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One in TenRemembering Their NamesHost Teresa Huizar speaks with Dr. Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Dr. Sarah Font, co-principal investigators of Lives Cut Short, about the persistent issue of child abuse fatalities and why progress in reducing these deaths has stalled. The episode delves into the emotional impact of child abuse cases, the challenges of accurate data collection, the reluctance to discuss child safety, and the need for systemic changes. They also highlight the importance of transparency and evidence-based interventions, and recommend practical steps that policymakers can take to better protect vulnerable children.Editor's note: Dr. Font's connection during the interview...2025-04-1750 min
No, Not CrazyBreaking Stigmas and Reclaiming Your Mental Health with Juliet Kuehnle, MS, NCC, LCMHCSFind out what to look for in a therapist. Recognize how language shapes your perceptions and beliefs in hidden ways. Let’s understand the validity of all feelings without judgment! Juliet Kuehnle is a National Board-Certified Counselor and mental health therapist who founded and owns Sun Counseling & Wellness, a group private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina that provides telehealth throughout NC, SC, FL, VA, and NY. She is also a mental health/wellness consultant, speaker, and writer. Juliet's first book, Who You Callin' Crazy?! The Journey From Stigma To Therapy was published in May 2023. It’s written in 3 par...2024-12-1039 minNo, Not CrazyBeing at Peace While Living with Anxiety with Laura Rhodes-Levin, LMFTHow to treat yourself with kindness and encouragement, acting as the supportive parent you may not have had. How to soften your inner critic and replace self-criticism with compassion. Understand the distinction between anxiety grounded in reality and neurosis characterized by imagined threats turning into overwhelming fears.Laura Rhodes-Levin, author of The Missing Peace: Rewire Your Brain, Reduce Anxiety, and Recreate Your Life is a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety, depression, and trauma. She holds a Master of Science in Counseling and is known for her unique approach in the un...2024-11-2649 minNo, Not CrazyCreating Secure Attachment and Safe Relationships with Jennifer NurickUsing somatic awareness to self-regulate and mindfully react in moments of emotional intensity. How addressing your younger parts can unburden past traumas that are affecting your relationships. Gain strategies for communicating with partners, fostering intimacy, and managing differences in attachment styles. Jennifer Nurick specializes in healing anxious attachment, attachment injuries, and childhood trauma. She is a licensed clinical psychotherapist, couples counselor, energetic healer, director of the International Energetic Healing Association, and founder and host of the Psychotherapy Central podcast.She is also the author of the recently released book, Heal Your Anxious Attachment, a holistic guide offering a t...2024-11-1240 minNo, Not CrazyFollowing the Trail to Your Truth with Dr. Tom GarciaHow we can quiet the ego’s loud, judgmental voice and listen to our gentler voice of intuition and spirit for guidance.Find out the three most important questions you can ask yourself and how to get to meaningful answers.Why we may be resistant to discovering our true selves and how to move past the fears into more authentic lives.Understand the concept of surrender as a pathway to growth, not a sign of weakness or defeat.Dr. Tom Garcia is a shaman, psychedelic guide, and integration coach. He helps those who find their way to his inner ci...2024-10-2951 minNo, Not CrazyManaging Stress and Embodying Resilience with Dr. Robyne Hanley-DafoeWhy sometimes “How can I not make this worse?” is the best question to ask.Understand that stress should not be viewed as a failure, but as valuable information from our bodies.How we can build and strengthen resilience, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges.Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe is a bestselling author, an award-winning scholar, and a mother of three teenagers. Professionally, she has focused on resiliency and wellness, exploring the intersections of stress, optimal challenge, navigating change, and self-identity. Her personal journey from high school dropout to a doctorate degree embodies resilience in action, and s...2024-10-1548 minNo, Not CrazyWhy Self-Healing Is Generational Healing with Tracey YokasWhy your healing can't be reliant on others, even if they are part of the original harm. What helping your children looks like and why it may not be what you think. Why courage is sometimes necessary for compassion toward yourself and others. Realize that everyone can reconnect