The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi

By Stacey ChillemiHealth & Fitness Mental Health Education Self-Improvement

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi episodes

May 07 You Looked Fine to Everyone — But Inside You Were Drowning in Silence
You smiled at the right moments. Answered 'I'm fine' when anyone asked. Showed up, kept going, held it together — while living in a private world of fear and shame that nobody around you knew existed. That gap between how your life looked and how it actually felt isn't just exhausting. It becomes its own prison. The longer the silence holds, the more normal the suffering starts to feel — until you genuinely can't remember what life felt like before you were simply surviving it. Candi Keffeler lived inside that silence for years before she found her voice — and in this conversation she shares the part of her story she kept hidden the longest: not the escape, not the rebuild, but the years of pretending everything was fine while quietly falling apart inside. If you are living that silence right now, this episode is the first safe place to hear that you are not alone — and that speaking up, even once, even quietly, can be the beginning of everything changing.
Ready to rebuild your life? Start here 👇
🌐 Website: http://candikeffeler.com/
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AwLntXhSi/?mibextid=wwXIfr
🎵 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@authorcandikeffeler
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candi_thegrammahustler?
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📖 Read the memoir: Never Too Far Gone

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31 min
May 07 Your Sleep Is Revealing the Truth About Your Life
You are not just tired. You are living in a way your body is refusing to sustain — and your sleep is the evidence. Poor sleep is not the problem. It is the signal. Megan Mazzocco spent years studying why intelligent, capable people cannot rest — and what she found goes far deeper than bedtime routines and blue light glasses. Your nervous system, your dreams, your patterns of waking at 3am — they are all telling you something specific about how you are actually living. This conversation will change how you understand every night of bad sleep you have ever had.
You’ll learn:
🌙 Why poor sleep can make life feel more stressful than it really is
🧠 How sleep impacts anxiety, emotional regulation, and decision-making
💭 Why dreams hold insight, creativity, and healing
🛏️ How to design your sleep instead of forcing it
✨ How to reconnect with your body and build self-trust through rest

Connect with Megan Mazzocco and Wellbeing X Design
Website: https://meganmazzocco.com
The Sleep System: 28 Days to Better Sleep: https://meganmazzocco.com/thesleepsystem
Instagram: https://instagram.com/wellbeingxdesign
Facebook: https://facebook.com/wellbeingxdesign

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1 hr 6 min
May 06 Brain Surgery Stole Her Life—Then She Rewrote It
Jenny White woke up from brain surgery and could not remember how to be herself. The memories, the identity, the life she had built as a nurse — gone or scrambled in ways that no recovery timeline could predict. Most people never come back from that kind of loss. Jenny wrote her way back. What she discovered in that process about faith, memory, purpose, and what it actually means to start over will reach anyone who has ever felt like the person they used to be is gone. Your story is not over. This episode is proof.
You’ll learn:
🧠 How Jenny rebuilt after brain surgery
✍️ Why writing helped her heal
🌱 How small steps create momentum
💛 Why self-compassion matters after trauma
🔥 How pain can become purpose
Connect with Jenny White:
🌐 Website: www.jennywhite.ca
📚 Children’s Books: www.molsonjennyadventures.ca
📘 Facebook: facebook.com/authorjennywhite
📘 Facebook: facebook.com/authormolsonwhite
📸 Instagram: @authorjennywhite
📧 Email: [email protected]

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34 min
May 06 You’re Not Broken—Your Nervous System Learned Trauma
The way you react under stress. The relationships you keep finding yourself in. The patterns you swore you would never repeat. None of that is a character flaw. It is a nervous system that learned how to survive — and is still running those same programs long after the danger passed. Tracy Liberatore works at the root of exactly that — where trauma lives in the body, how it moves silently through generations, and why understanding it is only the first step. Healing requires something deeper. This conversation will show you what that looks like.
Connect with Tracy Liberatore + Walk As Her™:
🌐 Website: RiseAgainPhoenix.com
🌿 Free Emergency Reset Kit: WalkAsHer.com
📱 Walk As Her™ App: Available on Apple + Google Play
📸 Instagram: @walk.as.her
👥 Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/walkasher
▶️ YouTube: youtube.com/@WalkAsHer
🔥 Sacred Sessions: youtube.com/@HealingFlameSacredSessions

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38 min
May 05 Two Pediatricians Answer the Baby Questions You're Afraid to Ask
Everyone has an opinion about your baby. Your mother. Your neighbor. The internet. And somewhere underneath all of that noise you are just trying to figure out what is actually true. Dr. Susan Landers and Dr. Ari Brown have spent their careers answering the questions new parents are too overwhelmed or too embarrassed to ask out loud — about vaccines, sleep, newborn care, and toddler behavior that nobody warned you about. Two pediatricians. No judgment. Just the real answers. This is the episode you wish you had on day one.
You’ll learn:
👶 What pediatricians wish parents understood sooner
💉 Why vitamin K and vaccines matter for your baby
😴 How to create simple, healthy sleep routines
🧒 How to handle toddler tantrums with more calm
Connect with Susan Landers
🔗 https://susanlandersmd.com/
📚 https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-landersmd/
📖 https://susanlandersmd.com/book/
👏 https://susanlandersmd819.substack.com/
🔗 Learn more from Dr. Ari Brown: https://www.411pediatrics.com/

