the tara bixby podcast

Dr. Margaret Paul is a bestselling author, popular MindBodyGreen writer, and co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding® self-healing process, and the related SelfQuest® self-healing online program. She has appeared on numerous radio and television shows (including Oprah). Her book titles include Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved By You, Healing Your Aloneness and Inner Bonding, and the recently published, Diet For Divine Connection and The Inner Bonding Workbook. Margaret holds a Ph.D. in psychology, is a relationship expert, public speaker, consultant, and artist. She has successfully worked with thousands and taught classes and seminars for over 50 years.  Today we're chatting about...  What the Inner Bonding process looks like How Margaret defines the inner child and the inner adult The two intentions of Inner Bonding How to know when you’re in a loving adult state What happens when your adult becomes disconnected from your inner child The four major ways you abandon yourself How self-abandonment leads to the presentation of mental health symptoms What Margaret believes is the cause of our suffering How abandonment in childhood plays out in relationships Why it’s never too late to use the inner bonding process How caretaking and niceness could be your wounded self attempting to control Tips to help kiddos learn inner bonding How to respond to someone who has a wounded soul ____________________________ Click here to download your anxiety freebie today! ____________________________ COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOW NOTES:  https://courageouslyu.com/margaret-paul/   COURAGEOUSLY.U FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416219115169393   COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/  

Before you can succeed at parenting, you must first succeed as a couple. Today’s episode is for all the new parents, soon-to-be parents, or wanna-be future parents like myself.  Today is an exciting day because I have not one but two guests joining me on the show. Kara Hoppe and Dr. Stan Tatkin join us on the show to discuss their new book Baby Bomb: A relationship survival guide for new parents. Baby Bomb is the resource you need when a new baby turns your life—and your romantic relationship—upside down.  Today we're chatting about...  How you and your partner can co-parent and co-partner as a solid and supportive team— while also cultivating mad love for each other Why Stan and Kara wrote Baby Bomb How a secure-functioning relationship is essential for raising happy, healthy kids Why it’s important to put the relationship before baby What couples can do when a new baby turns their life upside down Why babies don’t save marriages The importance of letting your partner know they are a priority Why it’s a benefit to step back as a new mom and receive care  How to communicate your needs better to your partner What to do when you're jealous of your own baby How to keep intimacy alive after baby The importance of meeting your own individual needs Grieving your pre-baby life Why it’s important your relationship is in good shape before baby  ____________________________ >>> CLICK HERE IF YOU'RE TIRED OF ANXIETY RUINING YOUR LIFE

Katinka Blackford Newman is an award-winning documentary film director, journalist, and author. While going through a divorce, Katinka took an antidepressant. Not unusual – except that things didn't turn out quite as she expected. She went into a four-day toxic psychosis with violent hallucinations, imagining she had killed her children, and in fact attacking herself with a knife. Caught up in a real-life nightmare when doctors didn't realize she was suffering side effects of more pills, she went into a year-long decline. Soon she was wandering around in an old dressing gown, unable to care for herself, and dribbling. She nearly lost everything, but luck stepped in; treated at another hospital, she was taken off all the medication and made a miraculous recovery within weeks. Since then, Katinka has researched the side effects of antidepressants and interviewed some of the world’s leading experts. Her best-selling book The Pill that Steals Lives has been featured on Radio 5 Live, BBC London, Good Morning Britain, the Victoria Derbyshire Show, and in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, and The British Journal of Psychiatry. In 2017 her research was made into a BBC Panorama program A Prescription for Murder which investigated whether an antidepressant could be the cause of one of the worst mass killings of this century. She is also the co-founder of a not-for-profit organization called Antidepressant Risks. Today we chat about...  How Katinka lost a year of her life after taking Lexapro Katinka lacerating her arm with a knife The different medications Katinka was put on to try and treat the adverse effects of Lexapro How antidepressants are no more effective than a placebo The role drug companies play in the chemical imbalance theory How Katinka lost the ability to love, feel, care for herself, and show up for her children What mental health looks like in the UK The importance of recognizing red flags to adverse effects to medications  What shocked Katinka most when doing her research How Katinka lost the will to live and her constant thought of “I want to kill myself” The realization Katinka had when she reflected on her father's suicide Why for-profit mental health services can be a dangerous situation ____________________________ >>> Click here if you're tired of living with anxiety and want a FREEBIE to help you heal it

