The Mindful Midlife Crisis

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In this week’s episode, Billy talks to Dr. Shree Walker. Dr. Walker is the founder of Resilient Walker. She formerly served as Director of Special Education and Special Education Local Plan Area in Los Angeles County and as the Director of Section 504 and Special Populations for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools in Nashville, Tennessee. She also served as an Adjunct Professor at Belmont University and serves on the leadership committee for the Sexual Assault Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Walker utilizes practical resolutions to support diverse learners and develops policies and procedures to ensure students have improved educational outcomes, educational stability, minimal disruptions, and endless possibilities. In today's episode, Dr. Walker talks about the roles she plays in her life, being a forever learner, and being a servant leader.
Billy and Dr. Walker discuss:
–What is the difference between adversity and trauma?
–How can resilience help us navigate the challenges of life?
–The ways in which we build resilience
–How can we use resilience to help children and students who have experienced trauma?
–The difference between direct adversity and indirect adversity
–How can educators meet the needs of diverse learners?
Want more from Dr. Shree Walker?
--Resilient Walker (book and audiobook)
Like this episode? Check out these episodes then!
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–Episode 59--The Emotional Intelligence Dance Party with Rich Bracken
–Episode 22--How to Normalize and Prioritize Mental Health Conversations with Our Children with Tandra Rutledge from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
–Episode 23--Parenting and Working with Children with ADHD with Mental Health Advocate Tandra Rutledge
​​–Episode 19--Compassionate Communication for Deeper, More Meaningful Relationships with Dr. Yvette Erasmus
–Episode 30--Outperform the Norm with Personal Performance Coach Scott Welle
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In this week’s episode, Billy talks with Jeanine Faith, a narcissistic abuse recovery expert and survivor of abuse. After going through her own trials with narcissistic abuse and meeting her mentor, she went back to school to receive her masters in psychology and has done over 5 years of private mentorship in behaviorism, attachment theory, and narcissism so she can help her clients heal and reclaim the truth of who they are after narcissistic abuse. She is here today to share her story and give listeners a step-by-step journey to healing and reclaiming their lives after narcissistic abuse.

Billy and Jeanine discuss:
–Her life experiences as a dominatrix and shaman
–How she became a survivor of narcissistic abuse
–How she came to better understand narcissism through her human behavior studies
–How to properly identify a narcissist
–Her advice to people who are currently in an abusive relationship with a narcissist
Want more from Jeanine Faith?
Check out her Instagram or join her Designed to Love private Facebook group
Check out the article she mentioned: 20 Diversion Tactics Highly Manipulative Narcissists, Sociopaths And Psychopaths Use To Silence You

If you liked this episode, check out these episodes as well:
–Episode 19--Compassionate Communication for Deeper, More Meaningful Relationships with Dr. Yvette Erasmus
–Episode 71--Navigating Trauma Through Resilience with Dr. Shree Walker
–Episode 72--Acts of Service As Self-Care with Dr. Lina Haji
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This week, we talk to Bryan Piatt. Bryan is the host of the Take What Serves. Leave the Rest podcast. Bryan is also a former TV news anchor in the Twin Cities who now serves as a mental health advocate as both a breathwork Facilitator and meditation guide. Bryan is currently enrolled in grad school to become a therapist so that he can continue supporting the wellness of others. Bryan is here today to share his mental health journey as well as speak to his experiences with both medication and meditation.

We ask Bryan:
--Your podcast is called “Take What Serves. Leave the Rest.” That’s such a great title, so I’d like you to share the idea behind that title.
--On your podcast, you openly talk about your mental health concerns, so we’d love for you to share your story with our listeners as well.
--How has your mental health journey influenced your decision to become a therapist?
--What are you learning about yourself during this time, what are you noticing about the clients you’re seeing at this time, and how do you navigate the potential desire to project your own experiences onto your clients?
--You talked about the role medication has played in your mental health journey. Can you elaborate on that for us?
--One thing you talked about on your podcast is the stigma around medication, and if Brian and I are being honest, we have spoken out against the use of medication. I think for the two of us, it’s more of a personal experience kind of thing (and for me I believe that medication is too often over-prescribed or used before truly assessing the whole picture of the patient), but one thing you said in the podcast that I really liked is that it doesn’t have to be an “either/or” scenario, and you’re an example of that because you both use medication but you also practice meditation and yoga. In what ways do these all complement each other to serve your wellness?
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Hey everyone. I’m changing up some things on the podcast this week, so I just wanted to pop on and let you know that I didn’t feel comfortable releasing this week’s originally scheduled episode because the focus was on how to fully embrace and live more presently with the somatic experience of joy. Much of what I was planning to discuss in that episode revolves around how the city of Seoul and the people I’ve met here elicit this newfound joy that I have been experiencing lately, but given the tragedy that took place in Itaewon last weekend, and the fact that the friends and families of those whose lives were lost as well as the entire country are in a national period of mourning, which for those families will last a lifetime, and considering many of my friends here from the SeoulShare, Soul Walkers, and CIK meetup groups, and me for that matter, were in Itaewon that night and some of us were only a block away from where this tragedy took place without even realizing that anything was wrong, I don’t think this is the right time to share that episode.
I’m sure I’ll share it at some point down the road, but now is not that time. Now is a time for healing; my friend and organizer of SeoulShare and past guest Iggy Lee have been organizing events for people in the groups to come together who may be feeling isolated or alone in these trying times, and he shared a saying that goes, “Joy is doubled when shared; sorrow is halved when shared.” Originally this episode was supposed to be about how we can experience more joy in our lives by sharing more meaningful moments with our friends, but right now, we’re going to take some time to heal in the company of our friends.
I just want to take a minute to express my deepest sympathies to the families and friends who lost loved ones last weekend in Itaewon. There’s nothing more I can say that will lessen your pain, but I hope you are surrounded by people you love and who will support you through this unimaginably difficult time.
So, that’s it for this week. Thank you for tuning in. Please take the next week to tell the people who add value to your life how much you love and appreciate them.
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In this week’s episode, Billy takes on the first episode of 2023 solo. He shares a travel update as he moves from Korea to Thailand. What makes this new adventure exciting is that Billy brings with him all the social-emotional tools he has picked up along the way. So make sure you tune in to today’s episode as Billy shares one of the most beneficial tools he has in his social-emotional growth tool kit and how he wants to extend a helping hand to anyone wanting to utilize this tool kit.
If you liked this episode, check out these episodes as well:

–Episode 54--Declutter and Get Organized! with Janet M. Taylor
–Episode 3--The Only Way Out Is Through: Billy Overcomes His Demons through Mindfulness
–Episode 29--Discover Your Inner Awesome by Being Unapologetically You with Life Coach Jill Dahler
–Summer Session 7--So...What’s Next for Billy and Brian? with Life Coach Jill Dahler
–Episode 59--The Emotional Intelligence Dance Party with Rich Bracken

Book recommendations:

The Midlife Male: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Living Better, Longer, Happier, Healthier, and Wealthier and Having More Fun in Your 40s and 50s (Which Includes More Sex ... and What Guy Doesn't Want That?) by Greg Scheinman

Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Danny Penman

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