The Broken Brain

"What Tomorrow Brings" is a story about 2 sisters who are left to care for themselves with no parental supervision, with the burden of running the household securely on the shoulders of 17 year old Clara. 
Filmmaker Matthew Engelbert and star Joely Engelbert join me to talk about their approach to telling this story as a father-daughter team. Every member of their family joined to make this movie, with the intention of showing the struggles of a strong kid trying to solve overwhelming problems. Follow this film @whattomorrowbringsmovie on Instagram 
Check-out our highlighted charity: Preble Street Food Hub, a nonprofit providing thousands of healthy meals to individuals in need in the Portland Maine area. www.preblestreet.org

Julie Brams is an Earth Centered Psychotherapist, specializing in incorporating nature into therapeutic healing. She is also the author of "The Nature Embedded Mind," recent winner of the Nautilus Gold Award.
As both a licensed mental health therapist and Forest Therapy Guide, Julie shares lessons learned from research into what science is finding about therapy and our connection to the rest of the world. Follow her work at www.experienceelemental.com 
This month's charity of focus is Preble Street Food Security Hub, providing thousands of free meals daily to citizens on Maine facing homelessness and food insecurity. Go to www.preblestreet.org to support them.

Do you like reading or watching media that is an episodic/anthology style one-off story? Or do you prefer the more frequent modern storytelling that follows an overarching arc? Sci-Fi Auhtor Christian Hurst joins to discuss different approaches to creating stories, how they speak to us differently, and how we someitmes can throw the good out with the bad when we fail to balance things out. 
Read Chris' Lily Starling Series wherever books are sold, and follow him @churstpublishing to learn more about the release of the 3rd book in the series, Lily Starling and the Death Machine.
Goto www.prismunited.org to view this month's highlighted charity. Prism United helps LGBTQ+ youth with leadership training, meaningful activities, medical, mental health treatment, and more. Get involved in their work today!

What is Financial Therapy? Dr Erika Rasure is here to tell us about it. Many sources of financial advice neglect the emotional/psychological components of money troubles. She shares how fear, self-perception, hope, and the lack of or presence of security interact with finding financial solutions, and some tips to face those issues. 
Learn more about Erika's work at www.beyondfinance.com, and check out the Financial Therapy Association, www.financialtherapyassociation.org 
The highlighted nonprofit this month is Prism United, local charity in Alabama focused on mental health, healthy development, and parental education for LGBTQ+ youth. Go to www.prismunited.org to learn more and support their work.

Dr Susan Trachman is a Psychiatrist with 30 years of experience specializing in treating medically unexplained illnesses through the lens of psychiatry. She helps patients delves into the brain-body connection, and addresses the damaging misconception that a condition is "all in your head. 
Follow her work at www.susanbtrachmanmd.com, and check out her new book, It's Not Just in Your Head: Demystifying the Brain-Body Connection in Medical Illness.
Go to www.kidsandart.org to follow and support this month's highlighted nonprofit, helping children with cancer and their families through Art.