mental health support

This week Scott is joined Modern Elder Academy Founder and best selling author, Chip Conley. Scott and Chip discuss the joys of living in midlife, the importance of being a part of something bigger than yourself, and why life gets better with age.

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In today’s episode, author and entrepreneur Lorenzo Lewis tells you the amazing story of how he is changing the lives of over 3 million people a year.

His story is so inspiring, and I wanted you to meet Lorenzo because I know he’ll inspire you to think bigger about making a difference in your community or the world at large.

Lorenzo had no funding, influence, or experience. He just had a simple idea and a very big heart. And that’s all you need to make the world a better place.

When Lorenzo was born, the odds were already stacked against him: his mother gave birth to him while she was in jail. His father died in prison. He was raised by his aunt and uncle. As a child, he struggled with anger, anxiety, and depression and was labeled a problem.

You’ll hear about the defining moment when Lorenzo made the decision to turn his life around. He graduated from college and started working in health and human services. That was where, at the age of 24, he had an idea about creating a mental health movement that is now changing millions of lives.

“The Confess Project” was born. 

Lorenzo’s nonprofit trains barbers and beauticians to be mental health advocates for the men, women, and children who are sitting in their chairs.

Now 3,000 mental health advocates across the country are changing the lives of over 3 million people a year.

It’s an absolutely incredible story.

Today, you will learn:

• The incredible solution Lorenzo thought of to make therapy accessible and easy for underserved and represented communities.
• How to give yourself permission to pursue that big idea.
• The revolutionary Harvard study that explains why you feel so comfortable telling your hairdresser about everything.
• Why you have all the power and tools you need to make a difference.
• How working from home has increased loneliness (and why you feel like you have nobody to talk to).
• The 4 things you can say to someone who is having a bad day (steal this from Lorenzo’s playbook).
• Why now is the right time to take action on that project you are thinking about.

I can’t wait for you to meet, learn from, and be inspired by Lorenzo.

His story is proof that it’s never too late to change your own life and that when you see a problem you want to solve, lean into it.

You’ll not only help other people; you’ll surprise yourself with how much of a difference you can make.

Xo, Mel

In this episode:

• 2:30: 60% of us don’t fully trust this, so we avoid it altogether.
• 5:40: How do you start a nonprofit when you have no idea how?
• 11:00: Black-owned hair shops are an integral part of black communities.
• 14:30: Lorenzo’s is on a mission to close the vulnerability gap.
• 17:20: Anxiety may not always look the way you think it does.
• 19:45: Kids get labeled as bad behavior instead of treating mental health.
• 26:15: A child who does not feel warmth from the village will burn it down.
• 29:50: Unmet mental health needs are sometimes expressed as anger.
• 35:50: The moment Lorenzo proved that he keeps his word.
• 39:20: Stories of people not being supported mentally and emotionally.
• 42:45: When your therapist doesn’t look like you, it’s a barrier to connection.
• 44:20: I still remember when Ed Mylett said this to me.
• 46:20: So how do you come up with an idea that’s never been done before?
• 48:20: How do you get men to admit they need professional help?
• 52:00: What does it mean to be vulnerable and why is that important?
• 53:40: When your nonprofit starts reaching 1 million people!
• 54:00: The 4-Part therapeutic formula of The Confess Project we can all use.
• 56:40: Let’s role model what it looks like to sit in the barber chair.
• 60:20: The surprising Harvard research that drove this nonprofit's mission.
• 64:00: Examples of the impact The Confess Project has had on communities.
• 68:30: When you believe in your dream and you make it happen.
• 70:15: Two powerful stories from two barbers who saved two lives.

Want more resources? Go to my podcast page at https://melrobbins.com/podcast.

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Day 371

Today, we bring you updates from the front lines in Ukraine and the latest developments in the world of diplomacy.

Our guest today is Paul Niland, founder of Lifeline Ukraine, a suicide prevention hotline based in the country, 

In today’s episode we talk a lot about mental health and specifically issues of dependency, addiction and suicide. We are not experts, if you’re in need of help please do seek professional qualified mental health advice.

Contributors:

David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.

With thanks to Paul Niland.

Find out more about Lifeline Ukraine here.

If you're in the UK and need immediate mental health support, you can contact the Samaritans. Call 116 123 for free or click on the link to find out other ways to get in touch.

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Episode 52 completes the double-fister on 'ADHD Myths',  bringing ADHD Awareness Month 2022 to a close with what, continuing from part 1, is utterly awful and chaotic, again as  Mrs ADHD joins the boys.  

