Episodes
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Ep 09 - What Teens Want You to Know (But Won't Tell You)
JUNE 13, 2023
In our continued discussion on teen mental health Jennifer Delliquadri, a certified professional coach specializing in teens, joins Marilee to discuss the systemic and societal changes needed to improve the current crisis, and offers guidance for pa...
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Ep - 08: Teen Mindset: Catching Them Before They Fall
MAY 30, 2023
Elysia Butler, teen mindset coach and founder of the Hope Hero program, discusses with Marilee the challenges today's teens face. She shares practical tips they can use to help them discover the hero within, and develop a mindset of purpose and resi...
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Ep 07 - Saint Dolly Parton and the Road to Recovery and Salvation
MAY 16, 2023
Marilee is joined by special guests Jeff Watson, host, and Michael Lee Simpson, executive producer, of the Inspired Mi...
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Ep 06 - Dispatches from the Front Lines: Straight talk with Psychologist Dr. Emily Shum
MAY 02, 2023
Dr. Emily Shum, psychologist and founder of the Wholistic Health Cooperative, shares her insights and observations from the front lines of the mental health epidemic. Dr. Shum fights the good fight every day, for both patients and providers, to battle the effects of our post pandemic mental he...
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Ep 05 - Turning Loneliness into Belonging with Cat Moore
APRIL 18, 2023
Cat Moore shares how she turned therapeutic coffee shop chats into her current position as the Director of Belonging at USC, and how she is transforming students into wifi hotspots of belonging to combat loneliness on campus. ...
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Ep 04 - From Attorney to Advocate: Julian Sarafian's Mental Health Journey
APRIL 04, 2023
After his own difficult mental health journey, this Harvard-educated lawyer left a high-paying job in corporate law to become a mental health warrior. He also recently  founded @forcr...
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Ep 03 - The Gift Of Desperation
MARCH 21, 2023
Hannah Sward's knack for poignant wordsmithing comes to life in her newly-published memoir Strip, and here she talks with Wake Up! host Marilee Albert about how she wrote her way through recovery.If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved o...
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Ep 02 - Journey to the Light with Bipolar Disorder
MARCH 07, 2023
We continue our conversation with Jeff as he outlines his own painful past dealing with his undiagnosed bipolar disorder, and his journey to health, light and joy, as well as his renewed sense of purpose as a mental health professional and advocate
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Ep 01 - Harrowing Mental Health Journey of a Survivor - part 1
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Our guest this week is Jeff Watson, a former record company executive, now therapist, podcast host and mental health warrior is sharing the harrowing and deeply painful story of his wife’s suicide. If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or ...
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Welcome!
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Introducing "Wake Up, Mental Health Matters", hosted by Marilee Albert, founder of One Village Green, a mental health non profit.
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