Episode 16 – Wanda Howard – As a Kid I Didn’t Know Anything About Mental Illness at All. I Had No Idea That That’s What Was Going on With Me. I Just Thought I Was Broken

Episode 16 - Wanda Howard - As a Kid I Didn’t Know Anything About Mental Illness at All. I Had No Idea That That’s What Was Going on With Me. I Just Thought I Was Broken Drew Deraney 39:50

This episode:

I don’t remember a time when I didn’t want to die. What was sad was that my parents, the people who I looked up to, who I saw how much they were working, they had nine kids to take care of. My mom was also in a wheelchair. And so my dad was constantly like, juggling everything. My mom was trying to keep sane with losing her ability to walk. And I just saw how much they were trying to do for their kids. And I felt like I was such a terrible human being for being miserable. I’m like I should love what they’re doing. I love them. I’m grateful for all that they do for me and I hate life and I’m miserable inside and I was like, what’s wrong with me? Why can’t I be better? Why am I not a better daughter? Why am I not just more grateful for things?

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Wanda Howard Bio:

Wanda helps highly successful Influencers who WANT SO BADLEY to level up as a parent BUT Their BODY SAYS NO because they ARE JUST TO TIRED!

WANDA IS THE EXPERT AT HELPING PARENTS TAKE THINGS TO THE NEXT LEVEL where you know how to raise emotionally healthy and confident kids IN A WAY THAT IS SIMPLE & ENERGIZING!

Drew Deraney Mindset Mastery Coach (Life Coach with a Twist)

Drew Deraney now travels the world both to Live and Virtual Events showing mostly men the steps needed to strengthen self-identity and self-worth, to overcome self-limiting beliefs, and to build confidence while being authentic, maintaining boundaries and to transcend people pleasing skills to become the person they are destined to be. Drew challenges them to reach deep inside and make a lasting impact.

In a 9-month span, Drew experienced a grueling divorce, job loss, his son’s suicidal ideations, and his father’s death which devastated Drew emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. It is a commonality for men to consider any challenge as a weakness as well as to show emotion and ask for help. While writing his book, Drew realized he was not the only man suffering in silence. With more clarity of purpose than ever, he began asking for help. Drew Deraney’s mission is to help especially men, release their inner greatness by showing vulnerability, keeping in integrity of their power, and making a great impact on the people in their lives both personally and professionally.

Drew Deraney was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ where he still lives to this day caring for his elderly mom and his 3 adult children Matthew, Nicholas, and Emma. Drew earned his B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in Applied Psychology, and two psychology research publications while at Fairfield University; a scholarship from the Healthcare Financial Management Association; and his M.B.A. in Health Care Administration from Baruch College / Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NY. His hospital career spanned 24 years where he was co-chair of the Leadership Institute, spoke at JD Power, was one of three leaders interviewed by The Commonwealth Fund, received his Communicating with Empathy Trainer certification and is a Certified Patient Experience Professional. Four years ago, Drew founded Profit Compassion LLC, an entity to coach and empower mostly men to create resiliency and authenticity as Chief Resilience Officer. Drew is the podcast host of ‘From Caving in to Crushing It’ and recently became a best-selling author with his book ‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’ - Memoir of a reformed People Pleaser.