OTR - Achieving Mental Health for Real

Best of OTR-Achieving Mental Health for Real and also the 100th episode of the show. This is part one and covers the first half of 2020. The rest of the year will be in part two which premiers on the last week of September. This installment covers top rated show including Brett Steven’s episodes for the Book Crossover. Also clips from Gigi Langer with “50 ways to worry less now”

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Dominika Staniewicz is my guest today. She is an amazingly accomplished woman who gives back to society her gift of healing. Dominka originally received an MS in sociology and education and worked as a successful career coach in Europe. However, despite her professional success, she felt unfulfilled and out of place. When she lost her 16-month-old son and struggled with depression and low self-esteem, she became trapped in a negati...

Meet Darlene Greene, Co-Author of the Best-Selling Book "Become Empowered - Echoes of Grace and Strength”. Darlene is a retired navy commander with over twenty-six years of executive leadership and senior management across many diverse industries.

Darlene is focused on helping people optimize their physical and emotional health without drugs or pharmaceuticals.

She advocates for a new type of method for healing the mind and body call...

In this episode, Krystal Clark shares her story of her molestation at the age of seven from her cousin who was even younger. This abuse and the shame she felt triggered her Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) later in life.

Krystal Clark is now doing well in her recovery. She is an Author, Blogger, Life Coach, Public Speaker, and Data Management Professional.

Krystal has published several books including a Fantasy Fiction book ca...

Meet Kat Kennan who is recovering and doing well with CPSTD. Kat was sexually abused at a very young age and took abuse from her brother while growing up. She is a passionate advocate for trauma survivors, leading her to establish the PTS/C-PTS advocacy organization, “Stand Up to Trauma”. Through this organization, she enables others to heal and thrive beyond their traumatic experiences.

Come join us as we talk about how her compa...

Meet Ryan Winter, a French Cajun author born and raised near the city of New Orleans. He tells his story of depression which seems to be a mixture of heredity and the misfortunes that occurred in his life, including Hurricane Katrina.

He is an experienced Freelance Writer with a demonstrated history of working in the writing and editing industry. Ryan is skilled in Film Production, Linguistics, Creative Writing, and Short Films.

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Meet Kristof Morrow, a 34-year-old Navy veteran, an award winning journalist/photographer author of literary work "The Second Sun," which already sold more than 13 hundred copies . “Second Sun,” went viral on TikTok in June and it is recommended reading in university classes studying literature.

Life gave no freebies to Kristof. Growing up, his parents viciously abused him daily.

In the Navy, at the age of 18, he showed symptoms of...

In this episode I speak to Laura Giles a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who is a Shadow Worker and Coach. She also hosts the podcast “Modern Animism Radio, a holistic spiritual path.”

Laura uses holistic methods to help people remember what it means to be a part of nature and connect our healthy, authentic selves to others and the world.

She has spent her career in trauma work and has discovered that the way forward is by going th...

In this episode we talk with Dr Mark Weisman about spirituality and how that relates to Mental Health conditions like PTSD and ADHD. Dr. Mark is Known as the "Alaska Ulfhednar". If you don’t know what that is he explains how he got the title.

Mark has worked with hundreds of "friends" (he calls them) to help them find a path to recovery from many different mental health challenges. Primarily working with former members of the milit...

Today I talk with Kathern Berg. She is an alternative health practitioner--A classical homeopath with over 20 years of experience. She specializes in working with people who are struggling with PTSD or CPTSD and, because it seems to appear along with PTSD, she also helps people with long held grief. She has a lot of stories to tell of clients who have recovered from PTSD using Classical Homeopathy.

Kathryn studied at the Northwester...

In this episode we talk with a special guest. Her name is Phyllis E. Leavitt, and she is a psychotherapist with over 30 years of working extensively with individual and family dysfunction and abuse. We talk about what’s in her new book called “America in Therapy: A New Approach to Hope and Healing For A Nation In Crisis”, in which she talks about the urgency to bring our whole country to therapy in a way never written about befor...

In this episode i speak with Kattie Lail, who works on the coaching team for a nonprofit organization called Face It Together. Face it Together provides personalized, nonjudgmental peer coaching for those impacted by addiction, including loved ones.

Don't miss the streaming of our next episode "America in Therapy" on Christmas Day all day on a loop live on the OTR YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChEYTddPDUaiZbFli...

My guest is Amanda Blackwood. She is a survivor of human trafficking who is now an accomplished artist and author, public speaker, podcast host, and trauma recovery mentor. Despite the numerous challenges she faced, she was able to emerge stronger with the help of her faith. Amanda has shared her story on various platforms such as international summits and radio programs and has published over a dozen books. Her two main podcasts ...

My guest is Dr. Leslie Dobson. She is a forensic and clinical psychologist who has worked in very dangerous environments throughout the years.

Dr. Dobson has spent over 20 years in the assessment and treatment of mental health disorders in individual and group therapy, and criminal and civil law.

She now has a private practice, using her education and training from working in a prison, a state mental hospital, and treating high-risk ...

Come with me as I chat with Suzanne Jean Director of Fit4Defense who conceived and now operates PowerED, a holistic life program that inspires confidence in participants to be heard, safe in the community and free from abuse through assertive communication and self-defense. The life-changing transformations she witnessed while teaching PowerED inspired her to write her powerful book, “Bullying Stops Here,” in which she shares the ...

Today I speak with Michelle Shekhinah author of the book “From the Floor to the Door”. This is the first in a series about domestic violence which is a big problem that goes silent when a person Is trapped and dependent in a relationship.

In 1997, Michelle married who she thought was her fairytale, knight in shining armor. After having a successful business and 2 children, she was a stay-at-home Mom for many years in suburbia.

In 2...

In this episode I speak with Elle O'Flaherty about the many issues of ADHD. Ellie talks about ADHDer’s need for fun and gives a lot of great advice on how to make the life of a person with ADHD easier and how we can come to terms with the issue. She talks about practical actions you can take to lighten the load. Find out what happens to people that reveal their ADHD to their employer.

Elle O’Flaherty is an executive coach and perfor...

This may be the most important episode of the series. Find out about Ketamine treatment and how safe it is. What is it like to go through a Ketamine treatment. What are the dangers to look out for in the many websites that promise treatment remotely, is that safe? These treatments could have rare side effects.

Dr Theodore A. Henderson MD, PhD is president and founder of Neuro-Luminance Inc, which is bringing revolutionary treatments...

Sometimes depression can be treated with a holistic approach. Today I would like to introduce you to an innovative way to do just that.

My guest today is Dashama Morgan. She is an award winning, internationally known Author, Joy ologist, Yoga Teacher, and creator of bestselling online courses, the global 30-Day Yoga Challenge, multiple books and 33 Yoga DVDs. She founded the Flow State Institute (FSI) in response to the growing dem...