Asking Why

Episode 93: Jeremy Pierce | Understanding The Sex Offender’s Registry

Jeremy Pierce and Andy Bond came on the podcast to discuss the Sex Offender Registry and the systemic problems in our country when it comes to reconciliation and recovery vs punishment and behavior modification. This conversation was heavy and also very informative. We hope that it brings light to the effects that these charges cause on the families of victims and the families of the offender as well. Jeremy started an online church for men and women on the sex offender registry to bring healing and stop the cycles of abuse. 

Episode 92: Dr Sean Sullivan | Shift Therapy

This week Clint talks to Dr. Sean Sullivan. Dr. Sullivan is a licensed clinical psychologist and founder and CEO of OnePerfect, an enterprise mental health and wellness platform that delivers personalized mindset ’shifting’ experiences called Shifts. 

Dr. Sullivan began his formal psychology education at Harvard University and completed it with a psychology residency at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center and postdoctoral training based at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He has since been featured extensively in national and international publications including The New York Times, Forbes, and Huffington Post, to name a few.

Dr. Sullivan’s clinical research focuses on applying technology to improve mental health — particularly by teaching anyone how to shift their state of mind on demand. As a psychotherapist for over twenty years, he also wrote popular psychology books and articles and created countless digital mental health, wellness, and peak performance psychology courses, apps, tools, and virtual reality (VR) treatments. 

Based on researching the impact of teaching his patients how to strategically shift their state of mind in a few minutes anytime (i.e. ‘shifting’), Dr. Sullivan developed Shift TherapyTM to guide anyone through shifting into a better state of mind from their smartphone in under 10 minutes anytime.

Demonstrating a major endorsement for shifting, the Regents of University of California approved piloting Shifts at University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) during the pandemic. After two years of successful pilots, UCSC’s Health Center subscribed their entire 20,000+ member community to receive Shifts in 2023.

Dr. Sullivan believes teaching ‘shifting’ is the best way to address the massive US and worldwide mental health and unhappiness crisis we currently face and would love to introduce the concept to your audience.

 

Episode 91: Andy Howard | When Words Don’t Come Easy

This week Clint talks to Andy Howard.  For over 20 years, Andy has served in ministry as a youth pastor and marriage ministry pastor. He has found that not much changes in each role, just that some come with more wrinkles and less hair.

Andy is an advocate for mental health awareness as he has known the heaviness of depression himself. He is passionate about fighting against the awful attack of mental health issues that are running rampant across the human race. 

At his heaviest Andy weighed 345 lbs and his wife Tiffany weighed 317 lbs. Together, they have lost over 350 lbs combined and have co-founded a health coaching business called Taking Back My Life where they have helped thousands of people get healthy as well. Through this journey, Andy has become passionate about fitness and working out.

Andy loves traveling and sharing his and his family’s story with churches, conferences, and youth camps. In his spare time, he enjoys following his favorite sports teams and shooting zombies on Playstation (you probably didn’t see that coming). 

Andy was born in Bryan, Texas and currently lives outside Dallas, TX with his wife Tiffany and their three beautiful daughters Payton, Parker, and Presley.

Website: www.andyhoward.com

Andy's Book:  When Word Don't Come Easy - https://a.co/d/3pEPd0G

 

 

Episode 90: Dr Amy Moore | 5 Pillars of ADHD Support

This week Clint talks with Dr. Amy Moore.  Dr Moore is a cognitive psychologist at LearningRx in Colorado Springs, CO at the headquarters of the largest network of cognitive training centers in the world. She specializes in cognitive rehabilitation training and cognition assessment for ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders, brain injury, learning disabilities, and age-related cognitive decline. She also serves as VP of Research at Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research. Her ground-breaking brain training and assessment research has been published in peer reviewed medical and psychology journals and presented at conferences around the country.

She has been a child development specialist, education administrator, and teacher of teachers with a PhD in psychology and a master's degree in early childhood education. She is also a board-certified Christian counselor, Editor-in-Chief of Modern Brain Journal, a TEDx Speaker, host of the Brainy Moms podcast, and a licensed pastor. Originally from South Carolina, Dr. Amy has lived in Colorado since 2006 with her husband, Jeff, a retired Air Force fighter pilot now working as a surgical nurse. They have three incredible sons (ages 18, 22, and 24) and a very mischievous but soft Siberian cat.

Cognitive Psychologist & Director of Research | LearningRx | www.LearningRx.com
Host | The Brainy Moms Podcast | www.TheBrainyMoms.com

Watch my TEDx talk, Lessons Learned from Training 101,000 Brains

Episode 89: Britt Elizabeth | Faith In Art

This week Clint talks with Britt Elizabeth, Britt is a photographer and a life long resident of Shreveport Louisiana. In this podcast Clint and Britt talk about her faith journey, her love for photography and storytelling. Check out her bio below:

At Britt Elizabeth Photography, I believe that every moment of your life is epic. We have and do a lot but one thing we never get back is time and photography is the only thing I have found that can at least capture it. Each stage in life, every relationship releases a different emotion and I want to make sure that in every photograph taken, I encapsulate the very essence of you in your story, whatever it may be. Every story should be written and captured in and with its own right. So, yes I am a photographer but I’m also a storyteller who wants to capture you in the realness of you so that when you look back at that moment, you don’t just see it but you also feel it!

