What if you could turn your college years into the launchpad for your entrepreneurial dreams? Join me, Seth Mills, on this episode of the AstroCraft: Grow, Influence, Invest podcast as I share my compelling journey from a college student juggling classes to owning three successful exterior service-based businesses in Houston. I'll reveal how levera…

Michael Alcee, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in Tarrytown, NY, and is a Mental Health Educator at the Manhattan School of Music. In his first book,Therapeutic Improvisation: How to Stop Winging It and Own It as a Therapist, Michael demonstrated how all clinicians are artists, reading the changes like well-versed jazz musicians, finding the poetic…

Canadian (Nova Scotia) Psychiatrist Dr. Patricia Celan’s personality type is INFJ-T (Advocate). When she's not working on improving the mental health of her patients or advocating for human and non-human victims of abuse, Patricia enjoys creative writing, photography, film, travel, music, singing, dancing, yoga, and spending time with her cats, fri…

Lisa Marchiano, LCSW, is a Jungian analyst, author, and podcaster. She is the cohost of the popular depth psychology podcast This Jungian Life. She is on the faculty of the C. G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia, and she lectures and teaches widely. Lisa is the author of Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself published by Sounds True in 2021. She li…

Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Maryland. He specializes in trauma work and anxiety disorders. He works in psychotherapy with neurodiverse patients, including individuals with Asperger’s disorder, dyslexia, and other conditions. A part of his practice includes working with immigrants struggling with adapt…

Professor Brett Kahr has worked in the mental health profession for well over forty years.He is Senior Fellow at the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology in London and, also, Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis and Mental Health at Regent’s University London.Kahr is the Chair of the Scholars Committee of the British Psychoanalytic Council, an…

Paul Francis studied philosophy and social anthropology at university, primarily studying tribal (animist) cultures. After graduating in 1979, he variously worked in a hospital teaching sign language, a pre-school nursery, and in an anarchist bookshop. In his spare time, he immersed himself in his real passions, exploring psychotherapy and various …

BiosMatthew S. Keene, MD (Director)Dr. Keene is a physician, entrepreneur, and business leader. Dr. Keene attended Georgetown University School of Medicine on a full military scholarship and graduated with multiple honors. He received his residency training at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Upon completing his residency, Dr. Keene ser…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:LORETTA NAPOLEONI A Fulbright scholar at Johns Hopkins University and the London School of Economics, in the early 1980s she began her professional career as an economist in Hungary, Russia and the city of London. In the mid-90s, when she was one of the people chosen by the Red Brigades to relate their story, she began analyzing te…

BioWill Van Derveer, MD is co-founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, which offers comprehensive training for mental health professionals in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and other continuing education programs. He is medical director of Integrative Psychiatry Center of Boulder, CO, providing integrative psychiatry for a broad range o…

James Champion D.O. is a psychiatrist practicing in Appalachia. He supervises psychiatry residents, teaches medical students, and collaborates with nurse practitioners. He has a D.O. degree from an Appalachian medical school and lives in Tennessee. Adventures of an American Medical Student, a novel, is his first book.Sign up for 10% off of Shrink R…

Dr. Heather Sandison is a renowned naturopathic doctor specializing in neurocognitive medicine and the founder of Solcere Health Clinic, San Diego’s premier brain optimization clinic, and Marama, the first residential memory care facility to have the goal of returning cognitively declined residents to independent living. She has dedicated her caree…

Bio:David Borkenhagen is a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Mathison Centre for Mental Health where he researches community-based interventions for mental health. He completed his PhD in Psychology at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Dr. Colin Ellard and holds a Bachelors in Neuroscience from McGill University. He uses the methods of …

Imagine carving out a life where the only boss you answer to is yourself. It's the entrepreneurial dream that promises ultimate freedom—but what if that freedom is more fiction than fact? Your host, Seth Mills, strips away the glossy veneer of entrepreneurship to expose the sobering truths beneath. In this no-holds-barred episode of Astro Craft Gro…

BioStephen P. H. Whiteside, Ph.D. is a Board-Certified Clinical Psychologist, Professor of Psychology in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, and Director of the Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He received a BA in Psychology from Northwestern University and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Unive…

Dr. Javanbakht is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, founder and director of the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic (STARC), a renowned research clinic at Wayne State University School of Medicine.He researches the neurobiology of stress, anxiety, and PTSD in Syrian and Ukrainian refugees, and first responders, as well as emerging treatmen…

Navigate the nuanced waters of customer acquisition and pricing with us, Seth Mills, and our co-host Nik Dawson. Our latest episode promises you a blueprint for pricing services competitively, without shortchanging your business. Nik sheds light on the delicate art of setting rates that attract clients but also keep your operations in the black. Tu…

