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Healing can be challenging, but it’s oh so necessary to live a happy, fulfilled life. My special guest, Portia Carney, MBA, entrepreneur, and veteran appears on the reoccurring segment, Unapologetically Real for a down-to-earth, candid, fun conversation about taking responsibility to do her healing work so that no trigger prospers, unfolding versus becoming, discovering self-love and self-acceptance, and improving her relationships with compassion and deep listening.

“When you heal your mind, all things are possible!” ~ Balin A, Durr, MD

Loss is a part of the human condition, and grief can occur around any kind of loss, not just the loss of a loved one. So, why do we have so much difficulty accepting death, even when we know it’s expected from an existing illness, even though we know everyone dies. Why are so many stuck in grief?

Lyn Prashant, PhD is CEO and Founder of Integrative Grief Therapy. In the Art of Degriefing Part 2, Dr. Prashant and I discuss non-death losses and approaches to transform your grief and get unstuck. Again, according to Dr. Prashant, "Love is not the reason we grieve... IT'S ATTACHMENT."

So many of us have suffered all kinds of loss (i.e. loved ones, relationships, jobs, money, homes, innocence) throughout our lives, some of which knocked us on our butts!

Lyn Prashant, PhD is CEO and Founder of Integrative Grief Therapy. In the Art of Degriefing Part 1, Dr. Prashant and I discuss grief and reframing it to aid your healing. According to Dr. Prashant, "Love is not the reason we grieve... IT'S ATTACHMENT. We don’t get over loss. We change our relationship to it."

In the absence of knowing ourselves, we end up with lives that we don't always want and don't know how we got there. So how do we come to know ourselves?

The U.S. ranks the worst in maternal care and mortality rates compared to 10 other developed nations, despite spending the largest percentage on health care of all wealthy nations. Worse yet, two-thirds of the 700 pregnancy-related deaths that occur every year are preventable.

Dr. Durr's Living In The Sweet Spot with Dr. Balin A. Durr, M.D.

S1 E3, Fatherhood and Storytelling's Antidote to Invisibility with John W. Fountain

Dr. Durr's Living In The Sweet Spot with Dr. Balin A. Durr, M.D.

S2 E1 The Courage to Be Extraordinary featuring Ken D. Foster

If you have breath, you have purpose! But many people are running through this Life scared. Scared they aren’t good enough. Scared they’ll never have the Life they dream of. Scared of the uncertainty that comes with change. Ken D. Foster, my guest and President of the Courage Network, discusses the courage to be extraordinary

Dr. Durr's Living In The Sweet Spot with Dr. Balin A. Durr, M.D.

S1 E12, Guest, Dr. Gretchen A. Boules, The Benefits of a Prescribing Psychologist 

Dr. Boules has been a licensed clinical psychologist in Illinois for over 25 years and has worked in multiple settings including acute care hospitals, outpatient clinics, college counseling centers, community mental health centers and private practice.  Dr. Boules has also worked as an adjunct professor at Elmhurst College teaching undergraduate science courses.  

Breaking the Silence With Host Dr. Gregory Williams

With Guest, Denny Meek author of 'Still Standing'

Denny Meek author of 'Still Standing', joins this episode of Breaking the Silence to share her experience as a parent who lost her children. Denny describes her life after losing three children and the domestic abuse she endured as well. Don't miss this story about a mother's resilience, strength, courage and love, and through this story how she is Still Standing.