The Truths We Hide

"As an emotional trauma healer I help others heal anxiety, anger and depression from the ground up through healing the emotional traumas that take place in our homes such as intergenerational and childhood traumas. I have written two books about this and I have had my practice Heal From the Ground Up for 11 years. I am one of the highest-rated mental health professionals on Yelp in California."

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Her Story:

I began my formal education at the National Louis University in Washington, DC, where I concentrated on graphic design, website design, and photography. After that, my enthusiasm for photography had grown and I believe that my passion for the art shows in the quality of my work. I currently offer both in-studio portrait photography and outside portrait photography.

I continued my education with the New York Institute of Photography, focusing in Professional Photography. I have active memberships to Professional Photographers of America, the American Society of Media Photographers, and the American Society of Picture Professionals.

In 2011, I collaborated with Freedom Crossing on Fort Bliss and expanded my commercial event coverage. Since then, I have worked with TAPS, USO, Operation: Love ReUnited, Operation Homefront, Wounded Warrior Wives, Homes for our Troops and other similar businesses. I have photographed some amazing professional talent like Chris Daughtry, the Eli Young Band, Pat Green, Billy Ray Cyrus, Gym Class Heroes and many more.

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Her Story:

I come from a family of all sisters, the youngest of 3! I had a semi-rough childhood, poverty and drug-ridden but my sisters were my constant. we had some undiagnosed mental health issues at home and For a long time I lived a life of fear. First a staturatory rape marriage then a domestic violence marriage and for as long as I can recall - I have been an overcome, wanting more, never satisfied. well FFW and I join the army served 12 years, 8 of which as a single mom. Advanced from E3 to O3 in 6 years. and I did a lot of different jobs. i found Jesus in 2009 and since then have cleaned up my life a lot. I walk in faith, and I have tackeld my own demons of mental health and insecurities and struggles. I have been dealing with depression and ptsd a lot longer than I have found the hope in Jesus. as a part of the whole process and becoming a podcaster, I shared my testimony first time ever about mental health in sept 2019, one day before i started recording for the podcast. there was breakthrough in my heart but i still suffered, one day i FROZE on the edge of my carpet in the closet and for 45 minutes literally couldn't move. I knew i needed more help. pills didn't work, stress and fighting wasn't working etc. so i came across a therapy called TMS transcranial magnetic stimulation and i began that journey. I have never felt better and more clear minded let alone feel anger in a healthy way. I am not perfect, but this therapy changed my life. I suffer from PTS, severe depression, the frozen episode wasn't the first and it is call psychosis paralysis.

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A small town girl born and raised in Louisiana, Randi who learned the true value of working hard and building a business. Working through the stigmas of building a multi-level marketing business has brought her on a path that has changed the opinions of many.  Listen to her story of believing in yourself and getting rid of negativity. 

You can find more about Randi in the May Podcast guide at www.awildridecalledlife.com/podcast-guide

Rosalyn Kahn is a College Professor Public Speaking Instructor at Los Angeles City College.

She is also an Author, International Motivational Speaker, Humanitarian and Speech Coach.

Ms. Kahn has been an educator for the last 20 years teaching Public Speaking, English as Second

Language in colleges and high schools throughout Southern CA. Several years ago, she attended

her first TedX conference in Pasadena. She was immediately drawn into the Tedx fever.

She has published her first book Random Acts of Kindness are Changing the World by Solutions

Press released on Amazon. Her second Roses and Dogs –How to Reduce Stress in Today’s

Troubled Times was released in hard copy and electronic format are sold on Amazon. MeMost

recently, her third book is Message for Tomorrow’s Leaders.

For more on Rosalyn please visit the May Podcast Guide at www.awildridecalledlife.com/podcast-guide

Crystal Miller is a Navy corpsman veteran, busy wife and mom of 3 children and owner of Swingin’ Fun by Crystal. She is creative, fun and loves empowering others with her story from veteran, to homeschooling mom, and finally to a small business owner. She learned to sew on a poodle skirt for a 5th grade event and is self taught in most every aspect but, with military tradition dictating anything done is worth doing right, she has found ways to improve her swings while maintaining a standard of excellence.

The mission:

“When tragedy hit my family, I found strength and love like I have never known in my sister in law and brother as they buried their second born son. They chose, in a time of incredible hurt, to find love and joy instead of sitting with pain and that spoke to my heart. My swings are my way of giving joy in a world full of painful tragedy because it’s not the breaths you take that matter but the moments that take your breath away.”

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Richard Capriola has been a mental health and addictions counselor for over two decades. He has treated both adults and adolescents diagnosed with mental health and substance abuse disorders. He recently retired from Menninger Clinic in Houston where for over a decade he worked with both adolescents and adults.

He has turned his passion on adolescent substance abuse and has written a book The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse.

Find more on Richard in the April Podcast Guide at www.awildridecalledlife.com/podcast-guide

Tyler Ornstein loved the taste and smell of coffee from his first sip

at 5 years old. But his father couldn’t tolerate it because it upset

his stomach. One day, Tyler asked him if he could make a coffee

that both of them could drink.

So Tyler’s dad, Ian, bio-chemist, tinkered quietly behind the scenes until he did what no university research lab or mega-

corporation could do— he created acid–free coffee that anyone can drink without digestive disruption. He created the world’s first-acid free coffee that is actually healthy to drink!

Find more on Tyler in the April Podcast Guide at www.awildridecalledlife.com/podcast-guide

Coach Jen Welter is best known as the first female to coach in the NFL as an assistant LBs Coach with The Arizona Cardinals. However, what most people don’t know, is that Coach Jen broke into men’s professional football as the first female to play running back in men’s pro football. From that experience with the Texas Revolution, Coach Jen started her coaching career as the LBs coach with the Revolution.Dr. Jen Welter is a groundbreaking, barrier-busting force of nature. She is a female trailblazer, a sports pioneer, PhD, passionate leader, world-renowned speaker, entrepreneur and source of inspiration around the globe. Her relentless pursuit of individual excellence and success in challenging the status quo time and time again, fuels her current drive to help others achieve their best—in sports, health and wellness, professional pursuits and in life.She is driven by the belief that “Greatness is a choice you make over and over. And when you choose personal greatness—big or small—it becomes a part of who you are.” In every realm she tackles, Dr. Jen is a game changer, bringing vision, power and purpose to her mission of breaking the chains of what has always been and redefining what is and will be.

More on Dr. Welter at www.jenwelter.com 

Maria Reed is a proud military spouse of 18 years,

mother of 2, filmmaker, interior designer and advocate

for military families. She is a Cuban immigrant, Executive

Producer and creator of the series MOVING WITH THE

MILITARY, co-founder of MY ULTIMATE PCS app and

Co-founder and CEO of the Inspire Up Foundation.

As the creatively inspired fearless leader of MOVING

WITH THE MILITARY, Maria created the popular series

to honor military families with surprise home makeovers.

MOVING WITH THE MILITARY is driven by the true

emotion, and real life needs of military families. With

every episode, Maria brings the loving touch that proves

home is where the heart is, or as she puts it, home is

where the military sends us.

Find more on Maria in the April Podcast Guide at www.awildridecalledlife.com/podcast-guide