Neff Inspiration

279 Brenda Hershey: Mind-Body Medicine: How Trauma Lives in the Body & What to do About it

Most addictions are rooted in unresolved trauma, but how do we begin to build awareness around what that looks like as it shows up in our minds and bodies? In this talk, Brenda Hershey will elaborate on not only the signs and symptoms, but will break down the science behind it. Furthermore, she’ll share integratable tools to strengthen the mind-body connection to foster a sense of safety and security in one’s body again, which is so often lost when dissociating and numbing out. If you’re ready for some simple yet powerful tools to anchor yourself into the present moment and not miss a moment more of your life, don’t miss this episode.
     
Based in Iraqi-Kurdistan, Brenda Hershey is an author, international humanitarian, researcher and TRY Global's President & Founder. She became a certified Trauma Recovery Yoga (TRY) instructor in 2019 and had been teaching the classes regularly when she experienced a series of her own “Big T” traumas. Because she had built up such a high level of resilience teaching TRY, she found herself equipped with the tools to self-regulate during those dark moments, and process/ release that trauma. Now, she’s on a mission to empower others by sharing these mind-body tools with others on their journeys of recovery and resilience.

3 top tips for my audience:
1. Notice your breath! During our call, I’ll cue for them to notice whether they’re inhaling or exhaling right now, and highlight how we can go crazy amounts of time without noticing our breath (despite taking about 20,000 breaths a day). I also plan to emphasize the significance of breath in strengthening the mind-body connection and toning the vagus nerve/ re-calibrating the nervous system. 

2. Mindfully move your body on a regular basis. Whether it’s yoga, going on a walk, playing with your kids, playing a sport, or whatever. By moving mindfully with our breath, we create opportunity to strengthen our nervous system, and if we’ve disassociated due to addiction and/or trauma, it helps bridge that gap within.

3. Listen to your body. The reality is that, even when our brains have stored away old memories or programming that we’d rather not face, our bodies remember. Our bodies are talking to us all the time, the real practice is in listening to what it’s saying. TRY provides trauma-informed tools to do just that - to quiet the mind, be still and listen.

Social media and contact info: 

Email: bhershey@tryglobal.org
Instagram: @try.global
Facebook: TRY Global
Youtube: TRY Global
Website: www.tryglobal.org 

**CALL TO ACTION** We’re currently fundraising for a project in Ukraine, where our team will travel to Lviv, Ukraine to teach community classes to displaced people, as well as train locals to become certified TRY instructors. Here’s the fundraiser page: ​​https://gogetfunding.com/help-ukrainians-become-try-certified/  

#trauma #traumarecovery #mindbody #mindbodyscience #yoga #traumainformedyoga #meditation #breath #tryglobal

278 John Katsavos: Resilience - Become Unbeatable by looking after Muscle, Mind, Heart & Soul

In John's words: 
I strive to help people overcome depression and anxiety by getting them in shape and the importance of martial arts by improving their bodies, wealth, relationships with themselves, and creating a strong spiritual foundation.
I have personal experience with this as when I was in my mid-twenties, I almost jumped off a bridge and I found my saving grace through simple hacks in working out and martial arts.
Ever since then I become a personal trainer I have developed tools to help not only transform bodies but also help people regain long-lost mobility issues ranging from age to past injuries. I have trained the blind, people in wheelchairs, young people with canes, and all sorts of other "issues" all get better. Please understand that this is subjective I couldn't make the blind see, I couldn't get the guy out of the wheelchair - he had spina bifida I helped them become stronger with what they had.
I hope that I can help inspire some young people to get out of whatever funk that they might be in through my life story and that others that I have helped.

3 top tips for my audience:
1. The Power of exercise
2. The Importance of Failure
3. Step into the fear…it’s the BEST teacher you’ll ever have

277 Amanda Zeine : When a Paediatrician and Flight Surgeon has to live with a traumatic brain injury

In Amanda's words: 
I am a board-certified paediatrician who has practised in the military as a paediatrician and flight surgeon for 12 years. I have counselled many soldiers and family members on wellness. I also have the experience of being a patient after suffering a Traumatic Brain Injury and dealing with the severe sequela following this injury.

276 Amanda Zeine : Experiences of a Paediatrician and Flight Surgeon in the military services

In Amanda's words: 
I am a board-certified paediatrician who has practised in the military as a paediatrician and flight surgeon for 12 years. I have counselled many soldiers and family members on wellness. I also have the experience of being a patient after suffering a Traumatic Brain Injury and dealing with the severe sequela following this injury.

