Learn how courage, gratitude, forgiveness, and compassion-in-action prevent violence and promote healthier relationships. Our guest, Shannon Desilets, NH program director of the Choose Love movement, is teaching essential life skills to build strong, compassionate and healthy communities.

Have you wanted to become more culturally effective in your prevention or health education work? Our special guest, Bobbie Bagley, focuses on ways to make your outreach, education and communication more fair and just by addressing the social conditions that can harm people’s health. She shares how the Nashua Department of Public Health and Community Services is making a lasting impact on their neighborhoods and people by embracing shared leadership and power, intentional deeper listening, and deferring to the community to name their priorities. Together, they work collaboratively with different groups in specific, sensitive ways to address health issues, resulting in better health for all.

Emerging brain science is challenging the belief that cannabis use is harmless, especially during times of active brain development. Amid growing concerns about the widespread legalization of cannabis, our guest Dr. Kristen Gilliland shares the science and her unique lived experience to help us gain knowledge, compassion, insight and hope. You won’t want to miss this interview if you are concerned about a young person using cannabis.

When communities come together to plan, implement and monitor the public’s health, it makes a difference. Learn how the Nashua Health Department is leading the way with strong leadership and priceless collaborations.

Are you interested in the direction the State of New Hampshire is going with the expansion of legal cannabis? Learn what’s new and changing regarding cannabis and what it might mean for prevention and treatment approaches.

Have you ever thought about what it takes to build strong, safe, and stable families and communities? Remarkably, many of the essential components mirror those needed for establishing and sustaining recovery from substance use disorders (SUD’s). Learn more about this relationship in our interview with Keith Howard.

Talking with your child is a powerful way to build strong connections and set healthy boundaries. It is the first line of defense in minimizing the influence of risk factors like social media, access to drugs, peer pressure, online influences and exposure to violence. In listening to this interview, you'll gain the courage to start these tough conversations, get inspired to step out of your comfort zone, and learn how to positively influence young minds and prevent problems before they happen. Listen to learn what Cindy Pierce is doing and what you can do to help young people handle the risky situations they face.

As a result of decades of research on addiction, we know that substance use affects the body, brain, and behavior. Despite the science, many misunderstandings linger about the factors that make a person vulnerable to substance use disorder, its progressive nature, and how to prevent and treat the disease. Dr. Elizabeth Harwood will tackle these misunderstandings with science to help us make informed decisions for our families and communities.

Susan Mckeown is passionate about helping caregivers strengthen their relationships, especially couples who are in the throes of raising their families and trying to juggle all the demands. To build a strong foundation for our families, she stresses the importance of self-care and the benefit it has on those you love. When parents and caregivers have support, resources, and coping skills, they can then show their children they care, communicate their expectations and stay connected, even through challenging times.

Connection, care, and concern are powerful tools in helping people overcome mental health challenges. When we let people know they matter, we offer them hope and can help them find resources to support their mental health. Every one of us can be a resource. Helping someone doesn’t always mean referring them to a clinician. Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training course that teaches people to identify, understand and respond to mental health and substance use challenges for youth, adolescents, and adults.