Single On Purpose

Lindsay interviews Candace St. John, an epidemiologist and public health specialist with additional training in pediatric sleep and lactation support, who helps parents cut through the noise and use science in combination with their own intuition to inform their parenting decisions. In this episode we discuss a lot of the myths and truths around infant development and needs, including hot topics like sleep training, breastfeeding, responsive parenting, post-partum, early attachment, screen time, pregnancy and birth, trauma in early childhood and more! Connect with Candace Website Sources Connect with Lindsay Instagram Website LinkedIn Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay interviews Dalila Jusic-LaBerge, LMFT and founder of Be Here and Now Relationship Academy and Secure Love Creator Framework, who provides relationship coaching for high achieving women and overfunctioning love seekers who struggle because they often wind up in situationships with partners that want to “see where it’s going” instead of working towards committed relationships. Dalila shares some of her top advice for helping women embody the identity of a secure love creator, someone who embraces personal power in relationships, knowing that love is in them and that they can create healthy relationships as they choose.  Connect with Dalila Website Instagram Connect with Lindsay Instagram Website LinkedIn Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay interviews Paul Chamberlain, a certified crisis advocate and coach, husband and father, and the creator and host of the podcast Smart Funny Tortured.  After suffering from over a decade of undiagnosed chronic illnesses and an inauthentic self he found himself struggling with profound depression and at times suicidal that led to separation from his family and near bankruptcy. Today, thanks to an abundance of love and grit, as well as a blend of traditional therapy, coaching, integrative medicine, and holistic lifestyle changes; he now lives a happy balanced life with his wife/business partner, their two kids and the beloved chaos bundle of pets. He now helps others shift their relationship with shame, find their true essence, and get cozy with the better parts of their Darker Angels.  Connect with Paul Instagram Website Connect with Lindsay Instagram Website LinkedIn Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Dr. Bradley Bond shares his research and expert knowledge on parasocial relationships and the psychology of media with the SOP audience. Specifically he explores with Dr. Nina Polyné our perceptions of TV characters, and how this might relate to our social networks while being single. He also expands on how TV narratives can be helpful for marginalized communities (e.g., LGBTQ, elderly). Additionally, they explore why we get so wrapped up in celebrity lives, and at times, we tend to feel similar emotions of those we follow on social media when big life shifts occur (makeups and breakups). Finally, Dr. Brad offers his wisdom on how to live your best life while single, and if the shows we watch on TV influence the attractions we may have on potential dates. Along with his role as a professor, speaker and business consultant, he is also incredibly creative! He shares in the episode what led him to pursue a life of purpose-driven work, and he and Dr. Nina reflect on their 20 year + friendship.  Dr. Bradley Bond is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of San Diego. His research examines the psychology of media, specifically how entertainment media influences audiences’ attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. He has consulted for corporations including Disney, Warner Brothers, and Playstation; and his award-winning research has been covered by outlets including Time, NPR, and the Washington Post.  Connect with Dr. Bradley Bond Website Connect with Dr. Nina Instagram Website Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy and Sean share a toolkit full of advice on dating after divorce, including mindfulness, self-awareness, and self-compassion, and they remind divorcees of what not to do, too. Amy Brown is a Meditation Teacher and Certified Mindfulness and Life Coach specializing in relationships. She works globally with individuals who want to navigate their breakup or divorce in a respectful, mindful and conscious way, so they can heal, move forward to new healthy relationships, and ultimately thrive. Her background is in psychology, communications, meditation, mindfulness and Pilates. She has taught and coached in physical and mental wellness for over 20 years. Sean Cardinalli is a coach, writer, and activist who returned to coaching on sex & love addiction at the outset of the pandemic after a 4-year hiatus. His coaching style tends toward a 12 Step recovery perspective which saved his life and livelihood 14 years ago. Sean earned his local certificate through Linda Bark’s holistic coaching methodology and is pursuing his ICF certification and a degree in social work. Beyond sex & love addiction, Sean’s practice focuses on intimacy, relationships, divorce, dating, and the creative process. Connect with Amy Website Instagram LinkedIn Connect with Sean Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Drs. Nina, Meli, and Sheva explore the relationship between singlehood and happiness. Can you actually feel happy while navigating the world, sans relationship? They explore this topic, including cultivating a relationship with yourself, what keeps us from feeling happy or content, and they offer helpful and tangible tips while on the journey of self-love, deservingness and self-forgiveness. Additionally, they explore how a history of trauma and cultural considerations can impact the dating process as a single person. Have you experienced dating fatigue? Dating app burnout? They dish on how to get yourself out there in the dating world, without feeling overwhelmed. The three podcasters go way back to their graduate school days, and they self-reflect at the beginning of the episode about self-celebration and honoring creativity.  