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Heart Forward Conversations from the HeartBuilding trust takes time: A conversation with Claudia Battiston, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Technician in TriesteSend us a textIn this episode, we speak with Claudia Battison, a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Technician (PRT) in the mental health system in Trieste Italy. I am joined in this interview by Dr. Joy Agner, Assistant Professor at the USC Chan School of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science at USC. Heart Forward has become particularly interested in the potential role that occupational therapists -- if empowered to practice their profession to its full potential -- could play in mental health support settings in the U.S. Unfortunately, the way that OT services are primarily funded (through...2025-04-1153 min
Small Business PivotsSpeak Like A Pro: Conquer Public Speaking & Video Fear With Emmy-Winning Anchor | Kerry BarrettSend us a textStruggling with stage fright or camera anxiety? In this episode, we sit down with Kerry Barrett, an Emmy-winning former TV news anchor turned communications expert, to uncover the secrets of commanding confidence on screen. Kerry shares her journey from aspiring veterinarian to award-winning broadcaster, highlighting the power of communication skills in personal and professional success.If the camera feels intimidating, Kerry’s 30-day challenge can help you build confidence through short video recordings—making on-screen presence feel natural and even exciting.We also dive...2025-03-2644 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartHow I learned to love my madness: A conversation with author Elena CerkvenicSend us a text Elena Cerkvenic recently published a book, Sono Schizofrenica e amo la mia follia, which translated means: I am schizophrenic and I love my madness. This book ia part of a new series being published – La Collana 180: Archivo Critico della Salute Mentale by Meltemi, a publisher in Milan. Elena meets with us to share her story as a young woman, living in Trieste, excited by her career studying and teaching languages and literature with a bright future ahead of her. While on a study visit in Munich, at the age of 29, she experienced...2025-03-2253 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartAn integrated ecosystem connecting community mental health centers with the central hospital psychiatric unit: What collaboration looks like with Drs. Alessandra Oretti and Tommaso BonavigoSend us a textIn this episode, we learn about the inner workings of two critical elements of the community-based ecosystem in Trieste: the community mental health center (CMHC) and the psychiatric unit in the city’s general hospital (known as the Psychiatric Diagnostic and Treatment Services or SPDC). Tommaso Bonavigo, is a psychiatrist at the CMHC Maddalena. He received his education at the Università degli studi di Trieste, graduating first as a doctor (2010) and then as a psychiatrist (2016).Alessandra Oretti is the interim director of the mental health department for the city of Tri...2025-02-261h 18Heart Forward Conversations from the HeartLife as a Basaglian Revolutionary: A history lesson with Dr. Giovanna Del GuidiceSend us a textDr. Giovanna Del Guidice has spent her entire career in pursuit of promoting a more humane and relationship-based treatment ethos for people living with mental health conditions. In this interview we hear the story about how she boldly travelled to Colorno Italy as a young psychiatrist in her 20’s to meet Franco Basaglia in person. The fact that she had read his books and wanted to follow his lead, because she was uncomfortable with the teachings of conventional psychiatry, clearly impressed him because you will hear the story about how she was offered a job...2025-02-011h 02
The FMCG Guys220. Kerry Morrison, Head of Retail and Marketplaces at GS1 UK: Next Generation of Barcodes – Are you ready for the transition?Join us at Candid Commerce in London (Feb 12th): https://mediummarketing.co.uk/candid-commerce-london Kerry Morrison heads up the Retail team in GS1 UK, the company that provides industry with the barcodes needed to trade. With 60,000 members in the UK across the top Retailers (Tesco, ASDA, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, etc.) and global brands (Unilever, Mondelez, Nestle...), they were created for the industry by the industry to bring members togehter and address and solve problems in a collaborative and non-competitive space. Kerry joined the show to speak about the importance of barcodes and the new generation that's c...2025-01-2943 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartThe special community at Luna e l'Altra and the role of peer support: A conversation with Beatrice StanigSend us a text Beatrice Stanig is a young woman who is making her way in Trieste. She is a member of the Women’s Association, Luna e L’Altra and a peer support worker in the mental health system. She has also written a book, Sei Innocente and started