Health and Healing Dealing with Trauma and Addictions
Hello, welcome to the podcast of health and healing in the areas of addiction and abuse, with Michael. My passion and interest started with becoming aware that many of us have childhood traumas that we carry into our adult lives, but we didn't have them addressed or never acknowledged that we had an addiction or a mental illness. Some of the abuses, we suffered were slight or verbal that we just wrote off, other abuses were kept in secret for many years. Now we want to expose those lie-based beliefs, through tools and partnering with the Holy Spirit to help us heal those traumas and Illnesses to become whole. Hurt people hurt people, so we must seek ways to heal so that we can assist others in their healing processes. Disclaimer: * I am not a doctor or professional therapist. However, I am licensed and an ordained Minister, who's interest was piqued as it related to my personal journey and struggles with addictions and abuses that found their way into every aspect of my life unknowingly. God knows I'm a work in progress. Come along as we heal together.
Episodes
104 episodes
Patterns Leading up to Affairs in Committed Relationships Identified by New Study
A gradual relationship decline prior to one person having an affair—and a once-or-twice affair happens—a new study has identified a pattern. Very rarely does a healthy relationship occur afterward. The study hoped to offer insight into whether ...
When Systems Learn to Listen
"Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Amos 5:24Listening is not only a personal practice; it can and must be shaped in our organizations. Our everyday systems, schools, gove...
Aging People become more themselves
As we journey through life, it's natural to experience changes in behavior. Some changes aren't all bad, as we have been told. Many of the changes we encounter as we age are positive. Yes, some aspects allow aging people to observe ...
Emotions as it relates to man. It starts as boys
The trouble with boys. They're kinetic, maddening, and failing at school; all is a result of emotions that start as boys. This issue is twofold: 1st critically and 2nd the research. Men's emotions are given less importan...
Florida Teen Shot and Killed
It was a typical night for a teen who was visiting with his dad and bonus mom when he decided to go to the store to grab a snack. Returning home on the phone with his girlfriend, he was abruptly approached by a man that was patrolling the neigh...
Understanding the Difference between Trauma and Crisis.
Trauma and crisis are two terms that are often used interchangeably, yet they possess distinct differences. Exploring their impact on mental health, a traumatic event can trigger a crisis situation, and a crisis situation can potentially lead t...
What is Flakka?
The "flakka drug," or "flakka zombie drug," is an artificial stimulant that falls under the category of synthetic cathinone, commonly referred to as "bath salts." Law enforcement agencies and health care providers have expressed significant con...
Have you experienced Panic Attacks? Dispel the Panic
A panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions when there is no real danger. You may experience a complete loss of control, feeling as though you're on the verge of collapse. Panic disorde...
The Seminal Wars of Florida. The resistance and relocating of the indigenous people
The Black Seminoles are one of the prominent Black American tribes whose history has been overlooked and suppressed, alongside other indigenous groups like the Gullah/Geechee and the Washitaw Nations. The Black Seminoles are descend...
Why Anxiety and Depression Often Show Up Together
Anxiety and depression are like two sides of the same coin. Your nervous system is just doing what it can with the stress, trauma history, and pressure it's carrying. A lot of people live quietly with both anxiety and depression at the same tim...
The Psychology behind New Year's Resolutions Stress
How New Year's Resolutions Can Be a Dilemma. (Proverbs 3:4-6)The most common New Year's resolutions are usually concerning career advancement, fitness goals, learning new skills, and weight loss. Many of us make New Year's resolutions, s...
HSP or Highly Sensitive People
Why Highly Sensitive People React So Strongly to Criticism. Criticism is inevitable. Those with HSP reactions are wired deeply in their brains. The emotional brain is where their databank of triggers and past emotional memorie...
A Widow Chose Her Tallest Slave for Her Five Daughters… to Create a New Bloodline
In 1842 deep in the heart of Georgia’s cotton empire, a widow chose the unthinkable; she desired to continue a bloodline that she thought was a chosen bloodline from God. Due to the fact, her late husband didn't leave her with a son to carry on...
Poor sleep quality increases aggression, and anger possibly by affecting emotional cognition.
Are you getting a good night's sleep? Good sleep is paramount to the healthy functioning of our brains and bodies. As sleep plays an important role in the physical and mental health of individuals, studies are thought to uncover the causa...
Project Coast: A Top-Secret Chemical and Biological Weapon (CBW) Program
Many are unaware that Project Coast was the successor to a limited post-war Chemical Biological Weapon CBW program that mainly produced the lethal agents CX powder and mustard gas, as well as non-lethal tear gas for riot control purposes. This ...
La Matanza - An Unspoken History and Traumatic Past.
"The Massacre," or "The Slaughter," was a period of anti-Mexican violence in Texas, including massacres and lynching, between 1910 and 1920 in the midst of tensions between the United States and Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. ...
Bereavement and Grief
Few things compare to the pain of losing someone you love. While there’s no way to avoid intense feelings of grief, there are healthier ways to come to terms with your loss. Bereavement is the grief and mourning experience following...
Natalie Cole
Who was Natalie Cole? She was an American singer-songwriter, daughter of mid-century crooner Nat King Cole, and was best known for her Grammy Award-winning songs. Cole's career took flight, and throughout the 1970s, she turned...
The Psychology of Deadbeat Dads: Understanding Why Some Fathers Fail to Provide Support Pt. 4
Psychologists are leaving standard treatment modalities and venues behind entirely and bringing interventions into communities that embrace the background, culture, and challenges of men of color. Research has shown that positive interven...
The Psychology of Deadbeat Dads: Understanding Why Some Fathers Fail to Provide Support Pt. 3
To understand the psychology behind deadbeat behavior, we need to examine many factors that can influence a father’s decision to provide or withhold financial provision. These factors can be divided into three broad categories: individual, soci...
The Psychology of Deadbeat Dads: Understanding Why Some Fathers Fail to Provide Support Pt. 2
Police brutality toward men of color (particularly Black men), as exemplified by the murder of George Floyd (yes, we’re still talking about these brothers, and it should be a continued conversation in America) under a White officer’s knee, high...
Intergenerational Childhood Poverty: The Long-Term Consequences of Growing Up Poor
“One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty." Children growing up in low-income and now many middle-class families face challenges that children from more advantaged fa...
What does intergenerational trauma and healing look like for Black women?
Health risk of trauma and racism: Black women who experience racism experience trauma-like effects and are at higher risk for future health problems. Women of color who have experienced more racism throughout their lives have strong...
Is There Science Behind the Five Love Languages?
There are five love languages. Each of these love languages is a way to communicate your love to your romantic partner. Putting love languages into action is believed to increase relationship happiness. Despite how popular love lang...