Being an ot and influences

Interview over mental illness

I used to want to work in a mental hospital, and so I asked my grandma a couple questions. It still sounds like fun but it also sounds dangerous. I’m glad I talked with my grandma. My grandma also wants...

We talked about family, what we’ve learned growing up, and influential memories and people.

My grandmother described leaving rural New York for her education and short career in the U.S. Secret Service in Beirut, Lebanon, in the early days of the Cold War, while her sister took a very different path (a convent). There...

My sister Elizabeth talks openly about navigating mental health in college and her diagnosis of PMDD.

Audrey and I talk about my experience with moving across the country, going through bullying, and my mental health journey and how I feel like these things impacted how I present myself as a leader.

I talk with my friend Millie about my personal struggles with mental health and my sexuality.

My Grandmother and I discuss all of our experiences growing up and how that shaped who we are today

I believe we need to have more discussions about mental health to better address this vexing issue. This is just a small glimpse of how this issue effects family's, friends and society. Although having this interview with my father was...

Conducted in Santa Cruz, California, student Kayla Penny (age 15) interviews Susan Fisher (age 45) about a childhood story and the effect it had on Susan’s future. Fisher shares her story of dealing with individuals troubled with mental health such...

Utah Healthy Transitions from a peer support point of view.

In this interview, Grace and her mother explore what it was like growing up in the mid-1990s China and how her difficulties and parental influences impacted her outlook on life and her relationships with those around her.

Rachel Linch sits down with her longtime friend Alex Hall to talk about their friendship and why it is important to have good friends during hard times.

Jaden and Rachael discuss a lifelong friendship and the struggles they have been through together, and Jaden’s mental health adventures.

An ethical dilemma in a workplace that deals with mental health issues.

This interview is about life. Creative Arts therapist Shawn Dubin and her Earth conscious recycling niece Jennifer Mabley discuss their family, values, and life.

This interview looks at connections to nature with a focus on mental health.

A story of a teenager from Sunset Utah, of poverty, child abuse, and redemption. Ashley Demaris Palmer is a Highschooler with an interesting life story behind him, with the places and ways he has lived and the people his met,...

Jessica Schick talks about her fight for mental health and how important a single person can be to you.

Friends and artists Timothy Ouyang (35) and Jae Jin [no age given] share their thoughts on gratitude, suffering and loneliness in the modern era. Tim talks about the fires in California and lessons learned since starting his gardening adventure and...

Bailey LeBoeuf Johnson is an Occupational Therapist in the state of Colorado, and an inspiring agent of change within the profession. Identifying a gap in mental health services, she created her own business to provide the best quality of care...

An interview between a student and a principal. Several questions about things that happen in school were explained so that students can get answers.

Two friends who met Junior year in a Healthcare Theatre class talk about life and reflect on the times they’ve had together.

My cousin Sarah & I discuss our mothers, their childhoods, ourselves, our daughters & our extended family of aunts, uncles & cousins