Show overview
The Teaching Journeys Podcast has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 256 episodes. That works out to roughly 200 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 41 min and 53 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 55 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 96 episodes published. Published by Dave Roberts.
From the publisher
Dave Roberts ,MSW, LMSW is an adjunct professor of psychology child life at Utica University, an author a bereavement support specialist, and a parent who experienced the death of an adult child on March 1,2003. He was inspired to create The Teaching Journeys Podcast by two of his former Utica University students. Dave strives to have meaningful conversations with individuals , young and old, whose life journeys, life skills and challenges ,can teach us about addressing our own challenges. It is Dave's hope that the teachings from these conversations live on in future generations.Weekly episodes have featured guests from all walks of life, with diverse experiences and life skills to share .Dave hopes that his guests ‘experiences resonate with all who listen, both young and old.We are all students and teachers...... let's learn from each other.To find out more about Dave, go to davidrobertsmsw.com
Latest Episodes
View all 256 episodesWhat Grief Does to Your Brain and Body, And How to Heal
I Buried Her in a French Press: How Intuition & Progress Over Perfection Shaped One Woman's Journey
No Evidence of Disease: How One Man Used the Mind Body Connection to Overcome Pancreatic Cancer
The Spring Equinox Guide: Daily Practices For Consciousness Shift
Change Your Energy, Change Your Life: Energy Strategies with Dr. Cornelia Kawann
Don't Walk Away: Finding Joy as an Alzheimer's Care Partner
Healing Trauma Through Biodynamic Breathwork: April Wyett on Body Based Recovery
Healing Through Wonder: How Awe & Nature Transform Trauma and Grief
From CEO to Coach: Becca Pearce's Journey Through Job Loss, Brain Tumor, and Finding Purpose
35 Years Sober: Steve Moore on Addiction Recovery and Healing Childhood Trauma
Living Undeterred: How Plant-Based Medicine and Purpose Helped One Man Survive Devastating Loss
You Are Never Alone: A Grief Therapist's Journey Through Loss and Hope
Sydney Curtin on Open Adoption: A Birth Mother's Journey to Advocacy
Surviving Child Loss: Linda Henderson's Journey from Grief to Hope
Breaking Free from Toxic Relationships: Signs, Patterns & Healing
From Teen Pregnancy to Advocacy: One Woman's Journey Through Adoption and Healing
Ep 240Where Secrets End, Healing Begins: A Survivor's Journey to Wholeness
Host Dave Roberts introduces the Teaching Journeys podcast and interviews author, speaker, truth coach, and trauma-informed NLP solution-focused counselor Nattolie Chilton, a survivor of abuse, domestic violence, addiction, and deep trauma who describes a supernatural encounter with God that transformed her identity and helped lead to nearly 15 years of sobriety. Chilton shares how childhood neglect, lack of touch, and narcissistic family dynamics shaped feelings of worthlessness and later influenced her 35-year career in massage and creating safe spaces for others. Discussing her book Unsilenced, she emphasizes “where secrets end healing begins,” urging compassion for addicts and explaining how secrecy, including family sexual abuse kept hidden, perpetuates harm. She also discusses her Survivors Unite Club Facebook community, her Wednesday “Cup of Courage” Zoom, and a Freedom Legacy fundraising project.Nattolie's Bio and Contact InformationNattolie Chilton is a 3X author, speaker, Truth Coach, and trauma-informed NLP Solution Focused counselor whose message is clear: where secrets end, healing begins.After surviving abuse, domestic violence, addiction, and deep trauma, Nattolie experienced a supernatural encounter with God that transformed her identity—and even led to a name change. Nearly 15 years sober, she now lives as proof that restoration is real.Her TEDx-style talk, Return to Love, and her book Unsilenced: Use Your Voice, Words Hold Power (Dec 2024; audiobook Dec 31, 2025) share how childhood words and hidden secrets shaped a false identity—and how God rewrote her story. What was broken became beautifully restored.An International Amazon Bestselling co-author in The Ripple Effect of Impact Collaboration and featured in Resilience Anthology Two, Nattolie also founded Survivors Unite Club, a Facebook community for those ready to step forward to recover wholeness over serious life challenges.She hosts Cup of Courage every Wednesday at 3PM MST on Zoom, creating space for truth & bold healing in the community.Nattolie believes in miracles—and reminds others they are not beyond one.Connect with Nattolie:Website: breakupwithsecrets.comEmail: [email protected]: facebook.com/nattolie.chiltonFacebook: Survivors Unite ClubInstagram: @unsilencednattolieYouTube: youtube.com/unsilencednattolieTo find out more about Dave, go to davidrobertsmsw.com
Ep 239Janelle Miller Moravek: Building a Better Mental Health System For Our Kids
