Ask Dr. Louise is a thought-provoking podcast where renowned interventionist and author Dr. Louise Stanger explores the complexities of addiction, mental health, and family dynamics. With decades of experience, she offers expert insight, compassionate guidance, and real conversations designed to educate, empower, and inspire lasting transformation.
Ask Dr. Louise
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Podcast Overview
Ask Dr. Louise is a thought-provoking podcast where renowned interventionist and author Dr. Louise Stanger explores the complexities of addiction, mental health, and family dynamics. With decades of experience, she offers expert insight, compassionate guidance, and real conversations designed to educate, empower, and inspire lasting transformation.
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July 16, 2026
The Power of Feeling Beautiful: Makeup Artist Allison Elliott on Confidence and Self-Worth
What if beauty wasn't about perfection—but about confidence? In this uplifting episode of Ask Dr. Louise, Dr. Louise sits down with celebrity and bridal makeup artist Allison Elliott for a heartfelt conversation about beauty, confidence, entrepreneurship, and discovering your true worth. While Allison has spent decades helping brides, celebrities, and women of all ages look their best, her greatest passion isn't makeup—it's helping people feel beautiful from the inside out. Allison shares her inspiring journey from earning a business degree at her father's encouragement to leaving corporate America, moving to New York City, and building a successful career in the beauty industry. From working at Sephora and learning under legendary makeup artist Laura Geller to New York Fashion Week, celebrity clients, and now owning a luxury bridal beauty agency, Allison's story is one of courage, creativity, and following your calling. Together, Dr. Louise and Allison explore why confidence begins long before the makeup brush, how positive self-talk changes the way we see ourselves, and why every woman deserves to feel radiant—whether it's on her wedding day or an ordinary Tuesday. In this episode, you will learn: Allison's journey from corporate America to becoming a professional makeup artist How following your passion can lead to a fulfilling career Why beauty starts with confidence and self-worth The emotional transformation makeup can create Working with brides, celebrities, and women of every age The importance of enhancing—not hiding—your natural beauty Building confidence through positive self-talk Why comparison steals confidence Starting and growing a successful bridal beauty business Lessons learned from entrepreneurship Finding purpose by reconnecting with what you loved as a child Why taking care of your health contributes to feeling beautiful Allison's experience getting married later in life and what it taught her about love Connect with Allison: Website: https://allisonvalebeauty.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allison.elliott.503 Connect with Dr. Louise: Website: https://www.allaboutinterventions.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allaboutinterventions/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlouisestanger/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drlouisestanger
July 2, 2026
Comprehensive Healing: Finding the Root Cause of Trauma, Addiction & Mental Illness with Dr. James Flowers
Dr. Louise introduces her podcast Ask Dr. Louise and interviews longtime friend and collaborator Dr. James Flowers, CEO of J. Flowers Health Institute in Houston, Texas, discussing their shared academic, research-driven, precision-based approach to complex mental health cases, emphasizing comprehensive diagnostics, one-on-one care without strict time limits, and strong therapeutic alliance. Flowers explains he created the institute to address gaps in group-based, time-limited treatment, describing a 360-degree “living MRI” evaluation to identify root causes. He shares cases where medical workups changed psychiatric assumptions, including a pituitary tumor causing aberrant behavior and a student misdiagnosed with schizophrenia who had a brain parasite. They discuss trauma, with Flowers recounting severe childhood losses and describing compartmentalization as his early “superpower,” while highlighting ongoing therapy and helping families heal. Flowers shares institute contact details and encourages careful, informed treatment selection.
June 18, 2026
From Family Crisis to Global Impact: Jessica Sarowitz on Trauma, Healing, and Purpose
On Ask Dr. Louise, Dr. Louise Stanger interviews Jessica Sarowitz, who recounts first contacting Dr. Stanger during a desperate period when her 17-year-old son experienced a severe mental health breakdown; she emphasizes the importance of a unified family approach, avoiding triangulation, and the role of peers in supporting treatment, and shares that David is now graduating college and pursuing mental health work. Sarowitz describes leading For Us Bay Partners, a single-family office with payroll/HR, real estate, investments, film, and philanthropy through the Julian Grace Foundation, including projects like Stocker Street Creative in Baldwin Hills and support for unaccompanied immigrant minors and a Jewish-Muslim/Palestinian educational center in Akko. They discuss parenting values, curiosity across cultures, learning from failure, Sarowitz’s childhood abuse and reclaiming her story, travel and scuba diving goals, aging, gratitude, mental health “maintenance,” and Stanger’s goals at 80 and her book Trauma Is Your Superpower.
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