The Wondering Mind

By Emily ElizabethHealth & Fitness Mental Health

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August 24, 2022 84: Tapping into Creativity with Bryan Liggons
This week I sat down with branding expert Bryan Liggons. Bryan is the founder of Blue Beak Branding.
In today's conversation Bryan explains that although for most of his life, he felt like the black sheep in his family, his creative personality and talent ended up saving him from a number of challenges that life through his way.
He shares with us details pertaining to a traumatic bike accident, homelessness and witnessing his parents go through a divorce.
Bryan gets candid and gives us insight into how he was able to persevere and how with the help of community resources, friends and his love for art, he was able to shine through it all.

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Blue Beak Branding Website
The Presley Post- CoWorking Space
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August 17, 2022 83: Making Good Together with Michelle Lukezic
Today's episode features Michelle Lukezic, graphic designer and co-founder of MakeGoodTogether.
MakeGoodTogether aims to empower people to be the leaders that the world so desperately needs. They encourage and inspire people to take accountability for their actions and influence, by modeling behaviors that align with prioritizing the health and well-being of all on planet earth.
Michelle leads strategic communications and creative direction for MakeGoodTogether. She has extensive experience in brand strategy and communication; as she has been running her own design consultancy for over twenty years. Pair that with her love of understanding the human condition within the social context, and her desire to always help others become their best selves, and this project seems like it was a perfect match. Her traits of empathy, understanding, and dedication to making the world a brighter place drive her actions.
During this conversation Michelle shares with the audience what her main motivation was when creating MakeGoodTogether, how it has impacted her mental health, how she manages to continue to build the brand, ways others can get involved and more!

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TakeThePledgeAndMakeGood
Twitter: MakeGoodTogether
Resources mentioned: #MeActionNetwork
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August 10, 2022 82: Retrain Your Brain with Carlo Taormina
Meet Carlo Taormina, fitness coach, life coach and owner of Happy Fit.
Today Carlo shares his story of battling and overcoming depression and suicidal ideations and why speaking up about mental health is so important and can save lives.
Carlo also shares some tangible tools that have helped him along his mental health journey, in addition, he tells us why he decided to turn his pain into his passion by creating a business to help others overcome their mental challenges and help show them that living a better and healthier life is possible.

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Happy Fit Website

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August 03, 2022 81: What is PMDD with Laura Murphy-Director of Education and Awareness IAPMD
In today's episode I chat with Laura Murphy! Laura is the Director of Education and Awareness IAPMD (International Association for Premenstrual Disorders).
Today Laura explains what IAPMD's mission is, provides insight on the free resources the organization provides and she also educates us on what PMDD is.
Laura shares a bit of her personal mental health experience with PMDD so that other womxn can gauge whether or not they may or may not be experiencing PMDD.

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Free Resources!
Twitter: IAPMD
Facebook: IAPMD
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July 27, 2022 80: Sobriety Activism with Blair Sharp
In this weeks upcoming episode I chat with @sobrietyactivist Blair Sharp.

Blair walks us through her sobriety journey and explains why she decided to leave alcohol behind for good.

Her story is relatable and her experiences show us why it’s so important to continue breaking the societal norms surrounding alcohol, specifically binge drinking, blacking out and using alcohol as a coping tool to “relax.”

Blair also provides some awesome resources for those who are alcohol free or sober curious.

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BlairSharp.Com
More resources from Blair

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49 min
July 20, 2022 79: She Persisted with Teen Mental Health Podcaster Sadie Sutton
Today's episode features teen mental health @shepersistedpodcast host Sadie Sutton!

Sadie is a 19-year-old college sophomore from the Bay Area. After receiving a year and a half of intensive treatment for severe depression and anxiety, she was inspired to share her story with fellow teens going through their own personal growth.

She started She Persisted (formerly Nevertheless, She Persisted) in 2019 and has accumulated over 105 episodes reaching over 75,000 listeners. Sadie conducts impactful and inspirational interviews with subject matter experts, fellow teenagers, and social media personalities to break down the stigma surrounding mental health and inspire teens to create their life worth living.

