Mental Matters Hosted By Asekho Toto

Jim Marshall is a polymathic intellectual, a Human Development Engineer with a Bachelor of Science cum laude from City University of New York, and the discoverer of Septemics — a body of natural phenomena he spent 25 years developing into the book Septemics: Hierarchies of Human Phenomena.Most people believe personal growth is unpredictable — that you either "figure yourself out" over years of therapy or you don't. But here's the problem: Jim spent decades running biofeedback-guided sessions with clients, quietly recording the outcome of every conversation before it happened. What he found was unsettling — every human being operates on a set of measurable, seven-level scales they don't know exist, and almost every problem people face traces back to one thing: they don't know the next level up. Jim calls it the gradient problem, and he says it's been sabotaging human progress for 6,000 years.Expect to learn how Jim discovered 35 seven-level scales hidden inside decades of client sessions, why finding your exact level on a scale produces an instant, involuntary realization, what the "gradient problem" is and why most people fail to change because they try to skip levels instead of climbing them one at a time, how Hitler's basic purpose sitting at the lowest level of that scale explains his otherwise inexplicable wartime decisions, why Jim believes mental health professionals could use this system as a diagnostic tool without ever naming a client's level out loud, how a parent can use a single scale to help a struggling child improve their grades without a tutor or a cent spent, why Jim refuses to ever tell another living person where they fall on any scale, how to read the basic purpose of public figures — living or dead — just by observing how they speak and choose, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about therapy, self-improvement, and whether human behavior is really as unpredictable as it seems.Follow Jim Marshall:Instagram: @septemicsWebsite: septemics.com

Nisha Srivastava is a movement and manual therapist, Pilates and yoga specialist, and holistic health coach who works with clients navigating chronic pain, anxiety, and depression.Most people think healing is about finding the right exercise, the right stretch, the right treatment plan. Nisha spent years teaching Pilates before realizing something uncomfortable: movement is only 20% of the puzzle. The other 80% is diet, lifestyle, and — most importantly — belief. If a client doesn't believe the work will change anything at a deep, cellular level, nothing changes, no matter how good the program is. And most of that belief system was written decades ago, long before anyone chose it.Expect to learn why movement alone can't fix chronic pain, what the "name it, blame it, tame it" method is and how it uncovers the real root of physical symptoms, why 95% of human behavior runs on unconscious programming built in childhood, why having a dream, goal, or legacy is a non-negotiable part of healing and not just motivational talk, how to reframe pain as a teacher instead of an enemy, why acceptance — not forgiveness — is often the more realistic path forward, what Hippocrates' four doctors (Diet, Quiet, Happy, and Movement) still teach us about modern health, why sleep, nutrition, and hydration are the three foundational daily practices nothing else can substitute for, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about pain, healing, and what actually needs to shift internally before anything changes externally.

anice Goldmintz is a gerontologist, caregiver advocate, and founder of Talk About Aging, and author of Getting Older But Not Old.Most families wait for a crisis before they start talking about aging. A fall, a diagnosis, an unopened stack of mail — and suddenly everyone's scrambling. But here's the problem: by the time you're reacting, you've already lost the chance to plan with dignity instead of panic. Janice has spent years working with the "sandwich generation" — people caring for aging parents while still raising their own kids — and her core message cuts against how most of us think about getting older: quality of life was never about staying young. It's about purpose, community, and one uncomfortable habit almost no family practices — actually talking about it before it's urgent.Expect to learn why society's obsession with looking young makes the conversation about aging harder to have, what the real difference is between being alone and being lonely, how to spot the early warning signs that a parent needs support during an ordinary visit home, why treating your aging parent like a child destroys the trust you're trying to build, what "high quality of life" actually means when physical or cognitive decline is part of the picture, how mindset — not circumstance — determines whether someone thrives or shrinks in later life, why every family should be discussing wills, care preferences, and end-of-life wishes decades before they're needed, and much more.This conversation will change how you think about the years you have left with the people you love.Follow Janice:Website: talkaboutaging.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/janicegoldmintz

Malumír Logan is a leadership strategist, people-centered leadership advocate, and expert in intersectionality, neurodivergence, and ethical leadership across multiple industries.Most people think burnout is their fault. They download the wellness app, take the extra day off, try to "balance" better — and still crash. But here's what the research actually says: burnout is not an individual failure. It is an organizational one. And the concept of work-life balance, as most people understand it, may be making things worse — not better. Malumír has spent years leading teams and studying what actually makes people perform at their highest, and her answer cuts against almost everything we've been told about ambition, resilience, and what it means to live a good life.Expect to learn why work-life balance is a misleading concept and what to think about instead, what "ecological leadership" actually means and why it produces higher performance than traditional management, why burnout is the organization's fault — not yours — and what that changes about how to address it, how intersecting identities shape the experience of any workplace and why most leaders are blind to it, what systemic bias looks like in practice when you're a racialized or neurodivergent professional, why the meritocracy myth is genuinely harmful and what to replace it with, how to use the five-layer "what do I actually want" exercise to clarify your real goals, what micro-decisions are and how they accumulate into the life you either want or don't, how to do a pause-and-reflect practice that surfaces the quiet observations your brain is already making, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about ambition, leadership, and what a full life actually looks like.

Rachel Friedman is a yoga practitioner, breathwork facilitator, and mental wellness coach with over two decades of experience helping people use movement and mindfulness to transform their emotional and psychological health.Most people think yoga is about flexibility. They see the poses, assume it's not for them, and never discover what actually makes it powerful. But here's the thing: the postures are almost beside the point. What yoga really teaches you is how to listen to your body — and your body has been communicating with you this entire time. It's been telling you where your anxiety lives, where your trauma is stored, and exactly what it needs to heal. You just haven't been taught how to hear it. Rachel has spent twenty years helping people learn that language, and what she's found is that most of us are one conscious breath away from a completely different relationship with our own minds.Expect to learn why you have between 60,000 and 90,000 thoughts per day and why most of them are the same negative loops on repeat, how breathwork physically changes the structure of your brain and can even alter the way your DNA expresses itself, why the mind-body split is one of the most damaging myths in modern wellness, how to use your body's physical sensations as a real-time early warning system for anxiety and stress, why the yoga philosophy of self-compassion and non-judgment is one of the most research-backed mental health tools available, how short-term dopamine hits from sugar, social media, and alcohol are quietly undermining your long-term emotional stability, why community and co-regulation are arguably the single most important factors in mental health recovery, how to start listening to your body with as little as two to three minutes of stillness a day, and much more.This conversation will change the way you think about what healing actually requires — and how much of it is already available to you.

