Captivate Podcasts

Barbara Legere is the author of “Keven’s Choice – A Mother’s Journey Through Her Son’s Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide” and “Talk to Me, I’m Grieving – Supportive Ways to Help Someone Through Grief.” She has been featured in Prevention Magazine, Authority Magazine, Salon, andHuffington Post as an advocate for those suffering from substance usedisorders, mental health issues, and grief. Legere is an advocate for harm reduction, MAT (medically assisted treatment) and ending the stigma towards substance abuse and mental health issues. After losing her son, Keven, to suicide, her passion has been reaching out to other grievers to offer …

Sharon is a full time academic, part time comedian, terrible cricket player and a fan of big Barossa reds. This all means, she likes thinking, tinkering and drinking. What she doesn’t like is writing bios. Our interview is based around the 23 years it took Sharon to get off Anti depressants. She tried a few times to do it more hastily (over 3 months), which ended up being unsuccessful and meant she needed to get back on them again as the effects of the withdrawals were causing all sorts of issues for her. A good insight into the importance of giving yourself …

As a 33 year radio broadcaster, Kim Curry was forced into retirement after a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis at age 50. We discuss his life before, when he was a radio presenter and the crazy things he got up to during that time. During the diagnosis, as in, what the symptoms where that led him to see a doctor and then about the lesions that started forming on his brain, the myelin disintegrating and how Vitamin D changed his world. And finally, current day conversations about his book, the lifestyle choices he makes to prolong the MS taking over and …

In this episode I talk with the inspirational Kimberly Clark, a Navy veteran who used her biggest obstacles to find opportunities for empowerment and recovery. Kimberly talks about her horrific childhood and military sexual trauma experiences, her battles with addiction, and her road to recovery that made her an inspiration to those going through similar difficulties. Because of her dedication to her own recovery, Kimberly has learned about the therapeutic benefits of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and the job of a peer support specialist, where she uses her personal experiences to help other veterans get well. Her writing and speaking engagements as …

Joshua Shea is a pornography addiction expert, certified betrayal trauma coach, therapeutic disclosure specialist and the author of four books about pornography addiction, including I’m Reading This Book About Porn Addiction For a Friend (2022). Since 2018, Joshua has given more interviews about pornography addiction and betrayal trauma than anybody in the world. To date, he has internationally appeared on nearly 400 podcasts, television and radio shows using his wealth of research and personal story to promote the ideas that porn addiction spans all demographics and those with a problem should seek help before it’s too late. He also speaks …

Amy Behimer is a multiple sclerosis warrior, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, friend, leader, pharmacist, and coach.   She uses her unique first hand experience, education, and training to help others shift from managing their autoimmune disease to creating autoimmune health using the thing that she credits for helping her LOVE HER DIAGNOSIS.  Coaching! As a doctor of pharmacy and certified health coach with expertise in functional medicine, habit change, and autoimmunity, she creates a space for those wanting to find the synergy between conventional and lifestyle medicine.  Amy offers online courses, group coaching memberships, and one-on-one coaching services. Links to share: …

Dale Allen-Rowse and I unpack parts of his journey living with generalised Dystonia. We get to know Dale and really get an understanding of what Dystonia is, which is essentially part of the Tourette’s family. Below is a little excerpt from Dale: “Do you know what it’s like to be a teen and have to run for your life to avoid being put into Conversion Therapy? I do. Do you know what it’s like to show up at your baptist minister father’s funeral and be told that the reason he’s dead is because of you? I do. Do you know …

Heather Hausenblas, PhD, believes we can have healthy and happy lives through simple wellness habits. She’s a health psychology expert, international award-winning scientist, public speaker, and best-selling author. Her research focuses on how our health habits effect our well-being. Heather has published 7 books and over 100 scientific articles. She has appeared on radio shows and podcasts and her work has been featured in magazines such as SELF, Real Simple, Women’s World, O The Oprah Magazine, and dozens more as well as in news publications such as The Times London and The Chicago Tribune. Even with her vast education on …

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is quite a common experience for many people and yet it is very difficult to diagnose as it is a “syndrome” not necessarily a diagnosis. Pete talks to me about his situation and how he went from being unable to be diagnosed for many years to finding out for himself how to manage and work with reducing the crippling fatigue that he was experiencing. Pete currently lives in Tasmania and works internationally as a professional dowser/geomancer, healer, and life’s/ consciousness coach. He is both a reiki and seichem master and practices qigong, martial arts and many of …

Karese is a Registered Dental Hygienist and Myofunctional Therapist. She founded The Myo Spot, a practice aimed at amplifying oral wellness to whole body wellness. Through tele-therapy she helps clients of all ages overcome tongue ties, TMJ disorders, sleep apnea, grinding, anxiety, and various breathing and orofacial dysfunction. Passionate about education and self-help, she published Accomplished: How to Sleep Better, Eliminate Burnout and Execute Goals. When not working with clients globally she spends time with her husband and four kids. We unpack how her four kids were misdiagnosed with other conditions when the real issue was how they were sleeping …