TAKING THE HELM with Lynn McLaughlin

Eight years ago, Julia Simone was broken. On the outside, she painted a picture of a woman who had the world. On the inside though, she struggled with binge eating & other addictions from the age of 11. She became a master at suppressing emotions and perfecting her outward life in order to hide her inner pain. Eventually, she reached a point where she didn't want to hurt anymore but had nowhere to go. She became her own change agent and is now a Recovery Coach who will work with you to liberate you from your own compulsions. 

00:20  Binge purging and a cycle set in motion and a personal rock bottom

03:15  Sick and tired of being sick and tired

07:00  Getting out of our own way and a unique 12 step recovery program

09:20  Three powerful lessons learned along the way to help others

13:40  Sitting with your thoughts

15:30  Guidance for those with addictions during a pandemic

18:50  How do you know if you have an eating disorder?

21:20  The need to know, "Why".

23:40  Uncovering my resentments

24:27  Recovery Coaching

25:00  Freedom From Addiction

27:03  Recover and Rise Program and resources 

https://www.juliasimone.ca/

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Eight years ago, Julia Simone was broken. On the outside, she painted a picture of a woman who had the world. On the inside though, she struggled with binge eating & other addictions from the age of 11. She became a master at suppressing emotions and perfecting her outward life in order to hide her inner pain. Eventually, she reached a point where she didn't want to hurt anymore but had nowhere to go. She became her own change agent and is now a Recovery Coach who will work with you to liberate you from your own compulsions. 

00:20  Binge purging and a cycle set in motion and a personal rock bottom

03:15  Sick and tired of being sick and tired

07:00  Getting out of our own way and a unique 12 step recovery program

09:20  Three powerful lessons learned along the way to help others

13:40  Sitting with your thoughts

15:30  Guidance for those with addictions during a pandemic

18:50  How do you know if you have an eating disorder?

21:20  The need to know, "Why".

23:40  Uncovering my resentments

24:27  Recovery Coaching

25:00  Freedom From Addiction

27:03  Recover and Rise Program and resources 

https://www.juliasimone.ca/

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Leonora created Glow With Leo as her way of reaching out and supporting those who are currently battling cancer, who have survived cancer, or for those who are providing care and support to those who are fighting.  

Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36 with two young children, Leonora shares her thoughts and struggles in hope that we will gain positive insights and value what is important: ourselves!

00:21  Women Ready to Rise

01:00  Glow With Leo - Just a Normal Day

01:30  Breast cancer at the age of 36

04:00  How can I give back?

05:00  How much do we tell our children?

10:00  Memories, dates, and gratitude

13:40  Perseverance

18:00  How can we be proactive?

21:20  Shocking family history

25:30  How Glow With Leo supports others with cancer

https://www.glow-with-leo.com/

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Leonora created Glow With Leo as her way of reaching out and supporting those who are currently battling cancer, who have survived cancer, or for those who are providing care and support to those who are fighting.  

Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36 with two young children, Leonora shares her thoughts and struggles in hope that we will gain positive insights and value what is important: ourselves!

00:21  Women Ready to Rise

01:00  Glow With Leo - Just a Normal Day

01:30  Breast cancer at the age of 36

04:00  How can I give back?

05:00  How much do we tell our children?

10:00  Memories, dates, and gratitude

13:40  Perseverance

18:00  How can we be proactive?

21:20  Shocking family history

25:30  How Glow With Leo supports others with cancer

https://www.glow-with-leo.com/

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CONTENT WARNING // DEATH AND SUICIDE

Both personally and professionally, Margaret has experienced some incredibly interesting as well as some incredibly difficult times. And yet nothing she'd ever experienced could have prepared her for the profound personal tragedy of losing her eldest son to suicide. 

00:25  CAUTION: We will be discussing suicide in this episode: 

01:00  The World Looks Different Now 

02:00  A search for meaning as a suicide loss survivor 

03:40  How do you write about suicide? 