Paul is a father of eight children, autism advocate, and natural healing researcher who turned his family's neurodivergent diagnosis journey into a complete lifestyle transformation.Most conversations about autism focus on the child. The parent — the one awake at 2am Googling survival strategies, questioning every doctor's recommendation, and silently asking "why my child?" — almost never gets a seat at the table. But here's the thing: the mental and emotional toll of raising a neurodivergent child is its own hidden crisis. Paul has a son with ADHD and a daughter on the non-speaking autism spectrum. He's navigated the fear, the grief, the Adderall side effects no one warned him about, the sleepless months, and the moment he stopped asking "why her?" — and started asking "what now?" His answers took his entire family off the conventional medicine path entirely.Expect to learn what it actually feels like to receive your child's autism diagnosis when you have almost no understanding of what autism is, why a father's and mother's reaction to a diagnosis can be completely different and what that tension looks like in real time, how diet changes alone — going gluten-free and dairy-free — eliminated all ADHD symptoms in his son without medication, what grounding and earthing actually did for his non-speaking daughter's sleep, why Paul believes his son's Adderall prescription nearly cost his family everything, what the MTHFR gene mutation is and why it changes the entire conversation about vaccines and neurodevelopment conditions, why Western medicine's reactive model keeps families managing symptoms instead of addressing root causes, how to celebrate small wins when the big milestones feel impossibly far away, and what Paul would say to his daughter — now almost six — if he could speak to her future self today, and much more.This conversation will challenge the assumption that the medical system has all the answers when it comes to raising a neurodivergent child.

Alicia is a business and mindset coach, inner child healing practitioner, and expert in energy work, breathwork, and meditation — working with executives, managers, and business owners on the deep root causes behind their patterns.Most people think their business problems are strategy problems. They hire a coach, build the marketing plan, set the goals — and still hit the same wall. But here's what Alicia discovered after years of building businesses and burning herself out: the ceiling isn't in your plan. It's in your inner child. The unresolved wound from a two or three year old version of you is quietly running your adult decisions, your relationships, and your sense of worth — and it will keep doing so until you face it. Real change doesn't start with the right system. It starts with learning to parent yourself.Expect to learn why business problems are almost always mindset problems rooted in childhood wounds, what inner child healing actually involves and why it goes deeper than traditional therapy, how a strict religious upbringing can produce decades of shame, anger, and self-silencing, why being disowned by a parent doesn't have to define your healing, how single motherhood carries its own layers of trauma that rarely get named, the three transformative inner child healing techniques Alicia uses with clients, why forgiving someone is not about them but about reclaiming your own peace, how meditation works even if your mind refuses to go quiet, why ADHD doesn't disqualify you from a daily meditation practice, how breathwork changes your brain state depending on what you need — energy or calm, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about where your patterns actually come from.

Dane Palarino is a fitness transformation coach, bodybuilder, and founder of Dad Bod Sculptors — a men's health platform dedicated to helping men over 35 reclaim their health, confidence, and identity through nutrition and training.Most men trying to get fit believe the problem is that they're not training hard enough. They sign up for group classes, burn 800 calories a session, and come home feeling like they've earned the right to eat whatever they want. But here's the thing: your body doesn't care how hard you trained. If you're fuelling it with alcohol, processed food, and late-night sugar, it's in permanent defence mode — and you simply cannot build muscle or lose fat in defence mode. Brad learned this the hard way at 41, when a pre-contest photo stopped him cold and forced him to confront the reality that three years of hard training had done almost nothing because his nutrition was destroying everything.Expect to learn why men over 35 experience a dramatic hormonal shift that makes traditional training approaches ineffective, how alcohol functions as a neurotoxin that immediately shuts down your body's ability to play offence, why you cannot out-train a bad diet no matter how many calories you burn in the gym, what the real connection is between poor nutrition and mood, aggression, and relationship breakdown, how sugar hijacks your brain's reward system so completely that even world-class discipline can collapse in one meal, why most men delay starting their health journey and the exact mindset shift that makes starting feel possible, how to use micro goals — winning the next meal instead of the next six months — to build momentum without overwhelm, why getting healthy is an act of service to the people you love, not just a personal goal, and much more.This conversation will challenge every excuse you've been holding onto about why now isn't the right time to change.Follow Dane:Instagram: @dadbod_sculptorsYouTube: Dad Bod SculptorsWebsite: dadbodsculptors.com

Sarah Doyle is a hormone health practitioner, brain chemistry specialist, and author of The 7X Method — a nutritional system built on quantum medicine principles used to recalibrate the body's metabolic and hormonal systems.Most women who struggle with weight gain, brain fog, anxiety, and exhaustion blame themselves. They eat better, exercise harder, and push through. But here's what almost nobody tells them: for women, weight loss is 50% hormones — not diet, not exercise. And when those hormones are disrupted, no amount of discipline is going to fix it. A recent UK study found that one in ten women will retire early because their menopause symptoms are simply not being managed. Sarah's work is built around one uncomfortable truth — the choices women make in their 40s and 50s will determine whether they can afford to eat and pay rent in their 60s. The window to act is real, and most women don't know it's closing.Expect to learn why hormones — not calories — are the primary driver of weight gain in women, how pesticides and plastics are chemically disrupting your hormones right now, what the research on declining testosterone levels in men actually reveals about our environment, why brain fog and lost motivation are hormonal symptoms not personal failures, how urine-based brain chemistry testing can identify the root cause of depression and anxiety, what the 7X Method is and why the circadian rhythm of your organs determines when you should eat, how detoxing the colon, liver, and clearing parasites is the foundation of true hormonal recovery, why cardiovascular disease kills one in five women and how unmanaged perimenopause accelerates that risk, and much more.This conversation will change how you think about your body, your food, and the timeline you have to act.Use code ASEKHO2000 for $2,000 off Sarah's Biohacking Boot Camp.Book a free 30-minute discovery call at drsarahdoyle.com

Nancy Cavey is a disability attorney with over 40 years of practice, a nationally recognised advocate for people living with invisible disabilities, and the author of the Survival Guide to Disability Insurance Claims.Most people assume that if you can't work because of a mental illness, the system will protect you. But here's the problem: Social Security was built around a worldview that says everyone is a little depressed, everyone is a little anxious — so proving your case is an uphill battle most claimants never see coming. Nancy has spent decades navigating the gap between how severe a condition actually is and what the system is willing to recognise. Her conclusion is uncomfortable — mental illness is treated as a second-class disability, and without the right legal strategy, most people leave without the benefits they're entitled to.Expect to learn why pure mental illness cases are among the hardest to win in the US disability system, how Social Security's five-step evaluation process actually works and where most cases are decided, what the 11 mental impairment listings are and why doctors rarely write reports that satisfy them, why disability insurance policies often cap mental health benefits at just two years, how lawyers like Nancy frame a person's psychological symptoms to give them the best chance in court, what a Dissociative Identity Disorder case with six personalities looks like inside a courtroom, why bipolar disorder requires storytelling — not just diagnosis — to win a judge's empathy, and much more.This conversation will change how you think about mental health as a legal right, not just a medical condition.

