I had the tremendous honor of having former attorney and judge Marry Beth on the show as a special guest. Her strength and perseverance over life's challenges and barrier's is second to none as we begin learning about Marry Beths struggles and tribulations through physical, sexual, and emotional abuse that led to substance abuse and addiction. Throughout this episode Marry Beth begins to talk about her life of drug addiction growing up in New Jersey. Marry Beth also talks about certain parts of her book From Junkie to Judge: One Woman's Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction, where she describes th ..read more

In this special live Behavioral Health Integration live episode we will dive into many important career related discussions. In this live episode we will get into the pros and cons of the mental health addiction field. We will bring up topics around the professional concerns for the future of the behavioral health field as well as what are we optimistic about. We will get into discussions about each other's career paths and where we got to where we are today. As well as the struggles we have with insurance company's reimbursement rates. Also for graduate students or future graduate students ..read more

In this special BHI live episode I have the honor and pleasure of having Justin Hesse as a special guest. Justin is the founder of Blue Line Fitness and is a 31B Military Police at Minnesota Army National Guard. I am very excited to have a great conversation with Justin regarding his motivations for entering law enforcement as well as what made him passionate emphasizing the important of fitness to members in law enforcement. We will also dive into learning more about Blue Line Fitness and how this amazing program works. Justin's contact information justin@blueline-fitness.com blueline-fitness ..read more

It was a great pleasure having Sadie Marie as a special guest on my show! In this exciting episode we will discuss Sadie 's motivation to start a podcast regarding divorce and new ways families and individuals can see divorce in a different positive light. We also get into discussion about dating topic's and certain red flags to look for while dating after divorce. Sadie's contact information www.divorcedandhappy.net linktr.ee/sadiesdivorcedandhappy Sponsor CalmiGo Enter the code BHIPODCAST  for $30 off the device. calmigo.com?fid=614&utm_source=affiliatly&utm_medium=inf ..read more

In this special BHI episode I had the honor of having Dr. Ryan Westrum, PhD and returning special guest Richard O'Bannon on the show. Dr. Ryan Westrum, PhD, MA. is a nationally recognized psychedelic integration expert. For more than 15 years, his primary focus has been working with individuals and groups facilitating experiential therapy and integrating psychedelic journeys into healing and personal transformation. Ryan speaks on myriad of topics and leads experiential groups, like dreamwork integration therapy and psychedelic integration groups. The founder of healingsoulsllc.com and psyched ..read more

In today's BHI episode I had the honor and pleasure of having returning special guest Robert Andrews-Mendoza. In this part 3 episode we will be continuing our discussion on new and updated policies and rules for what takes for an MN LADC to have their own private practice. We will also be getting to the questions the audience has regarding policies and procedures of developing a private practice. We also get into all of the ethical issues that LADC's may come into effect while having a private practice. We also went into discussion about therapeutic SUD group and one on one interventions and s ..read more

In today's BHI episode I had the honor and pleasure of having returning special guest Robert Andrews-Mendoza. In this prt 2 episode we will be continuing our discussion on new and updated policies and rules for what takes for an MN LADC to have their own private practice. We will also be getting to the questions the audience has regarding policies and procedures of developing a private practice. We also went into discussion about therapeutic SUD group and one on one interventions and scope of practice for LADC's and other health care professionals. It was an honor having Robert as a BHI guest ..read more

In today's BHI episode I had the honor and pleasure of having returning special guest Robert Andrews-Mendoza. In this episode we will be discussing new and updated policies and rules for what takes for an MN LADC to have their own private practice. With Roberts knowledge, passion, and hard work he has paved the way for more LADC's to learn about these game-changing career opportunity's. We also went into discussion about therapeutic SUD group and one on one interventions and scope of practice for LADC's and other health care professionals. It was an honor having Robert as a BHI guest. Roberts ..read more

In this special BHI episode we get to meet special guest Alexandra Artzoglou. We have the pleasure of hearing her life story on how she first got involved in psychedelics as well as the work helping and advocating for psychedelic use to help individuals with there mental health. Currently, Alexandra aids others get their lives (and minds) in order by becoming conscious and intentional about how they spend their time, where they direct their attention, which habits to cultivate and how to achieve long-term goals by frequently hitting shorter-term milestones. Simply put, she others self-actualiz ..read more

It was an honor having Bishoy on my show as a BHI special guest! Dr. Bishoy is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, who also collaborates and advise on projects that utilizes AI to further advance knowledge of mental illnesses. In this special live episode we get into great discussion topics on raising mental health awareness of parents of children with depression. We dive into the symptoms of depression, the signs of self harm, and what to do if you notice this in your child. We get into different types of interventions and actions parents or care givers can take to better help their children ..read more