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Chicks Who Give a HootMental Health Reform with Angie PeacockIn this episode, we chat about: Angie’s background in the military and her experience with overmedication issues surrounding overmedication and its impact on her life and health Angie's healing journey and her shift in understanding of mental health being featured in the documentary "Medicating Normal" and its impact on her the normalcy of trauma reactions and criticism of the mental health system. the role of situational factors in mental health and the critique of DSM-5 personalized trauma experiences and reflections on overmedication ad...
2025-05-2136 min
The Gaslit TruthGaslit Into Medicating Normal with Angie PeacockSend us a textAngie Peacock's life changed forever when she sought psychiatric help after serving in Iraq. What followed was a 13-year nightmare on more than 40 psychiatric medications simultaneously – a pharmaceutical regimen that robbed her of her identity, relationships, and basic functioning."I completely got robbed of my twenties and thirties," Angie reveals, describing how she lost the ability to shower, read, or even watch TV while heavily medicated. Her medical records ultimately labeled her as having "chronic and persistent mental illness not likely to improve." The psychiatric establishment had written her off.
2025-04-151h 01
Veterinary Compassion ProjectHelping the Helpers with Angie AroraAngie Arora, MSW, RSW, is a social worker supporting the human needs that arise from human-animal relationships, specializing in veterinary wellbeing, pet loss, and equity issues within veterinary medicine. As a Veterinary Social Worker and Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist, she provides trauma-informed support, coaching, and psycho-educational training to veterinary professionals and organizations to improve professional quality of life by addressing issues of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue.She served on the inaugural Board of Directors for the International Association of Veterinary Social Work and is actively involved in other relevant veterinary medicine...
2025-03-2728 min
The Natasha Helfer Podcast90: Symmetry Providers Discuss Current EventsAngie Millet joins Natasha on this episode of the Natasha Helfer Podcast. They discuss current events happening at BYU. For more on Angie Millet, MSW Intern: https://symcounseling.com/angie-millet/ To help keep this podcast going, please consider donating at natashahelfer.com and share this episode. To watch the video of this podcast, you can subscribe to Natasha’s channel on Youtube and follow her professional Facebook page at natashahelfer LCMFT, CST-S. You can find all her cool resources at natashahelfer.com. The information shared on this program is informational and should...
2025-01-2955 minThe Natasha Helfer Podcast88: Symmetry Providers Discuss Current EventsOn this episode of the Natasha Helfer Podcast, Natasha is joined by other providers, Angela "Angie" Millet, MSW Intern, and Jana Spangler, IPC, to discuss current events. You can find out more about them here: Angela "Angie" Millet, MSW Intern: https://symcounseling.com/angie-millet/ Jana Spangler, IPC: https://symcounseling.com/jana-spangler/ To help keep this podcast going, please consider donating at natashahelfer.com and share this episode. To watch the video of this podcast, you can subscribe to Natasha’s channel on Youtube and follow her professional Facebo...
2024-12-311h 04
Murder, We Spoke: a Murder, She Wrote podcast(BONUS) Magnum, P.I. S07 E08 "Novel Connection"(Originally Recorded 6 Oct 2017) On this episode we cover part one of the crossover to end all crossovers. Angie Lans and Tommy Sellz just solving all the crimes while throwing all the shade. And the shorty-shorts, my lord, the shorty-shorts...
You can buy some cool MSW gear in our Murder, We Spoke Shoppe. Have any thoughts, questions, comments, concerns, queries or regards you'd like to share? Don't be shy, we want to hear it!
2024-12-081h 03Murder, We Spoke: a Murder, She Wrote podcastS01 E01 "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes" (Part One)(ORIGINALLY RECORDED 18 APR 2015) Welcome to the premiere episode of the premiere Murder, She Wrote podcast! Your hosts (Marissa, Melissa & Ben) watched one episode of MSW and fell head over heels in love with Angie Lans (that's Angela Lansbury to the uninitiated). So, now we have ventured to watch this 80s-tastic show from the very beginning and share our journey with you. We make very good choices. As do you.
Join us as we get to know the sheer unadulturated glory that is Jessica Fletcher and Murder, She Wrote! Her origin story is pretty epic...
2024-12-0857 min
COURAGE UNLOCKED009. Harnessing Hope after Psych Med Harm: Part II with Angie Peacock, MSW and Michele Waterman*Please note that you are listening to a two part episode. Episode 9 is Part II of my conversation with Angie Peacock, MSW. This conversation first aired on Angie’s platform in September 2023. NOTE: If you have not listened to Episode 8 Part I - please go back and start there for our complete conversation. Angie Peacock, MSW is a recovery coach that I worked with for the better part of a year. She held space for me and validated me while I endured UNSPEAKABLE harm. She he...
