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How Well-Being Multipliers Create a Mental Health Tipping Point at Work with Laura Putnam
In this episode of Hope Illuminated, I welcome Laura Putnam, author, speaker, and founder of Motion Infusion, for a rich conversation about what it a…
7 hours ago
Healing Trauma Beyond Words: Brain, Body, and Spirit with Julia Hassall
In this episode of Hope Illuminated, I sit down with Julia Hassell to explore what it really looks like to heal after profound loss.Julia’s story is …
1 month ago
How Men’s Groups Help Men Make Meaning in Dark Times with Rabbi Baruch HaLevi ("Dr. B")
Many men struggle silently with grief, loneliness, identity loss, and moral injury. Social expectations often teach men to stay strong, stay producti…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Leadership Under Assault -- Caring for People and Institutions in a Polarized Age with Jeff Gorter
In today’s polarized social and political climate, leadership has become not only emotionally demanding but, in some cases, physically and psychologi…
2 months, 1 week ago
Inside the Black Box: What Digital Clues Reveal Before Suicide with Kim Burdett Bartlett
What if the warning signs of suicide were present but invisible to everyone around us?In this powerful and deeply human episode of Hope Illuminated, …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
After the Unthinkable: Workplace Suicide Postvention, the First 48 Hours & Peer Support with Dr. John Gaal
When a suicide, overdose, or traumatic death happens in the workplace, the response in the first 48 hours can either stabilize the organization or un…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
A Year in Review: Mental Health, Healing, and Hope
In this special year-in-review episode, I reflect on a year of global travel, impact, and learning across workplace mental health, suicide prevention…
4 months ago
When the Hits Don’t Heal: Athletes, CTE, & Suicide Risk with Dr. John Gaal
We tell athletes to “shake it off,” “tough it out,” and “get back in the game.”
But what happens when the injury is inside the brain, quiet, cumulativ…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Transforming Grief Into Meaning: How Stories and Art Support Children After Suicide with Ryan Abramowitz
What happens when a child loses someone to suicide — and the adults around them are silent because they don’t know what to say? In this episode, we e…
6 months ago
Sowing Hope in Rural America: Tackling the Farm Mental Health Crisis with Monica Kramer McConkey
In this powerful and deeply compassionate episode, Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas talks with Monica Kramer McConkey, one of the nation’s leading voices on …
6 months, 1 week ago