Episode 21 – Season 1 Finale!
Highlights from guest interviews and whimsical outtakes from the year bookend this episode. Tony and Eric share their highs and lows from the season, as wells as hopes for the future of the podcast. We thank all of our listeners for your support over the course of 2018. Look for season 2 to start in...
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Episode 20 – Dr. Susan Lockwood, Author Ready for Book Release
Dr. Susan Lockwood, author of “Kicked to the Curb: Where Policy has Failed our Most Vulnerable Youth and the Fight for a Better Tomorrow,” discusses her new book scheduled for release in December 2018. She is the former Director of Juvenile Education at the Indiana Department of Correction, where she retired after 17 years as a...
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Episode 19 – Live from the Heartland
Tony and Eric were keynote speakers at the Heartland: Best Practices for Ministries Conference . This episode is a live recording from the event. The focus is on development of the Faithful Friends Mental Health Ministry and the Revealing Voices podcast. The keynote address was given on October 10, World Mental Health Day. This is...
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The Stability Network Experience
By a matter of serendipity in early 2017, I was invited to join The Stability Network. The previous year, as a contract employee at Cummins Engine Company, I had put together a business case for creating a Mental Health Affinity Group. The company already had other Affinity Groups that were focused on African American...
Episode 18 – Brandon “Beauty in the Wreckage” Andress
Author, Blogger, and Podcast host Brandon Andress joins us in studio. Brandon’s new book, “Beauty in the Wreckage: Finding Peace in the Age of Outrage”, focuses on the redemption of suffering. Listen for Brandon’s humility as he shares his personal stories of finding gratitude, healing, and community in some of life’s most difficult moments. Brandon...
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Episode 17- Bob Mills, President of Mindsrenewed.org
Want to join a consortium of 12,000 mental health advocates? Listen to Bob Mills, Founder of Minds Renewed, discuss the mission of his ambitious organization. The goal of the organization is to become the most valuable web platform for evaluating, curating, and communicating the best mental health information on the web. The origins began in 2001...
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Keynoting at Best Practices for Ministry: Heartland Conference
This Wednesday (October 10, 2018) is World Mental Health Day. We are honored to be keynote speakers at the at the Best Practices for Ministry: Heartland Conference held at St. Peter’s Lutheran in Columbus, Indiana. The topic of our presentation will be healing. Here is the program description: What does healing mean to you? How...
Chris Cole – What Healing Means
Healing means to me that I am in congruence with myself and my world, that I am able to maintain relationships in love and devotion, and that I am continually aware of and attempting to return to a state of holistic harmony. Healing, or true recovery, is not necessarily the absence of symptoms but rather...
Episode 16 – Waking Up with Chris Cole
Author and Mental Health Podcast Host of “Waking Up Bipolar”, Chris Cole, walks us through his vision of a more person-centered, holistic, compassionate mental healthcare system. Chris re-appropriates language to describe mental illness. For example, he describes his personal journey with “bipolar order”. His podcast focuses on the intersection of bipolar disorder and spiritual awakening....
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Episode 15 – Laura Pogliano, Caring for the Caregivers
Leader of a Facebook group with nearly 20,000 members, Laura Pogliano has the unique experience of professionally working with Johns Hopkins and personally serving her son who suffered from mental illness. Laura shares her passion for advocacy, putting it into the context of a social justice movement. Laura’s Facebook group is Advocates for People with...
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Episode 14 – Faithful Friends, Kim and Diana
Faithful Friends mental health wellness ministry model is the focus. Kim Graves and Diana Starkey, who lead the weekly ministry with Tony and Eric, help model the typical flow of the group. Below is the format of the 7:00 – 8:30 PM ministry hosted every Tuesday night at The Living Room in Columbus, IN: Opening...
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Lousville Labyrinth
Today, Jen and I went to a labyrinth on the campus of the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary – where Tony earned his Master’s of Divinity degree. It has brick sides with a grass path. Freshly cut. Very large at 66’ diameter (picture was taken at entrance of labyrinth). I knew that I wanted to walk with...