Just Like Me

Just Like Me

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Just Like Me episodes

  • From Crisis to Care: How Peer Support is Reshaping Crisis Response [episode 04]

    Hey, I’m Here Ohio is a youth-led storytelling and peer support initiative focused on connection, lived experience, and resilience. We believe healing happens in relationship. Learn more at heyimhereohio.org

    Learn More:

    Listening to the Peer Support Workforce co-authored by Jeremy Reuling, LCSW, NYCPS, Rita Cronise, MS, ALWF, and Jessica Wolf, PhD

    CAHOOTS program in Eugene, Oregon



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit heyimhereohio.substack.com
    35 min
  • The Poetry of Peer Support — Just Like Me Podcast [episode 02]

    In this episode of the Just Like Me podcast, Leroy Bean, poet, organizer, and peer supporter, shares his path from managing his mental health as a Dayton youth to building a life where art and peer support meet. He shares his story and how learning to communicate reshaped his work, relationships, and community impact.

    Hosted by Katie Bachmeyer.

    Topics:

    * Dayton upbringing, early responsibility, and the first poems as coping

    * Finding community on stage: from the first slam to belonging

    * Peer support training and the communication skills that changed everything

    * Rethinking masculinity and success: choosing authenticity and care

    * James Baldwin’s influence, the Paris trip, and routines that sustain an artist–organizer



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit heyimhereohio.substack.com
    50 min
  • First Episode!! Finding Purpose through Peer Support

    Brene Brown on Sympathy vs. Empathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZBTYViDPlQ

    Join the Hey, I'm Here Squad: www.heyimhereohio.org/join



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit heyimhereohio.substack.com
    48 min

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Just Like Me is a monthly podcast about youth resilience, recovery, and peer support—told one real story at a time. Each episode follows one peer supporter's journey, revealing how connection can…