Content/Trigger Warnings: This episode contains content including the death, violence, and sexual crimes from 2min30sec to 7min30sec and from 20min30sec to 22min. Listener Discretion is advised. It’s easy to forgive the smaller trespasses in life – the occasional slip-up or minor accident often pale in comparison to some of life’s greater challenges. Some of us…
How much of our brains are dedicated to remembering old jingles and theme songs? WHy do certain songs make us so emotional? And most importantly – can Music Therapy work for just about anybody? Following up from Episode 22, Rick Hoaglund returns to the studio with Nancy Dexter-Schabow to talk about just how valuable Music…
Have you ever heard the expression, “Music is good for the soul? “Turns out, it’s good for your mental health too! Whether you can carry a tune or not, Music Therapist Nancy Dexter-Schabow says that every one of us has a song in their heart and that everybody, even the hard of hearing, can learn…
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise – or at least it would, if so many of us weren’t suffering from sleeping disorders. In their follow-up from last week’s conversation on the effects of sleep on mental health, host Rick Hoaglund and Dr. Rajesh Balagani dig into sleeping…
When you go to bed, are you one of the lucky people can simply turn off the lights and drift into dreamland? Or are you, like millions of other Americans, struggling to fall asleep? In Part One of this Two-Part exploration into Sleep and it’s effects on Mental Health, Dr. Rajesh Balagani explains why sleep…
Self care. It’s a relatively new term as far as understanding mental health is concerned when it comes to the general population, but it’s not often something people really think about in regards to their own well-being. Like in Mexico, where Deborah Loffler says people think about self care more as going to the gym…
North, south, east, west—no matter where you are everybody struggles with mental health. World Mental Health Day, on October 10th, is a chance to remember that none of us are alone. All over the world people share the same feelings of excitement, sadness, melancholy, and more, regardless of their situation. That’s why, this week, Jill…
Last time on OnTopic, Trauma-Informed Care Coordinator Scott Webb talked to Rick about the Six Principles of Trauma-Informed Care, a new approach to professional engagement that involves peering into a complete picture of any individual’s entire life and the traumas that have shaped their behavior since. But how does an organization start to implement trauma-informed…
Does adversity in childhood affect a person’s health long-term? Organizations across the United States have developed a new way of understanding and managing employees – trauma-informed care – but does it really work? Rick Hoaglund sits down with Scott Webb, trauma-informed care coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to talk about the six principles of…
If so many Young Adults suffer mental health issues, what’s the solution? Is there a ‘fix’ for such a widespread problem? How do individuals start to tackle an unseen issue in their communities? Professional counselor and psychotherapist Bill Mulcahy returns to talk about developing twelve key coping strategies to help any adult, young or old,…