In this edition, we are joined by Tuesday and Karen of Street Life People, a community group that uses street photography to spread awareness about mental health. Recorded in a London studio just before the global pandemic lockdown, we discussed how they have impacted their home town of Maldon, Essex, UK.

In our talk, we discuss with Dr. DeGarmo about how the COVID 19 pandemic has affected the care system, his own family's experiences with fostering over 60 children and advice on how to support a family that may be fostering in your area.

Beth specializes in helping kinship families, also known as “grandfamilies, cope with trauma and loss. Her book ‘a Grandfamily for Sullivan: coping skills for Kinship Care Families’ is self published and available on Amazon + BethTyson.com

My guest Nina teaches psychology is a licensed counselor and wellness consultant. In our talk, we discussed the importance of self-care, especially when supporting others, biofeedback and resilience training.

This bonus episode is the talk that followed Nina's interview for Bystanders Podcast.

In this episode, we discuss with Ricky his experience with mental health in education, child mentoring and social work.

The discussion episode is a follow up to our first interview with Karlie. We are joined by our 'mutual friend' Micheal, to talk over Karlie's story in more detail and our intentions for the Bystanders Project.

Bystanders is the account of a mental health illness by those closest to the sufferer, their thoughts and feelings and their strategies for coping as they witness a loved one in turmoil and how they helped that person recover. Today we have Karlie who will talk about her former partner's battle with complex PTSD and how when she helped him to seek help he recovered.