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PODCAST - Glow For Hope: Sparking Conversation on Mental Health
Too many people struggle with suicidal thoughts in silence. Sparking Conversation on Mental Health is a podcast that breaks through the stigma and fear, opening space for honest, compassionate dialogue about the most urgent mental health challenges of our time.
Each episode features powerful conversations with survivors, mental health professionals, advocates, and those left behind. We explore the raw realities of suicide, but also the hope that can emerge through connection, understanding, and healing.
Whether you’re struggling yourself, supporting a loved one, or simply want to better understand mental health, this podcast offers real stories, experts and candid conversations.
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Dr. Colleen Saringer: Workplace Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, and How Work Can Hurt People
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Dr. Colleen Saringer joins the Glow For Hope Podcast to discuss workplace mental health, suicide prevention, psychosocial risk factors, employee voice, and how work environments can quietly harm well-being.
Megan Hurley: Hope, Identity, and Finding Purpose After Traumatic Brain Injury
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Megan Hurley shares her journey as a traumatic brain injury survivor and how life changed in an instant. In this powerful conversation, she opens up about identity loss, depression, survivor guilt, and how speaking up, finding community, and advocating for herself helped her rediscover purpose and hope.
David Granirer: Turning Mental Health Struggles Into Confidence Through Comedy
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David Granirer shares how stand-up comedy helps people with mental health challenges build confidence and challenge stigma.
Dr Olivia Johnson: Why Silence Gets Trained — And How We Prevent Crisis Before It Starts
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Dr Olivia Johnson explains why silence around mental health gets trained and how earlier conversations can help prevent crisis before it escalates.
Frank King: Humor, Vulnerability, and How to Start the Suicide Conversation
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A lot of people want to help — they just don’t know what to say. In this episode, Frank King shares practical, compassionate language for talking about depression and suicide before crisis. You’ll learn the direct questions that open the door, what to avoid saying, and how to be a safer person to talk to.
Matt Benson: Mental Health, Self-Worth, and Pressure for Student-Athletes
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Sports can build resilience — but for many student-athletes, pressure, injury, and silence can quietly erode self-worth. In this episode, Matt Benson shares his lived experience with grief, depression, addiction, and the identity hit that can come when the game is taken away. A conversation for athletes, parents, coaches, and anyone who wants to support mental health beyond the scoreboard.
Lawrence C. Harris on Self-Belief, Small Steps, and Taking Ownership as a Teen
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Lawrence C. Harris shares s practical, teen-focused conversation on self-belief, consistency, and taking ownership—plus a clear explanation of C-PTSD vs. PTSD.
Linda Mitchell on the Mental Health Impact of Not Being Able to Read
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Linda Mitchell (Metro East Literacy Project) joins Glow For Hope to explore the mental health impact of not being able to read — including shame, stress, isolation, and the hidden ways low literacy affects independence across generations. This conversation connects literacy, access, and emotional well-being, and shares practical ways communities can help.
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Linda Mitchell shares how low literacy impacts shame, stress, and independence — and why literacy access matters for mental health across generations.
Vinnie Potestivo on Identity, Belonging & Personal Development
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Emmy Award–winning media advisor and former MTV talent developer Vinnie Potestivo joins Kelly and Delisa for a candid conversation about identity, belonging, and personal development. He shares how growing up as a young gay man, navigating family dynamics, and finding safe spaces shaped the way he shows up today — for himself and for the people he supports.
Lux (Ashley Elzinga) on Mental Health, Reinvention, and the Power of Cannabis Education
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Lux (Ashley Elzinga) joins Kelly and Delisa to talk about walking away from a 15-year radio career, facing anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts, and how cannabis education became a meaningful part of her mental health toolkit. She shares honestly about stigma, support, and the power of storytelling and community to help people feel less alone.