Become Healthy and Happy with Dr. Slade

On this episode of the Healthy + Happy Podcast, Dr. Slade is talking with special guest Bryana Kappadakunnel about how to create a sense of safety and mattering within our children through conscious parenting.  Understanding attachment is an important part of parenting, and it is 7 principles of becoming Healthy+Happy.

More about Bryana:

Bryana Kappadakunnel is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (90464), an Infant-Family Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, and a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist-Certified. She is the owner & voice behind Conscious Mommy. Since 2011, Bryana has worked exclusively with families with very young children to navigate challenges related to child development, ADHD, behavioral & emotional issues, attachment problems, and trauma. Guided by attachment theory and the neurorelational framework, her approach is unique in that she works primarily with parents by helping them discover their child’s nervous system and developmental needs. In this process, parents also learn about their nervous system, and the ways it supports - and sometimes conflicts - with their child’s. She also guides parents to develop vital skills in self-reflection & deconstructing familial cycles of guilt and shame, which aims to drastically shift the child-parent relational patterns.

Bryana also works with new moms experiencing perinatal mood or anxiety disorders. She uses a conscious- and mindfulness-informed approach to help moms realign their expectations with reality, deconstruct the guilt & shame they’re experiencing, and shift into the present moment, where depression and anxiety cannot exist.

Bryana has a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology, has been licensed since 2015, and has an extensive number of advanced certifications & specializations in perinatal, infant, and early childhood mental health as well as conscious parenting.

The Healthy + Happy Podcast Episode 17 : The R: CORE Temperament

On this episode of the Healthy + Happy Podcast, Dr. Slade is talking with special guest Heather Choate about the R Temperament. In his CORE Temperament personality profiling model, there are 4 Temperament Types. Heather is an R...

More about Heather:

Having had to fight for her life when she was diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant at age 29, Hather was given a new perspective on life and marriage. She and her husband had to rely upon a bedrock foundation of trust, support, faith, tenacity and persistence to survive and protect the life of their baby while keeping their marriage intact.

Heather understands the raw, day-to-day struggles couples face and teaches people around the world how to build a foundation of unconditional love for themselves and their spouses.

Heather is grateful to be a #1 Bestselling Author, owner of High Thrive Coaching, and international marriage and mindset expert.

The Healthy + Happy Podcast Episode 16  : Improve Your Sexual Desire

Special Guest Info:

Dan and his wife Emily Purcell are the founders of Get Your Marriage On! Their marriage went through a bit of a renaissance a few years ago and wanted to share what they learned with other couples. They created a fun & sexy bedroom game app called Intimately Us that has been downloaded over 300,000. They put on events and retreats for couples, are hosts of the Get Your Marriage On! podcast, and coaches others marriage & intimacy. Dan and Emily have been married for 18 years and have 6 kids. Dan loves cracking dad jokes, running marathons, planning the next creative date night with his sweetheart, and enjoys the magnificent outdoors around their St George home.

The Healthy+Happy Podcast Episode (15)  Be Careful Who You Choose  

On this episode of the Healthy+Happy Podcast, Dr. Slade and special guest, Dr. Taylor Burrowes, discuss the importance of choosing your spouse carefully. Dr. Taylor also shares her  “4 Stress Languages” and how understanding them can be helpful when it comes to creating the relationship you want to have.  

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Dr. Taylor Burrowes is a TedxSevenMileBeach speaker from 2014, a retired licensed mental health counselor and retired licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in trauma recovery, marital conflict resolution and executive wellness training. She was also the Deputy Chair of the Cayman Islands mental heath commission from 2013-2019 when she served the government on creating and implementing mental health law and policy reform. Taylor has a PhD in marriage, couples, family counseling, but retired her two mental health licenses in 2019 to pursue her own business in online consulting, coaching + matchmaking.

The Healthy + Happy Podcast Episode 14  : A Glimpse of How CORE Affects the Family Dynamic

On this episode of the Healthy + Happy Podcast, Dr. Slade and special guest, Heather Crocket, discuss how using CORE Temperament Theory is helping her understand how to better raise her children and partner with her husband in healthy ways.

Heather is a homeschooling mother of 9, wife to 1 amazing husband, a massage therapist, published

author, and one of the leaders of The Journey of Wholeness. She’s walked her own path of healing from

decades of autoimmune illness and emotional trauma and now helps others on their journey of

wholeness.

