Judging Meghan

In this episode, Meghan takes a deep dive with actress and author Elisa Donovan, known for notable roles in Clueless, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch into the traumatic and profound experiences that inspired Elisa's book, including the experiences of learning of her Dad's cancer diagnosis, breaking up with her boyfriend, and losing her job — all in the span of a day. Elisa speaks on how these experi...

Every week I come on this Podcast and talk to you about mental health. I began to feel like a hypocrite coming on here sharing my growth journey, while, secretly, every night I would be “unwinding” with my buttery Chardonnay. Realizing something had to change in my life, I decided to give up my nightly vice and it has been one of the best decisions I've ever made! With the last month's sober journ...

30 years have passed since his partner Eric's passing, but Celebrity Chef Wayne Elias has chosen to remember the past and celebrate the present in honor of Eric's life lost. Wayne tells me the story of losing his partner and soulmate, Eric to AIDS. Wayne discusses the difficulty during this dark time in our history, during the 1980’s when nobody understood the disease."There was no hope," remember...

This week author of a special chapter in the book “Her Badass Story 2”, Rachel Kaufman comes on the show to discuss premature birth and childbirth traumas. Not only is Rachel my former neighbor - we literally grew up next to each other and have been close for years! - But she is a Professional Life Coach, Reflexologist, Usui Reiki Master, and Mahatma Reiki practitioner. She studied the art and sci...

From the minute Julie and I met we were best friends. I always had this joke that I was the devil on the shoulder and she was the angel because she was always bailing me out of trouble. Her family and her home welcomed me in during a time that my own home had become such a place of hardship. I didnt want to remember what it was like to go home because my dad was gone my mom was grieving. Julie and...

This episode is a topic I have never discussed on the show, so when I bumped into Liza Blas on Instagram, I knew I had to bring her on the show. Liza is an Empowerment Coach extraordinaire, mentor, and I quickly realized we have a lot of things in common.  Not only is Liza a fellow podcaster – her podcast Very Happy Stories, Heal with Liza Blas invites inspiring guests to share stories of healing...

Today is probably the most important episode I have ever recorded. Michelle Leopold was a mom living her normal life until the most horrifying thing happened to her family - the death of her son, Trevor.  She tells the story of this handsome, outgoing, loved teenager who started out by smoking pot. This didn't alarm her until she realized that the pot we smoked when we were younger is much differe...

Del Adey-Jones is a co-dependency and narcissistic abuse recovery coach and best-selling author with a foundation as a 3 Principles Practitioner. Shunned by her father and raised in an environment surrounded by mentally tormented individuals that fostered feelings of orphancy, illegitimacy, shame and low self-esteem. People that suffer from codependency tend to end up in traumatic and dangerous na...

Lace Flowers has had a life filled with trauma and uncertainty. From an abusive relationship in her childhood that led to a pattern of several abusive relationships in her adolescence and into adulthood, suffering a near-fatal car accident, and a boyfriend who committed suicide.  Lace Flowers is exactly who I needed to hear from this week, as suicide awareness month is coming to a close. Through a...

Have you ever spent so much time on self-work and are almost to a point of “feeling healed” when a certain person or situation triggers you so dramatically that you feel like you have to practically start over? Are you struggling with forgiving the past, others, or yourself? Is the difficult process of finding forgiveness holding you back from true freedom and a future?  This week I dive into the...

This week’s guest has revolutionized the way I think about my relationship with food. Her name is Niki Sibera, and she is the founder of Happy Hearted Eating and is known lovingly as a “Food Freedom Architect”.Niki joins me on the show this week to share what she has learned in her heart-healing work over the last 30 years. Niki opens up about her traumatic childhood experiences, which include her...

I wanted to get to the root of why kids become bullies. Since it is the start of a new school year, I thought it was the perfect subject.  Today's guest, Joe Constantine, is a life coach from Colorado who specializes in Anti-Bullying. His company,  Breakaway Scores works with kids that suffer with bullying and mental health issues. He is also a survivor of bullying himself, when I saw his bio I ha...

