NotYourOrdinaryParts

Dr. Jeffery Thompson is the Founder/Director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research in Carlsbad, California, a research center which is actualizing its vision of “Healing the Body*Heart*Mind and Spirit through the Scientific Application of Sound.” Dr. Thompson was featured in the award-winning film Heal Documentary and is considered the world’s premier sound healing researcher, brainwave entrain...

Natalie Gutierrez is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified IFS therapist, and author of the groundbreaking and extremely powerful book "The Pain We Carry" which illuminates the phenomena of complex post-traumatic stress disorder as it is uniquely experienced by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). Her individual and group healing work blends the intersections of psyc...

Dr. Cecelia Baldwin is a licensed professional counselor who holds a doctoral degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Baldwin has a broad and unique base of clinical experience and education and significant experience and advanced clinical training treating varying degrees of psychological trauma. She has a particular passion and expertise in working with children, adolescents, individuals, and...

Melissa Urban is the co-founder and CEO of Whole30 and an authority on helping people create lifelong healthy habits. She is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author, including the instant best-seller, The Book of Boundaries, debuting at #3. She has been featured by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, People, Forbes, Good Morning America, and CNBC; is the host of the Do the Thing po...

Jessica Leigh is a psychotherapist who specializes in pediatric psychology who has a deep love for educating people about mental health through relatable and digestible content. Although very accomplished, Jessica struggles with a lot of the same things we all struggle and that made talking to her very easy because of how relatable she is. Jessica even said, "from the outside it appears that I hav...

Dr. Brad Reedy is a therapist, author, public speaker, and is a co-owner and the Clinical Director of Evoke Therapy Programs. Dr. Reedy graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Family Science, followed by an M.S. and a Ph. D. in Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Reedy’s research and clinical experience includes parenting issues, family trauma, treatment with sexual abuse victims, domestically viole...

Arron Muller aka "The Black Therapist" is a therapist, licensed social worker, a CEO, a speaker, and a mental health advocate. He's been seen on HBO, Hot97, VH1, Cosmo, Black Enterprise, Fox SOUL, Huff Post, NY1, and News12. In his work with Black Men in Therapy, Arron can identify with microaggressions, being stereotyped, and can align with how trauma in the Black community attributes to anxiety...

Kitty Martone, AKA, Healthy Gut Girl is the creator of The Total Gut Makeover, Author of “The Gut Health Diet for Beginners” & “The 4-Week Gut Health Plan” and host of the podcast, ‘Stuff Your Doctor should Know’. Kitty is a holistic health educator and investigative health journalist.  She has a background as a nutritional consultant and chef, working alongside nutritional giants such as Dr....

Connor Beaton is the founder of ManTalks, an international men’s movement focused on health, wellness, success, and fulfillment. For almost a decade, Connor has helped men and women from all over the world grow in the realms of mental clarity, relational communication, life purpose and sexual intimacy. After apprenticing with a pupil of Carl Jung, Connor developed a revolutionary approach to heali...

Jaime Mahler is a passionate educator, licensed psychotherapist, podcast host, she's been featured on Bustle and USA Today, she's a coach, speaker, and mental health content creator. Jaime believes in mental health education for all, and she specializes in helping people unlearn generational trauma, toxic relationship cycles, and people pleasing. Jaime is passionate about helping people learn how...

Tammy Sollenberger is a psychotherapist, an author, and an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Certified Supervisor. She holds a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling, and she developed a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) ‘Skills Group’ program while she worked with adults who struggle with mental illness as a Community Support Therapist. Tammy is so down to earth, relatable, and naturally...

Dr. Josh Mirmelli is a Los Angeles-based psychologist who helps his clients in addressing and meaningfully navigating psychological challenges, interpersonal hurdles, and emotional difficulties. Dr. Josh has an affinity for working with members of the LGBTQIA+ community as well as individuals with diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Dr. Josh’s goal is to help his clients release the joyful pa...