She believes that ultimate health and happiness come when looking at all parts of a person; body, mind

and spirit. As a massage therapist, mindset and emotional health guide, presenter, mentor and

nutritional and cellular health advocate, Heather works with people on all levels to help them find their

unique path to ultimate health and happiness. You can find her at www.thejourneyofwholeness.com

The Healthy + Happy Podcast Episode (13)  : Sexual Trauma and Attachment  

On this episode of the Healthy + Happy Podcast, Dr. Slade and special guest, Valerie Sedgwick, discuss the difficult topic of sexual trauma and the role attachment plays in how the brain tries to manage the trauma going forward.   

Special Guest Info:   Valerie has been passionate about healthy living in all aspects of life, for her entire life. The pursuit of health in body, mind and spirit led her to pursue a career in school teaching, yoga, fitness classes and in massage therapy for over three decades. She is currently pursuing her life mission of helping to heal hearts and homes by assisting people in the very emotional decision of purchasing and selling their homes in beautiful Southern Utah.   Valerie has two amazing sons who are her "wing men". In her words, "we  have each other's backs no matter what."   She was raised in the middle of a gaggle of nine girls, and while she loves and appreciates her sisters, being raised with this much girlness  makes her appreciate her sons even more.   Family and relationships are everything to Valerie. No matter where she is or what she is doing, be it with her sons, friends, sisters, parents, herself or God she is doing her best to foster healthy and happy relationships!

The Healthy + Happy Podcast Episode #10  : Positive Affirmations

On this episode of the Healthy + Happy Podcast, Dr. Slade discusses how positive affirmations can be used to rewire the brain! 

The Healthy + Happy Podcast Episode 16: Breathe  

On this episode of the Healthy + Happy Podcast, Tanden and Dr. Slade discuss how healthy breathing and proper movement benefit our health in many aspects, physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually—it’s about much more than just fitness!  Many of us might be aware that breathing can help reduce emotional pain (anxiety, etc), but did you know it can also help with physical pain? It might seem strange, since breathing is one of the most natural things that we do, but many of us have been breathing incorrectly for the majority of our lives. Breathing correctly can help us be stronger and happier! So how do you know how to breathe correctly?   

Tanden Bell  

Degrees/Certifications: B.S. Physical Education and Human Performance ACSM Exercise Physiologist Russian Kettlebell Certification Level 1 Neuro-Kinetic Therapy Level 3  A life-long love of play, combined with the ailments of aging, has lead Tanden on a quest for pain-free movement. This quest has not only taught him how to play longer, but how to help others do the same. Teaching others how to move and live with less pain has become a fun and rewarding career for Tanden. It has also led him down many courses of study, including advanced anatomy, biomechanics, motor programing, and a deeper understanding of psychology and motivation. In Tanden’s words, “I will always consider myself a student.”

The Healthy + Happy Podcast Episode 15: Right, Wrong, or the Way We've Always Done It  

On this episode of the Healthy + Happy Podcast, Dr. Slade and special guest Dr. Ammara Khalid discuss that the way we've always done things isn't always the healthy way.   Holidays are a great opportunity to change a system because you really can’t change a system without being in the system.  Take advantage of opportunities to be together with your family to make healthy changes.   Remember, you’re not supposed to be good at something when you first start doing it.  Learn what Healthy looks like. Most of the time, Healthy Works!   

-Work with a therapist, coach, or support system to gain skills and a healthy understanding of what changes need to happen to help your family relationship become healthier and happier.   

-Create a plan to rewire the rules of the system.  

-Decide how you want to engage differently with your family.  

-Give yourself the resources to execute and act on the plan.  

-Practice. It takes time–it will be messy in the beginning.  

Awareness and insight about how you fall into traps helps you learn how to stay out of the traps.  Learning how to stand up for yourself takes time!

The Healthy + Happy Podcast Episode 14: A Brave Story   

On this episode of the Healthy + Happy Podcast, special guest Kyra King shares her story of surviving domestic violence and single motherhood.   

Kyra King is a former professional dancer, trained in wellness and performance coaching and current Director of Partnerships for Storm Ventures Group. She is Miss Arizona for America 2020 and an active community member promoting mental wellness and living life to the fullest. Kyra and her two sons live in Scottsdale, AZ.