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WCNY Community FMBuilt to Serve, Episode 25 - Safe Space Organization & Breaking StalkingThis edition of Built to Serve highlights two local organizations working together toward common goals. Safe Space Organization strives to change the conversation around mental health by educating, connecting, and supporting others through a peer-to-peer network. Founder Tracy Dando Mergler talks with host Major Charles Roberts about how Safe Space is a community hub with therapeutic alternatives and prevention methodology, empowering individuals to self-manage their mental health by accessing community resources, providing a space, and empowering the process of healing.
In August, Safe Space is partnering with Stefania Ianno of Breaking Stalking to provide a survivors of stalking support group. S...
2024-07-2927 min
Cultivate CNY Podcast#005: Tracy Dando-Mergler on Forgiveness, Eating Disorders, Men’s Mental Health, and the Importance of ConnectionTracy Dando-Mergler is the Founder and President of Safe Space Organization, Eating Disorder Recovery Coach, Former Special Education Teacher, and Momma of two amazing humans.
Safe Space Organization is a non-clinical community safe space that strives to change the conversation around mental health by educating, connecting, and supporting others through peer to peer network. It’s a community hub with therapeutic alternatives that empowers individuals to self-manage their mental health by accessing community resources, providing a space, and empowering the process of healing.
Tracy’s story is a must listen. She shares how she has taken...
2023-10-1629 min
Emotional Expedition: A Journey of Healing with Meghan ThomasThe Power of Retreats and the Journey of Self-Discovery at the Root to Rise Retreat EP 50Lost in an unending loop of responsibilities and distractions? Longing for a transformative escape? Join host Meghan Thomas with special guests Jaime Weisberg and Tracy Dando Mergler as they take you on a journey through the profound power of retreats in this episode. Explore with us as we discuss exactly how retreats provide us with a chance to hit the pause button on our fast-paced lives, enabling us to disconnect from the world and reconnect with our authentic selves. We also touch on the collective and individual energy experienced during a retreat and how this allows us t...
2023-10-1045 min
The Authority Podcast — Expert Insights and Fresh Ideas for Education Leaders#SameHere Schools: Why Community is the Foundation of Learning with Ross Romano, Rola Tibshirani, Marisa Jackson, Tracy Mergler, and Elizabeth McDonaldIn today's bonus episode, we're sharing a panel discussion I hosted for #SameHere Schools Month, focused on mental health awareness in education. All sessions from #SameHere Schools, originally recorded as Twitter Spaces, are being published by the Be Podcast Network. For more content like this, listen and subscribe here. This session looks at the multiple definitions of community and its importance in establishing the right conditions for learning. Especially in the digital age, professional learning communities can take place on social media and via podcasts like this one. Likewise, classroom learning is rooted in community. Th...
2023-06-0859 min
TLTalkRadio#SameHere Schools: Why Community is the Foundation of Learning with Ross Romano, Rola Tibshirani, Marisa Jackson, Tracy Mergler, and Elizabeth McDonaldThis episode is part of the #SameHere Schools series for Mental Health Awareness Month. Find the full series here: https://samehere.transistor.fmThis session looks at the multiple definitions of community and its importance in establishing the right conditions for learning. The discussion includes:The elements of a supportive communityThe upside of accountabilityBuilding a professional network that supports wellness and growthWhat it means to receive permission to teachThe relationship between community in professional learning and classroom learningHow engagement with diverse perspectives and experiences supports learning and mental wellnessSpeakers:...
2023-05-271h 00
#SameHere SchoolsWhy Community is the Foundation of Learning with Ross Romano, Rola Tibshirani, Marisa Jackson, Tracy Mergler, and Elizabeth McDonaldThis session looks at the multiple definitions of community and its importance in establishing the right conditions for learning. The discussion includes:The elements of a supportive communityThe upside of accountabilityBuilding a professional network that supports wellness and growthWhat it means to receive permission to teachThe relationship between community in professional learning and classroom learningHow engagement with diverse perspectives and experiences supports learning and mental wellnessSpeakers:Ross Romano (@RossBRomano)Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching...
2023-05-201h 00
Emotional Expedition: A Journey of Healing with Meghan ThomasThe Way Home with Tracy Mergler Founder of the Safe Space Organization EP 35A lot of us learned from a young age that large and strong emotions are wrong, that we need to suppress how we feel, and doubt our intuition, only to have the effects of this belief present themselves as insecurities, trauma, and bad life decisions decades later. Our guest, Tracy Mergler, had this exact experience, and is going through her journey of unlearning unhealthy beliefs, and learning who she is, while helping others find their own healing. Tracy is a new friend, a connector, a creator, and a believer. Someone the universe has been nudging me to m...
2023-03-2152 min
Regular People Talking About Mental Health51 Tracy Mergler, Creating Safe Space CNY | Eating Disorder, Therapy, Wellness, Residential Treatment, AftercareWe are talking with Safe Space CNY's founder, Tracy Mergler. Tracy is also a kindergarten special education teacher and a mom of 2. She has been in active recovery for the past 4 years, but prior to that she had an active eating disorder for 25 years as well as PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Tracy saw the need for more mental health resources in Central New York, so she founded Safe Space CNY to help others get the help they need. Safe Space CNY is "a communal mental health space that is focused on providing safety, connection and understanding for community members...
2021-03-011h 12