Today, we sat down and talked with Elizabeth Kelley, a sales assistant in mortgage lending who lives with anxiety, panic attacks and depression. We talked about her mental health journey, her experience with therapy, how being a member of the LGBTQIA+ community has impacted her mental health, and how she uses running as a coping mechanism. We hope you enjoy! Websites1N5.org Psychology Today - Find a Therapist MindPeace Search for Provider (Cincinnati area specific) CDC Stats on Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness  Find 1N5 on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/1N5.org.stopthestigma/ Instagram: @1n5.org.stopthestigmaTwitter: https://twitter.com/1N5_orgFind Elizabeth on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.9891  Instagram: @elizabethpauline8National Resources:You don’t have to be in a crisis to talk with someone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1- 800-273-TALK (8255) The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741 The Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 mental health support via text message. Crisis Counselors bring texters “from a hot moment to a cool calm” using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they’ve built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter’s goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe. Texting in will not appear on your bill if you have AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon as your cell phone carrier. 

Today, we sat down and talked once again with Rev Louie-V Jones, a 59-year-old Afro American transgender male and a product of Berkeley, Ca who is currently under Hospice Care due to several terminal health conditions that has subsequently caused him a total of 60 surgical procedures to date. Since 2004, Rev has been an Ordained minister and certified mental health counselor with a focus on suicide prevention among young adults. Rev is also a motivational speaker, youth and adult mentor, current Pastor/founder of Halo Praise Ministries and the “IAM=UARE” Project. He has an extensive background in suicide awareness and prevention, due to having struggled with suicidal ideation and over 23 attempts from age 11 when he found out about being abandoned as a baby and adopted, to the age of 59. Rev shares his own mental health journey and his hopes for the future of mental healthcare. We hope you enjoy! Websites1N5.org Psychology Today - Find a Therapist MindPeace Search for Provider (Cincinnati area specific) CDC Stats on Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness  Find 1N5 on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/1N5.org.stopthestigma/ Instagram: @1n5.org.stopthestigmaTwitter: https://twitter.com/1N5_orgNational Resources:You don’t have to be in a crisis to talk with someone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1- 800-273-TALK (8255) The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741 The Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 mental health support via text message. Crisis Counselors bring texters “from a hot moment to a cool calm” using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they’ve built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter’s goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe. Texting in will not appear on your bill if you have AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon as your cell phone carrier. 

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains details of suicide attempts and death by suicide. Today, we sat down and talked with Rev Louie-V Jones, a 59-year-old Afro-American transgender male and a product of Berkeley, Ca who is currently under Hospice Care due to several terminal health conditions that have subsequently caused him a total of 60 surgical procedures to date. Since 2004, Rev has been an Ordained minister and certified mental health counselor with a focus on suicide prevention among young adults. Rev is also a motivational speaker, youth and adult mentor, current Pastor/founder of Halo Praise Ministries and the “IAM=UARE” Project. He has an extensive background in suicide awareness and prevention, due to having struggled with suicidal ideation and over 23 attempts from age 11 when he found out about being abandoned as a baby and adopted, to the age of 59. Rev shares his own mental health journey and his hopes for the future of mental healthcare. We hope you enjoy! Websites1N5.org Psychology Today - Find a Therapist MindPeace Search for Provider (Cincinnati area specific) CDC Stats on Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness  Find 1N5 on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/1N5.org.stopthestigma/ Instagram: @1n5.org.stopthestigmaTwitter: https://twitter.com/1N5_orgNational Resources:You don’t have to be in a crisis to talk with someone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1- 800-273-TALK (8255) The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741 The Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 mental health support via text message. Crisis Counselors bring texters “from a hot moment to a cool calm” using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they’ve built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter’s goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe. Texting in will not appear on your bill if you have AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon as your cell phone carrier. 

Today, we sat down and talked with Samantha Joy, a rape crisis counselor, suicide prevention advocate, and dog mom to rescue, Milo, and Medical Alert Service Dog, BROOKS. She lives with complex PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety with severe panic attacks and agoraphobia. As a survivor of child sexual abuse, incest, and suicide, Sam shares her story to help protect children and end the stigma. Sam talks about her mental health journey, what treatment has looked like for her, and how her dogs have helped in her recovery. We hope you enjoy! Websites1N5.org Psychology Today - Find a Therapist MindPeace Search for Provider (Cincinnati area specific) CDC Stats on Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness  Find 1N5 on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/1N5.org.stopthestigma/ Instagram: @1n5.org.stopthestigmaTwitter: https://twitter.com/1N5_orgFind Maya on social media:Instagram: @samanthajoydcNational Resources:You don’t have to be in a crisis to talk with someone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1- 800-273-TALK (8255) The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741 The Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 mental health support via text message. Crisis Counselors bring texters “from a hot moment to a cool calm” using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they’ve built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter’s goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe. Texting in will not appear on your bill if you have AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon as your cell phone carrier. 

Today, we sat down and talked with Maya Tadross, a psychology student from the United States. She has been living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), social anxiety, skin picking disorder, and depression since she was 14 years old, and was just recently diagnosed with ADHD. Maya talks about living with OCD and her various diagnoses, how the pandemic has impacted her mental health, and the stigma surrounding OCD. We hope you enjoy! Websites1N5.org Psychology Today - Find a Therapist MindPeace Search for Provider (Cincinnati area specific) CDC Stats on Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness  Find 1N5 on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/1N5.org.stopthestigma/ Instagram: @1n5.org.stopthestigmaTwitter: https://twitter.com/1N5_orgFind Maya on social media:Instagram: @overcoming_ocdNational Resources:You don’t have to be in a crisis to talk with someone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1- 800-273-TALK (8255) The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741 The Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 mental health support via text message. Crisis Counselors bring texters “from a hot moment to a cool calm” using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they’ve built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter’s goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe. Texting in will not appear on your bill if you have AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon as your cell phone carrier. 

