Neff Inspiration

349 David Milan: Nature or Nurture - who cares? The Past does not equal the future!

David served in the Health Department as a mental health clinician in the adult, child & adolescent divisions for many years.  David still completes at least 50 hours of professional development every year to maintain his professional registration. David was instrumental in developing the Self Awareness Method® of coaching excellence and his cross-cultural experience with critical incidents, anxiety, stress, grief, family dynamics, marriage, professional relationships and communication has allowed him to develop an effective array of approaches; some of which are unique to Milan.  David is committed to strategies that work and looks forward to helping you achieve greater understanding, connection, happiness and wellbeing in your life. 

https://onsettherapist.com.au/
https://mymilan.com.au/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-milan-49778147
https://www.facebook.com/mymilan.com.au?mibextid=ZbWKwL

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347 Author Spotlight Depression Lied To Me : Taimi Allen

Taimi Allan is CEO of Changing Minds, a Charitable NGO governed and operated by people with lived experience of mental distress and addiction. As someone who identifies as having thrived because of, not despite, her own Lived Experience, Taimi champions Lived Experience Leadership and is known for leading with humility and compassion. Amongst other innovative programmes, Taimi envisioned Whakatau Mai, the world’s first peer-supported holistic, online and fully accessible wellbeing sessions, Rākau Roroa, New Zealand’s lived experience leadership initiative, and recoVRy, a Virtual Reality platform that allows the viewer to walk in the shoes of someone experiencing distress. 
Taimi works on mental health system transformation via various strategic governance positions including the Permanent Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission and the Suicide Mortality Review Committee. Featured in M2 Woman Magazine as a global thought-leader, she was awarded a New Zealander of the year Local Hero Medal in 2021.
Taimi’s history in film, theatre and television, means she often uses the arts as a safe vehicle to help audiences understand and see value in challenging experiences. Her creative work includes the world’s first International Mental Health Arts Festival ‘The Big reTHiNK’ as featured in MiNDFOOD Magazine and collaborating on and the annual Atawhai festival.

Learn more about Taimi: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/taimi-allan

346 Clarissa Kristjansson: Why You Are Not Going Mad In Menopause!

Clarissa Kristjansson PhD is an internationally recognized menopause educator, certified mindfulness teacher and Chinese Medicine practitioner focused on the positive and transformative nature of menopause.

A neuroscientist and former corporate highflyer, Clarissa has 28 years of experience leading insight into behavioural change. Her perimenopause experience set her on a different path to empower women through this transformational life stage.
Helping women to reexamine their beliefs and behaviours and shifting the collective mindset to seeing this menopause as an opportunity for reinvention and revitalization.

She is the host of the popular Thriving Thru Menopause podcast, the author of the bestseller The Mindful Menopause and the creator of the Thriving Through Menopause program.

3 top tips
1. Why menopause is a vulnerable time for women's mental health
2. What to do if menopausal anxiety is impacting your work and relationships
3. Can we turn our anxiety into a gift rather than a curse?

https://clarissakristjansson.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarissa-kristjansson/
https://www.instagram.com/thrivingthrumenopause/
https://twitter.com/thrivethrumeno

345 Author Hotseat Depression Lied To Me : Gloria Masters

Gloria Masters is an author, speaker, and advocate and activist for all things child sexual abuse (CSA). She has turned her 16 years of lived experience (and decades of healing) into a passion for giving back and highlighting the issue of #CSA by sharing her story so that other survivors feel seen and validated in their own experiences.
Gloria has previously shared her story in service of helping others, including in her book On Angels’ Wings—My Flight from Trauma to Grace. She is currently writing her second book, Flightpath to Healing, which is a guide for survivors, and continues blogging regularly on her website, www.gloriamasters.com. 
Dedicated to supporting fellow survivors in their healing from child sexual abuse, Gloria has created the podcast Handing the Shame Back as a safe space for other survivors to share 
their stories. She interviews fellow survivors because she deeply believes in the power of truth as a pathway to healing and freedom.
Her focus is on hope, love and joy, and she follows her Angels wherever they lead her.

Learn more about Gloria: 
https://www.gloriamasters.com
Podcast: https://handingtheshameback.buzzsprout.com
YouTube channel: Handing the Shame Back
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloriamasters16handingtheshameback16nonprofit
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HandinShameBack
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HandingtheShameBack
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@handingtheshameback

344 Lynne Bowman: Brownies for breakfast - Using the right nutrition to live the life you want

Lynne Bowman is 76 and still going strong! Lynne has been featured at women's expos throughout the country, teaming with actress Deidre Hall to write and publish Deidre Hall's Kitchen Closeup (2010) and Deidre Hall's How Does She Do It? (2012). In previous lives, she won national awards as a creative director for Silicon Valley companies, was Creative Director at E&J Gallo Winery, Advertising Manager at RedKen Laboratories, and freelanced for agencies in San Jose, Los Angeles, and New York. She has also worked as an actress, makeup artist, screenwriter, illustrator, legal journalist and television Weather Person. Lynne has three grown children, two absolutely perfect grandchildren, and is president of The Pescadero Foundation. She and her husband have a small farm on the coast of Northern California.