Melissa Guttman is an IFS (internal family systems) and music therapist who helps highly sensitive empaths raised by narcissists un-gaslight themselves and trust their emotions and intuition. Melissa has survived addiction and trauma and found hope at rock bottom. She knows what it's like to be overwhelmed and she has a treasure chest of tools to help find balance, calm, and inner peace. Melissa c...

Jake Ernst is a therapist, writer, podcast host, partner, dog dad, brother, friend, and the Clinical Director at Straight Up Health, which is a mental health clinic for young people and their families in Toronto, Canada. Straight Up Health offers teens and young adults access to approachable, empowering mental health care. As a therapist, Jake helps people identify patterns that are keeping them s...

Rachel Forbes is a licensed therapist whose approach is holistic, and mind-body incorporated, with an intention of increasing self-awareness and self-leadership. Rachel also practices the modality of therapy called IFS (internal family systems) which is my jam, and which was the topic of this episode. As a Korean American transracial and transcultural adoptee, Rachel offers a unique lens to her th...

Sara Aird is a complex PTSD survivor, recovery advocate, and mentor. Through her Instagram platform she shares resources and tools for trauma recovery in the context of her own healing story. Using her background in biology, education, writing, and trauma training, she breaks down complex trauma recovery into accessible and relatable packets of information offered in her OWL Survivor Shop. She has...

Dr. Stacy Baker holds a doctorate in traditional naturopathy, a Master of Science in holistic nutrition, she's a Level 2 integrative health practitioner, a Functional Medicine Board Certification (AADP), she's trained in Vinyasa Yoga, she's a certified personal trainer, and is currently expanding her love of learning with the study of energy healing. Connect with Dr. Stacy: Instagram -...

Natalie Kazarian is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in the treatment of anxiety, depression, developmental trauma, and behavioral struggles in children. Natalie’s approach to therapy is collaborative and she helps explore the thoughts, behaviors, and feelings that may be causing distress. She did such a wonderful job of explaining what therapy is and what can be expected t...

Navigating the challenges of a relationship is difficult, doing it while trying to cope with all the daily stressors of life can sometimes feel impossible. Over the last decade, Elizabeth Earnshaw has become one of today’s most trusted relationship teachers. Elizabeth is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Clinical Fellow of The American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy. She i...

Dr. Russell Kennedy, aka “The Anxiety MD” specializes in the art and neuroscience of helping people recover from anxiety disorders. He knows anxiety from the inside out, as he developed his own anxiety disorder as a result of growing up with a dad with severe schizophrenia. Dr. Kennedy has degrees and advanced training in medicine, neuroscience and developmental psychology —but it’s not all scienc...

Tosin Akindele is a licensed therapist and author who takes a trauma-focused approach that works to understand how the experience of trauma impacts an individual's mental health, behavior, and overall well-being. First and foremost, his practice is based on providing a safe space and Tosin is extremely passionate about disrupting the negative stigma around mental health in communities of color...

Shea Wingate is a licensed therapist and also a grief and loss coach who helps equip her clients to be able to maneuver through the fog, understand the changing relationship with loved ones, and grow around loss. After losing her father, mother, and older sister within a 13-month period, her identity was shaken and made her realize that grief means saying goodbye to your loved ones and also saying...

Dr. Kelly Vincent is passionate about treating the WHOLE person. She believes that mental and emotional struggles not only reside within the mind but also in the body. Dr. Vincent is the founder of a holistic group practice, Nourished Wellness Group, that offers a collection of holistic modalities to support her patient’s care. Her goal is to help guide and support her clients while empowering the...

Nikolai Pizarro, of Raising Readers, is an author and educator who has been teaching Black & Latina parents how to create high-quality literacy environments —at home & EARLY since 2010. Nikolai helps parents center HOME as the Epicenter of Learning, Healing, & Belonging. In this episode Nikolai debunks the idea that the school system prepares us for "the real world" and also...

Dr. Marcus Cirelli is functional medicine doctor well versed in gut health, autoimmune disease, and healing root causes instead of treating symptoms. He specializes in getting to the root cause of conditions and looks for underlying factors that contribute to disease processes. Dr. Cirelli uses individualized health programs for chronic conditions such as autoimmune disease, thyroid disorders, fib...