

Noggin Notes Podcast
Jake Wiskerchen
Noggin Notes aims to educate and enrich your noggin about mental illness and wellness. Conversations range from factual and data-based to theoretical and idea-based. We welcome your input at info@nogginnotes.com or info@zephyrwellness.org. Noggin Notes is not intended as a substitute for professional counseling but we really do hope you can adopt and use some of what we share in order to improve your own life and to seek peace and wellness every day.
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Aug 17, 2020 • 54min
Podcast Episode: Social and Emotional Learning in Schools
As schools begin to open, this episode comes at the right time. We welcome Jami Curtis. She is a principal at Pine Crest Academy. They go deeper in social and emotional learning and its importance in schools.
Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible. To take your Free Mental Health screening visit https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ or click the following link.
TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH TEST
We hope you enjoy this episode.
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Aug 10, 2020 • 54min
Podcast Episode: The Power of Being Diverse and Unique
We are excited for the first episode of the Black Mental Health Matter Series. We would like to introduce Dr. Danielle Busby. She is one of the Co Founder at Black Mental Wellness /www.blackmentalwellness.com.
She is one of four incredible women who created Black Mental Wellness.
Their mission is to provide access to evidence-based information and resources about mental health and behavioral health topics from a Black perspective, to highlight and increase the diversity of mental health professionals, and to decrease the mental health stigma in the Black community.
Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible. To take your Free Mental Health screening visit https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ or click the following link.
TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH TEST
We hope you enjoy this episode.
Today’s show is brought to you by Audible. Audible is offering our listeners a free audiobook with a 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes and browse the unmatched selection of audio programs – download a title free and start listening.
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Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Aug 3, 2020 • 55min
Podcast Episode: What is Project ECHO?
Today we talk about geriatric care and Project Echo. We welcome Dr. Mordechai Lavi who is a medical doctor in Reno Nevada, who will speak more about this great project.
How the ECHO movement was started- https://echo.unm.edu/about-echo/ourstory
Project ECHO Nevada’s home page - https://med.unr.edu/echo
Outcomes of Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Primary Care Providers - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1009370
Nevada 211- Resource for seniors during COVID 19 - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1009370
Age Friendly Health System - http://www.ihi.org/Engage/Initiatives/Age-Friendly-Health-Systems/Pages/default.aspx
Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible. To take your Free Mental Health screening visit https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ or click the following link.
TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH TEST
We hope you enjoy this episode.
Today’s show is brought to you by Audible. Audible is offering our listeners a free audiobook with a 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes and browse the unmatched selection of audio programs – download a title free and start listening.
It’s that easy. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes
Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Jul 27, 2020 • 1h 10min
Podcast Episode: Veteran Suicide
In todays episode we are joined by Dr. Matt Miller who has a PHD in psychology and the current director of Veterans Administration Suicide Prevention Program.
Our Veterans Crisis Line is available 24/7, however the number is the same as the National Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 – to get to VCL, we would need someone to Press 1. Responders are answering within seconds 24/7. More information is available at veteranscrisisline.net. If you wanted to add the VCL logo to your website so that people see the accurate branding- it’s here: https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/support/shareable-materials .
If someone doesn’t need to call the crisis line and want to find the nearest VA medical center, Vet Center, etc. they can go here: https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/get-help/local-resourcesthis also has a national resource directory and the SAMHSA treatment locator.
We also have a National Homeless Veterans hotline at: 1-877-424-3838 and website here: https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/NationalCallCenter.asp
Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible. To take your Free Mental Health screening visit https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ or click the following link.
TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH TEST
We hope you enjoy this episode.
Today’s show is brought to you by Audible. Audible is offering our listeners a free audiobook with a 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes and browse the unmatched selection of audio programs – download a title free and start listening.
It’s that easy. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes
Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Jul 20, 2020 • 1h 10min
Podcast Episode: Making The World A Better Place
In today's episode we have a truly inspiring guest. Today Jake chats with Danny Heinsohn. He is a brain cancer survior who is celebrating his 20th year cancer free! In todays episode he talks about his journey and the foundation he has started. Please see below show notes to links to his foundation.
Keynote Topics: https://dannyheinsohn.com/keynote
Recent article published in CONQUER: The Patient Voice: https://conquer-magazine.com/issues/2020/vol-6-no-3-june-2020/1279-celebrate-what-you-re-grateful-for-lessons-from-my-20-years-of-survivorship
Help make the next scholarship possible and make a contribution to the My Hometown Heroes summer campaign. Heroes Night In: Together, One Heart: https://myhometownheroes.crowdchange.co/hni2020 (attached is a list of the passport stops and other media/marketing assets)
Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible. To take your Free Mental Health screening visit https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ or click the following link.
TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH TEST
We hope you enjoy this episode.
Today’s show is brought to you by Audible. Audible is offering our listeners a free audiobook with a 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes and browse the unmatched selection of audio programs – download a title free and start listening.
It’s that easy. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes
Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Jul 13, 2020 • 1h 13min
Podcast Episode: Social Media and Mental Health
Today we welcome Kevin Berry. He works for Marketing Stable LLC, he and his team manage online social media accounts and websites and more. This was a truly informative conversation into social media and marketing and the effects it has on us.
How to see what apps/companies have shared your information.
https://www.facebook.com/off_facebook_activity/ (Must be logged into facebook, can also manage the settings of their tracking)
https://www.facebook.com/help/1701730696756992?helpref=hc_global_nav (downloading your Facebook Data)
https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/accessing-your-twitter-data (must log into twitter and have password for security purposes)
https://help.instagram.com/181231772500920 (must be logged in and have password for security.)
