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Connectopod™restrictED Episode 01- Overview of Eating DisordersIn this episode, host, Melissa Peruch, discusses an overview of eating disorders and goals for this series with Betsy Foldes Meiman, from Connectopod. The mission of restrictED is to open these types of conversations, help spread awareness, and take down serious stereotypes. Melissa shares her personal journey with an eating disorder, how her battle made her stronger, and how it is possible to no longer be restrictED. Thank you so much for joining us!
Transcript Available for restrictED Episode 01 (link)
Resources for Support:
Books:
"Life Without Ed" by Jenni Schaefer
"Hunger for...
2025-08-0526 minConnectopod™Mind Matters Episode 7: Youth Mental Health in the Digital AgeIn this episode, host Nysha Prasad interviews Shriya Mittar, a physician’s assistant and fellow Gen Z, to unpack the rising prevalence of mental health challenges among today’s youth. Together, they dive into the unique pressures young people face, the growing emphasis on mental well-being, and the powerful role social media plays in shaping self-image and stress. Tune in as we explore the realities behind the screen and share ways to build a healthier relationship with social media and cultivate stronger mental resilience!
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2025-06-1812 minConnectopod™Mind Matters Episode 6: Youth & TraumaIn this episode, host Nysha Prasad interviews Dr. Daisy Gomez, a forensic and counseling psychologist dedicated to supporting high-risk communities. They discuss the impact of trauma, and stigma on mental health, as well as the importance of restorative practices in healing. Tune in as we explore how increasing resilience can transform lives and communities!
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2025-03-2928 minConnectopod™Mind Matters Episode 5: LGBTQ Teen Mental HealthIn this episode, host Nysha Prasad interviews Susanna Zoeckler, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with LAUSD's Human Relations, Diversity, and Equity Department. Together, they discuss the unique mental health challenges faced by LGBTQ+ youth, from identity struggles to navigating relationships and finding supportive communities. Tune in as we explore practical strategies for coping, healing, and thriving!
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2025-03-1218 minConnectopod™Mind Matters Episode 4: Art Therapy As a Healing ToolIn this episode of Mind Matters, we explore the power of art therapy in mental health with Ashley Resurreccion, an Associate Art Therapy Professional Clinical Counselor. From reducing stress to fostering self-expression, we discuss how creative outlets like painting, drawing, and sculpting can help process emotions and improve well-being. Tune in to learn how art can be a powerful tool for healing!
Learn more about Ashley Resurreccion: https://linktr.ee/twiichii
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2025-03-0316 minConnectopod™Mind Matters - Episode 3: Coping Strategies for Stress & AnxietyHost Nysha Prasad discusses teen mental health.
In this episode, host Nysha Prasad interviews Thurayya Hernandez, Business Control Specialist and Mental Health Training lead with Bank of America. They explore the realities of stress and anxiety and discuss practical coping strategies, the importance of mindfulness, and how to navigate mental health challenges in everyday life.
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2025-02-1410 minConnectopod™Mind Matters- Episode 2 WildfiresHost Nysha Prasad discusses teen mental health.
The wildfires in have ripped through Los Angeles communities causing traumatic destruction. Along with the physical devastation, the effects of toxic smoke, constant threat of fire spreading, and sadness for victims in our beloved city are weighing heavy on all Angelenos. For those of us lucky enough to be safe, Nysha provides coping strategies to deal with the anxiety many teens are experiencing.
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2025-01-1103 minConnectopod™Sound it Out 2024 - Sherry MeseidConnectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage Artist Lois Keller and Voice Over Artist Betsy Foldes Meiman to create stories in image and sound. Thanks for the invite Librarian Marcia Melkonian.
Here is Sherry Meseid with 'Look He Wants a Hug' !
2024-11-2500 minConnectopod™Sound It Out 2024 - Astrid AvalosConnectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage Artist Lois Keller and Voice Over Artist Betsy Foldes Meiman to create stories in image and sound. Thanks for the invite Librarian Marcia Melkonian.
