Best Stephanie Foo Podcasts (2025)

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The Neurobiology of OCD with Neuroscientist Uma Chatterjee 1:23:29

2M ago1:23:29

1:23:29

Neuroscientist Uma Chaterjee joins us to discuss OCD and the brain! If you are wanting to know more about your brain and body as they relate to mental health symptoms, this is the episode for you. This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, affordable, and convenient OCD therapy. Schedule a free 15-minute call today at ⁠https://le…

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Your Unconscious Is Showing with Dr. Courtney Tracy 50:23

2M ago50:23

50:23

Did you know that your unconscious accounts for 95% of your behaviors, thoughts, and emotions? That our consciousness accounts for 5%? In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Courtney Tracy teaches us how to better consciously manage the unconscious through her three-part unconscious model and 12 steps of consciousness. Every single human could benefit fr…

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The Right Relationship is Inevitable w/ Lily Womble 1:19:56

3M ago1:19:56

1:19:56

Lily Womble, an intersectional feminist dating coach and former top matchmaker, talks her revolutionary book Thank You, More Please: A Feminist Guide To Breaking Dumb Dating Rules and Finding Love. Lily addresses the impact of the patriarchy on dating while teaching you how to joyfully attract the relationship of your dreams. 10/10, no notes! This …

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OCD and Substance Use Disorders (w/ Dr. Patrick B. McGrath) 1:03:46

3M ago1:03:46

1:03:46

Dr. Patrick B. McGrath, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of OCD treatment experience, joins Alegra to talk about the intersection of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Substance Use Disorders (SUD). It’s an important conversation and one that is not had enough given the prevalence of these co-occurring conditions. Studies ha…

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Chelsea Bieker's "Madwoman" 1:11:50

3M ago1:11:50

1:11:50

Trigger warning: domestic violence Chelsea Bieker joins Books, Looks, and Lobotomies to discuss her national bestselling novel, Madwoman, a Book of the Month club pick the New York Times calls “brilliant in its depiction of the long shadows cast by domestic violence.” Chelsea talks the realities of domestic violence, motherhood, intergenerational t…

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The Intersection of OCD and Eating Disorders 53:55

4M ago53:55

53:55

OCD can look a lot like an eating disorder, making it difficult for clinicians to make a differential diagnosis. In this episode, Alegra shares her lived and clinical experience with OCD and Eating Disorders to debunk myths, discuss the intersection of this co-morbidity, and more. This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, afford…

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Bonus Episode: Adrianna with special Guest Sukey Lewis | 10 38:07

4M ago38:07

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This BONUS episode of Fire Escape is available exclusively for Wondery+ and Amazon Music subscribers. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. No one ever comes back to Chowchilla once they have been freed from prison. But as a Fire Girl, Adrianna Montiel h…

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Bonus Episode: Jodi with Special Guest Stephanie Foo | 9 38:12

4M ago38:12

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This BONUS episode of Fire Escape is available exclusively for Wondery+ and Amazon Music subscribers. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. As a kid at home reading National Geographic, Jodi Biers found an article about smoke jumpers – women who jumped o…

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Bonus Episode: KD with Special Guest Earlonne Woods | 8 40:56

4M ago40:56

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This BONUS episode of Fire Escape is available exclusively for Wondery+ and Amazon Music subscribers. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. From one of California's most notorious juvenile detention centers, a 16-year-old girl named KD joins fire camp. T…

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Bonus Episode: Brittany with Special Guest Anna Sale | 7 37:23

4M ago37:23

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Brittany Davies' house burned to the ground when she was a little girl. She was kept on life support for months until she miraculously awoke in the hospital. As a mom, her life came to a screeching halt when she faced losing contact with her own child. Special guest Anna Sale, host of the podcast Death, Sex & Money joins us in the studio to talk ab…

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Breaking Book Tok with Emma Noyes 1:16:43

4M ago1:16:43

1:16:43

Emma Noyes talks How To Hide In Plain Sight, the first mainstream fiction book to cover POCD (!!!), breaking Book Tok, self-publishing, and finding her real life Manuel who loves her not despite her OCD but because of her beautiful mind. Emma’s works have been published in over a dozen languages and include Guy’s Girl, How to Hide in Plain Sight, T…

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Intentional Weight Loss After ED Recovery - My Journey 1:39:04

5M ago1:39:04

1:39:04

I am joined by my very own dietician Gabby Barreto to talk about my journey with intentional weight loss after eating disorder recovery. For so long, I felt trapped by both diet culture and anti-diet culture. I thought I had two choices: extreme restriction and an ED or staying in a body I didn’t feel good in because I’ve had an ED in the past. Fin…

