Season 1
Genetics and Mental Health: Is It In My Genes?
The role that genetics plays in mental health is a thrilling aspect of psychiatric research and development. The potential to diagnose, treat, and overcome mental illnesses emerges in the genetic breakthroughs that Helen and Valerie explore in this riveting episode. These findings indicate a new hop...
PTSD and Recovery: I Can’t Believe I Beat it!
Post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, has become a household word. Yet it remains one of the most complex and pernicious mental illnesses in the field. Due to the challenges, Valerie and Helen have devoted two concurrent episodes to understanding, treating, and recovering from the impact of trauma o...
PTSD and Recovery: I Thought I Was Going Crazy!
Post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, has become a household word. Yet today it remains one of the most complex and pernicious mental illnesses in the field. Given the challenges of understanding, treating, and recovering from the impact of trauma on a life, Valerie and Helen have devoted two concur...
Mindfulness Exercise Favorites
Mindfulness is one of the most popular aspects of Mental Health: Hope and Recovery. As a gift to their listeners, Valerie presents the favorite mindfulness exercises of 2021. Join Helen and Valerie for an episode full of peace, safety and well-being Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
Have Yourself a Healthy Holiday Season
The holidays present many challenges for people with a mental health condition. The season and its demands can affect relationships, finances, symptoms, and survival. Helen and Valerie explore skills, methods and strategies to create healthy holidays and to be well prepared for the new year Learn mo...
The Intersection of Mental Health and Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention
People living with a mental condition and law enforcement officers have this in common: they rarely make the news except when something tragic happens. In reality, there are positive stories in both communities. These communities often intersect in times of crisis. In this episode, Valerie, Helen an...
Understanding and Overcoming Eating Disorders: Personal and Therapeutic Perspectives
Eating disorders—one of the most complex and the most lethal of all mental illnesses. In this episode, Valerie and Helen investigate eating disorders with specialist Neathery Falchuk, LCSW. They reveal that these illnesses can be overcome by treatment and support. Join them for a riveting journey of...
Goal Setting : A Necessity for Recovery
Mental illness can have a devastating impact on a person’s dreams and goals. How can your vision for your life be retrieved and made achievable? In this episode, Helen and Valerie demonstrate the goal-setting methods and skills that worked for them as they fought their way back from illness into rec...
The Hell of Suicidal Thinking and Escaping It
Suicidal thinking is the most dangerous aspect of mental illness. The outcome is literally the tragic possibility of a lost life. Having both survived suicide attempts, Valerie and Helen possess deep knowledge of this life or death crisis. In this episode, they offer their personal understanding of ...
Lived Experience with Self Injury
How to deal with the lived experience of self-injury? Valerie and Helen face it head on: their own experience with it; how to let it go and move into recovery. They will be joined by therapist Shayna Barksdale, LCSW, for a candid episode about this painful, little understood behavior. Learn more abo...