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How One Man Turned A Mental Health Crisis Into Helping Others With Justin Hayes Justin has over 17 years of international business and marketing experience across a variety of industries including steel, electric, and healthcare. He has used his knowledge and expertise to help improve and grow businesses, as well as help, develop marketing programs, create products, and build customer relationship...

How The Internal Family Systems Model Can Help Build Confidence Online With Wendy Kendall Wendy Kendall is co-founder of The Self-Led Practice—the healthy virtual workplace for mental health professionals. She is a British Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Internal Family Systems Practitioner who specializes in helping self-employed psychologists how to grow their private practices.  She sta...

When Should You Seek Couples Counseling With Elizabeth Hinkle Elizabeth Hinkle is a licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed in Virginia, Kansas, and Washington, and has a telehealth private practice, MH Matters, LLC. Elizabeth started her career as a Recreation Therapist and had the opportunity to work with military/veterans, the elderly, and adolescents. It was during this time she was t...

Destigmatizing Mental Health In India And Beyond With Athul Raj Athul Raj, a lover of art and dance, practices as a counseling psychologist in India and has worked in multiple settings such as Jail, NGOs, and organizations.  His expertise is in working with depression, anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, relationship issues, anger management, stress management, LGBTQIA+ issues, bullying, sexual issue...

Relationship Codependency And Enmeshment With Danielle Blessing Taylor Danielle Blessing Taylor LMFT runs a group practice in DC, MD, VA, and PA. Her team helps people with anxiety, trauma, relationships, identity, pain, and more.  Danielle specializes in looking at the underlying and historical influences of someone's presenting concerns, helping to heal from the root up.  Danielle also runs...

SuperBetter Uses The Psychology Of Game Play To Empower Youth And Young Adults With Keith Wakeman Keith Wakeman is the CEO & Co-Founder of SuperBetter, a digital education & mental well-being company. The SuperBetter framework uses the psychology of gameplay to empower youth & young adults to build skills, overcome obstacles & achieve their goals.  Published studies show that playi...

Working With High-Risk And Most Vulnerable Mental Health Populations With Jill FitzGerald Jill FitzGerald, MSW, LICSW, Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations at Confidant Health, is a clinical leader and operations expert. She has designed and implemented innovative care-team models across multiple states and care settings to align high-quality behavioral health service delivery with value-b...

Music Inspired By Life’s Losses And Victories With Singer-Songwriter Beza Beza is a Chinese-American music producer, songwriter, and artist who is passionate about using music to bring healing, hope, and restoration. Beza's signature sound combines the honesty and poetry of singer-songwriter music with the groove and ear candy of pop, creating a unique blend of depth and fun.  After completing...

Working At The Intersection of Marketing And Mental Health With Michael Fulwiler Michael operates at the intersection of marketing and mental health. He leads brand marketing at Heard, the financial back-office for therapists.  He's also the founder of Fulwiler Media, a marketing consultancy for mental health companies, and the author of Therapy Marketer, a popular weekly newsletter for therap...

FirstWork Teaches Verbal Skills To Children Through Digital Reinforcement Learning With Patrick Faga Founder of FirstWork, and inventor of ‘adaptive digital reinforcement learning' based tools. FirstWork provides digital reinforcement learning tools to teach early verbal skills to children trying to develop them. Patrick is an ed-tech entrepreneur building a learning system that enables kids i...

How NuLife Virtual Is Revolutionizing Behavioral Health Treatment With J.D. Meints J.D. Meints is the Founder & CEO of NuLife Virtual, a Digital Behavioral Health Platform & APP. J.D. has been an entrepreneur in tech for more than 20 years, first in the real estate sector and then in an e-commerce company. He was successful as a businessman, and that success led in part to a lifestyle of d...

Mindfulness Strategies To Calm Stress And Anxiety With Dr. Cindy Tsai Dr. Cindy Tsai is a board-certified physician, bestselling author, mindfulness teacher, speaker, and life coach who is committed to helping high-achievers live their best life with ease. She earned BA and MS degrees from Johns Hopkins University and MD degree from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.  As a physician and p...

Motivo Health Is Changing The Way Mental Health Professionals Find Clinical Supervision With Rachel McCrickard And Dr. Carla Smith Motivo is a virtual clinical supervision platform for behavioral health employers. Motivo helps aspiring therapists, social workers, behavior analysts, and psychologists complete and maintain their licensure through virtual clinical supervision and continuing education...

