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7 Episodes 2022 - 2022
Episode 1
Mon, Feb 14, 2022
The Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network, (DWIHN) a NETWORK OF HOPE. From suicide prevention to cognitive disabilities to substance abuse disorder and other mental health challenges, the DWIHN is within reach for out-patient, residential, and in-home services. Eric Doeh, CEO of DWIHN, explains not only the range of resources available, but talks about where and how to find these resources. Mr. Doeh also introduces us to Michael Squirewell, with his harrowing story of survival, rescue, and redemption from a life of poverty, crime, substance abuse, and cognitive as well as other severe mental health challenges-all through connecting with DWIHN. After long commitment and a lot of hard work, Mr. Squirewell has not only triumphed over his mental and cognitive health challenges, he has gone to on advocate for people just like him, as a Mental Health Ambassador for DWIHN.
Episode 2
Mon, Mar 28, 2022
Science and medicine have long been enlightened about the powerful connection between mind and body. That connection is, in fact, undeniable. Here with us today is the living, breathing, personal embodiment of that mind/body connection. A woman who, by harnessing her own mental powers, to think and to FEEL positive thoughts and emotions, healed her body and saved her life. Robin Schroeder was an active, outdoorsy, health-conscious athlete who ran countless miles a day, never smoked, rarely drank...and was diagnosed with cancer. A rare, incurable cancer with a prognosis that was both terrifying and mercilessly UNFAIR. A diagnosis that, in itself, was enough to crush almost anyone. What do you do with a diagnosis like that, with the knowledge that your life will never be the same...if you live at all? Watch we unfold the amazing journey of a woman who harnessed the power of positive thinking to heal...and to fully, truly LIVE.
Episode 3
Mon, May 2, 2022
Kizito Kalima is a survivor of genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Mr. Kalima shares a powerful message of peace and the need for global genocide prevention. Surviving the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda was only the beginning. Orphaned and barely alive, he suffered from an overpowering desire for revenge. Kizito was just a teenager when his family was attacked, leaving his parents dead and him separated from his family, injured, imprisoned and then, after a harrowing escape, on the run. Kizito defied the odds and survived his attack and the genocide in Rwanda. He was later offered a scholarship to come to the US to play basketball at a high school in Chicago and he credits sports with helping him deal with the trauma of his experience in Rwanda. Mr. Kalima founded the Peace Center for Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Indianapolis. The mission of the Peace Center is to remove the obstacle to forgiveness and promote healing for both victims and perpetrators of injustice. Today, Kizito's story of unthinkable suffering, unconditional forgiveness, and healing remains at the core of why they do what they do. From Genocide Awareness and Prevention, to Peace Rebuilding Projects, they strive to spread the message of forgiveness and to achieve long lasting peace among all people.
Episode 4
Mon, Jun 20, 2022
Back in 1951, world-renowned psychoanalyst Carl Jung originated the term Wounded Healer to mean someone who has suffered a trauma of some kind but then gone on to help heal others. One estimate puts the number of Wounded Healers now practicing in the mental health field at 82%. When you think about it, this actually makes complete sense. Because who better understands what it means to suffer than someone who has suffered themselves? Who better knows what it takes to HEAL than someone who has been healed? We have with us today three extraordinary people who have suffered extraordinary challenges, people who you may recognize as guests from our earlier shows. Each of them has a heartbreaking story...with a happy ending. Because each of these Wounded Healers has turned their trauma into a life of advocacy work helping others.
Episode 5
Wed, Oct 12, 2022
Generational trauma, is passed down through generations in families. It can persist in families for decades, passing from parent to child and even grandparent to grandchildren and their children. For many people, trying to cope with TRAUMA in their present lives--just getting through TODAY--can be overwhelming and all-consuming. With not only their own personal crises to deal with, but those of their children and, often, their parents, understanding and resolving those crises, those traumas, demands more time, energy and quiet space than anyone living through them has time for. The result? The cycle of traumas continues, never being adequately addressed, never being resolved, only perpetuated. And that's just the environmental part of the problem. What about the genetic part of the equation--that unasked for, undeserved, INHERITED predisposition for mental illness and substance abuse that sneak into and ravages lives? Today, we take a close, hard look at generational trauma--its causes, its effects on families, and its ultimate INTERRUPTION, through self-awareness, through recognizing historical patterns, and through finding the strength and MOTIVATION to finally break the cycle.
Episode 6
Mon, Nov 7, 2022
In the last few years, suicide rates in this country have reached what experts now recognize as epidemic levels, across all age groups, but especially among children and young adults. Why? Why the widespread loss of hope? Why the overpowering despair? Why the crippling fear about the future? Why the DECISION to take that one irreversible step? And WHY haven't we been able to stop this? Today, we'll address these and other questions faced by a family who has experienced those questions at first-hand...and struggled to find the answers.
Episode 7
Mon, Dec 12, 2022
History has shown us that some of the most profound works of art have been created under unimaginably traumatic circumstances-anguished drawings made in concentration camps, tortured poetry written in prison, heart-rending music created by slaves. Modern science has long recognized the power of creativity to heal trauma. Therapies involving music, writing, painting, theatre, dance, and many more, are now widely practiced...and having BRILLIANT success. Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words Today on MI Healthy Mind, we look into the many creative ways that art is being used to help cope with trauma.