Cal Beyer is Vice President of Workforce Risk & Worker Wellbeing at Holmes Murphy & Associates. He has over 30 years of experience in safety, risk management & insurance. Cal has seen firsthand the stigma associated with Substance Use Disorder and Mental health in the workplace, especially in the construction industry. Cal is an advocate for bringing awareness, education, and support to the workplace.
Today, Cal speaks with the top two executives at Youturn Health, Rich Jones and Hamilton Baiden, who are on a mission to save lives, using their lived experiences and the power of Youturn Health and its coaches. Listen as they debunk myths about having to hit Rock Bottom and discuss real solutions while illustrating how the implementation of Youturn Health in businesses is already saving lives.

Katie Niemczyk wanted to be a teacher. In fact, she hoped for a long career teaching in communities where she hoped she would make a difference. The first part of her career was great but she quickly began to see that the education system was flawed and needed an overhaul. She continued to ask for help, hoping to make incremental changes where she could but when Covid hit, she made the choice to leave teaching to take care of her own mental health as well as the physical health of her two small children.

Katie wants people to recognize that teachers have real lives outside of the classroom and the compensation does not equal the emotional demands required for teaching. Hopefully, this is the beginning of a paradigm shift in the education system where we wake up and realize that the most important pieces of the system, our teachers, have reached the breaking point.

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Katie Niemczyk wanted to be a teacher. In fact, she hoped for a long career teaching in marginalized communities where she hoped to make a difference. The first part of her career was great but she quickly began to see that the education system was flawed and needed an overhaul. She continued to ask for help, hoping to make incremental changes where she could but when Covid hit, she made the choice to leave teaching to take care of her own mental health as well as the physical health of her two small children.

Katie wants people to recognize that teachers have real lives outside of the classroom and the compensation does not equal the emotional demands required for teaching. Hopefully, this is the beginning of a paradigm shift in the education system where we wake up and realize that the most important pieces of the system, our teachers, have reached the breaking point.

ABOUT Sarah in her own words:

I’m Sarah and I’m a recovering perfectionist and a serial burnout-overachiever. I’m also the Founder and Creator of Dreamgarten, a mom to two boys and a rescue dog, and a certified Qoya dance movement instructor. I started Dreamgarten because I see myself in so many other people who are showing up in their lives with this idea of perfection and the need for achievement in their work, in their relationships, and everywhere in between. And as a result, they are constantly navigating the overwork – burnout cycle, sometimes without even knowing what’s happening to their minds and bodies as a result.

In my own quest for perfection and achievement, I put myself last, made myself smaller, and burned myself out over and over again. Throughout school and into my professional life, I would work myself to sickness (mental or physical), take a vacation or a leave of absence and then go right back to it. Over time and to cope, I began to study methods to manage my own severe anxiety through yoga and dance.

I started to unravel my perfectionist, burnout-overachiever tendencies and help foster a deeper connection to my mind and body. I started to make space for a life that was less a pursuit of perfection and achievement and more a pursuit of grace, of spaciousness, of beauty, of meaning, of feeling everything, so that I could decide what was the next right action for me. At the same time, in my professional life, I began to create new ways of working because of the personal work I was doing myself. And vice versa, I started to apply the human-centered, design thinking methods I used to facilitate business problem solving to my personal questions. The more I practiced these methods, the more they worked their magic, and it’s scientifically based magic at that!

That’s where Dreamgarten was born, at the intersection of my own experiments to recover from burnout and my realization that I was not alone in placing society’s definition of success on my shoulders and seeking perfection and achievement to accomplish it. I began to use my methods at work as a leader with my team and with my friends in their personal endeavors. I believe that when you guide people to find what’s inside themselves and encourage them to think about the human at the center of any problem, the creativity they bring to solving those problems is endless.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcwaylett/
https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Secret-Unlocking-Stress-Cycle/dp/198481706X
https://dreamgarten.com/

Zach and Lisa discuss how Peer Coaching works at Youturn Health and also share their stories of success. As lead coaches, this is more than a job to them as they have both walked through grief and loss and tragedy. They have lived experience and are state-certified, NAADAC-credentialed, and specially trained in assertive engagement principles by the nation’s leading recovery support experts. They work with Veterans, individuals, and families and are spreading hope and support where there once was confusion and chaos.
More about Zach:
United States Army Veteran working on a Bachelors Degree in Social Work. Currently working as an Recovery Coach Manager for Youturn Health, offering comprehensive care via telehealth services, to individuals and their families dealing with substance use and mental health disorders. Helping people find meaning and purpose through a life in recovery.

