the tara bixby podcast

Dr. Drew Ramsey, MD is a psychiatrist, author, and farmer. His work focuses on clinical excellence, nutritional interventions, and creative media. He is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and in active telemedicine clinical practice based in New York City. His work has been featured by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lancet Psychiatry, The Today Show, BBC, and NPR and he has given three TEDx talks. He is the co-author of the Antidepressant Food Scale and his e-courses on Nutritional Psychiatry education for the public and clinicians. His books Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety (Harperwave 2021), Eat Complete, 50 Shades of Kale, and The Happiness Diet explore the connections between mental health and nutrition. He is on the Advisory Board at Men’s Health, the Editorial Board at Medscape Psychiatry, and is a member of the Well+Good Wellness Council. He splits his time between New York City and Crawford County, Indiana where he lives with his wife and children on their organic farm and forest. We also chat about...  What nutritional psychiatry is  How Drew stumbled into nutritional psychiatry  The only time in traditional psychiatry when food is discussed  The four ways food impacts mental health  Food in institutions and schools  The role food plays in ADHD  Where to begin if you want to use food to improve your mental health  Why some people might say hummus is bad  Specific foods to help improve anxiety  How much fish we should be eating  Ways to spice up your veggies   Drews thoughts on alcohol and caffeine  ____________________________ 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/drew-ramsey/   COURAGEOUSLY.U FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416219115169393   COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/  

Welcome to the first-ever Closet Conversations, with me, your host Tara Bixby! You might be scratching your head, wondering, what is a closet conversation? Closet Conversations are bonus episodes on The Courageously.u Podcast where I share what's on my heart. These are solo episodes where I sit in my closet and chat with you like we are best buds hanging out on the couch. Every now and then, I might also toss in some tips and tricks that I feel will help you live your best life. Today's Closet Conversation is on the topic of COVID vaccinations and my struggle with mean people on social media. I get real, shed a few tears, and define who I want in my inner circle. Hit play on today's bonus episode if you're ready to hear why I chose not to get vaccinated and my thoughts about the current state of the world.

My anxiety mentor, Dr. Catherine Pittman, joins us on the show for the third time to discuss her latest book Rewire Your OCD Brain: Powerful Neuroscience-Based Skills to Break Free from Obsessive Thoughts and Fears. Catherine is a professor and teaching is one of her greatest joys, so I thought it would be fun to switch things up a bit. Rather than me asking questions, I wanted to give you a look into what it’d feel like to sit inside one of her classes. Today’s lecture focuses on how and why your brain gets stuck in a loop of obsessive thinking, uncertainty, and worry, and the tools you need to short-circuit this response and get your symptoms under control—for good. Today, we're chatting about... Who Rewire Your OCD Brain is for  What OCD is  Where anxiety comes from in the brain  Why you have symptoms when anxious  The role the cortex plays in anxiety Why the amygdala is important  Were fear memories are stored  The importance of keeping your cortex calm if you live with OCD Why you need to get off the worry channel  The benefits of worry  How you can heal OCD  ____________________________ ALL THE GOODIES FROM THIS EPISODE: Ready to calm your inner alarm? CLICK HERE to download your freebie today! ____________________________ COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOW NOTES:  https://courageouslyu.com/ocd/   COURAGEOUSLY.U FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416219115169393   COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/

Dr. Laura Berman is the world’s leading expert in sex, love, and relationships. She earned two Masters and a Ph.D. degree from New York University and has spent the last several decades helping individuals and couples around the globe love and be loved better. She is a New York Times bestselling author of many books, including her latest “Quantum Love.” She is an award-winning radio host and has her own podcast, “The Language of Love.” Dr. Berman previously hosted her own program, “In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman,” on the OWN Network. She is a popular television personality who makes regular appearances on daytime television shows like “The Rachael Ray Show,” “The Dr. Oz Show,” “TODAY,” “Good Morning America,” and many more. She is a frequent contributor to women’s magazines like Cosmo, Glamour, and more. Today, we're chatting about...  Why people are so afraid to talk about sex How important is it to have intimacy and sex in a relationship  What to do when you’re in a stalemate with your sex life  Where women’s desire resides  How to put yourself in the mood  What to do when sex feels like a chore  How to communicate what you like to your partner  What to do if you’re nervous to initiate sex  How to start from scratch in your sex life  How to talk to your kids about sex  The importance of discovering your own sexual needs and wants  How to keep the romance alive after baby  Sexual trauma and its impact on intimacy    The downside to pornography  How to repair after an affair  Dr. Berman's thoughts on sex toys ____________________________ ALL THE GOODIES FROM THIS EPISODE: Ready to calm your inner alarm? CLICK HERE to download your freebie today! ____________________________ COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOWNOTES:  https://courageouslyu.com/laura-berman/   COURAGEOUSLY.U FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416219115169393   COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/