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Worthy | 6 32:34

6M ago32:34

32:34

The Fire Girls blast their sirens to salute Amika as she is released from prison after seven years. She has no career, no home, no money, and teenage children who have been waiting for their mom to return. But the hardest part of regaining her freedom, would be believing that she is worthy. Follow Fire Escape on the Wondery App or wherever you get …

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Release | 5 31:11

6M ago31:11

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As wildland fires burn hotter and stronger across California, Amika and the incarcerated firefighters are put in extreme danger. At a massive, out of control fire, Amika must defy orders for the sake of the women on her crew. Follow Fire Escape on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can get access to exclusive bonus episodes avai…

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Reckoning | 4 33:18

6M ago33:18

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Amika and the Fire Girls are called to the scene of a terrible crash and need to rescue the passengers from the wreckage. Amika realizes the driver of the car is intoxicated. While saving his life, she reckons with lives lost and the harsh future awaiting the young patient. Back at the firehouse, Amika’s crew are called out to a Christmas Eve emerg…

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Caught | 3 29:40

7M ago29:40

29:40

At the firehouse, Amika plans a drop – a secret plan to sneak forbidden cell phones to her friends still on the inside. She begins to worry she might get caught. And then she’s called to an emergency involving one of her jailers. Follow Fire Escape on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can get access to exclusive bonus episodes …

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Escape | 2 28:55

7M ago28:55

28:55

Amika is thrown in the hole for forty days. Locked in a windowless cell, she can hear the women through the walls losing their sanity. To protect herself, Amika must shut down all connections with everyone she loves: her cellies, her mom, and even her kids. The world looks dark until she sees a small light that may illuminate a path to her new life…

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The Crash | 1 32:49

8M ago32:49

32:49

Follow Fire Escape on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can get access to exclusive bonus episodes available only on Wondery+ or Amazon Music with your Prime membership. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. How did Amika Mota go fro…

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Introducing: Fire Escape 3:07

8M ago3:07

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Binge all episodes of Fire Escape early and ad-free right now by signing up for Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Amazon Music with your Prime Membership. Start your free trial by visiting www.wondery.com/links/fire-escape now. Amika Mota was a young mother, a midwife, and the daughter of a feminist icon. One night she cause…

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OCD Is An Earthquake In The Brain with Stephen Smith 57:15

10M ago57:15

57:15

Stephen Smith, co-founder of the teletherapy platform NOCD, joins us to share his lived experience with OCD (sexual obsessions, relationship obsessions, and more) that fueled him to create a a virtual therapy platform specializing in the treatment of OCD. Like many, Stephen did months of general talk therapy with a therapist who didn’t understand O…

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Healing from CPTSD with Stephanie Foo 52:21

11M ago52:21

52:21

Stephanie Foo, author of the New York Times bestseller What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma, brought CPTSD to the forefront of mental health care. She joins us to talk about her healing journey, what CPTSD recovery means to her, emotional flashbacks, the painstaking search for a therapist, “the dread”, and more.This podcast i…

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Brain on Fire with Susannah Cahalan 1:14:56

11M ago1:14:56

1:14:56

Susannah Cahalan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire, joins the Lobotomommies today! She talks the doctor who saved her life, the importance of holistic mental health care, physiological causes of mental health conditions, and more. As the 217th person to be diagnosed with anti-NDMA receptor autoimmune encephalitis, naturally esc…

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Surviving Suicide with Chrissie Hodges 1:03:38

11M ago1:03:38

1:03:38

In part two of this discussion, Chrissie opens up about her suicide attempt that led to her hospitalization and OCD diagnosis. She also shares her OCD treatment experience utilizing Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and recovery journey.This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, affordable, and convenient OCD therapy. Schedu…

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Sexual Orientation OCD with Chrissie Hodges 1:06:11

12M ago1:06:11

1:06:11

Peer support specialist and OCD advocate Chrissie Hodges joins Books, Looks, and Lobotomies to talk about her memoir Pure OCD: The Invisible Side of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In part one of this discussion, Chrissie shares her journey with emetophobia and sexual orientation OCD that nearly ended her life. This podcast is made possible by NOCD.…

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OCD and Mental Compulsions 56:25

12M ago56:25

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On this week’s episode of Books, Looks, and Lobotomies, licensed therapist and OCD specialist Alegra Kastens talks Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and mental compulsions. She provides information about specific mental compulsions, how Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) works with mental compulsions, stopping mental compulsions, and whether or…

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Amanda Montell's "The Age of Magical Overthinking" 1:02:38

