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Be Awesome: Calm In Chaos with Dr. Kristina Hallett

Join your hosts of the Be Awesome series Dr. Kristina Hallett and Kristin Walker talking today about what all humans experience: Chaos. How do we go into a new year and bring tools to help ourselves remain calm with the inevitable chaos that comes into our lives? How do each of us look at calm and chaos in our own unique ways? How can different perspectives help us get to the calm?

Dr. Hallett is a board certified specialist in clinical psychology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology. Dr. Hallett has over 25 years of experience providing psychotherapy, consultation, and supervision to medical and mental health professionals in addressing relationship and major life issues – depression, anxiety, substance abuse, parenting, divorce, and other life challenges. Dr. Hallett is a certified divorce mediator and a nationally certified parenting coordinator.

In addition to psychotherapy, Dr. Hallett provides Executive Coaching – the fast track to leadership, confidence and work-life synergy. Her specialty is assisting driven professionals and entrepreneurs to become stress-smart by harnessing the positive power of stress to increase resilience, productivity, and well-being.

She is the author of the international best-sellers Own Best Friend: Eight Steps to a Life of Purpose, Passion, and Ease and BE AWESOME! Banish Burnout: Create Motivation from the Inside Out.

She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has been the Director of the Brightside Counseling Associates, Director of Children’s Services at Providence Behavioral Health Hospital, Director of Mental Health Services at Osborn Correctional Institution and Director of Internship Training for the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services at River Valley Services.

Dr. Hallett is currently an Associate Professor in Graduate Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at Bay Path University.

If you are ready to banish burnout, learn the skills to value who you really are and to truly be your #ownbestfriend (with all the awesome, rockstar benefits), get in touch. Your future is waiting!

www.drkristinahallett.org

Dan Sundahl First Responder Art

Join the amazingly talented artist and firefighter/meidc Dan Sundahl and I as we discuss the world renowned artwork he creates for first responders. He talks about what got him started doing this work and how it has truly become viral around the world, cathced the spirit behind a first responder, and the healing that it can do for people.

Daniel Sundahl (DanSun) is a published artist and writer and has two art books produced of his works. Articles of his work have been featured in Canadian Paramedicine, Journal of Emergency Medicine (JEMS), Fire Rescue Magazine, EMS One, EMS World Magazine and The Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing. His art is recognized worldwide and he travels internationally speaking on his art and personal experiences with occupational stress injuries. He’s an advanced care paramedic, firefighter, pre hospital educator, professional public speaker, photographer and photo editor.

Daniel was born in 1967 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Taking up a global residency as an English language teacher in Egypt, Mexico, Indonesia and Japan, he is now a firefighter and advanced care paramedic for the City of Leduc.

His love of photography began on his travels, and as his technique developed, he started to produce a blend of photography and graphic art, which he calls Photo Art.

The majority of Daniel’s work involves emergency services photography. It involves an emotional connection to the artist as most of his pieces are based on actual emergency calls he has attended as a paramedic and firefighter. He’s passionate about reducing the stigma of PTSD for first responders and he uses his art to raise awareness of occupational stress injuries worldwide.

Daniel enjoys combining the technical and artistic elements of his work. Each piece can take several days or weeks of processing until he feels it’s ready. He continues to travel often and gains inspiration for his art from his experiences. dansunphotos.com

Turn on the Joy and Rewire Yourself for the New Year

The Power of Joy: 5 powerful, proven ways to heal yourself and have more joy over the holidays could not come at a better time. We decided to air this on Christmas Eve for a reason – it’s certainly needed for this season.

1) The Power of your Presence: Bringing your most connected, whole self to the table for the holidays

2) The Power of your Passion: the pipeline to the Soul and how to use this to overcome depression naturally

3) The Power of your Awareness: “Know thyself” over the holidays and feel more in control!

4) The Power of your Choices: Stepping out of the drama triangle and into your strength

5) The Power of your Playfulness: Get some natural dopamine and lighten up over the holidays

Dr. Shannon D. South, aka the “Joy Doctor”, is an award winning therapist, an amazon best-selling author, and an inspirational speaker. As an expert in the field of spirituality and healing trauma for over 20 years, she knows how to assist people in finding wholeness and joy naturally. In 1994, Shannon had a spiritual experience during meditation that healed her debilitating anxiety and depression permanently. Since this transformative experience, Shannon has helped thousands of clients connect to their most loving and joy-filled selves.

Shannon is the founder of the Ignite! programs and the “Joy IQ” self-assessment tool. She is a sought out, international trainer helping coaches, counselors and chaplains integrate Spirit and Soul into their practice. Her upcoming book, Ignite! Turn off the Chaos. Turn on the Joy. is a roadmap to this unique, healing process. Shannon loves dancing, being in nature, and enjoying her family and friends.

www.soulbasedpractice.com or www.drshannonsouth.com

Which Way? A Mother and Daughter’s Journey on Generational Trauma

Join Jann and Shari Simmons for a very special show about connection, generational trauma, loss, grief, and resilience.

Shari is currently the Executive Director of Fire Mountain Treatment Center and is an Adjunct Professor at Colorado Christian University, where she teaches Crisis/Trauma, Psychopathology and Management/Administration.

Since a young age, Shari has studied resiliency and the enduring self-sabotaging thoughts that are often the result of trauma. She is co-author of Which Way?, a memoir and psychological handbook on trauma for survivors, clinicians, and anyone who wants to understand and celebrate just how resilient the human spirit is.

