide risk factors are invisible and why trusting your gut as a parent matters more than you might think.

• How to have the conversation How to open a caring dialogue and why asking directly about suicidal thoughts doesn't plant the idea it saves lives.

• The role of pediatricians and primary care How new AAP guidelines are bringing suicide risk screening to well-child visits

• Positive social contagion How peer-to-peer conversations and community events are modeling a stigma-free culture

Connect with Dr. Christine Yu Moutier:

• LinkedIn

Resources:

• Seize the Awkward — Youth-focused suicide prevention campaign from AFSP, NAMI, and the Ad Council

• Talk Saves Lives — AFSP's free one-hour suicide prevention education program

• Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention — A clinical guide for pediatricians, available on the AAP website

• Out of the Darkness Walks — Community walks hosted by AFSP chapters nationwide

• How to Find Your Local AFSP Chapter

• Real Convo Guides

• Teens and Suicide: What Parents Should Know

• The Good Behavior Game — Long-term upstream prevention research

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — Call or text 988

• The Trevor Project — Crisis support for LGBTQ+ youth: 1-866-488-7386

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What if the hardest feelings you have as a mother are actually the most important ones? In this deeply honest conversation, Dympna sits down with psychotherapist, researcher, and author Dr. Margo Lowy to explore the concept of maternal ambivalence and why naming it might be the most liberating thing a mother can do.

Dr. Lowy brings over 45 years of personal and professional experience to this conversation, drawing from her book on maternal ambivalence, her PhD research, and her work as a practicing psychotherapist. She challenges the polished, one-dimensional portrait of motherhood we see in social media and offers something far more honest, and far more human, in its place.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

• What maternal ambivalence actually means — and why it's so often misunderstood. (Hint: it's not indifference, and it's not just "mixed feelings.")

• Why the difficult, dark feelings of motherhood aren't signs that something is wrong — they are the experience.

• How shame builds up when we suppress our complicated feelings, and what it looks like when women begin to work through it.

• The power of three guiding mantras Dr. Lowy returns to throughout her work: mothering is messy, it's interrupted, and it's loving — all at once.

• Why the idea that you're "making it up as you go along" is actually a gift, not a failure.

• How mothering is a lifelong process of holding on and letting go — from newborns to teenagers to adult children.

• The role of self-forgiveness, flow, and fluidity in becoming the mother you want to be.

• Why who you surround yourself with matters enormously — and how to build your "team."

• How our children learn emotional regulation by watching us navigate our own feelings.

• Why the narrative of motherhood needs to shift from exclusive (either/or) to inclusive (and/and).

Resources & Links

• 📖 Dr. Margo Lowy's book: https://drmargolowy.com/book/

• ✍️ Read her monthly articles on Psychology Today: http://psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/margo-lowy-phd

• 🎬 Film recommendation: A Happy Event (French film, 2000s)

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What happens when medicine meets storytelling? Dr. Danielle Ofri — physician, author, and founder of the Bellevue Literary Review — joins Prescribing Possibility for a conversation that will stay with you.

From asking patients what it's actually like to be sick, to 125 people walking past a wall of missing persons posters on October 9th, 2001 and choosing, in their grief, to gather and listen to poetry — this episode is a beautiful reminder of why the arts belong at the heart of medicine.

Dr. Ofri shares how a simple question to medical students ("just tell the patient what it's like to have diabetes") sparked a literary journal that is now celebrating its 25th anniversary and 50th issue. She also opens up about her forthcoming book on facing our fears of death — and why leaning into that conversation might be the most universal thing we can do.

Her dose of inspiration? You don't have to publish something for it to be meaningful to have written.

🕐 TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Welcome & Introduction

01:25 – How the Bellevue Literary Review was born

05:00 – Celebrating 25 years & Issue 50

06:17 – Launching the journal on October 9th, 2001

07:37 – Why we turn to the arts in times of vulnerability

08:22 – Dr. Ofri's unexpected path to writing

13:09 – How BLR evolved after COVID

23:59 – BLR Writing Studio & upcoming events

26:34 – Celeste Ng, Abraham Verghese & the writers BLR helped launch

30:34 – Dr. Ofri's new book on facing the fear of death

32:44 – Dose of Inspiration: put your thoughts on the page

🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED

Bellevue Literary Review → blreview.org

Subscribe to the BLR Weekly Newsletter → https://blreview.org/product-category/subscriptions/

BLR Upcoming Events: https://blreview.org/blog/#events

BLR Writing Studio (launching soon)

✨ CONNECT WITH DR. DANIELLE OFRI

Website: danielleofri.com

Bellevue Literary Review: blreview.org

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/blreview/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/danielle_ofri/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/bellevue-literary-review/

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Have you ever just known something before it happened? Felt a presence you couldn't explain? Received a sign so undeniable you couldn't write it off as coincidence?

In this episode, I sit down with Julie Jancius — world-renowned angel expert, host of the Angels and Awakening podcast, and Angel Reiki master — for one of the most honest, grounded, and genuinely surprising conversations I've ever had on this show. Julie has a gift for making the "woo woo" feel completely approachable, and she backs it up with science, history, and her own deeply personal story.

Whether you've been skeptical of anything spiritual, or you've quietly had experiences you've never told anyone — this one is for you.

About Julie Jancius

Julie Jancius is a podcaster, writer, healer, and Angel Reiki master whose work bridges science and spirituality in a way that doesn't require you to abandon either.

