Reclamation Radio with Kelly Brogan MD

Kelly Brogan MD

It hurts to have unmet needs. And it sucks to scurry after crumbs when you’re starving. Join Kelly Brogan MD, as she teaches us how our pain points are portals. She’ll help you discover a world where every seeming challenge is a new chapter in your most audacious story. Plot twists, body symptoms, and heartbreak each represent an opportunity to own ourselves and learn to better wield the power of choice. Kelly will take you on a reclamation journey from the battlefield of victim consciousness to the sovereignty of self-devoted pleasure and expose every surprising place you’ve given your power away. Explore the tools you’ll need to find out what you want, how to ask for it and how to stand in fierce alignment with yourself.Kelly Brogan is a soul alchemist and threshold guardian devoted to the transformation of collective consciousness. As a young know-it-all atheist, candy-addict, straight-A MIT neuroscience major and Ivy-league trained psychiatrist, she specialized in feeding women, herself included, straight into the mouth of the medicated beast. After a Hashimoto’s healing journey inspired her to sound the alarm on the bait-and-switch of big pharma, she became a renegade activist—authoring the New York Times bestseller, A Mind of Your Own, and its follow-up, Own Your Self; co-editing the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression; and eventually becoming an honorary member of the Disinformation Dozen. She is the creatrix of Vital Mind Reset, the online health reclamation program, and the membership community Vital Life Project. She’s a human, cat, and chicken mom.

  1. 163: The Hidden Trauma Created By The Psychiatry System (It's Making People Worse) | Anneke Sips

    2d ago

    163: The Hidden Trauma Created By The Psychiatry System (It's Making People Worse) | Anneke Sips

    Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom here: KellyBroganMD.com  Learn more about Kelly's Relaxed Woman System here. Most of what gets labeled psychosis isn't psychosis at all. My guest, Anneke Sips, spent over 25 years inside Dutch psychiatry as a psychiatric nurse, crisis worker, and trauma therapist before founding Network Yoga Therapy and writing Wisdom of Psychosis. She knows the isolation rooms, the forced injections, and the court proceedings from the inside. She also knows what happens when you stop reaching for restraints and start actually listening. We talk about the day-to-day reality of psychiatric wards that most people will never see, the choreography of medication compliance, the way fear in the provider creates the danger they claim to be managing, and the deep fear, especially in women, of being found crazy. If you've ever wondered what would happen if the person across from you didn't flinch when you described your inner world, this is that conversation. You’ll learn: [00:00] Introduction[07:32] Psychiatric systems can train people to identify with illness instead of healing[12:48] Medication becomes the default response before deeper causes are explored[18:55] Experiences labeled psychosis may reflect profound inner shifts[24:04] The mainstream definition of psychosis shapes personal identity[29:51] Mystical experiences overlap with psychiatric diagnosis more than most realize[36:11] Stigma keeps people silent about experiences outside the norm[41:48] Supporting someone in crisis without forcing a clinical narrative[48:10] Years inside institutional systems can erode self-trust[01:00:01] Caregiving reveals the emotional cost of carrying too much alone 👉🏻 Want to start a podcast like this one? Book your free podcast planning call here. Resources mentioned: LEAP Institute, Dr. Xavier Amador | WebsiteInternal Family Systems | WebsitePolyvagal Theory | Website Book a session with Anneke here and use the discount code BROGAN75. Find more from Anneke: Anneke Sips | Instagram | WebsiteWisdom of Psychosis by Anneke Sips | Book Find more from Kelly: YouTube: Reclamation Radio with Kelly Brogan, MDInstagram: @kellybroganmdWebsite: kellybroganmd.comJoin Kelly's monthly membership, Vital Life Project here.Get Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman here. Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom event here. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off. Learn more about how you can reclaim your financial sovereignty with Infinite Banking. Click here to schedule your call with Josh or Ken today. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off.

