Haili sits down with Rebecca Szymborski, Rebecca is a therapist and social worker who focuses predominantly on working with LGBTQIA, non-monogamous, kink, and other alternative sexuality communities. They are queer, chronically ill, and open about their own mental health and experiences. They are also a sex educator and co-author of the book “It’s Called Polyamory: Coming Out About your Nonmonogamous Relationships”, and are currently working on a book about borderline personality disorder that destigmatizes the disorder and comes from a place of lived experience.

Haili sits down with James Pogue, a mental health worker who has been in the field for 13 years. Haili and James discuss all things mental health in honor of mental health awareness month. 

Haili sits down with Ari Agnew to discuss her experience growing up half mexican in a predominantly white affluent community. Ari explains the struggle of never being white enough for her white peers and never being Mexican enough for her Mexican peers. Haili and Ari also dive into mental health, providing ways for listeners to talk to their friends and family struggling with mental illness. 

Haili sits down with long time best friend, Bailey Jones to talk about generational poverty. Bailey grew up in and out of the foster care system, helping to take care of her younger siblings. She is now moving on to her third year of pharmacy school, an amazing example of the ability to break the cycle of generational poverty. 

May Saengpraseuth Alirad is a community leader, activist, philanthropist, entrepreneur, author, and school social worker. She is the founder and CEO of DeLao Coaching with a mission to empower survivors of assault to take control of their life. May wrote a book entitled “Was I Assaulted? My Guide to Healing as a Survivor” to empower fellow survivors of sexual assault to find their voice and take control back of their life. The book will consist of her 25 years of personal experiences, lessons she learned as a survivor and a therapist, and reflections for the reader. In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the ebook will be FREE on Amazon today 4/27/2021! Throughout this episode we have trigger warnings before graphic information is covered, as well as mindfulness moments after each potentially triggering discussion.

Jaclyn Overby is a social worker from Kentucky. Jaclyn has been practicing social work for 6 years and services on the Foster Care Council board for the State of Kentucky. In this episode, Jaclyn opens up for the first time about the trauma that she experienced growing up which lead to her own personal experiences of domestic violence. Jaclyn shows great resilience and strength and hopes that in sharing her experiences she can help at least one person feel less alone.  

Haili sits down with Jamie Bergeron, BSW to discuss how her lived experiences shaped her career in social work as an employee for DCYF.

Facilitating Voices goes international! Haili sits down with Nicole Louis, A Social Work Strategy Mentor to discuss how to prevent social work burnout. Nicole helps Social Workers who are tired of high case-loads, late nights & burnout to experience flexibility & better work-life balance by starting & developing into full-time independent social work practice. 

Haili sits down with Grant Colombini, co-host of Excuse the Intermission to discuss mental health and cinema therapy. Their discussion begins with an in depth look at the story behind the release of Zach Snyder's Justice League, and then turns to a more general discussion of mental health in the world of cinema. 

Haili sits down with Hollison to discuss the in's and out's of being a therapist inside the school system.