Break The Chains, Find Your Flame

The Rev. Tim Schenck serves as rector of the Episcopal Parish of St. John the Evangelist in Hingham, Massachusetts, on Boston’s South Shore. He is the author of five books full of humor and faith, including, most recently, Holy Grounds: The Surprising Connection Between Coffee and Faith— From Dancing Goats to Satan’s Drink (Fortress Press). When not tending to his parish, drinking single-origin coffee, desperately seeking material for his syndicated “In Good Faith” column, or blogging at http://clergyconfidential.com/ (clergyconfidential.com), Tim is likely hanging out with his family that includes his wife, Bryna, two young adult sons, Benedict and Zachary, and two rescue dogs, Cooper and Daisy Duke. Follow him on Twitter @FatherTim. Link to Holy Grounds: https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Grounds-Surprising-Connection-between/dp/1506448232 (https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Grounds-Surprising-Connection-between/dp/1506448232) Link to my Twitter account @FatherTim: https://twitter.com/FatherTim (https://

Jo-Ann Venezia Phillips is a Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist currently running a private practice in Medway Massachusetts. Jo-Ann’s interests fall heavily on the somatic and depth psychologies, mindfulness, meditation, and the emerging field of relational neuroscience. Educated in social work at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at Salam State University, she believes in a holistic view of the self, looking at a person from a bio-psych-social- and spiritual perspective. Jo-Ann’s approach integrates developmental, psychoanalytic, and relational psychologies incorporating contemplative, meditative and mindfulness-based approaches to her practice. Over the last 20 years Jo-Ann has trained and practiced in a variety of settings and modalities, primarily with adults and adolescents focusing on the exploration and understanding of the human experience. Jo-Ann has extensive experience, education and training in addiction recovery and trauma. She specializes in working with high-risk behaviors, a

Lacey McClure is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Massachusetts.  She has worked with diverse populations across the lifespan in the greater Boston area.  She spent the majority of her early career working in community mental health in leadership roles and as a therapist.  She owns and operates a private practice where she specializes in treating Eating Disorders that she started in 2018.  At the end of 2020, Lacey left her position as Director of Behavioral Health at Steward Health Care to travel the country on a yearlong road trip while working full time with private practice clients virtually. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)

Marvin is a Holyoke resident, teacher, musician, and dharma practitioner. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)

A suicide prevention and social justice educator, Ysabel Garcia founded Estoy Aqui, an initiative that focuses on the sociocultural factors contributing to suicide risk in Latino/Latinx and Black communities via training, dialogue, and outreach. Garcia’s experience as a first-generation Dominican immigrant, as well as her lived experience as a former psychiatric patient, has influenced her work to dismantle the myths and sanism surrounding mental health and suicide. Garcia regularly collaborates with the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the United Suicide Survivors International Council. Additionally, she often advocates for community care alternatives and peer support methods as viable resources for mental health support. Specifically, her outreach program, La Cultura Sana, offers skills-based dialogues addressing suicide and mental health to key figures in the Latino/x and Black community that provide emotional support as part of their day-t

Dr. Pandit is a Licensed psychologist in Connecticut and New York, currently working with patients in skilled nursing, subacute rehab, and assisted living facilities engaging patients in individual psychotherapy, as well as psychological and cognitive assessments. She earned her doctorate degree in Counseling Psychology from Springfield College in Massachusetts in 2016. She completed my post-doctoral fellowship at the Pace University, Westchester Campus, Counseling and Personal Development Center in 2017; and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the SUNY Oneonta Counseling Center in 2016. Dr Pandit's prior experiences have included college counseling, community mental health, in-home behavioral management, and outpatient hospital settings. She is extremely passionate about the intersectionality of mental health and diversity and inclusion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)

Whitney Dodds is the founder of Wellness for the Culture, a mental health practice in Springfield, MA. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from American International College. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Connecticut and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Massachusetts. Whitney is passionate about the well-being of people. Her approach is tailor-made to encourage engagement, within communities, all the while dismantling the cultural stigma that hinders black and brown people from receiving treatment. Check out the work she is doing, and her amazing blog at: https://wellnessfortheculture.com/ (https://wellnessfortheculture.com/) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)

