I took a pause.
Sometimes life forces you to pause. In this episode, I talk about why I took this four month break from the podcast and what I have learned. Life threw a couple of challenges and transitions that I needed to be present for, and gave me an opportunity to recover, to create space so I could reflect and learn by asking myself key discernment questions:

·What do I need to refuel the tank?

What am I learning in this moment? What am I avoiding? How would I like to grow?

When it comes to the work…What is missing? How can I help fill the gaps? Build bridges?

So all of this reflection got me to look at the horizon of where I want my career and this podcast to go — and then build that intentional strategy to get there! My goal is to continue to lift up new and needed voices in the fields of suicide prevention, mental health promotion and resilience and to highlight emerging and promising new practices. AND to this end, I will be launching a new shorter-form podcast specifically for workplaces called “Headspace for the Workplace.”


Hope Illuminated: Long-form (45-60 minutes) podcast centering on collaboration, social justice, lived experience and innovation will launch one new episode a month.

Headspace for the Workplace: Shorter-form (15-30 minutes) will focus on the following:

Future-proofing your workplace by ensuring it is human-friendly

Tactics for a holistic approach to human-centered work families

And, of course – well-being, mental health promotion and suicide prevention – at work

Show Notes
“I’m a psychologist – and I believe we’ve been told devastating lies about mental health”

The Guardian article by Sanah Ahsan