Dr Gloria Vanderhorst is a licensed psychologist, private practice therapist, and expert in men's emotional development who has spent over a decade working almost exclusively with men and boys.Most people assume the male mental health crisis is a recent phenomenon — something social media or modern feminism created. But here's the thing: the damage starts before a boy can even climb a slide. We tell three-year-olds not to cry. We tell teenagers not to need anyone. We tell grown men to give a one-sentence headline and move on. By the time a man is an adult, his emotional world has been systematically locked away — and the culture that locked it up is the same culture that then wonders why he's lonely, addicted, or gone.Expect to learn why boys are underperforming academically at an accelerating rate and what's actually driving it, how the emotional suppression of boys begins in preschool and compounds throughout life, why men can have a best friend for decades without ever disclosing a single deep emotional truth, the painful catch-22 of women who say they want vulnerable men but don't know how to receive vulnerability when it arrives, why the male suicide rate is directly tied to emotional isolation and the absence of a receiver, how masculinity and emotional sensitivity are not opposites but have been made to feel that way by culture, why addiction and fatherhood are the two most powerful entry points for Black men into therapeutic environments, what group therapy and peer support organizations are doing that individual willpower never could, and much more.This conversation will challenge everything you think you know about what it means to raise a boy into a whole man.

Julie is a life coach for single mothers, a cancer widow, a caregiver to a child with a genetic disorder, and a survivor of a decade-long narcissistic relationship who rebuilt her life by turning pain into purpose.Most people who survive something devastating want to put it behind them as fast as possible. But there's a quieter, more complicated trap that nobody talks about: the belief that if you stop suffering, you're dishonoring the people you lost. So you hold on. You carry the grief, the confusion, the anger — not because it's helping you, but because it feels like the last way to stay connected. Julie has lived through the kind of loss most people only imagine — watching her husband die from cancer, raising a child with a genetic disorder, and then spending a decade in a relationship with a narcissist that dismantled her sense of reality so completely she started wondering if she was the problem. What she learned from all of it is uncomfortable, honest, and deeply useful.Expect to learn why coping and reacting are not the same thing and which one most people are actually doing during a crisis, why resilience cannot be taught and only grows through the experiences you least wanted to have, how suffering becomes permanent — not through the event itself but through carrying it forward into your present, why people stay in narcissistic relationships far longer than outsiders can understand and what cognitive dissonance actually feels like from the inside, how a narcissist systematically dismantles your sense of self until you can no longer trust your own perception of reality, why asking yourself "am I the narcissist?" is actually evidence that you probably aren't, what the five red flags of a narcissistic relationship look like before you're too deep to see clearly, why powerlessness is a choice disguised as a circumstance and how reclaiming agency starts with language, how to find meaning in suffering without pretending it was good, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about grief, resilience, and what it actually means to move on.

Lauren is an EFT practitioner, founder of Mind Shift with Lauren, and a military spouse who specialises in helping people release suppressed emotions, break inherited belief patterns, and heal trauma through the science-backed practice of Emotional Freedom Technique — also known as tapping.Most people dealing with chronic pain, anxiety, or self-doubt treat it as a willpower problem. They push harder, distract themselves, or wait for it to pass. But here's what the science says: when you suppress an uncomfortable emotion repeatedly, it doesn't disappear — it relocates. It lives in your shoulders, your sleep, your spiral of negative thoughts, and in the story you've been telling yourself since childhood that you're not good enough. Lauren has spent years working with clients who've tried everything and discovered that the missing piece wasn't discipline or positive thinking. It was learning how to actually feel what they'd been avoiding — and tapping gives them a structured, proven way to do exactly that.Expect to learn what Emotional Freedom Technique actually is and why gently tapping on specific points of the body can lower your cortisol levels, how suppressed emotions eventually find their way out as physical pain or emotional breakdown, why 90% of veterans in a clinical study saw a significant reduction in PTSD symptoms after six weeks of tapping, how trauma creates a physical trigger response that makes your body feel like the event is happening all over again — and how tapping breaks that cycle, why most of your deepest limiting beliefs don't actually belong to you but were silently inherited from your parents, how saying a negative belief out loud while tapping can create the distance needed to finally release it, why EFT works as a powerful complement to traditional therapy rather than a replacement, what the difference is between working with a practitioner versus tapping along with YouTube videos, and much more.This conversation will change how you think about pain, emotion, and where your beliefs actually come from.Follow Lauren:Website: mindshiftwithlauren.comFree Masterclass: mindshiftwithlauren.com/masterclassYouTube: Mind Shift with Lauren

Sonia Couto is a tech entrepreneur, startup founder, and breast cancer survivor who spent 18 years navigating male-dominated industries before building and relaunching her own SaaS product from scratch.Most people treat a cancer diagnosis as the worst thing that can happen to them. Sonia treated it as data. When she was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer, she didn't just fight for her health — she used the experience to interrogate her entire life, confront the fact that she didn't know how to love herself, and make a decision about the kind of person she wanted to be remembered as. That forced clarity changed everything. Her career, her mindset, her approach to entrepreneurship, and even her rejection of the idea that work-life balance is something to strive for — all of it traces back to one of the hardest seasons of her life becoming her most honest teacher.Expect to learn why a breast cancer diagnosis became the catalyst for the deepest personal transformation of Sonia's life, how she entered tech completely by accident and turned curiosity into a full career, what it actually feels like to be a woman building in male-dominated spaces and how she learned to use the pushback as fuel, why she scrapped an entire tech product and rebuilt it from zero — and why that decision paid off, what self-awareness really looks like in entrepreneurship and when the most courageous move is to stop rather than push through, why Sonia completely rejects the concept of work-life balance and what she replaced it with, how women can stop playing small and start advocating for themselves without fear of the labels that follow, why the word "no" loses its power the moment you stop treating it as a verdict, and much more.This conversation will shift how you think about setbacks, self-advocacy, and what it means to build a life — and a business — on your own terms.

