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If I Can Recover, You Can Too | Amber Miller

After years of living paycheck to paycheck, struggling with alcohol addiction, Amber Miller is on a mission to show people “if she can get her life together, there is hope for anyone.”

Amber went from lost, to thriving and abundant in money, love time and energy. She has stepped into her calling as a high-level, transformational coach and founder of “A Life Not Wasted.”

A judgeless group that empowers people to find their worth and make fearless changes in their lives to chase their dreams. Amber’s goal is to raise the vibration of the world.

For more, visit https://www.timkrass.com and be on the lookout for my upcoming book, “You Don’t Have To Swallow Your Gun.”

Train the Brain — Daily Practices to Disrupt Negative Thoughts and Build Healthier Pathways: Interview with Johnnie Crowder | Episode 88

When it comes to overcoming mental and emotional challenges, we have a problem. In fact, according to Cope Notes we have several:

PROVIDERS: Our mental health providers are often overwhelmed with demand, that accessing services in a timely way can be challenging. Once we find an available provider, we often can’t afford the level of service we need, and, even if we can, we find that many providers are not culturally or linguistically aligned with the people who need the support the most. Medicalization, jargon and pathologizing can keep us in a mindset of “sickness.”

PEOPLE IN NEED: In many instances the process of finding the right services is overwhelming, confusing, and exhausting. This level of perseverance is difficult for people who are functioning well, let alone for people who are feeling hopeless, unseen and unknown. Once people do find their way to support services, they often worry about privacy, judgment, and losing control.

COMMUNITIES: Generally speaking we seem to be focused more on responding to crises than we are on preventing them in the first place. Our approaches, therefore are reactive instead of proactive and big splashes of effort instead of slow drips over time.

In this conversation I speak with the brilliant and inspiring Johnny Crowder. We talk about how we can gain the upper hand on our complex and mysterious brains by short-circuiting negative thoughts. We explore how faith, creativity and community helps us gain new perspectives and forms of expression. We discuss the questions of how do we replace old thought patterns with healthier ones? How do we build a better brain? Stronger friendships and families? More resilient communities?

About Johnny Crowder
Johnny Crowder is a 28-year-old suicide/abuse survivor, TEDx speaker, touring musician, mental health advocate, and the Founder & CEO of Cope Notes, a text-based mental health platform that provides daily support to users in nearly 100 countries around the world. Armed with 10 years of clinical treatment, a psychology degree from University of Central Florida, and a decade of peer support and public advocacy through the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Johnny’s infectious positivity and firsthand experience with mental illness uniquely equips him to provide realistic, yet hopeful insight into the pains of hardship with authenticity, levity, and unconventional wit. For more information on this episode go to https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illuminated-podcast/88

Battling Depression To Propel Your Life To Greatness | Amy Corey

Born and adopted from Vietnam at 6 months old, Amy Corey has built a creative empire at age 23, by being honest with her story and her mental health.

Amy shares how she went through depression, self-harm, eating disorders, and thoughts of suicide, related to her struggles with being adopted.

She passionately infuses her honesty into her music, speaking, her brand, ambassadorship, and every experience in her life.

This has put Amy in a league of her own, propelling her to do good everywhere that she can.

For more, please visit www.timkrass.com and be on the lookout for my new book, “You Don’t Have To Swallow Your Gun.”

Historical Trauma and Historical Healing: Interview with Abigail Echo Hawk | Episode 87

NOTE: Abigail Echo Hawk will be keynoting at the American Association of Suicidology’s Annual Conference on Friday, April 23rd at 9:00AM ET. You can listen to her and the many other diverse speakers virtually or in person at the conference in Orlando.