Today, we sat down and talked with Savannah Denlinger, a Behavioral Health Specialist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center who works with children in crisis. She has a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology, and she decided to go into the field because of her own experience with mental health. Savannah was diagnosed with her first mental illness at age 14, and she began seeing a therapist at that time. She’s been in therapy on and off since then. Over the years, she’s racked up her fair share of diagnoses with her most recent and most difficult to process being OCD, which was diagnosed earlier in 2021. She talks about how she’s been coping with her new diagnosis and what it’s like living with mental illness while working with children in mental health crises. We hope you enjoy!Websites1N5.org Psychology Today - Find a Therapist MindPeace Search for Provider (Cincinnati area specific) CDC Stats on Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness  Find 1N5 on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/1N5.org.stopthestigma/ Instagram: @1n5.org.stopthestigmaTwitter: https://twitter.com/1N5_orgFind Savannah on social media:Facebook: www.facebook.com/savannah.denlinger Instagram: instagram.com/vannahb4nana/National Resources:You don’t have to be in a crisis to talk with someone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1- 800-273-TALK (8255) The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741 The Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 mental health support via text message. Crisis Counselors bring texters “from a hot moment to a cool calm” using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they’ve built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter’s goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe. Texting in will not appear on your bill if you have AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon as your cell phone carrier. 

Today, we sat down and talked with Stacey Lane, mother, wife, friend, and scientist living with anxiety, depression and ADHD. Stacey talks about her mental health journey and growing up in an emotionally unavailable and unsupportive family. She shares what her childhood was like, how it impacted her mental health journey, and what it was like to find support in her chosen family as she got older and moved away from home. We hope you enjoy! Websites1N5.org Psychology Today - Find a Therapist MindPeace Search for Provider (Cincinnati area specific) CDC Stats on Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness  Find 1N5 on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/1N5.org.stopthestigma/ Instagram: @1n5.org.stopthestigmaTwitter: https://twitter.com/1N5_orgFind Stacey on social media:Facebook: www.facebook.com/sblane1 Instagram: www.instagram.com/s2c2lane/ National Resources:You don’t have to be in a crisis to talk with someone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1- 800-273-TALK (8255) The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741 The Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 mental health support via text message. Crisis Counselors bring texters “from a hot moment to a cool calm” using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they’ve built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter’s goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe. Texting in will not appear on your bill if you have AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon as your cell phone carrier. 

CW: This episode contains descriptions of self-harm and suicidal actions. Today, we sat down and talked with Melissa Wood, mother of three and parent of children living with mental illness. She talks about her experience parenting kids with mental illness, warning signs to look out for, and how to approach giving them the help they need. We hope you enjoy! Websites1N5.org Psychology Today - Find a Therapist MindPeace Search for Provider (Cincinnati area specific) CDC Stats on Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness  Find 1N5 on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/1N5.org.stopthestigma/ Instagram: @1n5.org.stopthestigmaTwitter: https://twitter.com/1N5_orgNational Resources:You don’t have to be in a crisis to talk with someone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1- 800-273-TALK (8255) The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741 The Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 mental health support via text message. Crisis Counselors bring texters “from a hot moment to a cool calm” using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they’ve built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter’s goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe. Texting in will not appear on your bill if you have AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon as your cell phone carrier. 

CW: self-harm, suicidal actions. This episode contains details of self-harm and a suicide attempt. Today, we sat down and talked with Mauri Hogan, a third-year clinical psychology doctoral student with a history of anxiety, PTSD, OCD, and depression. Mauri talks about her mental health journey and how it impacted her career path. She survived a suicide attempt her junior year of high school, and after being treated at an inpatient facility, she realized she had a passion for psychology and helping others like her. She talks about what it’s like living with mental illness while being a practicing clinician and a doctoral student. Currently, she’s working at a prison as a therapist, and she talks about the importance of letting others hold your emotional weight so you can make space to hold someone else’s. We hope you enjoy! Websites1N5.org Psychology Today - Find a Therapist MindPeace Search for Provider (Cincinnati area specific) CDC Stats on Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness  Find 1N5 on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/1N5.org.stopthestigma/ Instagram: @1n5.org.stopthestigmaTwitter: https://twitter.com/1N5_orgFind Mauri on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannon.hogan.7549Instagram: @mhogan1520National Resources:You don’t have to be in a crisis to talk with someone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1- 800-273-TALK (8255) The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741 The Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 mental health support via text message. Crisis Counselors bring texters “from a hot moment to a cool calm” using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they’ve built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter’s goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe. Texting in will not appear on your bill if you have AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon as your cell phone carrier. 

Today, we sat down and talked with Nathan Stanley, a senior at Ohio University who shared his mental health journey of living with depression, generalized anxiety, and a history of self-harm. Nathan talks about his diagnoses, his experience with therapy, and his recovery from self-harm. We also talk about how he developed generalized anxiety as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, how he recognized the need to seek treatment, and the importance of stigma reduction. We hope you enjoy! Websites1N5.org Psychology Today - Find a Therapist MindPeace Search for Provider (Cincinnati area specific) CDC Stats on Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness  Find 1N5 on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/1N5.org.stopthestigma/ Instagram: @1n5.org.stopthestigmaTwitter: https://twitter.com/1N5_orgFind Nathan on social media: Instagram: @nathanstanleyyNational Resources:You don’t have to be in a crisis to talk with someone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1- 800-273-TALK (8255) The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741 The Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 mental health support via text message. Crisis Counselors bring texters “from a hot moment to a cool calm” using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they’ve built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter’s goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe. Texting in will not appear on your bill if you have AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon as your cell phone carrier.