Click on the image to access this episode! Real-life combat is not like the movies, and even seemingly fearless war heroes can experience mental health issues. “What the movies don’t show are the sounds, smells…how the ground would shake.” Brian Gripentrog bravely opens up about his experience with anxiety and... read more →
Nov
09
Nov
02
Please click on the image to access this episode! Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) is changing the way law enforcement and citizens with mental health issues interact. “The biggest benefits of the training are the minimization of the injuries, de-escalation and assuring the citizen that we are here to help.” Former... read more →
Oct
12
Click on the image to access this episode! “I had seven years; my mom had seven minutes to catch up.” Hunter Keith recognized that he was transgender long before he opened up about it to his family. His mother, Roz, knew she needed to educate herself – fast – in... read more →
Oct
05
Click on the image to access this episode! Rates of domestic violence have risen startlingly since #COVID related lock downs and stresses began. Now, as we work to protect one another from the spread of Coronavirus, we must also push to protect those affected by domestic abuse. This epidsode shares... read more →
Sep
28
Click on the image to access this episode! All children need support, especially those facing mental health issues. “We developed the program with two goals. The first goal was to give children the skills they need to manage their mental health independently. The second goal was to focus on education.”... read more →
Sep
14
Click on the image to access this episode! Armani Williams is a professional NASCAR driver, full-time mechanical engineering student and advocate for those with disabilities. He also happens to have Autism. Armani accepts that he has Autism, but does not accept the limitations it is ‘supposed’ to bring. Instead, he... read more →
Sep
07
“I felt like I failed God.” Click on the image to access this episode. In this episode, Kevin Fischer speaks about suicide, not just as the Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Michigan (NAMI), but as a father still reeling from the shock and pain of losing... read more →
Aug
31
Please click on the image to access this episode! Kevin Fischer, Executive Director of Michigan’s National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), breaks down the necessity of Michigan’s version of Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), called Kevin’s Law. He is joined by the Honorable Milton L. Mack Jr., Chief Judge of the... read more →
Aug
24
Click on the image to access this episode! Prescription painkillers were once viewed as a quick, safe fix for pain. We have since learned that their highly addictive nature can have life-altering, or even life-ending, consequences. Our nation now grapples with staggering rates of opioid addiction and related fatalities, largely... read more →
Aug
17
Click on the image to access this episode! “For centuries, and definitely for decades, African Americans have felt helpless and hopeless…We just try to live for today, because we don’t feel like we have a voice.” Dr. Carmen Maria McIntyre beautifully sums up the sentiment of many African Americans as... read more →