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#689 Raised To Present Well - Dr Kate Truitt Mar 29, 2024

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Dr. Kate Truitt is a psychologist and neuroscientist who wants to share her own story of how she came to this work. Armed with her knowledge of the mind, she has worked to process her difficult childhood and the personal tragedy of losing her fiancé right before their wedding. Look for her new book Keep Breathing: A Psychologist's Intimate Journey Through Loss, Trauma, and Rediscovering Life.

More About Dr. Truitt

Her new book, Keep Breathing (link below) comes out April 2nd

Websites:

Personal: www.drkatetruitt.com

Clinic: www.drtruitt.com

Educational: www.truittinstitute.com

Social Media Links:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrKateTruitt

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.katetruitt

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkatetruitt/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.katetruitt/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrKateTruitt

Books & Give Aways for Promotion:

Keep Breathing: A Psychologist’s Intimate Journey Through Loss, Trauma, and Rediscovering Life (NEW)

- Free Keep Breathing Companion Toolkit on my website : www.drkatetruitt.com

Healing in Your Hands: Self-Havening Exercises to Harness Neuroplasticity, Heal Traumatic Stress, and Build Resilience

⁃ Free building resilience with neuroplasticity worksheets on my website: www.drkatetruitt.com

Resources Paul Mentioned on the podcast for someone feeling suicidal or having suicidal thoughts (in addition to filling out a safety plan):

Local Urgent Care Services
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: dial 988
Crisis Text Line: text the word “home” to 741-741
Emergency Medical Services 911

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#688 First Responder PTSD - Therapist Donn Bradley Mar 22, 2024

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Donn Bradley is a therapist (LMFT) and a former first responder who shares his journey to discovering how much therapy and emotional processing is needed for EMTs, police, and anyone whose work requires the witnessing of violence and tragedy. Donn also opens up about his childhood and the death of his mother when he was young.

More about Donn

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/donn-bradley-brentwood-ca/746276

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#687 Sex Work/Addiction/Pain - Margo Steines Mar 15, 2024

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Margo Steines is a Dominatrix turned welder turned author. She opens up about her experiences as a sex worker, her battles with addiction, and her attraction to pain. She also discusses her memoir, Brutalities: A Love Story, where she reflects on her various lives while pregnant with her first child.

This episode is sponsored by Cerebral. For a prescriber, therapist, or both go to www.Cerebral.com/podcast and use offer code MENTAL for 15% off.

This episode is sponsored by The ASPCA Pet Health Insurance Program.

To explore coverage, visit A-S-P-C-A pet insurance dot com slash MENTAL

Insurance is underwritten by either Independence American Insurance Company or United States Fire Insurance Company, and produced by PTZ Insurance Agency, Limited. The ASPCA is not an insurer and is not engaged in the business of insurance.

More about Margo

Website: https://www.margosteines.com

Creative coaching: https://www.margosteines.com/coaching

Twitter @margosteines

IG @redstateblues

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#686 Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder - Swamy Gopalsamy Mar 08, 2024

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Swamy Gopalsamy is a coach who specializes in helping people recover from depersonalization and derealization. As someone who has lived through it himself, he has first hand knowledge of these conditions and what can help you manage them. In this episode, he shares his own personal journey and offers management tactics that have worked for him and his clients.

More about Swamy

You can find his coaching courses at acoachcalledlife.com

swamy@acoachcalledlife.com

DP/DR Recovery

https://heal.acoachcalledlife.com/dp-no-more?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email

These are links to the Mayo Clinic info (a partial list) about Mood & Personality Disorders

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mood-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20365057

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/personality-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20354463

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#685 Bipolar & Stigma - Dr Devika Bhushan Mar 01, 2024

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Dr. Devika Bhushan is a pediatrician and the former acting Surgeon General of California. She is also someone who lives with Bipolar Disorder. She opens up about her personal journey to finding a diagnosis and how she’s on a professional and personal mission to fight the stigma associated with mental health struggles.

This episode is sponsored by Cerebral. For a prescriber, therapist, or both go to www.Cerebral.com/podcast and use offer code MENTAL for 15% off.