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?hl=en (you can even schedule data downloads at certain frequencies.)
This resource also gives instructions how to see your personal facebook ad profile.
https://www.facebook.com/help/247395082112892
Here are instructions on location settings by device:
Apple
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207092
Android
https://www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-106080/
or
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3467281?hl=en
Here is our Marketing Stable website https://marketingstablellc.com
Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible. To take your Free Mental Health screening visit https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ or click the following link.
TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH TEST
We hope you enjoy this episode.
Today’s show is brought to you by Audible. Audible is offering our listeners a free audiobook with a 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes and browse the unmatched selection of audio programs – download a title free and start listening.
It’s that easy. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes
Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Jul 6, 2020 • 1h 37min
Podcast Episode: Vulnerability set me free from Shame and Guilt
Today we welcome Loice Swisher. She is a emergency medical physician and she is very active in the suicide prevention community. She comes to us with an amazing story. We got to warn you it is pretty heart wrenching. We do believe you will find it fascinating as the story itself guided her to make substantial changes in here world.
Websites-
If You are Thinking of Suicide Read this First
https://metanoia.org/suicide/
Doctors and Litigation- The L Word
Dr Gita Pensa's introductory episode talks about the 12 year experience as sole defendant in a multimillion dollar lawsuit
https://thelword.podbean.com/
EM Overy Easy Podcast- Second Victim Syndrome
Dr Jennifer Kleven shares her story of feeling broken because of all the events surrounding a patient who had a miscarriage
https://emovereasy.com/2020/04/20/second-victim-syndrome/
Chris Doty's Letter About His Resident's Suicide
https://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2016/10000/Special_Report__Breaking_the_News.5.aspx
Second victim syndrome stages
https://www.muhealth.org/about-us/quality-care-patient-safety/office-of-clinical-effectiveness/foryou
Articles
Causes of Death of Residents in ACGME-Accredited Programs 2000 Through 2014: Implications for the Learning Environment
Academic Medicine: July 2017 - Volume 92 - Issue 7 - p 976-983
Full Article- https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2017/07000/Causes_of_Death_of_Residents_in_ACGME_Accredited.41.aspx
Physicians aren’t ‘burning out.’ They’re suffering from moral injury
By SIMON G. TALBOT and WENDY DEAN
JULY 26, 2018
HTTPS://WWW.STATNEWS.COM/2018/07/26/PHYSICIANS-NOT-BURNING-OUT-THEY-ARE-SUFFERING-MORAL-INJURY/
Covid 19 is making Moral Injury to Physicians Much Worse- https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/927859#vp_1
My Story-
Emergency Physician, Mother, Suicide Risk
https://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2016/10000/Special_Report__Emergency_Physician,_Mother,.4.aspx
Vulnerability set me free from Shame and Guilt
https://journals.lww.com/em-news/blog/BreakingNews/Pages/post.aspx?PostID=402
(picture of her tumors and the Silence is the Prison Quote)
We hope you enjoy this episode.
Today’s show is brought to you by Audible. Audible is offering our listeners a free audiobook with a 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes and browse the unmatched selection of audio programs – download a title free and start listening.
It’s that easy. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes
Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Jun 29, 2020 • 1h 2min
Podcast Episode: Are you living purposefully?
We are so happy to invite back on our show Austin Byler. Austin was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 9th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Nevada-Reno (Reno, NV) and the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 11th round of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Nevada-Reno (Reno, NV).
He also is the founder and runs an amazing baseball school @majorleagueuniversity that teaches athletes of all ages looking to take their game to the next level and about self love, mental health and motivating them to reach and work hard for their dreams. Their mission is to inspire and develop the next generation of leaders.
Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible. To take your Free Mental Health screening visit https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ or click the following link.
TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH TEST
We hope you enjoy this episode.
Today’s show is brought to you by Audible. Audible is offering our listeners a free audiobook with a 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes and browse the unmatched selection of audio programs – download a title free and start listening.
It’s that easy. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes
Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Jun 22, 2020 • 1h 10min
Podcast Episode: What Every Child Needs For Good Mental Health
Today we are joined by Amy Hughes Lansing who is a Child Health psychologist. She helps kids and their parents learn healthy behaviours to improve their mental functioning.
Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible. To take your Free Mental Health screening visit https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ or click the following link.
TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH TEST
We hope you enjoy this episode.
Today’s show is brought to you by Audible. Audible is offering our listeners a free audiobook with a 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes and browse the unmatched selection of audio programs – download a title free and start listening.
It’s that easy. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes
Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.

Jun 15, 2020 • 1h 55min
Podcast Episode: I Will Hold The Hope
In today's episode we are joined by a special guest. Jake sits down with Jay Zimmerman & Trey Miller who are ex military. They do amazing work in the veteran community and are with us today to discuss mental health, suicide in the veteran community.
Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible. To take your Free Mental Health screening visit https://walkthetalkamerica.org/ or click the following link.
TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH TEST
We hope you enjoy this episode.
Today’s show is brought to you by Audible. Audible is offering our listeners a free audiobook with a 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes and browse the unmatched selection of audio programs – download a title free and start listening.
It’s that easy. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/NogginNotes
Hope you enjoy the podcast and please go ahead subscribe and give us a review of our show. You can write a review on iTunes.