In 2008, Britney Spears' father petitioned the court for legal authority over her after what appeared to be a decompensation in her mental health. The courts granted it, and she has now been under a conservatorship for thirteen years. That means, for thirteen years, she has had zero say over her body, finances, career, or life with this conservatorship in place. Her father is in complete control. In today's episode, I'm chatting about:  What a conservatorship is Britney's plea to end her conservatorship  The timeline of events that led to Britney's conservatorship  Why I'm calling bullshit The stressors that appeared to exacerbate her mental health  Whether or not I believe Britney lives with a mental illness My theory of what I think happened to Britney Spears Why I feel her conservatorship is doing more harm  What I believe she needs to do to heal  Be sure to hit play if you want to free Britney from her ridiculous conservatorship.  ____________________________ COURAGEOUSLY.U SHOWNOTES:  https://courageouslyu.com/britney-spears/   COURAGEOUSLY.U FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416219115169393   COURAGEOUSLY.U INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/

Christina Dent is a politically conservative Christian, born and raised in Mississippi, who supported criminalizing drugs until she became a foster parent and saw the negative effects up close. She went on a journey to learn why drug-related harm wasn't decreasing and became convinced it's because the criminal justice system is the wrong tool for addressing drugs. In 2017, she began hosting book discussions in her home state of Mississippi using Johann Hari's book "Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs." Those discussions grew to hundreds of people, which led to End It For Good becoming a nonprofit in 2019. Christina invites people to explore how addressing drugs and drug use as a complex health issue could dramatically reduce crime, overdose deaths, and the destabilization of families. Christina founded End It For Good from the same passion that led her to foster care – helping children, families, and communities thrive. She isn't advocating drug use. She's advocating approaches to drugs that prioritize life and the opportunity to thrive. Today, we're chatting about...  What inspired Christina to do this work Drug use in prison Christina's thoughts on using the criminal justice system to address drugs The causes and effects of drug harm How we have forced drugs underground by criminalizing it What happens when you criminalize a substance Why we should stop looking for the perfect solution to reducing harm The reason so many people are dying from fentanyl What our number one goal should be Why alcohol is no better than any other illegal substance Why you don’t have to change political parties or leave your face to support the decriminalizing of drugs ____________________________ ALL THE GOODIES FROM THIS EPISODE: >>> SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A REVIEW TO THE COURAGEOUSLY.U PODCAST 

Dr. Kelly Brogan is a holistic psychiatrist, author of the NY Times Bestselling book, A Mind of Your Own, Own Your Self, the children’s book, A Time For Rain, and co-editor of the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression. She is the founder of the online healing program Vital Mind Reset, and the membership community, Vital Life Project. She completed her psychiatric training and fellowship at NYU Medical Center after graduating from Cornell University Medical College, and has a B.S. from M.I.T. in Systems Neuroscience. She specializes in a root-cause resolution approach to psychiatric syndromes and symptoms. Today, we're chatting about...  What inspired Kelly to put down her prescription pad for good Why Kelly doesn't consider herself an unethical person for prescribing meds  How to know when you're ready to question information that is in the dominant orthodoxy  What Kelly thought would happen when people read A Mind of Your Own  Whether or not mental illness is due to a chemical imbalance  Why people believe medications save their life  The risks of taking mental health medications  Why science is not what it used to be  How to approach a doctor-client relationship to avoid brainwashing  Why Kelly believes you can't get informed consent from the person delivering the intervention The explanation for schizophrenia and bipolar  Why it's harmful to cold turkey your medications Whether or not there is a time or place for mental health medications ____________________________ ALL THE GOODIES FROM THIS EPISODE: >>> Ready to calm your inner alarm? CLICK HERE to download your freebie today!