Sadie's episodes offer self-improvement tips, DBT education, and vulnerable personal experiences, making it a show for anyone struggling or interested in mental health.
In this conversation, Sadie shares parts of her story of how she battled depression, suicidal ideations, suicide attempts and self harm. She also shares with us that her mental health challenges eventually lead her to a psych hospital to get treated for depression and she walks us through how that effected her as well as helped her to heal.

Sadie also shares some tips and advice as to how she was able to make it through, and what she does now to maintain her mental health.

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She Persisted Website

Mental Health Resources

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51 min
July 13, 2022 78: Personal Mental Health Update with Emily Elizabeth
Episode 78: Emily shares a bit of insight into what her mental health journey has been like as of late. She also touched upon her medication journey and how it’s effected her. Emily also provides insight into how mentally spiraling via depression and anxiety can be extremely difficult to navigate. Emily shares with the audience some personal tips that have helped her climb her way out of spiraling. Lastly, Emily talks a little bit about why shifting one’s mindset to allow one self to choose living instead of existing and working hard to turn our pain into a passion/purpose is so crucial to one’s survival.

Resources mentioned in this episode:
@mentalhealthlou Louisville KY’s Mental Health Hub for Mental Health Resources
@mindfestlou Downtown Louisville’s Annual Mental Health Festival
The Wondering Mind Co Website (Coming Soon)

Additional Resources:
988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. While some areas may be currently able to connect to the Lifeline by dialing 988, this dialing code will be available to everyone across the United States starting on July 16, 2022.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish.
Learn more
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June 22, 2022 77: Schizophrenia And The City with Michelle Hammer
Today I chat with Michelle Hammer. Michelle Hammer is a Schizophrenia Activist who spends her time passionately fighting stigma. Michelle is an NYC native featured in the WebMD documentary Voices, which was nominated for a Tribeca X Award at the Tribeca Film Festival 2018.
Michelle was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 22 after a misdiagnosis of bipolar at age 18. At 27, Michelle decided to use her artistic talents and fearless personality to do something that could benefit the mental health community. In May 2015, she founded a mental health-focused clothing brand.

Schizophrenic.NYC is a clothing brand with the mission of reducing stigma by starting conversations about mental health. Michelle has also been featured in many publications such as Mashable, The Daily Mail, Stylist, and Buzzfeed.
In this episode, Michelle talks about some of the experiences she had growing up with schizophrenia, how it impacted her life, how she is able to navigate through and why openly speaking about schizophrenia is so important to her.

More about her brand: Schizophrenic.NYC Mental Health Clothing Brand was created in hopes to change the way New Yorkers perceive people with mental illness. Schizophrenic.NYC donates a portion of their profits to organizations who support the mentally ill homeless. community, such as Fountain House, NYS Health Foundation, MHA-NYC, and NAMI.
The designs made by Michelle are intended to start discussions. Only through an open dialogue on mental health can we reduce stigma. At Schizophrenic.NYC they use clothing and art to get the word out about mental health awareness.

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Schizophrenic NYC Website
Michelle's YouTube
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41 min
June 15, 2022 76: The Importance of Empathy & Love with Landon Gonsalves and Abby Rhodes
Today's episode features Landon Gonsalves, who is the host of The Soul Searching Podcast & his partner, Abby Rhodes.

Landon and Abby get transparent about the challenges of battling their mental health while navigating their relationship.

They each share a bit about their own mental health experiences and how through out their hardships they’ve learned the importance of transparency and communication.

The couple shares with us how they’ve been able to support one another through some extremely challenging times and why building empathy and support is critical to maintaining their mental health and their relationship.

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57 min
June 08, 2022 75: Perfection Doesn't Exist with Jackie Joseph
In today's episode you will hear from Jackie Jospeh. Jackie is a pastry chef based in Louisville, KY. In 2021 she won Best Baker In America.
Today Jackie walks us through her mental health journey and opens up about how even though she won the competition, she still battled with imposter syndrome.
Jackie talks about her struggles with suicide, after suffering through a traumatic relationship, the difficulties of maintaining a work life balance, and the mental challenges she faces daily since opening up her own bakery, plus much more.

Resources:
Book: Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza
Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

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JJ Bakes & Co Website

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