Venture with us on a financial odyssey where Nik and I crack the code on staying buoyant in the service industry's sea of unpredictability. We're diving headfirst into real-deal strategies that have steadied our own ships through stormy economic climates. From engineering a six-month financial safety net to the ingenious addition of holiday light i…

Ami Harbin is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women and Gender Studies at Oakland University (Michigan, USA). Her research is in moral psychology, feminist philosophy, and bioethics. She is the author of Fearing Together: Ethics for Insecurity (Oxford 2023) and Disorientation and Moral Life (Oxford 2016). https://oakland.edu/phil/faculty/Harb…

Embark on a voyage through the tempestuous seas of business expansion with your seasoned navigators, Seth Mills and Nik Dawson. We tackle head-on the reality that an employee's dedication is often not a mirror image of an owner's—unveiling strategies to bridge this gap and foster a culture of commitment. Through our personal encounters, we dissect …

STEPHEN AIZENSTAT, Ph.D., is the founder ofPacifica Graduate Institute, Dream Tending, and the Academyof Imaginal Arts and Sciences. For more than 35 years, he hasexplored the power of dreams through depth psychology. He hascollaborated with Joseph Campbell, Marion Woodman, RobertJohnson, James Hillman, and Native elders worldwide. Heconducts dream…

Have you ever questioned how to keep your friendships afloat or kindle romance when the entrepreneurial seas get rough? Seth Mills, alongside our co-host Nik Dawson, swap stories from the trenches, shedding light on the art of maintaining personal connections while helming the entrepreneurial ship. It's a candid look at how we've each grappled with…

Enrico Gnaulati Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to national publications like The Atlantic, Salon, and The Huffington Post, Gnaulati is also sought-after public speaker and radio guest. He is a nationally-recognized reformer of mental health practice and policy, has published numerous articles in both academic journals and popular magazines, and is…

When Harry Gordon Selfridge proclaimed "the customer is always right" over a century ago, he couldn't have imagined the lively debate it would spark on our show. My co-host, Nik Dawson, and I dissect this service industry commandment with a mix of storytelling and analysis. We take you behind the scenes of customer service, where the lines between …

W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist and director of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. He has been working with children, adolescents and their families since 1998 in teens shelters, a residential treatment program, a wilderness program, drug and alcohol outpatient program, schools, community clinics, an in-home the…

Who says success only comes with a degree? I'm Seth Mills, a business administration student who zig-zagged through different majors before finding my passion. And, joining me is Nik Dawson, a entrepreneur who traded traditional schooling after 10th grade for the thrilling rollercoaster of starting his own company. Together, we dig into our unique …

Ever wondered what it's like to operate a service-based business in the unpredictable climate of Texas? Join your hosts, Seth Mills and Nik Dawson, as they expose the gritty realities of being on-call 24/7, navigating the high seas of self-employment, and busting the myth of passive income. We kick off the conversation by sharing our first-hand exp…

Matthew Smith is Professor of Health History at the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare. He is the author of The First Resort: The History of Social Psychiatry in the United States (Columbia UP, 2023) and has written or co-edited many other books on the history of mental health and psychiatry, food and…

Stephen Rowley, PhD, is a psychotherapist practicing on Bainbridge Island, Washington. With the publication of his new book, The Lost Coin: A Memoir of Adoption and Destiny (Chiron Publications), he also has become an author.He previously enjoyed a 40-year career as an elementary school teacher and principal, and a school district superintendent in…

BioDr. Royce Fitts is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in five U.S. states, an ordained minister, and lover of Process Theology. He holds a Doctor of Ministry in pastoral counseling. Royce is a certified Spiritual Care Professional in The American Association for Clinical and Pastoral Education and a Clinical Fellow in The American Associat…

Dr. Mark Gregory Karris is a compassionate and dedicated licensed marriage and family therapist, empowering individuals and couples to embark on transformative journeys to healing and self-discovery. Based in the vibrant city of San Diego, California, Mark's extensive expertise encompasses the realms of religious trauma, men's issues, and couples t…

Dr. Karbelnig practices psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Pasadena, California, working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. He’s earned two PhDs, one in Counseling Psychology from USC in 1986, and another one in Psychoanalysis from the New Center for Psychoanalysis (NCP) in 1996. Shortly thereafter, he achieved Certification in Psychoana…

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Thomas R. Verny is a clinical psychiatrist and the author of eight of books, including The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, which was published in 27 countries and 47 scientific papers. His most recent book is The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness, and Our Bodies. He has previously taught at Harvard Univer…

