Mental Health In Minnesota

In recognition of National Family Caregiver Day, this episode of Parent Perspectives sheds light on the unique and often underappreciated experiences of family caregivers supporting loved ones with mental health challenges. Hosted more »

Host: David Goehl-Manolis, NAMI Minnesota’s Suicide Prevention Coordinator Guests: Leah Bourg (Principal, South St. Paul Middle School), Jennifer Danielson (Assistant Director of Student Services, South St. Paul School District), Daniel Hodge (School more »

In this episode, NAMI Minnesota has the privilege of speaking with Dr. Altreisha Foster, a remarkable individual who has dedicated her career to addressing critical mental health needs through a more »

In honor of April being Earth Month, NAMI Minnesota staff interviewed Jocelyn Leung, a public health professional with over four years of experience practicing community-based participatory research, qualitative research, and more »

In this episode, we amplify the voices and experiences of two NAMI Minnesota support group facilitators, Taunisha (she/her) and Seoyeon (they/them). Taunisha joined NAMI Minnesota over six months ago, and more »

In this transformative episode, we dive deep into the heart of therapeutic practice with a focus on decolonization, empowerment, and the power of community in healing. Our guest, Terrence Thigpen, a more »

Welcome to the Multicultural Young Adult Advisory Board’s, MYAB‘s, podcast series that creates space for and centers education, empowerment, and engagement surrounding mental health within communities of color. We are an more »

Welcome to the Multicultural Young Adult Advisory Board’s, MYAB‘s, podcast series that creates space for and centers education, empowerment, and engagement surrounding mental health within communities of color. We are an more »

Welcome to the Multicultural Young Adult Advisory Board’s, MYAB‘s, podcast series that creates space for and centers education, empowerment, and engagement surrounding mental health within communities of color. We are more »

Language cannot be separated from our experiences with mental health, identities, cultures, and so many more. There are so many different languages and one language also changes over time. So more »

The internet and mental health. It feels like we are learning a lot about mental health on the internet like Tik Tok potentially giving us a new diagnosis? The language more »

Mental health and illness labels and diagnoses can be reaffirming and invalidating at the same time. Who gets to decide who has what illness? Are the names we have truly more »

Cameron Parker is an Activist, writer and organizer. He has been vocal about the black experience as evidence of systemic racism in the workplace, Organized around gathering voters in Atlanta for the electoral process. He shares some of the experiences that led to his understanding of racism as a black man and how this bore the zeal to engage in activism work. He invites us to think about the ways we too can participate in resistance in whichever forms are most accessible that we can contribute our voices to advocating for change. This episode was recorded on 5/14/2021. “Mental Health In Minnesota” is produced by NAMI Minnesota. Visit us online at https://namimn.org/. All music used in this episode came from the song "The Way" produced by MIKE LEITE and made available via a Creative Commons license. Loops were created from various sections of "The Way."  Find the full song by MIKE LEITE via the following links: "The Way" song page on SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite/the-way-instrumental Mike L

Farhia Budul a Muslim Somali woman who is an advocate for treatment in her community and breaking stigma around mental illnesses, specifically Substance Abuse Disorders (SUD). As the founder of a new emerging first Recovery community organization, Farhia addresses the unique needs of the East African community. As someone with lived experience of substance use and mental health disorders, she shares about her recovery story and advocacy as her act of resistance. The aim is to help reduce the shame and stigma particularly in cultural communities, to empower others with education and advocate for recovery from the community to the legislative level. She invites us to think about the process of recovery in contrast to shame but as a journey of incredible resilience that requires all our support. This episode was recorded on 6/11/2021. “Mental Health In Minnesota” is produced by NAMI Minnesota. Visit us online at https://namimn.org/. All music used in this episode came from the song “The Way” produced by MIKE

Ayaan Natala is a community member turned Independent Organizer. We explore how different individuals can explore their journeys and processes of finding ways of resistance that are accessible. Away from organizing on the front lines Ayaan shares the importance of knowing and finding the balance between taking care of ourselves as we hope to take care and resource other members of our community. The title borrows words form a quote from Audre Lorde who pioneered the term self care that says “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”  Find her work Forgotten Youth Elders (https://preview.shorthand.com/0SAQ3lpKkUoRP46G) among other BIPOC storytellers on the Reckoning with Race: A Storytelling Initiative by Living Cities + Living Media. This episode was recorded on 6/22/2021. “Mental Health In Minnesota” is produced by NAMI Minnesota. Visit us online at https://namimn.org/. All music used in this episode came from the song “The Way” produced b

