BRAINZ PODCAST

Allison Mones is a high-performance health and business coach and functional nutritionist, focused on empowering high-achieving, ambitious professionals to reach their limitless potential without burning out. She is a former professional engineer and management consultant with a Master of Science in Sustainability and spent decades solving complex business problems for Fortune 500 and other high-impact global companies, before becoming an entrepreneur and scaling her first consulting company to six figures in less than six months. Inspired by her years of experience in the corporate world, her passion for health and wellness, and her own journey to pharma-free mental wealth and flourishing in spite of 5 concussions, a Bipolar diagnosis, trauma and severe burnout, she launched her second company, Evolved Equilibrium, to create a new paradigm where peak performance in health, life and business is possible. Her multidimensional mind-body-environmental approach to ‘vitality engineering’ weaves in aspects of natural healing, biohacking, metabolic health, performance neuroscience and human flourishing, supporting other high achievers to reclaim their energy and vitality, unlock mental clarity and capacity and to evolve from burnt-out to bright and boundless.In this episode, we discover the following:How can we better align with ourselves for greater fulfillment?Why unresolved trauma and grief are so costly.How we need to find balance within ourselves and our environment.How we can retrain our brain.What is the best way to prevent burnout?With podcast host: Mark SephtonHope you'll enjoy the episode!

This is a special edition of the Brainz Podcast with Rebecca Jones. Rebecca Jones, Clinical Hypnotherapist (M.A. DipPCH GHR GHSC GQHP) (MAC) (Reg: ClinSup) interviews Lisa Pisha (MS LMFT), a Psychotherapist in Chicago, about Couples Therapy, her work with Brene Brown, the hit American TV Show 'Couples Therapy' with Orna Guralnik, relationship therapy, and more!Listen and enjoy!Do you like the content? Don't forget to subscribe to the Brainz Podcast.

As a highly sought-after coach and speaker, Coach Nami is a recognized expert in teaching individuals to master their minds and reach their full potential. After 15+ years of mentoring and coaching in professional organizations, Nami has developed a unique approach that combines deep insights, practical strategies, and empowering techniques to guide clients on a transformational journey of self-discovery and empowerment. As a dynamic and captivating speaker, Nami has delivered inspirational talks and workshops to diverse audiences, including corporate teams, learning institutions, and community groups. Her speaking style is engaging, interactive, and thought-provoking, leaving people feeling inspired, motivated, and equipped with practical tools to master their minds. Nami has a unique ability to connect with audiences, ignite their inner spark, and inspire them to take bold actions toward unlocking their full potential.In this episode, we discover the following:What is The Mind Quotient?Coach Nami’s top 3 tips for protecting and nurturing our mental wellbeing.How we can master our minds.What we need to do when we want out of our reality.With podcast host: Mark SephtonHope you'll enjoy the episode!

Ameritex Movers, a woman-owned, full-service Texas moving company, was founded on strong family values and a commitment to create a stress-free moving experience. In 2000, Melody Khavari started the Dallas moving company in Irving, Texas, to serve the DFW areas. Shortly thereafter in 2001, her daughter, Beth Rohani, launched Ameritex Houston Movers. For over two decades, Beth and Melody worked in tandem to grow their respective markets, tackling the challenges of the moving industry and exchanging ideas to continuously improve their services through the development of clear systems and processes. Over the years, Beth’s vision and dedication transformed the Houston location into a thriving multi-million dollar business, positioning her as a leader in the moving industry, guided by their core values. Beth has taken Ameritex Movers to new heights while continuing the collaborative spirit that began with her mother. Now at the helm of both locations, Beth leads with a focus on delivering a stress-free moving experience, emphasizing the importance of a "humans helping humans" approach in every move.In this episode, we discover the following:How we should view challenges.How to make your way back from a loss.What makes someone resilient?The importance and value of “Intentional Living”.With podcast host: Mark SephtonHope you'll enjoy the episode!

