SecondWind with Joyce

Kami Jackson and Amy Waters are passionate about people. Out of that passion they created Living Well Holistic Counseling and Wellness, a sanctuary for the soul in Tyler, Texas.

At Living Well, they believe people are created holistically: mind, body, and soul. The multidisciplinary team promotes mental health and well-being through collaborative care for the whole person. They partner with each person to create a comprehensive approach that effectively meets their individual needs including grief, trauma, chronic illness, marriage and relationship challenges, anxiety, and depression.

Their services include counseling, nutrition, massage, yoga, soul care, and a variety of other wellness services.

What You'll Learn from This Episode:

• What it means to be a holistic wellness center
• The idea behind Living Well
• The importance of creating space for processing and deeper healing
• The importance of individual counseling along with couples counseling
• The multi-disciplinary approach to healing utilized at Living Well
• The whole-body connection in counseling
• Various therapies and tools to support trauma and mental health

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In this special episode, Joyce Buford looks forward to 2022. She reflects on personal growth and shares her own goals and thoughts on planning for a successful new year.

Happy New Year!

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In this episode, Joyce Buford delivers a special message to listeners as she sums up her experience of 2021 and her wishes for this special season. Happy holidays to one and all!

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Nubia DuVall Wilson is a published author, screenwriter and advocate for survivors of sexual abuse. As a storyteller, her mission is to liberate survivors of sexual abuse by curating content that supports their well-being and gives them a voice and a community to embrace the reality of living and loving after assault.

In May 2018, she published her second book, The Survivors Club, a supernatural novella inspired by her journey to heal as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. The novella is the inspiration behind a new TV pilot currently being pitched to be optioned.

In November 2020, she co-founded Starfury Productions with two partners to develop, package or pitch underrepresented writers who have TV/film projects with social impact.

Nubia is part of the RAINN Speaker's Bureau and has spoken at the Trinitas Medical Center, Bloomingdale's Peace of Mind event, Own Your Voice Summit, Together Digital Virtual Summit and Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, among others.

What You'll Learn From This Episode:

• How memories of childhood abuse were triggered for Nubia as an adult
• The reason she wrote her book, The Survivors Club
• The story behind her production company
• Upcoming projects with her company's screenplays
• How Nubia creates her future and other passions that keep her moving forward

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Norman Bacal believes the main way to grow and evolve is to fly in the face of fear and to take on challenges for which we don't feel qualified and learn from our mistakes.

Norman is a retired lawyer who once built and led one of Canada's prestigious law firms as one of the most successful film finance lawyers in the country. He sat on the board of directors of a Hollywood studio and represented companies like Warner Bros., MGM, Sony, and Lionsgate.

Then in 2014, the bottom fell out. The law firm collapsed.

With the help of family, he picked himself up and began his redefinition, which he calls rewiring.

He now has successfully published a handful of books. His latest non-fiction, Take Charge: The Skills That Drive Professional Success, is a manual for young professionals on the soft skills that are not taught.

What You'll Learn From This Episode:

• His work as a lawyer and the collapse of his business
• His defining moment that got him writing
• His thoughts on forgiveness as part of the journey to coming back
• How grit is more important than talent or ability
• Tapping into expertise as part of the comeback

Get Norman's free book on interviewing, called Tips From the Interviewer, available through his website or here.

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Dr. Duana Welch (pronounced DWAY-nah) is the original Love Factually author and coach known for using social science to solve real-life relationship issues. She has taught at universities in Florida, California, and Texas across 20 years, and contributed to NPR, PBS, Psychology Today, and numerous other outlets, podcasts and videos. Her first book, Love Factually: 10 Proven Steps from I Wish to I Do, is now out globally in five languages in audio, e-book, and paperback, with seven Love Factually titles now out in the series. All of Duana's books rely on science rather than opinion to help men and women keep the right partner. She is an expert for Paired, the couples relationship app. Her client practice is global, via Zoom and other technologies. For more information and free content, see www.LoveFactually.co.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• The importance of being in a secure relationship
• What the science says about healthy relationships
• How to post a good ad on a dating website
• How love is not enough - what else matters in a good relationship
• How to find the right partner for you - at any age
• Dealbreakers to look out for

Get free content on each of her 7 books simply by visiting www.LoveFactually.co.

