Speaking Our Minds

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Today I got to sit and have a discussion with my friend Dr. Thema about understanding the different factors of trauma & PTSD for recovery and healing. Many of us have experienced some level of a trauma that played a role in shaping our lives. And while we are not defined by these experiences, it's important to identify the effects it may have had on us biologically, psychologically and even spiritually so that we can move forward with healthier, purposed lives. Be sure to leave a review if today's show has impacted you in any way!

Dr. Thema is a licensed psychologist, author, professor at Pepperdine University, and ordained elder in the AME Church. Her work has been featured on OWN, CNN, BET, and Headline News.

Show Notes

4:55- Exploring the cultural context of multiple traumas

6:38- The various coping strategies of recovering from trauma

8:50- Turning trauma around & being a gift to others

10:47- Dr. Thema's history with trauma leading to current research

14:25- Defining trauma and PTSD

15:37- Various examples of trauma

17:41- Symptoms of trauma that can play out physically, mentally, relationally & romantically

23:32- Some coping mechanisms that can help the body and mind feel safe

28:16- Shifting the script of self-shame and self-blame

34:53- How to support a loved one recovering from trauma/PTSD

40:24- Recommended resources from Dr. Thema (New Harbinger Press)

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For today’s episode I got to have a much needed conversation with my friend Kait Warman about how to heal and move forward from a devastating break up. We talk about what's common to feel after a break, what to avoid doing that may pro-long your healing after a break up and how to own your story and move forward from a stronger, healthier place.

Kait Warman is a Los Angeles based lifestyle blogger, inspirational speaker, relationship coach, online educator and host of the Heart of Dating Podcast, a top 50 Christian rated Podcast. Her mission is to empower both men and women to have the courage to own their story, walk in victory, thrive with PURPOSE, and discover clarity and vision in their life and relationships. She's particularly passionate about the topic of relationships and has a deep hope that the dating scene can be transformed (because let’s face it #thestruggleisreal). In early 2018 Kait launched the Heart of Dating Podcast to start a conversation and navigate into the murky waters of dating with her fellow singles. She now helps hundreds of men and women on their journey through the conversations on on her podcast, 1 on 1 relationship coaching, as well as her online dating and heartbreak courses.

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Podcast: www.heartofdating.com

• iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-of-dating/id1358733969?mt=2

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaitness

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heartofdating

• Relationship Coaching with Kait- FREE 15 minute session: calendly.com/kaitness

• Dating Course Waitlist : www.heartofdating.com/dategreat

Just about ALL of us endure a level of rejection at some point in our lives. It can seem hopeless and defeating. It can feel like NO one understands what you are going through… but today, Kait wants to encourage you that you CAN feel healed and resilient. Renewed hope and JOY for the future awaits. Total confidence and UNSHAKEABLE self love is possible. You can feel SEEN and fully understood and supported.

She has created a FREE resource that outlines 6 resources to HEAL from heartbreak. You can get access to this by going to heartofdating.com/healfromheartbreak. Kait hopes this is offers a little bit of a virtual HUG for you in this season.

 Heartbreak to First Date Program: https://heartofdating.com/heartbreak

-In this program you will discover the complete, step-by-step process to becoming a Wholehearted, Confident, Healed Woman after Heartbreak, as you prepare to back out there in the dating world!

Kait will walk you through things like:

-Practically walking through the 5 Stages of Grief.

-Developing your own 30 day Grieving plan

-Establising healthy breakup Boundaries.

-Discovering how to actually write a brand new ending to your story

-Completing some BRAIN surgery as you work to detox your thoughts.

- Unlocking the 3 biggest ways you can start LOVING YOUR SINGLE LIFE right now!

- Get CLEAR on what you truly want in a man by working through Kait’s Ultimate Getting Clear Guide!

…and SO MUCH MORE

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On Today’s episode I got to sit and have a conversation with my amazing friend TKea Blackman. T-Kea is a suicide survivor with a powerful testimony of recovery and redemption alongside faith and has been using her voice to advocate for mental health. She’s also the creator and host of the fireflies podcast, which is dedicated to bringing light into the darkness, much like fireflies. As you’ll soon hear, her story is truly a testament to living beyond a diagnosis, the possibilities of recovery and the ability to thrive despite a long standing battle with mental illness.

