Talks with Dr Shafer

On this episode of Talks with Dr Shafer , Dr Shafer welcomes Special Guest Dr. Chelsie Rohrscheib, a neuroscientist and sleep expert, to the show. Dr Rohrscheib discusses the importance of sleep and its positive effects on the brain and body, as well as the negative effects of forgoing the necessary amount and quality of sleep. Dr Rohrscheib explains how sleep is an active and dynamic process that...

Bringing it Back to Your Body: Heavy or Light, Stiff or Flexible, Stuck or Free Heavy and light, stiff and flexible. We can feel all of these things at different moments. One moment we are nimble and light, and it is as if we could spring from leaf to leaf, climbing higher and higher towards the heavens, no fear of falling, only focused on reaching the warm blue expanse above us. Next, seemingly w...

On this inspiring episode of  Talks with Dr Shafer , Dr. Shafer interviews Rev. Christine V. Davies, a writer, speaker, hospital chaplain and head of the hospital chaplaincy department at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Minister, Pastoral Educator, Seminary Professor, Writer, and Spiritual Director. We discuss the role of a hospital chaplain and the importance of spiritual care in healthc...

*Disclaimer: Today’s episode discusses Intimate Partner Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence  On this episode of  Talks with Dr Shafer , with your host, Dr Shafer, we welcome special guest, Jennifer C Parker, who worked as a therapist for 35 years and is the author of   Coercive Relationships: Find the Answers You Seek,  which she wrote to reach victims and non victims of Intimate Partner Abu...

On this episode of  Talks with Dr Shafer , with your host, Dr Shafer, we welcome special guest, Caitlin Sigouin, Therapist and Author of the Children's Book, A Rainbow of Feelings. We discuss the importance of allowing children to express and navigate their emotions, as well as the role of parents in supporting their children's emotional development. Caitlin highlights how learning new too...

On this episode of Talks with Dr Shafer we welcome back special guest, Caitlin Sigouin, Therapist and Author of the illustrated Children's Book, A Rainbow of Feelings , for part two of our discussion on embracing emotions and empowering parents and children to accept all of their feelings. We discuss parenting through challenging moments, learning how to accept our emotions and gifting childre...

On this episode of Talks with Dr Shafer, with your host, Dr Shafer, we welcome special guest, Terry Tucker. Terry Tucker is a truly inspirational Motivational Speaker, Author of the informative and inspiring book Sustainable Excellence, and founder of Motivational Check LLC.  In this conversation, Terry Tucker and Dr. Shafer discuss the importance of learning from mistakes, developing character an...

In today’s episode, Dr Shafer reflects on listening to Taylor Swift’s newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, and on the impactful and vulnerable storytelling gifted by the author. Taylor vulnerably lays bare experiences of love, betrayal, loss, and of becoming aware of the lessons and strength earned by coming through life’s challenges. We hope you enjoy this reflection, and would love to he...

Feeling Stuck? Make a Cup of Tea, Short Talk on Talks with Dr Shafer . When we are overwhelmed and not feeling able to tackle anything on our to do list, it can help to do something. To set a small, actionable goal, and complete it. This goal can be something as small as stopping to make a cup of tea, sitting down and drinking it. When you do what you set out to do, you show yourself that you can...

Connect, don't Correct: Life Coaching Life Hack In our common conversation, most of us have had a particular style of communication modeled: listen to respond. We want to keep the flow going. We want to entertain. We want to impress the listener. We want them to feel less alone in their experience. All of these are valid reasons to share personal anecdotes and stories during a conversation. We may...

On today’s episode of Talks with Dr Shafer, Special Guest Sergeant Major Clint Markland, 24-year career veteran, life coach and co-creator of The Father Forge shares his journey of personal growth and transformation. He shares the inspiration for The Father Forge program that he has created to help other men seeking personal and professional growth. Sergeant Major Markland discusses the importance...

Talks with Dr Shafer welcomes guest Donna Galanti, Author of the Unicorn Island series, Joshua and the Lightning Road series, and The Element Trilogy and Host of the podcast Your Bounce Back Life to today’s episode. Donna shares her journey as an author and storyteller, which began after her mother's passing, a challenging and pivotal time in her life. She discusses how she found healing and p...

