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Being thrust into the challenging situations inherent in the military, many veterans come out needing mental health services. Dr. Frank Yurasek zeroes in on the plight of veterans in areas around post-traumatic stress disorder, the silent suicide epidemic, and the pain afflicting them as well as non-veterans. However, different from what has been usually done, Dr. Yurasek adds to the field Eastern Medicine, and in this episode, he joins Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D., to tell us all about it. He shares how he incorporates East to West in helping veterans combating PTSD and other mental health conditions with acupuncture, self-help, and more. Dr. Yurasek also lets us in on the work he is doing with Healer Warrior, his thoughts on the current pandemic, and our brains' role in our bodies' functions and its healing.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

There’s a reason why so many cultures have used storytelling in a myriad of ways over history, but one primary reason is it’s a way for people to connect to each other, to understand things, to know what to pay attention to, and to heal from past wounds. Kathryn Nicolai has always been a storyteller and somebody who told herself bedtime stories as a young child to fall asleep. For someone with a condition called aphantasia, which is the inability to visualize mental images, overlapped with a severely deficient autobiographical memory, Kathryn is always present in the moment, a state that she celebrates in her book, a collection of bedtime stories called Nothing Much Happens. She returns on the show with Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. to dissect some concepts from her book and share why she finds the small mundane details captivating and something to enjoy and be grateful for. She also talks about her podcasting journey and how she’s using the platform to use her voice to reach out to people by telling stories.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Mental health illnesses have always been treated on a subjective level, concentrating on the patient's feelings and thoughts. This may have been a tried and tested procedure in functional psychiatry, but Dr. Donald Raden chose to go beyond the norm and conduct treatments on the objective side. He sits down with Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. to share his discoveries in approaching mental health treatments by focusing on biological problems instead of just psychological ones, allowing for a more straightforward designing process of health roadmaps. He explains how this huge leap changes the way medications are provided to patients, helping them get away from antidepressants and common interventions that may cause adverse side effects.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Many veterans have invisible wounds—the mental health issues—that make it difficult for them to go back to civilian life. Even more, these also take a toll on their families. In this episode, Dr. Timothy J. Hayes interviews Modie Lavin, a coordinator for the Road Home Program, about mental health and the support services needed for veterans and their families. Understanding this firsthand, she tells us about her experiences with having her son serve as a Corporal in the US Marine Corps. Modie talks about helping veterans and their families work through mental health issues and shares some of the challenges in implementing their programs. Follow along to this conversation as Modie aims to bridge the gap in reaching the individuals and families who need help and providing awareness to people through education campaigns.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

For many people suffering from rather peculiar disorders that many people don't understand that much, such as dyslexia, schizophrenia, and multiple personalities, the hope of them getting better is close to impossible. But Dan Hostetler, who works in providing recovery programs for free, begs to differ. He joins Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. to share his experiences and the procedures they are offering at Above and Beyond Family Center, an addiction treatment facility dedicated to understanding and dispelling trauma. Dan gives a sophisticated tour of their entire facility and emphasizes the importance of going beyond the symptoms to find the root cause of every disorder for patients to achieve full recovery.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