Host Dave Roberts welcomes Janelle Miller Moravek, a nonprofit leader and mental health advocate who has served as executive director of Youth and Family Counseling (YFC) since 2009. Janelle describes coming from a culture that didn’t discuss feelings, recognizing her own anxiety later, and becoming committed to expanding access to care. She and Dave discuss barriers for emerging young adults including among other things, affordability, therapists not taking insurance, limited Medicaid providers and high out-of-pocket costs. Janelle advocates for reimbursement at cost, licensure reciprocity, prevention and behavioral health literacy, more recess and manageable school workloads, and urges listeners: don’t wait to seek help; get screened or assessed. Bio and Contact informationJanelle Miller Moravek is a nonprofit leader & mental health advocate. She has led Youth & Family Counseling as Executive Director since 2009, driving its growth and impact across Lake County, Illinois. With a deep commitment to increasing access to mental health services, she oversees strategy, programming, and operations while fostering strong partnerships throughout the community. Janelle plays a key leadership role in the region, serving on the board of the Lake County Alliance for Human Services and co-chairing the Lake County Behavioral Health Action Team. Her prior experience includes development roles at Carmel Catholic High School and Barat College. She holds a BA in French Studies from Wesleyan University and lives in Libertyville with her husband and three children.Connect with JanelleWebsite: CounselingForAll.org/ LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/janelle-miller-moravek-903a815b/ Janelle’s profile: accessspeakers.biz/speaker/janelle-miller-moravek-nonprofit-leader-mental-health-advocate/To find out more about Dave , go to davidrobertsmsw.com
Ep 238How The Safer Schools Foundation Fights Isolation and Bullying to Keep Students Safe
Host Dave Roberts interviews TJ, executive program director of the Safer Schools Foundation, about a program that evolved from a self-spotting exercise platform originally built to train military and law enforcement under extreme duress. After seeing strong youth engagement, the team developed a seven-tier, 15-week school program combining 30 minutes of group exercise to counter isolation and obesity with 30 minutes of mentor circles teaching situational awareness, safety/security, social media and cyber safety, anti-bullying, and suicide awareness, reinforced by weekly character traits and active challenges. TJ describes community-based youth events where the foundation flies in, fundraises, and donates equipment and manuals so schools can sustain the program, including an upcoming donated event in Uvalde, Texas honoring victims. He shares impact stories of isolated students gaining confidence and connection, discusses faith as a personal motivator while operating as a secular foundation, and highlights partners IdentityMax and the U.S. Women’s Grocery Association.TJ Bio and Contact InformationTJ is the executive program director of the Safer Schools Foundation training approximately 18 He has been blessed to train Law Enforcement , Pro-Athletes-Collegiate and HS athletes , First Responders of all levels on this program. TJ has been married 30 years in May of this year. He and his wife have three sons and four grandchildren.Contact the Safer Schools Foundation:Email: [email protected]: saferschoolsfoundation.orgTo find out more about Dave go to davidrobertsmsw.com
Ep 237The Day a Horse Remembered Me When I Couldn't Remember Myself
Host Dave Roberts welcomes equine professional and coach Michelle Holling-Brooks to the Teaching Journeys podcast. Michelle describes a life-threatening illness at 13 (equine eastern encephalitis and viral spinal meningitis) that left her in a coma, then deaf, light-blind, partially paralyzed, and without memory or sense of self, leading to functional freeze and disconnection from family. She recounts how returning to a barn and bonding with a horse named Schedule became the bridge back to engagement, communication, and physical recovery through connection and rhythmic movement, and how her “energy eyes” and intuitive senses emerged. After Schedule’s death and a suicide attempt, her German shepherd Baron helped spur a renewed healing journey. Michelle explains her nonprofit Unbridled Change (founded 2008), evolving from equine-partnered psychotherapy to broader heart-centered healing presence work, and discusses her books The Horse Cure and Trauma-Informed Enlightenment with an accompanying deck and guidebook, plus resources and offerings via unbridledchange.org.About Michelle Holling-Brooks:MICHELLE HOLLING-BROOKS has over 20 years of experience working as an Equine Professional and Coach in the field of Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapy, specializing in working with clients to heal trauma, post-traumatic stress, and attachment issues. After a life-threatening illness at the age of 13 changed Michelle’s life, a horse named Schedule A helped her heal her body, mind, and soul. Michelle is passionate about sharing the lessons horses have taught her about healing and personal growth with her clients and other professionals. She believes that horses provide us all with the gift of awareness, the kindness of unconditional love, and an open challenge to us as humans to step into our own empowered voice.Connect with Michelle:Website: unbridledchange.orgSocial Media: @unbridledchangeTo find out more about Dave go to davidrobertsmsw.com