**Show Intro: On the Couch with Dr. Diamond & Friends**

Welcome back to another powerful episode of *On the Couch with Dr. Diamond and Friends*, where real conversations meet real transformation. This week, we’re honored to welcome a special guest whose journey, wisdom, and leadership have been impacting lives across communities.Joining us on the couch is **Michael A. Wiggins**, widely known as *Coach Mike*—a Certified Coach, Trainer, and Speaker with the Maxwell Leadership Team, and the founder of Progressive Traditions Leadership and Coaching.

With over 25 years of experience in leadership development, coaching, and instructional design, Coach Mike brings a unique blend of insight, authenticity, and heart.He’s opening up about reinvention, resilience, and what it truly means to start over—especially when life pushes you into a new chapter you didn’t see coming. His story is powerful, his mission is inspiring, and his perspective is exactly what so many people need to hear right now.

So settle in, get comfortable, and join us for a conversation that promises to challenge, uplift, and empower. This is *On the Couch with Dr. Diamond and Friends*—and we’re just getting started.

“On this week's episode of "On the Couch", we’re unpacking something many people feel but rarely talk about openly—The Holiday Blues. While the season is marketed as joyful and magical, for a lot of folks it brings stress, loneliness, grief, and emotional exhaustion.

And that doesn’t make you weak, ungrateful, or ‘not in the spirit.’ It makes you human.”

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“On today’s episode of On the Couch Podcast, we are honored to welcome Alicia S. Azahar. Alicia is an author, actress, model, poet, wife, and mother whose life and work embody resilience, faith, and purpose.

As the founder of *Uninterrupted Thoughts*, she has created a powerful platform that inspires healing and self-expression through poetry and storytelling. Her words have been featured in the Waco WordFest Anthology from 2022 to 2024, and she has graced stages at events such as WFAA Channel 8 and the American Heart Association’s Go Red Live.

Beyond her artistry, Alicia serves as a Community Partner at The Phoenix Academy, where she teaches Social and Emotional Intervention classes, using spoken word and journaling to empower youth to find strength in their stories and purpose in their pain. When she’s not creating or teaching,

Alicia finds joy in reading, working out, writing, and cherishing time with her family. Please join me in welcoming the inspiring Alicia S. Azahar to the conversation.”