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Phoenix and Flame Podcast

Dana Skaggs

Booking Overview

This interview-led personal growth and mental-health show features candid external guests who share experiences of crisis, burnout, imposter syndrome, recovery, and personal transformation, with practical coping strategies and boundary-focused commentary from the host. Credible pitch candidates include psychotherapists, coaches, mental-health advocates, authors, leaders, and professionals with compelling lived experience or actionable frameworks; booking difficulty is low because guests are generally accessible experts rather than major celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 180

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 54 subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

dana@danaskaggs.com

danaskaggs@phoenixandflame.com

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Host

Dana Skaggs - Dana Skaggs, M.A., is a psychotherapist, keynote speaker, and author known for her work on boundaries, personal growth, and practical coping strategies.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Practicing coaches, psychotherapists, mental-health advocates, authors, leaders, or professionals with substantial lived experience and practical expertise in resilience, burnout, boundaries, recovery, conflict, or personal transformation.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or recognized writing, Professional coaching or therapeutic practice, Leadership or specialist experience in high-pressure environments, Mental-health advocacy or peer-support work, A compelling personal recovery or transformation story

Recent Guest Discussions

Annette Mullin - Crisis Negotiation, Tactical Empathy, Listening, Curiosity Over Judgment, Leadership Under Pressure, And Navigating Male-dominated Workplaces.

Dave Mowry - Clinical Depression, Psychotic Illness, Recovery, Peer Support, Comedy As A Mental-health Tool, Suicide Prevention, And Supporting People With Mental Illness.

Kurt Bush - Imposter Syndrome, Authentic Confidence, Personal Transformation, The ERT Framework, And Stopping Activities That Drain Energy.

Jody Brooks - Burnout, Midlife Transitions, Anxiety Regulation, Personal Alignment, Core Values, And Establishing Guilt-free Boundaries.

Aaron Ryan - Resilience After Professional Setbacks, Imposter Syndrome, Writing, Creative Careers, Authenticity, And Turning Personal Hardship Into Fiction.

Recent Topics

Boundaries, Mental Health, Burnout, Trauma, Resilience

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Phoenix and Flame Podcast
:

Why Business Leaders Need Negotiation Skills

August 23, 2026

First aired August 23, 2026 Annette Mullin spent 24 years with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, nine of them as a crisis negotiator, eventually leading one of the busiest negotiation teams in the country â€" averaging over 100 call-outs a year. She worked patrol, sexual assault, internal affairs, and homicide, becoming LVMPD's first female homicide sergeant, before spending her final years as the department's director of employee wellness in the aftermath of the October 1 Mandala...

Why Comedy Might Be the Best Medicine For Mental Health

August 16, 2026

First aired August 16, 2026 For over a decade, Dave Mowry couldn't get out of bed, couldn't shower, and couldn't walk to his own mailbox without waiting until dark so a neighbor wouldn't catch the look in his eyes. In 1994, a psychotic break sent the successful businessman and family man into a depression so deep it cost him his house, his career, and 14 years he calls his "lost years." He slept in his clothes for months at a time. At parties, he'd stand against the wall and pray no one came ...

Why Imposter Syndrome Keeps Leaders Stuck

August 09, 2026

In this episode, Dana is joined by Kurt Bush, a trauma-informed coach who helps leaders move from imposter syndrome to authentic confidence. Kurt shares his own journey with imposter syndrome, from feeling like a fraud in corporate leadership meetings to realizing his true calling. He explains that to make a change, the pain of staying the same must become greater than the pain of changing, a threshold many of us fear crossing. Kurt introduces the ERT (Encounter + Reflection = Transformation)...

Publicly listed emails

dana@danaskaggs.com

danaskaggs@phoenixandflame.com

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