Mental Health Matters
Todd Weatherly
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Todd Weatherly, Therapeutic Consultant and mental health expert hosts #MentalHealthMatters, formerly In One Ear. Interviewing doctors and therapists, treatment professionals and organizational leaders, and parents and teens about the importance of mental health awareness. Discussing how to support mental health in our communities from hospitals to the dinner table and what to do when crisis arises.
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Mar 9, 2023
NIMBY For No Reason (Part 1)
Dr. Katy Parker is actively working to start a program in a small town in Georgia and is experiencing push back from neighbors who have no context for her work or expertise. Dr. Parker and I talk about NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) and the ways that assumptions and stigma stand in the way of treatment for those with mental illness.
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Mar 9, 2023
Marriage Is Like Recovery... or Recovery Is Like Marriage
I talk with my good friend Dr. Katy Parker about what it looks like to fully commit to a marriage. We talk about resentment, the difference between preservation and corruption, and coming to terms with who we are.
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Mar 9, 2023
Kids in the Hall (Part 1)
I chat with colleague Dr. Katy Parker about all things adolescents. We talk about thinking ahead, consequences, and what it means to grow up.
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Mar 9, 2023
The Kids in the Hall (Part 2)
Dr. Katy Parker and I continue our conversation about adolescents. We talk about long-term goals, motivation, and overcoming the threshold of anxiety in order to engage with the things that matter most.
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Mar 9, 2023
Mental Illness is an A-Hole
Author and speaker Gabe Howard and I talk about the mental health treatment field and how, though getting somewhat better, isn't providing the care it should for our country and its people. We all suffer as a result.
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Mar 9, 2023
Being a good Dad.
Dr. Jason Frishman comes back to talk about his Journeymen group and what it means to be a good dad. We share personal stories and short comings that fathers all seem to share. We even get excited about how to support schools as a way to engage with our sons and daughters. Great listen for parents and dads especially.
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Dec 5, 2022
The trouble with insurance in mental health
We talk with Travis Herman, National Accounts Representative with Lakeview Health about all the twists and turns you have to take using insurance for mental health or substance use treatment. Join us for this deep dive into this maze.
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Aug 25, 2022
Dr. Katy Parker
A meeting of the minds. Todd talks with long time colleague and friend Dr. Katy Parker, founder of the Front Porch Social Club recovery program. They dive into what motivates people to do what they do and how, on the other side of experience, they realize there were deeper forces at work.
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Aug 24, 2022
Joe Considine - Marchman Act Attorney
In this episode we talk with Florida Marchman Act attorney Joe Considine - https://joeconsidinelaw.com/ Joe is an advocate and champion for mental health in the state of Florida helping families put measures into place to assure completion of treatment for those suffering from complex mental health and co-occurring addictions issues. Joe and Todd talk about what parents should do when faced with these issues and how to navigate raising children in a dangerous world.
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Jul 24, 2022
Integrative Life
Having a diagnosis can be helpful when faced with mental health or substance use challenges but over identifying with your condition can be detrimental. Todd talks with guest, Erin Watt with the Integrative Health Network, about how a diagnosis can trap you into a false identity and strategies having a healthy definition of self.
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Jul 24, 2022
KORE Women
In this episode, we get to talk with Dr. Summer Watson coach, author, and film maker and founder of KORE women consulting https://www.korewomen.com/ . Summer and I talk about the role of trauma in the conflict of today's world and some ways to work through it finding the positives we all have in common.
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Jul 24, 2022
Journeymen Foundation
In this episode, we interview Dr. Jason Frishman counselor for The Journeymen Foundation for good dads https://www.facebook.com/JourneyMenFoundations/ . We talk about the difficulties of navigating stereotypes and social pressures in the effort just to be the best men, partners, and parents we can be.
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Jun 19, 2022
Seek Healing
On this episode we take time to talk with Jennifer Nicolaisen, Founder and Director of Seekhealing.org to talk about how connection is at the root of all healing and even wellbeing for everyone. Join us to hear about this grass roots recovery and community support organization and how they are making an impact on our community.
