On Your Mind

On Your Mind

What’s on your mind? Are you or a loved one struggling with mental health challenges? Do you have a specific personal or professional interest in mental health? Perhaps you are looking to build mental and emotional resiliency. The On Your Mind podcast by Journey’s Dream brings together professionals in the field who are successfully supporting people through mental health challenges to a place of true and lasting well-being. Here you will find hope and inspiration. You will walk away with practical tools and pathways to innovative, effective solutions. Connect to a community who believes you can be well and will support you moving from a place of fear to a place of opportunity.Every week, our host Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D, will be joined by practitioners, thought leaders, and experts in the field of mental health who offer solutions, actual next steps, and tangible tools. In addition to professionals, the podcast will feature individuals sharing their own inspirational stories of transformation and recovery. About Journey’s Dream –Anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive–compulsive disorder, suicide, psychosis, eating disorders, behavioral disorders, trauma. These are just some of the mental health challenges experienced by people of all ages, races, and social classes. The non-profit organization, Journey’s Dream, was founded on the belief that restoring wellness involves more than recovering from symptoms and that mental health challenges can be opportunities for personal transformation. Journey’s Dream is a portal to a world of mental health solutions, including:- Practitioner Network: access to a global network of professional who practice functional medicine and integrative mental health care, and who believe that mental illness can be temporary. – Digital Solutions Portal: a collection of tools, programs, and resources that have been used to bring about mental wellness.- Mentoring Program: a community of skilled mentors and peers who have experienced healing following trauma and mental health challenges.- Public Education: At Journey’s Dream we are passionate about changing the narrative around mental illness; shifting the conversation from one of fear and struggle to one of hope and solutions. This is achieved through the On Your Mind podcast and blog, three books published by our founders and local/national speaking engagements.- Optimal Being Program: The founders of Journey’s Dream have invested more than $1,000,000 of private funding to develop, implement and refine a state-of-the-art, multimedia experience called the Optimal Being® program. About Our Host —-Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D., is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Crystal Lake, Illinois. With 44+ years of experience supporting individuals and families, Dr. Hayes integrates mind/body techniques into a client-friendly model that emphasizes how people possess within themselves the resources necessary to deal effectively with a wide variety of problems and challenges.Through therapy and support groups, Dr. Hayes has helped countless individuals and families. Offering “cutting edge” mental health services, he integrates some of the newest and most effective approaches into a results-oriented therapy style. Dr. Hayes employs such tools as EMDR (trauma reduction technique), Depth Oriented Brief Therapy Training (Coherence Therapy), Neuro-Emotional Technique (NET), the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), and the Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique (BEST).In addition to his role as therapist and parenting expert, he speaks professionally on a wide variety of topics related to mental health, relationships, and the mind/body connection.

Episodes

October 13, 2026 • 41 mins

Growing older comes with unique opportunities to redefine success, happiness, and personal potential. Embracing positive aging allows individuals in any season of life to proactively cultivate resilience, mindfulness, and a renewed sense of purpose. In this episode, host Dr. Timothy sits down with psychologist and author Dr. Ilene Berns-Zare

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Dr. Timothy Hayes sits down with somatic healing practitioner Lori Montry to unpack why traditional willpower and mindset tricks fail when you're stuck in survival mode. You'll learn how common coping habits like emotional eating, perfectionism, and overthinking aren't personal flaws, but ...

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Navigating difficult conversations without damaging important relationships is one of the most essential skills we can build. In this insightful discussion, author and teacher Micah Salaberrios shares how applying nonviolent communication can transform heated moments into opportunities for...

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Four-decade music veteran Machan Taylor joins Dr. Timothy Hayes to share her personal journey through childhood trauma, high-stakes touring, and emotional recovery. Machan Taylor explains how early displacement and family dysfunction led her to search for deeper self-integration. She detai...

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Navigating male sexual healing requires moving past shame and societal expectations. Certified sex educator Fran Frye joins host Dr. Timothy Hayes to unpack how men can build healthier, deeply connected relationships with their bodies and partners. They explain how cultural silence and unaddressed trauma create emotional barriers in intimacy. Fran outlines practic...