2024-01-2649 minCOURAGE UNLOCKED008. Harnessing Hope after Psych Med Harm: Part I with Angie Peacock, MSW and Michele Waterman*You are listening to a two part episode. Episode 8 is Part I of my conversation with Angie Peacock, MSW. This conversation first aired on Angie’s platform in September 2023. This podcast includes the complete details of how I was psychiatrized for 16 years on a multi-med cocktail that I was prescribed in 2002 for generalized anxiety disorder and postpartum depression when my youngest child was 3 months old. Angie facilitates this conversation as a recovery coach that I worked with for almost a year. Angie played an instrumental part in m...
2024-01-2658 min
Covetrus Connected CareEpisode 11 - Create a Psychologically Healthy and Safe Veterinary Workplace with Angie Arora, MSW, RSWThe veterinary community is increasingly turning its attention to the role of mental health in the workplace. Psychological well-being impacts everything from productivity to morale to safety, yet busy veterinary practices may be unsure how to best support staff mental health and well-being.
Our guest, Angie Arora, MSW, RSW, offers practical solutions to help practices foster psychologically healthy and safe workplaces. Angie is a Veterinary Social Worker, Well-being Coach and Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist. She specializes in veterinary well-being, end-of-life and pet loss support, and equity issues in veterinary medicine.
Angie outlines the conditions and...
2023-08-2126 min
The Whole TopicDealing with Post Partum in a Healthy WayReal Women. Real Talk. Real Life.Guest Speaker & Author Lara Austin from @Thegreenheartmama joins us to discuss identifying, coping & curing post partum with herbs, food and healthy living. This episode is packed with great information! Give it a listen and share it with your mom friends who may need this conversation. . Where you can find Lara's Ebook: https://backtohomemakingcollective.com/products/natural-nourishment-for-mom-and-baby . Show Notes: Welcome BACK to the Whole Topic Podcast! Real women, real talk, real life is our motto! We want you, the listener, to know that these are round table discussions. We hit on all the topics that...
2023-07-1752 min
Life = Choices; Choices = LifeThe Medication of Normal Human ExperiencesIn this episode, I interview Angela Peacock, a woman who served in Iraq with the US Army and experienced multiple traumas there. She was sent to medical professionals, both military and civilian, and at one point, was on 18 different psychotropic medications. She began to wonder, "If I'm on all this medicine, why don't I feel good?" She realized her post-traumatic stress was a normal human response to the events in her life and didn't need to be medicated. She got help and began the excruciating process of tapering off her medication which took a total of 20 years from her d...
2022-12-0824 min
Awaken Your Higher SelfEp 4: How Therapy can Help the Type A high Achiever - overthinking mind - Tips if you want to try therapy too!In this episode, Maria shares her personal journey with - what initially stopped her from trying therapy, what brought her into therapy, and currently her fave therapy approach (IFS!) and the benefits she sees in her daily on the go busy life. She'll also share some tips if you're considering therapy too! Also resources linked below and I also suggest you check out therapy based podcasts, blogs/resources from your local area!
Tune in and comment below what you loved / leave a review & FOLLOW for more! :)
Resources:
Different Types of Therapy BASIC overview
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2022-11-1038 min
Mom EssentialsThe Myth of AdoptionSometimes families are created in different ways. And today our guest is going to be sharing with us all about her family's story of adoption. Anna Maria DiDio, is an adoptive mother and was inspired to write her memoir, Love at the Border, An Adoption Adventure after her own family journey to Mexico. Now her L.I.F.E.* Adventures children’s books feature stories about adoption, foster care, stepchildren, and all blended families from the point of view of the child. Anna Maria hopes that her books encourage open and honest explo...
2022-06-1737 min
Permission to Kick AssKristen Donnelly: The Human Side of BusinessThere’s a school of thought that says emotion and business don’t belong in the same sentence. I think that’s a load of BS. Passion and emotion are how we connect, person to person… and that’s why I love Kristen’s approach to empathy. She says it’s a skill, not an emotion… and as someone who’s learned how to be empathetic through A LOT of trial and error, I totally agree. Our discussion is a fascinating look at the many different ways you can develop and use this vital skill in your business. Listen now to find out how...
