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

On today's episode, Steve Hahn, of The Parent Child Center of Tulsa, offers COVID-era tips for parents. Topics include monitoring a child's internet and social media usage while in quarantine. He also talks about how parents can balance working from home with their home life. Listen via your favorite podcast listening app or online at https://mhaok.org/covid19-resources Donate to Mental Health Ass...

Dr. Rebecca Hubbard, director of Outreach, Prevention and Education for Mental Health Association Oklahoma, comes on the show to celebrate new Association virtual support groups for managing stress related to COVID-19. Groups begin Saturday, April 11th. Call 918-585-1213 or 405-943-3700 Fill out webform at mhaok.org/supportgroups

Kassie McClung joined the staff of The Frontier nonprofit journalism organization in July 2016. In this conversation, Kassie talks about what it's like to report from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Oklahoma. She also talks about taking care of her own mental health by, among other things, baking delicious bread. DONATE TO MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OKLAHOMA AT MHAOK.ORG/DONATE

Our guest is Lucas Oswalt, mental health advocate, musician and amazing human. Together, Matt Gleason and Lucas explain why their Spotify list, "Songs for our Mental Health," means so much to them. LISTEN TO THE SPOTIFY LIST: http://ow.ly/F3yk50z4WfU Also, Lucas mentions this Leonard Cohen video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AMMb9CiScI

On today's episode, our guests are MIke Brose, CEO of Mental Health Association Oklahoma, and Jessica Kelly, who heads up Mental Health Association's Homeless Street Outreach program.  We wanted to have Jessica on the show because her team is really making a difference during the most challenging time that we can imagine. Please donate to Mental Health Association Oklahoma's COVID-19 Relief F...

DONATE TO MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OKLAHOMA'S RELIEF FUND AT MHAOK.ORG On today's episode, our guest is Becky Gligo, who is the Housing Policy Director for the City of Tulsa. Greg Shinn, our Associate Director and Chief Housing Officer, interviews his friend and collaborator, Becky.  Be sure to tune in around the 17-minute mark to hear Becky talk about the City of Tulsa's response to helping...

DONATE & READ FULL TRANSCRIPT AT MHAOK.ORG/PODCAST You're listening to the Mental Health Download from the nonprofit Mental Health Association Oklahoma. I'm Kristy Sturgill, the director of marketing for the Association. On today's episode, my co-host is Wendi Fralick, the Association's chief administrative officer. [00:00:24] Wendi, thank you so much for being here, and I just want to start t...

Michael Baker is our guest today. He's the director of Emergency Medical Services for the Tulsa Fire Department. We talk to Michael on the 10th and final day of his quarantine from a virus that has symptoms very similar to COVID-19. His Covid test came back negative. This is a wonderful conversation that finds Michael contemplating how life in quarantine has transformed him, how EMS is serving peo...

On today's episode, our guest is Sarah Bacon. She is a writer, rare disease patient & advocate. Most recently, New York Magazine published her covid-19 related story titled "I’m in the High-Risk 2 Percent. It’s Exhausting." LINK: https://www.thecut.com/2020/03/im-in-the-high-risk-2-percent-its-exhausting.html We asked Sarah, who lives in New York City but is taking refuge in a Florida hotel, t...

On today’s episode, our guest is Paul Gionfriddo, President and CEO of Mental Health America. Paul has worked in a variety of health and mental-health related positions during a career spanning more than forty years. He joined Mental Health America in 2014. His policy memoir, “Losing Tim: How Our Health and Education Systems Failed My Son with Schizophrenia,” was published in 2014. We talk to Paul...

Our guest is Wendi Fralick, chief administrative officer for Mental Health Association Oklahoma. She takes us behind the scenes of how the Association continues to serve the people who need us most. She also talks about what are the elements that businesses and, specifically, nonprofits should be thinking about in terms of their staff, in terms of the work functions that they're responsible for, i...

We're having conversations that I feel we've never had before. And I think that's really positive. We're talking about reading, and thinking and all of these things will hopefully make us better once this experience passes -- Kristy Sturgill Our CEO, Mike Brose, and Kristy Sturgill, our director of marketing, discuss their tips for dealing with social isolation during a time of Covid-19. Listen to...

