Empathy And Eyebrows Podcast

On this podcast we discuss the way adverse childhood events or ACEs affect our health over the course of our lifetime. I recently learned about the very real connection between childhood adversity and trauma and the leading illnesses that eventually kill us. Best friend Claire and I talk about ACEs, the science of toxic stress and how we can help ourselves and the children in our lives. 

I have lived in fear for the majority of my life. I'm sure a lot of us do, but this week... I stepped out on faith! I walked away from a career that I have spent 15 years dedicated to. I am hanging up my headphones and becoming my own boss. It's easy to say everything is gonna be ok, but when you really start believing it, it changes everything. Strip away the fear with me and walk by faith. 

I’m a huge believer in therapy. Get you a therapist! Talk it out, don’t let your heaviest thoughts weigh you down. You don’t have to fight those battles alone! Get you a therapist... and meet mine, Beth Nelson, she joins me today to talk about our relationship, how to find a good fit for you and how to protect your energy. 

I have decided to sell all my belongings and hit the road with my family. This is gonna be very interesting but I KNOW it's something I have to do. I am excited, scared, but more determined than anything. Listen to me and Momma Kathy ( my mom) as we talk about how the idea came about and how I am gonna make it actually happen. Here's to living your best life! 

Step into the darkness. 1 in 7 women suffer from a perinatal mood disorder. I was 1 in 7. In support of Mental Health Awareness month, come on a journey with me through postpartum depression and anxiety. It's not pretty, but it was my reality and IS the reality of many women. Listen, learn, and ask the new Mommas in your life how they are doing.    Documentary Audio: Credit to HealthZette News Report by Alex Miller  Audio Clips taken from 'Dark Side of the Full Moon' Trailer by North Florida Women's Care ,, Published on May 2, 2016  

Shoutout to all the moms! In honor of Mother's Day, episode 5 is dedicated to you and all your magic. Special guests: Munchie and Smooch, my daughters 

Intuition, trusting your gut and listening to your inner voice can be immensely helpful IF you learn to listen and pay attention to the signs. From everyday things to life or death situations, your intuition can be your superpower. Learn to use, trust, and master it!

Love, it's complicated and after you'v been hurt it can be so difficult to love again. Music, movies and my own experiences gave me a lot of unrealistic expectations of love, and just as I was ready to give up...this fine ass man walked up to me in a fast food restaurant and even though I didn't want it to, love won. I'm glad it did. 

This episode is dedicated to anyone who has ever loved an alcoholic/addict. The range of emotions felt when you are emotionally invested in someone who just can't kick the habit is a journey that impacts everyone who loves that person. Come with me as I introduce you to my dad Andre. 

 Mad Momma: One Night in a Psych Ward. It chronicles how media, motherhood and mental health struggles landed me in the psych ward for one night. How 14 years in media and living so publicly (listeners and followers have followed my first heartbreak, marriage, children, infidelity, divorce and the sexual rumspringa of my post-divorce months) has been my life but has impacted my mind, heart and spirit. It's also impacted my family who believe I should live a more private, less public life. But how do you unbecome yourself? How do give so much of yourself for over a decade and then just say, "Hey thank you for helping me become who I am, the success etc., but I'm done?" The episode details how that one night in the psych ward taught me, what I already knew, that we as a society are failing people with mental health issues. I spent so many years covering celebrities and their stints in rehab for "exhaustion" that I romanticized what a mental health facility would be like, and let me tell you it was not what I ha