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Richard Capriola has been a mental health and addictions counselor for over two decades. He recently retired from Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas where for over a decade he treated adolescents and adults diagnosed with substance abuse issues. He is the author of a new book for parents entitled "The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse."

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• What drugs are today's teens using and what changes have their been over the years
• What warning signs should parents know about
• The first thing parent should do if they suspect substance abuse
• How the pandemic impacted teen mental health and compulsive behaviors
• How mental health issues impact teen substance abuse

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Lisa Strahs-Lorenc is a career counselor and owner of Go Career Compass. She used her career counseling skills to start her own business and work in higher education. She has worked for various non-profit organizations as well as universities, school districts and businesses. She believes we should all "Do what we love, and we will love what we do." She loves making a difference in the lives of people of all ages and in her local community.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Lisa got into career counseling
• How the story you create for yourself impacts the decisions you make
• Lisa's "End of Life Journey and Beyond" series on YouTube and her thoughts on grief
• The things we can control and change and how to focus on those things
• Her business and how she helps people find work they love to do

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Can you imagine what would happen if we, the living, explored these things before we got to the point of having to?

As an end-of-life doula, Kristen Elliott is trained to guide people to find meaning in their lives, come to terms with their unfinished business, have those really hard conversations, and think deeply about all the joy, fulfillment, and love they've experienced. As a result, they often come to know their fears, hopes, regrets, and gratitude at the deepest level. They find deep joy in living and themselves. Except... they're at the end of their life. Kristen believes we have to kill the things that no longer serve, continuously throughout our lives, to keep inching closer to our most authentic selves. And through this process, we learn how to live our soul truth. She is passionate about helping people maintain their sovereignty through their end of life process.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• What is an end-of-life doula?
• Kristen's work and her podcast "Dying to Live"
• The growing role of end-of-life doulas in communities
• How Kristen helps people move through emotions and process their life journeys when the end is approaching
• Creating a death plan for the terminally ill and what that entails
• How to lessen fear and anxiety in grieving family members
• The courses Kristen created to help people get "unstuck"
• How working on yourself can allow you to love others better

Click here to gain access to The Journey Home, a course for people to feel more at home in themselves.

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Maria Romano is the founder of Love Knots, LLC. She started the rental company with her husband Frank. Maria's company grew to over $18M a year in gross revenue. She and Frank were also involved with another company at one time when they owned over 30 bars in Las Vegas.

Maria and Frank sold their car rental company in 2010 and Maria transitioned with her career. She became a minister. For over ten years, she has performed over 3,000 wedding ceremonies.

In 2012, Frank passed away, and Maria again was faced with another transition. In addition to her wedding ceremonies, she then started another component by helping people find love as well.

Maria has developed a signature talk to help people over 50 find love again. She shares tips to help get you ready to have a healthy, happy dating experience. She also has another signature talk and workshops entitled "Loving Your Way to the Top."

Maria's address and workshop are building a healthy relationship with your clients, your team, and yourself. During Covid, she recognized that she needed to share her talents with others about officiating wedding ceremonies. She has created an online school that will teach others how to officiate weddings and how to grow this dream hustle into a full-time gig. She launched her school in June 2021.

She is also a bestselling author and released her first book "Going from Just One to a Plus One" in September 2020. She is anticipating the release of her next book in late 2021, titled "Loving Your Way to the Top."

What You'll Learn from This Episode:

• How Maria transitioned after the loss of her husband, Frank
• Why Maria has a course for becoming a wedding officiant
• Dating and marriage trends in the Covid era
• How connection trumps chemistry in relationships
• Starting over after 50 and not settling
• How to actively start meeting new people
• Learning and listing your must-haves in a relationship

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