Air-Check Your Life

Therapy Insights with Colleen Steppa In this episode, you'll hear: Why people stay in “bad” relationships, and how to communicate with someone in a “bad” relationship The realities of getting into therapy The importance of balancing empathy and accountability How to have a hard conversation and make a repair attempt Tips to shift the way you view yourself Colleen Steppa is a licensed clinical soci...

Black Girls Do Engineer: Empowering the Next Generation in STEM with Kara Branch In this episode, you'll hear: How can we make STEM exciting for young people? How to become an ally and provide support Black Girls Do Engineer How parents and children can overcome limiting beliefs and roadblocks Top careers for the future Kara Branch is a multi-award-winning chemical engineer who has headed up proje...

How to Fix Your Relationship with Food and Live the Life You Crave with Lia Pinelli In this episode, you'll hear: How mothers' relationships with their bodies impact their daughters The dangers of letting yourself down and how to rebuild self-trust Practical tips and tools to begin to Live the Life You Crave The science of intermittent fasting and how to do it successfully How to navigate a househ...

In this episode, you'll hear: Practical Ways Breathwork Impacts Your Daily Life What Chris and Mathew experienced during their breathwork session  The Science Behind Breathwork Lukis Mac is the founder of Owaken Breathwork, a groundbreaking modality that empowers individuals to heal and transform through the power of breathwork. Lukas had a turbulent childhood growing up in New Zealand that led hi...

Practical Tips to Navigate Grief with Julieanne Williams In this episode, you'll hear: How Julieanne told her children what happened to their dad Key takeaways from her books: H.O.P.E. The importance of community  How can you help someone who is grieving?  What life after a loss can look like  Julieanne Williams was born in a small farm town with a heart defect that required surgery at the age of...

Are You in the Middle of a Hard Transition? Learn How to Embrace Change with Cortney McDermott  In this episode, you'll hear: How to find peace in the space around pain  Tools to manage the discomfort around the unknown Ways to free yourself from limiting beliefs and thoughts. Cortney McDermott is a returning guest on the show and one of our favorite people to learn from. She has lived in Italy fo...

Inside Out 2 is Here to Help: Navigating Your Teen’s Emotions with Dr. Lisa Damour In this episode, you'll hear: Why parents of teenagers often feel isolated and what we can do about it Phrases and practice advice for having productive conversations with your teens The difference between healthy and unhealthy anxiety  Dr. Lisa Damour is a clinical psychologist and author who has been specializing...

In this episode, you'll hear: How ketamine therapy saved Derek's life The potential medical applications of different psychedelics  Debunking misinformation and addressing the stigmas about ketamine  Derek Duchesne is an actor, producer, stunt performer, writer, and CEO of BetterU. Derek had a turbulent childhood with traumatic situations that impacted him in ways he has just recently begun to com...

In this episode, you'll hear: Important aspects of repairing a broken relationship and finding forgiveness What pain and discomfort are telling us, and how should we observe and respond The life-changing lessons Lauren learned through yoga  What Dave and Mathew learned through breathwork Lauren Bernard is a teacher, yogi, and host of the NurishU podcast. She grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, with her ol...

Are You in a Toxic Relationship? How to Know and What to Do About It with Stephanie Quayle In this episode, you'll hear: What can you do once you realize you are in a toxic relationship? Why can romanticizing relationships be dangerous, and what can we do about it? What is love bombing, and why do we need to shift the way we view ourselves? Stephanie Quayle is an accomplished country music singer-...

Do you Blame your Parents for your Issues? Why and How To Shift Your Mindset With Sonia Jhas “Change will only come when we recognize the shift is ours to make.” In this episode, you'll hear: Why do we have to reframe the way we think about our parents and what they taught us? The difference between self-worth and self-confidence and how they impact your happiness Sonia's experience with plant med...

Why Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Should Be an Employment Benefit with Sherry Rais, CEO and Co-Founder of Enthea In this episode, Mathew and Sherry discuss why employers are starting to pay attention to alternative medicines, what the future of psychedelics in the workplace could look like, and how ketamine increases neuroplasticity in the brain to help us make new connections and reduce activity i...

