Tag: healing life

Kristin and cohost, Georgia, speak with Drew about living life and working through life with anxiety and agoraphobia.

Drew is the creator and host of The Anxious Truth, a slightly unorthodox anxiety podcast that’s been in full swing since 2015. With over 500,000 downloads (and growing), The Anxious Truth has spawned a large, vibrant and engaged social media community of amazing humans supporting, inspiring, encouraging and empowering each other to overcome anxiety and fear.

Having suffered with anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and depression several times over a 20 year period, Drew got it together once and for all in 2008. Since then life has been happy, productive, and “normal” (although we’d all be hard-pressed to define normal at times).

For the last 15 years Drew has been active in the online anxiety community, working to use his experience and understanding to help those that are following down the path he’s traveled. His no-nonsense approach to these problems and willingness to provide direct, actionable advice even when it might not be easy to hear, has established him as a unique voice in the community.

https://theanxioustruth.com/

Join Alexandra and Kristin as they talk about fashion and how adaptive fashion lines have grown to include Mental Health!

Alexandra Herold about the importance of adaptive clothing for persons with disabilities.

Patti + Ricky is the Adaptive Fashion Marketplace adults and kids with disAbilities, chronic conditions, hidden disabilities such as sensory processing, anxiety, autism to aging seniors, and caregivers.

Shopping does not typically include or embrace differences and individuals with disAbilities. Patti + Ricky changes this with an inclusive shopping experience for all.
https://www.pattiandricky.com/

Join Kristin and her guests, Lori and Jennifer, discussing how behind the scenes workers in the entertainment industry (the people who build the sets, hold the cameras, set up the lighting, etc.) are so heavily stigmatized when it comes to mental health.

Lori Rubinstein is the Executive Director of the Behind the Scenes Foundation, a 501(c)3 charity which she has been with since its founding in 2005. Lori has been in the entertainment industry for over 40 years. She was the Executive Director of the Entertainment Services and Technology Association, an industry trade association, for almost 30 years until her retirement in 2018. During her tenure she oversaw the creation and development of the ANSI-accredited Technical Standards Program and the Entertainment Technician Certification Program among other initiatives. Her experience in the industry also includes working as a professional dancer, as a lighting designer and stage manager for dance, symphony, theater and musicals, and for industry businesses including a theatrical lighting supply company, a theater consultancy firm, and a manufacturer of entertainment products.

www.behindthescenescharity.org

Jennifer Leff, LCSW is a Senior Director at MusiCares, the charity of the Recording Academy. Prior to her work at MusiCares over the past ten years, Jennifer had a private practice in New York City for 13 years where she worked with adults and couples, many of whom were in the creative arts world. Prior to her private practice, she worked in hospital settings with individuals living with chronic and severe and persistent mental illnesses and was also the director of an outpatient mental health clinic.

www.musicares.org

Join Bob Samuels and Kristin for a discussion about politics and mental health.

Robert Samuels teaches advanced writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has doctorates in Psychoanalysis and English, and he is the author of fifteen books, including Freud for the Twenty-First century and Psychoanalyzing the Left and Right after Donald Trump.

Jon and Kristin talk about the importance of music as a therapeutic modality in mental health. Jon shares his unique way of working with children and adults to help them get comfortable and let the healing in!

In Johannesburg, South Africa, Jon grew up hearing that “children should be seen and not heard” which helped inspire his life’s work. In addition to be a leading advocate for music therapy and education reform, his ultimate goals are to help children to have a larger platform to be listened to and understood while also inspiring the Child Archetype in people of all ages, particularly adults; parents, teachers, care givers, mental health professionals and beyond.

Rooted in indie pop, the music of his Grammy winning Ageless: Songs for the Child Archetype consists of playful and imaginative arrangements which are thoughtful and complex yet deliver a simple message about striving for balance and harmony. The Child Archetype is always being expressed, as Jon puts it “either through shadow (childish) or light (child like).” This unique project offers a beautiful sensory experience that is full of heart and serves a guiding message to ignite personal growth, positivity and creative expression. Children from Jon’s private practice are featured on the album, which provided a fantastic opportunity to empower them with a chance to be heard by many. His recent interview on Andrew and Polly’s Sirius XM Kids Place live show has sparked enthusiasm throughout the community.

Jon Samson is the first native South African to win the award for Best Children’s Album. His other accolades include taking first place twice in the International Songwriting Competition, Parents Gold Choice, and receiving the John Lennon Songwriting Contest grand prize.

LISTEN: JON SAMSON – AGELESS: SONGS FOR THE CHILD ARCHETYPE
Stream: https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-18-1/sets/ageless-songs-for-the-child-archetype-by-jon-samson/s-mMMUA

Special artists and guests on the album include: Marty Beller (They Might Be Giants), Bess Rogers, Chris Kuffner and Hannah Winkler (Ingrid Michaelson Band) Wouter Kellerman, Grammy winning flutist from South Africa, 6 year old cellist Darius Kalantari, son of last years Grammy Winner for Best Children’s Album, Lucy Kalantari, and Andrew Futral known best for his work with Field Mouse.

Ingrid Michaelson, Musician, on Ageless “Jon Samson has a way of writing songs for kids that are really for all of us. If you have a child, a dog, a friend, a stuffed animal … you NEED to listen to this. It’s too important.”

Caroline Myss, best selling author and teacher on Ageless: “Jon’s music is just enchanting for children, but even more so for adults to nourish their Child Archetype within. He is truly a gifted artist, teacher and visionary.”