It has often been said that we are very good at sending people to war, but not as good at supporting them when they come back. This rings terribly true when you look at the vast percentage of military veterans who are struggling to make a smooth transition to civilian life. From finding gainful employment to dealing with mental issues, every aspect of a veteran’s life is a call for help that goes mostly unheard outside of veteran’s organizations. Seeing the need to address this, Jim Dolan of Illinois Joining Forces and Justin Miller of the USO Pathfinder Program are looking for support for these veterans in a more comprehensive way. For them, the missing link in veteran transition is community support. In each of their respective organizations, they are spreading awareness and spearheading initiatives to actively involve communities in doing their part to give these heroes the welcome they truly deserve. Join in on this episode as they share their brilliant insights on this topic with host Timothy J. Hayes.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Beyond the physical and mental aspects of pursuing your calling is the importance of spirituality. Too often, when people still feel like there is something missing, it is often this aspect that they forget about. Dr. David Gruder is an award-winning clinical and organizational developmental psychologist who helps leaders and influencers repair and elevate the world with the missing spiritual, inner, and outer skills needed to succeed in their calling. He joins Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D., to discuss with us how he is doing that. He takes us deep into some energy psychology methods and what he calls Paradigm Sculpting, then shares a couple of tips on finding the therapist that best matches you. Follow along to this conversation with Dr. Gruder, where he takes us further into foundational wellbeing or self-care and how we can best become a positive influence in the world.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Treating psychiatric disorders do not just stop with prescriptions. They extend far beyond that. What better way to treat something that affects our entire health and wellbeing than holistic care? In this episode, Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. sits down with Dr. Nishi Bhopal—triple board certified in psychiatry, sleep medicine, and integrative holistic medicine—to talk about integrative psychiatry. She shares the things she found about helping patients with their mental health issues and how she is bringing her experiences with yoga and meditation into clinical practice. Dr. Bhopal then breaks down some of the misconceptions surrounding integrative medicine and its difference from the traditional medical model and allopathic medicine. Ultimately, integrative medicine helps people maintain that sense of balance so they can function optimally in all aspects of their life. Tune into this conversation to learn more about how this is achieved.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Mental health issues have their way of creeping into the rest of our lives, affecting us not only mentally and emotionally but also physically. Finding a way to work around her own mental health struggles, Deepa Kannan started her journey as a Yoga Acharya for over two decades now, a Functional Nutritionist, and a Certified Food and Spirit Practitioner. Since then, she has brought together the masterful understanding of the human anatomy with a cohesive understanding of Physiology to offer what can be classified as true bio-individual mind, body, and spirit nutrition. In this episode, she joins Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D., to share with us some of her methods in helping people take care of their health using a holistic approach. Deepa also takes us into her podcast, The Sleep Whisperer Podcast, where she specializes in detoxification, women’s health, adrenal function, and sleep to restore them to a healthy and functional sleep pattern and lifestyle. Join Deepa in this conversation to uncover the transformation that happens when you take out one of the main inflammatory things in our system: stress.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Growing up in a family with parents who were undertakers, renowned brain injury researcher and naturopathic physician Dr. Antoine Chevalier had to help clean up dead bodies, which gave him a very traumatic childhood. In need of solutions for himself, he immersed himself in the study of suicidal ideation, PTSD, and major depression disorders so he could learn how different cultures heal themselves. Dr. Antoine joins Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. on today’s podcast to talk about brain therapy and the wonders of functional medicine.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Drug addiction and mental health issues are things that society usually sees as hopeless cases, unfortunately. Musician and public speaker Jam Alker aims to break this stigma through the unique combination of music and recovery. Being a recovery activist himself, Jam uses songwriting to help people who are currently recovering from probably the lowest point in their lives. He sits down with host Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. to discuss how dedicating your life in service of others is the best way to find your own self-worth. Jam also shares some details about his own recovery story from using heroin, his life in the band The JAB, and the upcoming documentary about his life.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

We hear a lot about “mind over body” but so much about “body over mind,” but that is exactly the sense that you would get from the approach Dr. Phyllis J. Heffner is taking in her pursuit for a holistic model of child psychiatry. Taking the principles of integrative and functional medicine into her psychiatric practice, Dr. Phyllis explores the causative link between psychiatric symptoms and their physiological underpinnings. In her practice, she uses a variety of alternative treatment modalities depending on what works for a specific patient. This has made her trailblazer in a new, emerging field of integrative and functional child psychiatry, a path that few others in both physiological and psychiatric medicine have ventured before. Listen in as she shares some of her knowledge on the show with Dr. Timothy J. Hayes.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