    1h 6m
  2. 162: Birth, Death & Marriage: The Rituals We've Forgotten | Stephen Jenkinson

    Jun 2

    162: Birth, Death & Marriage: The Rituals We've Forgotten | Stephen Jenkinson

    Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom here: KellyBroganMD.com  Matrimony and weddings are not what society made us believe. Stephen Jenkinson is a Harvard-trained theologian, author, and founder of the Orphan Wisdom School, whose work has spanned dying, elderhood, storytelling, and now matrimony. Most modern weddings last fifteen minutes. He spent close to a year preparing each one he officiated, and the ceremony itself ran six to eight hours. He didn't set out to study marriage. Young people came to him asking for something they couldn't name… nothing that sounded like a top-40 song or looked like a fairy tale. He started paying attention to the strange shards still left in the standard wedding: the aisle no one sits in, the procession, the throwing of food, the giving away. What he found changes the conversation. Matrimony, he argues, has nothing to do with celebrating love between two people. It's about mothering culture, and patrimony is its structural counterpart. One builds the house, the other moves in and makes it a home for the wider world. This episode goes into what a real wedding looks like when guests become witnesses, why the personal vow may be the weakest part of the ceremony, what patriarchy actually means before it became a slur, and why "celebration of love" may be the phrase that hollowed the whole thing out. You’ll learn: [00:00] Introduction[02:10] How young people pleading for a real wedding pulled Stephen into matrimony work [09:23] Treating wedding traditions like archaeological shards reveals what we've lost [18:40] The nuclear family became the default after Christianity dismantled elders and kinship [28:12] The difference between wedding, marriage, and matrimony… and why patrimony has no holy state [38:59] Reclaiming the word patriarchy from sloth and virtue signalling [48:38] Why "celebration of love" turns guests into spectators instead of witnesses [59:36] What a six to eight hour ceremony with reversed seating and real petitions looks like [1:22:23] What a couple planning a wedding should consider before the big day 👉🏻 Want to start a podcast like this one? Book your free podcast planning call here. Resources mentioned: Once in Europa by John Berger | Book Get Stephen's book Matrimony: Ritual, Culture, and the Heart’s Work here. Find more from Stephen: Orphan Wisdom | Website | Instagram | Facebook Find more from Kelly: YouTube: Reclamation Radio with Kelly Brogan, MDInstagram: @kellybroganmdWebsite: kellybroganmd.comJoin Kelly's monthly membership, Vital Life Project here.Get Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman here. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off.

    1h 30m
  3. 161: How to Handle Physical Pain without Medications

    May 26

    161: How to Handle Physical Pain without Medications

    Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom here: KellyBroganMD.com  Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom event here.  How can you learn to handle physical pain with a holistic approach? Most people treat physical pain like an enemy to silence as fast as possible. I used to think the same way, until three rib injuries forced me to spend entire nights with the sensation. What I found challenges the assumption that pain is a constant, unending stream. It actually moves in micro-undulations, and there's a specific somatic practice that lets you feel that. This episode walks through pendulation, a somatic experiencing technique I practice with my coach, Whitney. It's a tool for staying with sensation instead of running from it. I'm drawn to this method over natural pain remedies, CBD, or other supports I could reach for. The interest isn't in eliminating sensation. It's in learning what's actually happening inside my body. You’ll learn: [00:00] Introduction [00:07] What to do when you'd normally reach for a pill [00:22] Why I avoided chronic pain until this past year [00:47] The somatic experiencing practice called pendulation [01:24] Why pain is not a constant stream of torture [02:08] What changes when you stop resisting physical sensation [02:31] Step-by-step: how to pendulate through physical pain [03:26] Why a born skeptic was surprised this worked [03:43] Why I skip CBD, DMSO, and other natural options  👉🏻 Want to start a podcast like this one? Book your free podcast planning call here. Resources mentioned: Healing with DMSO by Amandha Dawn Vollmer | Book or Audiobook Find more from Kelly: YouTube: Reclamation Radio with Kelly Brogan, MD Instagram: @kellybroganmd Website: kellybroganmd.com Join Kelly's monthly membership, Vital Life Project here. Get Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman here. Click here to schedule your call with Josh or Ken today. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off.

    9 min
  4. 160: Caretaking Men's Emotions is Secretly Destroying You (Do This Instead)

    May 19

    160: Caretaking Men's Emotions is Secretly Destroying You (Do This Instead)

    Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom here: KellyBroganMD.com  Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom here: KellyBroganMD.com  What if caretaking a man's emotions isn't kindness at all, but a strategy you've been running since childhood to stay safe? I'm sitting with this question today, on my own, unpacking why so many of us soften every “no”, manage every reaction, and absorb the emotional weight of interactions we didn't fully consent to. The root isn't generosity. It's self-protection wired into a female body navigating a world where physical aggression is always on the table. I'll get into the father wound, the "I'll get him to see" reflex, and the specific moment when disgust signals a split you've been ignoring. I'll also share a story about a silk dress, a freezing recording studio, and what fawning looks like when you can't even ask for a blanket. If you can name one push-pull dynamic in your life right now, this is the conversation about why you're still in it, and what the cost has actually been. You’ll learn: [00:00] Introduction   [01:10] Why caretaking men's emotions is a strategy, not kindness   [03:00] The anatomy of the "poor bargain" and the inner pimp that overrides your no   [06:30] How to spot a trauma bond by the push-pull dynamic in your life   [10:45] The father wound as a wound of unsafety, and the woman it builds   [14:30] The "I'll get him to see" pattern and why it keeps you stuck in your head   [16:15] The land of no pity and what resolves victim consciousness   [19:45] Presenting your raw feelings and letting men solve the problem   [22:00] The silk dress story: what fawning looks like in real time   [26:30] Closing reflections on self-trust, boundaries, and clean no  👉🏻 Want to start a podcast like this one? Book your free podcast planning call here. Related Reclamation Radio episodes: Joel Schafer: Are You REALLY Awake or Are You Dreaming? | Spotify or Apple Resources mentioned: David Deida | Website Find more from Kelly: YouTube: Reclamation Radio with Kelly Brogan, MD Instagram: @kellybroganmd Website: kellybroganmd.com Join Kelly's monthly membership, Vital Life Project here. Get Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman here.  Discover Kelly's Relaxed Woman System here. Learn more about how you can reclaim your financial sovereignty with Infinite Banking.  Go to Juvent and use code KELLY300 at checkout to get $300 off your purchase. Click here to schedule your call with Josh or Ken today. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off.

    33 min
  5. 159: The Hidden Dangers of Psychiatry & Medications (And What to Do Instead) | Laura Delano

    May 12

    159: The Hidden Dangers of Psychiatry & Medications (And What to Do Instead) | Laura Delano

    Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom here: KellyBroganMD.com  Get your tickets to Kelly's live Audacious Embodiment weekend in Miami, FL here. Is the mental health system really helping people feel better? Laura Delano is an author, speaker, and founder of Inner Compass Initiative, a nonprofit devoted to helping people make informed decisions about psychiatric drugs and how to taper off them safely. She has spent over a decade working with individuals and families around the world seeking guidance and support for psychiatric drug withdrawal. A label can start to shape your life before you even realize it. I heard Laura’s story of being diagnosed with bipolar disorder in adolescence and how that diagnosis led to ongoing experiences with psychiatric diagnosis and the use of psychiatric drugs. What unfolds is not only a personal account, but a look at how patient identity can expand while a life contracts, even in the presence of consistent compliance and care. Years of trying to do treatment “right” led to being told she had treatment-resistant mental illness, a conclusion that carried devastating implications about what was possible. She began to question the treatment she had trusted and realized she had handed over her authority to make sense of her own experiences. What she arrives at now is a different orientation, centered on reconnecting to an inner compass, where information is shared freely, and people are supported in making their own decisions about their lives. You’ll learn: [00:00] Introduction [03:36] Why Laura wrote Shrunk, and the conversation she wanted to spark  [09:01] The mirror moment at 13 that pulled her into the mental health system  [13:58] Why the borderline diagnosis was the one she couldn't stomach  [19:48] How becoming the perfect patient made everything worse  [29:32] The moment she realized the system she trusted was a system of control, and why Whitaker's data sealed it  [35:20] What withdrawal actually cost her, and who she became on the other side  [47:31] How her family held on while she shed the identity of designated patient  [52:45] What she did when a suicidal woman called her instead of going to the hospital, and where community support has limits  [01:05:44] What the Inner Compass Initiative is, and what it's trying to do differently  👉🏻 Want to start a podcast like this one? Book your free podcast planning call here. Resources mentioned: Part 1 of ICI's Companion Guide to Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal | Website Part 2 of ICI’s Companion Guide to Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal | Website Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker | Book Iatrogenesis | Wikipedia German New Medicine | Website Find more from Laura: Laura Delano | X Laura Delano | Instagram Laura Delano | Facebook Laura Delano | Website Inner Compass Initiative | Website UNSHRUNK: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance | Book Find more from Kelly: YouTube: Reclamation Radio with Kelly Brogan, MD Instagram: @kellybroganmd Website: kellybroganmd.com Join Kelly's monthly membership, Vital Life Project here. Get Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman here.  You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off. Learn more about how you can reclaim your financial sovereignty with Infinite Banking.  Go to Juvent and use code KELLY300 at checkout to get $300 off your purchase. Click here to schedule your call with Josh or Ken today. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off.