Currently serving as the Justice-Involved Warrior Advocate at Upstate Warrior Solution. Passionate caseworker assisting to identify veterans and family members in the judicial system. Conduct outreach efforts with visits to the Detention Centers, Law Enforcement Agencies, and Municipal Courts. Serves as the liaison between UWS and these agencies. Knowledgeable of the Veterans Affairs Administration and competent to assist clients in navigating the system to obtain benefits and services. Skilled at assessing a client’s needs and navigating local resources to meet those requirements.

Darien Maples did not grow up dreaming of a career in technology but she has always had a passion for working with people and networking. This served her well as she landed her first job through a friend at a large cyber security company in sales. As she took advantage of their training program she began to learn about the world of tech. Darien quickly advanced to partnerships and the rest is history. Not only is she at the top of her career game, but she also gives back to the global non-profit called Girls in Tech which is a free resource for women in tech that provides mentorship, help to find careers, boot camps and so much more!
Darien heads up the Dallas Chapter and encourages any woman intimidated by pursuing a career in technology to dive in and go for it. She is an amazing trail blazer!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/darien-maples-ab92135a/

https://girlsintech.org/about/

Listen as Liz and Tiffany discuss the stigma associated with eating disorders and the myths that surround them. By talking about this on the podcast we hope to bring this into the light, disbanding shame and secrecy. There is hope, there is help.
About Tiffany
Tiffany is a Registered Dietitian with a varied, unique professional background. Her nutrition expertise and clinical experience are paired with a background in psychology and various positions including social work, and restaurant management. Incorporating validated theories such as Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating, She approaches nutrition with a holistic and inclusive perspective. She is passionate about helping people on their journey toward food freedom, reconnection with their bodies, and the pursuit of health and wellness.
https://connectionswellnessgroup.com/

About Connie (in her own words)
I am the founder and director of the Women’s Reproductive Behavioral Health Division at the Medical University of South Carolina. This division provides integrated mental health and substance use disorder treatment to pregnant and postpartum women in obstetric and pediatric settings, affords clinical and clinical research training in Reproductive Psychiatry and conducts clinical research that aims to improve the identification and treatment of peripartum mental health and substance use disorders. I receive research support through the National Institute of Health and foundations to develop treatments to improve women’s health. Additionally I am a Co-Investigator on the Intern Health Study – a large prospective study examining stress and depression among medical trainees. I have published widely on topics including women’s health, stress, and depression.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/guille-constance-35552060/
https://web.musc.edu/

Randy is a person living in long term recovery and what that means to him is, he hasn’t used drugs, alcohol, or any mood-altering substance since January 9, 2005. After receiving the life-saving gifts of treatment and recovery, Randy completed his A.S. degree in addiction counseling at Minneapolis College in 2015 and worked as a full-time counselor for 2 years at RS EDEN/Eden House Recovery Services – the very same treatment facility where he was once a client. Randy served as a Board of Directors member for the Steve Rummler Hope Network, the organization responsible for passing Steve’s Law in 2014. In February 2018 Randy stepped down as a board member and was hired as the full-time Overdose Prevention Manager. As a nationally recognized advocate for recovery and reform, Randy also serves on the board of directors for the MN Second Chance Coalition. There he was given the opportunity to testify during the 2015/2016 legislative session in front of several legislative committees during the drug sentencing reform hearings. Because of his testimony – and that of others – MN had the most significant change in drug sentencing in nearly three decades. He is grateful to know because of those sentencing guideline changes, approximately 700 less people will be incarcerated yearly because they have the disease of addiction. Randy completed his B.A. degree in human services at Bethel University and lives with his wife, dog and cat in Golden Valley, MN. In March 2019 Randy decided to follow is passion and venture out on his own and started Bold North Recovery and Consulting.
https://www.boldnorthrecoveryandconsulting.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/randyaanderson/

Robbie Shaw is the founder and CEO of Eventide Recovery. His journey with alcohol also led him to create the nationally recognized podcast Champagne Problems. He and co-hosts, Samantha Hampson and Patrick Balsley have all worked in the addiction space and bring fresh perspectives to managing our relationship with alcohol.

BIOGRAPHY
Shaw has an undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from the University of Southern Maine.

He is trained in recovery coaching and intervention from the Addictions Academy in South Florida. Currently, Shaw is training as a Holistic Wellness Coach under the International Association of Wellness Professionals.

He feels that the many opportunities he has had to work with others continues to inform the techniques and strategies used to educate and mentor clients.

https://www.robshaw.com/
https://champagneprobspodcast.com/