Her keynote is entitled: Decolonizing Data: Restoring Culture and Building Beauty

REGISTER HERE: https://www.aasconference.org/registration

Overview
Historical trauma is often understood to be multigenerational wounding caused by the cumulative impact of major events inflicted upon a specific cultural, racial or ethnic group. When it comes to research about health and well-being, Western modalities of understanding human experience are limited and biased, further driving disparities and truncated views that can cause even more harm. By contrast, a strength-based, Indigenous framework of understanding resists the narrow view and on-going trauma of colonialism and focuses on restoration and healing. In this interview I speak with a “Storyteller of Health” and epidemiologist Abigail Echo Hawk about her vision of an anti-racist approach to data collection and recovery among tribal communities.
About Abigail Echo Hawk, MA
Abigail Echo-Hawk, M.A., an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, is the Chief Research Officer for the Seattle Indian Health Board, a Federally Qualified Health Center serving American Indians and Alaska Natives in King County, Washington. She also serves as the Director of the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), a Tribal Epidemiology Center whose mission is to support the health and well-being of urban Indian communities through information, scientific inquiry, and technology. UIHI assists a national network of Urban Indian Health Programs, which are private nonprofit corporations that provide native people in select cities a range of health and social services, from outreach and referral to full ambulatory care. Ms. Echo-Hawk directs a staff of public health professionals who work on multiple ongoing research, evaluation, and disease surveillance projects to benefit American Indian/Alaska Natives in urban and rural settings. She received the University of Washington Bothell’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2013 for her dedication to eliminating health disparities and was also recognized in the 2015 class of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s (NCAIED) Native American 40 Under 40.

As a dedicated community volunteer, Ms. Echo-Hawk has concentrated on policy and institutional change to eliminate disparities for women of color locally and nationally. She focuses on policy advocacy in areas such as maternal and child health, domestic violence, sexual assault, and health disparities. Volunteer memberships include the Native American Women’s Dialogue on Infant Mortality, Hope Heart Institute, the Center for Indigenous Law and Justice, the Children and Youth Advisory Board of King County, and the Coalition to End Gender-Based Violence.

Ms. Echo-Hawk’s greatest joy is her place within her extended family. She is a wife, mother, auntie, daughter, granddaughter, friend, and community member. She strives to serve her family, friends, and community with love and to be a small part of ensuring a great future for the next generation. For more information on this episode go to https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illuminated-podcast/87

Agi Keramidas | Personal Development Mastery | Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry

Agi Keramidas is a dentist and podcaster. He studied dentistry at Aristotelian Panepistiminion Thessalonikis in Greece. He acquired his Master’s degree in Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry at the University of Manchester in England.  

Living and working alone in the United Kingdom has led him to be interested in personal development. This became his passion. He decided to pursue a lifelong journey of learning and pursuing personal growth and fulfillment. He started his own podcast called “Personal Development Essentials” and “Personal Development Mastery”. In 2019, he became a certified knowledge broker.

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Thanks for listening to The Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry!

Dennis is a Life Coach for Addiction Recovery and Life Mastery. If you are struggling with any type of addiction like alcohol, food, porn, drugs, or shopping, reach out for help. Asking for help is the first step in solving the addiction puzzle.     

Maybe you’re not struggling with an addiction, but you are simply “stuck” in life and don’t know how to push through. Dennis is the master in helping people get laser-focused, accomplishing their goals and dreams, and achieving life mastery on every level.     

Dennis works with people worldwide and currently has clients in England, Australia, and India. Zoom is a beautiful tool for helping people all over the world.     

If you like what you see, and you’d like to hire Dennis to speak at your next event, he is the best motivational keynote speaker on the planet. He brings a ton of energy, experience, motivation, and inspiration to the table. His fun, witty, unique spin on life, with a touch of humor, will leave you motivated to get out there and improve yourself.

Amanda Grieme | Life with Bipolar Disorder | Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry

Amanda Grieme is an English high school educator, author, and Mental Awareness Advocate. She was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder at the age of 20. But today, she lives to share how she stayed afloat in this ever-cycling existence. She wrote H.O.L.D.F.A.S.T. – Ride out Parenting with Bipolar Disorder, 2020, and Paging Dr. Freedman, inspired by my 2009 published novel “Dear Prudence”. She also wrote Motherhood Made ME Get Over MYSELF: A Metamorphosis in 2014, a self-help blog.