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In this profound conversation, Dr. Timothy Hayes sits down with Dale Allen Hoffman to explore Ancient Aramaic Wisdom and its transformative power for modern mental and spiritual healing. As an Ancient Aramaic Wisdom Keeper, mystic, and author of Echoes of an Ancient Dream: Aramaic Toning o...

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Cultivating daily calm requires actionable Pathways To Inner Peace when modern life feels overwhelming. In this conversation, host Dr. Timothy Hayes sits down with Diane Dreher, Ph.D., a bestselling author, positive psychology researcher, and professor. Her work empowers people to cultivat...

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Do you ever feel overwhelmed by your sensitivity or struggle to trust the gut feelings you experience daily? It is time to learn how to Refine Your Intuition to turn that perceived burden into a powerful, practical tool for your life. Kate Saint Clair, a renowned human intuition expert and author of The Intu...

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Jean-Francois (J.F.) Benoist shares his path to true connection and contentment. He explains how our obsession with being efficient and achieving goals often creates a false sense of belonging, leaving us feeling isolated even when we are constantly doing things for others. J.F. details how the "monkey mind" drives our self-sabotaging habits and why shifting from ...

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In an era dominated by rapidly advancing technology, raising future proof kids requires more than just screen time management. Elena Czarnowski, founder of Kid Laboratories and author of Future Proof Kids: 10 Minutes a Week, shares how parents can equip children...

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Dismantling the myth that mental illness is a lifelong sentence requires looking beyond traditional clinical frameworks to find holistic, restorative pathways. Dr. Timothy Hayes sits down with Aaron Johnson, the visionary founder of the Chronically UnderTouched Project, to explore an essential yet deeply under-invested topic in America: the emotional and relationa...

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Are you ready to stop managing your stress and start dissolving it? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Gabrielle Rutten—a medical doctor, author, and the appointed successor to EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) founder Gary Craig.

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Are you stuck in a loop of "thought-feeling fusion," where your anxiety tells you that your racing thoughts are the absolute truth?

In our latest episode, we sit down with somatic coach Chelsea Horton, founder of Healing Embodied, to discuss why healing requires ...

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Ever feel like you’re constantly "working for your worth"? Most of us have internalized stories of unworthiness that shape how we think, feel, and relate to others. But what if your self-worth wasn't something you had to earn, but a birthright you’ve simply forgotten to honor?

In this insightful interview, I sat down with therapist and aut...

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Meet Ksenia J. Merck. For decades, she’s been an esteemed architect, mastering the art of physical structure in large-scale airport design. But Ksenia is also a profound artist and creative storyteller, whose latest project transcends the blueprints of the material world. After experiencin...

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Stage 4 cancer is a devastating diagnosis, but for Tim McDonald, it was the beginning of a powerful mission. In this episode, Tim shares his incredible journey of transforming from a patient told he had no options into a fierce healthcare advocate. Learn how he became the "general manager" of hi...

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Shame stemming from childhood trauma seems impossible to shake off. These are deep wounds that sometimes even time cannot heal, making self-doubt a constant part of your life. Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D sits down with licensed psychotherapist and certified trauma professional Kristine B. Jensen, LCSW

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What if the stories you’ve been living aren’t the ones you’re meant to keep? In this powerful conversation, Christopher J. Wesley—fine artist, fiction author, and transformational advisor—shares how transformational storytelling can help people reframe trauma, rewri...

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Are you ready to break free from pain that you didn't even know you were carrying? Many of us unknowingly bear the emotional and energetic burdens of generational trauma, fear, and unresolved wounds.

In this revealing conversation, we talk with creative educator and self-healing practitioner

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Are the words you use every day secretly holding you back? In the pursuit of success, well-being, and better relationships, we often focus on discipline, motivation, or knowledge. But what if the real problem lies in the quiet, unconscious language patterns running in the background of your mind?

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