George P Brooks is a mental health advocate, public speaker, writer and CEO.  George has been living with a mental illness since age seven.  He has lived through abuse, weight loss surgery, childhood obesity, health issues and addiction.  George has experience raising a son with mental illness and has lived through divorcee trauma and custody battles.

George started a nonprofit, The Metta Association, a nonprofit organization committee dot advocacy and awareness for decriminalizing and destigmatizing hat which concerns mental illness.

George lives with the challenges of each day and counts the strength and wisdom he gains from his journey as a blessing.  He has learned and experienced a lot and is eager to inspire others. 

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Welcome to another episode of Resilient Minds 365 with your host Cleoni Crawford.  Today's guest is Powerful Steve.  Steve Kerr aka PowerfulSteve The King of Inspiration. 

As one of the world's international and inspirational speakers, Steve Kerr has a captivating personality and highly sought-after resource in business and professional circles for small business owners, nonprofit and community leaders from all sectors of society, looking to expand opportunity.  With over 30 years experience he has studied how to ignite the fire (ability)  in you so you can achieve your maximum potential.

As a father of seven children and a track and field coach Steve has been a mentor to many to improve their spiritual, mental and physical well-being.  He skillfully weave the practical POWER OF WORDS with his amazing storytelling ability to awaken the GREATNESS that is in you so you can change the world in a positive way.   With his proven system called M.A.P.P.S he will teach you to Aim High...... Spread Wings....... and Fly!!

Steve Kerr lives to empower. It  is his gift and purpose to educate you on how to personally develop yourself and in doing so, make this world a better place.  Steve has merged the traditional and Social Media to empower his audiences.  Thousands are watching him on YouTube and tens of thousands connect and interact with him on Facebook on a regular basis.  He has a natural way of allowing you to see yourself as to where you are and hold you accountable to where you need to be.

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Welcome back to Resilient Minds 365.  This weeks episode will be about Mental Health and Money Matters with my financial advisor Jumoke Johnson.  This was a great discussion about how mental health is affected by not having access to money.  Check out the episode and please like, share, and subscribe to our channels.  Talk to you soon.

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My name is Cleoni Crawford, simply @onlycleoni on instagram and I am a Christian, Mental Health Advocate, Minister, Brand Ambassador, best selling author, mother, Podcaster, Speaker and Serial Entrepreneur.  I've been a marketplace minister since 2007 when I started my first business as a fashion designer for the company C-virtue where I made modest clothing for women that were fashion forward.  I've been featured on 100 Huntley Street, Toronto Life, Rogers TV, Global TV, CTV, CBC, The Dialog, SMJ Magazine, Shimerzine Magazine, YorkU Magazine, The North York Mirror and Authority Magazine.  I am no stranger to media.  I've suffered many loses over the past years from my sister, her best friend, my cousin, my aunt and most recently the death of my father.  I have been hospitalized 31 times, sent to prison twice, suicidal, homeless, forced to flee my home, a target of the police and was attacked by the US Border Services Agency. 

I was also raped by a Nigerian pastor in my home while my autistic son slept.  I am a black woman who has not been protected.  I have had my son taken away from me twice by Children's Aid and am currently working with the Canadian Mental Health Association as a client with the ACTT team overseen by Dr. Kumar Naidu and formerly Dr. Anne Ferguson.  Despite this, I have managed to turn my life around.  I am a podcaster of 80 episodes to the podcast Resilient Minds 365, Mental Health advocate, University of Toronto Graduate, George Brown College Graduate, Graduate of the Addictions of Mental Health Program, and future tech developer for a new global app for faith based believers.  

I am writing this petition today because I demand a global apology from my government, CANADA, Justin Trudeau and the AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, and the Nigerian Government, President Tinubu for how I was treated by its residents.  I am a BIPOC woman and I deserve to protected.  Black woman deserve to be protected.  You are probably wondering why this apology is important, it's because I had a criminal record and cannot travel freely to continue to advocacy work that I would like to do around the global.  I appeal to you today to join me in this fight.  I am you and you are me.  We together, can do this.

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Welcome to Resilient Minds 365 where we discuss the resilient stories of entrepreneurs, professionals and students with mental illnesses to encourage you to strive, thrive, and live in abundance.  Today’s guest is Dr. Shahana Alibhai. 

Dr. Shahana Alibhai is a TEDx speaker, family physician and mental health advocate. As the medical lead at one of British Columbia’s largest youth health centers, much of Dr. Shahana’s career is focused on those struggling with their mental health. Her insights are highly sought after and she has been featured in multiple major media including CTV and Global. Dr. Shahana has been privileged to work with New York Times Bestselling author Adrian Gostick in order to publish her own book, “Feel Better”. Presales start Sept 2024 and most recently her book was endorsed by Mel Robbins herself!

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Welcome back to Resilient Minds 365 where we discuss the resilient stories of entrepreneurs, professionals and students with mental illnesses to encourage you to strive, thrive, and live in abundance.  This week Cleoni Crawford interviews Gabby Wnek.

Gabby is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner with over 8 years of clinical experience helping women through burnout, anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma. 

Through her coaching services Gabby helps burnout anxious high achieving women identify areas of burnout to create more choices in their lives and increase their capacity for stress. She helps women clear out burnout so that they can learn the skills and tools to regulate and heal their nervous systems. 

Gabby has a bachelors in social work and psychology, masters in social work, and her somatic experiencing practitioner certificate for somatic therapy. She has helped hundreds of women in her clinical practice change their relationship with burnout and teaches practical tools for nervous system healing, while continuing to do her own healing work.

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Welcome back to Resilient Minds 365.  On today’s episode, Cleoni Crawford interviews Lauren Callahan.  Lauren Callahan is a Gut health expert, Ultrarunner, and Reiki master.  She is the owner of Goddess Health and helps perimenopausal athletes boost their energy and mood, reach peak health and performance, recover better, and ditch the bloat, belly fat, inflammation, and endless injury for good. She is also author of the book “Couch to 50 miles”, an inspirational story of her healing journey from scarcity and survival to learning the power of nutrition, training, recovery, and inner peace.

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Website: goddesshealth.org

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Welcome back to Resilient Minds 365.  Today’s guest is Tamara (6ix) Pavicevic.  Tamara is a mother and entrepreneur.  A Cosmetician and advocate for wellness.  She is burlesque entertainer, retired stripper, world traveler, dance enthusiast and survivor of sexual exploitation.  She is also a daughter to an immigrant family and is of mixed racial heritage.  She is her, unapologetically. 

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Welcome back to Resilient Minds 365.  On today’s episode, Cleoni Crawford interviews Phyllis Leavitt.  Phyllis Leavitt has a Masters’ Degree in Psychology and Counseling from Antioch University. She co-directed the Parents United sexual abuse treatment program in Santa Fe, New Mexico for two years and then went into private practice full time. Phyllis has treated children, families, couples, and individual adults for 34 years, and has worked extensively with abuse and dysfunctional family dynamics, their aftermath, and some of the most important elements for healing. She has two previous books, A Light in the Darkness and Into the Fire. Her latest book, America in Therapy: A New Approach to Hope and Healing for a Nation in Crisis, published by Morgan James Publishing, explores the roots of divisiveness and violence in America from a psychological point of view, with the goal of bringing the best of what heals relationships and restores us to safety, into national conversation. Phyllis lives with her husband in Taos, NM and is now focusing on writing and speaking.

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