That's All I Know So Far

Join Kat and her guest Tena Parker, a top hair stylist in the film industry who has enjoyed a "blessed" career with over 60 credits on IMDB including the popular TV shows Glee and How I Met Your Mother. Tena is also the co-founder and CEO of Uniting Artist LLC which allows film industry peers to collaborate, educate, and elevate one another. Tena is now happily married to her fourth husband, but finding the right partner required her to heal the scars of narcissistic abuse in her previous relationships. This required a crucial but often overlooked step: self-forgiveness. Kat and Tena will talk about why loving, kind, & empathetic people are so vulnerable to abuse, and how it's more than possible to turn your most painful experiences into power.

Join Kat and her guest Jon King, an Air Force combat veteran and multipassionate entrepreneur who is tirelessly helping to support military veterans and families in any way he can. Jon's childhood was shaped by familial trauma, mental illness, suicide, and addictions. He witnessed unspeakable violence as a Medivac pilot in Afghanistan, and then later experienced a tremendous amount of personal loss in a very short period of time. Jon lives with PTSD and survived one suicide attempt due to a miraculous event and intervention from his wife. Kat and Jon will talk about the role finding purpose and tapping into your own creativity plays in healing.

Join Kat and her guest Cristina Watson, owner of Bella Bling, LLC a triple patented, medical casting company focusing on neuro aesthetics. As Cristina says: "just because you feel bad doesn't mean you have to look bad." Cristina's fourteen year (and counting!) journey of invention + entrepreneurship has been funded by her first passion working as a hair stylist. Despite the very high cost of pursuing this dream, Cristina refuses to give up for one simple but very important reason: her products make people happy, which is an essential but overlooked element of healing (and living.)

Join Kat and her guest Corbin Bosiljavec, owner of Boundless KC Microgreens and Urban Farm. Corbin learned to farm during his five year federal imprisonment for selling cocaine. What he originally did to escape the prison walls became a purpose-driven passion. Kat and Corbin will discuss how his social anxiety as a child and young adult led him to people pleasing and eventually drugs, until those two coping mechanisms tragically collided.

Join Kat and her guest Danielle Burnham, an art psychotherapist and trauma-informed yoga teacher, whose calling is working with incarcerated individuals. Danielle believes in putting on her "human goggles" and viewing her clients holistically–as whole people often living with profound trauma, not "criminals." Her deep compassion and desire to serve stems from her own traumatic and abusive childhood which resulted in an eleven year struggle with anorexia. Kat and Danielle will discuss how eating disorders develop as a means of control in a chaotic world, the importance of trauma-informed care in every setting, and the powerful shift that occurs when the question changes from "what's wrong with you?" to "what happened to you?"

Join Kat and her guest Mariam Molake for a wide ranging discussion about healing through trauma using spirituality. Mariam's happy childhood was tragically disrupted when she was sexually abused at 6 and 7 years old by two separate teenage babysitters. Mariam fought through the darkness only to have her first child face a years-long health battle. Mariam found peace through shifting her perspective from "why me?" to "why NOT me?" Finding healing through holistic and spiritual modalities, Mariam leaned into her lifelong fascination with numbers by becoming a numerologist. Mariam now lives her purpose as a full time dreamer and creator. She co-owns of The Broom Circle Holistic Healing & Tea Room in Colorado Springs, with her business partner Shay Koloff.

Join Kat and her guest, fellow entrepreneur and mental health warrior, Valerie Lerma as they discuss one of the most challenging aspects of healing: dealing with loneliness. You cannot heal in the same environment that made you sick, but the isolation from family, friends, and community is often painful enough that we run back to people, places, and things we're being guided to outgrow. Kat and Valerie will also talk about how addiction recovery doesn't have a "one size fits all" approach.

Join Kat and her guest, Christi Kmecik, whose greeting card company Written Hugs Designs helps to foster support and connection in the face of life's biggest challenges. While grieving the loss of her miscarried twins, Christi observed that most people were at a loss for words–or worse, delivered empty platitudes that she felt denied her permission to grieve. Written Hugs Designs combines Christi's passions for art, mental health, and the enormous power of words to either harm or heal. Kat and Christi will talk about the importance of grief, including how sometimes the hardest losses to grieve are for those who are still living.

Join Kat and her guest Erica Marino, a fellow entrepreneur and mental health warrior. Erica completely transformed her life and health over the past year after a simple yet profound realization: that she was worth the effort, and deserves happiness. That shift in mindset has helped her heal severe mental illness, cocaine addiction, heart disease, and diabetes, Her story illustrates how even a dark past can illuminate the path to a very bright future.

