Mental Health Download: Exploring Mental Illness, Suicide, Homelessness and Incarceration

Jacob Beaumont starts off this meditation session, "Noting," with a powerful quote that helped change his life. "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom" ― Viktor E. Frankl, an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, and a Holocaust survivor

You’re listening to the Mental Health Download from the nonprofit Mental Health Association Oklahoma. I’m Matt Gleason. On today’s episode, my co-host is fellow podcaster Anne Heinrich. She’s the vice President Of Development at Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri. Anne and I are going to interview Anne’s friend, Jason Medows . Jason is the host of the podcast called Ag State of Mind. His po...

Our guest is Lawton City Councilor Onreka Johnson. Onreka is the founder of Next Step TLP homeless youth program, currently works as a certified behavioral health case manager for Our House Counseling and is involved in various organizations in the community. We talk to Onreka about the ripple effects of her Lawton Mental Health Town Hall along with discussion about COVID-19 and racial injustice.

"When we start by taking a few deep breaths, we are mentally priming ourselves for the task at hand by doing something that’s very easy to bring awareness to. Deep breaths are deliberate and intentional, and are great for generating some invigorating energy at the start of our practice. The other part of this step, as we close our eyes and allow the breath to return to it’s normal cadence is notin...

On today’s episode, our guest is Katherine Sellery. She is a 3-time TEDx speaker, who has taught thousands of parents in Conscious Parenting Revolution and executives on conscious communication for over 16 years. Her message is “Nobody teaches us how to manage our minds and we have got to get upstream.” We’re going to talk with Katherine about meditation and mindfulness and psychological safety in...

You’re listening to the Mental Health Download from the nonprofit Mental Health Association Oklahoma. I’m Matt Gleason. On today’s episode, I’m joined by my co-host, Malika Cox. She is passionate about criminal justice reform, restorative justice and policy changes that impact marginalized communities. Malika is the Pastor of Spiritual Formation, Justice and Community Life at The Table in Oklahoma...

Mental Health Download Podcast presents the second episode of an ongoing series of Mindfulness Meditation sessions with Jacob Beaumont, of Mental Health Association Oklahoma. Episode one is titled "The Breath" Hear all of the sessions now at mhaok.org/meditation

"Do not let fear lead you to not deal with the things in your life that cause you stress or cause you anger or any of those things that affect your mental health." -- Kenya Williams Our Mental Health Download guests are DJ Mercer and Kenya Williams. They partnered with the Association for a new virtual support group for men seeking additional support for life stressors and mental and emotiona...

Zarrow Mental Health Symposium keynote speaker, Tim Wise, explores the current pandemic moment, alongside the racial justice uprising in the wake of numerous police-involved killings, and ask: “How has history brought us to this point? And how do we respond now that we’re here?” Just as Tim will at the virtual Symposium, Tim presents an analysis of racialized trauma that explores the ways in which...

Mental Health Download Podcast is excited to present the first episode of an ongoing series of Mindfulness Meditation sessions with Jacob Beaumont, of Mental Health Association Oklahoma. Episode one is titled "What is Mindfulness?" Meditation is another word that is both easy and impossible to define because it can mean so many things to so many people. The long and the short of it is that meditat...

To honor Mike Brose's 27 years with the Association - and to support our ongoing statewide mission - donate at mhaok.org/mike-brose. Thank you in advance for your generosity! *** You’re listening to the Mental Health Download from the nonprofit Mental Health Association Oklahoma. I’m Matt Gleason. Welcome to the fourth and final episode in our series featuring Mike Brose reflecting on the history...

"To give somebody a place to live, to give them a home, is one of the most therapeutic, wonderful gifts you could ever give to someone. And now they don't have to worry about where they're sleeping tonight. Now they don't have to worry about where their next meal is coming from. They have a place to live." - Mike Brose Listen to part three of our multi-part series featuring the Association’s longt...

"The enormous pride that we've had to be, really, a national leader in housing, a national leader in employment of people who live in recovery and have them be important and valuable members of the team, be a part of our family. I mean, that gets to the heart and soul of Mental Health Association Oklahoma." -- Mike Brose Listen to part two of our multi-part series featuring the Association’s longt...

