Dr. Charryse Johnson is a nationally recognized expert in women’s mental health, nervous system regulation, and mind-body resilience. She is the creator and host of Dear Dr. Charryse, where she explores how women experience emotional and physical change across the lifespan. Known for translating neuroscience into relatable insight, she helps women decode anxiety, burnout, and hormonal shifts. Her message: your body isn’t failing you — it’s speaking to you.
Dear Dr. Charryse
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Dr. Charryse Johnson is a nationally recognized expert in women’s mental health, nervous system regulation, and mind-body resilience. She is the creator and host of Dear Dr. Charryse, where she explores how women experience emotional and physical change across the lifespan. Known for translating neuroscience into relatable insight, she helps women decode anxiety, burnout, and hormonal shifts. Her message: your body isn’t failing you — it’s speaking to you.
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July 8, 2026
Episode 19 - Victoria Gustafson: From Survival to Surrender — A Coaching Session on Presence & Living with Purpose
<p>On this inspiring episode of Dear Dr. Charryse, host Dr. Charryse sits down with life coach and speaker Victoria Gustafson for a powerful conversation about resilience, presence, and what it truly means to live after surviving the unimaginable.<br>Two years after experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest while playing pickleball, Victoria's life changed forever. Despite being healthy and active, her heart stopped for 12 minutes before bystanders and first responders saved her life. That extraordinary experience transformed her perspective, shifting her from a life driven by control and constant planning to one grounded in trust, gratitude, and intentional living.<br>Together, Victoria and Dr. Charryse explore the emotional burden of people-pleasing, chronic stress, and always planning for the future. They discuss how the body often carries what the mind refuses to acknowledge and why true healing begins when we learn to slow down and be fully present.<br>During the episode, Dr. Charryse leads a live coaching session focused on emotional regulation, surrender, and creating a life aligned with purpose rather than pressure.<br>Coaching Session Highlights:<br>• Sudden Cardiac Arrest vs. Heart Attack: Victoria explains the difference between an electrical heart event and a blocked artery, highlighting the importance of CPR and AED awareness.<br>• The Emotional Weight We Carry: Dr. Charryse explores how stress, people-pleasing, and emotional overload can impact both physical and emotional well-being.<br>• From Control to Trust: Victoria shares how surviving cardiac arrest taught her to release the need to control everything and embrace the present moment.<br>• Somatic Awareness: Understanding how emotions are stored in the body and how physical sensations can become valuable signals for healing.<br>• Exhaustion as a Warning Sign: Chronic exhaustion is often the result of living out of alignment rather than simply working too hard.<br>• Breathwork for Regulation: Simple breathing techniques can calm the nervous system and help restore emotional balance.<br>• Daily Practices for Presence: Victoria shares the habits that transformed her life, including movement, gratitude, reducing screen time, and connecting with nature.<br>• The "Managing vs. Experiencing" Tool: Dr. Charryse encourages listeners to reflect:<br>– What am I trying to control that isn't actually mine to control?<br>– What is real and in front of me today?<br>– What would it look like to respond to today instead of managing tomorrow?<br>This episode is a moving reminder that life can change in an instant—and that our greatest peace is often found not in control, but in presence, gratitude, and living each day with intention.</p>
July 1, 2026
Episode 18 - Dr. Chi Quita Mack: From Healing to Visibility — A Coaching Session on Storytelling & Self-Ownership
<p>On this powerful episode of Dear Dr. Charryse, host Dr. Charryse sits down with speaker, author, podcast host, and healing coach Dr. Chi Quita Mack for an inspiring conversation about identity, resilience, and the courage to stop hiding and start living authentically.<br>As the founder of The Chi Quita Mack, LLC and host of The Beauty in You Podcast, Dr. Mack has dedicated her work to helping women transform pain into purpose and reclaim the power of their stories. Through her signature H.E.A.L. Framework, she empowers high-achieving women to heal, rediscover themselves, and build lives rooted in confidence and authenticity.