Facebook -Brittany strickland and Britt Elizabeth photography

Website- brittelizabeth.com

Instagram - @thebrittelizabeth

Episode 88: Katie Walker | Holding Thoughts Captive

This week Clint talks with Katie Walker.  Katie is an actress who produces films, teaches with the online study for The Passion Translation, and speaks around the world. She co-hosts the Katie and Philipa show/podcast encouraging women to rise up into the destiny in which God has called them. Katie lives in Shreveport, LA with her four children and husband, Todd. 

How to connect: www.katieandphilipa.com

Katie's Books:

Arise, You Are Called to Influence 30 Day Devotional: https://a.co/d/81JTstY

Break The Dawn: https://a.co/d/6uS6FTk

Exit the Highway of Destruction : https://a.co/d/1DGxJiq

 

Episode 87: Meghan Riordan Jarvis | Trauma in Grief and Loss

This week Clint talks with Meghan Riordan Jarvis.  Megan is a, MA, LCSW is an author, podcast host, two time Tedx Speaker, and psychotherapist specializing in trauma and grief and loss. After the deaths of both of her parents within two years of each other Meghan began speaking on a larger scale about the importance of supporting grievers. Founder of Tacking Point Partners, Meghan and her team consult regularly with companies addressing grief in the workplace. Meghan’s podcast “Grief is My Side Hustle” and grief writing workshop “grief mates” can be found at www.meghanriordanjarvis.com

Meghan’s memoir. “The End of The Hour” https://www.amazon.com/End-Hour-Meghan-Riordan-Jarvis/dp/1958506206/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22CUVI0IF4RQ2&keywords=the+end+of+the+hour+meghan&qid=1681413559&sprefix=the+end+of+the+hour+meghan%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1

 

Meghan's Second Book: “Can Anyone Tell Me Why: 25 Essential Questions About Grief and Loss” publishes with Sounds True Media in 2024.

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain https://www.amazon.com/How-Emotions-Are-Made-audiobook/dp/B01MZJ08US/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3VHK9OGD9OGAN&keywords=how+emotion+are+made&qid=1681413686&sprefix=how+emotion+%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-1

Episode 86: Michael Trezza | Giant Leaps Learning

This week Clint talks with Michael Trezza. Michael is a 20+ year technology entrepreneur and CEO with a formal education in fine art and computing. His experience and love for tech, psychology, nature, art & music shaped his unique perspective on work and life. Becoming a father opened his eyes to the shortcomings of traditional education to prepare a new generation for what he sees as a rapidly changing world and he discovered his why. Michael's mission is to inspire and engage people to become curious, capable, passionate, purposeful, and globally aware leaders, and to find true success in all aspects of their lives.

• https://giantleapslearning.com/
• https://twitter.com/YourGiantLeaps
• https://www.facebook.com/GiantLeapsLearning
• https://www.instagram.com/giantleapslearning/
• https://www.youtube.com/@giantleapslearning/

Giant Leaps is an online enrichment program for high school students that combines 1:1 coaching with a personalized, future focused, prescriptive curriculum that develops critical thinking skills, improves social-emotional wellbeing, and increases global awareness to prepare teens for success in college, careers and life beyond with less anxiety and more confidence.

 

Top Benefits

- Improves social emotional well-being

- Introduces them to changing career landscape of the future

- Improves critical thinking, 21st century & durable skills

- Improves communication skills

- Creates avenues for family conversations

- Provides differentiator for college admissions

 

Episode 85: Clint Davis | Vision Casting

Clint Davis, licensed professional counselor, ordained minister and army veteran talks about the idea of creating a vision for your life. Clint attempts to integrate trauma therapy and Christian theology to give meaning and purpose to people by creating a vision for yourself, your marriage, or your life. The psalmist say, “Without vision the people perish.” It seems like all around us people are perishing, so it is an important time to create vision!! 

Episode 84: Amanda Quick | The Sex Trafficker’s Wife

Clint Davis trauma counselor, ordained minister, and army veteran invited Amanda Quick to tell her story on this episode of Asking Why. Amanda was a victim of inter family abuse. Her former husband hid his sexual addiction, human trafficking exploits, and even the abuse of their own children. This episode has an explicit rating and is not for the faint of heart. If you have suffered abuse or are recovering I would ask you to be prepared to possibly be triggered. Clint and Amanda manage to keep the content general and less of the gory details from being spoken, but it’s still difficult material. The goal of the episode was to bring awareness to the things people go through and the courage and resources that can get them out. Amanda is now trying to help other people in similar situations find help and hope.