with their inherent creativity to process emotions and explore self-expression. Tracey Yokas creates stuff. When she isn't writing about mental health and wellness, she can be found playing with paint, glitter, and glue. A former entertainment industry professional, Tracey has an affinity for color coded art supplies and is dedicated to supp...2024-10-0155 minNo, Not CrazyDomestic Abuse: Understanding Its Wide Scope and Profound Effects with Sybil CumminRecognize that domestic violence includes physical, emotional, financial, sexual, verbal, and even spiritual forms of abuse. Why staying together for the children generally does not protect them physically or emotionally. Explore how men and women typically experience abuse in different ways. Learn how abusers systematically use gaslighting and other means of control from the beginning of relationships. How to best support someone you think or know is in a domestic abuse situation.Sybil Cummin is a licensed professional counselor and approved clinical supervisor specializing in working with survivors of domestic violence and narcissistic abuse, including the youngest witnesses. She spec...2023-06-0157 minNo, Not CrazyOvercoming Imposter Syndrome with Bre ClarkExplore how imposter syndrome manifests in both our personal and professional lives. Understand the relationship between imposter syndrome and anxiety and depression. Find out what tools will help you challenge your false beliefs about yourself. Why imposter syndrome affects creatives and entrepreneurs in very specific ways. Understand the possible internal and external causes of imposter syndrome. Bre Clark is a seasoned multimedia journalist and news personality. In 2013, she earned the distinction of becoming the first African American news anchor in the state of Idaho. She has been focused throughout her career on helping others share their stories while holding offic...2023-05-1155 minNo, Not CrazyThe Transformational Power of Affirmation and Altruism with Dr. Harvey HornsteinWhat do you think—are humans inherently aggressive or inherently altruistic? Think about how to facilitate cooperative teams and communities which make all members feel heard and valued. What can we do to activate a capacity for altruism and course-correct humanity? Discover one simple question that can instantly build connection and shift power dynamics. Understand how leaders significantly undermine their goals and their organization's goals by mistreating or neglecting others. Dr. Harvey Hornstein, now retired, was a practicing psychotherapist, and a professor in the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at Columbia University for over 30 years, during...2023-04-2745 minNo, Not CrazyLeaning into Your Longing with Jessica HornsteinExamine the belief that reaching for your deepest desires is riskier than staying in your familiar, stuck place. The important distinction we must make which illuminates our obstacles to longing. Hear about the personal experience I’ve been having lately of opening to deeper longing and what it feels like. Explore the potentially soul-crushing consequences of choosing to deny your longing and, conversely, the potentially life-changing opportunities of choosing to embrace it. Understand that on the other side of the courage and vulnerability it takes to admit what you want and need, there is strength, truth, and the fullest version of you...2023-04-0617 minNo, Not CrazyTaking Charge of Change in Our Lives with Dr. Anancia StaffordThe transformative force of letting go: making space to embody a more expansive and fulfilled version of yourself. How to step into your power and start aligning your choices with the belief that you deserve the life you desire. Using the question “why?” to get honest with yourself and get to the bottom of what you want to change in your life. How to build the confidence to know that you can navigate big changes, even when they’re scary. Why discomfort may be exactly what you need to get unstuck, and why it may not be as uncomfortable as you fear. ...2023-03-231h 04No, Not CrazyReconciling Feminism and Faith with Meghan TschanzHow it’s possible, within a faith-based context, to validate and connect with others who have different beliefs and heal divisions. Why asking questions should be an integral part of faith systems and why that scares the patriarchy. Hear about the shocking realization that illuminated the misogynistic and abusive behavior of the pastors Meghan grew up with. Ways we can become aware of what oppressive systems we may be unknowingly upholding. How to give yourself grace for what you didn’t know and mistakes you may have made. Meghan Tschanz is the author of Women Rising and the host of t...2023-03-0953 minNo, Not CrazyChoosing Your Truest Self in the Face of Uncertainty with Gabriel