Micah Blake is a music educator, author of Talented or Not, Here I Come, and online course creator who has helped tens of thousands of people learn to play and sing.Most people believe they're either musical or they're not. They watch a professional perform, compare it to their own fumbling first attempts, and decide the gap is about talent. So they never start. But here's the problem: that comparison was never fair. What you're watching in a professional isn't raw talent — it's years of muscle memory that doesn't even run through their brain anymore. Micah has spent years dismantling this myth with beginners, and his conclusion is clear — talent is just your ceiling, and almost no one ever hits it. The real barrier isn't what you were born with. It's the story you've been repeating about why it isn't possible for someone like you.Expect to learn why the talent myth is one of the most harmful beliefs in music education, what the actual difference between talent and skill is and why skill almost always wins, how the 10,000 hour rule applies to music and where it breaks down, why muscle memory — not intelligence — is the true barrier to learning any instrument, how to reframe practice from painful obligation into genuine enjoyment, why most people quit music for entirely the wrong reasons, how learning one instrument quietly accelerates every instrument that comes after, why your goals matter more than your natural ability when you're starting out, what the rocket-to-the-moon model teaches us about failure and auto-correction, and much more.This conversation will shift how you think about what you're capable of — in music and in every other area of your life where you've quietly decided you're just not talented enough.

Lynne Wadsworth is a holistic health coach, certified wellness practitioner, and specialist in women's nutrition, sugar addiction, and perimenopause.Most women know sugar isn't good for them. They've tried cutting it out, they've done the programs, they've been through the cycles of restriction and relapse. But here's the thing nobody tells them: the sugar was never really the problem. It was always the emotion underneath it. Lynne spent years as a self-described yo-yo dieter and sugar addict — hiding English chocolate in her freezer, watching her blood pressure climb, losing entire afternoons to brain fog and migraines — before she discovered that the food was just a symptom. The real addiction was to the feelings the food was numbing.Expect to learn why sugar addiction activates the same brain chemistry as cocaine and why that makes willpower a completely useless strategy, how the modern American food system has been engineered to keep you dependent on processed foods without you ever realising it, why yo-yo dieting is physically dangerous and what it actually does to your long-term health, how unresolved grief and loneliness quietly become food addictions, why switching one addiction for another is more common than people admit and how to break the cycle, what the difference between perimenopause and menopause actually is and why most women are blindsided by it, how nutrition directly impacts anxiety, brain fog, and mood — especially for women navigating hormonal changes, why journaling your food and your feelings together is more powerful than any diet plan, and much more.This conversation will change the way you look at what's on your plate — and what's underneath it.

In this episode of Mental Matters, Asekho Toto sits down with Tammy Young, a former engineer turned psychic medium and author of the new book, Afterlife Bonds. Tammy shares her deeply personal journey of navigating grief after the loss of a pregnancy and how seeking answers outside of conventional frameworks opened her up to a new spiritual reality.We explore the often-misunderstood world of mediumship and psychic abilities, breaking down the skepticism that surrounds these gifts. Tammy offers practical advice on finding stillness, explaining how achieving a meditative state doesn't always mean sitting perfectly still; sometimes, it can be found in the rhythm of a long run. Whether you're curious about spirit communication, looking for new ways to manage a racing mind, or simply seeking an inspiring story of finding joy after grief, this conversation offers a fresh perspective on balancing our mental and spiritual well-being.🎙️ Mental Matters is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and iHeart Radio📩 Substack: Mental Matters: Self-Improvement Edition🔗 Work with Asekho: calendly.com/asekhopoetry/60min

My guest today is Leigh Shulman — writer, author of The Writer's Roadmap, and founder of the Inspired Writer Community. Lee left Brooklyn behind with her family to live a nomadic life across Panama, Argentina, and beyond, and in doing so, discovered what it really means to build a writing life on your own terms.This conversation is for anyone who has ever felt the pull to write but didn't know where to start — and for those who wonder if their words could one day become their livelihood.🎙️ Mental Matters is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and iHeart Radio📩 Substack: Mental Matters: Self-Improvement Edition🔗 Work with Asekho: calendly.com/asekhopoetry/60min

My guest today is the founder of Wisdom for Complex Kids — a community and coaching program built for parents navigating the world of invisible disabilities, rare genetic disorders, and complex developmental challenges.After years of misdiagnoses, trial and error, and advocating alone for her son — who was eventually diagnosed with TBR1, a rare genetic mutation — she built the support system she never had, so other parents don't have to go through it alone.This conversation will change how you think about parenting complex kids, invisible disabilities, and what real advocacy looks like.🎙️ Mental Matters is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and iHeart Radio📩 Substack: Mental Matters: Self-Improvement Edition🔗 Work with Asekho: calendly.com/asekhopoetry/60min

In this episode of Mental Matters, the host sits down with Jared to explore the critical intersection of mental health, emotional wellness, and the workplace. Drawing from his own corporate experience, Jared opens up about his personal battle with burnout and the gap he discovered in standard workplace resources.

