Into the Light with Mending Minds Village

Say their names: Alisa Petrov, Crew Perkins, Heather Caras, and Bekah Wenzel. All four of these humans were missing, two of them remain missing! When a case like this presents itself, it takes a village of amazing humans to bring them home. Whether it's a child or an adult, their stories are what makes the difference. Each of these stories can be heard on today's podcast, and how you can or have already, make a difference in each of them. We urge you to volunteer to find these individuals. If you see something, say something! Join us next week as we discuss the 30 year old case of Kiplyn Davis! Hear the story, and how you can make a difference in her case!

Throughout the years, Mending Minds Village has been asked to help with missing persons cases in one form or another. It is time that we put that experience, along with our relationships to have formed over it, into a podcast. We want to provide a platform for voices to be heard and the missing to be Found again! It's time for those that are Hidden to be Found, and for Mending Minds Village to hear the calling of those in search. Join us as we talk about this new piece of our puzzle, and learn how YOU can participate!

In this episode, we talk about why it's time to end bullying in this nation, and how YOU can actively get involved in putting an end to this issue. Bullying causes many mental health issues including suicide and it's time that we work together to end it in this nation! Will YOU help us fight bullying in the USA?

Who is Aspen's Army and WHY do we need to support them?? Aspen's Army is a division of Mending Minds Village where we get the much needed supplies to our juvenile mental health inpatient facilities! Come listen to Aspen herself talk about this program and what we are doing, and how excited she is about making these donations! We want to thank Huntsman Mental Health Foundation for your connection and allowing us to help these amazing kids get the products they need!

In today's episode of Into the Light with Mending Minds Village, we talk to Lanie Liberti of Transformative Mentoring for Teens as well as Project World School. Lanie shares her story of working with teens all over the world in their fight to understand their mental health and ways to be better in a world of chaos and turmoil. We talk about how every individual is capable of gaining a deep understanding and making the world a better place starting with their own thoughts and actions. This episode is real, and you will get to see what happens and how we roll when things don't go as planned! Enjoy!

On today's episode of Into the Light with Mending Minds Village, we bring to you the great Deb Kelly with Life Ingredients. Deb joins us to talk about how we can help each child with mental health concerns to grow through their therapy, and how we as adults can help them to become a better processor of emotions and thoughts by learning to do so ourselves! Come listen to why we should be getting back to the basics of learning and processing, and how YOU TOO can help your child better understand their own thoughts and emotions by learning our own.

Meet Terry Tucker and listen as he shares his story of hope, love, and positivity to beat all odds! Terry Tucker has been an NCAA Division I college basketball player, a Citadel cadet, a marketing executive, a hospital administrator, an undercover narcotics investigator, a SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator, a high school basketball coach, a business owner, a motivational speaker, an author, and a cancer warrior! After experiencing the unimaginable, Terry took to writing to share his story with others. This novel entitled Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles to Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life, Is a guide to being a better human being. Come listen as Terry shares his amazing story of peace and love, and as he discusses how you too can find a positive mindset and direction in the face of unimaginable horrors.

In this episode, we discuss suicide prevention and our efforts to hit the only number of acceptable suicides in our nation, ZERO! Come join in this conversation and learn how you can identify someone who is suicidal and how YOU, yes YOU, can prevent them from ending their lives prematurely. If you or someone you know is suicidal and needs some help, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988 and they will direct you on how to get the help you need! Please visit www.mendingmindsvillage.org to learn more!

With multiple requests, we are covering the topics of PANS/PANDAS and DMDD. What are these diagnoses? How are they similar? What makes them unique and can we help YOUR child? Give us a listen for these answers and more on Into the Light with Mending Minds Village!

Welcome Into the Light! At Mending Minds Village, we are advocating for your juveniles mental health and we want you to join our fight. In this episode, we introduce ourselves to you and talk about how we got into this fight and where we are going. Give it a listen, and then go to www.mendingmindsvillage.org to learn more! Thank you!