Join Kat and her guest Denise Metzger, whose company Surprise Invite is changing the way we view death and celebrate life. Denise's life changed forever when her daughter Jonnae "party hopped" due to leukemia when she was just 15 years old. Kat and Denise will discuss Jonnae's life and legacy, how they recently met, and their shared belief in life after death and Divine "breadcrumbs."

Kat explores the surprising truth behind what *actually* makes us feel happy. She explains where our emotions come from and what they mean. Kat talks about what most commonly gets in the way of sustaining joy in our lives, and why self love is the most important love of all.

Join Kat and her guest, fellow Bold Brave TV host Tracy Clairmont, as they reveal how their personal healing journeys led them to deviate from their traditional career paths. Kat and Tracy discuss their mutual belief that true healing requires getting to the emotional root of the issue. They explore the benefits of hypnotherapy and other "alternative" healing modalities, and talk about why psychotherapy and pharmaceuticals alone are inadequate in a healing journey.

Kat tells the story of why she left Catholicism in her early 20s and became an atheist only to be shocked by a spiritual awakening 18 years later following a mental health crisis. Kat explains exactly what happened on November 7, 2018 at a psychic mediumship workshop that changed her life forever. Kat also demystifies the idea of "spiritual awakening" and explains why opening her mind to Reiki energy medicine ultimately led her to walk away from a career in physical therapy.

Kat discusses the prevalence of dieting and obsession with thinness in our society and the scientifically backed reasons that it is BAD for both physical and mental health. Kat teaches the ten principles of Intuitive Eating, a revolutionary anti-diet paradigm first introduced in 1995 by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch. Kat also unpacks the racist roots of fatphobia, and reveals how eating intuitively ultimately led to her spiritual awakening.

Kat and her guest Nichole Schmidt, the mother of murder victim Gabby Petito, discuss the problem of domestic violence in our society and offer practical solutions. Nichole will talk about Gabby's foundation and the work she does in honor of her daughter, helping other families and shining a light on victims whose stories don't receive international attention. Kat and Nichole also reveal how they met, and their mutual belief in the healing powers of Reiki and ability to receive signs from loved ones after they have passed.

Kat expands on ego vs. intuition by explaining why understanding these two parts of ourselves is foundational to working with the law of attraction. She gives practical advice on how to use the law of attraction to co-create the life that you really want. Kat explains the five steps of deliberate creation taught by Abraham Hicks, and invites her audience to join her in starting a Ducking Revolution (yes, you read that right.)

In this episode, Kat explores the dark and light sides of every human, more commonly known as ego and intuition. She defines the ego and intuition in practical terms and discusses how we experience each in everyday life. Kat talks about the dangers of overidentifying with the ego OR the intuition, and explains why heart/brain coherence is so powerful. Only on BBTV!

In this episode, Kat will talk about the problems with labeling people "crazy" and why she no longer views that word in a negative light. She will reveal the surprisingly high cost of living an inauthentic life: dis-ease. Kat will also share "Ten Things Your Mental Health Professional or Religious Leader Won't Tell You That Might Save Your Life." Only on BBTV!

Kat will talk about the many reasons traditional mental health treatments such as talk therapy and pharmaceuticals are inadequate to address complex PTSD. She will discuss why negative experiences with practitioners in multiple different treatment settings were so detrimental to her recovery. Kat will introduce an alternative view of mental illness widely accepted by African cultures: that those suffering are "healers trying to emerge." Only on BBTV!

Kat talks about all of the misdiagnoses she received as her mental health worsened to the point of crisis and why the diagnosis of Complex PTSD was shocking–and life saving. She explores the differences between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the lesser known and understood Complex PTSD. Kat explains the landmark Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and its surprising conclusions that trauma is a public health crisis. Only on BBTV!

Kat shares how technical errors and perceived flaws and mistakes in the first two episodes are helping to remind her of a very important lesson: that perfection is a myth—and a trauma response. She will discuss how her beliefs around perfectionism were formed in childhood, and the harmful impact it had on her adult life and mental health. Kat will talk about how releasing the need to be perfect has allowed her to be real. Only on BBTV!

Join Kat and her guest, Lisa Jean-Francois, as they discuss the enormous challenges that parenting presents when your own childhood was traumatic. Kat and Lisa will also talk about autism, BPD and other forms of neurodiversity from their own personal experiences. Lastly, Kat and Lisa will teach the main tenets of conscious parenting, and address the most common pushback Lisa receives as a Black conscious parenting expert and social media influencer. Only on BBTV!

Kat opens up about her personal battle with severe mental health issues and suicidal ideation and explains why she left a career in physical therapy to focus on complex trauma and suicide prevention. She exposes the troubling truth about the steady rise of suicide and "deaths of despair" in the United States, and offers insight into why this problem continues to worsen as well as practical steps we can take to combat it. Only on BBTV!Website: https://katschwarz.comInstagram:@compassionatehealingservicesEmail: [email protected]