Calming the Chaos
Calming the Chaos is a podcast by Licensed Mental Health Counselor Tracy Kenela, who interviews a variety of professionals around the world in an effort to find different ways to help people (and herself!) find peace in a chaotic world. Each episode contains Information, tips, tools, and resources that come from different schools of thought, and are presented as a fun and entertaining way to help you move toward a more peaceful and enjoyable life.
Episodes
Your Dreams Have a Message!
How your Dreams Can Calm Your Chaos | Dream Expert Ara Trembly Explains
Timestamps & Topics
00:00 – Introduction: Chaos in the world and finding peace in sleep
Host opens with reflections on Halloween 2025, government shutdowns, and everyday stress — setting the stage for how dreams can offer calm amidst chaos.
01:43 – What do dreams mean?
Dreams as chaos, confusion, and mystery — why they often make less ...
“From Chaos to Clarity – Managing ADHD Effectively” with Ethan Reisboard
Ethan Reisboard has struggled with ADHD (combined type) since childhood. He’s also had debilitating migraines and eye dysfunction as a result of post-concussion syndrome. After years of working with countless professionals and trying various treatment methods without success, he reached out to his Hypnotherapist. Fortunately, Ethan found that through doing Hy...
“Betrayal in Relationships – Is Forgiveness Possible?” – with Dr. Bruce Chalmer
Dr. Bruce Chalmer is a Licensed Psychologist in Vermont who has been working with couples for over 30 years. In this podcast, he offers his insights about the topic of betrayal in relationships. Dr. Chalmer explains what betrayal is, why people betray each other, and how to rebuild trust after a betrayal has occurred. Through his teaching, consulting,...
“What do I want to do with my life?” – Sourcery 101 with Justin Shaw
Author Justin Shaw describes himself as “A little bit Deepak and a little bit Tupac.” Justin is a former stand-up comedian with an inspiring story of overcoming trauma, emotional / mental issues and heavy drug addiction using a system he developed called Sourcery, which uses source energy to heal trauma and manifest a thriving new life. Now, he teaches these conc...
Life with A Thousand Paper Cuts – What PTSD Feels Like with Cole Grace
June was Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) awareness month. And yes, even though it is now July, I am airing this interview with Cole Grace, who shares his story about what it feels like to have PTSD, and to recover and experience calm despite having a life going through chaos.
Bio:
Cole Grace had a difficult early childhood. His parents divorced when he was f...
Amy Vincze is our guest today on Calming the Chaos. She is an Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) coach and she and I really agree that Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or "Tapping") helps people process emotions that could be causing emotional distress or chaos.
In this podcast, Amy uses EFT on me to help me process my emotions of fear and sadness at what is going on with the Los Angeles Riots / Protests.
I hope you stay till the en...
In this episode of Calming the Chaos, we’re still in the month of May, 2025, and so I am continuing to discuss the topic of Mental Health during Mental Health Awareness month.
Today, I am going to talk with Tyler Kania, who is going to tell his own story about his struggle with a variety of physical and mental health conditions, including undiagnosed Bipolar disorder, suicidality, impulsivity, and two rare rugby injuries that led t...
May of 2025 is Mental Health Awareness Month!
In this video, I talk about May of 2025 being Mental Health Awareness Month, and offer you some information about Mental Health Conditions, as well as a story about my own recent struggles with chaos, and resources for help.
1. Mental Health Awareness is simply being aware of a variety of mental health conditions that can affect your major life domains
a. Physical Health
b. Mental / Emotio...
Calming the Chaos Podcast Guest:
Jeff Patterson
The Yielding Warrior
Jeff Patterson helps people build an evolving life practice using the meditative arts to help with a variety of chaotic life issues. In this podcast interview, we talk about specifically about managing the chaos of having chronic pain in your life.
Our Podcast includes the following:
Incorporating the Meditative Arts can help:
• Stress
• Physical and emotional p...
Calming the Chaos Podcast Guest:
Lindsey Carnick, LCSW, MSW, MA
Onward Psychological Services
Lindsey works with people who are sick of settling for less than they deserve from life.
