Dr. Marcia Sirota MD hosts Ruthless Compassion

Colin Campbell is an Academy Award nominated writer and director for theater and film. He teaches theater and film at Chapman University and Cal Poly Pomona University. When his two beautiful and brilliant teenage children, Ruby and Hart, were killed by a drunk driver in 2019, Colin fell into a terrifying chasm of aching and hopelessness. He drew strength and inspiration from the mourning rituals of his wife's Jewish traditions and learned to lean into the pain of grief. His book, Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss With Hope and Purpose, was published by Penguin Random House in March 2023. His solo show, Grief: A One Man ShitShow, premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2022 where it won a Best of Broadwater Award.

Social Media Handles: 

Instagram: @colincampbellwriter 

Website: www.colincampbellauthor.com

Book: Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss With Hope and Purpose (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696849/finding-the-words-by-colin-campbell/)

Nya Abernathy is an emotional health educator and the founder of The Dignity Effect. She also writes at her publication Of Earth & Of Stars where readers welcome wonder with their feet on the ground and their eyes to the sky. She also offers emotional health and depth classes for actors.

Her new book Welcome, Wonder: A season of practices to curate an awe-filled life is available for preorder now.

IG: @thedignityeffect & @nyasabernathy

Youtube: @thedignityeffect1281 (https://www.youtube.com/@thedignityeffect)

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyasabernathy/

TRIGGER WARNING: This podcast discusses the topic of suicide.

If you or a loved one are contemplating suicide please call or text 9-8-8. For the Kids Helpline call 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT. Indigenous Peoples call 1-855-242-3310.

N'alag̱a / Ḵ'áw kuuna (Avis O'Brien), a Haida/Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw artist and Land Based Cultural Empowerment Facilitator, was born in Alert Bay, British Columbia. She belongs to the Kawaas Sdaast.aas Eagle Clan from the Village of K'yuusda in Haida Gwaii and the Gigəlǧəm n̓əm̓ina sa Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ people of Cape Mudge, one of the 18 Tribes of the Kwakwaka'wakw.

Avis offers Community Land Based Healing Workshops that are rooted in Decolonization, Reconciliation, Indigenous Land Based Healing & Breath & Embodiment Practices.

Her work aims to highlight the intersectionality of Colonial genocide, Impacts of trauma, residential schools, and how we can utilize Ancestral forms of healing to regain a sense of balance and harmony in body, mind, and spirit.

Her work in Indigenous youth suicide prevention focuses on resisting the spirit of suicide within ourselves by utilizing land based culturally rooted healing practices. Drumming, singing, dancing, medicine harvesting, ceremony, weaving, breath & embodiment practices are utilized as self regulation tools, guiding folks down the path of neurdecolonization.

Her work within Non Indigenous communities has a focus on building Allyship and dismantling racist stereotypes against Indigenous folks.

Social Media: 

@nalagaconsulting 

@indigenoussuicideprevention

Celia Landman, MA, is a mindfulness educator offering support to teens and adults. She draws from experiences working with those impacted by trauma, addiction, and anxiety, and creates customized meditation, visualizations, and trainings to reconnect them to their wholeness. She was ordained by Thich Nhat Hahn as a member of the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. She is also a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication.

Her new book, When the Whole World Tips: Parenting through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance (Parallax Press, Nov. 21, 2023), describes how to find balance while navigating seemingly impossible parenting situations. Learn more at celialandman.com

Website: celialandman.com 

Social Media: 

https://www.facebook.com/celia.landman/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/celia-landman-232185149/ 

https://www.instagram.com/celiasacct/

Book: When the Whole World Tips: Parenting through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance (Parallax Press, Nov. 21, 2023)

Boo Trundle is a writer, artist, and performer whose work has appeared across various platforms and publications, including The Brooklyn Rail, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and NPR's The Moth. She has released three albums of original music with Big Deal Records. She lives in New Jersey. The Daughter Ship is her first novel.

