Creating Spaces with Natalie Bedard (ADHD, PTSD,OCD). We open with Natalie Bedard (NatNat), an Energy Healing Specialist who helps people regulate the nervous system and transform anxiety into empowerment through her brand LiftOneSelf. She’s been featured on multiple podcasts, always reminding us that self‑care is personal and that understanding our own biology is essential. This episode is special because NatNat turns her insight toward me. I open up about the negative voices in my head — the ones many listeners know too well. It gets emotional, and she meets it with compassion, clarity, and spiritual guidance. She offers practical ways to quiet those inner demons, plus a short meditation to help ground the moment. You might want a box of Kleenex. I certainly did. I don’t pretend to have it all together — I’m traveling toward home just like you. Sleep Lists for the Sleepless Next is Helen Sernett, host of the podcast Sleep Lists and a dedicated sleep and wellness enthusiast. Her show uses simple, soothing lists — numerical, chronological, or alphabetical — all designed to help listeners drift off before the episode ends. And if you’re still awake, she offers gentle suggestions to help you settle into sleep. With six episodes per season, quarterly releases, and special holiday editions, there’s always something calming to queue up. We talk about alternative sleep routines for people without traditional schedules — remote workers, flex‑schedule professionals, college students, and retirees — and how daytime napping can support better rest. Good sleep is essential to mental health, and Helen’s podcast may be exactly the natural support you need. Advocacy for Inclusion - Neurodivergent Acceptance into Society Next we talk to Khushboo Chabria, a neurodiversity specialist, career coach, and mental health advocate reshaping how workplaces and schools include neurodivergent people. We talk about why ADHD, Autism, and other forms of neurodiversity are not disorders, and why every brain deserves the right accommodation. Khushboo is the coauthor of Neurodiversity for Dummies (including the full ADHD chapter) and leads transformative work through Neurodiversity Pathways at Goodwill of Silicon Valley. Drawing on her therapeutic background, leadership experience, and her own ADHD journey, she brings a powerful, authentic perspective to this conversation. Goodbye Anxiety, Depression, Addiction & PTSD: The Life-Changing Science of Dual-Brain Psychology. Dr. Fredric Schiffer joins me to discuss his groundbreaking new book, Goodbye Anxiety, Depression, Addiction & PTSD: The Life‑Changing Science of Dual‑Brain Psychology. A best‑selling author, psychiatrist, public speaker, and part‑time assistant professor at Harvard, Dr. Schiffer has spent decades studying how early trauma, brain laterality, and emotional patterns shape our mental well‑being. His work explores how the two hemispheres of the brain can function like two competing minds — and how treating the more troubled side can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction. As founder of the Dual‑Brain Psychology Institute, Dr. Schiffer has developed innovative techniques to help people access and heal the wounded part of the mind, including a surprisingly simple method involving something as ordinary as a piece of junk mail. His new book lays out these discoveries and the science behind them, offering a fresh perspective on how unresolved trauma influences our lives and how targeted interventions may support emotional balance. The Truth About Reading with Dyslexia - AI program that teaches Neurodiverse to read effortlessly Let’s listen to the extraordinary journey of David Chalk — a dyslexic, ADHDer, and lifelong technologist who proves that transformation is possible at any age. After appearing in the documentary The Truth About Reading, where he went from struggling through one book a year to reading twenty a month, David is now giving away his ReadingRoad.ai Beta program for free. His story spans being bullied in school, becoming a commercial airline pilot, building major tech companies, and pioneering early internet video. This episode is not an ad, not monetized, and not sponsored — just a chance to hear a man who refused to quit, and now wants to help others do the same. A Couple of Mental Health Badasses - Talking Bi-Polar, ADHD, More In this episode, I sit down with Justine Rodes, host of the podcast Mentally A Bad Ass, for a raw, unfiltered conversation about mental health. Justine opens up about living with Bipolar II, how she’s learned to manage it, and what it was like growing up with a mother navigating her own mental health challenges. Together, we dig into anger management, ADHD, recovery strategies, and the realities so many people face but rarely talk about openly. From my soapbox, I take aim at how mainstream media continues to overlook neurodivergent accommodations — and why grassroots creators on social platforms are the ones driving real change. It’s a candid, grounded, and necessary dialogue between two people committed to telling the truth about mental health. My Brain is Not Broken, it's Just Different - NueroSpicy, ADHD Next in our series, I sit down with Dr. Kristen Williamson—licensed professional counselor, neurodivergent advocate, and the proud ringleader of a “neurospicy” family. From late-night epiphanies to busting mental health myths, her journey is equal parts chaos and joy as she navigates autism, ADHD, and parenting kids who keep her on her toes. Discovering her own neurodivergence in adulthood gave her the clarity—and the mission—to help others embrace their differences and thrive. With humor, personal stories, and practical wisdom, she explores why neurodivergent brains are a workplace superpower, how “chaotic energy” can fuel leadership, and why mental health deserves more hope than gloom. When she’s not counseling or speaking on neurodiversity and DEIB, she’s debating pineapple on pizza, sharpening her meme game, or planning her next adventure. Let’s listen. Meditation for Real - Pathway to Happiness This is a can't miss. My special guest is Bob Martin a Certified Meditation teacher with an MSW (Master of Social Work) to go with his JD (Juris Doctor). He has helped hundreds redesign their thinking for the life they dream of. Bob is a published author and Professor of Wellness at Elon University, Bob blends Taoist wisdom, brain science, psychology, and humor to tackle everything from breaking free of limiting beliefs to finding clarity and resilience in life’s chaos. In this episode Bob lays out how meditation really works and other great information. That concludes Real 6, the first half of 2025. Because I didn’t want to pull anything out of Real 6, I decided it demands Real 7. That will be coming soon after the New Year to catch you up on all the shows in the original brand. Which means on January 20th, the rebranding of OTR will start at midnight. Early last year I had surgery on my vocal cords, which unfortunately caused a very scratchy throat. Thank you for your patience and support — that is now much improved. Starting in March, new software will vastly improve both host and guest sound. Real Plus is our community concept, and it can only work if you want it to. Currently, anonymous posting is available through the home website at bobadleman.wixsite.com/otrmentalhealth. Try the “Anon Post” menu feature to post either to the community board or directly to staff. Ask for Real Plus benefits for a year — free, truly free — starting with the early release of the January 20th premiere of Season 11. 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