Nancy Colier joins us on the show to teach you how to let go of anxiety and free yourself from obsessive rumination. Nancy is a psychotherapist, interfaith minister, author, public speaker, mindfulness teacher, and relationship coach. She’s a longtime student of Eastern spirituality and mindfulness practices form the ground of her work. She is the author of the recent, Can't Stop Thinking, The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World, Inviting a Monkey to Tea: Befriending Your Mind and Discovering Lasting Contentment, and other books.  Nancy is a national speaker on wellbeing and mindfulness, and technology-related topics including parenting, addiction, and work-life balance. She is also a regular blogger for Psychology Today and Huffington Post. Today we chat about...  How Nancy's history of chronic rumination inspired her to write Can’t Stop Thinking  What it looks like to become addicted to your thoughts  How Nancy categorizes addictive thinking  What Nancy thinks we are really afraid of  What calms down our compulsive need to think  The importance of watching your thoughts and stepping away   How to find freedom and peace from your thoughts   What keeps us hooked to our thoughts  Nancy’s thoughts on toxic positivity and what you should do instead  What rumination looks like and how to break free from your ruminating thoughts My struggle with rehearsing hard conversations in my head and the impact it had on my mood  What to do when you’re caught in what-if statements How to tackle worrisome thoughts that pop up at night  The ability to choose whether you think about a thought  ____________________________ Stop letting anxiety hold you back from living your best life! If you're ready to break free from paralyzing anxiety, I want to be your coach! I’m excited to announce that I’m now taking clients for 1:1 anxiety coaching. To learn more and sign up, visit courageouslyu.com/coaching or send an email to hello@courageouslyu.com to join my client waitlist today! ____________________________ COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOW NOTES:  https://courageouslyu.com/nancy-colier/   COURAGEOUSLY.U FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416219115169393   COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/

Join me inside today's bonus closet conversation episode where I'm talking all things Fight-Flight-Freeze.  P.S. Do you ever feel like your anxiety will always be a part of your life or you can’t do anything without overthinking? If you’re ready for personalized support, daily action, and a holistic approach to healing your anxiety and being free from overactive and intrusive thoughts, I’m here to help. While anxiety can be unpredictable, it’s been my experience that it is NOT uncontrollable. I take a solution-focused approach to healing anxiety that allows you to take your power back, get out of your head and return to the present moment to finally enjoy your life again, without always feeling like you’re suffocating. For more information, visit courageouslyu.com/coaching or send an email to hello@courageouslyu.com to join my client waitlist!

David Cohen is a professor of social welfare at UCLA. His research looks at psychoactive drugs (prescribed, licit, and illicit) and their desirable and undesirable effects as socio-cultural phenomena “constructed” through language, policy, attitudes, and social interactions. Today we chat about...  What piqued David's interest in mental health Where he thinks the mental health model is going wrong What makes someone psychotic as opposed to not psychotic How drugs fail to stabilize people David’s thoughts on the chemical imbalance theory When you’re at most risk to commit suicide What the mental health system aims for The two different pathways to involuntary commitment The dark heart of involuntary commitment  David's thoughts on medicating and diagnosing children Why psychiatric medication is not like insulin ____________________________ Stop letting anxiety hold you back from living your best life! If you're ready to break free from paralyzing anxiety, I want to be your coach! I’m excited to announce that I’m now taking clients for 1:1 anxiety coaching. To learn more and sign up, visit courageouslyu.com/coaching or send an email to hello@courageouslyu.com to join my client waitlist today! ____________________________ COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOW NOTES:  https://courageouslyu.com/david-cohen/   COURAGEOUSLY.U FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416219115169393   COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/