Dr. Sheva Assar is a licensed clinical psychologist in Southern California. She specializes in working with adults from various clinical and cultural backgrounds, with a specific interest in the areas of self confidence, social anxiety, and relationships. Dr. Sheva believes that the relationship that we have with ourselves, particularly how we think and respond to ourselves, is the foundation for our relationships with others. Dr. Sheva enjoys raising awareness about mental health and equipping individuals with research-supported strategies for holistic wellness. Dr. Sheva is the host of the wellness podcast, Tell Me Some More with Dr. Sheva, which will be available wherever you access podcasts in late Spring 2023. Learn more about Dr. Sheva on her Instagram @drsheva and at www.drshevaassar.com.  Dr. Melissa Wasserman (AKA Dr. Meli) is a clinical psychologist in the Los Angeles area where she maintains a private practice specializing in post-traumatic stress disorder, intergenerational trauma, and military/veteran behavioral health. Dr. Wasserman is an Assistant Professor at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology. Her areas of scholarship include war-related trauma, cultural trauma, post-traumatic growth, and resilience. She is the host of Managing With Dr. Meli (@managingpodcast), a podcast that builds empathy and shares new perspectives to help manage human existence. You can find her @DrMeliWasserman or www.drmeli.com. Connect with Dr. Nina Instagram Website Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay’s interview with Gina Naranjo, Founder of the natural hair care line, Cheeky Curls, TV producer, wife and mom. Gina breaks down her top 5 nuggets of wisdom she’s gained from juggling her many roles, what she wished her younger self knew, and how to stay resilient when you are in the thick of this thing we call life.   Connect with Lindsay Instagram Website LinkedIn Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean interviews Seth, a high school teacher and recovering love addict, about how his adult dating life has been impacted by his upbringing with his family of conservative Christian missionaries in Brazil. Connect with Sean Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean and Allen talk about how they’ve navigated their respective depressiveness from childhood trauma onward and the tools they used to manage it. Connect with Sean Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Connect with Allen Instagram Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay interviews Amber Susa, Founder and Owner of Allomi, a holistic health and healing studio in Redondo Beach that focuses on movement, meditation, and mindfulness- offering classes from yoga and breathwork to Reiki, acupuncture, Plyojam cardio dance fitness and intuitive coaching. She is also a writer/performer of her one-woman-show, “Waking Up To All Of Me,” about her personal battle between the Ego and the Soul and learning to distinguish between the two which came to a head with her own divorce and struggle with alcohol. In this episode she shares her beautiful yet tough journey with us, and more importantly, the wisdom she’s gained from it.  Come watch Amber perform at the Hollywood Fringe Festival at the Zephyr Theater: Saturday, June 3rd, 12pm Friday, June 9th, 8:30pm Sunday, June 18th, 2pm Show Review: https://nohoartsdistrict.com/waking-up-to-all-of-me-review/ Buy Tickets Here: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/9723?tab=tickets Connect with Lindsay Instagram Website LinkedIn Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean interviews Brandon, a breathwork and men’s work coach. Brandon shares the stories that led to his coaching choices and career. He explains the experience of transient hypofrontality in his sessions, which Sean swears by as nothing short of revelatory. They also discuss breathing through relationships, including healthily navigating their endings.  Brandon Groux is a certified Revelation Breathwork facilitator and coach in the relationship space, helping people get back on their feet after a breakup. When people are ready, he helps them courageously step back into the dating world with the necessary tools to find and keep healthy love. He works with all people but has a deep passion for men’s work and men's emotional health. He leads a men’s group in the Single on Purpose community as well as men’s retreats. He is also the co-founder of One Aether (pronounced ETHER), a health and wellness company that uses movement and breathwork to build connection in community. Connect with Brandon Instagram One Aether Instagram One Aether Website Website Email www.brandongroux.com Connect with Sean Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Breanna chats with fellow sex workers May and Cleo, on their experiences with dating as a sex worker and dismantling harmful stereotypes. They reveal their introduction into sex work, experiences with coming out as a dancer, and what it’s like to be a single stripper. Strippers, they’re just like us! Connect with Breanna Instagram Jump into his private community below, forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Allen shares with Sean his canny framework differentiating a “We” relationship of enmeshment and an “Us” relationship of healthy boundaries and communication.   Connect with Sean Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Connect with Allen Instagram Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Dr. Nina and Dr. Jessica explore the history of over-apologizing, and how this behavior keeps us stuck, and they validate the rationale behind why we might find ourselves in this pattern. They begin the episode by sharing about their friendship, and how to sustain relationships long-term, professionally, and personally. They continue by affirming reasons one might apologize in order to take healthy responsibility when necessary. Subsequently, the majority of the episode covers scenarios where it might be less helpful to apologize, and instead, they encourage standing in your self-worth and inner guiding light. If you’ve found yourself apologizing and later thought…”, What am I sorry for, actually?”, or apologized for merely existing, this episode is for you.  