Whether you’re someone faced with a diagnosis or you’re wanting to better understand those around you who may be facing a mental crisis, you’ll want to listen to this whole conversation. Now I do want to give a disclaimer and warning that there is content surrounding suicidality that may be sensitive to some, so please listen at your discretion. However I believe this will be a resource that is far more powerful. Right now we just entered the month of September, which is actually World Suicide Prevention Month, and while I totally didn’t plan for this, I couldn’t think of a better time to share this conversation with you all.

Connect with T-Kea on:

Instagram

Twitter

FirefliesUnite.com

Check out her book Saved & Depressed: A Suicide Survivor’s Journey of Mental Health, Healing & Faith at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Saved-Depressed-Suicide-Survivors-Journey/dp/109643377X

• To find nearby treatment services, call 1-800-662-HELP .
• The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-TALK
• You can text NAMI to 741-741 for NAMI’s text crisis line.
• Self-Harm Hotline: 1-800-DONT CUT (1-800-366-8288)

Mental Health First Aid Training: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/

NAMI Support Groups: https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/NAMI-Programs

"What to Do if You or Someone You Know is Having Suicidal Thoughts: http://brittneyamoses.com/someone-know-suicidal-thoughts/

List of Mental Help Resources from my Blog: http://brittneyamoses.com/mental-help-resources/

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One of the many big questions I get in regards to mental health is, "How much of this is a spiritual issue and how much of it is physical or biological?" Well, today I'm excited to address some of these questions and more with my guest Dr. Matthew Stanford. We had an insightful discussion on a clinical and biblical approach to mental health.

We got to expound on important and highly requested topics such as medication, dynamics of spiritual warfare, living with a diagnoses and how that all interplays with a biblical perspective.

Dr. Stanford is CEO of the Hope and Healing Center & Institute in Houston, TX and adjunct professor of psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Methodist Hospital Institute for Academic Medicine. A fellow of the Association for Psychological Science he is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles in psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience. And his research on the interplay between psychology and issues of faith has been featured in such national publications as The New York Times, USA Today, and Christianity Today, as well as many news websites including Fox, MSNBC, Yahoo, and US News & World Report.

You’ll want to catch all of this episode, so let’s dive in.

You can connect with Dr. Stanford further online at www.mentalhealthgateway.org.

Book recommendations: Grace for the Children: Finding Hope in the Midst of Child and Adolescent Mental Illness, Grace for the Afflicted: A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness, Revised and Expanded (InterVarsity Press, 2017) and The Biology of Sin: Grace Hope and Healing for Those Who Feel Trapped (InterVarsity Press, 2011).

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Losing a loved one or being close to someone who has lost a loved one, is a devastating experience, to say the least. And yet, experiencing death is an inevitable encounter we all have either gone through or will go through at some point in this life- so it's important to build a mentally healthy culture around how we cope through such losses. On Today's episode, I got to sit and chat with my friend Dr. Therese about wrestling through the deeply complicated emotions of grief and loss, how to cope, how to begin moving forward and how to support someone who is in the depths of grieving.

Dr. Therese hails from Southern California, like myself, and is a Filipina- American Licensed Clinical Psychologist, self care and personal development guru. Berkely educated, this woman is a mover and a shaker with a drive for building community and entrepreneurship. Through her lens of vivacity and delight, she shares about mental health, freedom from anxiety and travel and discovery. Dr. Therese is passionate about inspiring people to explore and live braver, healthier, more connected lives.

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You can connect with her further on:

Instagram: @exploring.therapy

Her website: exploringtherapy.com

Show Summary:

8:06- The basics of grief: What's common to expect and feel.

9:28- Losing a loved one to suicide

14:31- Losing someone to cancer & illness

17:00- What is the timeline for grief? When will things start to get better?

21:05- Naming the stages of grief

24:50- Dealing with complex grief & multiple losses

33:08- Proactive steps to initiate healing

37:50- How to support a loved ones who are grieving while you're grieving too

How to support a loved one who is grieving

51:32- Struggling with your faith after a painful loss

Book recommendation: It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered by Lysa TerKeurst

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If you’ve been following me on Instagram or Facebook at all lately, you’ve noticed that I’ve started talking more about the connection between nutrition and mental health. When you think about the gut-brain connection even on a common sense level, it makes sense that…

What you eat fuels your body.

