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We’re big fans of saying mental health is health, and Jackie Baker, DNP stopped by the chat to give Melissa and Staci a primer in what that looks like in the pediatric office. We talk about fentanyl and narcan training, rapid onset gender dysphoria, pronoun use, sports physicals vs. well checks, what to expect at […]

Kristine and Cindy stop by the chat to talk PTSD, the COMPACT Act, CBOC’s, PCL-5’s, and other varied acronymed topics that give Melissa and Staci the insider’s peek into mental health care in the Portland VA (Veterans Affairs) Healthcare System. They’re on a mission to spread the word about the VA’s whole health approach, build

Joining us on the chat today is Dr. Amanda “Mandy” Allen, the newest OB/GYN at Cascadia Women’s Clinic. Mandy tackled the cold of Chicago for medical school, braved the heat of Las Vegas for her residency, and now is practicing at the perfect temperature here in Vancouver, WA. She schools us in just how common

Grab your honor beads and lace up your kicks – it’s time to chat with Angela Perry about suicide prevention – just in time for September’s Suicide Awareness Month. As a Board Member with the Oregon Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) she educates Melissa and Staci about: the differences between 911

Mike Nieto stops by the chat to discuss with Melissa and guest host, Sandra Foreman, how his self-funded nonprofit, Dig Deep, is helping employees in a “tough guy” industry like heavy construction deal with their mental health, so they can be their own best selves. He works to create the ‘uncomfortably safe’ environment where the

Sarah Desjarlais, Executive Director of Fosterful, stops by the chat to discuss how Fosterful provides a variety of ways volunteers can show up for foster children in the greater community without needing to make the full-time committment as a foster parent. Along the way we talk about ACE scores, the four trauma responses and how

Richard Ott joins the chat to talk about glasses, getting older, and fighting fires as an office worker. In addition, he stops by to discuss the intersection of mental health services and the unhoused. Richard has worked in the healthcare field for over 25 years, with 16 years of that time being spent working in

Lowell MacGregor, Executive Director of Taylor Made Retreat, stops by to give Melissa and Staci the lowdown on addiction, recovery, and Taylor Made Retreat. Lowell has been in recovery for over three decades and in the last four years has made Taylor Made Retreat into a recovery house with a 70% success rate. He’s leveraged

Debbie Dedrickson is the Director of Crisis Line Operations at Lines for Life in Portland, Oregon. Lines for Life is one of the crisis call centers that answers the national suicide crisis line. We’ll talk about things like: Why the Karpman Drama Triangle can underpin a lot of dysfunctional relationships and be the unseen force