On this week’s episode of the WONDER podcast Sydney will be talking to Ryan Oyer, a local musician in Chattanooga and a HUGE mental health advocate. Both Sydney, and her brother, Brayden, met Ryan a few months ago at a Tremont Tavern Open Mic. (He’s one of the handful of local musicians in Chattanooga that everyone kept saying they needed to connect with because of the similar passion for mental health advocacy.)

Today, Sydney and Ryan talk about his personal music project centered around mental health, how their community, especially the music community has been impacted by suicide, and their hope for the future when it comes to mental health advocacy. If you’ve ever wanted to use your art (or any gift) to help others, this conversation with Ryan is a great source of inspiration and encouragement.