2022-03-0244 min
Court Leader's AdvantageWork - Life Balance: What Does It Look Like in 2022?February 15th, 2022 Court Leader’s Advantage Podcast Episode
We’ve been talking about work-life balance for decades. It is a perennial challenge. What has changed in these last two years is, of course, COVID. For the first time in the history of America’s court system, large numbers of employees are teleworking, many are frightened of catching the Coronavirus in the office, others are concerned over losing their personal freedom, and we all seem to be working and living with incomplete and often rapidly changing information.
Anecdotal comments are both positive and negative. Office productivity has im...
2022-02-1424 min
Not As Crazy As You Think PodcastStraight Talk on Big Pharma, Psychiatry, & the Film “Medicating Normal” with Angie Peacock (S3, E7)In the episode, “Straight Talk on Big Pharma, Psychiatry, & the Film ‘Medicating Normal’ with Angie Peacock (S3, E7),” former U.S. Army Sergeant and subject of the film, “Medicating Normal," Angela Peacock, MSW, was diagnosed with PTSD after one deployment to Iraq in 2003 and was overmedicated for it for over a decade and a half. She is a mental health advocate, writer, and YouTube creator who travels in her campervan across the United States with her service dog Raider in an effort to improve the mental health care system for veterans and civilians alike. Angie’s a major player on the...
2022-01-151h 04
ALIVE with Jessica Silverman: Heal Your Inner Child + Ancestral TraumaEp 32: Medicating Normal with Angela PeacockIt’s OK not to be okay - yet the world has increasingly become more and more addicted to the quick fix, or the magic pill that will dissipate our problems with one dose, or so they make you think. “Putting profits over people”, the pharmaceutical industry has capitalized on mental health for decades. In today’s episode you will hear from Angela Peacock, whose story has been featured in the incredible documentary Medicating Normal, which I believe EVERYONE should watch as a wake-up call to empower and educate ourselves on healing holistically versus being dependent on a system...
2021-12-3159 min
Akathisia StoriesEpisode 10: Angela Peacock, MSWIn this episode, we hear from Angela Peacock. At age 18, Angela went into the United States Army, where she rose to the rank of sergeant. Five years into her service, the U.S. invaded Iraq and Angela was deployed to Baghdad. For a variety of reasons, the deployment took a physical and mental toll on her, and within six months she was medevacked out of Iraq to recover in Germany. A day after her evacuation, one of the soldiers in her platoon was badly injured, requiring medical assistance in the same military hospital where she was recovering. ...
2021-09-0138 min
Animal Academy PodcastPet Loss and the Grief Process with Angie AroraI had the pleasure of speaking with today’s guest, Angie Arora, and her colleague several months ago about the research done on the challenges of pet loss and bereavement. They shared so much information during that discussion that I asked Angie to return to the show today. In this episode, Angie takes a deep dive into pet loss and bereavement, the stages of grief, immortalizing a beloved pet, and some of the challenges people had to face during the pandemic.
Angie is a registered social worker from Toronto, Canada, with over sixteen years of experience in the fields of pe...
2021-03-2547 min
Court Leader's AdvantageLocal Courts: Their Complex Issues and How Are They Solving Them?Thursday, January 28, 2021, Court Leader’s Advantage Podcast Bonus Episode
Welcome to a bonus episode on how local courts are facing and solving their many complex issues. As mentioned in last week’s episode, these local suburban and rural jurisdictions are very often the representative of the judicial branch in much of America. We are continuing our conversation with clerks of court and court administrators from one and two judge courts around the country. We are chatting about the current issues facing local courts including automated case management systems, teleconferencing, telework, and training in smaller jurisdictions. How are thes...
2021-01-2715 min
Struggle Well School#267: Five Bebes is Just PerfectWhat do you wish you knew before heading to the hospital to have a baby? What invaluable nuggets did you learn when you had your little nugget? Since our sweet Rebecky had her fifth baby Smith this week it was the perfect time to talk about how to Struggle WELL with bebes. We shared our personal stories with adoption and childbirth and our amazing Strugg community came with crucial advice for what NOT to do after baby comes!
WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT:
The joy of dermoplast and the practicality of depends
Our adoption, breastfeeding and childbirth stories
The...
2021-01-251h 15
Court Leader's AdvantageLocal Courts: Their Complex Issues And How Are They Solving Them?Court Leader’s Advantage Podcast: January 2021 Episode
When we talk about the challenges confronting America’s judicial branch, we often focus on the concerns and accomplishments of large metropolitan courts. After all, they are often the ones that have more money and more resources to throw at a problem. However, a survey conducted several years ago, revealed that almost 65% of all courts in the United States had benches of fewer than four judges.
In a large portion of our country, these local suburban and often rural jurisdictions, these local courts are the representative of the judic...
