Myndtalk With Dr. Pamela Brewer

The Anxiety Toolkit Dr. Alice Boyes translates powerful, evidence-based tools used in therapy clinics into tips and tricks you can employ in everyday life. Whether you have an anxiety disorder, or are just anxiety-prone by nature, you'll discover how anxiety works, strategies to help you cope with common anxiety 'stuck' points and a confidence that - anxious or not - you have all the tools you need to succeed in life and work." 

5 Months 10 Years 2 Hours "When a disillusioned New York attorney decides to leave the law, buy a lipstick-red convertible, and hit the road, she doesn't expect to wake up in a hospital room with a malignant brain tumor and a prognosis of one year to live. Or that ten years later, she'll be competing in a grueling triathlon."  The ability to quit a job, hop into a new car and tour the countryside sounds like a dream to many - but Lisa Reisman's life rapidly turned into anything but a dream - her's is a story you won't want to miss.  

Joyful Living For The Not-Born-Yesterday! Do Not Go Quietly: A Guide to Living Consciously and Aging Wisely for People Who Weren't Born Yesterday - Listen to this warm, witty, uplifting, thoughtful conversation with co-author, George Camppannelli, complete with resources for those who, as the authors say, "weren't born yesterday"!  No matter your age, you will find this program helpful, enriching and a great way to approach your life, today, tomorrow and for all your days.  

Living In His Truth Anas "Andy" Shallal is an entrepreneur, an artist, a social activist, a husband, a father but perhaps most of all, a man who lives true to himself.  Learn from the creator of the renowned 'Busboys & Poets' about his beginnings and the man he is today.    

BULLYING! Dr. Brewer is joined by Dr. Mary Alvord of Alvord, Baker and Associates of Maryland to discuss bullying.  While many would like to believe the bullying is simply a "boys will be boys" "girls will be girls" "kids will be kids" phase that passes over time without harmful blowback, nothing could be further from the truth!

IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP IN TROUBLE? Is there a way to tell if your relationships is in trouble?  Are there ways to communicate effectively with your spouse?Are the 'The Four Horsemen' - criticism, defensiveness? Contempt, stonewalling - residents in your relationship?  For this and more, join Dr. Brewer and her guest Naomi Berger, author of Marriage Meetings for Lasting Love.

ANGELA MCKENZIE - A WOMAN'S LIFE IN SONG Angela McKenzie's passion for storytelling has afforded her careers in broadcast journalism and singing both recorded and live music. She's a proud recipient of the Peter Jennings Project Fellowship for Journalists and the US Constitution and during the course of her singing career, her dynamic and versatile vocal abilities have earned her the privilege to entertain audiences in cozy settings of thirty to stadiums of thirty-thousand. As for her latest musical endeavor, McKenzie describes Renaissance Gal INK as...my most intimate and intricate narrations because these are my own stories to tell. It's music to enjoy for music's sake or take it to the level of groove therapy'.

ACROSS CULTURAL AND RACIAL LINES During a time when the country seems so polarized, an interracial/intercultural couple talks with Dr. Brewer about their experiences, challenges, joys and successes.  Hear how East met West and learned to accommodate each other in loving and respectful ways.  Many years and adult twin boys later, they continue to grow and learn from each other!

DOUGLAS - UTOPIA! We use conceptual constructs to create a purpose and a sense of rightness. Relationship, sex, sexuality, family, and the future are examples of conceptual constructs. Society is a construct. Culture, religion, and reputation are constructs. These things are not actually real; they are conceptual realities that have been dropped into our existence. We buy into them, and then at some point, we give up our awareness in order to buy the rightness of this reality. Gary Dougals believes that ... the constructs have to come off so you can create a world that works for you.

The No-Fear Career  Do you want to understand how to stop fear from stopping you?  How to quiet your inner judge?  The value of finding your purpose?  What is the value carving out ‘block time’ ?  For the answers to these questions and a few more you might not have considered, join Dr. Brewer and Robin Fisher Roffer of Big Fish Marketing. 

Are You Thinking Your Way to an Eating Disorder? Dr. Brewer is joined by Anne Deveroux-Mills, Chief Strategy Officer, Lantern/ Executive Director of the Healthy Body Image Program at Stanford University So how can you think about your appearance, health, or weight without causing  potential harm? 

Healing Neen A powerful story of Neen's life.  At one point in her life she was using drugs, living on the street and in a life of despair.  Now - after 83 arrests and 66 convictions, Tonier Cain (Neen) is living a joyful life with her daughter and training people the world over on the ways to work with traumatized individuals.   She came back from all but complete despair.  Learn how Tonier Cain freed herself from what seemed like a never-ending yet life ending trap.  

