Category: Mental Health
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Understanding Climate Trauma: Mental Health Impacts of Wildfires and Collective Healing
We’re honored to learn from Dr. Jyoti Mishra, a neuroscientist and associate professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego, about her groundbreaking research on climate trauma, neuroscience, and the intersection of mental health and environmental resilience. You can get this full episode on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or YouTube. You can also download or listen to the full podcast episode here.
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Toxic Theology, Deconstruction & Coping with Complicated Grief – Dr. Terri Daniel
We’re honored to learn from Dr. Terri Daniel about her academic work on toxic theology as a contributing factor in complicated mourning and work as an interfaith chaplain. You can get this episode on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or YouTube. You can also download or listen to the full podcast episode here.
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Ways to Grow in Hope, Compassion & Mindfulness Amid Seasons of Grief – Valerie Brown
We’re honored to learn from Valerie Brown about ways to cultivate hope, compassion, and mindfulness amid seasons of grief and loss. It’s the topic of her book “Hope Leans Forward: Braving Your Way Toward Simplicity, Awakening & Peace.” Valerie Brown is a Buddhist-Quaker Dharma teacher, facilitator, and executive coach. A former lawyer and lobbyist, she…
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Making Meaning from Our Suffering – Dr. Ken Duckworth
In this week’s podcast, we’re honored to learn from Dr. Ken Duckworth about his fantastic book entitled “You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health.” His book is a comprehensive guide on how to compassionately support friends, family, and loved ones in their mental health journeys. His book combines evidence-based research on…
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Finding Hope in the Rituals of Grief – Amanda Held Opelt
In this week’s podcast, we’re honored to learn from Amanda Held Opelt about her latest book: “A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief and Healing.” It’s a beautifully written book that explores ways to find faith and hope amid seasons of grief and suffering. It’s one of those books that I’ll…
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Reading Our Bible Through the Lens of Trauma & Emotional Healing – Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis
How we understand our Bible can depend on our cultural viewpoints, church traditions, theological background, and personal experiences. Our view of Scripture can also be largely shaped by any sort of trauma we’ve experienced (and this includes trauma inflicted on us by spiritual leaders and/or churches). In today’s podcast, we’re honored to learn from Dr.…
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Prayers During Dark Nights: Prayer Practices When Feeling Faithless – Tish Harrison Warren
It’s been a tragic and painful year for many of us. We’re watching a suffering world in the midst of a global pandemic, while also seeing the increased visibility of violence, discrimination and hate towards Black, Indigenous and people of color. And, most recently, we’ve been witnessing increased violence toward our Asian communities, which has…