IMPACT STIGMA

This past year was one for the books and we are so grateful for the support of our fans, our guests and our sponsors. Join Jennifer and Josh as they say goodbye to Season 2 with a few laughs, grateful hearts and some great news about the upcoming Season 3 of our award-winning podcast, Impact Stigma!

Frontier Health Foundation and Impact Stigma are excited to bring a very special episode to our faithful listeners!!! This is the episode we have been so excited about because we are announcing our big secret along with a special surprise for everyone! The last 18 months have been hard for all of us. That is why we wanted to do something really cool that brings all of Northeast TN and Southwest VA...

Our 8th episode of season 2 on Impact stigma is all about early childhood behavioral and neurodevelopmental issues in children. The stigma and heartache parents face from the world and their families, friends and themselves is exhausting so we are talking about it. We are giving those parents a voice and having a great conversation talking about younger kiddos and their parents. Frontier Health ha...

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS!!! This episode of Impact Stigma was made just for you! Mental health issues affecting children and youth in our communities and across the world is certainly not a new concept, however, with a dramatic increase directly related to the struggles and stress of dealing with COVID-19 our children’s mental wellbeing is more important than ever. We must be their men...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month along with Foster Care Awareness Month! Join us for Season 2, Episode 6 of Impact Stigma as we welcome our two special guests from Frontier Health’s two therapeutic foster care programs, Traces representing Northeast Tennessee and Values representing Southwest Virginia. Courtney Mauk is the TRACES Parent Trainer and Recruiter for Northeast TN and Jessica Keith...

Join us as we have a fun and interesting conversation with Vonda Wagner, LPC, Director of Rehabilitation Services of Frontier Health’s Victory Center during April’s Counseling Awareness Month! We honor mental health counselors, school counselors, substance abuse counselors, and career counselors. We asked all of our Frontier Health counselors to answer the question, What’s Your Why? Vonda shares h...

We are happy to share that our podcast is quickly approaching over 700 listeners and is listened to by our dedicated fans in over 19 states across the country! We can’t say a big enough thank you to everyone for your continued support! Join us for this very special episode of our award-winning podcast, Impact Stigma. For our fourth episode of season two we are honored to offer a different look at...

Join us for an enlightening conversation with our special guest, Kenneth Knight, during this episode of Impact Stigma as we discuss his journey to recovery from addiction and Bipolar Disorder. He is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist with Frontier Health and devotes his time to educating and helping those that are working towards recovery while also contending with a mental illness. His story ta...

Impact Stigma is proud to celebrate Black History Month! This episode we are honored to not only recognize historical Black Pioneers that made an enormous impact in the field of Mental Health but to welcome our very special guest and share her unique story! We truly enjoyed this enlightening conversation with our special guest, Latonia Collie, Director of Adult Housing at Frontier Health. Join us...

Happy New Year and welcome back to Season Two of Impact Stigma! We are officially an award-winning podcast heard in over 13 states! Thank you all for helping us change hearts and minds from Tennessee to Florida, Virginia to Massachusetts and as far west as Colorado. On this episode we get real about how COVID-19 has affected the mental health of each and every one of us. Our special guest for this...

This episode of Impact Stigma is very special to both Josh and Jennifer because we have some great news and it’s also the end of Season One for Impact Stigma. Listen as we share this news, present our informative and timely “Surviving the Holidays” toolkit, as well as catch you up on what we’ve been up to the last month. The holidays can create stress and anxiety for all of us and individuals deal...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month! During this episode of Impact Stigma, we are joined by our special guest, Tina Johnson as she brings her own personal experience as a survivor of domestic violence along with her expertise and years of dedication as the Program Director for Safe House, Frontier Health’s safe confidential undisclosed shelter program providing any victim of domestic viol...

Join us for another special episode of Impact Stigma as we talk with Molly Colley, the Northeast Tennessee Regional Director for the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network. Molly shares her personal experience with us as a person who has lost a loved one to suicide and had someone she cares about survive an attempted suicide and how it felt to be the person on the other end. We discuss myths about s...

Join us for a special episode of Impact Stigma as we visit with our very first guest from outside of Frontier Health, Jason Abernathy, AKA, “The Beard”. We invite you to listen along as he shares his colorful story and takes us on a journey through his life, his recovery from addiction and answers some interesting and unexpected questions. Jason has worked since August 2013 on Insight Alliance’s L...

Suicide is certainly a topic that is considered very taboo even today. We are continuing to honor Suicide Prevention Month during September with our special guest as she shares her experience of losing a loved one to suicide and talks all about suicide prevention. Join us on this episode of Impact Stigma as we talk with Cicely Alvis, Director of Specialty Services, as she shares her story that bri...

We are honoring Suicide Prevention Month and National Recovery Month during September here on Impact Stigma by sharing the moving and miraculous story of our special guest’s journey through recovery and redemption. Join us on this episode of Impact Stigma as we talk with Polly Jessen, a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist and Tennessee Recovery Navigator for Frontier Health Crisis Services at our T...

In this episode of Impact Stigma, we invite you to join us as we discuss a very personal topic. Body image and weight are subjects we can all relate to and whether you see yourself as to thin, to fat or even just right society’s standard of beauty can leave even the most confident person feeling insecure. Join us and our special guest, Krista Johnson, the Director of Employee Wellness for Frontier...

In this episode, join Jennifer and Josh as we have a candid conversation with our special guest, Eric Williams who is a Friendship Connection Peer Coordinator with Frontier Health. Eric’s story of how a major health crisis changed his life and put him on the path to be his best self. His story of triumph over tragedy almost didn’t happen until he had a little help from his momma and a realization...

Welcome to Impact Stigma! During this trailer you will be introduced to the people behind the Impact Stigma movement and find out what this podcast is all about. We are the voice for the voiceless and our guests bring their experiences and wisdom to our listeners with new spin on how stigma effects all of us. Come along with us for this fun and informative conversation as we laugh together and lea...