COURAGE UNLOCKED

After starting her career in Child Development, Jennifer Herbert went on to get a MA in Special Education and completed her BCBA coursework through FIT University. Jennifer became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) in 2014 and has been working with people with autism for over 30 years. Jennifer co-owned Enriching the Lives of Children with Autism (ELCA) for over 10 years, at which point ELC...

Erin Nicole Porter is an Energetics Business Coach, Master Practitioner & Trainer of NLP & Hypnosis, Breathwork Facilitator, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in Training, Adult Attachment Repair Model Therapist, and host of The Energetics of Business Podcast.   She enjoys coaching women in her board certified coaching certification: The Quantum Ripple Effect, how to heal internally so their busin...

In this episode Courage Unlocked host Michele Waterman, reads a chapter from Amazon best selling book Taking the Plunge that she co-authored with 11 other women entrepreneurs.    This chapter features how Michele took the plunge into sobriety more than 22 years ago, how she has maintained her sobriety and how recovery from all the patterns she acquired growing up in an alcoholic family system tran...

You are listening to Episode 12-Part II, of a two-part conversation with my friend and colleague Dax Segers. Be sure to listen to Episode 11 before this episode for our complete conversation.,    Dax is an unconventional coach and consultant for unconventional people! He helps his clients navigate challenges, change, "stuckness," and loss – and a way home to themselves. He is particularly drawn to...

You are listening to Episode 11, which is part of a two-part conversation with my friend and colleague Dax Segers. Be sure to listen to Episode 12, part II for the full conversation.   Dax is an unconventional coach and consultant for unconventional people! He helps his clients navigate challenges, change, "stuckness," and loss – and a way home to themselves. He is particularly drawn to those who...

Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring is a psychiatrist renowned for his expertise in the field of drug tapering and withdrawal management. With years of experience in clinical psychiatry, he has developed a particular interest and specialization in assisting patients with the safe and effective tapering of psychiatric medications. His approach is patient-centered, focusing on individualized plans that prioriti...

*Please note that you are listening to a two part episode.    Episode 9 is Part II of my conversation with Angie Peacock, MSW. This conversation first aired on Angie's platform in September 2023.    NOTE: If you have not listened to Episode 8 Part I - please go back and start there for our complete conversation.   Angie Peacock, MSW is a recovery coach that I worked with for the better part of a y...

*You are listening to a two part episode.    Episode 8 is Part I of my conversation with Angie Peacock, MSW. This conversation first aired on Angie's platform in September 2023.    This podcast includes the complete details of how I was psychiatrized for 16 years on a multi-med cocktail that I was prescribed in 2002 for generalized anxiety disorder and postpartum depression when my youngest child...

Joanne Omer is a Lifestyle Coach and Feminine Energy Expert who is dedicated to empowering individuals to live abundant and fulfilling lives. With over 10 years of experience in coaching and training in various modalities, Joanne brings a unique and dynamic approach to her coaching practice.    Many of Joanne's clients have experienced breakthroughs in areas such as personal power, relationships,...

I am thrilled to introduce you to one of my heroes–Robert Whitaker.   Robert Whitaker is the author of five books, three of which tell of the history of psychiatry. In 2010, his Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness won the U.S. Investigative Reporters and Editors book award for best investigative journalism. Prior to writing books, he...

I am thrilled to introduce you to one of my heroes–Robert Whitaker. Robert Whitaker is the author of five books, three of which tell of the history of psychiatry. In 2010, his Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness won the U.S. Investigative Reporters and Editors book award for best investigative journalism. Prior to writing books, he w...

Join me for Part II of my conversation with Renee Schuls-Jacobson--artist and author of Psychiatrized: Waking Up After a Decade of Bad Medicine for a deep, intense, and heart-felt conversation about her recovering from an iatrogenic injury she sustained from taking a benzodiazepine as prescribed by a psychiatrist for insomnia.   This episode is real and raw. Be mindful of your own needs for those...

Join me for Part I of my conversation with Renee Schuls-Jacobson--artist and author of Psychiatrized: Waking Up After a Decade of Bad Medicine for a deep, intense, and heart-felt conversation about her recovering from an iatrogenic injury she sustained from taking a benzodiazepine as prescribed by a psychiatrist for insomnia.   This episode is real and raw. Be mindful of your own needs for those i...

In this episode I have a conversation with Holly Higgins to talk about the power of the subconscious mind and how limiting beliefs take hold (like believing "there is something wrong with me"). We unpack the art + science of using Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) to access the subconscious mind to change deeply held beliefs.   Holly Higgins is a hypnotherapist who takes a root-cause approach t...

Thank you so much for tuning in and taking the time to keep the oxygen mask on you. I've been sober for twenty years. I've struggled with anxiety and depression. I took antidepressants for almost two decades.   I was told that I needed meds to balance my brain chemistry. I was told that the "dose that got me well, would keep me well."   I was told that I had a progressive mental illness that was T...