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119 - Partnering for Your Community's Mental Health (feat. Dr. Sidney Hankerson)

This week, we're joined by psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Hankerson. Dr. Hankerson is passionate about training clergy on counseling depressed community members and has worked extensively with communities in New York to build partnerships between faith communities & mental healthcare providers to help people get treatment for mental health. He tells us about barriers to care in African American communities, what role faith communities play, and how to build relationships between those communities and mental health providers to overcome some barriers.

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117 - What is The Church's Responsibility in Caring for Mental Health? (feat. Alexandra Thompson)

This week, we talk with Alexandra Thompson, LCSW about the church’s responsibility in caring for the mental health needs of communities. We also hear about her own experiences with infertility, adoption, and why she’s passionate about those topics. In the intro, Robert and Holly talk about Advent.

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114 - Having Conversations About Mental Health That Help

This week we share a talk from Robert called Talking About Mental Health: Having Conversations that Facilitate Healing & Promote Resilience (his talk from the Church Mental Health Summit on Oct. 10th). The talk shares practical tips, as well as talking about how we show up to each other in moments of vulnerability.

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Recast - Suicide Prevention (feat. Dr. Jonathan Singer & Dr. Sherry Molock)

Folks, it's been a tough week. The deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain by suicide filled the headlines, and the CDC released a new report that suicide rates have been rising across the Unites States. As a result, I wanted to rebroadcast this episode from last year on Suicide Prevention for new listeners or long-time listeners who might find it helpful again.

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43 - Being Here, Building Community, & The Bachelor (feat. Hannah Brencher)

Happy Memorial Day! (go to counseling.) This week, Robert's back as your host to talk with Hannah Brencher, who you might remember from episode 14. Hannah talks about her latest book, the power of being here in a 'getting there' world, and how much her community mattered when she went through a hard season of depression. We also talk about old boyfriends, the Bachelor, and Hannah's process of finding community when she moved to Atlanta.

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39 - The Enneagram & Communities (feat. Dr. Holly Oxhandler & Dr. Jon Singletary)

Did you like last week's episode? Then you're in luck! Dr. Holly Oxhandler returns as this week’s guest host, sitting down with Dr. Jon Singletary again to talk about the Enneagram some more. This week, they talk about how the Enneagram can be applied to communities using the thinking/feeling/doing centers, how each of these centers impacts communities’ responses to various issues (including promoting mental health), and where the Enneagram and mental health may intersect.

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30 - Family, Church, & Mental Illness (feat. Amy Simpson)

This week, I talk with life & leadership coach, author, & speaker Amy Simpson.  We talk extensively about Amy's book Troubled Minds: Mental Illness & The Church's Mission, and we talk a lot about her experiences growing up with her father as a pastor and her mother being diagnosed with schizophrenia.  She shares how those experiences impacted her, what she wishes would've been available to help her, and how the church can help families going through similar things today.

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