More about (or recommended by) Dr. Bhushan

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-08-26/california-surgeon-general-bipolar-disorder-mental-health

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/10/15/1124400056/bipolar-disorder-mental-health

https://slate.com/technology/2024/02/mental-health-breastfeeding-formula-bipolar.html (I referenced this piece in our chat)

https://askdrdevikab.substack.com/p/my-top-9-mental-health-hacks (relevant to much of our conversation)

Well-being newsletter: https://askdrdevikab.substack.com/about

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGW0BNOdQBPEjboUE6jb6A

Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spread-the-light-with-dr-devika-b/id1668618305

Spotify podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1G7RClk776bX8rf4bjAwzN

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdevikab/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devika-bhushan-md-183702149/

Website: https://www.devikabhushan.com/

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#684 Devastation & Hope - Kendra Petty Feb 23, 2024

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Kendra Petty is an author who opens up about her life story, which is full of both devastation and hope. She talks about being raised in a cult, the tragic death of her brother, the abuse she suffered as a child, and how she’s gotten through it all. Be sure to check out her book, I Can't Believe I'm Not Dead: Escaping Abuse, a Cult, Attempted Murder and Other Insanities...A Story That Cannot Be True, But Is.

This episode is sponsored by The ASPCA Pet Health Insurance Program.

To explore coverage, visit A-S-P-C-A pet insurance dot com slash MENTAL

More About Kendra

Website - https://kendrapettyofficial.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kendrapettyofficial

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/p/I-Cant-Believe-Im-Not-Dead-100090168579222/

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123000088-i-can-t-believe-i-m-not-dead

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Believe-Not-Dead-Insanities/dp/1952491509/

Bookshop - https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-can-t-believe-i-m-not-dead-escaping-abuse-a-cult-attempted-murder-and-other-insanities-a-story-that-cannot-be-true-but-is-kendra-petty/19820175

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#683 Sexual Anorexia - Dale Feb 16, 2024

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Dale joins Paul to discuss her experience with social, emotional, and sexual anorexia. She opens up about how she’s working on intimacy and connection (when being alone can just be so much simpler) and what has been helping her break down her walls.

Dale has found these websites to be helpful.

www.BrothersKoren.com

www.theshiftnetwork.com

chloegoodchild.com

thenakedvoice.com

thebalancedbrain.com

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#682 Anger - Ron Placone Feb 09, 2024

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Ron Placone is a comedian and writer with anger issues. He opens up about how he realized his anger was a problem and how he works to psychologically unpack it when it arises. He also shares tips and tools that have worked for him when it comes to anger management. Check out his first feature film, Left at Wall, which is currently screening around the country.

More about Ron:

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ronplacone

Twitter: @RonPlacone

IG/TikTok/Bluesky/Threads: ronplacone

Facebook: RonPlaconeComedy

Website: ronplacone.com

Podcast: https://pod.link/1707027844

Movie Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAVcHF8LZo

This episode is sponsored by Factor meals Head to www.factormeals.com/mental50 and use code mental50 to get 50% off your first box and 2 free wellness shots per box while subscription is active.

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#681 Topaz Adizes - Human Connection Feb 02, 2024

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Topaz Adizes (@the_skindeep) is a filmmaker and producer of the interactive documentary, {THE AND}. For years, he has studied the effect that holding cathartic, intimate conversations can have on relationships and has developed resources that anyone can use to facilitate these conversations in their own life. He believes deeply in the power of questions and shares his journey to this work. Watch for his new book, Twelve Questions for Love: A Guide to Intimate Conversations and Deeper Relationships

Social media links for Topaz: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook,LinkedIn and YouTube

For more about The Skin Deep, visit TheSkinDeep.com. To learn more about Topaz Adizes and his work, visit TopazAdizes.com.

Purchase his new book here: https://www.amazon.com/12-Questions-Love-Conversations-Relationships/dp/1632174901

The link for Christine Lane’s Financial Guidance: https://mindovermoneysite.com/

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#680 - Social Work On Skid Row & More - Kaylee Powers Jan 26, 2024

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Kaylee Powers is a substance abuse counselor who has worked with various populations, including people who live on Skid Row in Los Angeles. She talks about the challenges that some populations face and how she works to find ways to support them. She also opens up about her own issues with depression and codependency.

Links Kaylee mentioned:

Downtown Women’s Center www.MadeByDWC.org

https://ncadd-sfv.org/

https://downtownwomenscenter.org/

https://didihirsch.org/services/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaylee-powers-24153a10/

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