783. Navigating Anxiety, Trauma, Shame, and Habits w/ Caroline Leaf

Youtube: https://youtu.be/pZRiAfpTcyY Impractical Jokers Sal Vulcano and Joe Gatto sat in on Better Together to discuss a wide variety of subjects. The duo shared the keys to launching and maintaining a successful business with friends and loved ones. Along with outlining their favorite movies, TV shows, books and podcasts, they touch upon the healing practice of EMDR, the impact of TikTok, variety shows and the state of comedy today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

2 Mar 20211h 20min

Youtube: https://youtu.be/R-ftNvvgmMY Details of Maria's temporary hiatus are disclosed as Better Together friend and world class healer, Gabrielle Bernstein, subs in as co-host.  Gabby updates the Heal Squad, briefly, on Maria's struggles with anxiety while discussing the crippling effects it has on women - especially during COVID.  Gabby touches upon the origins of anxiety in each of us, those moments in our childhoods to review and the role they place in our anxieties today, when is the right time to take medications, if at all, and therapies to engage in. Gabby even gives recommendations for those without the finances to pay for help while demonstrating a live 'Tapping" session that you can use  curb your anxiety.  If anxiety plagues you or a loved one, you will not want to miss this episode. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

1 Mar 20211h 34min

Youtube: https://youtu.be/e5qteP6J0ww Better Together staff members, Keven, Kelsey and Stephen dissect the many breakthrough lessons from this week's shows featuring guests Dr. Mark Hyman, Nicole,Avant and Anne Lemott. Lessons included the question to ask yourself before eating, rainbow diets, how to make the supermarket your farm-acy, how food can cure depression, how we know sugar feeds cancer and the only supplements you need. The trio went in depth on viewing yourself like an ATM machine, gratitude for all who serve, releasing people from life without conversation and how you can't be yourself if you don't know yourself.   They also went over the best advice dreamers can receive, how hopeless doesn't mean powerless and how to cure hopelessness, the #1 key to fulfillment, self esteem being an inside job and how perfectionism is the voice of oppression. We get many requests from our Heal Squad to go deeper on the life changing lessons guests bring us, so here it is!  If this episode resonates with you or if you'd like to share how the week's lessons impacted you toward positive change, let us know in the comments. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

25 Feb 20211h 20min

Youtube: https://youtu.be/y2-P4Z0XgXg World acclaimed author Anne Lamott sat in with Maria, and Heal Squad friend and guest co-host, Lisa Bilyeu.  What began as promotion for her upcoming book “Dusk, Night, Dawn” turned into a one hour guide for people (especially women)  on how to navigate so many familiar dilemmas. Anne shared pearls for first time writers, the cure for feelings of hopelessness, how to silence feelings of fear and fraud,  how perfectionism is the voice of oppression, how to diffuse female shame bred into us and three steps to breaking self destructive habits.  She also discusses how much society wires us to ‘get’ (achievements, accolades, wealth etc.) as opposed to ‘give’ and the bottomless life void it fails to fill. The best part is the solutions, faith and hope she shares. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

24 Feb 20211h 31min

Youtube: https://youtu.be/Fxxo_pDRp2k World famous pioneer physician Dr. Mark Hyman teaches Maria and the Heal Squad how food is the best medicine there.  Dr. Hyman discusses the Pegan lifestyle, a phrase he coined marrying vegan and paleo diets and why it’s best. He covers what kind of meat is healthy to consume as well as supplements and even cooking spices that will boost your immune system.  He shares the means in which to cook meat to induce healing, what ingredient definitely causes cancer, the one question to ask yourself before eating and how to view supermarkets as pharmacies or as he puts it “Farm-acies.”  Dr. Hyman even provides proof of diets that eliminate depression and curb suicides. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

23 Feb 20211h 22min

Former music executive and US Ambassador to the Bahamas, TV and movie producer and all around people's champion, Nicole Avant zooms in to talk with her friend, Maria about the Netflix film "The Black Godfather."  Nicole produced the documentary feature centering on her legendary father, Clarence Avant and his incredible inspirational and aspirational life journey that helped people from so many walks of life from sports to entertainment to politics. Nicole goes in depth about his celebrity encounters as well as his positivity, endurance, awareness, selflessness, resilience, grit and generosity. He saved and made many careers, created paths that never existed and almost always for the greater good of all.  His life is one of the finest examples as to the positive impact we can all have. At the same time, Nicole shares so SO many life tips and tools for our Heal Squad to use in their own journeys toward fulfillment and happiness. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

22 Feb 20211h 35min

On this week's RGF, we learn the big impact that small acts of generosity have AND how to make the universe work for you as well as how to stop it from working against you. Kelsey offers inexpensive skin and hair tips while Keven offers a cheap organization hack and THE get out of jail free response for all dilemmas. The duo also touches on the need to 'red line' when chasing dreams, along with the difference between a civilian and a samurai while reminding us that Friday is the people's day. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

19 Feb 20211h 20min

Youtube: https://youtu.be/YaSu3OmHc3Q On this episode of Better Together, Maria and the #HealSquad welcome comedian  Margaret Cho.  Margaret shares her techniques to getting past life's worst traumas. A survivor on many fronts, she defines what a trauma loop is and how to halt it. She discusses how to overcome anger and addiction, Hollywood then and now, her and Maria's love of animals as well as the state of comedy today.  The pioneer shares empathy for innocent comedians who are cancelled while saying the culture today could push comedians to do their best work. Margaret also discusses Marilyn Manson and Armie Hammer and breaks down kink culture in an informative, entertaining and aspirational interview. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

18 Feb 20211h 24min