Cracked! The Podcast: Slaying the Dragons of Mental Health

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.