1y ago1:02:38

1:02:38

Welcome back, Lobotomommies! This week, Alegra chats with Amanda Montell (Wordslut, Cultish, Sounds Like A Cult Podcast) about her latest book, The Age of Magical Overthinking. While discussing the cognitive biases that run wild through our brains, Alegra and Amanda also get deep about past relationships and "overpacking" their lives. This podcast …

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Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar" 1:06:25

1y ago1:06:25

1:06:25

In the first episode of her new podcast, Alegra reads "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath; a semi-autobiographical novel that covers all of this podcast's talking points: books, gender issues and feminism, and mental health. Alegra dissects the book, pausing to give personal anecdotes from her life, while also breaking down some of the backstory of the …

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What Makes an Enjoyable Life With Andrea Gibson 48:24

1+ y ago48:24

48:24

As the first season of United Bodies comes to a close, here’s a conversation that will buoy us all by proving what’s possible. We’ve been talking about building the world we need -- be that through destigmatizing the hard stuff in our life through humor, liberating ourselves through movement, choosing to write a new story for our lives, finding bod…

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Pleasure Is For All of Us with adrienne maree brown 39:35

1+ y ago39:35

39:35

Today we’re talking about pleasure. I can already tell that some of you are wincing. Pleasure is experienced in our bodies and keeps us full of aliveness—whether that’s the pleasure that comes from feeling sun on our backs, tasting our favorite treat, or from a steamy sexcapade. We’re talking about it all today with the person who wrote a whole boo…

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Reclaiming Spirituality After It Was Weaponized Against Us with Phillip Picardi 43:55

1+ y ago43:55

43:55

For many of us, spiritual health is a facet of our health that we consider less, perhaps even give less weight to or spend less time cultivating. There are many reasons for this. Spirituality can feel elusive, confusing, scary, and unknown. It can bring up religious baggage, ostracization, and pain. Religion is one of the most notable constructs of…

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The Liberating Power of Movement With Morgan Dixon and Aj Williams 44:53

1+ y ago44:53

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Moving your body, in any way you can, can be a liberating experience—to feel your power, your strength, your security and resiliency through a step forward, a dance, a roll or stroll through nature. Studies support this—movement has a profound impact on our brains: reducing stress, anxiety, and depression, encouraging creativity and ingenuity. Thin…

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Writing A New Story with Stephanie Foo 37:08

1+ y ago37:08

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Content warning: child abuse Trauma is everywhere we look. Most prominently, trauma is marked by a sense of powerlessness and loss of control. This is one of most overwhelming parts of experiencing trauma. It’s terrifying to lose control over our bodies and our lives. Recovery is then about regaining control over all that was taken from us. One too…

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Laughter is the Best Medicine with Samantha Irby 37:43

1+ y ago37:43

37:43

Welcome to the second half of United Bodies, where we’re focused on building the world we need. A huge part of building a better world is about imbuing our world with joy and there’s nothing that makes me feel more joy than laughter. I love to laugh and I particularly love to laugh about my own problems. This is what I think they call… coping. Laug…

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The Power and Potential of Grief With Wanda Irving 38:11

1+ y ago38:11

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We are living in a time of collective mourning. Millions of people are mourning loved ones lost to COVID, others are mourning those lost to rampant gun violence or police brutality, and still others are mourning the smaller or slower losses: the loss of progressive illness, relationships, jobs. It can feel like everywhere we turn, there’s new loss.…

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The Criminalization of Mental Illness With Krista Cezair and Brittany Packnett Cunningham 40:56

1+ y ago40:56

40:56

Content Warnings: This episode includes discussions of suicidality, psychosis, violence, and police brutality. Over the last number of years, we’ve made significant progress in destigmatizing mental health care -- many of us openly talk about going to therapy, follow therapists on social media, and even trade tips on dealing with side effects of ta…

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If Our Pain Were Believed With Samantha Reid 49:16

1+ y ago49:16

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There is a huge gender gap in those that experience pain and how pain is treated. More than 51 million people in the United States – more than 20 percent of adults – live with chronic pain, but 70 percent of pain sufferers are women. To make matters worse, women and nonbinary people, particularly women and nonbinary people of color, are treated poo…

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How America Took the Healing out of Wellness with Fariha Róisín 45:28

1+ y ago45:28

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Content Warning: Child Sexual Abuse If you listen to a podcast, scroll through Instagram, read your favorite news site, chances are that you’ll run into an ad for a new wellness product that you likely do not need. Preying on our innate fear of our own mortality, the wellness industrial complex is the manifestation of a kind of capitalism, coloniza…

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Our United Fight for Bodily Autonomy With Imani Barbarin 38:50