Dr Barr has nearly a decade of experience as a therapist and is fortunate to have trained with many brilliant and respected clinicians. His PhD is in Counseling Psychology, from University of Louisville, where he received in-depth academic and clinical training on mental health, psychosocial development, the process of psychotherapy, and more; and engaged in research on a variety of aspects of psychology and human experience. He completed three additional years of advanced clinical training as a health service psychologist and psychotherapist at Cambridge Health Alliance under the auspices of Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry. He opened his private consulting practice in 2020 and his private psychotherapy practice in 2021. Check out his services and more about his background at: https://www.drsebastianbarr.com/ (https://www.drsebastianbarr.com/) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)

Dr. Pandit is a Licensed psychologist in Connecticut and New York, currently working with patients in skilled nursing, subacute rehab, and assisted living facilities engaging patients in individual psychotherapy, as well as psychological and cognitive assessments. She earned her doctorate degree in Counseling Psychology from Springfield College in Massachusetts in 2016. She completed my post-doctoral fellowship at the Pace University, Westchester Campus, Counseling and Personal Development Center in 2017; and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the SUNY Oneonta Counseling Center in 2016. Dr Pandit's prior experiences have included college counseling, community mental health, in-home behavioral management, and outpatient hospital settings. She is extremely passionate about the intersectionality of mental health and diversity and inclusion. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7588752/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)

Our 4th Stigma Is Curable Event based on de-mystifying Anxieties, and challenging concepts and stigmas related to this emotion. Presented by Steve Opalenik --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)

Some listeners and clients asked me to release just the Progressive Muscle Relaxation guided meditation, without the 20 minute explanation. Here it is, simple and plain, just the guided meditation for your listening pleasure. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)

Whitney Dodds is the founder of Wellness for the Culture, a mental health practice in Springfield, MA. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from American International College. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Connecticut and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Massachusetts. Whitney is passionate about the well-being of people. Her approach is tailor-made to encourage engagement, within communities, all the while dismantling the cultural stigma that hinders black and brown people from receiving treatment. Check out the work she is doing, and her amazing blog at: https://wellnessfortheculture.com/ (https://wellnessfortheculture.com/) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)

Laura Martin is a Certified IBS Nutrition Consultant and founder of Healing to Happy – an online holistic, gut-brain focused company that helps women suffering from IBS and Anxiety to get back to eating normally without fear of FODMAP's. After battling her way through IBS, hypothyroidism, anxiety, hormonal imbalances, and skin issues... she found herself with an unhealthy relationship with food and knew there had to be a better way... After many failed attempts and lessons learned, she came up with this one method known as the F.R.E.E. method that put her symptoms into remission without following restrictive diets or fancy supplement regimes. And yes, that nutrition routine now includes pizza without running to the bathroom. By applying this method using food, lifestyle, radical shifts in consciousness, and mindfulness practices + tools she's gone on to help hundreds of women around the globe do the same through her online courses: Signature Gut Recharge Program and 1:1 Gut Accelerator Program. social www.hea

Alexander Castiglione is the founder and executive director of Barbells For Bullies, a national 501(c)3 non-profit established in 2016 that leverages fitness to raise money and awareness for animal rescues around the US, with an emphasis on bully breeds. He runs the organization as a volunteer with the support of his wife, Lindsay, and his two rescue bullies - Moxy and Slater. To date, Barbells For Bullies has conducted over 35 events around the US, and donated over $150,000 to local animal rescues. In addition to spaying and neutering over 250 dogs via their Ruck Your Balls Off Initiative since 2019, and directly sponsoring over 100 urgent dogs with The Underdog Fund (which is funded by merchandise sales and pop up competitions) Barbells For Bullies offers free content and resources to the community at large surrounding responsible pet ownership. Alex works full time in the advertising field, is an avid CrossFitter, BJJ practitioner, and a self-professed "chronic challenge seeker," and recently completed his