the process to work on a second. In this conversation, we cover several topics that help to provide insight into the way in which community based mental health system comes alongside the users who depend upon it. We touch upon:The special place in holds in...2025-01-1952 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartTrailer for Season FiveSend us a textSeason Five is a special treat: made in Italy! This past year, with generous support from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Heart Forward was afforded the opportunity to curate a study group to learn about a system in Trieste, Italy that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global best practice for community-based mental health care. As the Équipe met regularly via Zoom to prepare for their October 2024 study visit, they fashioned a mission statement define their purpose:The Équipe is an intentionally curated and diverse learnin...2024-12-1708 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartFrom Strength to Strength: A glimpse into what defines resilience with Georgette Darby in HollywoodSend us a textMeet Georgette Darby in this interview. She is one remarkable woman who has endured so much and has emerged strong and resilient. Georgette has a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration with an emphasis in Criminal Justice from California State University at Dominguez Hills. She graduated in 1996. She also has an AA degree in Science, Computer Information Technology from Los Angeles Trade Tech College. She was awarded that degree in 1988. These are accomplishments that she doggedly pursued and was the first person in her family to earn a college degree. Georgette worked...2024-05-241h 06Heart Forward Conversations from the HeartBeyond Treatment. How Clubhouses for People Living with Serious Mental Illness Transform Lives and Save Money: A Conversation with Fountain HouseSend us a textIn this episode, we visit with two representatives from Fountain House in New York. Our primary intent was to provide a platform to share the results of a recent research report issued by Fountain House: Beyond Treatment: How Clubhouses for People Living with Serious Mental Illness Transform Lives and Save Money. This first of its kind analysis not only offers a fuller accounting of the fiscal and societal costs of untreated mental illness — looking beyond health care spending to include lost wages and productivity, disability benefits, repeated emergency room visits, and crimi...2024-03-2956 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartFrom radical hospitality in LA County Twin Towers to the reality of state prison: A conversation with former inmate Mental Health Assistant Adrian Berumen (Part Two)Send us a textIn Part II of this interview with Adrian Berumen, an inmate at Calipatria State Prison, we track his journey from serving as an inmate Mental Health Assistant (MHA) at LA County Twin Towers to being sentenced to serve a 25-year to life sentence. Adrian’s story resonates with Heart Forward because his peer service, under the supervision of the LA Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the LA County Correctional Health Services in LA County jail, exemplified the radical hospitality that undergirds the mission of our organization. We note that Adrian...2024-02-1346 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartFrom radical hospitality in LA County Twin Towers to the reality of state prison: A conversation with former inmate Mental Health Assistant Adrian Berumen (Part One)Send us a text In this 2 -part interview with Adrian Berumen, an inmate at Calipatria State Prison, we track his journey from serving as an inmate Mental Health Assistant (MHA) at LA County Twin Towers to being sentenced to serve a 25-year to life sentence. Adrian’s story resonates with Heart Forward because his peer service, under the supervision of the LA Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the LA County Correctional Health Services in LA County jail, exemplified the radical hospitality that undergirds the mission of our organization. We note that Adrian spent nine yea...2024-02-0656 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartFinding meaning in daily living: A conversation with Dr. Deborah Pitts on the untapped promise of integrating occupational therapy in mental health settingsSend us a textDr. Deborah Pitts is a Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy at the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. Her practice expertise includes community-based mental health and psychiatric rehabilitation, particularly in the permanent supportive housing (PSH) context, and the ‘lived experience’ of recovery for persons labeled with psychiatric disorders, in particular occupational engagement and psychosis. Her doctoral dissertation focused on practice reasoning of front-line service providers (i.e., Personal Service Coordinators) in a community-based mental health wrap-around program known as a Full-Service Partnership (FSP) serving persons labeled with psy...2024-01-0447 