Michael Ryan (LCPC, NCC) owns a private practice, Michael Ryan Therapy, in Rockville, MD that is focused on helping teens, young adults, adults, and LGBTQIA people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, sexuality, and life transitions. He also helps clients connect with their true authentic selves and integrate psychedelic experiences. His approach is interpersonal, exploratory, compassionate, and holistic. As a Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider, he focuses on all aspects of being human—physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual. Mike is passionate about incorporating spirituality into everyday life. He has given presentations on mindfulness, Emotional Freedom Techniques (tapping), Heart Math, and shamanic/indigenous healing techniques. He recently finished a one-year apprenticeship in shamanic healing and has been serving clients in release, restoration, and reconnecting work at the soul level. In addition, Mike has an MA in Creative Writing and enjoys writing short stories, novels, and essays in his spare time.

Grab tix to Rich's show The Last Hurrah on Nov 30th at 8:30pm at the Maryland Ensemble Theater:
https://marylandensemble.org/comedynight/

Movember
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Robin rambles about the U.S. election results, Washington Commanders football, and the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and incarceration.

The Compassion Prison Project
https://compassionprisonproject.org/

Grab tix to Rich's show The Last Hurrah on Nov 30th at 8:30pm at the Maryland Ensemble Theater:
https://marylandensemble.org/comedynight/

Movember
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Today on the show, Robin sits down, partially costumed, with guests:

Hilary Cole
Rich Del Grande
Erika Bond

Hilary Cole is a lifelong Maryland resident who just moved back to Baltimore with her husband, Ayman, after almost 20 years on the Eastern Shore. An adventurer at heart, Hilary hopes to expand her horizons with her travels, new experiences, and further education. While she works in human resources professionally, her passion lies in sex education, so she's gaining her certification to put her training & public speaking skills to work in an underserved field. In her leisure time, Hilary writes, plays No Man's Sky, enjoys bonfires with Ayman and their friends, and is creating lots of new memories in her new city.

Rich Del Grande is a full time teacher and part time performer and professional goofball. He got his start in performing competing in the Red Bull Flugtag followed by almost a decade at the Olney Boys and Girls Club's Field of Screams. He previously appeared on and did social media for the “Now Available on Video Cassette” podcast and was a frequent guest on MET Comedy Nights “The Last Hurrah” improvised talk show. He currently co-hosts the annual Baltimore Krampuslauf in Hampden/Peabody Heights. He has also appeared in music videos for Frederick area bands “Seaknuckle”, “Double Motorcycle”, and “Sunniva”.

Erika Bond is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in DC and MD. She’s been in practice nearly 20 years and her most recent undertaking is getting her AASECT sex therapy certification. AASECT is the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists. Prior to being a psychotherapist, she worked for many years in the Information Technology field. She worked as tester, business analyst, and content producer.

Check out Rich on Instagram
@richdelgrande - https://www.instagram.com/richdelgrande/?hl=en
@baltimorekrampuslauf - https://www.instagram.com/baltimorekrampuslauf/
@hotdog_aficionado - https://www.instagram.com/hotdog_aficionado/
Grab tix to Rich's show The Last Hurrah on Nov 30th at 8:30pm at the Maryland Ensemble Theater:
https://marylandensemble.org/comedynight/

Thank you for your ongoing generous support of the show's select charities:
Hurricane Relief Efforts
https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html/

Light the Night Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
https://pages.lls.org/ltn/fdk/Montcomd24/rsmith

Movember
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Robin rambles about camping anxiety, assembling toy cars, learning how to play craps, and shares some tunes from the great Scott Siskind and Jason Cohen.

Scott Siskind
https://scottsiskind.bandcamp.com/album/let-it-all-calm-me

Jason Cohen
https://cohlapser.bandcamp.com/album/parallel-destinies

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Désirée is a Board Certified, award-winning, Master Transpersonal Hypnotherapist and Life Coach. She specializes in building personal intuition, spiritual exploration and personal transformation. With a degree in Psychology and multiple certifications in modalities ranging from Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Coaching to Psychic-Medium, Past Life Regression, Life Between Lives Spiritual
Regression, Reiki, Art Therapy and Tarot.

Desiree is the host of “Intuitive Journey with Desiree” on YouTube and Podcast.
www.intuitivejourneywithdesiree.com

She is the author of “Journey to Joy - The Written Path”
https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Joy-Written-Intuitive-Illuminating-ebook/dp/B074KN1LLD

Book a session with Désirée here:
www.TransHypnotherapy.com

Check out her latest publication as one of the contributing authors in:
The Wellness Universe Guide to Complete Self Care: 25 Tools for Life
https://www.amazon.com/Wellness-Universe-Guide-Complete-Self-Care/dp/1954047061

Click here for links to all of her websites
https://linktr.ee/DesireeScherini
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Robin rambles about calamine lotion, door to door political polling, vice presidential debates, past life regression, the trouble with book shelves, and more.

Montgomery County Light The Night is just 5 days away! Did you know that September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM)?

This BCAM, it’s important to know that LLS is on a mission to cure blood cancers and improve quality of life for the nearly 1.7 million people in the U.S. living with or in remission from blood cancer.

LLS is all about people—an organization full of people who are united in the urgent effort to help every person impacted by blood cancer.

Help Team Zavadowski reach our fundraising goal! Thank you for your generous donations:
https://pages.lls.org/ltn/fdk/Montcomd24/rsmith

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Robin rambles about last night's Weezer, The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr. show at The Anthem in DC, Commanders football, the presidential debates, and shares some tracks from Momentary Prophet's album, Mandala.

https://momentaryprophets.bandcamp.com/

Montgomery County Light The Night is just 3 weeks away! Did you know that September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM)?

This BCAM, it’s important to know that LLS is on a mission to cure blood cancers and improve quality of life for the nearly 1.7 million people in the U.S. living with or in remission from blood cancer.

LLS is all about people—an organization full of people who are united in the urgent effort to help every person impacted by blood cancer.

Help Team Zavadowski reach our fundraising goal! Thank you for your generous donations:
https://pages.lls.org/ltn/fdk/Montcomd24/rsmith

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Marjorie Kreppel is the Founder of The Counseling Center Group, a group therapy practice with multiple locations, specializing in evidence-based treatments that are relatively short-term. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, a Nationally Certified Counselor and a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician. She is a Maryland Board Approved Supervisor and has completed advanced training in DBT, DBT-PE, EMDR, Gottman Therapy, ART, and MAPS. After years of academic and post academic study, experience in private practice, hospital settings and clinical research initiatives, she has developed expertise in helping clients regulate their emotions using thoroughly researched therapeutic methods that yield visible and rapid improvement.

Learn more about Marjorie and her amazing work at:
https://www.counselingcenterofmaryland.com/

Check out the practice's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuK685cW-g2E_lCxyAajwcQ/featured

Join us this year for Light the Night!
https://lls.org/
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