David H. Rosmarin, PhD, is the founder of Center for Anxiety (New York, Boston, Princeton), an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and director of the McLean Hospital Spirituality & Mental Health Program. He is a clinical innovator in the treatment of anxiety, a board-certified clinical psychologist, and a peer-reviewed scholar. Dr. Rosm…

Jocelyn Eve is a white, neurodivergent human, and a trauma informed group therapist serving LGBTQIA+ folks. She is a loving Auntie, dog mom, and ambivert based in occupied Massachusett Tribe / Cambridge, MA.Jocelyn dreams of radical recovery, healing & thriving! She spends her days scheming creative, integrative, healing spaces and fostering radica…

Jon Frederickson, MSW, is on the faculty of the Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) Training Program at the Washington School of Psychiatry. He has been on the faculty of the Laboratorium Psykoeducaji in Warsaw and has taught at the Ersta Skondal Hogskole in Stockholm. Jon has provided ISTDP training in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Polan…

BioStephen W. Porges, PhD, is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute. He is professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and professor emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Ma…

Karl Ammann uncovers wildlife trafficking, poaching and other forms of brutal exploitation of the planet’s most iconic species. Circumventing red tape and challenging the status quo established by governments and supranational bodies, he discloses the shameful silence of international bodies and puts names and responsibilities behind the ongoing de…

Michael Gellert was born and raised in Montreal. The son of Hungarian Holocaust survivors, he was educated in rabbinic Judaism. Traveling at age nineteen overland from Europe to India and throughout the Indian subcontinent, he had a close brush with death, an experience described later in his first book, Modern Mysticism. He studied with Marshall M…

Jill Stoddard, PhD, is passionate about sharing science-backed ideas from psychology to help people thrive. She is a psychologist, TEDx speaker, award-winning teacher, peer-reviewed ACT trainer, and co-host of the popular Psychologists Off the Clock podcast. Dr. Stoddard is the author of two other books: Be Mighty: A Woman's Guide to Liberation fro…

Dr. Peter H. Kim is a professor of management and organization at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. His research on trust has been published in numerous scholarly journals, received ten national/international awards, and has been featured by the New York Times, Washington Post, and National Public Radio. He h…

Allen Sussman MD was a board-certified endocrinologist in private practice for thirty- four years as well as Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. As co-founder and President of Rainier Clinical Research Center, he was involved in hundreds of evidence-based studies and the development of ground-breaking technology for the tr…

Harriet Sams researches, teaches, mentors, and facilitates ecotherapy and archaeotherapy. She works for the Buddhist ecotherapy charity, Tariki Trust, UK (www.tarikitrust.org), and co-hosts Earth Exchange Cafés for the US eco-resiliency, eco-art, and landscape belonging charity, Radical Joy for Hard Times (www.radicaljoy.org). She co-facilitates ‘T…

Paul D Corona MD was born and raised in Southern California. He attended the University of Southern California from 1980-1984, receiving a BS degree in Biology/Premed. From there he went to Medical school at New York Medical College, and then a three - year residency program in family practice at California Hospital in Los Angeles.After the first d…

Robert L. Okin, MD, is a world-recognized expert on human rights for the mentally disabled. He served as chief of service of the San Francisco General Hospital Department of Psychiatry, where he oversaw the development of crucial services for patients with acute and chronic mental illness. He was also professor and vice chair of the UC San Francisc…

Tim Lott was born in Southall, West London in 1956. After a career in journalism, his first book, The Scent of Dried Roses, a memoir, was published in 1996 and won the PEN/JR Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. His first novel, White City Blue, (1999) a contemporary portrait of friendship and rivalry between a group of young single men, won the Whitb…

Psychology In Seattle ® is a podcast and YouTube channel that is both educational and entertaining.The host, Dr. Kirk Honda, PsyD, LMFT has a Doctorate in Psychology, a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy, and has been working as a psychotherapist since 1996 and a professor since 1998.The Psychology in Seattle podcast and YouTube channel's miss…

Psychology In Seattle ® is a podcast and YouTube channel that is both educational and entertaining.The host, Dr. Kirk Honda, PsyD, LMFT has a Doctorate in Psychology, a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy, and has been working as a psychotherapist since 1996 and a professor since 1998.The Psychology in Seattle podcast and YouTube channel's miss…

Michael Mills is an evolutionary psychologist at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). He earned his B.A. from UC Santa Cruz and his Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara. He has served as Chair, and as the Director of the Graduate Program, at the LMU Psychology Department. He serves on several editorial boards including Evolutionary Psychology; Journal of Soci…