Here is Astrid Avalos with 'How I Could Be Happy' !
2024-11-2500 minConnectopod™Sound It Out 2024- Soren VergaraConnectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage Artist Lois Keller and Voice Over Artist Betsy Foldes Meiman to create stories in image and sound. Thanks for the invite Librarian Marcia Melkonian.
Here is Soren Vergara with 'Infinite Voices'!
2024-11-2500 minConnectopod™Sound It Out 2024 - Alondra GarciaConnectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage Artist Lois Keller and Voice Over Artist Betsy Foldes Meiman to create stories in image and sound. Thanks for the invite Librarian Marcia Melkonian.
Here is Alondra Garcia with 'The Secret of Good Balance for Girls'!
2024-11-2500 minConnectopod™Sound It Out 2024 - Savannah ChapmanConnectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage Artist Lois Keller and Voice Over Artist Betsy Foldes Meiman to create stories in image and sound. Thanks for the invite Librarian Marcia Melkonian.
Here is Savannah Johnson with 'Both Sides'!
2024-11-2500 minConnectopod™Sound It Out 2024 -Beyonce JohnsonConnectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage Artist Lois Keller and Voice Over Artist Betsy Foldes Meiman to create stories in image and sound. Thanks for the invite Librarian Marcia Melkonian.
Here is Beyonce Johnson with 'To Evolve'!
2024-11-2500 minConnectopod™Sound it Out 2024- Ryosuke SekoguchiConnectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage Artist Lois Keller and Voice Over Artist Betsy Foldes Meiman to create stories in image and sound. Thanks for the invite Librarian Marcia Melkonian.
Here is Ryosuke Sekoguchi with My World!
2024-11-2501 minConnectopod™Chinatown Oral History Project-Interview with the Teen Council
Connectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Chinatown Branch to visit with the Teen Council. The current Teen Council members are a mix of new members and returning members - some of whom have been organizing in their community for two or three years! Some of the council members are grandchildren of the elders that live in the SROs, making the Chinatown Oral History Project especially personal to them. Listen as council members tell us why they joined the Teen Council, why they find the food delivery project so important for the residents of Chinatown...
2024-10-1523 min
Get Lost In Your Day With A Game-Changing Full Audiobook.We Were Better Together by Robert J. Shearer, Karen BussenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/227430to listen full audiobooks.
Title: We Were Better Together
Author: Robert J. Shearer, Karen Bussen
Narrator: Dan Woren, Jim Meskimen, Betsy Foldes Meiman
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
Release date: 09-05-24
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Death & Grief
Publisher's Summary:
Both an all-inclusive, how-to guide to navigating cancer and a grieving husband's elegy for his lost love, We Were Better Together is an essential resource for couples facing a cancer diagnosis as well as a much-needed beacon of resilience and hope.
2024-09-056h 02Connectopod™restrictED Episode 06- A Sibling's Love Always WinsIn this episode, host, Melissa Peruch, interviews Georgeanna Gaines, an individual who had to juggle multiple worlds at once: her younger sibling’s eating disorder, her senior year, transitioning to college, moving away from home, and discovering her own identity. Georgie has taken her experience in helping the voices of other siblings be raised and, through her story, shows us that a sibling’s love always wins. Thank you so much for joining us!
Transcript Available for restrictED Episode 06 (link)
Guest: Georgeanna Gaines
Support Group Registration: Caregiver or Sibl...
2024-08-0539 minConnectopod™Changing the Narrative: Unhoused Youth season 2 ep1We are back for Season 2 of CTN:UY! Producer Betsy Foldes Meiman talks with Gayle Alvarez, YDHP Resource Coordinator, and Olga Flores , director of Housing Services, from the Village Family Services in North Hollywood. How will Season 2 be different than season 1? Gayle Alvarez who went from participant in CTN in 2021 to Associate Producer wants to explore the journey from homeless to housed with a cohort of youth doing just that.