Joy Adler is an accomplished holistic health, healing, and wellness leader with over three decades of experience. She founded Alternative Healing Arts in 1993, integrating psychology, energy work, and the arts to help individuals overcome trauma and achieve optimal well-being. Joy is an award-winning singer/songwriter and sound healer, whose music plays a central role in her healing practices. Her journey has been deeply influenced by her training with Native American shamans, where she reclaimed her voice and spiritual path.Joy serves as the Dean of both the Master's Program at The Barbara Brennan School of Healing in Florida and their school in New York, mentoring the next generation of healers. She continues to tour with her group, The Souls of Evolution, leading spiritual musical retreats to sacred sites. Her work combines her vast experience in energy healing, sound therapy, and education, offering transformative experiences through music and teaching. Joy's commitment to healing extends beyond her practice, as she shares her knowledge through workshops, writings, and upcoming books, helping others reclaim their paths and voices.In this episode, we discover the following:How music and sound influence the healing process.How to "heal" ourselves.The deeper the wound, the greater the gifts.The importance of following your longing as it guides you to your greatest purpose.With podcast host: Mark SephtonHope you'll enjoy the episode!

Brianna Anderson is a forerunner in Mind, Body & Spirit healing and specializes in helping people resolve body trauma. As a child, she endured 10 major reconstructive hip surgeries. The trauma from these surgeries stayed alive within her body and subsequently had adverse effects on every aspect of herself. Grappling with the devastation of how different she had become, she became determined to free herself from the trauma symptoms and devoted herself to healing and transformation. This led her down a path of studying multiple forms of bodywork, spiritual and energetic healing, psychology, art therapy, breathwork and multiple forms of trauma resolution. She has since devoted herself to helping others heal and transform pain and trauma. Brianna is the CEO of Healing with Bri and the founder of Ascend, an online program designed to help people resolve body trauma. Read more about Brianna on her website: https://www.healingwithbri.com/somatic-experiencing/In this episode, we discover the following:What somatic means.How trauma can get stuck in the body.How to release energy blocks and trauma.The most effective way to reset our nervous system.With podcast host: Mark SephtonHope you'll enjoy the episode!

Maz Dela Cerna is the author of “I Deserve Better”, a breathwork facilitator, energy healer, and the founder of the Phoenix Rising Collective Tribe, coaching and guiding others to heal from their past, release suppressed pain and trauma, so they can get into energetic alignment and start manifesting the lives they desire. Maz now also teaches other facilitators, and healers, and coaches her methods to create a ripple effect of profound change and transformation.In this episode, we discover the following:How breathwork and energy healing can impact your life.How we can improve our own self-mastery.How to become whatever we want to be.How we can dig into our subconscious and notice our patterns and behaviors.With podcast host: Mark SephtonHope you'll enjoy the episode!

Ria Flanagan (she/her/hers) is the Clinical Supervisor at Rise Up Recover, LLC and CEO of IWWC, LLC. Ria provides workshops, coaching, course creation, supervision, and counseling services to individuals struggling with the effects of addiction, trauma, and mental health issues. Her experience includes working with people struggling with addiction, trauma, and co-occurring issues: PTSD, depression, anxiety, sex addiction, Love addiction/Love avoidance, pain management, combat trauma, betrayal trauma, codependency, intimacy issues, couple's coaching, grief counseling, and process addictions. Her perspective is to view the person from all angles and address family of origin issues, spirituality, and mental and physical health. Ria is an eclectic practitioner using diverse modalities including Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Somatic Experiencing (SE), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), Post Induction Therapy (PIT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and uses a person-centered approach, meeting the client where they are and providing a safe space to move forward into recovery.Before opening Rise Up Recover, Ria worked as a Clinical Director for PHP, Residential treatment, IOP, and a Detox Center and has experience providing therapy to first responders, nurses, doctors, CEOs, artists, ex-gang members, military. Ria is comfortable working with many individuals to provide support and tools to thrive. Ria is an AZ Board Certified Clinical Supervisor, Rainbow educator, and advocate, providing services to the LGBTQ+ community. Ria collaborates with other organizations as a consultant and educator. Her recent collaboration was with Ethical Narrative, uniting documentary film and experiential process to deepen the viewer's experience. She is currently publishing her first book, Happiness is an Inside_Playbook, through Balboa Press.In this episode, we discover the following:Emotions are not the enemy.How we can increase our happiness.How to become more true to ourselves.What are the best things we can do for ourselves when dealing with trauma?With podcast host: Mark SephtonHope you'll enjoy the episode!