Steve "Coach Fury" Holiner is the Owner of Speakeasy of Strength in Brooklyn, NY. Steve got into fitness in his mid-thirties with the singular goal of becoming a strong parent. Speakeasy of Strength offers Personal Training and Online Coaching. As a DVRT and Original Strength Master Instructor, (when not in a pandemic) Fury travels the world teaching certifications and workshops. During the pandemic, Steve partnered with Tina Morin (owner of MSC Strength) to create Die Mighty Method: A Non-dogmatic and Practical Guide to Teaching the Big 6 Kettlebell Movements. Fury is also the creator of Coach Fury Podcast where he discusses strength, music and movies with current and upcoming heroes in fitness, music and art. Did we mention he has an awesome Godzilla collection? Live long, be strong and DIE MIGHTY! Website: https://speakeasyofstrength.com/ (https://speakeasyofstrength.com/) Instagram: @iamcoachfury --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opal

Didier Sylvain is an experienced life alignment coach and consultant specializing in leadership effectiveness, team facilitation, personal development and thought leadership strategy. Through his private practice, he leverages his training in intentional change theory, appreciative inquiry, adaptive strategy and somatics to develop customized approaches to his client’s individual coaching and leadership development needs. Didier has coached and served as a leadership consultant in a variety of fields including telecom, media and entertainment, labor, healthcare, electoral politics, education, philanthropy, and the social sector. He has worked with numerous teams to facilitate effective team alignment and capacity building, helping those teams grow and deliver powerfully on their missions. Throughout his career, he has worked with and through Good Wolf Group, Deloitte Consulting, Verizon Media, Echoing Green, The James Beard Foundation, and the Campaign for Black Male Achievement. Didier has also coached and t

Caroline Collins work creates a true expression of the scientific art of mental and physical fitness. She promotes a lifestyle, not a trend. She is a Science Educator, 2x World Ranked Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brown Belt, an Entrepreneur, and a leader in fitness and health. After being physically attacked and fearing for her life over 10 years ago, She realized she knew nothing about how to use her body to protect herself. She sought after a martial art and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu found her. After completing her Master’s in Science Education, she moved out to California from Massachusetts to train with the best BJJ competitor and world champion athlete, Cobrinha, and simultaneously start her career in her other passion: science education. Her aim was to teach people how to live healthier and happier in their bodies through conscious existence and natural nutrition and fitness. After only two years of being a Science Educator, she was promoted to Science Department Chair in the Los Angeles School District. She also se

The Promethean Project’s 3rdmeeting of Stigma Is Curable is focused on the stigma related to addiction & recovery. We are honored to host our Guest Speaker, James Garnes. James Garnes was born and raised in Springfield, MA. The son of two public school teachers, and a multi-instrument/band musician, his journey has taken him from UMass Amherst to prison and back again. James has made a point to engage with his community through speaking engagements in local recovery programs, for the Springfield's District Attorney's Drunk and Distracted Driving program, and for podcasts such as the “Healing Broken Hearts”, and “Break The Chains, Find Your Flame”. He studied Communications at the University of Massachusetts, and believes in the balance of a mental, physical, and spiritual health focused lifestyle --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)

Amy is a ball of energy and knowledge! She has her BS in nutritional sciences from Merrimack College and is now getting her MS in holistic nutrition from Hawthorn University. She's a certified personal trainer through NASM, and works with clients online through, AMPed Up Coaching where she guides people through nutrition, fitness, and mindset work.  You can find her on instagram @amy_puchini where she is always posting helpful tips, healthy recipes, and inspiration. Her website is: http://ampedupcoaching.weebly.com/ (ampedupcoaching.weebly.com)  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)

Episode 50!!! So glad to have my cousin, James, on for this episode to talk about his health journey and the small steps he is taking to make a big change in his life!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support (https://anchor.fm/steven-opalenik/support)