Here are some of things we mentioned in the this episode
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2024-07-2019 minConnectopod™restrictED Episode 05- Coaching Recovery to Make It PossibleIn this episode, host, Melissa Peruch, interviews Jennifer Mullaney, who introduces us to a newly discovered realm of eating disorder recovery. She shares the work she had done in this industry, shares her early struggle with an eating disorder, and demonstrates to us all that full recovery is indeed possible. Thank you so much for joining us!
Transcript Available for restrictED Episode 05 (link)
Guest: Jennifer Mullaney
Instagram: @recoveredispossible
Website: https://www.recoveredispossible.com/
Eating Disorder Definitions:
Beat Eating Disorders: https://www.beat...
2024-07-0835 minConnectopod™Connectopod presents: Mind MattersMeet 11th Grader Nysha Prasad who will explore youth perspectives on mental health with her peers and health professionals as host of Mind Matters! Learn more about this project at: https://www.mindmattersteens.com/
2024-07-0307 minConnectopod™restrictED Episode 04- The Pressure of Having to Look Sick for the RoleIn this episode, host, Melissa Peruch, interviews an individual, who reflects on their years struggling with not just an eating disorder, but the neglect and invalidation they received from professionals. They had to grapple with reality and their emotions when their disorder was not believed since they didn’t “look sick enough” to play the part. Thank you so much for joining us!
Transcript Available for restrictED Episode 04 (link)
Eating Disorder Definitions:
Beat Eating Disorders: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-information-and-support/about-eating-disorders/types/
Healthline Nutrition: https://www.healthline.com/nutritio...
2024-06-1015 min
Fuel Your Mind With Your Ears To A Must-Listen Full Audiobook.Unbecoming a Lady by Therese OneillPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/29570to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Unbecoming a Lady
Author: Therese Oneill
Narrator: Betsy Foldes Meiman, Chanté McCormick
Format: mp3
Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
Release date: 03-05-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 17 ratings
Genres: Women
Publisher's Summary:
Slut. Shrew. Sinful. Scold. The 19th- and early 20th-century American women profiled in this collection were called all these names and worse when they were alive. And that’s just fine. These glorious dames earned those monikers, and one hundred years later they can wear them proudly! With irresistible charm and laugh-out-loud impertinence, New York Times bestselling author The...
2024-03-053h 42
Discover Top Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureER Nurses: True stories from the frontline by James PattersonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/514489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ER Nurses: True stories from the frontline Author: James Patterson Narrator: Sterling Sulieman, Mela Lee, Kiff Vandenheuvel, Betsy Foldes Meiman, Christine Lakin, Will Collyer, Erin Bennett, Roxana Ortega, Rick Zieff, Tracey Leigh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 14, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In this extraordinary work of non-fiction, we hear the unforgettable stories of everyday heroes who look after our families, our friends and ourselves in the most challenging circumstances imaginable. When we're...
2021-10-1405 min
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2021-10-1203 min
Discover Top Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureE.R. Nurses: True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes by Matt Eversmann, James PattersonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/514690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: E.R. Nurses: True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes Author: Matt Eversmann, James Patterson Narrator: Sterling Sulieman, Mela Lee, Kiff Vandenheuvel, Betsy Foldes Meiman, Christine Lakin, Will Collyer, Erin Bennett, Roxana Ortega, Rick Zieff, Tracey Leigh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 11, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.06 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: They save our lives every day, and we’ve never heard their stories. The life-or-death intensity of working on the front lines, from America’s greatest unsun...
2021-10-1103 min
Unlock: This Riveting Full Audiobook For Knowledge Hunters.E.R. Nurses by James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Chris Mooney - contributorPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/90494to listen full audiobooks.
Title: E.R. Nurses
Series: Heroes Among Us
Author: James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Chris Mooney - contributor
Narrator: Erin Bennett, Will Collyer, Betsy Foldes Meiman, Christine Lakin, Mela Lee, Tracey Leigh, Roxana Ortega, Sterling Sulieman, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Rick Zieff
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
Release date: 10-11-21
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Genres: Medical
Publisher's Summary:
Around the clock, across the country, these highly skilled and compassionate men and women sacrifice and struggle for us and our families. You have never heard their true stories. Not like this...
