Unscripted With Nell Daly

Do you have a family member or know someone who is addicted or has been addicted to pills?   Benzodiazepines and opioids are highly addictive medications and big pharma and the doctors who push prescribe them are partly responsible for the growing heroine epidemic.  Alicia Cook, activist and writer and family survivor (her cousin died of an overdose) talk.  

Ian Kerner wrote the bestselling book She Comes First; A Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman. We give practical tips for couples who are having intimacy issues and who are looking to improve their sex lives.  Ian also explains the difference between responsive desire and spontaneous desire and intercourse and outercourse. 

Some tips to coping with Thanksgiving and the upcoming holidays if you're in the midst of a hard time or you're missing someone you've loved and lost. And, a story of inspiration and love.  

The former Matrix star and I have an in depth discussion about how and why she birthed her online community Annapurna Living into the world; a place where women can go to explore their spiritual and creative sides with Carrie Anne herself.  

Financial stress and its cousin shame, take a massive toll on us physically and emotionally and distracts us from connecting with friends and family, especially children. Vincent's message is this; anyone can live debt free and learn to make good money. You don't have to buy into the system. You need to get creative, develop a side hustle and put in the time.

World renowned therapist Derek O'Neill, an Irishman, gets up close and personal revealing how he survived a painful childhood, the loss of his wife and how all of those experiences get channeled into the incredible intuitive healing work he does today.  

If you're waking up, this one is for you.  Tech innovator, spiritual thinker and former Beach Boys band member Robert Williams opens up and tells me his life story, a story filled with "otherness" and loneliness but also connection to nature and the power of intuition.  How did his gifts change his path and how does he plan to change yours? 

Twenty million women suffer with eating disorders in the United States alone.  Pascale Naessens, a former super model, was one of them.  On today's warm hearted episode of Unscripted, she tells us how she conquered her food issues and the cookbook world.  Find out her secrets to keeping off the pounds and why food is directly related to your mental health.  

Are you stressed out in your daily life?  Have you ever been curious about meditation but don't know where to begin?  Michel Pascal, the famous spiritual teacher and writer, who lived for many year in the Kopan Monastery in the Himalayas, explains simple and efficient techniques you can use to quickly reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.  

We all harbor anger towards a person we feel has done us wrong. But how do we forgive someone who has caused us deep pain? I got the chance to ask the creator of the bestselling series Conversations with God. Neale Donald Walsch's books have been translated into 37 languages. His profound message -- there is no such thing as forgiveness -- made me rethink my whole approach to helping people heal from some of their most tender wounds. And, it healed one of mine.

Learning to forgive others is a major part of the healing process. But how do we forgive what, at times, feels unforgivable? Join me as I read a passage from a prolific and profound American writer that suggests those who have hurt us are some of our greatest spiritual teachers, and in fact, we may have asked them, in another dimension, to do just what they have done.

We all have them, the naysayers in our lives, the friends and family members and bosses that shoot our ideas down instead of building us up. How has Niyi, former NFL player, how have I pushed against the resistance? Get you shot together, communicate your plan and if that doesn't bring them around, it may just be time to say goodbye.

Don't be ruled by your emotions, your negative thoughts or a weak physical state. Former Navy Seal, Larry Yatch, explains the concept of self regulation and how mastering it leads to success in any endeavor.

Have you ever wondered what goes on in the mind of Navy Seal? In this inspiring interview, Larry Yatch tells us his personal story and how he became obsessed with figuring out what makes some of us succeed and some of us fail. It's all about mindset theory.  

In just over 20 months, over 60 holistic doctors and researchers in the United States have died -- many under mysterious circumstances -- leaving families and some of us in medical community wondering if foul play is involved.  On today's episode I share one "accidental" reporter's journey; a woman named Erin Elizabeth -- who started out with a healthy lifestyle blog -- but ended up exposing, perhaps, a dark underworld of foul play.  

Sexual wellness is an imperative part of overall human health  Many doctors and therapists aren't trained to talk about sex with their patients.  Emily Morse -- nationally recognized sex therapist and media maven -- and I discuss why we're still, as a society, so shy when it comes to talking about sex.  Then, we delve right in to what we think will help listeners the most, answering questions that range from communication techniques to what enhances pleasure.  With humor and intelligence, we teach as much as we can in an hour.  

The loss of jobs across America and a rapidly changing social landscape has left men, in particular, with a lack of identity, which changes the dynamics in marriages and influences the political landscape, as seen in the last election. Special guest, Terry Real -- internationally recognized speaker, author, and renown couples therapist -- shares his vision of American men and the future.      

I talk about one of the most difficult times in my life and the book that carried me through -- Broken Open by Elizabeth Lesser.  As my special guest on today's episode, Elizabeth -- one of the foremost authors on spirituality in the Western Hemisphere and co-founder of the Omega Institute -- teaches us there're gifts and lessons found in grief which transform and push us to evolve.  We also touch on the insights she shares in her latest book, Marrow, about surviving the death of her sister.  

Sukhdev Jackson is a world famous musician and a Kundalini yoga teacher.  In today's episode we explain: the history of Kundalini, why, once again, meditation is crucial to our well-being, "the rise of the divine feminine" and what the adi shakti is all about.  In this open hearted conversation, Sukhdev tells us how she found her life's calling -- helping people, especially women -- let go of their past and self-limiting beliefs so they can step into their power.

Dr. Eben Alexander is a world class neurosurgeon who, in 2008, was declared brain dead. A man of hard conventional science with no belief in God, Eben was completely transformed by his near death experience; a journey through the afterlife which he writes about in his New York Times bestselling book Proof of Heaven.  Join us as we discuss consciousness, reincarnation, meditation and how science, physics and the field or medicine are being completely transformed by discoveries centered around spirituality.