04:45  We are in a crisis 

06:00  Connections of the book to the pandemic 

09:50  Worldwide and survivors need to talk about it  

12:25  Life in London as a Journalist and Kieran's formative years 

14:30  The transition to the United States  

16:45  Flashbacks in the book 

17:40  The process of writing the memoir 

25:45  Stigma and writing about suicide 

28:20  World Suicide Prevention Day - Not Today and a pledge 

34:40  Finding peace and the source of the guilt 

36:30  Warning signs and suicide prevention 

38:50  Resources available to help us make a difference  

40:20  We are all in a different place 

40:45 Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the US - 1-800-273-TALK (8255), Suicide Prevention Service in Canada 1-833-456-4566,  SupportLine In the UK 01708 765200 https://margaretrileythomson.com/

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CONTENT WARNING // DEATH AND SUICIDE

Both personally and professionally, Margaret has experienced some incredibly interesting as well as some incredibly difficult times. And yet nothing she'd ever experienced could have prepared her for the profound personal tragedy of losing her eldest son to suicide. 

00:25  CAUTION: We will be discussing suicide in this episode: 

01:00  The World Looks Different Now 

02:00  A search for meaning as a suicide loss survivor 

03:40  How do you write about suicide? 

04:45  We are in a crisis 

06:00  Connections of the book to the pandemic 

09:50  Worldwide and survivors need to talk about it  

12:25  Life in London as a Journalist and Kieran's formative years 

14:30  The transition to the United States  

16:45  Flashbacks in the book 

17:40  The process of writing the memoir 

25:45  Stigma and writing about suicide 

28:20  World Suicide Prevention Day - Not Today and a pledge 

34:40  Finding peace and the source of the guilt 

36:30  Warning signs and suicide prevention 

38:50  Resources available to help us make a difference  

40:20  We are all in a different place 

40:45 Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the US - 1-800-273-TALK (8255), Suicide Prevention Service in Canada 1-833-456-4566,  SupportLine In the UK 01708 765200 https://margaretrileythomson.com/

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Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, DDS, FAGD, TNC, CNAS is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, teacher, biologic/holistic dentist and health and wellness provider. She is the author of Healthy Mouth, Healthy You; Holistic Dental Guide and Real Food for Real Families Recipe book. After practicing traditional dentistry for 10 years, Dr. Jorgensen became very sick. Through her own journey to return to health, she discovered she had mercury poisoning from drilling out mercury fillings for her patients. She was concerned that there may be other health-threatening materials or procedures in dentistry, and this concern led her to the Biologic/Holistic Dentistry field.

00:23  Welcome

00:53  Health problems began but there were no answers

02:00  Mercury Toxicity and its effects

03:18  A long recovery period for the brain to heal and recover

04:40 Discovering an organization that already existed and adapting their protocols for safety

06:45  Accreditation process for dentists in Chicago that welcomes international students

08:10  From a patient's perspective

09:00  Why would you or should you have a silver filling removed?

13:19  Digging deeper: looking for hidden infections, metals, airway issues and nutrition

19:30  A changing profession driven by the public

21:20  Total Care Academy and IAOFT ...for qualified and those coming into dentistry today https://totalcareacademy.com/

23:35  The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IOAMT) https://iaomt.org/

25:25  Where there's smoke, there's fire

27:30  What does it hurt to seek out information?

https://www.totalcaredental.com/

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Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, DDS, FAGD, TNC, CNAS is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, teacher, biologic/holistic dentist and health and wellness provider. She is the author of Healthy Mouth, Healthy You; Holistic Dental Guide and Real Food for Real Families Recipe book. After practicing traditional dentistry for 10 years, Dr. Jorgensen became very sick. Through her own journey to return to health, she discovered she had mercury poisoning from drilling out mercury fillings for her patients. She was concerned that there may be other health-threatening materials or procedures in dentistry, and this concern led her to the Biologic/Holistic Dentistry field.