Apart from her writing, she helps others by sharing her life experience with other people who are struggling with mental illness. Her life experience with mental illness gives readers advice, insight, and hope that they can get through their illness.

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Thanks for watching The Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry.

Dennis is a Life Coach for Addiction Recovery and Life Mastery. If you are struggling with any type of addiction like alcohol, food, porn, drugs, or shopping, reach out for help. Asking for help is the first step in solving the addiction puzzle.

Maybe you’re not struggling with an addiction, but you are simply “stuck” in life and don’t know how to push through. Dennis is the master in helping people get laser-focused, accomplishing their goals and dreams, and achieving life mastery on every level.

Dennis works with people worldwide and currently has clients in England, Australia, and India. Zoom is a beautiful tool for helping people all over the world.

If you like what you see, and you’d like to hire Dennis to speak at your next event, he is the best motivational keynote speaker on the planet. He brings a ton of energy, experience, motivation, and inspiration to the table. His fun, witty, unique spin on life, with a touch of humor, will leave you motivated to get out there and improve yourself.

Breaking Into Your Life | Michelle Dickinson

Michelle Dickinson is a passionate mental health expert and Ted Talk speaker. She is also a published author, with her memoir titled “Breaking Into My Life.” She goes first and sees herself as the bridge that helps people get comfortable with their mental health so they can seek help before they have a mental health crisis.

For more, visit www.timkrass.com and be on the lookout for my new book, “You Don’t Have To Swallow Your Gun.”

Stephen Donnelly | A Saint and a Sinner | Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry

Stephen Donnelly is an author and former priest. He is the author of the book “A Saint and a Sinner: The Rise and Fall of a Beloved Catholic Priest”.  When he was 42, he was ordained a priest. Three years later, he was baffled with cocaine and drug abuse. His fellow priests intervened and he turned his life around. He wrote his book in order to tell his story of priesthood and his struggle to overcome addiction. This book is an immersive experience into Stephen Donnelly’s struggle to overcome addiction.

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Thanks for watching The Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry.

Dennis is a Life Coach for Addiction Recovery and Life Mastery. If you are struggling with any type of addiction like alcohol, food, porn, drugs, or shopping, reach out for help. Asking for help is the first step in solving the addiction puzzle.

Maybe you’re not struggling with an addiction, but you are simply “stuck” in life and don’t know how to push through. Dennis is the master in helping people get laser-focused, accomplishing their goals and dreams, and achieving life mastery on every level.

Dennis works with people worldwide and currently has clients in England, Australia, and India. Zoom is a beautiful tool for helping people all over the world.

If you like what you see, and you’d like to hire Dennis to speak at your next event, he is the best motivational keynote speaker on the planet. He brings a ton of energy, experience, motivation, and inspiration to the table. His fun, witty, unique spin on life, with a touch of humor, will leave you motivated to get out there and improve yourself.

Suicide Research to Practice — Closing the Gap: Interview with Prof. Nav Kapur | Episode 85

When it comes to the field of Suicidology, we often work in silos. The researchers, clinicians, public health practitioners, advocates, and crisis service stakeholders often focus primarily in their own communities, finding comfort and validation in joining with others who share similar culture, values and priorities. When it comes to groups implementing best practices, collaboration with researchers is essential. In this interview I speak with internationally renowned expert on suicide and self-harm, Prof. Nav Kapur from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. We discuss some of the tensions and opportunities that we face as we bridge research to practice.

About Prof. Nav Kapur
Nav is Professor of Psychiatry and Population Health at the University of Manchester, UK and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. He has spent the last 25 years researching suicidal behaviour, particularly its causes, treatment and prevention. He has led committees for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK including those developing guidelines for how all clinical staff should treat people with self-harm. He sits on the main advisory group on suicide for the Department of Health in England and is currently helping to lead a national quality improvement project to prevent suicide. He is the lead author of Suicide Prevention (3rd Edition, Oxford University Press) and has published over 300 academic papers. He is the 2021 recipient of the American Association of Suicidology’s Louis I. Dublin Award for lifetime achievement in suicide prevention. For more information on this episode go to https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illuminated-podcast/85

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