1+ y ago38:50

38:50

Together, throughout United Bodies, we’ll explore how different components of our health—mental, physical, social, and spiritual—interplay with one another and intersect with the whole of our identity. When we understand these forces in our lives, we can meet both ourselves and others with more empathy and maybe even realize our fights for equity, …

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Trailer 1:37

1+ y ago1:37

1:37

United Bodies is a podcast about the lived experience of health. Join health and disability writer, producer, and activist Kendall Ciesemier and her guests as they explore how different components of our health – mental, physical, social, and spiritual – interplay with one another and intersect with the whole of our identity. When we understand the…

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Chosen Family 26:12

2y ago26:12

26:12

Kim Ceurstemont always knew she wanted to be a mother. In her late 30s and still single, she opted to become pregnant through a donor. She planned to raise her son on her own, but wanted her child to know who their father was. So she chose a donor willing to share his identity. His name was Guilherme Figueiredo. Gui and his boyfriend, Jeremy, had n…

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The Blind Surfer 29:58

2y ago29:58

29:58

As a teenager, Ling Pai had barely settled into her new home, in a new country, when she learned she was losing her sight. She’d been diagnosed with dominant optic atrophy, a degenerative condition with no cure or treatment. Her vision would continue to get worse with every passing year, until she was effectively blind. For years Ling resisted – ev…

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House Managers 28:01

2y ago28:01

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At one time, Robert and Dareda owned seven homes – including a massive lakefront property and a 50-acre farm. And then it all came crashing down. But that didn’t quite spell the end of their opulent lifestyle – or at least not the appearance of it. For the next decade, the couple occupied dozens of extravagant houses – none of which belonged to the…

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Love, Loss and Baking 26:51

2y ago26:51

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Jazzmyn Cramer and Chris Phillips arrived in the desert outside of Chama, New Mexico, with plans to build a home and live a self-sustaining life together. But in a flash, a tragic accident changed everything. Suddenly, Jazzmyn found herself alone, broke, and in a town where she knew no one. She turned to the one thing that always consoled and stead…

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Found In The Fire 23:30

2y ago23:30

23:30

Brandon Smith was raised by a family of public servants, but he felt like he was more of a public nuisance. A couple of wrong turns after college landed him in prison. While languishing in his cell, lost and unclear on what path to take next, a prison counselor offered him an opportunity: volunteer for Fire Camp, and help California tame its wildfi…

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The Birwood Wall 23:23

2y ago23:23

23:23

As kids, Esther Boyd and Teresa Moon spent hours playing alongside – and sometimes on top of – the 6-foot-tall, half-mile-long wall that cut through their Detroit neighborhood. But the wall’s intended purpose was much darker. It was built to segregate their Black neighborhood from the white families on the other side. The Birwood Wall had one job t…

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There’s No Place Like Home. Made. Season 3 2:21

2y ago2:21

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Stephanie Foo returns with six new stories of people who redefine the meaning of home in ways that may just change your own definition. Two Detroit women work to reclaim a historic landmark built by hate and fear. A prisoner finds purpose and belonging fighting California wildfires. A woman transcends tragedy and builds a bakery in a town of strang…

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Bonus Episode: The House Instagram Built 7:28

3y ago7:28

7:28

Back in our “Is There A Doctor In The Dollhouse?” episode, we met Kwandaa Roberts, a doctor who went viral on Instagram after renovating her daughter’s dollhouse. Now, we dive deeper into the impact that reality TV and social media have had on Kwandaa, interior design, and how we all see ourselves in our homes. Fashion journalist Liz Segran talks Q…

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Bonus Episode: Return of the Ghosts 10:44

3y ago10:44

10:44

In this episode, we have another spooky story to share. We talk to Victor Castro, a paranormal investigator, about the two ghosts he encounters in his home. He also provides some expert insight into Steve and Krista’s ghostly encounters from our “My Roommate, The Ghost” episode. As a “Home. Made.” listener, you’re eligible for an exclusive $2,000 c…

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Electric Lady 22:10

3y ago22:10

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Shana Turner was struck by lightning and survived, miraculously unharmed – or so everyone thought. In the years following her lightning strike, she began to experience some serious physical and mental side effects and struggled to cope. To make matters worse, some of her family and friends refused to believe anything was even wrong with her. Desper…

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Founder, Author, & Award-Winning Public Speaker Kevin Dedner 51:32

3y ago51:32

51:32

Welcome to the Guerilla Muse podcast with Resmaa. Today, I will be engaging with Kevin Dedner. He serves as founder and CEO of Washington-D.C.-based Hurdle, which provides culturally intentional teletherapy to eliminate barriers that make it harder for people of color to get mental health care. Kevin is deeply connected to Hurdle’s mission, having …

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