Shine Without Shame

Part 1: Sam Vaillancourt is currently an academic researcher in the lab of Boris Heifets at Stanford Medicine. In lab, he studies how MDMA, ketamine, and psilocybin can be harnessed as therapeutics for brain disorders like depression and PTSD.

Sam and I discuss his research with psychoactive drugs in clinical and therapeutic settings as potential tools that may benefit mental health.  We also talk about the possible trends...

Part 2: Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention at the University of Ottawa where she is cross-appointed as a full professor in Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Education and the School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences.

Dr. Vaillancourt is also a member of the Brain and Mind Institute, Faculty of Medicine and the Centre for Health Law, Policy,...

Part 1: Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention at the University of Ottawa where she is cross-appointed as a full professor in Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Education and the School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences.

Dr. Vaillancourt is also a member of the Brain and Mind Institute, Faculty of Medicine and the Centre for Health Law, Policy...

Part 2: My guest Nicole Kennedy is a Pilates Instructor and small business owner.  After a 6-year career with the San Francisco Ballet, she founded "Empowered Body Pilates" in 2016, starting out as a one-man-band. Today, Nicole works with a team of 4 instructors and is currently mentoring 4 aspiring instructors through the industry's most rigorous Pilates education program. When she's not in the studio she spend...

Part 1: My guest Nicole Kennedy is a Pilates Instructor and small business owner.  After a 6-year career with the San Francisco Ballet, she founded "Empowered Body Pilates" in 2016, starting out as a one-man-band. Today, Nicole works with a team of 4 instructors and is currently mentoring 4 aspiring instructors through the industry's most rigorous Pilates education program. When she's not in the studio she spend...

Part 2:  My guest Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers is a nationally known speaker, author and researcher on religious sexual shame. She is professor emerita of sexuality, and marriage & family therapy and serves on the board of The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. As a preeminent voice on purity culture and Hebrew Mystic Sexuality, Dr. Sellers is frequently featured on podcasts, TV, documentaries, arti...

Part 1:  My guest Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers is a nationally known speaker, author and researcher on religious sexual shame. She is professor emerita of sexuality, and marriage & family therapy and serves on the board of The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. As a preeminent voice on purity culture and Hebrew Mystic Sexuality, Dr. Sellers is frequently featured on podcasts, TV, documentaries, arti...

Part 2:  My guest Eleni Mitas is an author, podcast host, and the founder of HypnoFit ® - the world's only global hypnotherapy clinic with 21 clinics around the world.

Eleni shares her personal story of infidelity, the journey toward self-awareness, and her search for truth, forgiveness, and accountability.

We talk about the process of healing and explore the reality that personal growth never stops.

Part 1:  My guest Eleni Mitas is an author, podcast host, and the founder of HypnoFit ® - the world's only global hypnotherapy clinic with 21 clinics around the world. 

Eleni shares her personal story of infidelity, the journey toward self-awareness, and her search for truth, forgiveness, and accountability.

We talk about the process of healing and explore the reality that personal growth never stops.
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This episode I'm answering questions submitted in advance by listeners. 

The questions range from dealing with stress and honoring self-authority to determining what is required for genuine friendships & relationships.

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Host: Tiffany Walters
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Part 2:  My guest Dana Aronson is a trained clinical herbalist whose passions include her small practice, setting up mobile first aid clinics, working with folks around addiction + harm reduction, and teaching.

We talk about the process of healing, the power of herbalism and some of the challenges people are facing in terms of quality health care.

Additionally, we explore some of the necessary qualities needed on ...

Part 1:  My guest Dana Aronson is a trained clinical herbalist whose passions include her small practice, setting up mobile first aid clinics, working with folks around addiction + harm reduction, and teaching.

We talk about the process of healing, the power of herbalism and some of the challenges people are facing in terms of quality health care.

Additionally, we explore some of the necessary qualities needed on ...

Part 2:  My guest Gina Viscusi-Elson is a principal designer and owner of the award-winning interior design firm Viscusi Elson in Los Altos, CA.

We explore Gina's journey of discovering her passion and overcoming moments of professional challenges and shame that ultimately were the foundation of her successful career. Honoring our true selves leads us to success.

We talk important moments and memories from G...

Part 1:  My guest Gina Viscusi-Elson is a principal designer and owner of the award-winning interior design firm Viscusi Elson in Los Altos, CA.

We explore Gina's journey of discovering her passion and overcoming moments of professional challenges and shame that ultimately were the foundation of her successful career. Honoring our true selves leads us to success. 

We talk important moments and memories from ...

Part 2:  My guest Jean-Luc Kayigire is an entrepreneur and Los Altos, CA enthusiast.

We explore Jean-Luc's journey of growing up in a home filled with love and joy, while living in the midst of a civil war, to eventually moving to the States and becoming an entrepreneur several times over.

We talk joy, community, and the true meaning of success.

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Part 1:  My guest Jean-Luc Kayigire is an entrepreneur and Los Altos, CA enthusiast.

We explore Jean-Luc's journey of growing up in a home filled with love and joy, while living in the midst of a civil war, to eventually moving to the States and becoming an entrepreneur several times over.

We talk joy, community, and the true meaning of success.

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Part 2:  My guest Pete K. Wong is a speaker, facilitator, and podcast host. A two-time suicide* survivor, he shares through his personal stories and experiences ways to overcome life’s difficult moments. Recognizing the importance of taking care of our mental and physical health and developing a more robust and healthier mindset, Pete does this by utilizing the techniques and principles found in boxing, martial arts, yoga, and medi...

Part 1:  My guest Pete K. Wong is a speaker, facilitator, and podcast host. A two-time suicide* survivor, he shares through his personal stories and experiences ways to overcome life’s difficult moments. Recognizing the importance of taking care of our mental and physical health and developing a more robust and healthier mindset, Pete does this by utilizing the techniques and principles found in boxing, martial arts, yoga, and medi...

Part 2: My guest Justine Evirs is an addiction & mental health advocate, serial entrepreneur, author, and future therapist who believes in the power of raw emotion and vulnerability as the catalyst for change.

In May 2022, Evirs published her first book, "F*ck This, Permission Granted to Own Your Story", which is about everything women once had to endure in silence. 

We explore the obstacles on the p...