COURAGE UNLOCKED Michele Waterman

After starting her career in Child Development, Jennifer Herbert went on to get a MA in Special Education and completed her BCBA coursework through FIT University. Jennifer became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) in 2014 and has been working with people with autism for over 30 years. Jennifer co-owned Enriching the Lives of Children with Autism (ELCA) for over 10 years, at which point ELCA merged with Trumpet Behavioral Health (TBH). Jennifer was a Senior Clinician at TBH for 5 years and is currently a Clinical Director with Silicon Valley ABA in Northern California.
Collaboration and learning from other professionals continues to be a best practice for Jennifer. Jennifer’s focus during her career has been developing programs that enrich the lives of learners and their families in meaningful ways.
Jennifer can be reached at jenniferh@siliconvalleyaba.com. Please visit Silicon Valley ABA’s website at www.siliconvalleyaba.com for more information.
April is National Autism Awareness month. In this episode Jennifer and I discuss:
The history of diagnosing autism and how the diagnostic criteria changed overtime including the wrong and harmful blaming of mothers back in the 1950’s for causing autism known as “refrigerator mother’s syndrome.” 
Multidisciplinary teams that include ABA, speech therapy, occupational therapy and more.
Honoring the whole person, celebrating strengths and gifts while addressing areas of development that may benefit from thoughtful and compassionate skill building.
Why it’s important to listen to autistic people (we speak specifically about Temple Grandin–the most famous autistic person). 
Access to Early Start Programs in California 
https://www.dds.ca.gov/services/early-start/
National Institute of Health - Early Interventions for Autism by state in the US
https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/autism/conditioninfo/treatments/early-intervention 
Please find Temple Grandin’s website https://www.templegrandin.com/ and one of her books that I specifically reference in this conversation is Thinking in Pictures. 

Erin Nicole Porter is an Energetics Business Coach, Master Practitioner & Trainer of NLP & Hypnosis, Breathwork Facilitator, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in Training, Adult Attachment Repair Model Therapist, and host of The Energetics of Business Podcast.
 
She enjoys coaching women in her board certified coaching certification: The Quantum Ripple Effect, how to heal internally so their businesses can thrive, aligned business strategy and the energetics of business. She is also the author of Burnout to Breakthrough and the Breakthrough Oracle deck.
 
After spending years in her hustle, go-go high achieving energy, her business skyrocketed when she tapped into her receiving energy, and began to heal the parts of her she always hid back.
 
She helps women scale through trauma informed business practices, internal healing, and understanding the energetics of business. Erin’s clients have gone on to become multiple six figure coaches, speakers, authors, international speakers, and have had incredible internal transformation.
 
She has a Masters in Education, backgrounds in Crisis Management, Student Development, and Marketing & spent time as a health and fitness coach before stepping into the mindset and business world. She lives in San Diego, CA with her two puppies, but is a country girl from small-town Ohio at heart.
 
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In this episode Courage Unlocked host Michele Waterman, reads a chapter from Amazon best selling book Taking the Plunge that she co-authored with 11 other women entrepreneurs. 
 
This chapter features how Michele took the plunge into sobriety more than 22 years ago, how she has maintained her sobriety and how recovery from all the patterns she acquired growing up in an alcoholic family system transformed her into the woman, mother, and leader she is today. 
 
You can purchase Take the Plunge on Amazon here. 
 
All of the net proceeds from the sale of our book benefits Annie Cannon - an innovative, national nonprofit that trains survivors of human trafficking to be tech professionals. AC’s programs are designed to economically empower survivors through high skills training, job readiness support, and work pathways into the technology industry.
 
Do not miss the opportunity to learn more about the other incredible authors and thought leaders in their perspective fields. 
 
Rebecca Cafiero, @rebeccacafiero, TEDx Speaker, Best Selling Author and the Founder of The Pitch Club
 
Sabrina Storozuk @thesabrinastorozuk Founder/CEO of Arc, Entrepreneur and Women’s Health Advocate
 
Christina Luna @lunation.live Astrological Mentor, Sustainable Women’s Health Advocate
 
Amy Bartko, @chatterboxprandmarketing, seasoned PR Professional and Founder of Chatterbox PR & Marketing
 
Melissa Dean, @casnatalbirthcenter, Midwife and Founder of Casa Natal Birth and Wellness Center, Los Gatos, CA.
 
Natalie Boese, @natboese, Lifestyle and Digital Organization Expert
 
Brigette Bartley, Certified Life Coach, Microdosing Facilitator and Chief People Officer of @sawyerbusinessgroup 
 
Rachel Woodward, @rachelaurorachs, Healthcare Advocate and CEO of Datapro Billing Service
 
Paige Dungan, @thepaigedungan, Marketer, Publicist and Founder of The Front Porch Collective
 
Angela Tait, @tait_consulting, Founder of Tait Consulting, Seasoned Human Resources Professional and People Operations Strategist
Harley Jordan, @theharleyjordan, Instagram Brand Builder, Influencer and Coach
 
Michele Waterman @michelewatermancoaching, Nonprofit Business Strategist, Podcast Host and Mental Health and Disability Justice Advocate

You are listening to Episode 12-Part II, of a two-part conversation with my friend and colleague Dax Segers. Be sure to listen to Episode 11 before this episode for our complete conversation., 
 
Dax is an unconventional coach and consultant for unconventional people! He helps his clients navigate challenges, change, “stuckness,” and loss – and a way home to themselves. He is particularly drawn to those who think outside of the box, and to those who do not fit inside one either. He doesn’t believe that there is any one, right way to heal. And he does not believe that life has to be done in any one particular way either. YOU get to choose. YOUR life is yours to create.
  
