# Mental Health Hope Recovery

> Valerie and Helen address the needs and questions raised by all those affected by a mental health condition. Their podcast serves individuals with mental health challenges; their families, friends, and caregivers; and doctors and therapists. Through their hard won knowledge, Valerie and Helen provide wide-ranging, invaluable information on this complex subject and its profound impact on the lives of millions.

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Helen Sneed and Valerie Milburn have both fought and overcome severe, chronic mental illnesses, and offer an insider’s approach to mental health. They share inspirational true stories and a host of recovery skills. Episodes examine mental health conditions and topics such as depression, anxiety, substance use, eating disorders, PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder, setbacks, suicide and self injury. Helen and Valerie delve into a wide range of factors that affect our mental health such as…

## Site
- [Homepage](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/)
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## Podcasts
- [Mental Health: Hope and Recovery](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/podcast/mental-health-hope-and-recovery): We live in recovery. So can you.

## Recent episodes
- [Gratitude and Celebration: Helen and Valerie Take Their Own Advice](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/episode/gratitude-and-celebration-helen-and-valerie-take-their-own-advice): published 2026-05-21
- [Cornerstones of Recovery: Individual and Community Relationships](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/episode/cornerstones-of-recovery-individual-and-community-relationships): published 2026-02-27
- [How Valerie and Helen \(Mostly\) Outsmart Negativity](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/episode/how-valerie-and-helen-mostly-outsmart-negativity): published 2026-01-30
- [Navigating Dialectical Behavior Therapy \(DBT\) with an Expert Therapist](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/episode/navigating-dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt-with-an-expert-therapist-a57o): published 2025-12-21
- [2025 Mindfulness Exercise Favorites](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/episode/2025-mindfulness-exercise-favorites): published 2025-12-09
- [Dialectical Behavior Therapy -- The Journey from Pain to Purpose](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/episode/dialectical-behavior-therapy-the-journey-from-pain-to-purpose): published 2025-11-26
- [Mindfulness Applied to Mental Health](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/episode/mindfulness-applied-to-mental-health): published 2025-10-24
- [Attacking Anxiety](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/episode/attacking-anxiety): published 2025-09-30

## Recent posts
- [American Loneliness and Mental Health](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/blog/american-loneliness-and-mental-health): published 2024-03-06
- [Women and Mental Health and Power](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/blog/women-and-mental-health-and-power): published 2024-02-13
- [Losing and Winning and Learning](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/blog/losing-and-winning-and-learning): published 2024-01-23
- [When Karen Casey Writes, Millions Read](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/blog/when-karen-casey-writes-millions-read): published 2023-03-24
- [Bipolar Disorder: The Highs, the Lows, and the In-Between](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/blog/bipolar-disorder-the-highs-the-lows-and-the-in-between): published 2023-03-01
- [The Story of a New Podcast](https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com/blog/story-of-a-new-podcast): published 2023-01-02