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Grace Barrett: Be Vulnerable and Be Kind
Season 3, Ep. 11
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On today’s episode, Grace Barrett talks about managing and coping with mental health through her college experience. She shares how her perspective on counseling and mental health has shifted, on being the friend who takes on the pain of others and about her mental health walks.
“As much as I want to be the friend that can do everything and make everything perfect, I’ve realized that I can’t.”
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If you or someone you know is struggling with a mental health or substance-use disorder, please contact SAMHSA’s National Helpline at (800) 662-4357. These programs provide free, confidential support 24/7.
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10. Everett Miller: Support
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9.5. Liz Norell: We're Overwhelmed
24:39||Season 4, Ep. 9.5On today's episode, Liz Norell discusses today's culture of productivity and how it can lead to being easily overwhelmed in our daily lives. She also talks about potential solutions to these problems."If we can start looking at people with the assumption that what they're doing is the best that they can do, and that whatever they're doing is not about me, then we can have a radically different world."Listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other major streaming platform. For video versions of each episode, watch us on YouTube.If you or someone you know is struggling with a mental health or substance-use disorder, please contact SAMHSA's National helpline at (800) 662-4357. These programs provide free, confidential support 24/7.All recordings are from the previous school semester, so some information about the interviewee may be out of date.
9. James Polk: Pressure
18:19||Season 4, Ep. 9On today’s episode, James Polk shares his experience with pressure and how it showed itself as he navigated college life. He talks about how he was able to spot it and handle it accordingly both while being a student and president of the columns society at Ole Miss."I didn't know how much went on behind the scenes."Listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other major streaming platform. For video versions of each episode, watch us on YouTube.If you or someone you know is struggling with a mental health or substance-use disorder, please contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at (800) 662-4357. These programs provide free, confidential support 24/7.All recordings are from the previous school semester, so some information about the interviewee may be out of date.
8.5. Whitney Woods: Authentically You
38:55||Season 4, Ep. 8.5On today's episode, Whitney Woods discusses the college student experience from her lens as the Assistant Director of the Office of National Scholarship Advisement. She talks about common themes that she sees in the students and how their office works to help set their students up for success."We are giving them tools that they'll need beyond a national scholarship."Listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other major streaming platform. For video versions of each episode, watch us on YouTube.Due to a loss of footage, Whitney Woods' episode is audio only.If you or someone you know is struggling with a mental health or substance-use disorder, please contact SAMHSA's National helpline at (800) 662-4357. These programs provide free, confidential support 24/7.All recordings are from the previous school semester, so some information about the interviewee may be out of date.
8. Madeline Mueller: Imposter Syndrome
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7.5. Dr. Ashley Jones: Pushing for Change
43:51||Season 4, Ep. 7.5On today's episode, Dr. Ashley Jones discusses common themes that she sees in minority groups and how she and others are working to change these themes."Growing up nearby, you always have this perception what the University is and what its image is and I'm actually grateful that was not the case."Listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other major streaming platform. For video versions of each episode, watch us on YouTube.If you or someone you know is struggling with a mental health or substance-use disorder, please contact SAMHSA's National helpline at (800) 662-4357. These programs provide free, confidential support 24/7.All recordings are from the previous school semester, so some information about the interviewee may be out of date.
7. Bre'Anna Coleman: Taking Up Space
21:52||Season 4, Ep. 7On today’s episode, Bre'Anna Coleman shares her experiences moving to Ole Miss while knowing very few people in Oxford. She discusses what it is like to have to work through college and having a story that differs vastly from those around you."I had to learn how to get comfortable with my own voice and my own story and be like if I'm sitting in a class and my story is drastically different from everyone else's, then it's almost as if I am supposed to be here because if I wasn't here, would you have heard a perspective like mine?"Listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other major streaming platform. For video versions of each episode, watch us on YouTube.If you or someone you know is struggling with a mental health or substance-use disorder, please contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at (800) 662-4357. These programs provide free, confidential support 24/7.All recordings are from the previous school semester, so some information about the interviewee may be out of date.
6.5. William Teer: Becoming You
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6. Hannah Watts: Home
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