We have a very special guest on the pod today, Rhonda Kelly, a dear friend to NMHIC and the Executive Director of the All Clear Foundation and ResponderStrong. Here is a preview of what Matt, Sarah, and Rhonda discuss. Rhonda’s career trajectory and what led her to start ResponderStrong How responders main experience is to the trauma and...

In this episode, Matt and Sarah chat with Emilio Goldenhersch, CSO of Mindcotine, about their smoking cessation platform. Emilio tells of his world travels and how the idea of Mindcotine came to be. Emilio also shares some of the research behind mindfulness and smoking cessation and tells of exciting next steps for Mindcotine.

Marian (Emmy) Betz, MD, MPH is an emergency physician at the University of Colorado and also conducts research in injury epidemiology and prevention. She joins the podcast to discuss her unique role in working with the gun community for suicide prevention and firearm injury prevention. She also leads the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative on the...

For this episode, Matt and Sarah speak with Brooke Jones of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, about the tremendous benefit we can all enjoy from…. just being kind. Take a listen, take notes, then go out and make the world a better place!

Matt has a chat with Brennan Speigel, Director of Health Services Research at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Brennan is an expert in the application of therapeutic VR, and the author of the book VRx: How Virtual Therapeutics will Revolutionize Medicine – and that’s the main topic of conversation on today’s episode! There is –...

Matt and Debbie speak with Jenn Hensel and Urvi Sanghvi, founding members of the Avielle Foundation, an organization that began in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

Matt has a chat with Neill Epperson, MD – Chair of the Psychiatry department at the Anschutz Medical Campus – for a compelling discussion on the present state of mental health care here in the United States.

Matt and Debbie speak with Meg Frederick, founder of the Mindfulness and Positivity Project, which seeks to bring meditation practices to schools in the Colorado Springs area. Stay tuned for an awesome guided meditation at the end!

Matt and Sarah check in with Dr. Walter Greenleaf, who they call the ‘Godfather’ of Virtual Reality, though he prefers the term ‘Yoda.’ Conversation ranges from COVID-19 shifts in strategy, to a big telescope Walter bought on eBay. This is a fun one!

Debbie and Matt sit down with the folks from CU Anschutz’ Palliative Care to talk about their Pilot Study. Hillary Lum, MD, PhD is an internist, geriatrician and palliative care physician at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, University of Colorado Hospital and Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center at the Eastern Colorado Geriatrics...