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartTen (10) recommendations to shore up fragile LA County licensed residential facilities. Part Two of our conversation with The Future OrganizationSend us a text This is Part Two of a conversation with Leila Towry and Aimery Thomas of The Future Organization (TFO) about their recent year-long research study into Los Angeles County ARFs and RCFEs. These are commonly referred to as “board and care” homes, but the researchers make a case that the community and regulators should intentionally move away from that labelling as we attempt to forge new policy in this space. The study was supported by an Initiative, involving the participation of Brilliant Corners, the LA County Department of Mental Health, the LA...2023-10-2753 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartLong-awaited research findings signal need to pay attention to our fragile system of licensed facilities serving people with mental illness: A conversation with The Future Organization (Part One)Send us a textThis is Part One of a two-part podcast interview.A long-awaited research study and report prepared by The Future Organization (TFO) helps to shine a light on an important, but fragile segment of our housing continuum for people with mental health conditions, many formerly homeless. Colloquially referred to as “board & care homes,” they are officially referred to as Adult Residential Facilities (ARFs) and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs).Sponsored by Brilliant Corners and funded by the California Community Foundation and Cedars Sinai, the study...2023-10-191h 02Heart Forward Conversations from the HeartConservatorship: Inside California's System of Coercion and Care for Mental Illness. (Part Two) A Conversation with author and NYU professor Dr. Alex BarnardSend us a textIs involuntary psychiatric treatment a solution to the intertwined crises of untreated mental illness, homelessness, and addiction? In recent years, elected officials and advocates have sought to expand the use of conservatorships, a legal tool used to require someone deemed “gravely disabled" (e.g., unable to meet their needs for food, clothing, or shelter as a result of mental illness) to take medication and/or be placed in a facility (often locked) under the care of a guardian for a defined period (usually one year at a time). This is Part Two to...2023-10-0659 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartThe Importance of Work to Identity and Recovery: A Conversation with Paul BarrySend us a textWhat we do each day and how we define ourselves to others is critical to our identify and sense of self worth. In this interview, we will explore the importance of identity as a foundational component of mental health recovery. For those who are involved in designing social enterprise businesses, or creating more pathways to employment for people living with a mental illness in their community, this interview will provide ideas and inspiration.Paul Barry has had a distinguished career in this space, beginning as a teacher in a ma...2023-08-191h 10Heart Forward Conversations from the Heart"Suffering in Silence." Operating a Los Angeles board and care home todaySend us a textThis interview with an amazing couple – Rhoda and Gochin – who have operated a small family-style board and care home in the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles) for the last 22 years, will leave you feeling anxious at the end. And that is the objective: to stimulate not just a sense of urgency, but emergency, to protect precious beds that provide homes for people living with mental illness in our city, in the county, in the state of California. In this interview, we move past the sterile staff reports that document the steady loss of f...2023-07-1759 minHeart Forward Conversations from the HeartSeason Four TrailerSend us a textWow - it's been 10 months since we uploaded the final episode of Season Three! This podcast is a labor of love -- and is not something that is casually produced on the fly. So, the time is right to jump back in and resume these interviews! We are excited to provide a platform for some compelling guests and stories in the coming months.The theme remains the same: The American mental health system is broken and voices for change and examples of innovation and stories of hope are...2023-07-1502 min
LiberatED PodcastFrom Memphis Public School Teacher to Lab School Founder: Coi Morrison's entrepreneurial journeyCoi Morrison worked for several years as a public school teacher in both the Chicago Public Schools and the Memphis Public Schools. She became frustrated by the standard education system and left education, earned an MBA, and worked in banking for a while before returning to teaching. It was searching for a school for her own four children that led her to create The Lab School of Memphis in 2021. Sign up for my free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated. 2023-06-0637 min
