Tell The Others

It feels like this lockdown has been the most damaging to our collective mental health since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of clients I’m seeing with increased anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation is off the charts. So many people are either resuming anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medication, or starting it for the first time. My waitlist is the highest it has ever been, and eve...

Cancer. Depression. Prison. Anxiety. Anorexia. Addiction. Autism Spectrum. No matter the illness, diagnosis, or challenging behavior… when a family has a child who demands more parental attention than others, it can cause lifelong damage to family relationships – IF – parents don’t take steps to validate the experience and acknowledge the needs of the siblings. Parents I’ve worked with in the past...

If you’re human, there’s a 100% guarantee that you’ve experienced anxiety at some time in your life. If you’re in the minority, you probably don’t feel its effects all that much. Lucky for you! But if you’re in the majority, anxiety can feel like an uninvited guest that shows up EVERYWHERE, sucking the joy out of life. While we can never fully rid ourselves of anxiety, we can learn to manage it. T...

I remember when my eldest daughter was nearly two years old, and I was adjusting to having a newborn and a toddler, I found this rage within me that I had never experienced before. It scared me. I reached out to my high school friend Karina (who has three boys a bit older than my kids) and I will never forget what she told me.  Karina said, “Heidi, you’re totally normal. I never knew I had an ange...

After my interview with first responder, Sergeant Kevin Briggs, I KNEW I had to track down Kevin Berthia, 'the man on the bridge', to hear more of his story. Listen in as Kevin shares his story of adoption, loneliness, helplessness, love, hope and self-worth - all punctuated by his very-public attempted suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge. Berthia made international headlines in 2005 when that gut-w...

Heidi speaks with retired California Highway Patrolman Kevin Briggs (aka: The Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge ) about his suicide prevention work, his time as a crisis negotiator, managing depression on the job, talking people back from the edge, and his post-CHiPS life. This fascinating look at the life and work of Sergeant Briggs is the first in Heidi’s new podcast series, Tell The Others. Le...

Meet breathwork guru and founder of The Breathwork Shed , Siobhan Macleod. Heidi and Siobhan explore the benefits of breathwork on the body, heart and mind and uncover the why behind the practice.  Get a Breathwork 101 lesson and discover why Siobhan and so many others can’t live without this amazing practice. Learn more about Siobhan’s work: https://thebreathworkshed.wixsite.com/website https://w...

Art teacher and Tiny Cupboard Creatives founder Yaz Gaté talks beating cancer in 2019, finding purpose in life, developing a new mindset around risk, using art to connect with refugees and the amazing healing power of therapy and personal development. More from Yaz: https://www.instagram.com/tiny_cupboard_creatives/ https://www.youtube.com/c/TinyCupboardCreatives -- Strong-willed child at home? Di...