My guest today is a dementia behavioural specialist and author of three books on Alzheimer's disease, with 30 years of professional experience helping families navigate one of the most misunderstood conditions in the world. Her personal journey began when her grandmother was dismissed as a "nutcase" by police — a moment that shaped her entire career. She hosts The Truth Lies and Alzheimer's Show and has since counselled thousands of families through the reality of cognitive decline.Alzheimer's disease will affect 1 in 3 families before 2050 — and most people still don't understand what it actually is. In this conversation, we break down what dementia really means, why the medical system is still failing patients, and what you can do right now to protect your loved ones.Expect to learn:The critical difference between dementia and Alzheimer's disease — and why most people (including 62% of physicians) get it wrongWhy Alzheimer's is far more than memory loss — and the dangerous misconceptions that put patients in harm's wayThe modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors, and what you can actually controlWhy having heart disease or diabetes dramatically increases your Alzheimer's riskThe shocking gap in post-diagnostic care that leaves families completely lost after a diagnosisWhy the number of Alzheimer's cases is projected to triple by 2050 — and why being proactive is the only real strategyWhat it looks like to care for someone with dementia, and the emotional reality no one prepares you for📬 Mental Matters Newsletter (Substack): https://mentalmattershostedbyasekhototo.substack.com/📅 Book a conversation: https://calendly.com/asekhopoetry/60min

Today's guest is a filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, and lifelong comic book collector whose work sits at the rare intersection of storytelling and mental health advocacy.Most people think mental health conversations belong in therapy rooms and wellness podcasts. But here's the thing — some of the most powerful mental health messages ever told have come through film and comic books. The problem is we rarely talk about why those stories hit so hard. This filmmaker found his escape from bullying, isolation, and the weight of male silence not in a therapist's office, but in the pages of Batman comics — and eventually translated that into a career making films that dare to portray the mind honestly.Expect to learn why comic books became a genuine lifeline for a kid being bullied in school, what Batman actually teaches us about resilience without superpowers, how film and comics are two sides of the same creative coin, why the movie Split remains one of the most honest portrayals of mental illness ever made, what men get dangerously wrong about therapy and emotional suppression, why the male suicide rate is so much higher than female — and what silence has to do with it, how to find the right therapist instead of giving up after one bad fit, why you don't need equipment or a film school degree to start making movies today, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about storytelling, mental health, and the fictional characters that quietly shaped who you are.You can support the show through Patreon: https://patreon.com/mentalmattersbyasekho

Helen Sernett is a sleep advocate, burnout recovery specialist, and creator of Sleep Lists — a free podcast of relaxation audio tools designed to shut down the anxious mind and help you fall asleep.Most of us treat sleep like an inconvenience — something that interrupts life rather than powers it. But here's the thing: every time you skip sleep, your brain loses its only window to process trauma, consolidate memories, and clear the cellular waste that builds up during the day. Helen hit rock bottom with insomnia after years of career burnout and tried everything — pills, white noise, sleep podcasts, even marijuana gummies. Nothing worked. So she built her own tool from scratch, and what she discovered changed how she understands the brain entirely.Expect to learn why burnout is often the hidden root cause of chronic insomnia, how sleep is the only time your brain can separate emotion from memory and process trauma, why alcohol before bed actually ruins your sleep quality instead of improving it, what happens to your brain cells when you don't complete full sleep cycles, how neuroplasticity depends on sleep and why you can't rewire a tired brain, the surprisingly simple "pretend to sleep" technique that can trick your body into real rest, why the standard advice about cold rooms and complete darkness doesn't work for everyone, how morning sunlight exposure sets up your melatonin production 16 hours later, the exact pre-sleep routine order of operations that signals your brain to wind down, why sleeping pills are an emergency tool and not a long-term solution, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about rest — and make you realize that fixing your sleep might be the most important mental health investment you ever make.

Daryl Dittmer is a recovery advocate, entrepreneur, and author of When I Stopped Fighting and When You Stop Fighting.Most people who struggle with addiction look back and blame their circumstances — the dysfunction, the chaos, the environment. Here's the thing: the circumstances don't matter as much as what you decide to do with them. Daryl started drinking and using drugs at 13, hit a point of crisis before he turned 19, and made a decision that changed everything. What followed wasn't just sobriety — it was the deliberate rebuilding of a life through discipline, breathwork, gratitude, and radical self-honesty. And now he's written the roadmap so others don't have to figure it out alone.Expect to learn why addiction often starts not from trauma but from something far more ordinary, what denial actually looks like from the inside and why most people don't recognise it in themselves, how a 30-day inpatient program can rewire the trajectory of an entire life, why your upbringing doesn't define your outcome but does shape what you have to work through, how breathwork, meditation, and gratitude function as the three pillars of sustainable mental resilience, why entrepreneurship will expose every crack in your psychological foundation, what it means to shrink your circle not out of arrogance but out of growth, why the best thing you can do for the people you love is to improve yourself, how Daryl's two books differ — one tells his story, the other helps you write yours — and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about recovery, resilience, and what it actually means to stop fighting the life you're trying to build.

Jo Ann Fawcett is an author, entrepreneur, survivor of narcissistic abuse, and a fierce advocate for people rebuilding their lives after toxic relationships.Most people who've been through one bad marriage quietly wonder what went wrong. Jo Ann has been through seven. But here's the thing — she's not a cautionary tale. She's a blueprint. After decades of manipulation, emotional abuse, and losing herself to partners who couldn't acknowledge her worth, she did the hard internal work. At nearly 70, she's debt-free from a narcissist's debts, running her own business, raising her granddaughters to use their voice, and more at peace with herself than she's ever been. The marriages didn't break her. They built her.Expect to learn why sharing the same religion or values doesn't mean you're compatible with someone, the real reason couples avoid the conversations that actually predict whether a relationship will survive, what narcissists do that makes you feel like the problem when you're not, why therapy only works if both partners are willing to show up for it, how Jo Ann lost 30 pounds simply by leaving a stressful marriage — and what that reveals about what toxic relationships do to your body, what genuine self-care looks like versus the performative version most people practice, why women who come from generations of silenced voices struggle to set boundaries, how to stop letting other people's labels define your story, why it's possible to view every failed relationship as a teacher rather than a wound, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about resilience, self-worth, and what it truly means to love yourself before you can love anyone else well.

Becca Williams is an Emotional Liberation practitioner, clinical nutritionist, and Kundalini yoga teacher whose work sits at the intersection of plant medicine, somatic healing, and esoteric yogic science.Most people who want to heal spend years trying to think their way out of pain. They go to seminars, they practice gratitude, they try to think positive — and then a few hours later, they're right back where they started. Here's the problem: those difficult emotions aren't going anywhere until you actually go in and meet them. Becca discovered this the hard way after years of crippling anxiety, shame, and depression from a childhood defined by rejection — and what she found on the other side completely changed how she works with people.Expect to learn what the seven core difficult emotions are and why naming them is the first step toward healing, why positive-thinking spirituality often makes trauma worse instead of better, how addiction is really a smart strategy for not feeling unbearable emotions, why the people we attract in relationships are a direct mirror of our unresolved inner wounds, what psilocybin microdosing actually does to the nervous system and how it accelerates emotional processing, the difference between a micro and a macro psilocybin journey and why preparation matters, how Kundalini breathwork and active movement bring suppressed emotions to the surface more effectively than silent meditation, why trauma lives in the energetic body and not just the mind, what the "shaken snow globe" moment looks like when inner revelations collide with your real outer life, why awareness of your triggers — not willpower — is the true frontline of lasting behavioral change, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about emotions — and make you realise that the ones you've been running from are exactly the ones pointing you home.