Shari and Jann speak across the country at women’s retreats, treatment facilities, high schools and church groups, reminding others that the path we choose leads us to the life we were destined to have.

After devoting much of her adult life to raising her two daughters, Jann launched a successful 12-year career as an Executive Administrator in the banking industry. Jann is now retired and enjoying her life to the fullest. She thrives in her roles as mother and grandmother. She spends her time volunteering, painting and traveling. She is proud to say, she has traveled to Hawaii, Italy and Mexico, all destinations she never dreamed of seeing in her lifetime.

Jann began speaking at treatment facilities, followed by university classrooms upon her daughter’s urging. The overwhelming response she received when telling her story prompted the idea of writing this book. Sharing her journey through the book and during speaking engagements with Shari have brought her internal peace and hope for others.

www.sharisimmons.com

Jon Sanders- The Fire Within

Join fellow podcaster Jon Sanders and I as we discuss making a difference beyond “the job.” on Sanders is a firefighter/EMT with Sioux Falls Fire Rescue in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He serves as a member of SFFR’s Peer Support and Chaplain’s Teams. Jon is the host of The Fire Inside Podcast, a weekly show dedicated to the mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing of the first responder community. Jon also serves as the Lead Pastor of The RESCUE Church, a non-denominational church with multiple locations in rural communities in South Dakota, Illinois, and Jamaica. He has been married to his wife Jessica for 22 years.

Women Who Lead: Afraid? Keep Leading

Why do we hold ourselves to these unreasonable expectations especially as women? How forgiving are we of ourselves and our colleagues for being human? How do we lead when we are afraid? Catherine and Kristin discuss the gains we’ve seen for women with companies like Ford Motor Company but also how far we still have to go. They also talk about what it’s like to lead when you are stuck in your own fear.

Catherine Greer Limpo is a listener of a few shows on MHNR Network. She is also a mom, a friend, a leader, a professional, a mentor, a daughter, a sister, and most importantly, a mistake-maker. She has a deep desire to understand how we, as women, connect to one another and to our world as leaders. She identifies as an Oregonian, and is very thankful to live in and enjoy the Pacific Northwest with all of the outdoor beauty it has to offer.

Her mission is to help other women see the leader in themselves in every aspect of life, and despite our suffering or blemishes, to succeed. She has had multiple experiences and careers as a high level executive, and has been so fortunate to build relationships with special people throughout time and across the globe.

Kristin Sunanta Walker is the CEO of Mental Health News Radio Network.

Mental Health Business: Marketing and Mental Health

Ann Siegle has a B.A. in Advertising from Michigan State University with an emphasis in marketing and advertising design. Ann Siegle was CEO of Spoke8 Marketing from July 2012 – June 2015. From 2003 to 2010, Ann was a Partner at Tria Design & Marketing. Ann’s early career included a decade in her own marketing/branding firm Paradise Graphic Design, stints in publishing and a career as an entrepreneur and employee in high tech marketing. As a marketing consultant, Ann has spent more than 25 years helping businesses grow and achieve their goals.

Ms. Siegle is also an active advocate for health and health care not-for-profits including HOPING, a child-loss support group for Mid-Michigan parents for neonatal and postnatal infant loss. She is a founding member of the Capital Area Breastfeeding Coalition and active in bicycling advocacy for organizations such as League of Michigan Bicyclists and the Tri-County Bicycling Association.

Ms. Siegle guest lectures and gives presentations on marketing and communications as tools to achieve business success.

Communal Narcissism with Dr. Rhoberta Shaler

What is communal narcissism? Communal narcissism can be defined as grandiose self-views in the communal domain. Within the literature, two forms of communal narcissism, normal and pathological, can be distinguished

A communal society is one in which everyone lives and works together and property and possessions are shared rather than being owned by a particular person.

Be Awesome: Comedy and Empowerment with Marla Schultz

Join your hosts of the Be Awesome series Dr. Kristina Hallett and Kristin Walker with special guest – comedian Marla Schultz!

Marla Schultz is a headlining stand-up-comic, actress, public speaker. She has toured
the country opening for comedian Chelsea Handler, entertained the troops overseas and guest starred on several television shows. Marla, a festival favorite, has performed at The Women in Comedy Festival in Boston, the prestigious 25th annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, The Nantucket and LA Comedy Festivals.
She made her second appearance on the nationally syndicated show Comics Unleashed and was a recurring cast member on the Oxygen Network’s hidden camera show, Girls Behaving Badly.

Guest starring acting credits includes TNT’s Men of a Certain Age, FX’s Dirt, E!
Entertainment Television’s The Entertainer with Wayne Newton, Ghost Shrink and
Superstar Talent Agency, Sisters the Film, Chutzpah, The Schmoole Glick Story, Sink or
Swim and The LA Short Film Festival Favorite What the Feng? which she co-wrote &
co-starred in.

www.marlaschultz.com

Stay Fit For Duty

Join my fellow mental heath among first responders advocate James Boomhower and I as we continue our discussion on this ever so important topic. ames Boomhower, BS, FP-C, NR-P, C-NPT has been involved in EMS for nearly 15 years in a variety of health systems throughout New England. He currently functions in the role of Critical Care Transport Specialist-Paramedic and Peer Support Director with Boston Medflight of Bedford, Massachusetts. James is also a Peer Supporter for the ECHO FAST team and lead instructor for Distance CME’s online continuing education program. James is working to realize his goal of promoting recognition, management and acceptance of acute stress in EMS providers throughout the world.

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