Jamie Scrimgeour is a wife, mom, stepmom, life coach, conversation opener, and bs caller. Seven years ago, she found herself sitting on the bathroom floor with a glass of wine, balling her eyes out, wondering what the heck she was thinking marrying a man with three kids and an ex-wife. She was madly in love, the kids were great, but as a 26-year-old with zero experience in the parenting department, she was over her head. When she went to the internet for support and was disappointed in what she found, so she decided to create the type of support she was looking for. Raw and honest conversations about all things motherhood, step motherhood, and living a kick-ass life.  Today, we're chatting about...  What Jamies life looked like before being a step momma and what the transition to stepmom looked like How growing up in a blended family helped her navigate being the adult in a blended family The anxiety that arises when you sense you have no control How to navigate different rules for different homes The awkwardness of Mother's day How to approach a challenging biological mother The importance of hearing the kiddos perspectives and letting them know they are heard Codependency in blended families The power of creating subfamilies What it's like to add a baby to the mix The power in strengthening your unique relationship with the kiddos The uncomfortableness of feeling like an outsider __________ ALL THE GOODIES FROM THIS EPISODE: >>> Join my client waitlist for 1-on-1 Anxiety Coaching

Before becoming a celebrated wellness expert, motivational speaker, author of a best-selling memoir, Co-Founder of Greenhouse Tea Company, and Gwyneth Paltrow's pal, Quentin Vennie was a guy from a single-parent home in Baltimore who was told that he'd never amount to much. He was someone who fought addiction, battled anxiety, sold drugs in the heroin capital of America, escaped death, and dropped out of college three separate times. After years of fighting a war of anxiety, depression, and addiction, he set out on a journey to heal himself. Quentin successfully overcame his addictions and developed a system to manage his anxiety disorder better with nothing more than faith and determination. Quentin has been publicly celebrated by notable figures in the world of wellness for his unbelievable road to recovery. His transformation has inspired thousands worldwide and has raised global awareness of anxiety, depression, and addiction. He is living proof that you have the power and ability to unlock unimaginable strength no matter your background. Today, we're chatting about...  How past trauma and childhood diversity planted the seed for his future mental health struggles What Quentins life was like growing up in a community of violence, crime, and drugs  How it felt for Quentin to visit his father in prison  How as a child, his emotional and psychological pain presented as anger and defiance  Quentin's thoughts on where the mental health system fails  How in the process of wanting to feel safe, to incubate himself from fear, he became addicted to benzodiazepines Why Quentin slept in a hospital parking lot How Quentin used the word of wellness to heal __________ ALL THE GOODIES FROM THIS EPISODE: >>> SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A REVIEW TO THE COURAGEOUSLY.U PODCAST 

Today’s guest is the brilliant Elizabeth Stanley. Elizabeth, who prefers to go by liz, is an associate professor of security studies at Georgetown University. She speaks, teaches, and writes widely on a variety of topics related to resilience, decision-making, political psychology, civil-military relations, and international security. She is the award-winning author of Paths to Peace and Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive during Stress and Recover from Trauma. She is the creator of Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training, taught to thousands in civilian and military high-stress environments. Her work has been featured on 60 Minutes, ABC Evening News, NPR, and in Time magazine and many other media outlets. Liz is also a U.S. Army veteran who served in Asia and Europe, she holds degrees from Yale, Harvard, and MIT, and she’s also a certified practitioner of Somatic Experiencing, a body-based trauma therapy. Liz used to be the queen of powering through and burning the midnight oil, until the day she lost her eyesight. It took Liz losing her eyesight to finally understand that there’s an easier way. She spent fifteen years studying the neurobiology of stress, trauma, and resilience—initially as a way to save herself and then to help others heal, too. There’s nothing Liz teaches that she hasn’t learned personally in her own mind and body. Today, we're chatting about...  The difference between stress and trauma What determines if an event is stressful or traumatic How attachment styles impact our ability to recover from stressful situations What a complete recovery looks like after a traumatic or stressful situation What it means to experience dysregulation and how dysregulation of the mind-body present itself How internal stressors trigger your survival brain to activate How you can best support people who live with trauma Liz's thoughts on how the stress of COVID will negatively impact people's mental health What you can do right now to begin the healing process __________ ALL THE GOODIES FROM THIS EPISODE: >>> Ready to calm your inner alarm? CLICK HERE to download your freebie today!