Jennifer Kaiser is a pain-healing specialist, life decoder, and author who overcame 33 years of debilitating chronic pain after breaking her back at age 18.Most people dealing with chronic pain, trauma, or mental illness keep looking outside themselves for answers — new doctors, new medications, new environments. But here's the thing: the root cause was never outside you. Jennifer discovered after decades of suffering that pain lives inside the body at a cellular level, stored there by unprocessed emotions, toxic relationships, and the negative energy of the people around you. And the medical system, she argues, is built to keep it that way.Expect to learn why chronic pain often has nothing to do with physical injury, how narcissists steal positive energy from empathic people and leave trauma behind, why your body stores unresolved emotions as physical symptoms, the difference between masculine and feminine energy and why both are needed for healing, why medications mask pain instead of curing it and what actually heals the root cause, how PTSD and trauma become physically trapped in the body through fight-or-flight responses, why avoiding painful thoughts makes trauma worse — and what to do instead, how to recognize narcissistic conditioning within families, workplaces, and even governments, what talking to yourself really means and why your inner voice is your most powerful healing tool, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about pain, healing, and who or what actually has the power to restore your health.Follow Jennifer:TikTok: @paindecodedtodayInstagram: @paindecodedtodayWebsite: lifedecodedtoday.comSearch: Jennifer Kaiser on Amazon

Are you successful on the outside but struggling on the inside? In this episode of Mental Matters, we sit down with emotional health mentor Mev Bertrand to uncover the hidden reality of high-functioning depression.Mav breaks down why so many high achievers mask their internal pain to maintain their external success, and the exhausting toll this "facade" takes on their daily energy and relationships. We also dive deep into the true function of emotional pain. By comparing it to physical pain, Mav explains how our negative emotions actually serve as crucial signals pointing us toward healing.Discover how tools like cognitive trance—rooted in ancient practices—can help you decode your emotions, safely channel anger through breathwork, and step onto a genuine path of self-discovery.

Jonathan Hunt Glassman is a healthcare entrepreneur, founder of Oar Health, and someone who spent over 15 years navigating his own battle with alcohol use disorder before discovering the tools that actually work.Most people think beating addiction is about willpower — just stopping. But here's the thing: 30 million Americans have alcohol use disorder, yet less than 2% are ever treated with the medications proven to help. The gap between struggling and getting the right support isn't a lack of effort. It's a lack of access, awareness, and honest conversation. This episode changes that.Expect to learn what addiction actually is and why the clinical definition might surprise you, how alcohol affects the body from head to toe and why it ages you faster, why 15 years of searching for the right tool is more common than people admit, how medication-assisted treatment works and why it doesn't simply replace one addiction with another, why healthy reward pathways are just as important as cutting back, how childhood trauma and addiction are deeply connected in ways most people never acknowledge, the difference between a slip, a lapse, and a relapse and why that distinction could save your recovery, why recovery is almost never a straight line and how to keep moving forward anyway, what building a personalised recovery toolkit actually looks like, how social acceptance of alcohol makes it the hardest addiction to escape, why self-awareness is one of the most powerful early recovery tools, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about addiction, resilience, and what it really means to change your relationship with something that society tells you is perfectly fine.

What if your depression or memory issues are actually a warning sign from your metabolism?. We speak with functional medicine practitioner Dr. Smith about the powerful connection between your gut, your hormones, and your brain. We discuss the physical stressors that mimic emotional stress, the inverse relationship between cortisol and insulin, and why the "health food" you are eating might be causing inflammation. Plus, Dr. Smith reveals why standard thyroid tests might be missing the real issue: the immune system.

In this episode of Mental Matters, host Asekho Toto sits down with Judy to discuss a life defined by extreme resilience and the search for meaning within suffering. Judy opens up about the "decade of survival" where she cared for her daughter, Tatum, who has a genetic disorder, while simultaneously caring for her first husband, Colin, as he battled and eventually succumbed to cancer. She discusses the difference between "coping" and merely "reacting" to survival situations, noting that true processing often only comes years after the crisis has passed. The conversation then shifts to her second marriage, exploring the insidious nature of narcissistic abuse. Judy details how she was gaslit into questioning her own sanity and how she eventually reclaimed her power by realizing that while we cannot control our circumstances, we can always control our reaction to them.

In this episode of Mental Matters, host Asekho Toto sits down with the founder of Quantum Research for a paradigm-shifting conversation about the biological roots of mental health conditions.The discussion begins with a powerful personal story: the guest’s journey to heal his son from a severe autism diagnosis by looking past the label to find underlying biological triggers like high copper levels and nutritional deficiencies. Moving beyond the standard medical advice, they explore how "accidental" discoveries led to a deeper understanding of how toxins, infections, and diet influence the brain.

In this episode of Mental Matters, host Asekho Toto interviews Mark, the founder of MyBrainRestore, who shares his incredible story of defying a dual diagnosis of Stage 3 Parkinson’s syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease.Mark opens up about the devastating moment he received his diagnosis—likely linked to water contamination at the Camp Lejeune military base—and his refusal to accept that there was "no solution". Instead of resigning himself to a decline, he poured over medical research, eventually uncovering a Japanese study where mice were 100% cured of similar neurological conditions using a specific natural compound.Mark’s journey from being unable to navigate familiar roads to running a marathon for the Michael J. Fox Foundation is a testament to the power of persistence and thinking outside the pharmaceutical box

In this episode of Mental Matters, host Asekho Toto welcomes grief coach and author Leah Turner for a deep dive into the complexities of loss. Leah shares her powerful journey through a "compounding" three-year season of grief, including the death of her father, losing her home to a fire, and supporting her son through addiction. Together, they explore the radical idea that grief, when fully processed, can lead to a deeper appreciation for the simple joys of life.

In this episode of Mental Matters, host Asekho Toto sits down with parenting coach and author Shridhevi Veerappan for a candid and deeply personal conversation about the complexities of raising children and the mental health challenges often hidden in motherhood. Shridhevi opens up about her own harrowing experience with her first child—an emergency C-section followed by three weeks in the ICU—and the crushing "mom guilt" and potential postpartum depression that followed. Together, they deconstruct the myth that motherhood is naturally easy, emphasizing that being a "good mom" doesn't mean doing it all alone; it means having the courage to ask for support.