275 Johnny Crowder: Train Your Brain to Think Healthier Thoughts

Growing up with mental illness gives you a very interesting perspective on life and how the human brain works. After pursuing a psychology degree and launching Cope Notes, the mental health technology company, Johnny Crowder has learned countless lessons about neuroscience, positive psychology, and resilience. Trying to manually force healthier thoughts to occur inside of the brain is kind of like trying to bench press 500 pounds without years of training. Through trial, error, and years of personal experience, Johnny has learned how to effectively train the brain to think healthier thoughts in a practical, sustainable, life-changing way.

Johnny Crowder is a 29-year-old suicide/abuse survivor, TEDx speaker, touring musician, mental health and sobriety advocate, and the Founder & CEO of Cope Notes, a text-based mental health platform that provides daily support to users in nearly 100 countries around the world.                    
                
3 top tips for my audience:
1. See if you can surprise your brain and interrupt old thought patterns
2. Get into the habit of challenging negative ideas
3. Start a gratitude checklist (10 things method)

Social media and contact info. How can viewers contact you after the interview? Please list your social media handles and websites. This is how they will appear in the show notes! 

Website: copenotes.com
Podcast: copenotes.com/podcast
FB: facebook.com/johnnyxcrowder
IG: instagram.com/johnnycrowderlovesyou
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnnycrowder

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274 Dawn Cady: From Crippled by Autoimmune Diseases & Opioid addiction to Living a Pain-free Life

Dawn Cady is a Success Guide, Intuitive, Certified Holistic Therapist, Owner and Founder of Alleviate Pain. 
Dawn suffered for 31 years with opioid addiction, learning how to walk again despite doctors insisting she’d be disabled for the rest of her life.
Dawn created The Neural Alignment Method®, uniting over 120 of the world’s best healing tools and techniques that she incorporated into her online programs. When working one on one with clients, Dawn connects with their higher self/soul, channelling the messages that give you guidance to heal from all life issues/blockages, including chronic pain, anxiety, depression, confusion, and family issues.
After hitting rock bottom Dawn was ready to die. She was described as - an opioid addict, that was permanently physically disabled, depressed, suffering from anxiety, PTSD and going through a nervous breakdown. Instead of giving up, she transformed into a multi-award winner who created a life-changing method that went through 2 years of clinical trials. She now guides and shows people through a range of online programs, how they too can heal themselves. No matter what you have been told there’s always room for your body to heal beyond what you thought was possible because she too was told she could not heal and proved everyone wrong.
3 top tips for my audience:
1. Never give up on yourself 
2. Focus on what you want your life to be, not what it isn’t 
3. Life is simple, it's just not always easy and by taking one step at a time and focusing on the now moment, you will create the life you want. 

Social media and contact info. 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DawnCadyPainCoach
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawncady/
Telegram: https://t.me/healyourselfdc 
Email: dawn@alleviatepain.com.au
Website: https://www.alleviatepain.com.au/ 

#tags. What hashtags are you identifying with? What are the keywords that I can use to optimise your interview for search engines? 
#healer #healyourself #energy #consciousness #success #intuition 

 

273 Pamela Bonasera: I survived a 19-year Narcissistic Marriage and Alcoholism

In Pamela's words: I am the youngest of 5 daughters born into a middle-class family in Western, Pennsylvania.  Our parents divorced when I was 17 and I was left to “raise” my mother for a few years as she struggled with depression, anger and drinking after their divorce.
Recovery from an emotionless narcissistic husband and recovering from alcohol abuse, to hide the marriage issues, were the best two things I have done for myself.  Realizing that my marriage was only going to get worse, I decided I needed to save myself and my children.  He was verbally punishing me on a daily basis, just as my father abused my mother and the children.  Yes, I married my father.  As sick as that sounds, my father was the first man I got to know in my life, and of course, I would look for someone with his qualities because that was all I knew.  My father, and my ex-husband, have some really great qualities, like work ethic, how they appear to others, and having nice things.  What you don’t see is the devil behind the mask.  They were both verbally abusive to me.  My ex was even physically abusive to me on more than one occasion and then he told me “I deserved it,” and I 100% believed him.  I never had high self-esteem before he came into my life, and the little bit I had left, he totally sucked from me.  I walked on eggshells for 19 years, and then I got strong.  When he cheated on me and told me it was my fault, I was done, out, getting divorced one way or another.  That was the beginning of my new life.  I then got sober, helped our oldest son get into recovery for drug addiction, returned to college and received a BS in Management, changed jobs, bought my house, finished raising our two children that were in grade school when we divorced, and here I am today.  I am ALIVE and loving my life.
3 top tips for my audience:
1. If it feels wrong, it is.
2. Trust your gut instinct
3. Never let anyone tell you “you aren’t worthy” because sisters/brothers, YOU ARE!