Today, we take a break from Learn from People Who Lived It so I can turn you on to a new podcast I helped produce called Nourish U by Lauren Bernard. Here is her description of her podcast: What would it be like if you were liberated from suffering in this life? These are the promises of numerous ancient wisdom teachings that have stood the test of time. Lauren Bernard, wife & mother, yoga ins...

From Alcoholism and Chronic Illness to Endurance Racing: Defying the Odds with Nick Klingensmith In this episode, you'll hear: How did Nick go from dealing with medical issues to being an extreme athlete?  How can we shift out of the victim mentality?  What do defensive feelings tell us about our role in the situation? Are you drinking more than you’d like? Are your relationships not where you wan...

Hello, and welcome to a special one-off episode of our podcast. Today, I want to feature a podcast I helped produce called the Nourished Life Podcast. Ang and Claire host it, and their goal is to get you some life-giving nuggets to help you live the life you dream of.  Here is their explanation: You are invited to listen to a journey focused on holistic wellness, the pillars of healthy eating, phy...

Come to a Ketamine Treatment with Me  In this episode, you'll hear: What is ketamine, why are people using it, and how it works Why ketamine has a bad reputation and potential side effects  What Mathew’s experience was like before, during, and after Have you ever wondered what a ketamine therapy session is like? Well, wonder no more! There is always more to learn, and it’s not the right treatment...

Quick Wins to Improve Teacher Retention and Student Experience with Dr. Paulie Gavoni and Anika Costa In this episode, you'll hear: Why are so many teachers leaving the field, and what can we do about it? How can we use simulations to help educators be more prepared?  Simple things you can do this week to improve your classroom In this episode, Mathew, Dr. Paulie, and Anika discuss why we see so m...

In this episode, Mathew and Tiffany discuss how her childhood shaped her beliefs today, what she has learned from having children, and the grieving process we go through as our children age. She talks about the roles of self-compassion, acceptance, and forgiveness in the healing process, gives tips for anyone struggling through those stages, and helps us think about how to encourage our kids to ta...

In this episode, you'll hear: The difference between typical kid behavior and serious school avoidance issues  Underlying issues that contribute to school avoidance and how to overcome them  Do's and don'ts for parents dealing with school avoidance Jayne Demsky is an advocate, a mother, and the founder of the School of Avoidance Alliance. Jayne's son is now 27, but in 2009, his school avoidance st...

In this episode, you'll hear: Why do certain foods present issues for us at certain times but not others? How stress impacts our guts and why fermentation is helpful for digestion  Steps we can take today to help ourselves Why breastfeeding is so important, and which formulas to use if breastfeeding isn't an option  Alex Martinez is a father, husband, CEO, chairman, and co-founder of Intrinsic Med...

Surviving a Stalker + EMDR to Take Her Power Back with Candice  In this episode, you'll hear: How being sexually molested as a toddler manifested later in her life  The power of EMDR and meditation for healing and managing emotions  Why is it so hard to get a stalking conviction, and where to start The difference between a crazy ex and a stalker: red flags to look out for When Candice was 16, she...

A PCP-Laced Brownie Changed Her Whole Life with Ruth Poniarski In this episode, Mathew and Ruth discuss the impact of unknowingly ingesting a hallucinogenic substance while already in a bad mental state, the long-term impacts, her recovery journey, and where she is today. Ruth Poniarski is here to share her story of surviving a devastating mental illness that stemmed from a PCP-laced brownie. In 1...

Today's episode is what the podcast people call a "Swap." We're pausing Learn from people who lived it this week to showcase one of the most downloaded episodes on the I NEEDED THAT PODCAST. Today’s show features an interview with Dr. Mary Claire Haver. Dr. Mary Claire Haver is a wife, mom, physician, and entrepreneur who has devoted her adult life to women’s health. As a board-certified OBGYN in...

In this episode, you'll hear: Why do many high performers have a hard time cutting loose? We are not in control, but we can influence and adapt. What Cort learned on Richard Branson's private island What does it mean to “play” as an adult? Mathew and Cort do an improv exercise.  This is part three of three in a series with Cortney McDermott. Cort is a bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and mind-bod...

Part 2: Creating More Time in Your Day with Cortney McDermott This is part two of three in a series with Cortney McDermott. Cort is a bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and mind-body expert with a Master of Science from the London School of Economics. She speaks four languages and splits her time between Italy and the US. There was a time in her life when it looked like she had it all, but in reali...