Dax enjoys working with a diverse population. People of all genders, sexualities, ethnicities, races, religions, and spiritualities are welcome to work with him. Dax is particularly drawn to the misfit, the marginalized, the mystic, the creative, the queer, and all manner of sensitive souls. You are his people!
 
Dax has gone through a rowdy evolution himself during the last several years. It came with a spiritual emergence, some trauma surfacing for the first time, several diagnoses, a very challenging psych med taper, and a lot of relationship loss and shifting. He also came out as queer and trans. There was a time of breaking down, breaking apart, and then finally, breaking free to create the life that he wanted.
  
Today, his life is in alignment with who he is, AND he continues to evolve and always will be, because that is what happens when we allow life to touch us and open us up to the possibility of what it has to offer and who we can become, and what we can create.
 
 
Ways to connect with Dax!
Instagram: @daxsegers 
Website: https://daxsegers.com/ 
 
Ways to connect with Courage Unlocked Host, Michele Waterman! 
Instagram: @michelewatermancoaching 
LinkedIn: View Profile here 
Website: www.michelewaterman.com

You are listening to Episode 11, which is part of a two-part conversation with my friend and colleague Dax Segers. Be sure to listen to Episode 12, part II for the full conversation.
 
Dax is an unconventional coach and consultant for unconventional people! He helps his clients navigate challenges, change, “stuckness,” and loss – and a way home to themselves. He is particularly drawn to those who think outside of the box, and to those who do not fit inside one either. He doesn’t believe that there is any one, right way to heal. And he does not believe that life has to be done in any one particular way either. YOU get to choose. YOUR life is yours to create.
 
Dax helps people meet, connect with, and reclaim the parts of themselves that have been shunned by others, wounded in some way, or that have been suppressed for some reason. Frequently, the work he supports his clients in, is in the realm of connecting to self-trust, intuition, creativity, sexuality, joy, and purpose. 
 
A unique service Dax offers is supporting and equipping people as they taper off of psychiatric medications, not just so they can discontinue their medications but so that they can thrive through connection, integration, and liberation. Dax has an aptitude for navigating dark places, and he delights in the strange and mysterious. It lights him up to walk alongside folks as a guide, sometimes through dark and difficult places, because he knows what is on the other side of this challenging process: freedom, relief, transformation, and new life for the brave traveler.
 
Dax has gone through a rowdy evolution himself during the last several years. It came with a spiritual emergence, some trauma surfacing for the first time, several diagnoses, a very challenging psych med taper, and a lot of relationship loss and shifting. He also came out as queer and trans. There was a time of breaking down, breaking apart, and then finally, breaking free to create the life that he wanted. 
 
Today, his life is in alignment with who he is, AND he continues to evolve and always will be, because that is what happens when we allow life to touch us and open us up to the possibility of what it has to offer and who we can become, and what we can create.
 
Ways to connect with Dax!
Instagram: @daxsegers 
Website: https://daxsegers.com/ 
 
Ways to connect with Courage Unlocked Host, Michele Waterman! 
Instagram: @michelewatermancoaching 
LinkedIn: View Profile here 
Website: www.michelewaterman.com

Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring is a psychiatrist renowned for his expertise in the field of drug tapering and withdrawal management. With years of experience in clinical psychiatry, he has developed a particular interest and specialization in assisting patients with the safe and effective tapering of psychiatric medications. His approach is patient-centered, focusing on individualized plans that prioritize the patient's well-being and functioning.
 
In addition, Dr. Witt-Doerring has worked at numerous pharmaceutical companies in clinical research and drug safety positions, bringing valuable experience from both the regulatory and clinical settings to his practice. He completed a fellowship in Psychiatric Drug Development at Janssen Research & Development and Drexel College of Medicine, as well as his psychiatric residency at Baylor College of Medicine, and earned his medical degree from the University of Queensland Medical School in Australia. 
In this episode we explore: 
Dr. Witt-Doering’s experience working as a Medical Officer in the Division of Psychiatry at the Food and Drug Administration - where he analyzed emergent adverse drug reactions and proposed modifications to drug labeling, giving him a unique perspective on the risks and benefits of psychiatric interventions in both the short and long term. He is a subject matter expert in how these drugs come to market. 
Why Dr. Witt-Doering specializes in de-prescribing psychotropic medications.
What patients endure AFTER getting misaligned medical advice which is the not-so-golden standard (since doctors aren’t trained in medical school to take people OFF of psych meds).
Rapid detox facilities - why these facilities and protocols are the wrong choice (and potentially dangerous) for anyone seeking assistance to reduce or discontinue use of psychotropic medications (known as “harm reduction”).
How are Dr. Witt-Doering and his taper clinic address the needs of people wanting medical supervision for slow, deliberate hyperbolic tapers according to the Maudley’s De-Prescribing Guidelines–the future of gold standard medicine.
The future of psychiatry will likely not include multi-med cocktails prescribed indefinitely but strategic use of psychedelics to address and resolve trauma with the assistance of mental health professionals trained in this burgeoning field.
To connect with Dr. Witt-Doering and his medical team visit him below.
 
Instagram: @taperclinic
YouTube: Taper Clinic 
Website: www.taperclinic.com