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Giving Heart BeatEpisode 29 - Radioactive - Mental Health MattersEpisode 29 - Radioactive - Mental Health Matters - Host Donna Valente details her long absence from the airwaves, recounting physical illness that brought her thrice to the hospital emergency room in six months, and the last time landed her in the hospital for over a week. The deeply profound experience forced her to realize the importance of mental health and self-care. With the global pandemic, climate change, and extreme social unrest on many fronts compounding the already high stress levels of living in this world, it makes sense that our collective and personal mental health are affected, e...2021-11-1748 min
Giving Heart BeatEpisode 23 - Interview with Hector Del Valle & Willis Washington: Co-Hosts of Living The Balanced LifeEpisode 23 - Interview with Hector Del Valle & Willis Washington: Co-Hosts of Living The Balanced Life, a video talk show that brings in experts from key areas of life to share their knowledge with the community. Hector and Willis are both disability advocates, having met at a national conference on independent living in Washington, DC over ten years ago. Living The Balanced Life is a program of L.I.F.T. - Legacy Impact Foundation Team - which advocates for affordable accessible housing and provides information on community resources, particularly for people with disabilities.Living The Balanced Life w...2021-03-0444 min
Giving Heart BeatEpisode 22 - Interview with Heather Ehle, RN - Founder and CEO of Project SanctuaryEpisode 22 - Interview with Heather Ehle, RN - Founder and CEO of Project Sanctuary. Project Sanctuary serves military and veteran families across the USA through therapeutic recreation and education at in-person family retreats, along with a holistic spectrum of services before, during and after. Project Sanctuary is one of the few organizations that addresses mental health for the entire military and veteran family, particularly the children.Ehle first learned of the unmet needs of military families 14 years ago when she volunteered as a registered nurse at a free clinic in Colorado. After 9/11, she tried to find the...2021-02-2121 minGiving Heart BeatEpisode 21 - Interview with Michael Bethune, Author, Speaker, MinisterEpisode 21 features an interview with Michael Bethune, Author, Speaker, Minister and Educator with over 25 years of leading and serving some of the most vulnerable populations through the nonprofit sector. He himself is a once-homeless military veteran, whose life's calling and purpose emerged from his own pain. [Trigger warning]Michael Bethune's book Unto The Least of These - 12 Stages of Genuine Compassion, For Churches That Are Serious About Helping the Less Fortunate breaks down the true meaning of compassion that is so crucial in serving the most vulnerable in our communities who may be homeless and/or addicted...2021-02-1142 minGiving Heart BeatEpisode 20 - Caregiver Confidential - SoloEpisode 20 - Caregiver Confidential - Solo provides a glimpse behind the Giving Heart Beat podcast microphone into the life of a caregiver entrepreneur, with a cautionary tale for caregivers. Host Donna Valente shares the journey of finding her way forward into an uncertain future, and describes a bit about caregiving for someone with late onset type one diabetes. The cautionary tale for caregivers is a heartfelt plea to take care of yourself. The safety instructions on airplanes are true: put your own mask on first and then assist others. Turn around the saying "Tre...2021-02-0118 minGiving Heart BeatEpisode 19 - Interview with Nichole Reed - Family Promise of Sussex County NJGiving Heart Beat podcast episode 19 features an interview with Nichole Reed, Event Coordinator for Family Promise of Sussex County, New Jersey. Family Promise is a national nonprofit with a unique model of serving individuals and families that are experiencing homelessness or at high risk for becoming homeless. The description here is from the Family Promise website and also from host Donna Valente's personal experience volunteering to cook meals and serve them for guests of Family Promise of Sussex County emergency shelter program over the years in different churches. While the emergency shelter program is not possible right n...2020-12-1055 minGiving Heart BeatEpisode 13 - Letters for Superman, The Reluctant Entrepreneur, Panic Attack on Route 80 [Trigger Warning]Episode 13 - Letters for Superman, The Reluctant Entrepreneur, Panic Attack on Route 80 [Trigger Warning] is the first monologue by Donna Valente, Giving Heart Beat podcast creator, host, producer and (at this moment) solo financial supporter. Sponsors are being sought!Since launching on August 2, 2020, over 400 episodes have been downloaded and Giving Heart Beat podcast ranked very high on the iTunes nonprofit charts; reaching #4 in the USA, #3 in Canada and in the United Kingdom, and #2 in Spain!! Giving Heart Beat podcast is now available on Amazon Music and Google, and soon to be on other platforms. And, M...2020-09-2921 min