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Jun 13, 2022
Interview with Joanna Lilley
Today on Mental Health Matters we interview Therapeutic Consultant, Joanna Lilley with lilleyconsulting.com. Todd and Joanna cover some broad territory on the topic of working with families in crisis and navigating the treatment world. Listen in to hear some professional wisdom from the top of the field.
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Jun 13, 2022
Interview with Jason Kirshner
This week on Mental Health Matters, we interview friend and recovery advocate Jason Kirshner focusing on the role of identity in doing long term personal work in a culture of immediate gratification, social media, and stigma.
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May 12, 2022
Centered Recovery
Reed Smith with Centered Recovery dives deep when he and Todd stand on the edge of the rabbit hole of how spirituality and being in the present moment play an instrumental role not just in recovery but the phases of life as a whole.
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May 1, 2022
First Light
In this episode we get to interview Kayla Davenport with First Light, a wilderness treatment program in North Georgia. We talk about change and family and what helps adolescents start growing into healthy young adults.
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Apr 17, 2022
Equinox
In this episode, Todd shares time with Brian Tomes Co-Founder and Admissions Director of Equinox Residential Treatment Center in Western North Carolina. Brian and Todd talk about what it means to work with teens and families struggling with emotional regulation, behavioral issues, substance abuse, and gender identity.
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Sep 26, 2021
The Impermanence of Life
September is Mental Health and Suicide Awareness/Prevention Month. Todd and Jackie take a somber but insightful look at this far too common occurrence in our world.
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Jul 1, 2021
The Parent Trap
Taking children into adulthood is bittersweet and can be a tough thing for parents to endure. Jackie and Todd talk about this dilemma that all parents eventually face. The struggles and conflicts are all part of it but knowing yourself and knowing your kid are some of the best tools you can have.
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Jun 22, 2021
Breaking Code Silence
Special guest this week, Susan Stader, Founder and Director of NextStep Recovery. We talk about the adolescent treatment industry now under fire for abuse and neglect. Susan and Todd both got their start in the field of adolescent treatment and talk about the old days and what makes good treatment for human beings as a whole.
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Jun 3, 2021
Messy
Life is messy. Is that always a bad thing? Why do things, including people's lives, get messy? Todd and Jackie dive into this topic with their own personal stories. Messy sometimes allows us to stumble into insight or even personal life transformation. Listen in and tell us what you think.
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May 7, 2021
Burnout
What is it. How do you prevent it. What do you do about it when it happens. Todd and Jackie dive into their own experience with this arriving at some answers and some even better questions.
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Apr 23, 2021
Cognitive Dissonance
Todd and Jackie keep on the subject of change and talk about how cognitive dissonance plays a role in people getting stuck in entrenched positions and maybe what we can do about it.
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Apr 7, 2021
Managing Expectations
We want so much for our own children but they, quite literally, have a mind of their own. As the saying goes "Children come through you not from you." Join Todd and Jackie for a conversation about managing expectations you have of the world and very specifically when it comes to raising your children.
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Mar 26, 2021
Change
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Mar 24, 2021
Rules of Engagement
We have all kinds of trouble to deal with in this world from college admissions, to credit cards, and banks, and auto loans to the DMV. What are the rules? How do we navigate the rules and how do we read the people who are making them? What's a good strategy here. Todd and Jackie talk about the rules that are both for and against you and some ways to deal with them along with some frustrations of their own.
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Mar 16, 2021
Self Advocacy
There are lots of obstacles and complications in today's world including systems and people that are not user friendly. How do you stand up for yourself? There's an art and a mindfulness to it. You have to know your audience. You have to not take things personally sometimes. Sometimes you just have to keep going. Todd and Jackie talk from their experience both being a part of and having to navigate complex service systems, like college or the DMV, and what worked and what didn't.
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Mar 16, 2021
My Apologies
Why are apologies so hard? We have created a culture where being right becomes an absolute no matter the consequences. How did we get here? How do we take a softer approach? Todd and Jackie talk about their own struggles with apology and get a little vulnerable to get to some solutions.
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