2021-01-2033 min
Soul Care With Angie FadelHungry For ChangeThe first guest of season 3, is my friend and social worker Melissa Trombetta Sollee, MSW. In this episode, we talk about cops and their training in behavioral health awareness and all the ends, outs, and ups and downs of that in the context we are living in in the United States at this moment. We discuss the racist system that devours humans and is set up to fail ALL it's people especially those that are more at risk by the lack of safety nets. We don't pretend to have the answers and are not shying away from the hard questions...
2020-10-101h 09
PodcypherAfroLatinx , Blackness and the Diaspora.Join Denese & Ann as they address the current issues among the AfroLatinx community with blackness in their history. Also, the panel describes the African diaspora influences around the world. Podcypher panel includes;Jessica Dunston Born and raised in Newark, NC. Jessica is an MSW candidate at Fordham, initiated into Ifa Orisha practice, practitioner of hoodoo, cultural analyst and historian, also doula and herbalist lol.am a wellness advocate, socio-cultural historian, and educator. I help black communities and especially black women by giving them the information they need to make more informed decisions about their personal wellness so...
2020-07-241h 46
Court Leader's AdvantageThe Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? Thursday, June 25, 2020 Episode:COOPs and the Coronavirus: The Lessons May Surprise You
Courts are now in the midst of reopening, yet the Coronavirus is still very much with us. Right now, the United States has had over 2.3 million confirmed cases with over 26,000 new cases reported just yesterday. We have experienced 121,000 deaths from the virus and new projections predict that we will top 200,000 by the fall. In over a third of the country, the infection rate is actually increasing. This alone makes this crisis different from any courts have ever faced before. If it were a hurricane, a tornado, or an...
2020-06-2441 min
Court Leader's AdvantageThe Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? Thursday, June 18, 2020 Episode:Your Court Restarting Trials? Here’s What Works
As courts are reopening, many have already held their first trials. Others are planning to start trials in the next month or two. Whether they are conducted in-courtroom, or via video conference-calls, trials are going to look different for some time into the future. What will change for those coming to the courthouse? What will a trial on a video conference-call look like? To help manage this process, The Federal Judiciary just released a report on June 4 titled, “Conducting Jury Trials and Convening Grand Juries During the Pandemic.”
The...
2020-06-1728 min
Court Leader's AdvantageThe Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? Thursday, June 11, 2020 EpisodeBudget Strategies: What Have We Learned from the Lockdown?
About three weeks ago, May 14, 2020, the financial crisis was looming, but the details were still vague. Since then several courts have been forced to begin budget cuts that have included layoffs and furloughs. Yet even now all we can say about the national situation is, it remains fluid. Dread over the upcoming economic statistics turned to excitement on Friday, June 5th as the unemployment numbers were better than expected. Still, unemployment remains well above the highest numbers seen during the 2008 recession. What do we know now after several...
2020-06-1036 min
Court Leader's AdvantageThe Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? Thursday, May 28, 2020 Episode:What Will the Courthouse of the Future Look Like?
As more courts reopen many practical problems are emerging. How to social distance in courthouses and courtrooms that are ill-equipped for this kind of crisis? What kinds of traffic and crowd management tools are available? What will courthouses look like ten or fifteen years from now?
The panel discusses how courts will manage crowds of court users congregating at the courthouse entrance; thermal testing; litigant scheduling for high volume calendars; and physical changes to courtrooms themselves. Panel members also give their predictions as to what the...
2020-05-2832 min
Court Leader's AdvantageThe Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? Thursday, May 21, 2020 EpisodeReady to Reopen: What You Should Be Thinking About Now
Almost all states have reopened, yet the future is still uncertain as COVID cases continue to climb and a vaccine appears unlikely before 2021. Courts are faced with an ever-growing array of challenges. Keeping employees, judicial staffs, litigants, and attorneys safe while reopening courthouses. Dealing with an ever-growing backlog of cases. Restarting court operations that ground to a halt months ago. Facing the possibility of enormous budget shortfalls. Solutions are scarce and the need for innovation has never been greater.
The panel discusses how courts will...
2020-05-2031 min
Court Leader's AdvantageThe Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? April 2, 2020 EpisodeThe scourge of the Coronavirus is a national emergency unlike anything we have seen in modern times. It is affecting all aspects of our lives and work. The virus is having a profound impact on how American courts are coping. Throughout the crisis, we will have weekly podcast episodes with a “rotating panel” of guests that will answer the question, “How are courts and court administrators dealing with the coronavirus on a daily basis?”
This week's panelists:
Zenell Brown is the Executive Court Administrator in Detroit, Michigan. Zenell has a Juris Doctor from Wayne State University...