We are at our best when we act from a place of clarity. When we can quiet the noise, we can feel better. On today’s podcast, Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. brings on Kerry Biskelonis, the Founder and Practice Director of reset brain + body, a mental health and wellness counseling practice in Plymouth, Michigan. Recognizing stress as the root of most modern health issues, Kerry believes we have to learn how to release the pressure and let the stress go… and that takes work. Thankfully, that’s what they offer at the practice. Tune in to this episode to learn more about integrative mental health care and how you can create calm in your brain and body.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Many people have been through the wringer of moving from one doctor to another just to find a cure for their diseases, thinking that the answers are in the allopathic world. If you found yourself in the same position, then maybe the answers you are looking for lie elsewhere, particularly in functional medicine. In this episode, Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. interviews Dr. Aarti Soorya, a board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation physician who combines her conventional medical training with leading-edge concepts and integrative functional medicine. With an approach that includes treating the root cause of disease through lifestyle interventions, nutrition, and mindset, she shares with us how we can tap into these three to find the healing we seek. She talks about the importance of connecting the mind to the body, the power of breathwork, and having a healthy diet. Don’t just numb away the pain. Listen to your body and be ahead of the curve with functional medicine. Learn more in this conversation.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Fostering the emotional and mental well-being of youth, Well-Bean is a wellness center that offers child and adolescent psychotherapy, yoga and mindfulness classes for the youth and their families, teacher training and professional development, parenting workshops, and other resources. Jen Rapanos, Well-Bean’s Founder and owner, has always been drawn to social justice work and loved working with kids from a young age. In this episode, she joins Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. to talk about how she was inspired to build Well-Bean and how they’re planting the seeds of wellness starting with our children.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Claire Powers is a self-proclaimed student of heroic living. After waging a war against her own mind through battles with depression, anxiety, an eating disorder, and alcoholism, in a pivotal moment she chose to live her life differently. From that moment of desperation, she humbled herself to do whatever it took to learn how to fall in love with living. Claire is here with Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. today to share how she rose from suicidal to heroic and how she’s using what she learned to empower other women to do the same in her new start-up, Becoming Heroic.  Claire is opening the doors to her inaugural coaching program, Foundations of Heroic Living, in November 2020. To get on the waitlist for this program or learn more about Claire and her story, go to www.becoming-heroic.com. You can find Claire on Instagram @becoming_heroic where she shares the lessons she continues to learn as she strives to break through mental, emotional, and physical barriers to becoming the hero she seeks to be.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Suffering from mental illness can take a toll on your life. For some, as it manifests later in their lives, it can be detrimental to their career, faith, and personal relationships. How can someone emerge from that dark hole and reclaim their life? In this inspiring episode, Timothy J. Hayes is joined by author and blogger, June Converse. Here, June openly shares her story of living with bipolar disorder, telling us of the mental breakdown she had in 2012 that cost her so much in her life. She talks about how she emerged, ready to reclaim her life, with the help of writing and using fictional stories to show the chaos of mental illness. Now, she invites other people to do the same, revealing her writing process and the ways she is prioritizing taking care of her body.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

Nothing beats the healing power of nature. On today’s show, Dr. Bryan Ardis joins Timothy J. Hayes to talk about the Ardis Acne System, which claims to be acne’s endgame, delivering guaranteed results in only 60 days. Dr. Ardis is a chiropractor who developed the system. He launched Ardis Labs in January of 2019 with his wife with the sole purpose of formulating from scratch research-proven natural ingredient-based products that will improve the health and symptoms of thousands, if not millions, of people around the world. Tune in to this episode to discover what Dr. Ardis has learned over fifteen years of practice and research. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

There are so many ways you can heal yourself that does not include the use of medication. Diving into a more holistic and natural way to help you with your mental health, Timothy J. Hayes, Psy.D. sits down with Jodie Skillicorn, DO, in this episode. Board Certified in Psychiatry and Neurology and the Diplomate of the American Board of Holistic Integrative Medicine, Dr. Skillicorn takes us through other alternatives to healthy living with nutrition and exercise. She provides great scientific research and insights that help us understand why exercise is important, even just going outside. On the food we eat, Dr. Skillicorn then shares some methods we can work our way to proper nutrition, taking the entire journey one step at a time, slowly but surely. Plus, she also discusses toxins and how we can reduce them in our system. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

You can’t talk of modern psychiatry without talking about psychiatric medication, which has become the cornerstone of the practice over the decades. The problem with psychiatric drugs, however, is that they do more harm than good to the brain and withdrawal can be a real challenge if you’ve already started taking them. Many psychiatrists wouldn’t let you know that, though, as you will learn from Dr. Timothy J. Hayes’ guest for this episode. Known as “The Conscience of Psychiatry,” Dr. Peter Breggin has been fighting psychiatry’s reliance on neurotoxic drugs, as well as other ethically questionable practices like lobotomy and electroshock therapy, advocating for therapies that focus more on care, love and empathy. He has authored dozens of scientific articles and more than twenty books, including medical books and a number of bestsellers. He shares the meat of some of these works in this conversation, together with his overall opinion of the psychiatric profession as it stands today. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube