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Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health

Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health

Sandie Sedgbeer

CRACKED! The Podcast is a multimedia podcast, conceived & co-hosted by author, filmmaker, Rebecca Schaper & journalist, Talk TV/Radio host, Sandie Sedgbeer simultaneously streamed and broadcast via Internet radio and multiple social media outlets. Its one-year mission—as summed up in its subtitle—is to “slay the dragons of mental health” by stripping away the shame, embarrassment, fear, and stigma associated with mental health, by expanding the conversation into areas less frequently visited.

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How to Rise Up from Rock Bottom, Heal the Hard Stuff, and Fix Your Life with Iyanla Vanzant

We’ve all had moments in our lives when we’ve felt deflated, defeated, life has confronted us with one challenge too many, we’ve run out of steam, and don’t know where we’re going to find the strength to even fight one more day. One person who is very familiar with such scenarios, and indeed has become the doyen of helping others rise up from rock bottom, fix their lives, and find something to celebrate even in the challenging times, is internationally bestselling author IYANLA VANZANT.

In this episode, Iyanla Vanzant joins Rebecca and Sandie to share some of the harrowing ups and downs she’s had to face in life along with the powerful insights and practical tools that she shares in her best-selling books, courses, events and TV programs to help us rise up from rock bottom, heal the hard stuff, and fix our lives.

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Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health - Finding Emotional Wellness in Times of Anxiety & Change with Sister Jenna

Finding Emotional Wellness in Times of Anxiety & Change with Sister Jenna

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07/22/21 • 57 min

At a time when so much is uncertain, the world is isolated, nations are divided on a variety of issues, and depression, stress, and anxiety are on the rise, it can be challenging to stay motivated, or maintain our emotional wellbeing.  

Sister Jenna is a prominent motivational speaker, teacher, spiritual leader, author, and founder of the Meditation Museum I & II in metropolitan Washington, DC. A renowned radio host and TV personality she spearheads a variety of initiatives for youth, women, governments, and communities, and is the founder of the popular syndicated radio show America Meditating, which focuses on wellness, current events, healthy living, spirituality, self-help, meditation, and empowerment.  

Sister Jenna joins Rebecca and Sandie this week to share her professional and personal insights on several important current topics, including mental and emotional wellness, the power of meditation, and coping with loved ones who are experiencing cognitive decline.  

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Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health - Supporting Our Kids Through Times of Stress, Anxiety, Depression & Emotional Turbulence with Lara Honos-Webb
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05/13/21 • 57 min

Lara Honos-Webb joins Rebecca and Sandie on Cracked! The Podcast to talk about the challenges facing today’s children, who are experiencing rapidly escalating depression, anxiety, suicide, addictions, and other mental health issues, and discuss how parents and caregivers can support and guide our teens and tweens through this difficult time.

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Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health - EFT – Retrain Your Brain for Resilience, Creativity & Joy & Reduce Anxiety, Stress and PTS with Dawson Church
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03/11/21 • 55 min

Stunning new research shows that “flow” states begin changing your brain within hours. With practice, they remo-del key brain regions completely. Stress circuits shrink while happiness circuits grow.

This leads to “Bliss Brain”––a state in which joy is natural. It nurtures the personality traits of patience, compassion, creativity, and love.

This week, legendary researcher Dawson Church explains the neuroscience behind these discoveries and teaches the 7 simple steps that lead to elevated emotional states.

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Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health - Wounded Heroes – The Documentary Bringing Hope to Everyone Battling PTS with Michael Gier
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02/25/21 • 56 min

Every single day between 17 and 22 veterans die by suicide. After learning about this statistic and the serious side effects of overmedicating veterans, California filmmaker, Michael Gier, went on a mission to find successful alternative non-drug treatments that restore lives from the destruction of PTS.

In Michael Gier’s Wounded Heroes Documentary due out March 5th, 2021, PTS sufferers are finally getting their voices heard as they speak out about their mistreatment by the healthcare system, the medications that are making them worse, and the amazing new, proven, non-drug therapies that are giving them back their lives.

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Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health - Mental Health, Trauma & the “Wetiko” Mind Virus – From Breakdown to Breakthrough with Paul Levy
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11/25/21 • 56 min

Over 40 years ago, Paul Levy, had a life-transforming spiritual awakening that was misdiagnosed as a psychotic break. repeatedly hospitalized and told he was mentally ill, the abuse he subsequently received from psychiatry destroyed his family and almost killed him.

However, over time Paul Levy extricated himself from psychiatry and continued to unfold and integrate his awakening, and, paradoxically, he now has psychiatrists consulting him!

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Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health - Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America with Robert Whitaker
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04/08/21 • 56 min

Robert Whitaker joins Rebecca and Sandie on Cracked! The Podcast this week to share how the psychiatric establishment in America regularly misled the public about what was known about the biology of mental disorders, the validity of psychiatric diagnoses, and the safety and efficacy of its drugs.


Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author who has won numerous awards as a journalist covering medicine and science, including the George Polk Award for Medical Writing and a National Association for Science Writers’ Award for best magazine article.

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Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health - Opening to Change with Professor Richard Boyatzis

Opening to Change with Professor Richard Boyatzis

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08/26/21 • 56 min

We all know people whose lives would be so much better if only they would listen to our advice and change…

So how do we get people to change? According to the latest neuroscience, there is a secret biological key to coaching genuine, lasting change in the lives of others and in us. Joining Rebecca and Sandie this week to explain the mechanisms that affect our ability to let go of behaviors, habits, thought patterns, and addictions that don’t serve us and open to new ideas and change is an expert in the field of emotional intelligence, behavioral change, and competence, Professor Richard Boyatzis.

Richard Boyatzis Ph.D. is the author of over 200 papers and nine books including one that reveals the secret we’d all like to know… Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth.

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Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health - Healing the Wounds of Trauma with Malcolm Stern

Healing the Wounds of Trauma with Malcolm Stern

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08/12/21 • 56 min

"Trauma is not what happens to you, it’s what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you. "  In this episode of Cracked! The Podcast, Rebecca Schaper and Sandie Sedgbeer speak with group and individual psychotherapist and author, Malcolm Stern about understanding, moving beyond, and healing emotional, physical, and psychological trauma.  MALCOLM STERN originally trained in Humanistic Psychology and has been working as a group and individual psychotherapist for more than 30 years.

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Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health - From Schizophrenia to Recovery with Bethany Yeiser and Mary Beth De Bord

From Schizophrenia to Recovery with Bethany Yeiser and Mary Beth De Bord

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10/14/21 • 57 min

Author and mental health advocate Bethany Yeiser and Mary Beth De Bord, an attorney, author, advocate, wife and mother Join Rebecca and Sandie to discuss schizophrenia and their foundation CURESZ and their passion to educate others about and eradicate the stigma of mental illness and to advocate for greater support and cures for those afflicted with mental illness.

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