<br>Together, Dr. Mack and Dr. Charryse explore the emotional cost of constantly wearing the "strong woman" mask and how healing often requires releasing old identities, challenging cultural stigmas, and learning to be seen without fear.<br>During the episode, Dr. Charryse leads a live coaching session focused on storytelling, visibility, and stepping fully into your truth:<br>Coaching Session Highlights:<br>• The Cost of Resilience: Constantly carrying the burden of being "the strong one" can lead to emotional exhaustion and physical burnout.<br>• Healing Through Storytelling: Sharing our experiences can reduce shame, create connection, and remind others that they are not alone.<br>• Owning Your Narrative: You are the author of your own story and have the power to decide how, when, and with whom you share it.<br>• Visibility Requires Identity: True visibility comes from alignment with values and self-awareness rather than simply being louder or more visible.<br>• Outgrowing Relationships: Healing may require creating distance from relationships rooted in shared pain or unhealthy dynamics.<br>• Breaking Cultural Stigmas: Dr. Mack discusses overcoming beliefs that discourage therapy and emotional openness, particularly within communities of color.<br>• Protection vs. Visibility: The brain often associates being seen with danger if hiding was once necessary for survival.<br>• Normalizing Anxiety Around Growth: Feeling nervous about speaking up or sharing your truth is often a sign that your nervous system is learning a new experience of safety.<br>• The "Healing to Visibility Shift" Tool: Dr. Charryse offers three reflective questions to help listeners identify where they are still hiding despite their growth and how they can begin expressing themselves more authentically.<br>This episode is a reminder that healing is not the final destination. Sometimes the next step is allowing yourself to be seen, heard, and celebrated for who you truly are.</p>
June 24, 2026
Episode 17 - Chloé Caroline: Creativity, Burnout & Finding Your Way Back to Yourself — A Coaching Session on Authentic Living
<p>On this inspiring episode of Dear Dr. Charryse, host Dr. Charryse sits down with singer-songwriter Chloé Caroline for a heartfelt conversation about creativity, burnout, healing, and the courage to reconnect with yourself when life pulls you off course.<br>Known for her powerful songwriting, sold-out performances, and rapidly growing global audience, Chloé has built a successful independent music career with support from Billboard, VEVO, and major film and television placements. Yet behind the success was a personal journey through exhaustion, emotional numbness, and the realization that external achievement alone could not sustain her well-being.<br>Together, Chloé and Dr. Charryse explore how creativity can serve as medicine, why burnout often disconnects us from joy, and how authentic expression becomes possible when we stop seeking validation and start listening to ourselves.<br>During the episode, Dr. Charryse leads a live coaching session focused on creativity, self-trust, and reconnecting with what truly brings us alive:<br>Coaching Session Highlights:<br>• Creativity as Medicine: Chloé shares how music became a healing tool during childhood illness and helped her navigate difficult seasons of life.<br>• Burnout and Emotional Numbness: Chronic overworking can disconnect people from inspiration, joy, and emotional presence.<br>• The Courage to Realign: Sometimes healing requires making difficult decisions, ending misaligned relationships, changing environments, and returning to what feels authentic.<br>• Authenticity vs. Belonging: Dr. Charryse explains that meaningful creative work often begins when people stop abandoning themselves for acceptance or validation.<br>• The Body Knows First: Physical symptoms and emotional discomfort can signal when a situation is no longer healthy or aligned.<br>• The Neuroscience of Music: Music activates areas of the brain connected to memory, emotion, and possibility, creating pathways for healing and transformation.<br>• Starting Small: Reconnecting with joy can begin through simple practices such as walking, creating art, cooking, or spending intentional time in nature.<br>• Decision-Making and Inner Peace: Dr. Charryse shares tools for overcoming analysis paralysis by paying attention to what creates a sense of peace rather than pressure.<br>• Creating Before Performing: Listeners are encouraged to create from authenticity rather than focusing solely on outcomes, applause, or external approval.<br>This episode is a reminder that success means little if it costs you your connection to yourself. True fulfillment begins when you honor your creativity, trust your inner voice, and create from a place of alignment.</p>
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