Normalize The Conversation by Inspiring My Generation

Subscription for Movement Genius: https://www.movementgenius.com/offers/puijPQnu Discount Code: 30DAYSPODCASTIMG Direct Coupon Link: https://bit.ly/AlysonIMG ---- Your body carries stress, anxiety, and emotions. Daily life is a lot to manage, and you need tools that help your whole self. Thus, Movement Genius has created mental health tools, stress and anxiety relief, and movement classes that improve well-being. Co-founded by Alyson Stoner and Correy O’Neal, Movement Genius is a digital wellness platform that provides live and on-demand classes to help you improve your mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Classes are designed by a diverse range of psychotherapists and experts, who incorporate evidence-based techniques proven to reduce stress, release tension, and support your mood and mindset.    You can learn more and register at movementgenius.com.   Welcome to Normalize The Conversation, your host Francesca Reicherter is joined by co-founder of Movement Genius, Alyson Stoner. ---- Normalize The Conversation is an initiative of Inspiring My Generation focusing on normalizing the conversation, bringing education and awareness to the forefront, and amplifying global voices to spark change and hope.   ---- Inspiring My Generation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on a mission to suicide prevention through awareness, conversation, education, and support.  Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook: @Inspiring My Generation. Visit our website: inspiringmygeneration.org

Joseph Reid is the founder and Executive  Director of Broken People, an international  mental health peer support group. He is the  best selling author of Broken Like Me, An Insider’s Toolkit for Mending Broken People,  and has helped thousands of people with his  writing since its publication in the summer of  2021. He is also very active as a Peer Support  Specialist, Family Advocate, and In Your Own  Voice presenter with NAMI Kent County (National Alliance on Mental Illness), the nation’s largest grassroots mental health nonprofit organization.   He is extremely passionate about following  God’s direction and has had a passion for loving and helping people from a very early  age. He is deeply devoted to loving and  serving his wife Melissa of 25 years, and trying  to keep up with his four awesome grown kids.

Davy Yue serves in volunteer leadership excellence for the Palm Beach County affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illnesses. He spearheads bold fundraising initiatives as Sponsorship Chair for NAMIWalks, the annual signature flagship fundraising event that enables free mental wellness programs for all. His diligent work aims to enhance greater social acceptance of mental illnesses starting with his closest peers, young adults. Davy received his Bachelor’s from Vanderbilt University in December 2020 in Engineering Science focused on Management and Computing.

Michelle Goodloe's goal is to compassionately encourage you to not only take care of yourself but offer practical, realistic self-care opportunities to help you show up as the best version of yourself, as often as possible.   Listen as licensed social worker and author, Michelle Goodloe shares an inside look into how you can develop a healthy relationship with yourself through self-care practices.

Psychotherapist Rachel Wright, MA, LMFT  (she/her) is recognized as one of the freshest voices on modern relationships, mental health, and sex. She is an experienced speaker, group facilitator, educator, therapist, coach, and on-camera mental health and relationship expert.    With a Master’s Degree in clinical psychology, Rachel Wright has worked with thousands of humans worldwide, helping them scream less and screw more. She has brought her message to stages across the globe, was SHAPE Magazine’s Sex + Relationships Coach, and created the virtual workshop series What You Wish You Learned in School: Sex Ed and is currently one of mindbodygreen’s article review experts. She also recently did a show at Green Room 42 in NYC called “One Night Stand: A Night for Sexier & Healthier Broadway.”    Rachel has been featured widely in the media, including on Cheddar TV, as a regular contributor to SHAPE, INSIDER, mbg, InStyle, The Dipp, Well & Good — plus Cosmopolitan Magazine, PIX 11 (NYC), Women’s Health, NBC News Radio, Huffington Post, CTV (Canada), and hundreds of other outlets.

Suzy Reading is a Chartered Psychologist specializing in wellbeing, stress management, and facilitation of healthy lifestyle changes. Suzy is also an accredited yoga teacher and personal trainer. Are you feeling frazzled, stressed, or reactive? Suzy will reconnect you with your calm-abiding center. If you’re feeling tired or overwhelmed, she will help you reclaim your energy. Feeling stuck or confused? Let's find clarity and carve a path of action together.  Suzy offers an integrated approach to wellbeing: nurturing head, heart & body, and is passionate about empowering people with the tools of self-care to help them weather and recover from periods of stress, loss, and change and to boost resilience in the face of future challenges. She is proud to be a contributing editor for Psychologies Magazine and the Psychology Expert for wellbeing brand Neom Organics.

Tim lives in Stoughton, Wisconsin with his wife and two adult children. Originally from Toledo, Ohio, Tim moved to Wisconsin over 23 years ago to marry Tracy. He graduated from St. John’s Jesuit High School in 1983 and began attending the only college he ever wanted to go to–Ohio Northern University (ONU) where his grandfather was a leader in the Psychology Department. At ONU Tim studied Philosophy and Religion and Psychology while being involved in Sigma Theta Epsilon (Christian Service Fraternity), a faculty/student choir and with traveling ministry teams (Son’s Rays and a failed attempt at puppetry.) Unfortunately Tim was only able to spend two years at ONU (for details, you can have him speak on growing up a child in an alcoholic household and becoming an alcoholic himself.)   Tim transferred to Bowling Green State University (BGSU) and graduated (barely) in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in Philosophy. While at BGSU Tim was active in campus ministry and served as Youth Director for a local parish while volunteering with the Diocese of Toledo. The highlight of his BGSU career was listening to Mr. Rogers speak at his graduation ceremony. Tim spent time as Director of Pastoral Concerns and religion teacher at a local high school, as an early childhood educator and as a substance abuse counselor before being accepted into the Masters program at John Carroll University (Ohio) in 1990 and earning his Masters in Counseling in 1993. While at John Carroll (JCU), Tim was also involved in numerous volunteer activities including an outreach to Appalachia. He also received the Magis Award from the Student Council of JCU.   After a year of working as a College Counselor and Hall Director in Ohio, Tim moved to West Virginia to volunteer on a Catholic Worker Farm. While there, a friend introduced him (over the phone) to the wonderful woman who would become his wife. Tim moved to Wisconsin in 1995 and Tracy and he were married that same year. They were blessed with Hunter being born in 1997 and Sami in 1999.  Since moving to Wisconsin, Tim has worked in early childhood education; in customer service at Davis Duehr Dean; in Quality Assurance at Epic Systems; as an Office Manager at LakeView Church and as a House Father for the Elizabeth House. Ten years ago Tim was hired as an Outreach Specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Waisman Center where he currently works as the Director of the Southern Regional Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Family Discipline Coordinator for the WI LEND program and as a senior outreach specialist with the Youth Health Transition Initiative.   In 2014, Tim finally finished a 10+year journey when he earned a Master of Arts in Christian Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Illinois). As his capstone project Tim combined the scientific research around forgiveness and his faith background’s belief in forgiveness to develop an eight week course centered on why forgiveness is necessary and how to forgive. Since then Tim has taught about forgiveness at Stoughton Hospital, Lifest, area churches, local and statewide mental/behavioral health conferences, an aging conference, on the radio and at educator wellness events. Tim’s brings a unique perspective through sharing his personal journey through childhood trauma, alcoholism, betrayals, misunderstandings, mental health challenges and life.

Nicole Brown serves as Chief Innovation Officer for North Carolina-based Open Book Extracts (OBX), a foremost ingredient manufacturer and product development manufacturer and supplier focused on cannabinoid-enabled (CBD) health and wellness. Nicole channels data-driven consumer insights into a long-term course of action, delivering immediately usable product innovation, and also drives awareness and thought leadership by overseeing strategic marketing efforts, including PR, event marketing, advertising, and partnerships. Previously, Nicole served as Chief Marketing Officer for Citymaps -- a social mapping technology platform optimized for travelers -- culminating in the acquisition of Citymaps by TripAdvisor in 2016. After the acquisition, Nicole served as Senior Director of Global Business Development for TripAdvisor from 2016 to 2019. Previously, she held management roles at LVMH and Shiseido Cosmetics, focusing on product development and commercialization in the beverage and beauty sectors. Nicole graduated from Harvard University with an honors degree in French Literature and a minor in Organic Chemistry.

Seika Brown began her work in the mental health field at the age of 15 when she founded her first non-profit organization ArchNova; two Latin and Greek words combined meaning New Beginnings. ArchNova focused on mental health policy change and awareness. Brown and her team worked for three years, in two legislation sessions, passing one bill in Washington State in 2019. They also assisted the University of Washington: Forefront on a suicide prevention toolkit for schools. As Brown entered Cornell University in the fall of 2020, she switched focus to research. Seika now runs YLG (Youth Lead Global) Research - an initiative that aims to discover how mental health is defined across cultures and backgrounds. She is currently assisting a research study on the “Political Economy of Adolescent Mental Health” conducted by The Karolinska Institute and Johns Hopkins University. Brown is also a youth leader for citiesRISE and is assisting the creation of a Global Youth Council around mental health.  She is currently writing a book on her work throughout high school and hopes to publish a book on the research she is currently conducting.  Seika won the 2021 mPower Award from Mental Health America and has worked on multiple projects.

Ali is a current MSW student at Florida State University. She earned her B.S. degree from the University of Central Florida, where she majored in Clinical Psychology. Ali has worked with many different populations in the human services field. While obtaining her undergraduate degree, she interned with multiple homeless shelters in Pinellas County, where she led many milieu therapy groups, supervised a group of interns, and helped locate various resources for the homeless residents of Pinellas and Pasco counties. During the first year of her graduate education, she served as a graduate assistant for the Unconquered Scholars Program at The Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement. She worked with youth who have experienced homelessness, foster care, relative care, and ward of the state status. In her free time, she volunteers for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, where she implemented and continues to lead a support group centered around the struggles of young adults. Ali is passionate about advocating for others' mental health and bettering the lives of people in her community.