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In the Middle of a Hard Transition? Learn How to Embrace Change with Cortney McDermott

Are You in the Middle of a Hard Transition? Learn How to Embrace Change with Cortney McDermott 
In this episode, you'll hear:
How to find peace in the space around pain 
Tools to manage the discomfort around the unknown
Ways to free yourself from limiting beliefs and thoughts.
Cortney McDermott is a returning guest on the show and one of our favorite people to learn from. She has lived in Italy for more than half of her life. She tells us she went there to escape and is now facing the unknown and everything she left behind as she prepares to return to the US. In this conversation, we explore her fears, what she is letting go of, and how she’s working through her grief by letting herself feel it fully, sharing her thoughts and feelings with people she trusts, and opening herself up to what they have to say.
Change is inevitable. Sometimes we choose it, sometimes it blindsides us, and sometimes we see it coming but can’t outrun it anymore. No matter how it comes to us, we have to embrace it and let it go. However, it’s rarely easy and often involves grief. Recently, Mathew lost his mother and best friends of 35 years within 2 months of each other. In this episode, he talks about the headspace he is in, how he views this challenge from the universe, and the peace he has found through breathwork, transcendental meditation, and embracing the space around pain head-on rather than relying on self-medication. 
Eventually, we will all find ourselves sitting in the middle of some transitional period. In those times, it can often seem difficult or even impossible to feel okay with not knowing what will happen next. You are not alone in this, and there are some tools you can use to help make it to the other side. The first step is to realize that the sense of control you think you have lost was a delusion and an illusion from the start. Anything can happen at any time, so instead of letting fear overcome us, think, “What if it all goes right?”. 
“We’re going to have to change form one way or another, so it’s whether we do that consciously or unconsciously.” 
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Resources:
CortneyMcDermott.com
LukisMac.co
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Part 1: Why You Don’t Have What You Want with Cortney McDermott
Part 2: Creating More Time in Your Day with Cortney McDermott
Part 3: Let Go and Laugh with Cortney McDermott
Everything is Fine, but You Are Still Unhappy: Change Your Mindset with Cortney McDermott
 
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Additional Credits:
LFPWLI is managed by Sam Robertson

Inside Out 2 is Here to Help: Navigating Your Teen’s Emotions with Dr. Lisa Damour

Inside Out 2 is Here to Help: Navigating Your Teen’s Emotions with Dr. Lisa Damour
In this episode, you'll hear:
Why parents of teenagers often feel isolated and what we can do about it
Phrases and practice advice for having productive conversations with your teens
The difference between healthy and unhealthy anxiety 
Dr. Lisa Damour is a clinical psychologist and author who has been specializing in the development of teenage girls and young women for over 30 years. About 10 years ago, she realized most of the information available on teen development was about things going wrong, but there was a lack of literature addressing the typical development of adolescent girls and the normal anxieties they face. This prompted her to write the New York Times bestsellers Untangled and Under Pressure. Eventually, she started writing for The New York Times and was assigned to cover Inside Out, which was a perfect fit as her daughter was 11 at the time, the same age as Riley, the main character of the movie. Unsurprisingly, her work caught the attention of Pixar as they began development on Inside Out 2.  Fast forward to 2020, and Dr. Damor got a call from Pixar to meet with Kelsey Mann and Meg LeFauve, the Inside Out 2 director and writer, respectively, and began her involvement with the upcoming film.
In this episode, Mathew and Dr. Damour discuss why parents of teenagers can often feel isolated and what makes Inside Out and Inside Out 2 such a great conversational jumping-off point. We know teens are designed for independence, so connecting with or advising them can more often than not lead to pushback and rebellion. Thankfully, Dr. Damor gives us some practice tips and phrases that can help make these conversations easier to navigate and normalize intense and negative emotions. With the rising fear of adolescent mental health crises and distress, she notes that it is important for us to remember that psychological distress and negative emotions teens experience are normal and are not the same as mental health concerns. She encourages parents to embrace the flow of emotions and help their teens explore the upsides and downsides of emotions we all feel, like joy, sadness, disgust, and anxiety.
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Resources:
DrLisaDamour.com
Movies.Disney.com/Inside-Out-2 
 
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LFPWLI is managed by Sam Robertson

How Ketamine Therapy is Saving Lives with Derek Duchesne, CEO of BetterU

In this episode, you'll hear:
How ketamine therapy saved Derek's life
The potential medical applications of different psychedelics 
Debunking misinformation and addressing the stigmas about ketamine 
Derek Duchesne is an actor, producer, stunt performer, writer, and CEO of BetterU. Derek had a turbulent childhood with traumatic situations that impacted him in ways he has just recently begun to come to terms with. Through that, he has developed an understanding that everyone has baggage they have to carry, telling us it's the pain that connects us and that healing and love help us grow. Psychedelic therapy gives us the space to decide how we show up in the world and the power to choose how we respond to the triggers we inevitably face in our lives. For Derek, it was Ketamine that opened his eyes, changed his life, and inspired him to spread that healing through BetterU. 
BetterU is a holistic mental wellness company that came to market with ketamine therapy but has now evolved into other modalities like physiatric care, meditation, breathwork, and talk therapy. It’s a platform for people who are looking for something different and need a community to help them reconnect with themselves. 
In this episode, Mathew, Chad, and Derek discuss Derek's struggles with depression, his introduction to ketamine therapy, and how BetterU came to be. We also talk about the potential benefits of LSD for Alzheimer's and dementia, different ways to take ketamine, and how it can yield different results. Derek ends by telling us what is next for BetterU and how they are addressing side effects, and Chad gives us an update on Mental Joe.
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Resources:
BetterUCare.com 
Derek Du Chesne on Instagram
LFPWLI with Chad McLean
inLIGHTen Wellness
Psychedelics as a Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia
Enthea
MentalJoe.com 
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Website - learnfrompeoplewholivedit.com/
Additional Credits:
LFPWLI is managed by Sam Robertson

Repairing Relationships and Handling Anger through Yoga and Breathwork with Lauren Bernard

In this episode, you'll hear:
Important aspects of repairing a broken relationship and finding forgiveness
What pain and discomfort are telling us, and how should we observe and respond
The life-changing lessons Lauren learned through yoga 
What Dave and Mathew learned through breathwork
Lauren Bernard is a teacher, yogi, and host of the NurishU podcast. She grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, with her older sister and spent a lot of time outside, where she felt at home in nature. Lauren had a large, loving family, but her parents were divorced when she was young, leaving her to experience the struggles of two single parents. Eventually, her father gained full custody of Lauren and her sister, which caused distance to grow between her and her mother. As she transitioned into college and out of the life she knew as a young athlete, Lauren began to lose her sense of self. However, over the years, through her yoga practice, she learned how to see life in color again and began learning how to sit in her discomfort and shift her perspective. Those lessons have carried her through her life and perfectly translated to the work it took to repair her relationship with her mother.
In this episode, Mathew, Dr. Dave, and Lauren discuss how “growing up quickly” impacted Lauren as an adult, why we should forgive our parents, and the role self-forgiveness and acceptance play in repairing relationships. They also discuss how Lauren discovered yoga, what she has learned through her years of practice, how we can observe and understand anger, and how shamanic breathwork works.
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Resources:
Nourish U Podcast 
Lauren-Bernard.com 
Living in the Light by Deepak Chopra
Dr. David Leicken, MD
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Website - learnfrompeoplewholivedit.com/
Additional Credits:
LFPWLI is managed by Sam Robertson