2021-10-117h 23
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, True CrimeGuilty Admissions: The Bribes, Favors, and Phonies behind the College Cheating Scandal by Nicole LaportePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Guilty Admissions: The Bribes, Favors, and Phonies behind the College Cheating Scandal Author: Nicole Laporte Narrator: Betsy Foldes Meiman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: True Crime Publisher's Summary: This entertaining exposé on how the other half gets in tells the shockingly true story of the Varsity Blues scandal, and all of the crazy parents, privilege, and con men involved. Guilty Admissions weaves together the story of an unscrupulous college counselor named Rick S...
2021-02-2303 min
Begin A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Breakthrough.The Power of Discord by Ed Tronick PhD, Claudia M. Gold MDPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/122373to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Power of Discord
Author: Ed Tronick PhD, Claudia M. Gold MD
Narrator: Dan Woren, Betsy Foldes Meiman
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs
Release date: 06-02-20
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 60 ratings
Genres: Psychology of Aging
Publisher's Summary:
You might think that perfect harmony is the defining characteristic of healthy relationships, but the truth is that human interactions are messy, complicated, and confusing. And according to renowned psychologist Ed Tronick and pediatrician Claudia Gold, that is not only okay, it is actually crucial to our social and emotional development. In...
2020-06-0230 min
Tune In To The Addictive Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!The Lover by A. B. YehoshuaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/152562to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Lover
Author: A. B. Yehoshua
Narrator: Betsy Foldes-Meiman, Jim Meskimen, Jody Carlisle, Taylor Meskimen, Jason Culp, Zach Villa
Format: mp3
Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
Release date: 12-03-19
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Jewish
Publisher's Summary:
A husband’s search for his wife’s lover, lost amid the turbulence of the Yom Kippur War, is the heart of this dreamlike novel. Through five different perspectives, Yehoshua explores the realities and consequences of the affair and the search, laying bare deep-rooted tensions within family, between generations, between Jews and...
2019-12-034h 15
Get New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaThe Lover by A.B. YehoshuaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lover Author: A.B. Yehoshua Narrator: Betsy Foldes-Meiman, Taylor Meskimen, Zach Villa, Jodi Carlisle, Jim Meskimen, Jason Culp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Elusive, haunting.”—New York Times Book Review A husband’s search for his wife’s lover, lost amid the turbulence of the Yom Kippur War, is the heart of this dreamlike novel. Through five different perspectives, Yehoshua explores the realities and consequences of the affair and the search, laying bare deep-rooted tensions within family, between generations, between Je...
2019-12-0303 min
Listen to Top Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MilitaryAlone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force by Dan SchillingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force Author: Dan Schilling, Lori Longfritz Narrator: Kiff Vandenheuvel, Betsy Foldes Meiman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 25, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 84 Ratings of Narrator: 4.54 of Total 24 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life...
2019-06-2503 min
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Title: Ungovernable
Author: Therese Oneill
Narrator: Dara Rosenberg, Betsy Foldes Meiman
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
Release date: 04-16-19
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 193 ratings
Genres: Women
Publisher's Summary:
Feminist historian Therese Oneill is back, to educate you on what to expect when you're expecting...a Victorian baby! In Ungovernable, Oneill conducts an unforgettable tour through the backward, pseudoscientific, downright bizarre parenting fashions of the Victorians.
2019-04-166h 48
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2017-11-076h 45
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2017-06-0111h 12
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Title: A Sovereign People
Author: Carol Berkin
Narrator: Betsy Foldes Meiman
Format: mp3
Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
Release date: 06-01-17
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 8 ratings
Genres: Revolution & Founding
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2017-06-0111h 12
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Author: Peggy Noonan
Narrator: Betsy Foldes Meiman, Rena-Marie Villano, Peggy Noonan
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Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
Release date: 11-03-15
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 102 ratings
Genres: Essays
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