Coaching Carrie: a Sex and the City PodcastSeason 4, Episode 18 - I Heart NYThis episode is all about compatibility. Carrie is trying to have a final hurrah with Big (spoiler, it doesn’t happen). Charlotte has decided to date again (spoiler, her date decides they are incompatible). Sam is trying the relationship-life on for size (spoiler, monogamy might not be for Richard after all). Miranda & Steve are negotiating baby names (spoiler, although they don’t agree the name they chose isn’t one that either of them initially suggested). Kerry is doing the coaching this week as she and Becky discuss what Miranda might really feeling about her pregnancy; what it is a...2023-03-2831 minCoaching Carrie: a Sex and the City PodcastSeason 4, Episode 17 - A Vogue IdeaThis episode is all about the ways we do what we think we should even though we don’t really want to – Samantha invites a special guest to join her and Richard (something she’s not too excited about), Miranda agrees to let Charlotte host her baby shower (something she’s not too excited about), and Carrie is trying to write a column for Vogue about fashion instead of her usual fare (something that she’s not too excited about). Becky is doing the coaching this week as she and Kerry discuss what it might look like if Miranda...2023-03-1426 minCoaching Carrie: a Sex and the City PodcastSeason 4, Episode 16 - Ring a Ding DingThis episode is all about money and friendship told through the saga of two rings. Charlotte is trying to decide what to do with her ring from Trey. And Carrie tells Aidan to take the ring, he tells her to keep it and then serves her papers that require her to find money for a down payment or lose her apartment – and quick.Kerry is doing the coaching this week as she and Becky discuss the power of empathy, what’s reasonable to expect from a friend, why it’s important to revisit your goals as your life e...2023-03-0933 minCoaching Carrie: a Sex and the City PodcastSeason 4, Episode 15 - Change of a DressThis episode is all about shoulds. Charlotte is tap dancing (literally) around her grief, Sam is contemplating monogamy, Miranda is trying to connect with her unborn baby and Carrie is wrestling with whether she wants to get married or not. Becky is doing the coaching this week as she and Kerry discuss how to shed the shoulds by getting really clear the life targets that matter to you, tuning in to what you really want, and what your feelings actually mean.Find Kerry at www.theatalantagroup.com for more information about leadership coaching for lawyers a...2023-03-0135 minCoaching Carrie: a Sex and the City PodcastSeason 4, Episode 14 - All That GlittersThis episode is all about the friction between our inner worlds and our outer reality. Miranda’s pregnancy goes from secret to known at work, Samantha uses the L word with Richard, Charlotte and Trey have reached the end, and Carrie is struggling with the tension between her “single self” and her “couple self.” Kerry is doing the coaching this week as she and Becky discuss what makes it hard to share feelings in a relationship, what it is about the outward image we project that really matters, how to find balance between extremes and where the heck the sn...2023-02-2033 minCoaching Carrie: a Sex and the City PodcastSeason 4, Episode 7 - Time & PunishmentWell, we are really going from zero to relationship here with Carrie and Aiden this episode as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder, would it have been so difficult for these two to just have dated for a while??Becky’s coaching the characters this week as she and Kerry discuss whether Charlotte spent much time contemplating her decision to leave work, whether it’s reasonable for Aiden to ask Carrie to stop seeing Big, and whether Miranda might benefit from a little self-reflection on where he perspective on Charlotte’s big life change comes from. 2022-10-2526 minCoaching Carrie: a Sex and the City PodcastSeason 4, Episode 6 - Baby, Talk is CheapGet your Donna Reed pinafore skirts and Dick Van Dyke cardigans ready because we’re having dinner at the MacDougal household this week as Becky and Kerry can’t help but wonder: why can’t Charlotte just admit that having a baby is everything she ever wanted aaaaaaaaaaand the scariest thing she can think of?Kerry’s coming up with the coaching questions for our girls this week as she and Becky discuss Carrie’s absolutely insane email to Aiden, Miranda’s miss on communicating her sexual boundaries, and why Aiden and Carrie feel the need to rush right ba...2022-10-1833 minCoaching Carrie: a Sex and the City PodcastSeason 4, Episode 5 - Ghost TownTonight’s the night! Scout, the newest, hottest bar in town is opening and Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and YOU are invited as Kerry and Becky can’t help but wonder, where the heck do you even find a mulberry bush in the City of New York?Becky’s coaching our favorite gals this week as she and Kerry discuss Kerry’s decision not to rock the boat on home decor when she and her husband moved in together, the value of evaluating how much you care and how confident you are that your perspective is the right one for...2022-10-1129 min