Darcey Sergers joins us inside Episode 71 of The Courageously.u Podcast to chat about the time she lived with bipolar. Darcey lived with depression and anxiety on and off again beginning in her adolescent years. In 2016, after experiencing multiple stressors, she had a breakdown which led her to access psychiatric medications for the first time. A year-and-a-half after starting her medications, her symptoms began to worsen, and she knew she had to begin the slow taper off her medications. As she tapered off her medications, her trauma story began to unfold and she finally began the process of true healing. Now off all psychiatric medications, Darcey is advocating for everyone to get curious about the root cause of their symptoms, be open-minded to different forms of treatment, and to explore what mental health means to you. Today we are chatting about...  The toughest thing for Darcey after she was diagnosed with bipolar Where Darcey's mental health journey began What her breakdown looked like Darcey's thoughts on taking control of your healing Why it's important to find a therapist that’s a good fit for you The tole trauma played in the presentation of Darcey’s mental health symptoms Darcey's soul-sucking journey with mental health medications What it looked like for Darcey to taper off psychiatric medications The importance of bodywork when healing mental health symptoms Why Darcey was not born with bipolar, depression, or anxiety ____________________________ Stop letting anxiety hold you back from living your best life! If you're ready to break free from paralyzing anxiety, I want to be your coach! I’m excited to announce that I’m now taking clients for 1:1 anxiety coaching. To learn more and sign up, visit courageouslyu.com/coaching or send an email to hello@courageouslyu.com to join my client waitlist today! ____________________________ COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOW NOTES:  https://courageouslyu.com/darcey-segers/   COURAGEOUSLY.U FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416219115169393   COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/  

Stop making excuses, friend! If there is something on your heart, do it. If you hate your job, leave it. If you want to build the life of your dreams, go for it. Whatever you do, stop making excuses for why you aren't doing the thing.  In today's closet conversation, I'm hanging out with you with the hopes of delivering a dose of empowerment and inspiration.  I'm sharing my fears, excuses, how I overcame them, and more.  Oh yeah, one last thing, did you know I offer 1:1 anxiety coaching? Yup, I do! I look at the whole picture (trauma, lifestyle, diet, ACEs, thoughts, stress, etc). and help you heal the root of your anxiety. If you’re ready to heal your anxiety, Click here to learn more. 

Dr. Anna Lembke is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations, has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, and maintains a thriving clinical practice. In 2016, she published Drug Dealer, MD – How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop, which was highlighted in the New York Times as one of the top five books to read to understand the opioid epidemic. Dr. Lembke recently appeared on the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, an unvarnished look at the impact of social media on our lives.  Her latest book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence explores how to moderate overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world. Today we are chatting about...  What inspired Anna to write Dopamine Nation  Anna’s definition of addiction The 3 C’s of diagnosing addiction  The neuroscience of addiction  Whether or not we all have a drug of choice  How the mere anticipation of our drug of choice gives us a dopamine hit What drives cravings  The role substances play in the presentation of mental health symptoms Whether or not there is such a thing as an addictive personality The problem of overprescribing psychotropic medications How to reset your dopamine threshold  The number one risk factor for addiction  How drugs are becoming a substitute for self-care The opioid epidemic and the rise of benzodiazepine prescribing  What the addictive potential for drugs is Why there’s power in sharing your shame The addictive potential of different drugs  What abstinence violation syndrome is  The impact substances have on a growing fetus’s brain  My struggle with sugar as my drug  ____________________________ ALL THE GOODIES FROM THIS EPISODE: I’m excited to announce that I’m now taking clients for 1:1 anxiety coaching. To learn more and sign up, Click here or send an email to hello@courageouslyu.com to join my client waitlist today!  ____________________________ COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOW NOTES:  https://courageouslyu.com/anna-lembke/   COURAGEOUSLY.U FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416219115169393   COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/

Victoria Albina is a Certified Life Coach, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Breathwork Meditation Guide with a passion for helping women realize that they are their own best healers. With over 20 years of experience working in health & wellness, Victoria’s on a mission to help women break free from codependency, perfectionism, and people-pleasing and reclaim their joy. She’s also the host of the Feminist Wellness Podcast, holds a Masters degree in Public Health from Boston University and a BA in Latin American Studies. We also chat about...  How Victoria’s own health issues inspired her to help others Why the medical world isn’t talking about mysterious illnesses What Victoria believes is the underlying root cause of physical suffering The power of letting the body speak How Victoria uses the Polyvagal Theory in her work The importance of being in body What sacred anger is and what happens when we hold it down How Victoria's anxiety and depression felt and presented  Why it's imperative to learn to trust yourself What codependent thinking is How perfectionism and people pleasing can lead to somatic manifestations What self-abandonment looks like How to connect with your inner child The role boundaries play in physical health ____________________________ ALL THE GOODIES FROM THIS EPISODE: I’m excited to announce that I’m now taking clients for 1:1 anxiety coaching. To join my client waitlist, send me a DM saying “I want to know more.” Coaching is on a first-come-first-serve basis currently. Click here if you're dying to learn more. ____________________________ COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOW NOTES:  https://courageouslyu.com/victoria-albina/   COURAGEOUSLY.U FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416219115169393   COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/