Can you explain the "Red Pill" movement through quantum physics? In this episode of Mental Matters, we take a fascinating turn away from the standard talking points to explore the energetics behind modern masculinity .Our guest, Kerry Bouzaglo—a 55-year-old author with a Master’s degree in East Asian Religious Studies—breaks down her spiritual connection to figures like Myron Gaines, Justin Waller, and Andrew Tate . She challenges the core Red Pill tenant that "high value" men require multiple women, arguing instead that this desire stems from avoidant attachment styles and unhealed trauma rather than biological imperative .

Shruti Sethi is a holistic health coach, cancer survivor, and founder of Awana Health.At 34, Shruti was a fashion designer living what looked like a healthy life - vegetarian diet, regular gym sessions, an active lifestyle. Then came a cancer diagnosis that shattered everything she thought she knew about health. Here's the thing - when she traced back her steps, she discovered something most doctors never ask about: chronic stress, suppressed emotions, and a body constantly running in fight-or-flight mode. The illness wasn't random. Her immune system had been sending warning signs for a year before the diagnosis.Expect to learn why stress can trigger cancer cells and how the mind-body connection works, what happens when you live in denial about your mental health, how nutrition directly affects your brain function and emotional resilience, why changing your diet can transform your energy and mental clarity in just two weeks, the crucial role of early childhood in forming mental health patterns, why parents need to model vulnerability for their children, what schools are getting wrong about mental health support, practical daily habits for calming your nervous system including nature exposure and grounding, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about the connection between physical illness and emotional wellbeing.Follow Shruti:Instagram: @shruti_sethi_Website: https://awaanahealth.com/

Angelo Valenti is a psychologist, leadership coach, and author of "You're Making This Way Too Hard: Find Your Easy Way to Enjoy Life."Most people are grinding toward a version of success that isn't even theirs. Here's the thing - they're following scripts written by society, parents, or peers, and wondering why achievement feels hollow. Angelo spent decades coaching leaders and realized the same pattern kept emerging: high performers chasing external validation while ignoring what actually brings them joy. The breakthrough? You can't lead others effectively until you've stopped betraying yourself.Expect to learn the key difference between therapy and coaching and why one looks backward while the other moves you forward, why Angelo abandoned a family legacy in dentistry to pursue psychology, what the "Sunday night test" reveals about your workplace culture, the two questions every hiring manager should ask before bringing someone onto their team, why you can't truly love others until you love yourself first, how to create an environment where honest feedback flows without fear, why a learning mindset is the difference between growth and intellectual death, practical strategies for self-care that go beyond the physical, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about success, self-worth, and what it actually takes to lead a fulfilling life.Follow Angelo Valenti:Website: https://thecompanypsychologist.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelovalentiphd/

Allan Misner is a NASM certified personal trainer, Precision Nutrition Level 2 Master Health Coach, host of the 40+ Fitness Podcast, and author of the award-winning book The Wellness Roadmap.Most people think weight loss is about finding the right diet or workout program. Here's the thing - Allan spent eight years trapped in an endless cycle of losing weight, gaining it back, and gaining more. Over and over again. The wake-up call came on a beach in Mexico at 39 when he couldn't get through a single game of volleyball. But it took another eight years and a conversation with his daughter before he finally cracked the code. The problem wasn't willpower - it was the lies we tell ourselves about food, hunger, and what it actually takes to change.Expect to learn why most people who think they're doing 80/20 are actually doing 53/47, how processed foods are engineered specifically to make you overeat, the simple photo accountability trick that stops emotional eating in its tracks, why your brain confuses cravings with real hunger and what to do about it, the evolutionary reason our bodies are wired to feast on sugar and how to work with your biology instead of against it, why whole foods automatically regulate your appetite while processed foods don't, what separates people who lose weight and keep it off from chronic yo-yo dieters, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about nutrition, willpower, and what it really takes to transform your health after 40.Follow Allan Misner:Website: 40plusfitness.comPodcast: 40+ Fitness PodcastInstagram: @coachallanm

Daniel is an engineer turned anxiety researcher, founder of Full Liberation Technology, and former stand-up comedian who spent 8 years and over $1 million developing a results-based approach to eliminating anxiety permanently.Here's the thing most people don't realize about anxiety: it doesn't start in your mind. You never say "I think anxious" - you say "I feel anxious." And you feel it in your throat, your chest, your stomach. The entire mental health industry has been sending people to the wrong location for decades. Daniel spent 10 years and $100,000 trying every traditional approach - therapy, coaching, meditation, self-help - and stayed stuck. As an engineer, he finally asked a different question: what if anxiety isn't a mind problem at all, but a nervous system malfunction?Expect to learn why the trillion-dollar "improvement industrial complex" keeps people stuck managing symptoms instead of eliminating them, how Daniel's research with monks in India showed meditation time could drop from 2 hours to 15 minutes by addressing root causes, why his work with addicts in South Africa through SANCA revealed something profound about healing, the mechanical reason your body feels fear first and your mind spins second, what the "spin cycle" is and why you can't think your way out of it, why therapists typically help only a third of their clients while his program has a 90% success rate, how feeling safe from the inside out transforms your relationships, work, and energy levels, what his decade as a stand-up comedian taught him about innovating solutions, and much more.This conversation will challenge everything you've been told about where anxiety comes from and what it takes to actually be free of it.aniel is an engineer turned anxiety researcher, founder of Full Liberation Technology, and former stand-up comedian who spent 8 years and over $1 million developing a results-based approach to eliminating anxiety permanently.Here's the thing most people don't realize about anxiety: it doesn't start in your mind. You never say "I think anxious" - you say "I feel anxious." And you feel it in your throat, your chest, your stomach. The entire mental health industry has been sending people to the wrong location for decades. Daniel spent 10 years and $100,000 trying every traditional approach - therapy, coaching, meditation, self-help - and stayed stuck. As an engineer, he finally asked a different question: what if anxiety isn't a mind problem at all, but a nervous system malfunction?Expect to learn why the trillion-dollar "improvement industrial complex" keeps people stuck managing symptoms instead of eliminating them, how Daniel's research with monks in India showed meditation time could drop from 2 hours to 15 minutes by addressing root causes, why his work with addicts in South Africa through SANCA revealed something profound about healing, the mechanical reason your body feels fear first and your mind spins second, what the "spin cycle" is and why you can't think your way out of it, why therapists typically help only a third of their clients while his program has a 90% success rate, how feeling safe from the inside out transforms your relationships, work, and energy levels, what his decade as a stand-up comedian taught him about innovating solutions, and much more.This conversation will challenge everything you've been told about where anxiety comes from and what it takes to actually be free of it.

