Real.Raw.Authentic Podcast

Some people wake up from a head injury speaking fluent piano. Others draw entire cityscapes from memory after a single flight over a skyline. This week I'm sitting down with child and adolescent psychiatrist Jeremy Chapman, Medical Director of the SSM Health Treffert Center, the world's leading hub for understanding savant syndrome.  We go deep on what happens in the brain when extraordinary...

Spyker is back at Le Mans... 23 years later. Victor Muller (Founder and CEO of Spyker Cars and former CEO of Saab Automobile) just told me what it really took to survive....  He built one of the most beautiful car brands in the world. Lost it. Lost it again. And is now bringing it back, with a crypto billionaire as his new partner and the racetrack calling his name. This is Victor Muller. Fou...

Every 43 seconds, someone in the world dies by suicide. Men make up 75-80% of them. In the US, men are nearly 4x more likely than women to die by suicide. In the UK and Canada, it's roughly 3x. This isn't a side statistic. It's a global mental health crisis, and almost nobody is talking about it the way we do in this episode. There's a paradox at the center of this: women report higher rates of de...

I didn’t expect this conversation to go where it went. Petr Čech, one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, sitting across from me, talking about loss, fear, near-death, and what it actually costs to perform at the highest level for two decades. The Champions League final. His last game with Arsenal. A nurse telling a 10-year-old he’d never play again. A head injury that nearly took his life. T...

Trauma and anxiety don’t just live in the mind — they live in the body. In this episode of Real, Raw & Authentic , recorded in Los Angeles, I talk to Jiaming Ju , founder of KUN Health and a second-generation licensed Chinese Medicine practitioner who specializes in chronic conditions. We talk about tongue diagnosis in Chinese Medicine and how the tongue can reveal long-term stress, anxiety, t...

In this episode of REAL. RAW. AUTHENTIC.🎙️ I sit down with Ingmar de Gooijer, founder of Magnolia in the Netherlands — one of the leading centers for ketamine therapy and psilocybin-supported journeys. Ingmar has years of experience guiding people through deeply transformative non-ordinary states of consciousness.  At Magnolia, every journey begins with a careful medical and psychological scr...

We are all on a journey, searching for answers, meaning, and connection. Often, we’re trying to find ourselves, yet we don’t even know how or where to start. Many of us struggle with loneliness, numbness, and overwhelm. In this episode, I travel to the Shaolin Temple Europe in Otterberg, Germany, to meet Master Shifu  Zuan, a true guide on the path of self-realization, presence, and inner mas...

🎙️ Welcome to Real. Raw. Authentic. — the podcast where I, psychologist Caroline Middelsdorf, travel the world to break the silence around invisible wounds, normalize vulnerability, and remind you that you are never alone. In this London episode, I sit down with model, professional surfer, athlete, and Love Island UK star Laura Crane.  Laura opens up about her journey through eating disorders...

In this episode of Real, Raw & Authentic, I sit down in Los Angeles with Ben Smith - holistic wellness coach, athlete, ex-military, and trauma-informed retreat facilitator. Ben’s story is one of resilience, courage, and deep transformation. We dive into why so many men suffer in silence — carrying loneliness, shame, and unspoken struggles behind closed doors. Ben opens up about his own journey...

✨ In this episode of Real, Raw & Authentic , I’m in London sitting down with the incredible — “The Undefinable” Sadie Gibbs — professional wrestler, coach, and powerhouse of transformation. Sadie opens up about her personal journey of healing the wounds that shaped her life and relationships, and how facing those challenges allowed her to step into her true power. She gets real about anger, e...

🎙️ New Real. Raw. Authentic Podcast Episode — Live from Amsterdam I had the pleasure of sitting down with my dear friend Thelma Nusselder , an experienced Clinical Psychologist and EMDR therapist (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) , for an eye-opening conversation about trauma healing. In this episode, we explore: 🔹 What EMDR really is and how it works 🔹 Why it’s such a powerful too...

🎙️ In the New York episode of Real, Raw & Authentic, I sit down with Dr. Timothy TiuTan — board-certified internal medicine physician, assistant professor, author, and media personality with over 1 million followers — to have a conversation that many avoid, but everyone needs to hear. From cancer prevention to facing a diagnosis, Dr. Tim opens up about: ✨ How lifestyle, nutrition, and skincar...

In this episode, I had the incredible opportunity to sit down with Danny Morel — in Austin, Texas. Danny Morel is a life coach and spiritual leader guiding millions throughout the world to awaken, heal and transform their lives. I literally flew out just to have this conversation, and it was so worth it . We dove deep into his personal healing journey, the powerful balance of masculine and feminin...

🎙️ In today’s episode I sit down with Stephanie Cheape — singer -songwriter, BBC presenter, 🎥 content creator, and TikTok star — to talk about how bullying and assault can shape the entire course of your life in ways you’d never expect. Stephanie invited me into her home in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿— her safe space — where she opens up about the severe bullying she faced, the emotional scars no one could...

This episode brought me to tears... 😢 Mark Sephton is not just real, raw, and authentic - he is completely open and vulnerable with us, sharing his painful healing journey in a way that will resonate deeply. 👉🏼If you’ve ever felt lonely, if you carry emotional wounds that no one sees, if you’ve ever struggled in silence, this episode is for you. Mark is the first male guest on The Caroline Midd...

🎙️This episode is all about the real, raw, and often unseen struggles of living with complex PTSD. I had the privilege of sitting down with Nikki Sharp , an international model, bestselling author, and transformation coach, who opens up about her journey with complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life. Nikki shares her experiences with the overwhelming weight of trauma, the internal battle of sel...

🎙️ Today's Podcast Episode: Millie Mackintosh's Brave Journey.. This is an episode you cannot miss. ❤️‍🩹 Millie invited me to her home, her personal space and opened up about her deeply personal and courageous journey through the invisible wounds of trauma. From surviving sexual harassment, battling severe anxiety and panic attacks, and turning to unhealthy coping mechanisms like alcohol, to navi...

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