Sarah Fader The Podcast

On this episode Brett Newski came to hang out with me and talk about his new book "It's Hard to Be a Person." Anxiety doesn't have to be all bad! Newski been featured on Rolling Stone, NPR, American Songwriter, SiriusXM, Boston Globe, and Billboard. He continues to tour over 100 dates per year. He's also the host of the popular podcast, Dirt from the Road, where he chats with musicians about their strangest travel stories, mental health boosts, and how to navigate the hurdles of being a person in modern times. Guests include All American Rejects, Dashboard Confessional, Nada Surf, Stelth Ulvang (The Lumineers), Guster, Heartless Bastards, The Verve Pipe, Toad the Wet Sprocket and Barenaked Ladies co-founder, Steven Page and most recently, Milwaukee icon, Butch Vig. Visit him at https://brettnewski.com/

On this episode, Dawn Fitch discusses her wellness brand, a female black-owned business called Pooka Pure and Simple. She also dives into being diagnosed with MS, and how that changed her life. She learned to be her own health advocate and embrace holistic healing Dawn Fitch is a Health Advocate, Speaker, Author, and Founder/CEO of award-winning bath & body company Pooka Pure & Simple. Originally a graphic artist by trade, Dawn’s life took a drastic turn when she was diagnosed with autoimmune disease, Multiple Sclerosis. Her diagnosis inspired her to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and she began making her own natural products for personal use. Dawn began sharing her unique handmade products with the world after some encouragement from family and friends, and her company ‘Pooka Pure & Simple’ was born soon after. Today, Pooka has been in operation for over 20 years, and her artisanal creations can be found online and in Whole Foods stores nationwide.

This episode features two special guests - my dad (Jeff Fader) and Joy Pearson. We discuss Chuck Bass, a complex character on the original Gossip Gir.

Amanda Jetté Knox is the #1 best-selling author of Love Lives Here A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family. Listen as we ADHD-out and talk about what it was like when her wife Zoe and daughter Alexis came out as trans. Follow Amanda on Twitter @MavenOfMayhem https://www.amandajetteknox.com

I had the honor of interviewing Jillian Peterson PhD & James Densley, PhD about their book The Violence Project - How to stop a mass shooting epidemic. An examination of the phenomenon of mass shootings in America and an urgent call to implement evidence-based strategies to stop these tragedies. Follow the project on Twitter @theviolencepro Get The Violence Project - How to stop a mass shooting epidemic. https://amzn.to/2WtQexk

David Bodanis is the author of The Art of Fairness - The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean. The idea that "nice guys finish last" is not exactly true. You can be a good person and rise to the top. Get the book on Amazon and learn more. https://www.amazon.com/Art-Fairness-Power-Decency-Turned-ebook/dp/B085PW2Z3N

Anna Vocino and I discuss how she got diagnosed with Celiac and learning to eat gluten-free! She even makes her own pasta sauce. Check her out here: https://annavocino.com/ Anna Vocino is a voice over talent and stand up comic who also happens to be a Celiac who writes cookbooks. She co-hosts the “Fitness Confidential” podcast with Vinnie Tortorich. She has voiced hundreds of commercials, cartoons, movies, promos, radio stations, and video games, which is a super cool day job to support her passion of food blogging and cookbook authoring. Her bestselling cookbooks Eat Happy and Eat Happy Too have 320+ easy to make low carb recipes that are all delicious comfort food free from sugars and grains. She has just launched Eat Happy Kitchen with three flavors of organic, non GMO, no sugar added tomato sauce. Anna hails from Santa Ynez, CA and cooks for a husband, a teenage daughter, and a tiny dog.

Welcome once again to our schadenfreude with the OG Gossip Girl series. On this episode, Joy Pearson and I discuss Eleanor and Vanessa's characters. What instances do you enjoy seeing them get what's coming to them?

Joy and I explore schadenfreude (taking pleasure in someone's misery in the original Gossip Girl (2007).

Do you have persistent acid reflux or heartburn? I do and it's awful. Do you suffer from constipation or stomach bloating? Are you feeling anxious much of the time or exhausted? The answer is "yes" to all of the above for me. Are these things interconnected? You bet they are! What's causing my discomfort is a hiatal hernia. Dr. Vikki Peterson told me all about it in our chat. Dr. Vikki Petersen, certified clinical nutritionist, chiropractor, and certified functional medicine practitioner tell us how these symptoms are often due to hiatal hernias. In her book, “Hiatal Hernia Syndrome: Many Symptoms, One Cause” (September 2021), Dr. Vikki Petersen finds the root causes, symptoms and treatments for hiatal hernias. I'm so excited to read it. Check out Dr. Peterson's clinic - Root Cause Medical Clinic here: https://www.rootcausemedicalclinics.com/

Leeor Gal AKA The Therapy Gal talk about her viral TikTok videos that feature her dancing and educating people about therapy! Listen as she crashes stigmas about therapists, and encourages us to have fun with mental health.

Drew Sheldon and I discuss the current scandal with Joss Whedon. Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia Chase, took to Instagram to speak about the emotional abuse that she endured by Whedon on the set of Buffy. Drew and I share our thoughts about Charisma's courageous statement.

Join August McLaughlin, Jessi Sanfilippo as we discuss Girl Boner, House of Wise, what it means to be a trapezoid, anxiety, cats, and more!

Austin Davis is anxious, like me! He is a college student and poet. Austin volunteers at a homeless shelter, because he's a good man. We both have ADHD, have tried Vyvanse, and have been called lazy. We both write, and have stayed up ruminating because of OCD. He's my soul brother. Follow him at @Austin_Davis17

Drew is the creator and host of The Anxious Truth, a slightly unorthodox anxiety podcast that’s been in full swing since 2015. With over 500,000 downloads (and growing), The Anxious Truth has spawned a large, vibrant and engaged social media community of amazing humans supporting, inspiring, encouraging and empowering each other to overcome anxiety and fear. Having suffered with anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and depression several times over a 20 year period, Drew got it together once and for all in 2008. Since then life has been happy, productive, and “normal” (although we’d all be hard pressed to define normal at times). For the last 15 years Drew has been active in the online anxiety community, working to use his experience and understanding to help those that are following down the path he’s travelled. His no-nonsense approach to these problems and willingness to provide direct, actionable advice even when it might not be easy to hear, has established him as a unique voice in the community.

I'm an entrepreneur, CEO, father, husband who's on a mission to destigmatize the conversation on mental health. As someone who has battled depression and experienced the healing powers of psychedelics, I believe everyone deserves to find their own mental health balance, and the more knowledge one has, the more empowered they are to find it. Professionally, I have worked in the media and conferences industry since 2000, generating revenue, developing strategy, managing talent and executing growth plans. I have significant experience in technology, retail, consumer goods, financial services, energy, food & beverage, healthcare, defense, government, wellness and professional services. In 2012, I launched Momentum, a forward-thinking events company that relentlessly pursue future trends impacting the industries and professions that move markets. Today, I am dedicating the second act of my entrepreneurial life to busting the mental health stigma and finding creative ways to increase access and affordability

Jeremy McKeen, editor for the Good Men Project, writer, English teacher and Aquarius talks about his upcoming book of essays - You Don't Have to Worry So Much. Jeremy lives with Bipolar Disorder type II, his wife, kids and cats.

Joy and I talk about being anxiously attached, introverted, and in quarantine during COVID-19. We try not to say "um," and "ya know."

Sometimes I feel like I inconvenience people by being myself

In this episode, Aaron J Smith and I discuss Instagram's ban on photos of graphic images of self-harm.