Social media and contact info.
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/pamela-bonasera-management
Instagram:  pamelamomof3

 

272 Fred Rutman: When you can’t understand the battles you need to fight

Fred Rutmanwas a college professor (Marketing/Finance) when in the summer of 2009, his life came crashing down. Numerous hospitalizations lead to numerous misdiagnoses, medical cognitive bias and much damage. After three months, they recognized my condition - my heart kept stopping. The standard fix for this is a pacemaker. To cure everything else, I was left to my own devices. Then in 2013 and 2018, this happened again - a one in a billion series of events. He is now writing my memoir “The Summer I Died Twenty Times,” doing the podcast circuit, & hoping to inspire others.This is a story of overcoming adversity and resilience. A story of overcoming a series of improbable medical traumas, including botched surgeries and medical device failures. Oh, and being clinically dead a few dozen times. And PTSD, Post Concussion Syndrome and perpetual anxiety. With no roadmap to recovery, I found my way back to health via the miraculous healing powers of intermittent fasting, which I share with anyone who is interested.
       
3 top tips for my audience:
1. Comparison is the thief of joy    
2. With hope, you can survive anything
3. There is an unlimited supply of joy and hope

Social media and contact info.
repeatedly.dead.fred@gmail.com
https://www.instagram.com/repeatedlydf/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredrutman/

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271 Rocio Perez: UNSTOPPABLE - 7 steps to becoming a more intentional leader

I am a Leadership and Life Coach and the Founder of my own business, Inventiva. I have delivered thousands of leadership keynotes, trainings, webinars, workshops and presentations throughout the world. I wrote the best selling book “UNSTOPPABLE: 7 Steps To Becoming A More Intentional Leader” which and in order to reach even more people I distilled my lifetime of experiences into The MindShift Game and The MindShift Game Service Suite. 

As a child I lived a life of poverty and abuse. I dropped out of school at age 12, became pregnant and had a beautiful baby boy at age 15. To build a good life for my son, I decided to get a college degree. At age 16, I started at a local community college and then went on to earn an A.A., A.S., then a B.B.A., and M.B.A.! I did all of this while raising my child on my own, dealing with injuries from a major car accident, brain cancer and other crises. I truly believe that it is the power of MindShifting which I stumbled upon in my youth, and then refined as an adult that has led me to overcome these challenges.                       

3 top tips for my audience:

1. Believe in yourself.
2. Do what makes your heart sing. 
3. Lead you. 

Social media and contact info.

Rocío Pérez, Founder & CEO

Inventiva Consulting | 303-587-8367

rocio@inventivaconsulting.com

44 Cook St. Ste. 100 | Denver, CO 80206

www.inventivaconsulting.com

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/rocio-perez-global-leader

#tags.

#Unstoppable

#TheMindShiftGame

#Inventiva

#RippleEffects

#HispanicLeadership

#Leadership

270 Michael Harris: Walking through the Pain: From Near Death to a Rocking Life

Michael’s journey through life and sobriety has been nothing short of spectacular. 
At 12 years old he survived having 60% of his liver removed - then dived into alcohol and drugs.  By 27 he nearly lost his legs from vascular disease. 
Sober since 30 (he’s now 63) Michael’s spirit has thrived.  He’s dived into photography, yoga, real estate, option trading, and business coaching.  As an entrepreneur, he’s generated well over $40 million. In addition, Michael has literally trained 1,000’s to get their message to the world. 
Today you will hear how he got sober, threw away his cane – and now explores the mountains near his home in central Oregon.  

Michael is a #1 bestselling author, coach, teacher, trainer, entrepreneur and co-founder of Endless Stages - an organization dedicated to helping anyone get their voice, message and story out to the world. 
Author of the #1 bestselling book, “Falling Down Getting UP”, foreword by the father of Guerrilla Marketing, Jay Conrad Levinson.  Jay called Michael’s ability to survive through thick and thin a true example of an entrepreneur using guerrilla type tactics to overcome virtually anything. 
For years he struggled with chronic health issues, addictions and low self-esteem.  Then one day he had had enough and became willing to make a change. It wasn’t easy. Michael had to stop dreaming about what he wanted - and begin to take massive action by applying the Law of GOYA. 
                      
3 top tips for my audience:
1. Sobriety Rocks
2. Tell your story, it could save someone's life
3. Choose Happiness

Social media 
www.endlessstages.com
www.michaelbharris.com 
https://www.facebook.com/

#author #speaker #coach #yoga #inspiration #entrepreneur #endlessstages #sobriety #michaelharris