What do you know about service dogs? Do you own one, or are you interested and think a service dog may be able to assist you with your mental health?
S10 | 02 – Hope Through Grief and Widowhood with Yemi Majekodunmi
Yemi Majekodunmi joins Lindsay to share her framework for finding hope through grief after losing a spouse, and discusses how we can better support those who are grieving.
S07 | 10 – Forging Your Own Recovery with Corinne Simpson
Recovery isn’t one size fits all. You may have to break out of the box to forge a way to your recovery. That’s what today’s guest, Corinne Simpson, did, and she just recently celebrated her 20th year of sobriety! Despite her respect for programs like AA, they just didn’t work for her and what she wanted from her sobriety, so she found something that did. You can do the same.
Listen in as she shares the amazing possibilities and options for recovery that are out there, and how she was able to forge her own recovery and rebuild her life to be what she wanted.
S07 | 09 – Caring for Yourself as a Caregiver with Moira Cleary
Many people fit into the role of “caregiver”, such as parents, children, and leaders. But something that all different types of caregivers tend to have in common is that they are so focused on caring for others that they stop caring for themselves in the process.
You have your own journey and your own story as a caregiver, and it is not selfish to recognize that and give yourself space to just be yourself. Because caring for others is not all that you are or do.
S05 | 10 – Be a Catalyst for Hope with Denise Summers
One thing that’s become abundantly clear to the world this past year is that mental health does not discriminate. Anybody in any situation is susceptible to experiencing mental illness, addiction, abuse, or any other sort of trauma. Denise Summers joins us on the podcast today to explain that this is exactly why hope is a necessity. Everybody needs to have …
S04 | 12 – Rising to the Occasion with Connie Jakab
During times of crisis, who do you look to for support? Or are you the one people look to? One thing is for sure, hope is created socially. A supportive community is imperative in helping each other to heal. That’s what today’s guest, Connie Jakab, is here to teach us today. She is an expert in providing hope to those …
S04 | 11 – Reversing Roles with Jenny Smith
As we get older, some things become inevitable. There are difficult decisions we will have to end up making on our parents’ behalf, and along with those come difficult conversations. It feels so easy and comforting to put them off until later… right? Jenny Smith from When Roles Reverse joined me today to talk about how having these difficult conversations …
S04 | 10 – Motivated Action with Sean Crump and Derek Deacon-Rogers
My definition of hope is “the future will be better than today by taking action over the things we can control”. The average person walks through life completely unaware of how accessible (or inaccessible) the world around them is for others. But the reality of life for many people who have unique characteristics and needs is that the world is …
S04 | 09 – Building Hope Through Humor with Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
When you find yourself slipping into the cloudiness of depression, stress, or anxiety, how do you cope and find the motivation to get through it? There are many coping methods you might see as a beacon in the darkness, but today’s guest specializes in using humor. Lindsay Harle-Kadatz’s story is all about finding the humor in our lowest times, reaching …
S04 | 08 – Healing Stress with Craniosacral Therapy with Devan Ridsdale
Feeling stressed? Experiencing burnout? With the current state of the world, I don’t doubt it. But we don’t have to let the overwhelm take over our lives. By managing our stressors we can energize ourselves to find the solutions we need to make it through the hard times. Devan Ridsdale joins the podcast to tell us about the success she’s …