Website: www.bootrundle.com 

Instagram: @bootrundle 

https://www.instagram.com/bootrundle/?hl=en

Twitter/X: @eliztrundle 

Tiktok: bootrundle 

https://www.tiktok.com/@bootrundle

Facebook: bootrundle

https://www.facebook.com/BooTrundle

Her debut novel, The Daughter Ship, is out now on Pantheon Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713057/the-daughter-ship-by-boo-trundle/

Melanie Brooks is the author of the memoir A Hard Silence: One daughter remaps family, grief, and faith when HIV/AIDS changes it all (Vine Leaves Press, 2023) and Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma (Beacon Press, 2017) She teaches creative nonfiction in the M.F.A. program at Bay Path University and professional writing at Northeastern University in Massachusetts. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast writing program and a Certificate in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. She has had numerous interviews and essays on topics ranging from loss and grief to parenting and aging published in the The Boston Globe, HuffPost, Yankee Magazine, The Washington Post, Ms. Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, and other notable publications. Though her Canadian roots run deep, she lives in New Hampshire with her husband, two children (when they are home from university), and chocolate Lab.

Website: melaniebrooks.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melanie.brooks.1690/ 

Instagram: melaniejmbrookswriter

X/Twitter: @MelanieJMBrooks

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-brooks-504826121

A HARD SILENCE: One daughter remaps family, grief, and faith when HIV/AIDS changes it all

Kevin Frankish has been a vocal mental health advocate since suffering his first panic attack while on air on City TV Toronto's Breakfast Television. He lives with Severe Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. He now works with The Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ontario and hosts a podcast called The Mental Health Podcast. He works to remove the stigma of mental health encouraging people to reach out because there is HOPE out there for everyone.

Learn more:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealkevinfrankish

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KevinFrankish

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinfrankish/?originalSubdomain=ca

The Mental Health Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-mental-health-podcast/id1710036842

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KevinFrankishChannel

Website: https://kevinfrankish.com/

Mimi Nicklin is the internationally bestselling author of 'Softening The Edge,' the Founder of the world's first organizational empathy platform, www.EmpathyEverywhere.co, and the top 5-rated podcast host of 'The MiMi YouYou Show'. She is an experienced organization consultant and the CEO. As an inclusive millennial leader, she passionately talks about empathy as the road to higher performance, workplace wellness, multigenerational team engagement and effective communication.

You can find more about her and her work below: 

Website: https://www.empathyeverywhere.co/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miminicklin/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miminicklin/

The MiMi YouYou Show on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/47LYXu1 

The MiMi YouYou Show on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3tlHSbe 

Softening The Edge (Mimi's book): https://amzn.to/48qOKnQ

Bailey Parnell is the Founder & CEO of SkillsCamp, a soft skills training company, and was named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women. Bailey is a 2x TED speaker with over 4 million views, an award-winning and internationally-recognized entrepreneur, an active humanitarian, and one with a talent for helping people develop the skills they need for success. Her work and expertise have been featured in Forbes, Good Morning America, Fox, and more. Bailey is currently working on her EdD in Learning and Organizational Change, exploring how generative AI can help us learn human skills. Previously, she completed her Masters in Communications and Culture at Toronto Metropolitan University with research looking into social media's impact on mental health, the results of which she's presented in multiple global forums and turned into her signature 5 Steps Towards #SafeSocial and a connected non-profit of the same name.

Linkedin: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/baileyparnell

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bailey.parnell?lang=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/baileyparnell

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/baileytaylorparnell

Founding Executive Director Carlita Ector is a Raleigh, North Carolina native, she attended The University of NC at Greensboro (BFA Dance Performance & Choreography, K-12 Dance Education).

A committed mental health advocate, Carlita founded Darkness RISING Nonprofit for Black mental health to create a safe space and mental health resources for the Black community, due to her personal mental health experiences.

Carlita is a Licensed Mental Health First Aid Instructor and the Chief Wellness Advisor for the Harriet Tubman Effect, an institute of research and strategy for justice advocacy. Carlita is also an active performer and certified personal fitness instructor.

REBUILD Fundraiser: Since January of 2023, we have funded over 400 therapy sessions for formerly incarcerated people of color. However, REBUILD will close its doors in December 2023 if we cannot raise $300,000. With your partnership, we can reach this goal together. 

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