Hope to Recharge

In our continuing series of mental health in the workplace / entrepreneurship, we meet Natalie Bacon, who pivoted from being a practicing business Attorney, to starting and authoring a blog, to becoming a certified financial planner and finally transitioning to become trained as a full time life coach. She shares her struggles and trauma from growing up with an alcoholic dad whose life revolved ar...

All this month, we will be digging into the topic of mental health in the workplace. I get asked all the time about how we can deal with the ups and downs of work while navigating our own personal lives and what we can do to balance all life’s demands while staying mentally healthy. We are kicking off this conversation by speaking with online entrepreneur and speaker, Maley Jaxx , who in just a fe...

We continue the second part of our episode with Aliza Bulow, whose son Dani, died by suicide. Due to his diagnosed extreme depression and bipolar, Dani's constant mantra since the age of 5 was that he did not want to live or be alive. As a loving parent walking on tiptoes, Aliza was constantly petrified of the day Dani would take his own life. She shares with us the intimate thoughts only a mo...

We are joined in this first of two episodes, with Aliza Bulow to talk about suicide awareness. Aliza shares the story of her young son, Doni, who was determined to accomplish his lifelong request of dying by suicide. She gives us insight from a parent that lives with someone with depression and a desire for death by suicide. Doni was the sixth child of Aliza and her husband and was a charming litt...

This week we are revisiting an old episode from last year because I find this interview to be so powerful that I wanted to bring it back to all of you. I had the special honor of connecting with Anne Moss, a mother, author, and founder of  Emotionally Naked, a blog dedicated to her late son Charles Aubrey Rogers, who lost his life to suicide. In this vulnerable interview, Anne recounts the last fe...

Understanding the Power of Words, Thoughts, and Selfbeliefs (Adam Moen) We are halfway through September, and continue to contribute to suicide awareness. Over the past two weeks, we’ve had incredible guests and today’s episode is no exception. We discussed suicide with Adam Moen in an interview where he shares his personal experience with suicidal thoughts. Adam is a healthcare consultant during...

We continue our focus during suicide awareness month with this fantastic interview. There are so many people holding back their emotions, thoughts, and secrets about themselves, and, as we’ll discover later in this episode, having someone to talk about your struggles and secrets is an excellent way to start healing your mind. 26 year old Tali Wallin works for Israel’s national ambulance service, M...

I can’t believe another month has gone, and I am so grateful for all the stories shared the last two months, where we learned so much about managing loss and grief. This month will be dedicated to discussing suicide awareness, and I’m so happy to have the first guest to discuss this topic, Marni Ratner. Marni Ratner lost her husband to suicide in 2009 and suddenly became the breadwinner for her tw...

Grief does not always have to be about death. Sometimes you grieve during transitions. Saying goodbye no matter if it is the passing of a person you loved, saying goodbye to an old job, or even making a change in your business, there are many levels and ways to grieve. Today I am joined by Heather Parady, my previous podcast producer to discuss transitions and ways that we can reframe change. Sayi...

The past two months exploring the topic of grief has been incredibly eye-opening to me. What started as a journey to understand the process of losing someone has gifted me with more wisdom and hope than I ever could have imagined. It never occurred to me how desperate people are for this topic. There are so many people who are struggling after loss and it was an amazing experience to facilitate co...

After receiving a devastating diagnosis, Avrom Jacobs only had a few short months to prepare for the passing of his wife. Today my uncle joins us to share about his experience in grief and how he and his wife were able to make difficult decisions quickly, all while saying goodbye to each other. Uncle Avrom and I begin this conversation sharing about his close marriage to my Aunt Laura, a kind, smi...

In today’s episode, we continue our powerful conversation with Malkie Gordon Hirsch about her journey walking through the grief of losing her husband and how she has regained a sense of hope as she raises a family and navigates rediscovering her purpose after loss. If you have not done so yet, we highly recommend that you check out the first part of our conversation to hear the full story and Malk...

