This post is an original article written by the Campaign to Change Direction. This is part of the Week to Change Direction from 9 June to 15 June 2015. We are at a crossroads when it comes to how we address mental health and emotional well-being. Globally 450 million individuals Read more…
About Today’s Guest: Barbara Van Dahlen, Ph.D., named to TIME magazine’s 2012 list of the 100 most influential people in the world, is the president of Give an Hour. A licensed clinical psychologist who has been practicing in the Washington, D.C., area for over 20 years, she received her Read more…
Good mental health is critical to everyone. Unfortunately, limited funding, resources and cultural barriers prevent people from receiving help when they need it. No matter who you are or where you are, you can change the way we think and talk about mental health. If you know someone who is Read more…
Pat Williams is a basketball Hall-of-Famer, co-founder of the NBA’s Orlando Magic and former general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers. Also one of America’s top motivational and inspirational corporate speakers, Pat has addressed employees from many of the Fortune 500 companies. Pat is also the author of over 100 Read more…
Service members and veterans have a unique relationship with sleep. On one hand, troops can fall asleep at the drop of a hat. Standing up, leaning against each other, airplane, ship or tank…we could catch Z’s any time we wanted. The old joke in the motor pool was that you Read more…
About This Week’s Show: This week’s episode is a preview show that’s going to give you a quick peek into what we have coming up. We’ve got authors, mental health professionals, mental health professionals who have become authors, authors who are vetearns, the leader of the larges nonprofit serving student Read more…
About This Week’s Guest: One Common Bond was founded by Mrs. Kimberly Franco. She was an Army Soldier serving her 22nd year of service when she lost her brother to suicide. She was not prepared for his death and in an instant, her life was changed forever. Over the course Read more…
This is the sixth of a series of posts looking at how to impact the veteran suicide epidemic using a public health approach. You can see the original overview post here. When we’re talking about reducing service member, veteran, and military family (SMVF) suicide, we have to acknowledge the fact Read more…
About This Week’s Guest: Dr. Jessica B. Stern is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a speciality in trauma, mood and anxiety disorders, and health psychology, particularly in the Military and Veteran population. She is a clinician, supervisor, and researcher. She obtained her PhD from Drexel University in 2017, and completed a Read more…
Summary: Michael “Rod” Rodriguez is a retired Special Forces Green Beret with nine deployments, from his first in Somalia with 10th Mountain Division to his last in Afghanistan with 7th Special Forces Group. His last assignment as a Green Beret was as a Sniper Instructor at Fort Bragg, NC (Range Read more…