2020-04-0123 min
Mental Health Matters with Tom DuffGoing the Distance to Battle Trauma and PTSDGoing the Distance to Battle Trauma and PTSD
EPISODE #42 | December 20th, 2019
Guest: Angie Peacock, MSW, United States Army Veteran
It was right after 9/11, when Angie Peacock of the United States Army received orders for combat duty in Iraq. But the designated warzone proved to be only one segment of the battle that she was about to endure. Prior to deployment, Angie was sexually assaulted. With the unspoken toll that such trauma was taking mentally and emotionally, and with the call of duty involved in the Middle East, a new war was beginning to wa...
2020-03-2530 minThe Benzo Free PodcastConversation with Angela Peacock on Benzos, Veterans, and the film “Medicating Normal”Angela Peacock, MSW, is a US Army veteran, benzo survivor, member of BIC’s medical board, and a tireless advocate for those who struggle with PTSD and psychiatric drugs. Her story is highlighted in the new film, "Medicating Normal."Premiering at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on January 16th and 17th, 2020, “Medicating Normal” is a documentary feature film about the overprescribing of psychiatric drugs and its effects. Join us for our fascinating conversation with Angie on today's podcast.https://www.easinganxiety.com/post/conversation-with-angela-peacock-on-benzos-veterans-and-the-film-medicating-normal-bfp052Video ID: BFP052Chapte...
2020-01-1458 min
Murder, We Spoke: a Murder, She Wrote podcast{BONUS: Magnum, P.I.} S07 E08 "Novel Connection"On this episode we cover part one of the crossover to end all crossovers. Angie Lans and Tommy Sellz just solving all the crimes while throwing all the shade. And the shorty-shorts, my lord, the shorty-shorts... If you dig the show, we would love it if you left us a nice review (and subscribed): iTunes or Stitcher Have an episode recommendation or a general MSW thought you'd like to share? Don't be shy, we want to hear it! Twitter: @MurderWeSpoke Instagram: @murderwespoke Facebook: Murder, We Spoke Email: MurderWe...
2017-10-061h 03Murder, We Spoke: a Murder, She Wrote podcast{Ep30} S12 E17 "Something Foul in Flappieville"This episode was perhaps the most range-y of any MSW episode we have ever seen. There were some high highs and some spectacularly low lows. Thanks, as always, to Devan Kochersperger for providing our amazing themes (yes, plural, he's a sweet baby angel)! If you dig the show, we would love it if you left us a nice review (and subscribed): iTunes or Stitcher Have an episode recommendation or a general MSW thought you'd like to share? Don't be shy, we want to hear it! Twitter: @MurderWeSpoke Instagram: @murderwespoke
2017-01-0658 minMurder, We Spoke: a Murder, She Wrote podcast{Ep29} S01 E14 "Paint Me a Murder"Ben is flying solo on this one as Marissa is busy cavorting around Europe! Let's see how this goes... Thanks, as always, to Devan Kochersperger for providing our amazing themes (yes, plural, he's a sweet baby angel)! If you didn't donate to the Kickstarter but still want to hear Joel B. New's UH-MAZING Cabot Cove EP you can now buy it on Broadway Records! If you dig the show, we would love it if you left us a nice review (and subscribed): iTunes or Stitcher Have an episode recommendation or a ge...
2016-12-0137 minMurder, We Spoke: a Murder, She Wrote podcast{Ep28} S06 E11 "Town Father"Welcome to our Election Spesh! Cabot Cove is holding an election and, get this, controversy abounds and someone dies. So your basic American election. We cover it all, play some games and Ben gets politically preachy at the end (sorry, he can't help himself, it's a problem). Thanks, as always, to Devan Kochersperger for providing our amazing theme! If you dig the show, we would love it if you left us a nice review (and subscribed): iTunes or Stitcher Have an episode recommendation or a general MSW thought you'd like to share? Don't be...
2016-11-031h 03
Murder, We Spoke: a Murder, She Wrote podcast{Ep01} The Pilot: The Murder of Sherlock Holmes, Part OneWelcome to the premiere episode of the premiere Murder, She Wrote podcast! Your hosts (Marissa, Melissa & Ben) watched one episode of MSW and fell head over heels in love with Angie Lans (that's Angela Lansbury to the uninitiated). So, now we have ventured to watch this 80s-tastic show from the very beginning and share our journey with you. We make very good choices. As do you.
Join us as we get to know the sheer unadulturated glory that is Jessica Fletcher and Murder, She Wrote! Her origin story is pretty epic and invloves Humpty Dumpty, gay Bill C...
2015-04-1857 min