Myndtalk With Dr. Pamela Brewer

Linda Mary Wagner joins Dr. Brewer for a conversation about - UNEARTHING THE GHOSTS: A Mystery memoir.  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"

Is there a way to be free from violence in schools?  Dr. Brewer's guest, Andra Medea, believes so and discusses tools and techniques from her book, Safe Within These Walls: De-escalating School Situations Before They Become Crises

Meet Melvin Deal, a native Washingtonian, national/international icon, dancer, teacher, spirtual guide, and more. Melvin Deal has been instructing African dance and drumming in Washington, DC for over 30 years and is the Founding Artistic Director of The African Heritage Dancers and Drummers.  Deal is the recipient of many prestigious awards, among which includes: The Washington's "Living Legends" Award, 1980, "Washingtonian of the Year,1981",  "Baltimore's" Great Blacks In Wax Award", and many others. 

Dr. Brewer talks with Dr. Scott Weems, author of - HA! The Science Of When We Laugh And Why.  You will go on a fascinating journey into something we all do, all take for granted, and know so little about!  Learn about  the many different questions why, when and how we laugh. 

Dr Pamela Brewer talks with Author of "Being Me With OCD," Alison Dotson - about her experiences with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. We hear people referring to OCD often, but what exactly is it?  How does it impact a life?  How does a person live with it.  Alison offers a frank and informative look into her life as a person with OCD who is not stopped by OCD.  

GUESTS: NANCY SALAMONE, author, advocate, business woman and more.  Learn about economic abuse and the path to financial freedom.   

LUIS Santiago. Talks about his journey - as a Latino Male, as an American, and as a Jehovah's Witness. Travel with him through his life, Monday 3-4 pm on WPFW 89.3 FM  

Once a week Dr. Brewer answers letters from listeners of MyNDTALK.

Barbara Blitzer, Author of "The Infertility Workbook" talks to the MyNDTALK audience about the impact of stress and worry in our daily lives and ways to help ourselves think differently and feel better. You will enjoy this hour of new learning, Thursday, April 24th 3-4 pm Eastern. 

  "Being in a new relationship is hard enough, but if the person you're dating is a recovering alcoholic or addict, there may be more to consider than just mutual interests and attraction. For Karen Nagy, dating a recovering alcoholic felt, in some ways, like she was seeing someone “from another planet”—with his own language, culture, and social behaviors."  L   

Dr. Pamela Brewer talks with author, Kathleen Pasley about her experiences with depression - and the tools she has used to free herself from what, for many, is a debilitating experience.   Kathleen is someone  "who has known serious depressive episodes first-hand, Kathy wrote the book A Hurt in Your Soul and How to Heal It after years of experience in using spiritual tools as well as medical ones, to manage her own disease. In her book, she encourages those suffering from depressive episodes to embrace a spiritual practice as a key aspect of their recovery.  

Meet Dr. James McLeary -  Called by many as a Man among men - James McLeary holds graduate degrees in health law and clinical psychology. He has worked with management teams in various educational, corporate, and government institutions to provide insight into clarity of purpose. He provides the communication tools to recalibrate the resources needed for more efficient accomplishment of goals. His experience ranges from leading educational corporate seminars, to providing crisis management in correctional institutions with members of organized crime. 

It's "Talk To Me" Friday on MyNDTALK with Dr Pamela Brewer!   Every Friday Dr. Brewer answers your letters and provides potential resources.  To send YOUR letter to MyNDTALK - go to www.MyNDTALK.org  

Dr Pamela Brewer talks with adoption expert, Gina Sangster, about the emotional experiences and needs of older children.  

Dr Pamela Brewer talks with Andrea Breaux about her experience of depression as an African American woman. Join Dr. Brewer in this conversation as Andrea talks about many things she has never before discussed. 

Resilience, according to Dr. Patricia O'Gorman, is the part of us that celebrates cycles: it looks forward to new beginnings and back to past lessons. Dr. Pamela Brewer and Dr. O’Gorman  discuss how women  can discover valuable ways of looking at their interpersonal relationships and acquire tools to become more resilient.  If you are ready to free yourself from old ways of thinking and being that have stopped working for you...this is an important hour for you to listen in - 

Dr. Pamela Brewer spends MyNDTALK's Men's Monday talking with Gabe Heilig.  Gabe describes himself as "born in the Jewish Tradition" and takes us on a walk through his life and his philosophies.  Tune in for another look into the life and times of one man - living life his way -

Dr. Pamela Brewer answers letters from her MyNDTALK audiences.

  Dr Pamela Brewer talks with Maryland Psychotherapist Rodney Orders about the impact of stress on relationships.  Stress, particularly chronic stress, can be a powerful predictor of physical and mental health - learn more about this often overlooked experince that impacts the lives of so many.

Dr. Pamela Brewer talks with Sylvie de Toledo - Founder of Grandparents As Parents (www.grandparentsasparents.org) and two members of the organization, Sharon Jarkoff and Jacqueline Laird.  Grandparents becoming parents affects many women - many people.  Listen to 3 stories about how to manage this complicated, multi-level relationship between grandparent, parent and grandchild.