The Next Happy When the best option is to let go of the life you planned for yourself and find a new path, a world of possibilities can surprisingly open up. Learn whether it is time to let go, and if so, how to move through your grief and find your way forward in The Next Happy. After multiple fertility treatments and years of hardship in her pursuit to have a child, Tracey Cleantis was forced to face this reality head-on. Yet, through this process and her work counseling hundreds of clients through the loss of their goals and aspirations, she discovered one simple truth: Sometimes there comes a time when the smartest, healthiest, and sanest thing to do is to let go of the original plan in order to find a new way forward toward happiness. And with this critical shift, a world of possibilities opens up to us. New, tangible dreams take shape.  

From Adversity to Opportunity The really insidious, dangerous, obstacles are those that are invisible.  Fear,doubt,despair...those are the things that can destroy a person, not bullets."   Chief Warrant Officer, Romulo Camargo “ Romy” tells is amazing story after a war wound rendered him paralyzed from the shoulder down.  Romy remains on active duty, continuing his recovery in Tampa, Florida. He spends five days a week pursing a grueling rehabilitation schedule and is excited to build the premier facility to help people get back in the game physically and mentally by helping shift their mindset from one of adversity to one of opportunity. Listen to Romy Carmargo's story - and be inspired.    

Couples And Money Join Dr. Brewer for a conversation with a MyNDTALK regular, Syble Solomon, creator of Money Habitudes.  How do we talk about money?  Do we say what we truly think and feel about money?  How do we talk to each other about money? How should we?  How do couples communicate with each other and what is the best way to do so?

Emotional Abuse In Intimate Relationships   Learn ways to protect yourself and your loved ones in current and future relationships. Determine if your mate is emotionally abusive and the effects on you.  Find out how and why the charmer turns to the harmer when one partner has a deep-seated need to control the other partner. Discover why and how people abuse their lovers and its aftermath. ... Learn how to stand up to an abusive partner, get treatment for both partners, and make the choice to leave or stay in the relationship.

Humbled By The Journey In 1964, in the midst of revolutionary activity in Cuba, Mike's family was expelled from their rural hometown without any warning or money and soon after made New York City home.  Suddenly, they all were on a new trajectory of unforeseen challenges, opportunities and lessons. Mike lumbered through school, while working as a floor cleaner and delivery boy to help pay for tuition. During these years, Mike learned about values and principles from those around him, including his father and an extraordinary Jesuit priest.  After a stint in the Army, Mike worked as a door-to door salesman, selling  health insurance, and subsequently found his stride in business and success, against great odds. Since then, Mike has given more than $125 million to causes focused on health care, education and those most in need. He requires only this: Recipients must want to help themselves, be willing to sacrifice to gain a better future, and promise to pay it forward when they can.

Healthy Weight, Healthy You! Achieving your ideal weight by exploring the mind body connection to weight loss provides a well-rounded, holistic approach to achieving your weight loss goals. Dr. Brewer talks with traditional healing practitioner, Charlene Marie Muhammad, who has been embracing the spirit of natural living for over 25 years.  Her book explores how your feelings, thoughts, actions and environmental factors influence eating behaviors and how you can develop strategies to break old habits.

Justice While Black- Part 2  Robbin Shipp, Esq; , Co-Author (with Nick Chiles) of Justice While Black joins Dr. Brewer for a conversation about the reality of "justice" for communities of color! Indeed for anyone who is perceived to be "different".  How should families think about protecting their children?  Particularly their young Black boys?  At what age should parents begin to educate their children about the realities of being Black in America?  For answers to these questions and more - be sure to listen!

Recovery From Coming Of Age Trauma Linda Mary Wagner joins Dr. Brewer for a conversation about Unearthing The Ghosts   Linda Mary seeks to solve the mystery of how she wound up on anti-psychotic drugs in a psychiatric ward before seeing the doctor who put her there. A healthy "hippie" at age 17, Linda Mary Wagner is assumed mentally ill by her Depression-era parents who are puzzled by the massive social changes in American society in the 1960s. Through this memoir, she discovers the forces that coalesced into her doctor's misdiagnosis and mistreatment and shares how she recovered from coming-of-age trauma. Within this highly personal story, Wagner weaves social history based on research that uncovers other mysteries, both solved and unsolved. Unearthing the Ghosts argues for an end to well-meaning abuses in the name of "treating" mental illness and a quest to nurture and protect mental health"