Dr. Jessica Stern, is a clinical psychologist and clinical assistant professor at NYU Langone Health, Faculty Group Practice. She is the co-host of The Psychiatry Show on Doctor Radio on SiriusXM and an advisor on the advisory committee at Wondermind. She works with individuals, teams, and companies on skills to enhance their mental health, productivity, and values-based living and work. Connect with Dr. Jessica Stern Website Workbook Linktree Instagram Connect with Dr. Nina Instagram Website Jump into Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Sean talks with his instructor, Master Coach Heidi Ochtrup, about the way our relationship to self acts as a foundation for our relationship to others. Heidi Ochtrup is a Certified Holistic Life Coach, QHHT practitioner, and Tarot reader who is passionate about personal transformation and getting to the root of what blocks us. She trains coaches internationally with Wisdom of the Whole Coaching Academy, has a private practice in the beautiful Arts District of NE Minneapolis, and hosts collage-making workshops for the public with her bestie Amy. Connect with Heidi Website Instagram Facebook Connect with Sean Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christina is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Spiritual Life Coach. Her life experience combined with her clinical training offers a unique approach to addiction, ADHD, trauma, and life transitions. She’s also been a practicing Reiki Master for 13 years and is currently studying to become a certified astrologer. Christina finds that integrating the client’s spiritual or religious beliefs helps anchor them in a sense of security during moments of dysregulation. Sean and Christina talk about social justice and walking the fraught line between intrapersonal work (one’s self-care via therapy or coaching) and interpersonal work (one’s interactions with others in our culture and society).   Connect with Christina Instagram LinkedIn Website Connect with Sean Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay interviews the incredible Tina Hegna, Owner of three Burn Boot Camp fitness franchises, a CPA, personal trainer and “mompreneur.” Married to her high school sweetheart and now a mom of three boys and a dog, Tina talks about how she’s maintained and sustained her long-term relationship of 20 years through numerous and hugely differing seasons of life - grade school to college, death, military, major moves, kids, business ownership and a few total career changes - often challenges which can make-or-break relationships. She talks about how she’s learned to communicate more effectively, drop many previous notions around traditional marital roles and expectations, and take personal responsibility for her own health and happiness in order to better serve her family and community.  Connect with Lindsay Instagram Website LinkedIn Connect with Tina Instagram Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode ,Breanna interviews Sofia Romani. Sofia is a non-binary, single mother, and healer from Minneapolis. They talk PPD, dealing with breakups as a parent, and queer identity as a mother. Connect with Sofia Instagram Connect with Breanna Instagram Jump into his private community below, forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Nina and Dr. Taylor explore the burnout epidemic, and the systemic barriers to caring for ourselves in meaningful ways. Dr. Taylor shares her own personal experience with burnout, and how it leads to a more creative and meaningful life path, both personally and professionally. They validate the emotional and physical exhaustion we are all feeling as a society, coupled with the lack of motivation to work in jobs that don’t light us up. They explore how creativity can help manage symptoms of burnout, specifically by designing the interior of our homes to reflect our most authentic selves. Dr. Nina and Dr. Taylor are real-life friends, and big music fans, so they discuss their shared interests, and Dr. Taylor offers a few recommended songs to accompany this episode.  Dr. Taylor Harris’ work focuses on improving housing and social services for individuals with experiences of homelessness. She became interested in addressing burnout after experiencing it herself and seeing how it affects homeless service providers. She uses interior design to cope with burnout and to create spaces that help others express themselves and thrive in their work and personal lives. Dr. Taylor Song Recommendations: Pip millet, “My way” BTS, “Fly to my room” Ari Lennox, “In my apartment” Beyoncé, “Break my soul” No Doubt, “New” Connect with Dr. Nina Instagram Website Connect with Dr. Taylor Harris Soulkeystudio Instagram Tiwaloladesigns Instagram Fayeferncreative Instagram Twitter Jump into Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean and Allen share what they’ve learned from their exes because every expired relationship leaves a lesson in its wake. Connect with Sean Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Connect with Allen Instagram Jump into the Single on Purpose private community below for forums, chats, live groups, and courses. Join the community Single on Purpose is created by The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who will also be in the rotation of experts. We are starting the podcast with 20 experts across the wellness space. Check out John's website and sign up for his daily life insights in text. It's daily mental health programming in your pocket. For more content, you can follow John on Instagram YouTube, and TikTok, for more self-help-related content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices