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I don't know about you, but I feel like there's not enough time in the day to do all the things I want to do. If you feel like you're in the same canoe as me, this is an episode you'll definitely want to hit play on.  Inside today's minisode, I'm sharing my favorite practice on how to be more efficient with your time while also making it richer.   If you want to learn more about making your time richer, be sure to hit play on my conversation with Dr. Cassie Holmes inside Episode 124... https://courageouslyu.com/dr-cassie-holmes/ If you know someone who'd benefit from hearing this minisode, can you please share it with them? Your shares are the best form of thanks.  I hope you enjoy this minisode, my friend! 🤩

Today’s guest is here to share how her struggle with unbearable insomnia led to an accidental descent into prescription benzodiazepine dependence. Melissa Bond is a narrative journalist and poet. In the years of her dependence on benzodiazepines, Melissa blogged and became a regular contributor for Mad in America. ABC World News Tonight interviewed her for a piece in January 2014. Melissa is a respected writer on the perils of over-prescribing benzodiazepines and has been featured on PBS Story in the Public Square, Radio West, the podcasts Risk!, IGNTD, and Psychology Unplugged. The Salt Lake Tribune and the New York Post have both done features on her book Blood Orange Night, her memoir about becoming dependent upon and then withdrawing from benzodiazepines.  In this episode, we talk about... - Melissa's descent into prescription benzodiazepine dependence - What her insomnia looked like - How she knew her symptoms were more than momma exhaustion - What her withdrawal from benzodiazepines looked like - How her struggle impacted her marriage - What her mental health looks like today - Why you should never cold turkey your psych meds - What literature says about benzodiazepines - Why everyone needs to read Anatomy of an Epidemic - Why you need to know what stopping benzodiazepines can look like If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend. Your shares help grow this small but mighty community.  Also, if you haven't done so already, be sure to follow the podcast. I'm adding a bunch of bonus minisodes to the feed and I don't want you to miss them.    HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/melissa-bond/  

Do you struggle with driving anxiety? If you're nodding your head yes, this episode is for you, my friend! Inside this minisode, I'm sharing eight things that help reduce my anxiety when driving. Yup, even I experience anxiety when driving sometimes. If you loved these tips and you know someone who'd benefit from hearing them, please share this minisode with them. Your shares are the best form of thanks.

Dr. Robin Stern is the go-to gaslighting expert. She’s a licensed psychoanalyst, speaker, author, and co-founder and associate director for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She’s also an associate research scientist at the Child Study Center at Yale. In 2007, Dr. Robin Stern published the critically acclaimed, The Gaslight Effect: How to spot and survive the hidden manipulation others use to control your life. The second edition was released in 2018. Her work is frequently published in popular media outlets, such as Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, Time.com, The Washington Post, The Hill, and Harvard Business Review. We talk about... - What gaslighting is and what it is not - What the gaslight tango looks like - How the gaslight effect works - How you can decide which relationships can be saved and which you have to walk away from - Why gaslighters gaslight - How to know if you’re being gaslighted - What you can do to get out of the gaslight tango - What it looks like to be medically gaslighted And sooooo much more!  _______________________________________________ Episode goodies...  Ready for a clean cup of coffee without a side of anxiety? Click here to save 10% off your order when you use code courage at checkout. Like the show? Please leave me a review here. Even just one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram and tag me at courageously.u so I can send you a virtual hug.  HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-robin-stern/  

Dr. Palmer is a Harvard Medical School Physician, researcher, author, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and consultant working at the interface of metabolism, metabolic disorders, and what we call mental disorders. In today's episode, we talk about... - Why Dr. Palmer believes mental health disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain  - What one of the biggest flaws in our current mental health field is - What role mitochondria and metabolism play in mental health - How our current approaches to mental health treatment are failing people - Why Dr. Palmer is so excited about the brain energy theory - What causes metabolic and mitochondrial dysfunction - How mental health disorders share one common pathway - The two things you can do today to begin restoring mitochondrial health   Like the show? Please leave the show a review here. Even just one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram and tag me at courageously.u so I can send you a virtual hug.    HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-christopher-palmer/          

Dr. Glenn Schiraldi is an author, graduate of West Point, Vietnam-era veteran, and founder of Resilience Training International. He has served on the stress management faculties at the pentagon, the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, and the University of Maryland School of Public Health, where he received the Outstanding Teaching Award. In today's episode, we talk about... - What self-esteem looks like - Why we tend to focus on the parts of ourselves we don’t like - How self-esteem develops - Whether or not perfection is actually attainable - Why harsh self-criticism keeps you from changing - How to respond differently to your imperfections - How people who have no regrets are less prone to traumatic wounding Episode goodies...  Ready for a clean cup of coffee without a side of anxiety? Click here to save 10% off your order when you use code courage at checkout. Like the show? Please leave me a review here. Even just one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram and tag me at courageously.u so I can send you a virtual hug.  HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/ TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-glenn-schiraldi/

Brooke Siem is a speaker, author, award-winning chef, and Food Network “Chopped” Champion. She was among the first generation of teens to be medicated with antidepressants. After spending half her life—and her entire adult life—on antidepressants, she wondered: Who might I be without them? Six years after taking her last antidepressant and now fully healed from what was once assumed to be lifelong depression, Brooke’s mission is to share the story of what happened after she booked a one-way ticket to Malaysia and got off all the psychiatric drugs.  We talk about...  - What was happening in Brooke’s life when she accessed antidepressants for the first time - How many terrible narratives there are about stopping psychiatric medications - What psychiatric drug withdrawal looked like for her - Why we need to start discussing the reality of psychiatric withdrawal - How Brooke navigated Chopped while in severe antidepressant withdrawal - How a one-way ticket to Malaysia helped her heal - What she’s doing today to prioritize her mental health - What Brooke believes needs to happen for real healing to occur   HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/brooke-siem/

Hey, friend! In today's minisode, I'm talking about why it's important to explore the root cause of your symptoms. If you find this minisode helpful, please share it with someone who'd benefit from listening.  If there's a topic you'd like me to cover in a future minisode, don't hesitate to send me a DM on Insta.  Biggest hugs,  Tara 

Dr. Cassie Holmes is here to help you feel empowered with your time and to also help you design your hours to be more in alignment with what matters to you. Dr. Cassie Holmes is one of the world’s leading authorities on time and happiness. She is a social psychologist, author, researcher, and professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Her work on the intersection of time and happiness has been widely published in lead academic journals and featured in such outlets as NPR, The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and more. In today's episode, we talk about... - Why having more time isn’t the answer - How you can make the time you have richer - How time tracking can help you gain insight into the activities that make you happy - Why it’s important to carve out a no-phone zone - How to make the not-so-fun activities of life fun - Why is it important to recognize that our remaining time is limited  - Why it’s important to have a genuine sense of belonging - How you can use time crafting to prioritize your time - Why you should take a broader perspective of your time in years rather than hours Episode goodies...  Ready for a clean cup of coffee without a side of anxiety? Click here to save 10% off your order when you use code courage at checkout. Like the show? Please leave me a review here. Even just one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram and tag me at courageously.u so I can send you a virtual hug.    HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/   TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-cassie-holmes/  

In today's minisode, I'm talking about... How overwhelm had me crying in a coffee shop  What I did about it Why overwhelm is a normal response What you can do when you feel overwhelmed If you enjoyed this minisode, please rate and review The Courageously.u Podcast, and if you liked what you heard, be sure to press follow and share it with a friend.