Myndtalk With Dr. Pamela Brewer

MASCUPATHY   “Mascupathy addresses the trap of many men who cling to old models of manhood and wreak havoc on the women and children in their lives. ... Learn knowledgeable and compassionate approaches to helping men extricate themselves from the downward spiral of their lives and to regain their lost humanity.” Ronald F. Levant, Ed.D. - Editor, American Psychological Association Journal of Psychology of Men and Masculinity  

Losing Tim ...  with Paul Gionfriddo, CEO of Mental Health American and author of  "Losing Tim  shows that people with mental illness become homeless as a result not of bad choices but of bad policy. LOSING TIM - How Our Health and Education Systems Failed My Son with Schizophrenia - is a father's, a family's heartbreaking story of trying to love and care for Tim. 

The Science Of When We Laugh And Why.  You will go on a fascinating journey into something we all do, all take for granted, and know so little about! Learn about  the many different questions why, when and how we laugh.

Dr Pamela Brewer talks with Andrea Breaux about her experience of depression as an African American woman.  Is it - was it the same as yours? Different?  Join Dr. Brewer in this conversation as Andrea talks about many things she has never before discussed.

Journey Through Grief Christian Rasmussen thought she knew everything she needed to know about grief. "But it wasn't until she lost her husband to cancer in her early 30s that she truly grasped the depths of sorrow and pain that accompany loss. Join Dr. Brewer as she talks with Christin aabout her journey to free herself from what could have been a debilitating grief to begin to look at her experiences in a new way. She realized that grief plunges you into a gap between worlds—the world before loss and the world after loss. She also realized how easy it is to become lost in this gap. Rasmussen walks you through her Life Reentry process to help you break grief's spiral of pain, so you can stop simply surviving and begin to live again."

A Man Of Faith and Activism - Pastor Teka Obsa Fogi ...leads the Oromo Resurrection Evangelical Church in Kensington, Maryland. Pastor Teka immigrated to the United States from Oromo, a region covering the south of Ethiopia, and parts of Kenya and Tanzania. Teka was a veterinarian in Oromo who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1990s as his country fell under the sway of communists and other ethnic groups. Who is Pastor Fogi today? What is his life like in the United States? 

Dr. Joe Wenke has taken on the Catholic Church with PAPAL BULL:  An Ex-Catholic Calls Out the Catholic Church. Wenke bares the scars of his Catholic childhood and exposes the bizarre, absurd and downright frightening skeletons lingering in the Vatican closet. Following in the same hilarious, intellectual vein as YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING! A Radical Satire of the Bible, Wenke confronts the epic hypocrisy of the Catholic Church in a no-holds-barred examination of its history, practices and beliefs. Equal parts revelation, inquisition and humor, PAPAL BULL will make you rethink what you thought you knew about the Catholic Church." Be warned: some listeners may find the Dr. Wenke's perspectives about the Catholic Church offensive.  

The agreements we make with ourselves - that we fail to mention to others - are the agreements" that most often disappoint us.  Join Dr. Brewer for her conversation with Dr. Michele Owens - and learn about silent agreements - what they are - when they happen - and what to do!

Changing Our Focus - Saving Our Babies' Lives Before They're Born Robin Karr-Morse, Author of The Ghosts From The Nursery and Scared Sick, discusses the impact of pre-birth and birth trauma and an exciting new program that could make all the difference in creating/growing healthier babies - a healthier nation.

Give Your Wife The Trust She Deserves Few challenges in life are as difficult as regaining a wife's trust--and few are as ultimately worthwhile. Trust can be rebuilt in your marriage! With patient, loving, self-sacrificing effort, it's possible that one day your wife will risk her heart with you again. And she may even have more respect and love for you than before. In Worthy of Her Trust, Jason Martinkus relates how he repaired his own marriage after revelations of sexual addiction. ... Learn about the The Amends Matrix--a concrete exercise to admit past wrongs and cast a vision for a faithful future."   