*Trigger Warning: Today's Episode includes discussion of Sexual Assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Self-Harm, and Eating Disorders Join Dr Shafer on Talks with Dr Shafer with Special Guest Jonathan Niziol. Jonathan shares his journey of overcoming distractions and addiction after the sudden loss of his mother as a young adult. He discusses his struggles with severe anxiety, clinical depression, p...

On today’s episode of Talks with Dr Shafer, Dr Shafer talks with guest Dr Shannon Sauer-Zavala, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Mental Health Researcher, Associate Professor in The Department of Psychology at the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, author of her book Neuroticism: A New Framework for Emotional Disorders and their Treatment, and blogger for Psychology Today, as well...

Join Dr Shafer as she shares Spring Musings on Love in Life’s Seasons, a Short Talk edition of Talks with Dr Shafer. Learn more at www.drshaferstedronova.com Little House of Dreams Entertainment All Rights Reserved Music Credit: Shafer Yost, Impulse

*Trigger Warning: Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence are discussed in today's podcast. Dr. Shafer of Talks with Dr Shafer interviews Faith C. Echo, a survivor of domestic abuse, about her experience and recovery. Faith shares her story of being in a narcissistically abusive relationship for four years and how she eventually escaped. She emphasizes the importance of sharing experiences to hel...

We only have so much energy.  A secret of life that we often come to realize midway or closer to the end, is that we get to choose where we direct our energy.  We have a choice.  You have a choice.  I have a choice.  If you could say one thing to yourself, every day, that could potentially change the outcome of your life, both in small and enormous ways, if you simply believed it to be true, it wo...

In this week’s Podcast episode, Bring it Back to Your Body, Dr Shafer discusses how we can and must come into our body in the present to move out of being stuck in our past and instead move into acceptance and growth. Only then can we meet the abundance that awaits us once we return to ourselves and our purpose.

Hi Everyone! And welcome to Talks with Dr. Shafer. I am Dr Shafer, and I am a mom, a physician, a board certified Neurologist, a musician, writer and publisher on a quest to help others on their journey of growth and improved health through storytelling. I believe in creating safe spaces to share our stories so that we can heal, grow and support one another, and create and environment where there...

Hi Everyone! And welcome to Talks with Dr. Shafer. I am Dr Shafer, and I am a mom, a physician, a board certified Neurologist, a musician, writer and publisher  on a quest to help others on their journey of growth and improved health through storytelling. I believe in creating safe spaces to share our stories so that we can heal, grow and support one another, and create and environment where there...

Podcast: Forgiveness: What it is, What it isn’t, and why we shouldn’t live without it. The concept of forgiveness has been all around me this week: conversations with family and friends, podcasts, books, a program for my child at school, a certification program I am in and even the sermon at church have all centered forgiveness. I have experienced great love and great loss in this week, and in the...

What is the Cost of Not Loving Yourself? on Talks with Dr Shafer. I read something today that posed the question, how much has loving them cost you? My immediate response internally was to reframe that question, to turn it around and ask, How much has not loving yourself cost you? Because, at the heart of it, it wasn’t loving someone else that cost us something. Love is truly free. Love is not pre...

Hi everyone, and welcome to Talks with Dr Shafer. I am a mom, a physician, a board certified Neurologist, a musician, publisher, and creator, on a quest to help others through storytelling. I believe in creating safe spaces to share our stories so that we can heal and grow and support one another, and create an environment where there is no need for shame, but rather a focus on meeting life’s chal...

From an early age, we absorb all sorts of external ideas about what we are and what we deserve. Dr Shafer discusses acknowledging our limiting beliefs, coming back to ourselves and realizing that we do deserve to be authentic and to be happy. @talkswithdrshafer Music Credit: Shafer Yost, Impulse @LittleHouseofDreamsEntertainment. All Rights Reserved.

In cooperation with We Don’t Tell Our Stories (www.wedonttellourstories), this week Dr Shafer discusses the gifts of vulnerability and how our most beautiful memories and beloved stories contain our vulnerable moments, which connect and bond us. #talkswithdrshafer #wedonttellourstories #vulnerability #growthmindset #lifecoach #empowerment