Your brain is an organ in sync with your body.

Therefore, what you eat fuels your brain.

Most recently in my studies I've wanted to better understand the chemical level of how what we eat translates in the brain and if there were tested and proven results that showed a difference in mental and emotional well-being based on the food choices people made. Since the brain is an organ that also undergoes a biochemical process, it brings into question how the quality of the food we put into our bodies could affect our brains and mental well-being. 

So for todays episode I had the honor of chatting with Dr. Janelle Sinclair about a holistic approach to nutrition, mental health and the gut brain connection- something you guys have expressed wanting to hear more about as well. Dr Janelle Sinclair is a biochemist and registered natural medicine practitioner who specializes in the area of mental health. She is a wife, a mother of two, a Christ-follower, a crossfitter, a speaker and an author. Dr Janelle has worked in the natural medicine field for over 14 years, has a PhD in biochemistry from Basel, Switzerland, and has a Postgraduate certificate in mental health. She is a lover of learning and has completed numerous natural medicine and neurolinguistic programming courses, and is FitGenes certified.

Recommended Resources & Videos:

Anxiety and blood sugar: https://youtu.be/G6urdV26TWA

SIBO and FODMAP diet: https://youtu.be/COjHmgInIZ0

Omega 3 for depression: https://youtu.be/5qbtUL0W0_A

Vitamin D: https://youtu.be/rJ76CwFzU34

Vitamin D report: https://www.drjanellesinclair.com/vitamin-d

FREE CHECKLIST RESOURCE: www.drjanellesinclair.com/checklist

Connect with Dr. Janelle on:

Her website: www.drjanellesinclair.com

Youtube: www.youtube.com/drjanellesinclair

Instagram: www.instagram.com/drjanellesinclair

Facebook: www.facebook.com/drjanellesinclair 

Recommended Blogs:

5 Reasons What You Eat Can Help Improve Your Mental Health This Year

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We're kicking off 2019 on the podcast with new guest conversations. Today, I invited two of my friends Kristina and Rachael to have an open discussion about the fears and pressures of social anxiety and how it can limit us not only in our calling but in everyday situations. We've all struggled with some level of anxiety when it comes to the vulnerability of showing up for our lives in some way. However for some it can be an incredibly disabling experience. If this resonates with everything you've been feeling, this episode is for you.

Books mentioned:

The Burden Is Light: Liberating Your Life from the Tyranny of Performance and Success

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown

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You can find Kristina as The DTR Blog on:

Instagram: @thedtrblog

Facebook: The DTR Blog

Twitter: @thedtrblog

Her Blog: TheDTRBlog.com

And you can find Rachel and her mission at Beloved Beauty LA on:

Instagram: @belovedbeautyla & @rachaelroland

Website is coming soon!

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On today's podcast, we're talking about the epidemic of loneliness that has plagued many of our lives in a dynamic of ways from being in a social media generation to feeling trapped in depression and how to restore our social health. Whether you've found yourself in the grips of feeling alone and empty because of a major life transition, a conflicting mental diagnosis or simply a lack of real friendships, this episode is for you.  

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Recommended Blog: When Your Friends and Family Don't Get Your Battle with Mental Illness

Find NAMI support in your area here: https://www.nami.org/Find-Support 

Article Source: Major Depression on the Rise

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On today's podcast, we're talking about codependency and encouraging real change in a toxic relationship (not just romantic ones). Many times we believe that if we just do enough things and control enough settings around a person- we can make them change, but this is not how change usually works. This codependency keeps both parties trapped- usually getting nowhere. Some will only learn by experiencing the consequences of their actions (ourselves included) and ignoring or saving them from that every time only enables the cycle of toxic and destructive behaviors. This doesn’t mean we hold others or ourselves to standards of perfection or overnight change but proactivity and progress in the right direction. Tune into the recording for more...

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Recommended Blog: How to Set Healthy Boundaries with Toxic People

Music Source: "O Come to the Altar" -Elevation Worship

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