Today my guest, Caia DelaVergne, tells her story. In 2015, she was shot in the head along with another friend. Her story is one of survival but also how Caia went on to become a Mom and not let her story define her life. Caia has actively worked through her trauma in numerous ways and has gone on to share her story to help other shooting victims. She has gone on to become a spokesperson for Moms D...

**Trigger warning - suicidal ideation, depression, alcohol addictionToday on The Judging Meghan Podcast, I interview Author, Jenny Debolt. We talk her story and how she has dealt with numerous unbearable losses. Jenny tells us the story of the loss of her niece sue to a drowning accident.  The accident forever changed Jenny and her sister. We talk about her journey through grief, as well as suppor...

Jan Canty's world was upended when her husband didn't come home one night. She later learned he had been connected with a pimp and a prostitute - giving them money hand over fist - leaving her massively in debt.  After having to identify his body and being hounded by the media during his salacious trial, she needed to discover her why. The  journey was one of trauma and betrayal, but she was unabl...

This week, I had the pleasure of talking to Kim Toller, the host of A Million Other Choices Podcast. She was inspired to start her podcast after the murder of her niece in 2018.  And her interest in true crime quickly turned into an obsession that drove Kim to help others that may have been touched with similar tragedies. On her podcast, she largely covers Canadian Cases. She has a special connect...

Today on The Judging Meghan Podcast, we are honored to have Author, Comedian and Speaker, Michael Gershe . Michael is a survivor of a drunk driving crash that killed his mother and nearly killed him at 8 weeks old. Michael has used his powerful and inspirational story with just a bit of humor to speak all over the United States. Although he broke nearly every bone in his body in the crash, he over...

 This week, I talk to local Hermosa Beach, California  residents, filmmaker and activist, Heidi Swan and former city council member, Carolyn Petty.  We talk about the little known link between teen marijuana use and adult schizophrenia, as well as the increasing incidences of depression and anxiety. Marijuana has been found in many cases to be a gateway drug to many more severe drugs and even suic...

Perry Power was sexually abused by his step grandfather at the age of 10 for approximately 1-1/2 years. He kept his dark secret for many years until one day it was spotted. Perry never went back to that house again. His father sadly knew the secret but didn’t want it to ever be discussed again. This resulted in massive amounts of PTSD for Perry. He came out with his story and shares in with others...

Martin Lockett came from an impoverished background, he still always felt loved. Even though money was tight, he never felt like he was lacking. They encouraged him to get involved in sports and school, because they knew the lure of the streets at that time was very strong. Even with all of this on his side, he wanted to belong somewhere and fit in, which led to his first experience with drinking...

My guest today is Roxanne Faire. We delve into her story of her rough childhood growing up outside of Chicago. Her life was not easy growing up. Her parents struggled financially but she knew her mothers love. She always felt something was off and there was something her mother wasn’t telling her. Roxanne discovered at age 14 that the man she called her father was not her biological father. Her mo...

Today, we are going to talk about a subject I am very passionate about.  My own battle with Bulimia started at age 13 .  I talk about my own struggles with self love and acceptance. Having struggled for many years I am deeply passionate about helping young girls and women with self acceptance and love. My guest, Rachel Freeman and I talk about the struggles we both had to get to the places where w...

Today I have the pleasure of having the host of Let the Good Things In Show with Amanda Acker. I was drawn to her positivity and wanted to have her on my show to tell us about her story. After her parents divorced, it started a cycle of family and emotional trauma that continued for years. Her senior year in high school took her from a top student to barely graduating and regularly drinking alcoho...

**Trigger warning: The following episode may be triggering including topics of depression and suicide. In this episode, I had the pleasure of having Kate Ruehle with me. In February 2019, her son, Warren, took his life by suicide. She is now sharing her story with others to bring awareness to others. In the last several years the numbers of children taking their own lives has tripled. Please liste...

The Hosts of The Good Mourning Grief Podcast, Sally Douglas and Imogen Carn are todays guests. Both ladies lost their Mothers suddenly and tragically in 2019.  Thrown into the unbearable losses in their early thirties was too much to bear. Imogen was also a new mother and felt she was all alone. We discuss why they started their podcast, how they met and became the best of friends in  a grief supp...