Clouded Compass: From Barriers to Breakthroughs

This podcast is part of a 2 part series with Janae, so stay tuned! Also note that episode starts at minute 3:34 due to a slight computer glitch. In the previous episode, Janae and I discussed the professional costs and personal benefits of authenticity in her journey from former 'ultimate alpha male' into her current authentic gender fluid self. We discussed public persona, masking and the freedom...

This podcast is part of a 2 part series with Janae, so stay tuned! Also note that episode starts at minute 3:34 due to a slight computer glitch. In this episode, Janae discusses the professional costs and personal benefits of authenticity as she shares her journey as a lifetime competetive athlete, world champion in powerlifting and the 'ultimate alpha male' into her authentic gender fluid self. W...

Kevin Can! is the story of Kevin, he is a normal 10-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair to get around. In this story follow along with Kevin and his best friend Katie as they have tons of fun discovering many of the things that Kevin can do. Kevin can do everything you can do, but with his chair, he just does them a little differently. Kevin teaches us it is okay to do things differently. Sometimes...

I share my reflections on Netflix's The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping I share insights on the impact of carceral care programs, including boarding schools and juvenile detention centers from the Individual to World. Then I discuss root causes and sustainable solutions. We can do better and we must! Send me a message and let me know what you think! https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass

In this episode I share reflections on living within ADHD. As a Neurodivergent female, this piece in the Rainbow Goddess: Celebrating Neurodiversity Anthology spoke to my heart and I wanted to share it with others. If this episode speaks to you, I've created tools that you would dig, available here. Life is full of hidden internal landmines - do you know yours? Gain Clarity within the Chaos an...

Dr Simmons and I had a great conversation about our wellness as mental health providers, the mental health climate in Florida, preventing burnout and compassion fatigue and spirituality as an added buffer against oppressive forces. Dr. Simmons has been practicing for 15+ years, identifies as Neurodivergent and is the co-owner of the Collective Wellness Institute in Tampa Bay, Florida. She is the a...

In this episode I explore my journey with CPTSD and at-home Ketamine use. Insights are shared as they relate to what my 'sessions' have been like as well as the longer term outcomes I'm seeing in my daily life. Have a listen if you'd like to learn more about the use of psychadelics in healing mental health! My additional healing tools can be found here https://linktr.ee/cloudedcomp...

Welcome back! This episode talks about what I was up to in 2023: *Bariatric Revision Surgery *Mental Health *MH Recovery *Aligning business, authenticity and mental health I've also created additional tools for transformation including a new book, several new webinars, etc. https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass Let me know what you think!

Lindsay Drouillard is a Nurse Practitioner. She is the Director and Founder of Therapy Ranch, which connects Horses and Humans in Healing. She is a graduate of Michigan State College of Nursing and Wayne State with a Master's of Science in Nursing. She is a proud mother of 3, wife, and has been EAGALA Certified as an Equine Specialist since 2017. Therapy Ranch provides Equine-Assisted Psychoth...

Our guest this week is a Local Powerhouse and Treasure! She is fighting with 'boots on the ground' against Stigma as it relates to Mental Health and Substance Use locally, with Youth, Community Groups and in our Surrounding Churches. Her latest project is a new Movie entitled A Sick Church Can't Heal a Dying World (out soon so stay tuned!) in which she explores the Churches role, treat...

If we are not careful, we will have ourselves believing that this messy world is the only reality.  It will have us believing there is no way out from the distress and pain that we experience on a daily basis... Want to work with me? Check out my Linktree for my resources! https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass

It's Women's History Month... let's talk about women and their role in our lives. Who are your sheros? Why? And who are mine and why? Why is this important? Listen up for the power of this resource in our lives!

Let's unpack this current event. Ethics and Expertise of both client and Therapist matter and the media isn't talking about THAT. Wanna know how to spot a Therapist that can handle your stuff (ps, that's our Job, so they better), listen up! Wanna work with me? I've got Tools that fit. https://linktr.ee/cloudedcompass

Rachel Kapp-Brown is a Registered Dietician and a long-term colleague.  She is currently a Nutrition Coach and, since it's National Nutrition Month, we sat down to have a chat about what it truly takes to change our relationship with food.  Behavior Change is only part of the equation so you are going to want to listen up as we 'talk shop' about how to get YOU to your Goals with food or...

It's Black History Month and I'm sharing 4 Authors who wrote 4 books who have impacted my personal and professional life. This week we are exploring Mariam Kaba's book We Do This Til It Free's Us.  It offers an excellent overview of Abolition, why it's important, why defunding the police is practical and necessary and why and how we can use transformative justice in our own lives to create th...

This is a MUST listen for anyone struggling with custody, family courts and/or sticky legal situations! Maryann Petri is my guest today.  She was first on my podcast last year (4/8/22) and she is back to share more of her own story and that of Countless guests she's had on her own podcast Slam The Gavel. We are pulling the curtains back on what REALLY happens in the court room and why it's CR...

It's Black History Month and we are covering 4 Authors and Trailblazers who have impacted my life and my work. This episode we cover Patrice Cullor's Book The Abolitionist's Handbook.  Think you know what Abolition is?  Think again.  I am an active Abolitionist and it has changed my relationships and is part of being a Harm Reductionists.  She offers practical tips that are rel...

We live in a violent society.  Want solutions?  Listen up.

It's Black History Month so I'm sharing Author's who have impacted my life significantly and sharing them with YOU. bell hooks has influenced my life for the last 20 years.  This book, however, is an underutlized resource for how to heal the lack of compassion and hope we have in our world.  A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist...

Welcome guest Mary Beth O'Connor!  Author of Junkie to Judge: One Women's Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction, available here https://amzn.to/3DTWtND For Mary Beth, childhood abuse and other traumas led to substance use disorder (addiction). Beginning with alcohol at age 12, she spent several years abusing various drugs. She found methamphetamine at 16 and started shooting up at 17. Mary Beth s...

It's Black History Month, so we are celebrating 4 Black Authors who are changing history by sharing their solutions. Resmaa Menakem is a fellow social worker who wrote My Grandmother's Hands and I discuss how this book has impacted me, my work and offered incredibly useful tools for HEALING within families and our greater culture. You can find Resmaa's work here https://www.resmaa.com/about  ...

I'm so excited to bring you my personal Mentor and Coach DeeDee Stout.  When I was in the trenches of a toxic and lethal 'voluntary' program of help that harmed, I had lost hope.  Little did I know that MOST WOMEN will experience this in carceral programs (in fact, most humans).  DeeDee and I speak about her experiences in the Substance Use community from working IN systems of harm...

I recently had Bariatric Revision Surgery.  I talk about Pacing, self-compassion and gut hormones as it relates to so many of our chronic illnesses.  This matters because we live in a world that drills it into our brains to produce, produce, produce!  Let's think bigger, wiser and more sustainable!  These are the guts of genuine healing.  Listen up and let me know what you...

Let's talk New Year, New Goals, New Tools! Today's episode I will discuss caring for self as a Trauma Survivor.  I will share my own journey from productivity to effectiveness and what I'm doing about that in 2023 through a trauma focused and harm reduction lens.  Listen up for those of you with shame, guilt and 'not good enough' feelings... 

Gabor Mate's latest book the Myth of Normal is VITAL to our well-being.  I find it SO relevant to our current individual and social ailments that I'm sharing the first 12 chapters and my reflections on them based on my personal and professional experience as a Behavioral Health Provider and a Trauma Survivor. Chapter 12: Horticulture on the Moon: Parenting, Undermined Barriers to parenting an...