Ep. 19: We hear from a college student about navigating severe anxiety since childhood, her placement in a residential treatment program and learning to work with her family to developed skills for life. Learn more about teen anxiety symptoms, tips for managing symptoms and get new resources. You may also want to check out Part 2 in this series: Parenting Teens with Anxiety (Ep. 20).
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Ep. 18: Just weeks after the COVID-19 outbreak begins, we offer help for those with mental health conditions about how to better cope under these trying conditions. This show is full of practical suggestions you can adopt right away, and includes an extensive list of mental health oriented and mostly free resources.
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Ep. 17: Just weeks after the COVID-19 outbreak begins, we offer help for those with mental health conditions about how to better cope under these trying conditions. This show is full of practical suggestions you can adopt right away, and includes an extensive list of mental health oriented and mostly free resources.
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Ep. 16: Our guest tells how she recovered from one of the most dangerous eating disorders, Anorexia Nervosa through a self-created and unconventional path. Learn more about the types and prevalence of eating disorders, commonly held myths, the types of treatments available, and about resources to help support recovery.
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Ep 15: Strong family support of a transgender child can make a life-or-death difference and helps cultivate good long-term mental health. Guests share about the unique and often challenging experience of parenting a transgender child. Learn about how to provide support and where to find support for yourself. Originally broadcast in Feb. 2019, this interview has been remixed and updated.
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Ep. 14: Psychiatric Service Dogs help their owners with mental health conditions like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, and severe anxiety. They perform specific tasks enabling their handlers to then function in ordinary ways. Learn more about how these remarkable animals change and improve the lives of their handlers.
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Ep. 13: Perinatal Depression & Anxiety (PPD) is a mood disorder that affects about 12.5% of women in the US after childbirth. Our guest shares her experience of debilitating PPD after the birth of her twins, how she sought treatment, found support, and wended her way back to wellness and joy in parenting. Learn more about PPD, who’s at risk, and how to get help.
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Ep. 12: One woman’s story of her struggles leading up to and then being diagnosed as an adult with ADHD. Follow her journey in learning to accept and understand herself, how she sought support and ultimately found strategies and skills so that she could accomplish her dreams. Learn more about the kinds of challenges having ADHD presents, how it differs in adults and children, what to know about getting properly diagnosed and where to find help and support. Originally released in Oct. 2018, this interview has been remixed and updated.
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Ep. 11: Many people grow up in what could be described as “dysfunctional families” which can continue to have mental health and physical health effects well into adulthood. Guests in this show discuss an array of ways to heal from such experiences including the role that the 12- step Program Adult Children of Alcoholics & Other Dysfunctional Families (ACA) can play.
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Ep. 10: Continuing our series on mental wellness through mindfulness, we explore the health value of learning to practice compassion first with yourself and then with others. One man shares how these skills have helped him to be less judgmental and led him to greater joy and connection with others. Also check out the previous show on developing greater Emotional Balance (Ep. 9).
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