Resources Mentioned

Connect with Julie Jancius: https://theangelmedium.com/links

Podcast: Angels and Awakening (search on any podcast platform)

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelpodcast

Julie's Podcast: Angels and Awakening — available wherever you listen to podcasts

Angel Reiki School (In-Person): April 10–12, Oakbrook, Illinois

Angel Membership: Weekly Wednesday night teachings + community

Book a Reading with Julie: Find her at the links below

The Arrival (film, 2016) — referenced as a surprising gateway to understanding intuition

The Telepathy Tapes Podcast — referenced in discussion about sudden savant syndrome and consciousness

Connect with Dr. Dympna Weil

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Website: https://www.dympnaweil.com/

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In this episode, Dr. Jessica McIntyre (JMac) introduces a powerful framework that explains why external validation isn't enough, and what's actually missing in your career. She shares her own journey from a panic attack in the call room to discovering the difference between filling your "ego cup" (external achievements) and nourishing your "soul cup" (internal fulfillment).

This conversation will resonate deeply if you've ever felt successful on paper but empty in reality.

What You'll Learn

• The Ego Cup vs. Soul Cup Framework: What these concepts mean and why both matter

• The Call Room Wake-Up Call: How a panic attack during residency led to Dr. McIntyre's transformation

• Why High Achievers Feel Empty: The trap of living for external validation alone

• The ACE Approach: A simple 3-question decision-making tool (Aligned, Connected, Energized)

• Gratitude as Brain Training: How to rewire your brain with micro-practices

• Women's Circles Demystified: What they actually are (spoiler: not as "woo" as you think)

• The Physician Testimony Builder: A game-changing GPT tool for advocacy in under 3 minutes

• Tiny Shifts, Big Impact: Why one-degree changes matter more than dramatic overhauls
  

Guest Bio

Dr. Jessica McIntyre is a pediatric hospitalist, women's circle facilitator, and founder of the Women Physicians Collective. During the pandemic, she co-created a Facebook community that grew to 150,000 verified physicians and APPs. She now helps women physicians reconnect with themselves through community, CME education, and soul-filling work.

Resources Mentioned

• Women Physicians Collective: WomenPhysiciansCollective.com

• Instagram: @WomenPhysiciansCollective

• The Wild Woman Project: Retreat that sparked Dr. McIntyre's transformation: https://thewildwomanproject.com/

• GO (Guardians of the Overees) Advocacy Group: New Hampshire-based physician advocacy organization

Guest: Dr. Jessica McIntyre

• Instagram: @WomenPhysiciansCollective

• Website: WomenPhysiciansCollective.com

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In this deeply grounded and expansive conversation, host Dympna Weil sits down with author, speaker, and transformation coach Cynthia James to explore what it truly means to reclaim your voice — not a louder voice or a performative one, but an authentic voice rooted in values, embodiment, and integrity.

Together, they unpack how so many capable, thoughtful people learned that it was safer to stay quiet, how old identities and stories keep us stuck, and why healing doesn’t happen through force — but through inquiry, creativity, and integration. The conversation moves fluidly between personal trauma, collective grief, creative expression, and the quiet power of aligning our lives with what we truly value.

T

his episode is both a reflection on the state of the world and an invitation: to reconnect with your body, your voice, your community, and the deeper wisdom that already lives within you.

Key Takeaways

• Your past may inform you — but it does not have to define you

• The body is always communicating; learning its language restores choice

• Creativity isn’t optional — it’s a form of regulation and liberation

• When values and actions are misaligned, suffering follows

• Collective grief is real — and so is collective healing

• Community is not a luxury; it’s a nervous system need

• Living in integrity with your values is a powerful act of leadership

Memorable Quotes

• “Who are you if you no longer need the story that kept you safe?”

• “The body is a messenger — not the enemy.”

• “If we say we value humanity but act differently, the dissonance creates suffering.”

• “Community is a frequency — and when we live in integrity, we find one another.”

About the Guest

Cynthia James is an author, speaker, singer, and emotional integration leadership coach with decades of experience helping individuals, leaders, and teams reclaim their voices and live in alignment with their values. Drawing from lived experience, creative expression, and somatic awareness, her work centers on healing through embodiment, inquiry, and integration.

She is the author of several books, including Does My Voice Matter?, and the host of the podcast Women Awakening with Cynthia James.

🔗 Learn more at CynthiaJames.net

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What begins as unimaginable loss can become a powerful force for healing, hope, and connection.

In this deeply moving episode of Prescribing Possibility, Dr. Dympna Weil sits down with sisters Jaimie and Brooke DiPalma, the founders of PS I Love You Day, a nationwide mental health awareness initiative observed every year on the second Friday of February.

After losing their father to suicide when Brooke was just 14 and Jamie was 17, the sisters made a courageous decision: to transform their grief into a movement that would break stigma, open conversations, and remind people they are never alone. What started as a small school initiative has now grown into a movement celebrated by over 600 schools, communities, and organizations across the country.

Together, they share:

• The emotional story behind PS I Love You Day and how it was born

• How wearing purple became a symbol of connection and support

• Why mental health conversations matter, especially for young people

• How schools use kindness campaigns, post-it notes, assemblies, and week-long programming to change culture

• The importance of grassroots action and “just starting”

• How small acts of love can have lifelong ripple effects

• The evolution of PS I Love You Day from elementary schools to colleges and communities

• The powerful theme for 2026: Be the Light
  

This episode is a reminder that possibility lives even in the darkest places—and that one brave idea can change thousands of lives.

Key Takeaways

• You don’t have to be an expert or have funding to make impact—just belief and action

• Mental health conversations save lives when they’re made safe and visible

• Kindness, visibility, and community matter more than perfection

How to Get Involved
Wear purple on the second Friday of February in honor of PS I Love You Day.
Register your school, workplace, or community and access free resources at:
https://psiloveyouday.net/

Support Resources
If you or someone you love needs immediate help, call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Support is always available. https://988lifeline.org/

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