"Let us never be weary in doing good." -- Becky Frank Our guest is Becky Frank. She is Partner, Chair & CEO of Schnake Turnbo Frank and one of the most compassionate people you will ever meet. We can’t wait for you to hear this conversation between Mike Brose and Becky that gives perspective on her dedication to helping people experiencing mental illness and homelessness.

On today’s episode, our guest is Kyle D. Ofori. He serves as Director of Community Partnerships for the City of Tulsa’s Office of the Mayor. We asked Kyle to come on the show to explain why there’s so much at stake with the 2020 Census. As a quick refresher, the census is a survey taken every 10 years. It determines how much funding and services our towns and cities receive each year for the...

On today's episode, our guest is Dr. Rebecca Hubbard. She is the director of Outreach, Prevention and Education for Mental Health Association Oklahoma. Rebecca is here to offer helpful tips for dealing with anxiety related to the coronavirus. If you need to talk with someone about your anxiety, call Mental Health Association Oklahoma at 918-585-1213 or 405-943-3700. You can also email us at info@m...

On today’s episode our guest is Rob Harmon, of the Association’s A Better Way program aimed at reducing panhandling in Tulsa. Rob’s fans, however, know him better as graphic novelist Robert Soul. Today, we’re going to talk to Rob about his upcoming graphic novel signing set for 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 at the Association’s CoffeeFirst kiosk. Rob’s graphic novel is titled Ruined My Rhythm. It’s a...

On today's episode, our guest is Andrew Funderburk. Andrew is the mastermind behind "Underpass — The Musical," which will be on stage at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center this summer. "Underpass" is Andrew's original musical about two individuals, one stuck in one place in life experiencing homelessness and the other one stuck in one place at work. The musical is all about them coming together over...

City Councilor Onreka Johnson talks about the March 5th Lawton Mental Health Town Hall. The panel will feature community leaders including Rep. Daniel Pae, Sen. John Michael Montgomery, Debra Johnson, of the Comanche County Health Department, James Smith, who serves as Lawton’s Chief of Police, and Lawton advocate Sasha Shelton. All the details are in this episode’s show notes as well as mhaok.org...

Michael Baker is our guest today. He's the director of emergency medical services for the Tulsa Fire Department. He saves lives, he innovates and, well, he likes to garden. We asked Jessica Kelly, who oversees our Homeless Outreach and Rapid Response team to interview Michael because they are friends and work closely together. Read transcript highlights at mhaok.org/podcast.

On today's episode, we'll take you on a ride-along tour with our Mobile Medical Intervention Team. Recently, a Tulsa world photographer, John Clanton went along with the team as they went out onto the streets of Tulsa and helped people experiencing mental illness and homelessness. To read the story and see the photos, visit this episode's podcast page.

On today’s episode we’re going to explore weather anxiety with our guest, the legendary Tulsa meteorologist Travis Meyer. And we asked former Tulsa meteorologist Jon Haverfield to interview his friend Travis. Jon is one of Mental Health Association Oklahoma’s greatest advocates and he does a phenomenal job with this interview. Jon also talks about what it was like for him as a child struggling wit...

On today’s episode our guest is Representative Mickey Dollens from Oklahoma City. We invited Mickey on the show to talk about his dedication to saving lives from suicide because, sadly, Mickey lost his own brother, Joe, to suicide nine years ago. He also talks about his bill, #HB3346, which would put the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on the back of student IDs. For podcast transcript h...

Kris Steele: Criminal Justice Reform Champion Listen & Read Highlights at www.mhaok.org/podcast We're honored and thrilled Kris Steele, of Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform, shares his passion for the cause on this week's episode. Kris talks about his own journey and how it's time for State Question 805. SQ805 will end the use of sentence enhancements for nonviolent offenses, reduce our s...

On today's episode, our guest is our friend, Daniel Billingsley. At the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, he oversees all fundraising, communications, public affairs and government relations activities for the statewide association of charitable nonprofits. Prior to his work with the Center, he oversaw public affairs duties for Thresholds, which is Illinois’ largest nonprofit mental health services...

This week’s podcast features Adam McCreary, the senior manager of government relations for the Cherokee Nation, interviewed by our own advocacy specialist Jake Glantz.  Adam said, “Feel comfortable opening a dialogue with the political leaders in our state because they need to hear from you. They need to hear your stories. They need to know what you're going through on a daily basis. They nee...