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As we all try to navigate through these difficult times, hosts Ann Baldwin and Lisa DeMatteis-Lepore welcome Peter Callahan, the Leadership & Engagement Director at Copper Beach Institute. Peter shares with us how to heal suffering though mindfulness.  He talks about why it is okay to acknowledge uncertainty and that in every problem there is an opportunity.  Peter also provides some helpful coping tips and strategies.

On this week’s program, hosts Ann Baldwin and Lisa DeMatteis-Lepore speak with The Connection’s Training and Staff Development Specialist, Nikita Joslyn and CIT Officer Jeffrey Fish of Hartford PD. Nikita and Officer Fish talk about public safety and why mental health training matters for first responders. Tune in this Sunday to learn more about symptoms of mental illness, awareness of the problem and ways you can support well-being in your community.

On this week’s program, hosts Ann Baldwin and Lisa DeMatteis-Lepore speak with Kevin O’Flaherty, Tobacco-Free Kid’s Regional Director. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a leading advocacy organization working to reduce tobacco use and its deadly consequences. Tune in this Sunday as Kevin speaks about the youth E-cigarette epidemic in CT and ways his campaign is pushing lawmakers to ban the sale of all flavored tobacco products including menthol cigarettes and E-cigs

On this week’s program, hosts Ann Baldwin and Lisa DeMatteis-Lepore speak with Erica Mello, Klingberg’s Children’s Advocacy Center Director and Kathy Carbine, Klingberg’s Outpatient Clinic Supervisor. Klingberg’s Children’s Advocacy Center, or the KCAC, specializes in a new initiative program, interviewing children of abuse or trauma in a sensitive manner. Erica and Kathy share information about counseling and support services to children and families across the state of Connecticut.

On this week’s program, host Ann Baldwin and Chief Administrative Officer of The Connection, Beth Connor, talk with New Britain Mayor, Erin Stewart.  During her three terms as Mayor, she has made it a priority for New Britain to be knows as a “recovery friendly community.” Stewart speaks about the results of her H.O.P.E. campaign, since its launch in March of 2019, as well as what the town of New Britain is doing to deal with the on-going opioid crisis.