Shubhi Yadav shares perspectives as an international student from India who identifies as a pansexual woman. She speaks to the reality of other immigrants and having their first dialogues about race and ethnicity in America, mental health and therapy. Identifying as an activist, we engage in different ways to participate in social and political issues as a non resident. At the core she believes activism isn’t complete if it isn’t intersectional and discusses how to create nurturing spaces for intersectional identities within spaces and movements. This episode was recorded on 6/11/2021. “Mental Health In Minnesota” is produced by NAMI Minnesota. Visit us online at https://namimn.org/. All music used in this episode came from the song “The Way” produced by MIKE LEITE and made available via a Creative Commons license. Loops were created from various sections of “The Way.”  Find the full song by MIKE LEITE via the following links: “The Way” song page on SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite/the-way-i

Cydi Yang is a content creator, artist and healer. Her interests and work centre around creating safe spaces and workshops for the girls and women in using art as a medium of healing. She speaks about different facets of her work that are forms of resistance including, physical and emotional healing practices, cultural expression, learning and unlearning the role of culture in upholding mental health and wellness. This episode was recorded on 5/26/2021. “Mental Health In Minnesota” is produced by NAMI Minnesota. Visit us online at https://namimn.org/. All music used in this episode came from the song “The Way” produced by MIKE LEITE and made available via a Creative Commons license. Loops were created from various sections of “The Way.”  Find the full song by MIKE LEITE via the following links: “The Way” song page on SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite/the-way-instrumental Mike Leite’s additional music on SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite Mike Leite’s YouTube Channel:  https://www

Mai Moua Thao is an artist passionate about filmmaking as a digital art form to imagine and create a world unlike the one we live in. She speaks on her art as a double hit on aesthetic and importantly as social commentary. She shares her artistic journey as resistance to gatekeepers in creating space to highlight voices not often heard, bodies not often showcased and stories that need to be told louder and in greater numbers. Find her work and piece she explores at Projectopenwords.com.  This episode was recorded on 6/29/2021. “Mental Health In Minnesota” is produced by NAMI Minnesota. Visit us online at https://namimn.org/. All music used in this episode came from the song “The Way” produced by MIKE LEITE and made available via a Creative Commons license. Loops were created from various sections of “The Way.”  Find the full song by MIKE LEITE via the following links: “The Way” song page on SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite/the-way-instrumental Mike Leite’s additional music on SoundCloud:  h

Traci Badu is a student of neuroscience who reflects on her field of study in understanding trauma and emotions. In exploring resistance she invites listeners to think about what it means to be themselves and push back against the things that disallow that. The conversation explores the ways in which healing and identity connect, identities both imposed by others and those individually claimed. We talk about relearning how to feel emotions acknowledging what they inform about our experiences and the process of healing that it results in. This episode was recorded on 6/22/2021. “Mental Health In Minnesota” is produced by NAMI Minnesota. Visit us online at https://namimn.org/. All music used in this episode came from the song “The Way” produced by MIKE LEITE and made available via a Creative Commons license. Loops were created from various sections of “The Way.”  Find the full song by MIKE LEITE via the following links: “The Way” song page on SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite/the-way-instrument

Maria Xiong shares her resistance story with us as a second generation Hmong-American woman who is a first-generation college student pursuing psychology. She speaks to the draw towards activism, the role it plays in informing the masses and what each individual can do to contribute to the bigger mission of social justice. The conversation expands on lessons we can learn in engaging with activism work, educating ourselves on how to find then lend our voices to fighting against oppression. This episode was recorded on 6/18/2021. “Mental Health In Minnesota” is produced by NAMI Minnesota. Visit us online at https://namimn.org/. All music used in this episode came from the song “The Way” produced by MIKE LEITE and made available via a Creative Commons license. Loops were created from various sections of “The Way.”  Find the full song by MIKE LEITE via the following links: “The Way” song page on SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite/the-way-instrumental Mike Leite’s additional music on SoundCloud: