Podcasts by Mental Health Matters with Tom Duff
“Mental Health Matters” –
a podcast by Saint Louis Counseling that not only addresses important matters related to mental health but also asserts that talking openly about mental illness does indeed matter. It is vital for our overall well-being. By candidly addressing mental illness, our goal is to break down stigma so that anyone who has a mental-health condition or disorder will get the help they need, when they need it. That’s what matters most.
Be sure to tune in each week, as Saint Louis Counseling Executive Director Tom Duff, MSW, LCSW tackles some of the most relevant and relatable me
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EPISODE #74: Lisa Jakub Embraces Her “Weird” – You Can, Too from 2021-08-02T15:00
If you recognize her face or name, it could be for a plethora of reasons. The accomplished author, mental-wellness advocate, speaker, podcast host, and yoga instructor is known for normalizing m...
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Two Normal Dudes- With Tom Duff from 2021-05-28T18:58:45
Did Covid help us to be more reflective? Our Two Normal Dudes – Jon Franko and Suvir Dhar – along with podcast host Tom Duff, LCSW, think so. They believe that some positives have come out of th...
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EPISODE #62: Two Normal Dudes – and the Real “F” Word Guest:Jon Franko and Suvir Dhar from 2020-11-24T18:01:04
The “real ‘F’ word”. There’s such power behind it. Just saying it helps you to release all those pent-up emotions that have been bottling up inside you. It frees your mind from all the second-gu...
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EPISODE #49: Fighting the Special Ops Silent War in Civilian Life from 2020-03-25T21:11:48
EPISODE #49: Fighting the Special Ops Silent War in Civilian Life
Guest: Tom Satterly, President and CEO, PBP Consulting Group Author, “On Point...
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EPISODE #48: Winning Isn’t Everything in Basketball or Life from 2020-03-25T17:36:46
EPISODE #48: Winning Isn’t Everything in Basketball or Life
Guest: Pam Borton, President and CEO, PBP Consulting Group Author, “On Point”
CIT Officers De-escalate Mental-health Crises, 24/7/365 from 2020-03-25T17:35:02
CIT Officers De-escalate Mental-health Crises, 24/7/365
EPISODE #46 | February 14th, 2020
Guest: Sgt...
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Momming, Working, Guilting, and Self-caring from 2020-03-25T17:32:26
Momming, Working, Guilting, and Self-caring
EPISODE #45 | February 7th, 2020
Guest: Chelsea Link, LP...
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Going the Distance to Battle Trauma and PTSD from 2020-03-25T17:00:28
Going the Distance to Battle Trauma and PTSD
EPISODE #42 | December 20th, 2019
Guest: Angie Peacock, MSW, United St...
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What Comes from the Heart Reaches the Heart from 2020-03-25T16:15:58
What Comes from the Heart Reaches the Heart
EPISODE #41 | December 13th, 2019
Guest: Arica Fos...
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Wading and Waiting: Life Lessons from a Duck Hunter from 2020-03-25T16:10:41
Wading and Waiting: Life Lessons from a Duck Hunter
EPISODE #40 | December 9th, 2019
Guest: Jon Franko...
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Reducing Shame to a Blip on the Radar from 2020-03-25T15:59:06
Reducing Shame to a Blip on the Radar
EPISODE #39 | November 23th, 2019
Guest: Tracy Hinson Listen
The Ups and Downs of Bipolar 2 from 2020-03-25T15:51:32
The Ups and Downs of Bipolar 2
EPISODE #38 | November 12th, 2019
Guest: Jenny Beatrice, Director of Co...
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I’ve Been Wronged! Do I Have to “Turn the Other Cheek”? from 2020-03-25T15:42:45
I’ve Been Wronged! Do I Have to “Turn the Other Cheek”?
EPISODE #37 | 11/1/2019
Fr. Chris Collins, SJ, Assistant to the ...
The Struggles and Rewards of Parenting a Child with ADHD from 2020-03-25T15:32:02
The Struggles and Rewards of Parenting a Child with ADHD
EPISODE #36 | Debbie Dugan, a mom of an adult son with ADHD, a podc...
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Paige Walden-Johnson - Mental Health Matters from 2019-10-23T15:29:56
When her friend, Rain, a dancer, was struck by eight bullets in her upper torso, giving her a five-percent chance to live that first night, Paige Walden-Johnson knew she had to take a stance. Pa...
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Reshaunda Thornton - Mental Health Matters from 2019-09-10T17:00:59
How can you look at nutrition as a source of life? That’s a question that Registered Dietician Reshaunda Thonton has been chewing on for several years. For the “dietici...
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Michelle Schiller-Baker - Mental Health Matters from 2019-09-10T16:55:01
Michelle Schiller-Baker’s work is her life’s passion. And her 37-year journey of helping women in abusive relationships find the safety, resources and healing they need...
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Major Stephan Baker - Mental Health Matters from 2019-09-10T16:51:25
Readiness for the National Guard isn’t focused only on gaining physical endurance for deployment. It’s also about being mentally fit to deal with the day-to-day stresso...
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Katarra Parson - Mental Health Matters from 2019-09-10T16:47:21
She was 7 when her inner self started to let itself be heard. When your mom is the church choir director, chances are pretty good that you will understand music, and an...
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Meredith Hopping - Mental Health Matters from 2019-07-19T20:30:15
Timing is everything. It wasn’t until her senior year in college, as she was wrapping up her studies as a theater major with an emphasis in opera, that Meredith Hopping found...
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Kerri Gallen, MSW, LCSW - Mental Health Matters from 2019-07-19T20:22:41
If “Mad Men’s” Don Draper had grasped how trauma impacted his life, chances are pretty good that the AMC series would have portrayed a very different story. Why? Because trauma influences how ou...
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Sara Newberry - Mental Health Matters from 2019-06-22T15:43:53
Sometimes, getting stepped on can be a good thing. And for Sara Newberry, it even gives her purpose. Having danced ballet for as long as she can remember, deft footwork...
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Dr. Ed Migneco, Dr. Marcy Hammerle - Mental Health Matters from 2019-06-19T19:57:50
If you heard that one out of six vets has thought about suicide at least once in their lives, would you be surprised? What if the vets we’re referring to are veterinarians and not military veter...
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Mia Jackson - Mental Health Matters from 2019-06-11T19:12:18
Charles Poole - Mental Health Matters from 2019-06-03T18:21:56
EPISODE #22 | May 30, 2019
Guest: Charles K. Poole
Life hasn’t exactly turn out the way he expected. Given his circumstances growing up poor,...
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Kendra Jones - Mental Health Matters from 2019-05-20T18:13:09
Feeling like the word, “minority,” was stamped on her when she was growing up in a predominantly white community in Illinois, Kendra Jones thought that she would always bear that label, wherever...
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Jennifer McDaniel MS, RDN, CSSD, LD - Mental Health Matters from 2019-05-20T18:00:14
How are the mind, body and gut connected? Does the word, “diet,” tie your stomach in knots? Is there more to eating healthy than just losing weight? Can it affect our mental well being, too? Wit...
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Brian Dugan - Mental Health Matters from 2019-04-27T12:52:46
Brian Dugan
High School English Teacher, Staunch Cardinals Fan, Former Podcaster, Soon-to-be Graduate Student at the University of Chicago
Most of th...
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John Henry - Mental Health Matters from 2019-04-13T02:26:59
Gun violence, fear, addiction, mental-health issues, feeling out of place. John Henry’s heartland rock reflects the soul as much as it inspires the mind. Daily life, intertwined with both urban ...
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Kate Bethel - Mental Health Matters from 2019-04-05T23:25:38
Kate Bethel, owner of Maven in Maplewood joins Tom Duff to discuss a variety of topics concerning mental health and the issues surrounding stigma and her ongoing journey as a female business own...
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Tom Duff - Mental Health Matters from 2019-03-26T21:26:37
Tom Duff addresses an array of topics, solo in studio for this week's Mental Health Matters.
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Staci Static - Mental Health Matters from 2019-03-19T22:00:04
Boundaries. Staci Static learned early on in the male-dominated radio industry that she needed to establish very clear boundaries, not only with the general population, but also with male collea...
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Travis Terrell - Mental Health Matters from 2019-03-03T22:50:05
Mental Health Matters #13: Race, Faith and Stigma (and a Smattering of Sports)
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Amanda Bollenbach & Sarah Springer - Mental Health Matters from 2019-02-27T12:15:38
Don’t mess with two moms on a mission! Especially Amanda Bollenbach and Sarah Springer who, with eight kids between them, are committed to helping new moms struggling w...
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Dr. Jackie Landess, M.D., J.D. - Mental Health Matters from 2019-02-27T12:11:20
Dr. Jackie Landess, M.D., J.D.
Assistant professor in the Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, ...
Saundra Barker - Mental Health Matters from 2019-02-27T12:07:36
Does your child get anxious about going to school every morning? Does your teenager have trouble interacting with other kids? Is it difficult for your child to stay focused and on-task when assi...
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Benjamin Hochman - Mental Health Matters from 2019-02-27T12:04:06
Special Guest: Benjamin Hochman
Sports Columnist: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Podcast Host: Hosted Ravioli
Author:
• The Big 50: St. Louis Cardinals: The Men...
Ep 7 - Tamara Kenny, JD, MSW from 2019-02-07T17:50:48
12/21/18
She is a lawyer, social worker and has also spent time on stage as an actor. But first and foremost, Tamara Kenny is the mother of two. Her son, Eli (20), has struggled with ment...
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Tom's Tips from 2019-02-07T16:53:17
Mental Health Matters host, Tom Duff brings you an express version of MHM for your enjoyment and fulfilment.
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Ep 6 - Corey Hirsch, Former NHL Goaltender from 2018-12-15T17:47:04
Title: Removing the (Goalie’s) Mask of Mental Illness
Guest: Corey Hirsch
Sportscaster, Former Vancouver Canucks Goal...
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Ep 3 - Michael Wellington, Birdies for Bipolar from 2018-11-16T18:34:20
Title: Match Play: Pinning Down the Mental-illness Opponent
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Ep 2 - Danny Kerth, Project Wake Up from 2018-11-15T15:18:29
After two of their college friends died by suicide within two years of each other, Alex Lindley, Danny Kerth and about 20 of their friends at Mizzou couldn’t sit back and hope for the best any m...
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Ep 1 - Charlie Backer, Hot Charlie's from 2018-11-15T15:15:07
In our inaugural podcast, Executive Director Tom Duff, MSW, LCSW tackles some of the most relevant and relatable mental-health topics with Listen