People who are “Stuck”
In this interview, we talk about the different ways people can feel “Stuck” in their lives, especially around this time of year…February…after our New Years Resolutions have either failed or fallen flat and we’re feeling discouraged a...
This is a Catch up on the Chaos that has happened in the first month of 2025, and also a flashback to one of my first podcasts in 2020 that gives some tips about how to handle chaos that are still true today.
Catch up on Trump's Executive Orders (to date) Here: https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/donald-trump/2025
Check out Captain Steeeve, who does a great job explaining some reasons for plan...
Dr. Robert Saul is a Medical Doctor / Pediatrician, Author and Speaker. He has been guiding the physical, behavioral and mental care of children for over 44 years. His area of expertise is in parenting, specifically in providing help for parents in raising their children to be good citizens, after the Columbine High School Shooting in 1999.
Dr. Saul wants to improve our communities, and advocate for our children. Dr. Saul is the au...
Are you a person who struggles with food, eating and / or body image and finds yourself anxious, nervous or stressed out about the upcoming Thanksgiving or Christmas Holidays?
In this episode, I review podcast episodes from 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 where I have conversations with experts who help you calm your Holiday chaos. With us we have:
2020: Stacy Schilter-Pisano, M.A., LMFT, Site Manager of The Emily Program in Olympia, Wash...
Nervous about today’s Election? We help you calm your chaos about the election with Licensed Mental Health Therapist and Author Phyllis Leavitt. She discusses the Psychology and Mental Health of America on the eve of the 2024 Election.
Phyllis seeks to understand America, the system we are in, and how the psychology of America can be viewed from a Family Systems perspective. The problems of America are discussed, as well as possibl...
What Should We Do? Political Chaos in The USA |Interview with Ramsey Zimmerman
I. Intro to the topic: Political issues that are causing Americans chaos … and what we might be able to do about that within ourselves and others.
II. Intro to Ramsey: To help us sort this out, we have Ramsey Zimmerman, host of the Podcast “What’s Worthwhile,” to talk about the topics on our minds as Americans as we go into the upcoming Presidential Electi...
I. Intro to the topic: Political issues that are causing Americans chaos … and what we might be able to do about that within ourselves and others.
II. Intro to Ramsey: To help us sort this out, we have Ramsey Zimmerman, host of the Podcast “What’s Worthwhile,” to talk about the topics on our minds as Americans as we go into the upcoming Presidential Election in November, 2024.
Today, we will be talking about the issues that most...
Why Are Young People Avoiding Committed Romantic Relationships? – Interview with Jack Kammer
Intro: According to a report from the Pew Research Center, a random sampling of nearly 5,000 adults in the U.S., showed that 50 percent of single people are not interested in committed romantic relationships, and are not even interested in dating. Another 10 percent want nothing more than casual dates. This trend has been true for at least t...
September is Recovery Month!
Let’s let recovery last all year
Resources:
SAMHSA: National Recovery Month. More information at https://www.samhsa.gov/recovery-month
SAMHSA: Suicide Prevention and Crisis Management:
https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988
Call or text 988
Email 988 lifeline.org to chat
Findsupport.gov
Findtreatment.gov
www.samhsa.gov/recovery
Please call your local crisis clinic or emergency room if you are in crisis! If y...
What to do when Life Feels Awful |Interview with Tom Cronin
People come into my therapy office all the time saying they are anxious, depressed, overwhelmed, and don’t have the life that they hoped they would have.
Today, I talk with Tom Cronin, who is a speaker, writer, film producer, and motivational speaker. He has developed a meditation method that helped him rise out of the chaos of misery, anxiety, depression, addiction and ago...
The word “Chaos” and “Chaotic” are words that seem to be floating around more and more as time goes on. But I was talking chaos back in 2019, before the Pandemic was even though of.
Listen to what I said about chaos (this is me back in 2019)
So what is Chaos?
• Complete disorder
• Unpredictable behavior
• Random or intense situations
• Small changes that happen in bundles or are sensitive in nature
• Disorganized
• (And my favor...
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