"It occurred to me really early on that you don't get this job -- you're entrusted with this job" - Mike Brose, CEO of Mental Health Association Oklahoma Listen to episode one of "Mike Brose Reflects of Association History," our new multi-part series featuring the Association’s longtime CEO, Mike Brose, looking back on the history of the Mental Health Association dating back to 1955.  Mike an...

This Mx. Eden Nay quote says everything that needs to be said about this episode of the Mental Health Download: "Focus on Black lives. Focus on queer Black lives. That's what I'm doing." Mx. Eden Nay  (Them, They) To learn more about the Prism Project, visit http://www.ou.edu/tulsa/about/diversityandinclusion/lgbtq

On today’s episode, we’re going to explain why you should vote Yes On State Question 802 on June 30. Mental Health Association Oklahoma has joined the Yes on 802 Oklahomans Decide Healthcare movement to get Medicaid expansion passed in 2020 for nearly 200,000 Oklahomans. Learn more at yeson802.org . Full disclosure, much of the statistics we’ll share today are straight from this brilliant website....

On today’s episode, the Association’s very own Matt Dean and Michael Huber discuss how the adult animated Netflix series "BoJack Horseman" does, in fact, tell the story of an anthropomorphic horse named BoJack. But it also has a unique perspective on depression and addiction. And since we are all still spending time at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, now would be a perfect time to binge 6 seaso...

"We're all struggling. We're not alone. We at the Mental Health  Association have always been here for you. We're going to be here for  you again now and in the future. This support group is just one way  we're offering to be with you through this difficult time." -- Dr. Al Carlozzi Rebecca  Hubbard and Al Carlozzi talk about the Association's new support group,  "Stress M...

NEW EPISODE > "Shannon Phillips: She Can Be Free" > mhaok.org/podcast "There's nothing that's going to stop me because I love women. I want to be able to share my story to help them, to point them to the solution and say, 'Hey, come this way. Don't go down that path anymore. There's another path for you.' " Shannon Phillips and her friend Melissa Baldwin talk about Shannon's podcast, "She Ca...

On today's episode, we are featuring audio from a special Facebook Live event about the Mental Health Association Oklahoma support group  "Coping with Trauma from Racial Injustice." It features the group's facilitator Carmen White Janak and Rebecca Hubbard, the Association's director of Outreach, Prevention and Education. Coping with Trauma from Racial Injustice Support Group Meets at 7 p.m....

Podcasting is a powerful way to raise awareness about critical issues near and dear to nonprofits of all kinds. The mission today is to explain why -- and how -- more nonprofits can launch their own podcast. Today, we're honored to be joined by fellow podcaster, Jesse Ulrich, who co-hosts Pod4Good and is the CEO of the podcast production company Rant9 Productions. And we asked our friend, Daniel B...

Ashley Gunnells and Matt Gleason interview the Grief Center's Joanna Majka about the collective grief our country is experiencing involving COVID-19, and the same applies to George Floyd and other racial injustices we have witnessed.  As Joanna said, "We are grieving together as a nation and we must connect to this grief, feel the deep emotions associated with these societal losses, and then use o...

Your mind wants to label me as a person with the disability, but I'm a guy out here trying to change the world by changing one person at a time." - Emeka Nnaka *** On today’s episode, I’m joined by my co-host, Avarie Wilson. She serves as the Association’s Assistant Director of Development. Avarie and I are going to interview our guest and, actually, Avarie’s very good friend, Emeka Nnaka. As...

On today’s episode, I’m joined by my co-host, Tiffany Ramirez. She serves as the EmpowerOKC Program Manager at Lilyfield. Lilyfield's EmpowerOKC program is designed to transform families and communities into places where children are safe and can thrive. Tiffany and I are going to interview our guest Malika Cox. She is passionate about criminal justice reform, restorative justice and policy change...

On today’s episode, Rebecca Hubbard and Mark Davis are going to discuss how the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery have had profound traumatic effects on individuals and families, and especially people in the African American community. This is why Mental Health Association Oklahoma launched its free virtual support group via Zoom that is specifically for people dealing with...