Physician’s Near-Death Patient Experience Chronicled In Memoir, Inspired Campaign To Boost More Effective Communication. Dr. Rana Awdish, a critical care medicine physician and director of Henry Ford’s Pulmonary Hypertension Program, speaks with ElizabethAtkins of MI Healthy Mind in unflinching candor about her experience as a patient on the brink of... read more →
Jul
31
Feb
15
Cravings...for food, for drugs, for gambling, cigarettes, alcohol. What happens when they get out of control? This week, MI Healthy Mind takes an in depth and candid look at this control question with Vicki Griffin, who discusses how her personal cravings nearly destroyed her. Then shares her amazing story…. a... read more →
Dec
18
New initiatives in law enforcement are being introduced in police departments across the country–new policies, procedures and practices for recognizing mental illness and diffusing high-stress situations BEFORE they turn tragic. Host Elizabeth Atkins explores these groundbreaking initiatives from both sides of the law, with social worker Renee Blaze, Washtenaw County... read more →
Dec
18
It’s widely known that trauma suffered in childhood can do serious mental and emotional damage. Damage that often lasts a lifetime. But did you know that enormous stress during our early years can change our brains? And lead to not only mental, emotional and social problems ranging from domestic violence... read more →
Oct
31
This episode, meet Jeff Hawkins who talks about his slow, progressive descent into blindness, and his initial reaction to losing his sight. While terrifying and debilitating at first, Jeff shares insights he gained about these new challenges and what allowed him to move forward in life.
Oct
31
Like his friends, Andrew Brown started using prescription painkillers in highschool. It was fun. By the time it stopped being fun, it was too late. Pills soon turned to heroin, and his life began slipping away from him. Andrew’s story is familiar one. The severity of opioid withdrawal means users... read more →
Oct
11
On this episode of MI Healthy Mind, we explore the signs of mental and emotional distress, and answer the question… What if you cry and nobody hears? For those in pain, it’s often very difficult—or impossible—to reach out when they’re suffering. We’ll meet Stephanie Grimes, herself a suicide survivor, who... read more →
May
05
A story of faith and will to be sure. But one of triumph over extreme adversity, of family love, of friendship, of unshakeable inner strength. It begins with a child who was naturally optimistic, outgoing, intelligent and active. Drew Clayborn was into everything good—sports, theatre, music…life! Until one day, at... read more →
Mar
20
Richard Roberts wasn't a street junkie, buying illegal drugs, and getting high for the fun of it. He was just a guy, serving in our military, who was prescribed some very potent medication for a serious and painful back injury, which led to a 12-year battle with addiction and the... read more →
Feb
28
Sarah Desjardins, to all outward appearances, is an engaging, highly intelligent, well-adjusted and successful woman. No one, not even Sarah herself, could have imagined the horrific childhood abuses that led to the development of a coping mechanism called Dissociative Identity Disorder, commonly known as multiple personalities. Learn how Sarah came... read more →