    1h 14m
  6. 158: How to Live a Healthy Life in a Sick World | Troy Casey

    May 5

    158: How to Live a Healthy Life in a Sick World | Troy Casey

    Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom here: KellyBroganMD.com  Get your tickets to Kelly's live Audacious Embodiment weekend in Miami, FL here. How can you possibly live a healthy life when everything around you is toxic? Troy Casey came out of a Versace modeling career in Milan after realizing the industry was robbing his soul. What followed was ayahuasca in the Amazon, 11 Vipassana retreats, and a commitment to make a real difference in how people take care of their health. He’s open about the parts of the journey nobody posts: the black mold years, the divorce, the accusation during cancel culture, and the decision to go celibate and work on himself. Troy and I talk about what a man’s mission actually demands of him, why feminism destroyed the family, and why hookup culture is a dead-end road. He also gets specific about raising a 14-year-old daughter and an 18-year-old son in a world of fentanyl-laced everything and pornography on tap. His answer is presence, staying close to his kids, and saying things most dads avoid. You’ll learn: [00:00] Introduction [04:38] From modeling to Miami excess: Troy's life before the awakening [10:02] How sobriety, Vipassana, and ayahuasca in the Amazon gave birth to Certified Health Nut [18:16] Black mold, abandonment, and the inner work beneath the mission [30:45] How feminism and hookup culture broke the family [35:20] What the Amazon awakened in Troy about fatherhood, legacy, and procreation as a prime directive [47:17] Marriage as a sacred covenant and where the divine feminine narrative led him astray [54:14] Why Troy's mission and his role as a father are the same thing, not competing priorities [01:04:28] The celibacy window: sexual energy, self-work, and the blueprint for Troy's next relationship [01:15:22] Taking the toxic load seriously without the neurosis that reads as fragility 👉🏻 Want to start a podcast like this one? Book your free podcast planning call here. Resources mentioned: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins | Book or Audiobook  Vipassana Meditation as Taught by S.N. Goenka | Website Chek Institute | Website Tony Robbins | Website Loren Johnson | Website John Perkins | Website Seventh Generation | Website Find more from Troy: Certified Health Nut | Instagram Certified Health Nut | Website Certified Health Nut | Facebook Certified Health Nut | TikTok Real Ones Community | Website #Rippedat50: A Journey to Self Love by Troy Casey | Book or Audiobook Find more from Kelly: YouTube: Reclamation Radio with Kelly Brogan, MD Instagram: @kellybroganmd Website: kellybroganmd.com Join Kelly's monthly membership, Vital Life Project here. Get Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman here. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off. Learn more about how you can reclaim your financial sovereignty with Infinite Banking.  Go to Juvent and use code KELLY300 at checkout to get $300 off your purchase. Click here to schedule your call with Josh or Ken today. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off.

    1h 25m
  7. 157: The Long-term Relationship Between Trauma Healing, Diet & Lifestyle

    Apr 28

    157: The Long-term Relationship Between Trauma Healing, Diet & Lifestyle

    Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom here: KellyBroganMD.com  Get your tickets to Kelly's live Audacious Embodiment weekend in Miami, FL here. What’s the long-term relationship between trauma healing, diet and lifestyle? This has to do with the whole healing journey. I’ve come to see that a diagnosis isn’t just a medical event, but a deeply personal moment that impacts your sense of self. When you begin to ask more audacious questions about your diagnosis, it changes how you relate to it and becomes the starting point of your health story. When I look back on my own Hashimoto’s diagnosis, I see how deeply I once trusted the system without questioning it. People respond to a diagnosis in different ways. For me, it was the immediate urge to fix it, leaving no room for worry. Others may feel fear or that something is wrong with them. Belief alone can shape your physical experience. I share a moment when I was convinced I had lice and spent 24 hours scratching my head, only to find there were none. This revealed how real the nocebo effect can be. At one point, I found myself sitting in front of a voice teacher, confronting my resistance to expressing myself. It made me question how the stories we believe impact our ability to heal from trauma. Ultimately, there will be a time when you relate to your body differently and can close this healing chapter. You’ll learn: [00:00] Introduction [01:51] Diagnosis as the beginning of a hero's journey, not a problem to fix [04:44] The nocebo effect is real, even when you don't believe in it [08:34] The meaning you give your diagnosis becomes the foundation of your entire health story [12:42] Why healing on paper isn't the same as healing in consciousness, and what the throat has to do with it [17:56] Why I no longer fixate on antibody levels, and what they actually might be doing [20:16] How to know when it's time to close the healing chapter and stop being a professional patient 👉🏻 Want to start a podcast like this one? Book your free podcast planning call here. Resources mentioned: LOTUSWEI Master Flower Quiz | Website Find more from Kelly: YouTube: Reclamation Radio with Kelly Brogan, MD Instagram: @kellybroganmd Website: kellybroganmd.com Join Kelly's monthly membership, Vital Life Project here. Get Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman here. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off. Click here to schedule your call with Josh or Ken today. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off.