Brownies for Breakfast is a  cookbook you’ll actually enjoy reading and using. Frank, complete, simple: favourite sweets and comfort foods, reimagined as whole food, plant-based, sugar-free, low-carb, dairy-free, gluten-free classics. Beautiful graphics and photos, nutrition facts for every recipe, plus a great, fun read: one of the best cookbooks you’ll have on your shelves whether you’re diabetic, pre-diabetic, or just hoping to live long and prosper. Everything you need to know about sugar substitutes, dairy-free baking, no-carb thickeners, gluten-free options, plant-based protein, sleep, stress, shopping, and equipping your kitchen, all in straightforward, no-bs language.

Email: lynne@LynneBowman.com 
Facebook: Lynne Parmiter Bowman     
YouTube: Lynne Bowman
Instagram: LynneParmiterBowman      
Website: LynneBowman.com

343 Author Spotlight Depression Lied To Me : Nefertiti San Miguel

Nefertiti San Miguel is the embodiment of passion, a vivid advocate for the arts, neuroscience and mental health. As an international mixed-media artist, Ikebanist, performer, speaker, entrepreneur, published author and trailblazer, she raises eyebrows across numerous industries. 
With a reputation for rocking her eclectic style, Nefertiti is the founder of Etnia Fusion, a Boston-based boutique enterprise dedicated to promoting and cultivating multiculturalism through educational programs, functional/wearable art, and dance. She’s been featured on radio and television programs, web series, YouTube Channels, newspapers and magazines across the nation, and in recent years, has been garnering attention abroad through podcasts from New Zealand, Canada and Australia. 
Since 2021, Nefertiti has been sharing her talents with AmorUmbrella, a Veterans Organization serving military women. Her current endeavours include: teaching her method of art installations NM3 (Narrative Multi-Sensory Mixed Media ) as therapeutic activity for stress management and 3D Vision Board for life achievers. She welcomes new connections and invites readers to email her.

Learn more about Nefertiti: www.etniafusion.com

342 Amy Stein: How to heal by connecting to your intuition and your higher power

Amy is a Herbalist, Energy Medicine Educator, Trauma-Informed Empowering Breathwork Facilitator. 
Amy’s mission is to educate and empower others suffering from physical, mental or emotional health issues to learn to reconnect with the innate intelligence of our bodies along with Mother Nature. She believes we can be our best healers when we can quiet the internal and external noise to hear the body's messages for healing. Reminding ourselves that we get to choose what is best for us. Her approach is a mind-body-spirit one which uses the “power of the plants”, energy medicine techniques and breathwork to assist in reconnecting you back to your body. 
    
3 top tips for my audience:
1. Get back into your body either through breathwork, yoga, tai chi or other mindful movements
2. Get outside everyday-to remind yourself that there is something bigger than you that exists
3. Healing is not linear and can not be done alone

Social media and contact info. 
Amy the Amateur Herbalist on FB and YouTube.  https://www.mindbodyspiritbreath.com/

341 Author Spotlight Depression Lied To Me : Linda Knipe

L. Feig Knipe retired from a career as a high school counsellor doing educational and career advisement, and personal counselling. She has three Feig sons and two Knipe stepsons, as well as nine (and counting) grandchildren. She comes from a large, close-knit family, and was married to her sweetheart, Bob, until his recent passing. She carries on his legacy of supporting community betterment projects and volunteerism. 
An active Rotarian and church member, Ms Knipe is blessed with many friendships. She holds a Masters degree and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Counselor Education.
A Western New Yorker by birth and choice, she writes from her cottage on the shores of Lake Ontario, the smallest of the Great Lakes in the USA. She loves exploring the globe and meeting interesting friends.
Ms Knipe is currently writing about her journey of healing from PTSD caused by sexual assault. Keep an eye out for her book, Braving Therapy.

340 Tim Heale: From Psychological Warfare to Welfare

In Tim's words: 
"Having spent most of my adult life under the Colours in the British Army from being an infantry soldier to being an experienced PSYOPS Operator on 7 operational deployments has given me some awesome opportunities.
I played a lot of rugby and my position was at scrum half, I ski telemark and have competed several times at the British Telemark Championships, I was a Hang Gliding Instructor, I played American Football for Milton Keynes Pioneers, I'm a reasonably experienced offshore sailor and have owned 3 boats, sailed to the Baltic and back also sailed around the UK with just the wife and Artie the Ship's cat.
I spent my last 8 years in the Army as a Unit Welfare Officer for London Central Garrison and have taken part in all the Ceremonial duties in London during that time.
Nowadays I'm retired and spend my time Podcasting and Live-streaming."

3 top tips, steps, learning points or takeaways people will get from listening to your interview.
1. Being entertained
2. Learn what happens behind the scenes on Ceremonial duties in London
3. Learn something about Psychological Operations

Social media handles:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1118723
YouTube: TimHeale9
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