The Power of Random Acts of Kindness
Today we discuss the power of random acts of kindness and why we should all strive to be more kind even when nobody is looking.
Tag: coping skills
Ask Me Anything About Keto & Healthy Eating for Mental Health
Jenn talks to Dr. Chris Palmer. He provides an overview of the ketogenic diet, explains its potential benefit in mental health treatments, and debunks myths and misunderstandings about keto and other healthy eating habits.
Christopher M. Palmer, MD, is the director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean Hospital and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has been pioneering the use of the ketogenic diet in psychiatry, especially treatment-resistant cases of mood and psychotic disorders.
RELEVANT CONTENT:
– More about the episode: mclean.link/945
– Read the episode transcript: mclean.link/vc0
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The McLean Hospital podcast Mindful Things is intended to provide general information and to help listeners learn about mental health, educational opportunities, and research initiatives. This podcast is not an attempt to practice medicine or to provide specific medical advice.
© 2021 McLean Hospital. All Rights Reserved.
Eleanor Lerman — Award Winning Writer Tackles Caregiving a Sibling with Alzheimers
Have you ever wondered what would happen if one of your family members developed Alzheimers, and unexpectedly came to live with you? Acclaimed author and poet, Eleanor Lerman, just published the book “Watkins Glen” which examines this very situation.
At the heart of “Watkins Glen” is the story of Susan, a woman in her sixties, who reluctantly finds herself having to take care of her estranged older brother, Mark, who has developed Alzheimer’s. Susan is living in Watkins Glen, a town in upstate New York, where she takes her brother to live—temporarily, she thinks. In the throes of his illness, Mark has developed a rare but well-known symptom of dementia called Acquired Artist Syndrome, whereby people who have never even thought about painting suddenly become obsessed with the art. Find out more about Eleanor Lerman at https://www.eleanorlerman.com/
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Tell a More Powerful Tale — Shifting the Narrative of Suicide Prevention by Engaging People with Lived Experience: Interview with Bronwen E
Storytellers in suicide prevention have the power to shift culture and change the world in ways other stakeholders are not able to do. Our “voices of insight” have influence and shape others’ understanding on a deep level. People with lived experience seek to stand in solidarity with our research colleagues, policy champions and mental health professionals to embed our deep wisdom in a processes of partnership. In this podcast, I speak with the world renowned Bronwen Edwards, a global authority on the power of lived experience to drive large scale change in suicide prevention. We talk about how we can approach our partners — who may have different values, priorities and points of view — with “compassionate curiosity” so we can “collaborate the big collaboration” (instead of “fight the good fight”).
About Bronwen Edwards
Bronwen is the CEO of Roses in the Ocean, a national lived experience of suicide organisation that has spent the last decade building the capacity of people with lived experience to utilise their voice and insights to inform, influence and enhance suicide prevention, and the capacity of communities, organisations and government to meaningfully engage with them.
Having advocated for non-clinical alternatives to traditional services for many years, Bronwen and Roses in the Ocean also work with communities to co-design new service models including safe spaces, develop and support the critical suicide prevention peer workforce, and continue to drive and support the implementation of system reform.
Bronwen holds a variety of state and national advisory positions, to which she first and foremost brings her personal lived experience of suicide to the table, while also striving to honour the vast perspectives of others she has been privileged to work with and walk alongside over many years.
Bronwen is the Co-Chair of the International Association of Suicide Prevention Special Interest Group: Lived Experience.
What to Do When You Want to Give Up
We are bound to run into hardships in our lives, so in today’s episode we talk about the importance of perseverance and what to do when you want to give up.
Zach Rance | Big Brother Star turned Certified Life Coach and Nutritionist | Funky Brain Podcast
Zach Rance is a super high-energy athlete, certified life coach, and nutritionist. He is also a former houseguest on the hit show Big Brother. In his podcast, Life Coach Zach The Podcast, Zach discusses the importance of self-care, mindfulness, meditation, and mental health.
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Thanks for listening to The Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry!
Dennis is a Life Coach for Addiction Recovery and Life Mastery. If you are struggling with any type of addiction like alcohol, food, porn, drugs, or shopping, reach out for help. Asking for help is the first step in solving the addiction puzzle.