Victoria Minch is a burnout recovery specialist, former Silicon Valley executive, and founder of Silicon Valley Executive Academy.Burnout has become an epidemic, especially among high achievers. But here's the thing - most people think the solution is to quit their job, move to a tropical island, or make some other radical external change. The problem? You take yourself with you. Victoria spent 25 years in Silicon Valley management before discovering that the key to lasting change isn't external, it's internal.Expect to learn why psychology PhDs end up working in high-tech startups, the difference between stress and burnout that most people miss, why changing jobs won't fix burnout if you don't change yourself first, the physiological reasons why your body gets stuck in chronic stress mode, practical techniques to actually complete your stress cycle instead of letting it accumulate, how to build self-care practices that aren't just Instagram wellness culture BS, why relinquishing control is one of the most powerful moves a leader can make, what work-life harmony actually means and why balance is the wrong goal, and much more.This conversation will challenge how you think about success, achievement, and what it actually takes to build a sustainable, fulfilling career.Follow Victoria:LinkedIn: Victoria MinchWebsite: SVexecutive.academy

Dr. Lara May is a functional medicine pharmacist specializing in gut health, mental health, and type 2 diabetes.The gut-brain connection isn't pseudoscience—it's biology. 95% of your neurotransmitters are manufactured in your gut, which means your mental health is directly tied to your digestive health. If you're struggling with anxiety, depression, or brain fog, the answer might not be in your head.Expect to learn why Western medicine keeps you on medications for life instead of solving root causes, what leaky gut actually means and how to recognize it, the shocking connection between type 2 diabetes and mental health, why your fiber intake might be making things worse, how vitamin D deficiency destroys your sleep and mood, the real reason functional medicine costs more upfront but saves you money long-term, which neurotransmitters control your happiness and where they come from, and much more.00:00 Introduction & Welcome02:03 Why She Left Traditional Pharmacy for Functional Medicine04:08 The Western vs Eastern Medicine Debate06:10 Type 2 Diabetes & Mental Health Connection08:13 Where Your Happy Chemicals Actually Come From12:35 Why Western Medicine Keeps You on Pills Forever16:39 The Truth About Fiber (And When It Hurts You)19:07 Vitamin Deficiencies You Don't Know You Have22:53 The Biological Side of Mental Health27:26 What Leaky Gut Actually Feels Like31:19 How to Find the Right Practitioner for YouFollow Dr. Lara May:Podcast: Lightbody RadioListen to all episodes on the Mental Meters Podcast

In this enlightening episode of "Mental Matters," join us as we delve into the world of holistic healing with our guest, Nisha. We explore the intricate connections between the mind, body, and spirit, and discuss how belief systems and lifestyle choices impact our overall well-being. Discover practical tips for improving mental health, the importance of setting goals, and the power of self-love. Tune in to learn how to become the architect of your future and embrace a holistic approach to life.

This conversation delves into the complexities of maternal health, focusing on the importance of self-worth, the challenges of postpartum depression, and the necessity of a supportive network for new mothers. Dr. Wilson shares her personal journey and insights from her book 'Post', emphasizing the need for women to prioritize their health and well-being during and after pregnancy.Chapters00:00 Introduction to Maternal Health Conversations02:53 The Importance of Self-Worth in Parenting05:38 Navigating Postpartum Challenges08:39 Understanding Postpartum Depression11:30 The Role of Nutrition and Self-Care14:28 Creating a Support System17:17 The Impact of Maternal Mental Health19:49 Insights from the Book 'Post'22:42 Refocusing the Message on Postpartum Wellness25:29 Addressing Healthcare System Flaws28:23 Final Thoughts on Maternal Health Awareness

In this conversation, Kelly Majdan discusses the unpredictability of life and how it often diverges from our expectations. She emphasizes the importance of resilience and facing challenges head-on, drawing parallels between life's obstacles and those encountered in an obstacle course.

In this conversation, Elizabeth Bennett discusses the alarming rise of bullying and mental health issues among youth, emphasizing the toxic environments they navigate. She highlights the detrimental effects of social media, where children seek validation in a virtual world that often presents an unrealistic facade. Bennett encourages parents to engage in open conversations with their children about their struggles and experiences.

The conversation delves into the topic of suicide ideation, exploring how it is a common experience among individuals, particularly in a classroom setting. Asekho Toto shares personal experiences with suicide ideation, highlighting the normalization of such thoughts among peers and the importance of support in overcoming these feelings.

In this conversation, Asekho Toto emphasizes the importance of making time for oneself, especially for mothers who often prioritize their children's needs over their own. She discusses the necessity of self-reflection and creating space in one's day to foster awareness and personal growth.

In this episode, Sarah Wilson shares a deeply personal journey through the challenges of managing type 1 diabetes and the unexpected wake-up call of a heart attack. Discover how self-care, mental resilience, and informed nutrition play pivotal roles in health management. Sarah emphasizes the importance of self-advocacy and personal accountability in navigating the healthcare system. Tune in to learn about the transformative power of habit tracking, the significance of gut health, and the empowering message of meeting yourself where you are.Sponsors and important linksSubscribe to my newsletter: mentalmattershostedbyasekhototo.substack.com/Want to be a guest on Mental Matters Hosted By Asekho Toto? Send Asekho Toto a message on PodMatch, here: www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/1604880114184x746605277921114400You can buy my book on Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08BRLN7QV/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&sr=Donations are welcomed at paypal.me/asekhototoSarah Wilson Website: https://www.everythingsmessywellness.com/Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everythings-messy-podcast-by-sarah-wilson/id1481261318

In this episode, we delve into the transformative journey of entrepreneurship and the power of women's empowerment. Join us as we explore personal growth stories, overcoming challenges, and the importance of community and collaboration. Discover how to harness your inner strength and achieve your dreams, no matter the obstacles. Tune in for insights, motivation, and actionable advice to fuel your entrepreneurial spirit and empower your path to success.