Rising to the top of the corporate letter is an accomplishment.  How you fare "at the top" may have a great deal to do with the color of your skin. Dr. Brewer talks with Keith R. Wyche, author of Good Is NOT Enough - And Other Unwritten Rules For Minority Professionals.  In recent decades, corporate America has gotten better at recruiting minority talent. But despite their education and hard work, too many African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans still find unique obstacles on the path to senior management. And there are too few minority mentors available to help them understand and overcome these challenges. Keith R. Wyche, a division president at a Fortune 500 company, is the perfect mentor for ambitious minority businesspeople at all levels. His book is filled with thought-provoking insights and practical advice based on his own experiences and those of the many people he has counseled.

Time Bandits   "You may not realize you are at the mercy of Time Bandits - people who steal your precious time, not with malice or intention, but with crippling effect on your own pursuits. They steal 40-60% of your time. And because your worst Time Bandits are probably your family, colleagues, clients, bosses, and friends, we can't just say no - we would risk offending them, or worse, losing clients or getting fired. Thus, The Time Bandit Solution is a step-by-step lesson on how to recover stolen time you never knew you had.  It is designed to teach you the arts and skills for graciously negotiating with the Time Bandits to prevent interruptions from sapping your productivity and satisfaction. The Time Bandit Solution also explains how the damage they cause lingers well beyond the interruption itself, how the stress of interruptions subtracts joy from your most important endeavors, and how to redeploy the time you recover. Do you often think or say, ''I have too much to do, and not enough time to do it''?

Breathe "Kelly Kittel never questioned her Mayflower Society mantra--"Family is the most important thing"--until the day her fifteen-month-old son was run over by her sixteen-year-old niece. Nine months later, Kittel's doctor made a terrible mistake during her subsequent pregnancy and she found herself burying yet another baby. Caught up in the maelstrom of a malpractice lawsuit, Kittel and her husband battle not only the medical system, but their own relatives, in the courtroom. As their family tree begins to topple, the Kittels struggle to nourish the roots of their young family and find healing. Achingly raw and beautifully narrated, Breathe is a story of motherhood, death, and family in the face of unspeakable tragedy and, ultimately, how she learns to breathe again."

Community Organizer Benito Diaz Born in Puerto Rico, moved to America - discovered it did not at all feel like the land of the free.  How was he influenced by Marx and King?  What drives his passions?  His hopes? What does he believe about the future of community organizing? Don't miss this story of one man's life...one man's dreams...

Love What You Eat" presents an eating plan that encourages people to change their habits and their lives - one food at a time.  Dr.Nicholette Martin will also also talk about the Primary Foods affecting weight - primary foods such as relationship/ career/financial/ spiritual satisfication - the primary things that feed life.  If you are looking for a comprehensive approach to weight loss, more energy, better overall health, you won't want to miss this conversation.

Mental Health Medication Options   Dr. Stacy Woods  specializes in the treatment of a spectrum of mental health disorders including depression, anxiety disorders, ADHD, substance abuse, eating disorders, mood disorders and gender identity disorders in a very diverse population.  As you listen to the conversation between with Dr. Woods, you will learn about medication support options for ADHD, Depression, anxiety and more.  

Healing The Ugly Getting Past The Ugly is for any woman struggling with self-esteem, self-acceptance or feelings of insecurity. Author Bermesola Dyer discusses practical solutions to transform self-perception and redefine beauty.  Bermesola offers 30 daily devotions sprinkled with words of wisdom, Biblical references, inspirational quotes, poems, affirmations and daily action steps.

Ron Pevny, Director of Center for Conscious Eldering and Author of "Conscious Living Conscious Aging" talks about embracing the next third of life with peace, with grace, with joy, with satisfaction. For more information: www.consciouseldering.com

World HIV+/AIDS DAY Join Dr. Pamela Brewer on MyNDTALK for a conversation with Steve Lerch of Metro Health in Washington, DC - for a conversation about myths and realities affecting those who are living with HIV+/AIDS.  For selected educational resources: www.MyNDTALK.org

Sadly, recent Ferguson, Missouri events offer us another in a long list of controversial police officer/civilian killings.   Dr. Brewer is joined by Fred Lowe, Founder/Publisher www.northstarnews.com (you can sign up for a free subscription), Bruce Jacobs, frequent MyNDTALK contributor and author of Race Manners (www.aliasbruce.typepad.com) and several MyNDTALK listeners for a wide-ranging discussion.   This extended version is available only here at MyNDTALK.org . You are encouraged to add your comments to the dialogue...