Men’s Mental Health And Why It Matters With Dr. Elena Herrera In a society where men are often labeled as problem solvers, how can they seek help when they have their own personal problems? In this episode, John welcomes Dr. Elena Herrera, a therapist and licensed psychologist in San Jose, California. She serves as an associate director at a large psychology clinic in the Bay Area.  With her exten...

GEM Academy Is Helping Teen Girls Battle Body Image And Weight Issues With Jim Hershey Jim is the founder and executive director of GEM Academy, a solutions-based treatment program for adolescent girls who struggle with obesity. The format of GEM Academy is similar to a boarding school with a curriculum inclusive of high school general studies, nutrition and culinary, fitness, therapy, community s...

From Living With Social Anxiety to Becoming A Certified Nutrition Coach With Mark Metry Mark has been featured in over 250 podcasts and media like Forbes magazine, Mindvalley, Influencive, Inc Magazine, Huff Post, Fearless Motivation, and Spartan.  His podcast, Humans 2.0 (now The Mark Metry Show) has received over 75 Million views.  Mark’s podcast hit #96 of the top podcasts in the world along wi...

Mental Health And Sports Psychology In The NBA With Dr. Alex Auerbach Dr. Alex Auerbach is the Director of Wellness and Development for the Toronto Raptors. He joined the Toronto Raptors after serving as the Director of Clinical and Sport Psychology for the University of Arizona. Dr. Auerbach has worked with NCAA Division-I schools in the Pac-12, ACC, Big 12, and Conference USA. Dr. Auerbach earne...

Taking Your Message, Your Business, And Your Life To The Next Level With Cliff Ravenscraft Cliff Ravenscraft is a Life Transformation Expert available as a business mentor, a professional coach, and a motivational speaker. In November 2015, Cliff made a commitment to work out six days a week, every week, for the rest of his life. In December 2017, He made a decision to give up all sugar, for the r...

A Doctor’s Journey Of Hope And Healing From The Frontlines Of COVID-19 With Dr. Calvin D. Sun Dr. Calvin D. Sun is based in New York City and worked as an Emergency Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at emergency rooms all over the city during the COVID-19 pandemic.  He recounts the early months of Covid-19 in his upcoming book, The Monsoon Diaries: A Doctor’s Journey...

How Social Media Breaks Can Reset Your Mental Space Social media is a great avenue for communication, connection, and entertainment. But it also has its downsides, especially when you spend too much time on it. In this episode, John explains why it’s important to start the habit of limiting your social media use and setting some boundaries with it. Too much information online will overwhelm you an...

Group Therapy Learning And Memory Retention Through Proven Strategies With Andrew Bordt Andrew is the Executive Director of The Institute for the Advancement of Group Therapy and has been working in the field of education for over 15 years as a teacher, teacher trainer, curriculum designer, and academic administrator.  Andrew was selected as Employee of the Year for Disney English (The Walt Disney...

Solving Mental Healthcare Access And Championing Insurance Reform With Dr. Carrie Singer Dr. Carrie Singer is a Clinical Psychologist and she owns a 40-provider group mental health practice in the Washington DC suburbs which grew to $7M annual revenue in 5 years. Her business passions include solving mental healthcare access problems, championing insurance reform, and educating physicians on behav...

Sex And Dating Anxiety And What To Do About It With David Khalili David Khalili is a sex and relationship therapist, a board-certified sexologist, and the founder of Rouse Relational Wellness, a group practice focusing on anxiety about sex and dating. David focuses on working with men, couples, and multi-ethnic individuals. Additionally, David hosts online continuing education workshops for therap...

Battling Health Issues, Anxiety, And Depression All At The Same Time Whenever you’re going through a challenging medical condition or an unforeseen diagnosis, it’s okay to grieve. But like many problems, having hope and taking action can give anyone a view of the brighter side of life. In this episode, John responds to a message sent by one of the show’s listeners about how she’s dealing with her...

Mental Health Marketing Conference And Building A Community Of Mental Health Professionals With Steve Turney Steve is the executive director of the Mental Health Marketing Conference, a two-day event this November that builds a community of mental health professionals and marketers. The conference educates about consumer marketing so mental and behavioral health organizations can reach more people...