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Mental illness is a serious topic and most people have mixed emotions and perspectives towards it. Getting insights from others exposes more viewpoints on the topic.

The person I am interviewing has not experienced a mental illness.

I talked with my friend who had a grandparent who had Alzheimer’s

We dive into living life with a chronic illness and how much more there is to it than what you can see.

This interview expresses the importance of adoption and the rewarding experience as it relays to Adoption Awareness for November.

My grandma mother and I talked about what she knows and what she didn’t know about mental illness.

In this July 2021 conversation, Katherine Chon in Washington, DC interviews her colleague Cynthia Cabot in Guam, "where America's day begins." Cynthia recollects early family influences of accompanying her parents in their education, public safety, and other community service and...

In this short interview, we discussed the knowledge and stigma around mental illness.

Friends Dana Farmer (68) and Rob Nixon (70) talk about their friendship, the AIDS epidemic, and their advocacy work for the LGBTQ community.

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Linda Love Mesler, whose family has roots in rural Iowa for hundreds of years, talks about her global childhood, from New York to Cambodia. After becoming a technology lawyer, she settled in Andover and is...

In this episode I sit down to talk with Joe Stone, director of mission at Teton Adaptive and a C7 partial quadriplegic and Pierre Bergman a T7 paraplegic about their experiences with ableism. I also talk to Lyndsay Rowan who...

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Ro Kearney and her son Jack talk about what their lives are like with his Tourette Syndrome diagnosis.

Sex trafficking awareness

Long time friends and colleagues Thomas “Tom” Finan (71) and John Gaal (64) talk about the work they’ve done to change the culture in the construction industry, particularly striving to uplift DEI initiatives, bring awareness to mental health issues, and...

Jennifer shared her story about the barriers to healthcare she and others living with a disability face every day when they seek to get the healthcare they need. This has led her to becoming an advocate for health equity for...

My mother had major depression after my father passed away and dealt with it for 5 years or so. She eventually over came the depression after realizing that she needed too.

My interviewee said that my family would not believe that they had a Mental Illness and and wouldn’t react as to being very supportive and comforting. Secondly, they said they would not be treated differently because of the illness because...

My aunt and I really have a special connection. She has been the one I can always talk to and know she will give me her most honest opinion. During the interview and her sharing details that I had forgot...

My brother held many strong thoughts on the topic of Mental Illness. Also, more thoughts than I would have ever imagined actually. In school he encounters individuals with mental Illnesses and he is able to accept them for who they...

This interview is based upon how the interviewee believes and views mental illness.

Interviewing mom about anxiety

The interview went better than expected and interviewer gained insight on how interviewee saw mental illness

This is an interview with my grandmother who has lived a very full and interesting life. From growing up in a poor village in Greece, to traveling across the ocean to the United States in the seventies, she has gained...

Cousins Makayla West (25) and Sondia Bell (37) talk about special needs awareness, the businesses they have started, and the need for government resources to be funneled back into the community.