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With A DogAlaskan Sled Dogs & Mushing 101 ft. Alyssa of @susitnassleddogadventures**Alternative Ep Title: "Mush It Real Good"** We have an awesome educational episode today -especially if you know nothing about sledding with a dog! Host Carly interviews Alyssa, a dog mom in Alaska who, with her husband Rohn, own Susitna Sled Dog Adventures. Where they give dog sled tours, as well as raise and train over 50 dogs for tours and races. We discuss:- How Alyssa got into mushing and working with sled dogs- Mushing and dog sled races as a dog sport- The correct vernacular and equipment used- The personalities...
2024-01-311h 08
North Paws WildernessHow dogs saved our lives with Alyssa BuserIn honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, you’ll find this episode heavily based around our mental health. In this episode there are topics of mental health struggles, trauma, PTSD, and mentions of substance abuse and animal abuse. Please listen with care and know that if you too are on a trauma recovery journey, you are loved and important. Big thank you to Alyssa Buser for being so brave and incredibly open to sharing her childhood trauma and how dogs have saved her life. But we also talk how she trains recalls with her pack of dogs! Alyssa is an am...
2023-05-1854 min
Leaving The ValleyTalking Teen Mental Health, Part III: Advice to ParentsIn the conclusion of our three part series on teen mental health, our guest, Natalie Alyssa Sanchez, talks with us about the pressures teens face today and where they go for advice. Natalie, a recent high school grad and youth mental health advocate, shares about the sometimes overwhelming pressures to be academically successful. She also talks about how issues at home have a very real effect on teen mental health and offers some advice to parents about how to better communicate so that teens will listen.
2021-01-0731 min
Leaving The ValleyTalking Teen Mental Health, Part II- Facing the Suicide of PeersIn Part II of our conversation with recent high school graduate and youth mental health advocate, Natalie Alyssa Sanchez, we explore how and when she first learned about suicide. Natalie opens up about a friend of hers who practiced self-harm in middle school and later admitted that he was suicidal. We explore how to help a peer in danger, the pressure to keep their “secret,” and attention seeking behavior.
2020-12-1729 min
Leaving The ValleyTalking Teen Mental Health, Part I: COVID-19In this special episode, we invite a guest onto our show to help us better understand the mental health needs of teens today. Our guest, Natalie Alyssa Sanchez, recent high school graduate and teenage mental health advocate, opens up about the pressures of academic life and the challenges of navigating complex friendships. She also shares her experience of how COVID-19 has affected her and her peers and positive and negative coping strategies.
2020-12-0322 min