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The closure of schools because of the pandemic and the advent of widespread virtual learning has impacted students of all ages — but particularly the youngest children.

Research suggests that the learning missed during this period could have lasting impacts.

What is the educational cost of pandemic learning and how are schools trying to get children back to class amid the Delta variant?

Guest: Dana Goldstein, a national education correspondent for The New York Times. 

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Background reading: 

• What was supposed to be a new, relatively normal year has become a politicized, bewildering experience for many parents, students and educators.

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“Trauma is much more than a story about something that happened long ago,” writes Dr. Bessel van der Kolk. “The emotions and physical sensations that were imprinted during the trauma are experienced not as memories but as disruptive physical reactions in the present.”

Van der Kolk, a psychiatrist by training, has been a pioneer in trauma research for decades now and leads the Trauma Research Foundation. His 2014 book “The Body Keeps the Score,” quickly became a touchstone on the topic. And although the book was first released seven years ago, it now sits at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list, a testament to the state of our national psyche.

The core argument of the book is that traumatic experiences — everything from sexual assault and incest to emotional and physical abuse — become embedded in the older, more primal parts of our brain that don’t have access to conscious awareness. And that means two things simultaneously. First, that trauma lodges in the body. We carry a physical imprint of our psychic wounds. The body keeps the score. But — and I found this more revelatory — the mind hides the score. It obscures the memories, or convinces us our victimization was our fault, or covers the event in shame so we don’t discuss it.

There’s a lot in this conversation. We discuss the lived experience of trauma, the relationship between the mind and the body, the differences between our “experiencing” and “autobiographical” selves, why van der Kolk believes human language is both a “miracle” and a “tyranny,” unconventional treatments for trauma from E.M.D.R. and yoga to psychedelics and theater, how societies can manage collective trauma like 9/11 and Covid-19, the shortcomings of America’s “post-alcoholic” approach to dealing with psychic suffering, how to navigate the often complex relationships with the traumatized people we know and love, and much more.

Mentioned: 

“The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study” by Vince Felitti et al.

Study on efficacy of EMDR

“REBUS and the Anarchic Brain: Toward a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics” by Robin Carhart-Harris et al. 

Book Recommendations:

The Apology by V 

Love in Goon Park by Deborah Blum

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan 

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It can be hard to know where to start or what to expect when it comes to getting support for your mental health. In this week’s episode, Jeremy talks about the different types of support available, what to expect and how they can help you to improve and maintain your mental health and wellbeing.

Let's Talk About Mental Health is a weekly podcast about improving your mental health by Jeremy Godwin which draws on personal experience and quality research about psychology and sociology. It's about much more than just talk; each new episode focuses on practical and simple things that you can do every single day to improve and maintain your mental health and wellbeing. Find out more at http://www.letstalkaboutmentalhealth.com.au.

Let's Talk About Mental Health. Because the more we talk about it, the easier it gets.

Warning: Contains occasional mild coarse language.

“Adventure and awe are key to the perpetuation of vibrant, evolving lives, and in combination with technological advances may bring marvels to our emerging repertoires.” — Kirk Schneider

Kirk Schneider is a psychotherapist who has taken a leading role in the advancement of existential-humanistic therapy and existential-integrative therapy. He has authored or coauthored ten books, including The Paradoxical Self, Humanity’s Dark Side, Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy, The Psychology of Existence (with Rollo May), The Polarized Mind, The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology, and Awakening to Awe. Dr. Schneider is the 2004 recipient of the Rollo May award for “outstanding and independent pursuit of new frontiers in humanistic psychology” from the Humanistic Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association.

In this episode, Kirk teaches us how we can connect with the mystery and discovery in our daily lives in a way that allows us to feel, sense, imagine, create, wonder, and to feel the dysphoric feelings as well, the poignancy of sadness of hurt or anger, and in essence, experience a larger sense of life and of creative work. Kirk's seminal work in existential-humanistic therapy has helped many people be more open to new possibilities and sensitivities to oneself as well as other people, other species, and have a more profound appreciation of our fleeting time in space. Among these topics, we also discuss the following:

• What is existential-humanistic therapy?
• Kirk’s kinship with Rollo May
• Kirk's debate with Ken Wilbur about "ultimate consciousness"
• Kirk's vision of an awe-based era in the age of roboticism
• Kirk's vision of "depth healers"
• How to preserve the core of humanity in this brave new world

Links

The Spirituality of Awe

Existential-Humanistic Therapy (2nd edition)

The Deified Self: A "Centaur" Response to Wilber and the Transpersonal Movement by Kirk Schneider

Rollo May: Personal Reflections and Appreciation by James F.T. Bugental

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