Myndtalk With Dr. Pamela Brewer

A conversation about grieving and a guide to successfully navigating transitions—the endings and beginnings of life. Learn to listen to your own inner voice so that reorienting and reshaping the future seems possible. Offering strategies for dealing with profound grief and living beyond a devastating loss.

Have you wondered what Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms really are and how you or a loved one can help get treatment? There are over 20 suicides per day in the United States due to military-related PTSD, and it does not need to be this way, in this conversation, you'll learn why... 

In The Opposite of Hate, Kohn investigates the evolutionary and cultural roots of hate and how incivility can be a gateway to much worse. Sally travels to Rwanda, the Middle East, and across the United States, introducing us to former terrorists and white supremacists, and even some of her own Twitter trolls, drawing surprising lessons from dramatic and inspiring stories of those who left hate behind. “The opposite of hate is connection.

Most of us can recall a time when we pretended to be sick to reap the benefits that go along with illness. By playing sick, we gained sympathy, care, and attention, and were excused from our responsibilities. Though doing so on occasion is considered normal, there are those who carry their deceptions to the extreme.  Dr. Marc Feldman describes people’s strange motivations to fabricate or induce illness or injury to satisfy deep emotional needs. Dr. Feldman, with the assistance of Gregory Yates, has chronicled this fascinating world as well as the paths to healing.

Before Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mae Jemison, Frida Kahlo, and others were change-making feminists, they were . . . babies! In this board book that's perfect for budding feminists, lift the flap to discover what these iconic figures might have looked like as adorable babies and toddlers. With its inspiring message that any baby can grow up to make the world a better place for all genders" author Libby Babbott-Klein walks us through her journey to create this delightful addition to your child's library.

Tackling one of life’s greatest mysteries, Rabbi Ben Kamin examines the diverse ways we mourn the death of a loved one. Using his own experience of the heartbreaking loss of his father, he stresses the importance of not deferring the process of grieving at the risk of harming one’s physical, emotional, and spiritual health. An empathetic and simple spiritual guide that offers a path to acceptance and peace for those who must continue their life journey after a loved one dies.

Who is this man who, determined to serve his country, went on dangerous missions, suffered a severe injury and still held to his dream? From early in his life, James Pierce knew two things.  He wanted to serve his country - and one day become a Park Ranger. With specialized training, courage and determination James Pierce has managed to do both. (Photo: James Pierce at the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial NPS Photo)

Author Denise Alexander Pyle invites us to consider the power and the promise of living by the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule - the ten and the one- as we journey through life. ... No matter your religious or spiritual background, The Power of 1(0) offers a pluralistic, universal message that can encourage you to pursue your true purpose and attain true joy.  Another potential tool along your path towards emotional wholeness?

Power struggles between parents and teens are nothing new, but chronic control battles are destructive to teen development as well as the entire family. According to psychotherapist Neil Brown, these battles occur as the result of self-perpetuating negative relationship patterns. Chock-full of powerful and easy-to-use evidence-based tools, this book will help you understand and end the painful tug-of-war with your teen and foster a peaceful and loving home environment.

In Sick to Death!, filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West exposes her own disturbing, yet determined, thirty-year struggle to regain her spiraling health. After seeing hundreds of doctors who either disregarded her symptoms, misdiagnosed or under treated her, Maggie discovers that her life-long thyroid problem was a fully understood medical issue as early as 1914, yet it’s been obscured by systemic medical corruption, pharmaceutical greed and physician negligence, leaving more than 750 million people sick and suffering world-wide.

Dana Bowman can’t escape the lure of perfectionism, trying to be a flawless wife, mother, and person in recovery. When Dana experiences a short-lived relapse during the Christmas holiday, she has the startling realization that recovery is more than just giving up alcohol.

Columbia University (New York, New York) Professor Jeremy Dauber shares his journey as he traces the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from biblical times to the age of Twitter. ... Dauber traces the ways Jewish comedy has mirrored, and sometimes shaped, the course of Jewish history.  ...  origins of Jewish comedy and its development from biblical times to the age of Twitter. ... Dauber traces the ways Jewish comedy has mirrored, and sometimes shaped, the course of Jewish history.  ... 

A silent epidemic in the United States is imperiling our health and threatens to bankrupt our healthcare system: overmedication. Today, one-third of all adults take two or more prescription drugs, and half of all seniors take more than five daily. This book, written by today's guest, Dr. Jennifer Jacobs?the first of its kind?tackles the epidemic overuse of prescription drugs."  This conversation is likely to truly be eye opening for you and those you care about.

Shalimar" is an earth angel who was born with the Magic and Wisdom of the ancient ones - the "magic star people" and the "wise tree spirits." She is able to remember the natural magic that all humans are born with, but she must grow up in a world where all have forgotten what they once knew. Sheri walks you along "Shalimar's" tragedy, grief, loss, courage, love and triumph allowing you to recall and celebrate your own life story. Sheri provides for us a 'blank slate,' upon which we may write and review our own story, by offering unique tools of perception. This tale of magic is one both children and adults can sink into and enjoy and grow by way of the magic and wisdom that lives within us all."

As a suicidal teenager, Sawyer was institutionalized, misdiagnosed, and suffered through 89 electroshock treatments before being transferred, and labeled as "unimproved" ...  Annita tells the story of being discharged after finally receiving proper psychiatric care, she kept her past secret and moved on to graduate from Yale University, raise two children, and become a respected psychotherapist." A remarkable story of resilience, change, transition.

Greg O’Brien, an award-winning investigative reporter, has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. He shares his ongoing journey in this story about living with Alzheimer’s, not dying with it. It is a story about hope, faith, and humor—a prescription far more powerful than the conventional medication available today to fight this disease.  

Military veterans with PTSD are in crisis. Tragically, 20 veterans commit suicide each day, representing 18% of all deaths by suicide among adults in the U.S. Veterans desperately need new and alternative treatments to relieve their distress and enable them to resume healthy, productive lives. The Man O’ War Project is a groundbreaking research study to determine the effectiveness of equine therapy to treat veterans who suffer from PTSD.

Something Happened in Our Town follows two families — one White, one Black — as they discuss a police shooting of a Black man in their community through the eyes of children and their families. Don't miss this important conversation about these important issues. Both this conversation and this book is important to share if you are a parent, a teacher, a clinician, a childcare worker, a thinker - in short, a resource for anyone who has ever crossed the path of a littler one and is willing to engage in thoughtful, potentially life-changing conversations for self and others. 

While battling a lifelong struggle with food addiction and emotional eating, Lynee experienced a health scare from the stress of balancing a family and full - time career. Only five months later, she lost over thirty pounds! Learn about Lynee's practice of Rest Based Living.

Do you wish your parents had been more nurturing and supportive? Are you wondering if you’ll ever find your perfect soul mate and dream boss? ... No one gets to sail through life free of turbulence. What separates people who shake it off, bounce back, and stay positive from the bitter, never satisfied, and defeated?  Dan Miller shares what he’s learned about the integral relationship between accepting the facts of life and others, with their quirks, flaws, and differences, and enjoying greater satisfaction in life.  As you listen to this conversation - you might just find a path that is right for you.