00:23  Welcome

00:53  Health problems began but there were no answers

02:00  Mercury Toxicity and its effects

03:18  A long recovery period for the brain to heal and recover

04:40 Discovering an organization that already existed and adapting their protocols for safety

06:45  Accreditation process for dentists in Chicago that welcomes international students

08:10  From a patient's perspective

09:00  Why would you or should you have a silver filling removed?

13:19  Digging deeper: looking for hidden infections, metals, airway issues and nutrition

19:30  A changing profession driven by the public

21:20  Total Care Academy and IAOFT ...for qualified and those coming into dentistry today https://totalcareacademy.com/

23:35  The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IOAMT) https://iaomt.org/

25:25  Where there's smoke, there's fire

27:30  What does it hurt to seek out information?

https://www.totalcaredental.com/

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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/taking-the-helm/support

For the first time, Michelle Stein is courageously speaking out about her life as an adult child of alcoholics, a survivor of trauma, her own work of recovery and addiction. Michelle loved and cared for parents, siblings, and relatives who lived and died from the life of alcoholism. She experienced the loss of both parents and 4 siblings over a period of 12 years.  

An Equine Guided Wellness Coach, Michelle views her work as part of her civic and social responsibility and has made it her life’s purpose to do what she can to advocate for people who are hiding in plain view, those who are fearful of not being enough or stuck in the shadows in need of recovery.

00:25  Find any topic you are interested in using the search function on https://lynnmclaughlin.com/

00:46  Michelle Stein speaks about her life of addiction and recovery for the first time. 

01:26  I have a voice

02:20  An adult child of an alcoholic family, now in recovery

04:00  Dark and scary nights for a child

05:00  The love and loss of siblings whose lives are now honoured

09:59  Horses have been our safe game

13:00  Starting to understand who I really am

16:00  Packing up the bag of masks

22:45  Addiction as a coping mechanism

24:50  Right now with COVID, people are celebrating getting through one more day

25:20  A terrible episode of PTSD in the midset of COVID

30:20  The legacy of mom and In the Spirit of Horses Program

32:21  You are the change... get rid of the judge

33:10  Firehorse Leadership working with youth and horses

35:40  I believed in my childhood

37:50  In the depths of grieving 

39:50  Equine Recovery and Wellness

42:20  Little Eagle Woman

43:00  Read about the power of horses and Michelle's incentive for you to make a commitment. Visit https://www.michellestein.ca/

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For the first time, Michelle Stein is courageously speaking out about her life as an adult child of alcoholics, a survivor of trauma, her own work of recovery and addiction. Michelle loved and cared for parents, siblings, and relatives who lived and died from the life of alcoholism. She experienced the loss of both parents and 4 siblings over a period of 12 years.  

An Equine Guided Wellness Coach, Michelle views her work as part of her civic and social responsibility and has made it her life’s purpose to do what she can to advocate for people who are hiding in plain view, those who are fearful of not being enough or stuck in the shadows in need of recovery.

00:25  Find any topic you are interested in using the search function on https://lynnmclaughlin.com/

00:46  Michelle Stein speaks about her life of addiction and recovery for the first time. 

01:26  I have a voice

02:20  An adult child of an alcoholic family, now in recovery

04:00  Dark and scary nights for a child

05:00  The love and loss of siblings whose lives are now honoured

09:59  Horses have been our safe game

13:00  Starting to understand who I really am

16:00  Packing up the bag of masks

22:45  Addiction as a coping mechanism

24:50  Right now with COVID, people are celebrating getting through one more day

25:20  A terrible episode of PTSD in the midset of COVID

30:20  The legacy of mom and In the Spirit of Horses Program

32:21  You are the change... get rid of the judge

33:10  Firehorse Leadership working with youth and horses

35:40  I believed in my childhood

37:50  In the depths of grieving 

39:50  Equine Recovery and Wellness

42:20  Little Eagle Woman

43:00  Read about the power of horses and Michelle's incentive for you to make a commitment. Visit https://www.michellestein.ca/

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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/taking-the-helm/support