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38 min
May 05 Family Intervention: Stop the Crisis Before It Starts
You have noticed the signs. The behavior that is getting harder to explain away. The decisions that are scaring you. The person you love becoming someone you do not recognize. Most families wait too long — hoping it will get better, not wanting to overstep, not knowing what they are even allowed to do. Mark Astor sits at the intersection of mental health and family law — and what he explains about when a loved one's crisis becomes a legal and safety emergency will give you the clarity to act before it is too late. You do not have to wait for rock bottom. This episode tells you exactly what to do before you get there.
You’ll learn:
🧠 What warning signs to watch for
⚠️ Why waiting can make things worse
⚖️ When legal options may come into play
👨‍👩‍👧 How families can take action together
🔥 Where to start when you feel overwhelmed
Learn more about Mark Astor at: https://mentalhealthaddictionlawfirm.com/

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40 min
May 04 Why Saying Yes to Everyone Else Is Slowly Destroying You
You say yes when you mean no. You apologize for having needs. You give until there is nothing left and then feel guilty for being empty. That cycle does not come from weakness. It comes from never being taught that choosing yourself was allowed. Michelle Dosanjh Johal is a resilience coach, a poet, and a mother who has lived that exhaustion from the inside — and what she has built around self-love, boundaries, and releasing guilt is not a self-care checklist. It is a complete shift in how you see your own worth. This episode gives you permission to stop last on your own list.
You’ll learn:
💛 Why self-love is not selfish
🛑 How to set boundaries without guilt
🪞 How to soften negative self-talk
🌱 Why choosing yourself helps you heal
✨ How to come back to the parts of yourself you’ve lost

🌐 Connect with Michelle Dosanjh-Johal (Mindful Warrior’s Way):
Resilience Training + Programs: https://michelle-dosanjh-johal.mykajabi.com/ Mindful Warriors Way
Programs/Store: https://michelle-dosanjh-johal.mykajabi.com/store Mindful Warriors Way
Instagrams: @mindful.warriors.way // @mothers.of.mentalhealth
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/michelle-dosanjh-johal-90b766206

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52 min
May 04 Lost Your Libido? How Hormones Can Help You Feel Like Yourself Again
You still love your partner. You just do not feel it the way you used to — and nobody is talking about why. Losing your desire does not mean something is wrong with your relationship. It often means something is shifting in your hormones that nobody thought to check. Carolyn Zaumeyer specializes in exactly that gap — the space between what women feel in their bodies and what conventional medicine actually addresses. This conversation will make you realize the answer was never about trying harder. It was about understanding what your body actually needs.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
💛 Why libido can drop even when love is still there
🔥 How testosterone and estrogen affect desire
🧠 How to tell if it may be emotional, hormonal, or both
💬 How to talk about intimacy without shame
🌿 What hormone testing and support can look like

Work with Carolyn: LowTEFlorida.com
Free book: Are You Hormone Curious? → Get your copy
Facebook: facebook.com/LowTEFlorida
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/carolynzaumeyer

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42 min
May 01 Starting Over When You No Longer Know Who You Are
Starting over began for her in a Las Vegas apartment with one suitcase and a question she couldn't answer: Who am I? After a car accident that made front-page news and an abusive marriage she fled on Mother's Day, she didn't know what she liked, what she wore, or what she wanted. If that blankness sounds familiar, it isn't brokenness — it's the space where you get to choose.
Martha Hoy, nurse, author of Becoming Mother Martha, and founder of the Mother Martha Family Foundation, shares how play, small steps, and facing old places rebuilt her. You'll leave with a first move for your own blank page.
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CONNECT WITH MARTHA HOY
🌐 Website: https://mothermartha.com/
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/17d7FPQ3BH/?mibextid=wwXIfr
📚 Book: Becoming Mother Martha: From Adversity to Greatness, https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Mother-Martha-Adversity-Greatness/dp/1736267027
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32 min
May 01 Nose Breathing Calms You When Deep Breaths Can't
Nose breathing, done softly with your jaw relaxed, does more for your stress and your body than every big exhale you've been told to take. Those deep mouth breaths feel good for a moment, then lower your carbon dioxide tolerance and leave you more on edge than before — that's why the calm never lasts.
Jeff Bailey, founder of Avita Yoga and author of Mobility for Life, explains the physiology behind breathing less and moving slower. You'll walk away with one cue that changes your workouts, your anxiety, and your sleep tonight.
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CONNECT WITH JEFF BAILEY
🌐 Website: https://avitayogaonline.com/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avita_yoga_online
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-bailey-yoga
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jeffbaileyyoga
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avitayogaonline/
📚 Book: Mobility for Life, https://mobilityforlifebook.com
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41 min