AyusoIdentifying signs that you are not embodying the fullest expression of yourself. Why you can move forward when you stop fearing your fear. How to begin naming an undefined feeling that your life is out of alignment with your core. Discovering hidden pieces of yourself at any age that are crucial to living the life you’re meant to live. What you can do to free yourself from invalidation and self-doubt when society diminishes, dismisses, ignores, or judges your experience. Gabriel Ayuso is a parent, coach, and trans guy who has made self-realization into a lifetime endeavor. In his work with...2023-02-2346 minNo, Not CrazyEmbracing Your Sexual Agency with Dr. Juliana HauserFinding your Yeses and Nos: What questions you’ll want to ask yourself to learn more about your sexuality. Why sexuality is the final frontier of human development and essential to the full expression of who you are. How to distinguish between making a compromise for a relationship and making a compromise of your soul. Appreciate the ways that your intimacy with yourself and others is about so much more than sex. The importance of finding or creating a safe space where you can talk about your sexuality. Dr. Juliana is a licensed marriage and family therapist and counselor with a...2023-02-0950 minNo, Not CrazyTransforming Ourselves and Our World in Dark Times with Andrew HarveyLearn about Andrew's devastating experience within a spiritual community and the growth that arose from it. Discovering the love, joy, power, stamina, passion, and beauty within yourself that connects you directly to your divinity. How we can move through this time of global peril to become a world with extraordinary new powers of love, compassion, and justice. The ways your individual dark night of the soul can lead to a more expanded, authentic, creative, joyful, regenerated self. Exploring the radical regeneration map available to us all that offers hope for personal and global transformation. Andrew Harvey is an internationally acclai...2023-01-261h 03No, Not CrazyBuilding A Healthy Self-Concept in an Invalidating World with Jeff BrownWhat is the role of finding our sacred purpose in validating ourselves? And how do we find it? Understand the way in which our survivalist society perpetuates a culture of shame and self-hatred.How showing ourselves that we matter brings us closer to self-love and healing. Why the journey to reshape our inner world is a beautiful and challenging warrior’s path. The small question of…where does humanity go from here? Why we must begin authentically embodying ourselves and authentically relating to others. About Jeff: A former criminal lawyer and psychotherapist, Jeff Brown is the author of seven popular...2023-01-1255 minNo, Not CrazyWhy Invalidation Is Making Us Feel CrazyWhat is invalidation? Why does it matter to your life? Is it always intentional and malicious?The Invalidation Wound: Find out how it affects us when we internalize invalidating messages from family, friends, partners, institutions, corporations, narcissists, and more.Explore how this conditioning could be running the narrative of your life in ways you may not realize but which deeply undermine your agency and self-concept.Why shifting to a default state of validation will change our lives and the lives of others—and make the world a better place while we're at it.Let's build a ValidNation together! What steps ca...2023-01-0517 minNo, Not CrazyNo, Not Crazy IntroductionWe’ve all experienced invalidation that makes us question ourselves, and sometimes, even feel a little crazy. From relationships to healthcare, from workplaces to spiritual communities, from media influence to societal bias and more, No, Not Crazy will explore the messages we internalize, their effects on our lives, and the ways we can free ourselves from them. Sharing stories and speaking with experts, we’ll dig into the experiences that dismiss our truths and undermine our knowing.Join educator and coach, Jessica Hornstein, as we learn how to better validate ourselves and others so, together, we ca...2022-10-1902 min
The Blume Saloon: A Judy Blume Book Podcast143. Doughy Daddy"Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself," chapters 10-11. Sally has an inkwell mishap (thanks, Peter Hornstein), snacks on Fig Newtons with Barbara, and learns about Latin Lovers from Andrea. We also discover the unbelievably tragic fate of Daddy's entire family. Will he even live to see 43?! Alison and Jody discuss all the Miami Beach goings-on, including another run-in with creepy Mr. Zavodsky and Miss Swetnick's dalliance with Peter's brother. Your hosts uncover a real deal 1940s kosher sour cream and cottage cheese recipe, present a mini Special Report on Fernando Lamas, and re-create all the best scenes with dramatic flair. C...2021-02-261h 00