    23 min
  8. 156: 50-Minute Masterclass on Man-Woman Dynamics: Biology, Relatioships & Status

    Apr 21

    156: 50-Minute Masterclass on Man-Woman Dynamics: Biology, Relatioships & Status

    Get instant access to Kelly's Beauty Backroom here: KellyBroganMD.com  Learn more about Kelly's Relaxed Woman System here. Become the woman your man lives to please in just 5 days with Kelly's Soft Power Protocol. Get your tickets to Kelly's live Audacious Embodiment weekend in Miami, FL, here. Social structures have been destroying the man-woman polarity. The energetic dynamics of polarity in relationships reveal why so many people feel caught in cycles that never quite resolve. The desire for intimacy often clashes with a deeper resistance to vulnerability and emotional exposure. Early conditioning shapes how we relate to our bodies, our emotions, and ultimately each other. Patterns like anxious attachment and avoidance don’t appear randomly; they are reinforced through family dynamics and cultural programming. This episode is interesting because I unravel how father wounds and mother wounds shape attraction, behavior, and conflict. These patterns tend to recreate familiar pain, often under the illusion of connection. I also pull on threads around how feminine and masculine energy have been reshaped by modern narratives like sexual liberation and feminist conditioning. These shifts have changed how we approach intimacy, commitment, and identity. This is an invitation to move out of control, competition, and misunderstanding, and into complementarity. The path forward begins with self-responsibility, embodied awareness, and a willingness to meet each other in a new way. You’ll learn: [00:00] Introduction [02:18] How polarity creates attraction between men and women [04:12] Why being right shuts down intimacy [06:32] How early conditioning disconnects you from your body [09:08] How father wounds drive control and hyper-independence [11:02] How mother wounds create avoidance in men [14:36] Why modern relationships feel like a zero-sum game [18:07] How sexual liberation changed emotional connection [23:12] What happens when masculine and feminine polarity collapses [34:10] How devotional partnership transforms relationship dynamics 👉🏻 Want to start a podcast like this one? Book your free podcast planning call here. Related Reclamation Radio episodes: The Trap of Feminism | Podcast Why Are So Many Women Getting Divorced? (George Gilder Book Review) | Podcast Resources mentioned: Connected Fates, Separate Destinies by Marine Selenee | Book or Audiobook Occult Feminism by Rachel Wilson | Book or Audiobook Find more from Kelly: YouTube: Reclamation Radio with Kelly Brogan, MD Instagram: @kellybroganmd Website: kellybroganmd.com Join Kelly's monthly membership, Vital Life Project here. Get Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman here. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off. Go to Juvent and use code KELLY300 at checkout to get $300 off your purchase. Learn how you can reclaim your financial sovereignty with Real Change Financial here. Click here to schedule your call with Josh or Ken today. You can head to LOTUSWEI and use Kelly15 for 15% off.

    56 min
4.8
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416 Ratings

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It hurts to have unmet needs. And it sucks to scurry after crumbs when you’re starving. Join Kelly Brogan MD, as she teaches us how our pain points are portals. She’ll help you discover a world where every seeming challenge is a new chapter in your most audacious story. Plot twists, body symptoms, and heartbreak each represent an opportunity to own ourselves and learn to better wield the power of choice. Kelly will take you on a reclamation journey from the battlefield of victim consciousness to the sovereignty of self-devoted pleasure and expose every surprising place you’ve given your power away. Explore the tools you’ll need to find out what you want, how to ask for it and how to stand in fierce alignment with yourself.Kelly Brogan is a soul alchemist and threshold guardian devoted to the transformation of collective consciousness. As a young know-it-all atheist, candy-addict, straight-A MIT neuroscience major and Ivy-league trained psychiatrist, she specialized in feeding women, herself included, straight into the mouth of the medicated beast. After a Hashimoto’s healing journey inspired her to sound the alarm on the bait-and-switch of big pharma, she became a renegade activist—authoring the New York Times bestseller, A Mind of Your Own, and its follow-up, Own Your Self; co-editing the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression; and eventually becoming an honorary member of the Disinformation Dozen. She is the creatrix of Vital Mind Reset, the online health reclamation program, and the membership community Vital Life Project. She’s a human, cat, and chicken mom.

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