After experiencing the devastating loss of her husband in an accident that she personally witnessed, our guest this week went on a journey to not only work through her own grief, but also create a space for other women who had been through similar experiences to come together, heal, and experience personal GROWTH.. Today I am welcoming the host of The Widowed Mom podcast , and grief coach, Krista...

One day, Malkie Gordon Hirsch received a phone call that would forever change her life. She was told that her husband had collapsed at work and had passed away. She was then left to not only navigate through her own grief but also try to help her five children process through the loss of their father. This is part one of our two-part conversation where Malkie generously walks us through the first...

After losing her husband, Maria Quiban decided to offer her story through her powerful book, You Can’t Do It Alone , where she shares insights on how to navigate grief as a caregiver and find the support that will carry you through your darkest of times. Her book gave me so much clarity in my journey of learning about grief, and I am excited to introduce you to Maria, who is a successful meteorolo...

Grief is incredibly difficult to process through and understand. Navigating through the grief of losing a child is something that could potentially destroy someone. We have a returning guest, the incredible Anne Moss Rogers who sheds light on the hope found within grief and the process of healing after losing a child to death by suicide. If you have not listened to our first conversation, I encour...

To kick off our month discussing the topic of grief I have two incredibly special guests that are dear to my heart to discuss this topic from the perspective of two daughters who lost a very loving mother.  Many of you have heard me mention a dear friend of mine named Holly, who we unfortunately lost way too soon several years ago. I had the honor of interviewing her two beautiful daughters to dis...

We hope that you enjoyed last month’s conversations centered around self-love! This year is FLYING by and as we enter into the last half of 2020 I want to take some time to discuss with you the topic of grief and shine a light on how to say goodbye to the person or experience we are grieving in a healthy and healing way. In today’s episode, I share with you why this topic is so dear to my heart. A...

Do you love yourself enough to take three deep breaths, three times a day? We are wrapping up our series on Self-Love with a life-changing conversation about why practices even as small as taking deep breaths can be  the foundation to our mental health. Most of us have been in quarantine over the last several months and have been left alone with ourselves for the first time in a long time. This ex...

Do you ever feel as though you need an EMOTIONAL detox? Often we are carrying so many unprocessed emotions that we walk around feeling overwhelmed and even confused by all that we are feeling. Today we have an expert on all things emotional detox, Sherianna Boyle . Sherianna specializes in the “Cleanse” method that she uses to help her clients process through and detox unprocessed emotions. Today...

Many people come to me looking for a quick fix to resolve some of their mental health struggles. The first thing I always ask them, regardless of their situation is, " Do you know you are worthy of being healed? " More often than not, they respond, " I don't know. " This month, we have been talking exclusively about the idea of loving yourself and being your own advocate. The d...

This month we are talking about the practice of self-love. In theory you may be drawn to the idea of implementing self-care routines and learning to love yourself, however it is often  more difficult to practice than we anticipate. Sometimes it is easy to compare yourself to others and be your own worst critic. Today I have the honor of introducing you to Dr. Jane Tornatore who shares with us her...

As mothers we are always putting others before ourselves and serving our families in ways that often go unseen. We are also wearing many other hats and putting ourselves continually on the back-burner and sometimes even neglecting our own mental health.  Today we have the honor of hearing from Dr. Claire Nicogossian as she shares with us how we can practice proper self-care as mommas and why it is...

We are celebrating one full YEAR of Hope to Recharge and I have learned so much over the past hundred episodes! Before embarking on this journey, I thought I knew a lot about mental health, but after interviewing so many experts and hearing others’ stories, I realized how much more there is to learn, and how REAL the stigma around mental health really is. Sometimes knowledge is everything. There i...

Sometimes life hits you with events that will literally bring you to your knees. Even if you have never struggled with mental health issues before, you can find yourself in a dark place very quickly and struggle with thoughts that might surprise you. Today we are joined by my friend Christian Hampshire as he shares with us about his struggle with mental health and why he openly talks about his exp...