Today Margie is joined by Family Nurse Practitioner, Cindy Inman. Cindy talks about her work in healthcare in Correctionville Iowa. Being such a small town, Cindy outlines the importance of building good relationships with her patients. Sometimes healthcare providers are the only advocates for patients that don't have support at home, in school, or at work in these rural areas. Cindy also talks about her approach to healthcare that helps her connect and listen to her patients. 

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Today Margie is joined by Stephanie Payne from the Omaha Nebraska Salvation Army. Stephanie assists with helping people find mental health resources and aiding with other helpful programs to serve the homeless population in her community. 

Topics of today's episode include what resources are available for someone who is homeless and dealing with mental health issues. Margie and Stephanie also cover some of the specific barriers the homeless population faces when dealing with mental health issues. 

On today's episode, Margie has on special guest, Julie Johnson, LMHC, and the Founder/Owner of Heart and Solutions, LLC. in Iowa!

The discussion on this episode is around postpartum mood disorders. Julie gives her personal experience with postpartum anxiety and touches on topics like postpartum depression and psychosis. Julie also provides some helpful tips for new and expecting parents to get ahead of any postpartum mood disorders that can arise with a new child.

Today's episode features special guest, Amanda Olson, LMHC, and the Founder/CEO of Champion State of Mind, a mental health service organization in Iowa. 

Topics include how to advocate for better mental health resources in areas that need it. Amanda describes some of her success helping pass legislation in her community to help improve mental health resources and access to them. Margie and Amanda also discuss some of the benefits that Telehealth has provided due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Champion State of Mind website: http://www.championmind.org

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Today Margie is joined by anchor / reporter Steve Karlin from the KCCI Des Moines New Station. Steve gives a very open and honest glimpse into his journey with mental health. He talks about how certain mental health issues, like depression, affected his life and relationships. He also discusses what he did to get the help he needed to learn to overcome these mental health obstacles. Steve delivers a great message about being open with your mental health and how it can help you!

On today's episode Margie interviews Dr. Raul Sanchez, a Clinical Psychologist at the "Renewing The Mind Clinic" in Sioux City, Iowa. Dr. Sanchez describes what resiliency means to him based on his life experiences. From being a young dad, experiencing trauma at a young age, and other obstacles, Dr. Sanchez learned how to "bounce back like a rubber band". Margie and Dr. Sanchez also discuss ways we can improve our internal voice, and learn to be more resilient. 

Trigger Warning (TW): This episode has brief mentions of child abuse. No graphic details or graphic descriptions are given. 

Today Margie has on special guest Bill McMahon, a Massachusetts State Leader for the non-profit organization Mission 22. This episode focusses on veterans suicide and how organizations like Mission 22 are taking steps to eliminate suicide among veterans. Bill describes some personal struggles as a veteran himself. Thank you to the members of the US Military for your service.

Visit Mission 22's website here: https://mission22.com

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Today Margie is joined by special guest, Senior Development Manager for the American Cancer Society, Jill Monson. Jill talks about some recent updates within the American Cancer Society. Margie and Jill also discuss the mental health resources being provided by the American Cancer Society to help those diagnosed with cancer, and their loved ones. For example they have one program called the "National Cancer Information Center (NCIC)" that has a ton of resources for people and their families to navigate their cancer diagnosis.

Visit the American Cancer Society's website here: https://www.cancer.org 

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On today's episode Margie has on a special guest to talk about mental health in the Native American Community. Trudy and Margie discuss specific barriers Native American people face within the mental health and healthcare field. They also talk about some things Trudy, and other providers are doing to help support the mental health of Native Americans. This is a really powerful and eye-opening episode! 

Today Margie is joined by two special guests to discuss the recent spike in Asian American and  Pacific Islander hate crimes. They also highlight some ways we can all come together to support the AAPI community right now and going forward. David Crowley is the President and Founder of Social Capital Inc. (SCI) and  Sophie Ichizawa, is an Americorp Member and Volunteer Outreach Coordinator at SCI.

Visit SCI's website here: https://socialcapitalinc.org