Maybe you’re not struggling with an addiction, but you are simply “stuck” in life and don’t know how to push through. Dennis is the master in helping people get laser-focused, accomplishing their goals and dreams, and achieving life mastery on every level.
Dennis works with people worldwide and currently has clients in England, Australia, and India. Zoom is a beautiful tool for helping people all over the world.
How The Ideas of Liberty Win with Chris Rossini
How The Ideas of Liberty Win with Chris Rossini The Outer Limits of Inner Truth sits down with Chris Rossini (the Editor & Writer for the RonPaul Liberty Report as well as a Media Coordinator for RonPaul) for the third time for a timeless discussion on spreading the ideas of freedom in a world of tyranny. Rossini shares insights from his most recent articles and gives everyone reason to be very hopeful for the future in the long term. On a personal note, OLIT has always been a huge supporter of Rossini’s work and we feel that he is a modern day Thomas Paine. Chris Rossini’s recent articles Why Even The Vaccinated Should Be Passionately Against “Vaccine Passports” How The Ideas of Liberty Win “Dangerous Servant” or a “Fearful Master” “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying…” The Ultimate Power of The Word “NO” Fight against tyranny, Covid 1984, resisting medical tyranny, Chris Rossini, Liberty, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Institute, libertarian, peace, Ryan McCormick, Outer Limits of Inner Truth
The Golden Years and Mental Health
Jenn talks to Dr. Ipsit Vahia. Ipsit discusses ways to improve mental health in older populations, conditions to be on the lookout for, and how mental illnesses appear in older adults. He also explains how using technology can improve the mental well-being of aging populations.
Ipsit Vahia, MD, is the medical director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Services at McLean Hospital and the McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry. He is also the director of the Technology and Aging Laboratory and serves on the American Psychiatric Association Council on Geriatric Psychiatry and the Geriatric Psychiatry Committee of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
RELEVANT CONTENT:
– More about the episode: mclean.link/z9g
– Read the episode transcript: mclean.link/67w
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The McLean Hospital podcast Mindful Things is intended to provide general information and to help listeners learn about mental health, educational opportunities, and research initiatives. This podcast is not an attempt to practice medicine or to provide specific medical advice.
© 2021 McLean Hospital. All Rights Reserved.
Maintaining a Happy Brain | Loretta Breuning | Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry
Loretta Graziano Breuning, Ph.D., is the author of Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, and Endorphin Levels. She studied and written the brain chemistry of animals and how they relate to human behavior. She is also the host of the Happy Brain Podcast. She discusses the human brain’s chemicals and how we can create more happy chemicals.
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Thanks for listening to The Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry!
Dennis is a Life Coach for Addiction Recovery and Life Mastery. If you are struggling with any type of addiction like alcohol, food, porn, drugs, or shopping, reach out for help. Asking for help is the first step in solving the addiction puzzle.
Maybe you’re not struggling with an addiction, but you are simply “stuck” in life and don’t know how to push through. Dennis is the master in helping people get laser-focused, accomplishing their goals and dreams, and achieving life mastery on every level.
Dennis works with people worldwide and currently has clients in England, Australia, and India. Zoom is a beautiful tool for helping people all over the world.
Mary Fran Bontempo | 2x TEDx Speaker | Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry
Mary Fran Bontempo is a speaker, humorist, and podcast host. She is a 2x TEDx speaker. Mary Fran Bontempo is also an author of four books and was a former newspaper columnist. Her recent book, The 15 Minute Master, narrates her journey of her son’s heroin addiction. For more than 30 years, she has used her insights to uplift audiences. She believes in the power of making small changes to create long-lasting results.
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Thanks for listening to The Funky Brain Podcast with Dennis Berry!
Dennis is a Life Coach for Addiction Recovery and Life Mastery. If you are struggling with any type of addiction like alcohol, food, porn, drugs, or shopping, reach out for help. Asking for help is the first step in solving the addiction puzzle.
Maybe you’re not struggling with an addiction, but you are simply “stuck” in life and don’t know how to push through. Dennis is the master in helping people get laser-focused, accomplishing their goals and dreams, and achieving life mastery on every level.
Dennis works with people worldwide and currently has clients in England, Australia, and India. Zoom is a beautiful tool for helping people all over the world.