CRACKED! The Podcast
OUR PASSION. OUR PURPOSE. OUR PODCAST
listen to the story that inspired the podcast
Meet Your Hosts
Rebecca Schaper
Rebecca Schaper is an author, filmmaker, philanthropist, and mental health advocate. She is co-producer/director of the award-winning documentary, A Sister’s Call, which chronicles her mission to bring her brother Call Richmond Jr. back from the depths of homelessness and schizophrenia while seeking ways to heal herself and her family from the past, and author of The Light in His Soul: Lessons from My Brother’s Schizophrenia.
Rebecca makes frequent public and media appearances as a spokesperson for mental-health awareness and spiritual development.
Sandie Sedgbeer
SANDIE SEDGBEER is a journalist, author, broadcaster, and Talk TV/Radio Show host with more than 30 years’ experience in the media.
She is the author of six successful non-fiction books, founder and Editor-in-Chief of three leading-edge new thought magazines, and the founder of the No BS Spiritual Book Club.
Why CRACKED!?
Because mental health isn’t something that applies to just some of us—it applies to all of us.
Stress, grief, loss, worry, bereavement, health challenges, and periods of uncertainty are inevitable life experiences that can tip the scales at any time, throwing any one of us off-balance.
At times like these, some areas of life and living can feel challenging.
The fact is… we’re all susceptible to anxiety, depression, grief, and irrational behaviors at times—they’re all part of the human condition.
We’re all cracked, and that’s not such a bad thing. For it’s when the cracks appear that we open ourselves up to change, growth, and new beginnings.
Join us live 9am PT/12 noon ET/5pm UK on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month HERE
UPCOMING EPISODES
EPISODE 7 – April 1, 2021
Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Robert Whitaker is an award-winning American journalist and author. His books include Mad in America, which was named one of the best science books of 2002, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness, and Psychiatry Under the Influence: Institutional Corruption, Social Injury and Prescriptions for Reform. He is the founder and publisher of the website madinamerica.com.
EPISODE 8 – April 15 2021
Shock and Trauma—The Ground Zero of Many Mental Health Issues
Our mental health is a measure of how strong the relationships in our lives are. According to Clinical Psychologist, Naomi Kehati-Bronner, PhD, trauma is the ground zero of most mental health issues, particularly developmental trauma. In other words, our primary relationships in the context of the parenting we received, the family dynamics we grew up with, and the kind of community we were raised in will shape our lives.
EPISODE 9 – May 6 2021
Supporting Our Youth Through Stress, Anxiety, Depression & Times of Emotional Turbulence
Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D., is a practicing clinical psychologist, licensed in California. The author of Listening to Depression and several books on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults and teens, she is known for her distinctive reframing of mental illnesses that are commonly conceived as detrimental, into gifts that offer exceptional strengths. She is unique in her use of radical self-acceptance in her treatment.
EPISODE 10 – May 20 2021
Supporting Emotional, Spiritual & Mental Health with Acu-Points, Essential Oils & Flower Remedies
Lorie Eve Dechar is an Acupuncturist, Alchemical Healer, Artisan of Transformation, and author of three books, Five Spirits, Kigo, and The Alchemy of Inner Work. In this episode she shares how applying essential oils and flower remedies to specific acu-points can provide a quick, healthy, and natural alternative solution to drugs in helping alleviate symptoms more naturally when life gets fraught.
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1st and 3rd Thursday of the month | @ 12 noon ET/9am PT/5pm UTC. Streaming on YouTube and on Facebook