Gratitude and Celebration: Helen and Valerie Take Their Own Advice
Gratitude and celebration are fundamental building blocks of mental health; both practices have figured frequently in previous episodes. Thi...
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Mental Health: Hope and Recovery
Helen Sneed and Valerie Milburn have both fought and overcome severe, chronic mental illnesses, and offer an insider’s approach to mental health. They share inspirational true stories and a...
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20 of 65 episodesCornerstones of Recovery: Individual and Community Relationships
This is an indispensable look at why individual and community relationships are the cornerstone for healing and recovery. As old as humankin...
How Valerie and Helen (Mostly) Outsmart Negativity
Mental Health: Hope and Recovery Episode Title: How Helen and Valerie (Mostly) Outsmart Negativity Episode 63 | Duration 47:45 Hosts: Helen...
Navigating Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with an Expert Therapist
In this in-depth and hope-filled episode of Mental Health: Hope and Recovery, hosts Helen Sneed and Valerie Milburn welcome DBT expert Penny...
2025 Mindfulness Exercise Favorites
In this special solo episode, Valerie shares her favorite mindfulness exercises from the past year—practices that support calm, clarity, and...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy -- The Journey from Pain to Purpose
Mental Health: Hope and Recovery Episode Title: Dialectical Behavior Therapy – The Journey from Pain to Purpose Episode 60 | Duration 45:00...
Mindfulness Applied to Mental Health
In this enlightening episode of Mental Health: Hope and Recovery, Helen Sneed and Valerie Milburn delve into the transformative practice of...
Attacking Anxiety
Anxiety disorder is the most prevalent mental illness in the U.S. and worldwide. Twenty percent of Americans, 40 million people, suffer from...
A Therapist Examines Therapy
What does a skilled therapist with an exceptional background think of therapy and how to effectively treat people battling mental illnesses?...
The Rough Road of Bipolar Disorder: One Woman's Journey
Bipolar disorder is one of the toughest of all mental illnesses. Personal stories about the complexity and severity of bipolar symptoms and...
Seeking Happiness
The subject of happiness is a new area of research and study in the mental health field. In a complete reversal of psychiatric tradition, th...
Setbacks on the Road to Recovery
Setbacks are commonplace in most lives, but for individuals with mental health issues, they can be devastating or even lethal. Helen and Val...
When a Loved One Won't Seek Mental Health Treatment
Throughout a decade of making presentations, Helen and Valerie are often asked, “What can I do when my family member with mental health issu...
The Family Dynamics of a Psychiatric Crisis -- Part Five: The Professional Perspective
The significance and complexities of the family’s role during a loved one’s psychiatric crisis led Valerie and Helen to devote a five-episod...
The Family Dynamics of a Psychiatric Crisis -- Part Four: The Peer Perspective
Family members’ responses to and support of their loved one who lives with a mental health condition often includes a steep learning curve,...
The Family Dynamics of a Psychiatric Crisis Part 3: The Parents' Speak
In Part 3 of their in-depth series on the impact of a psychiatric crisis on the family, the topic is the parents’ perspectives and stories o...
2024 Mindfulness Favorites
With the holidays all around, this episode is an annual tradition for Helen and Valerie. For some of us, this time of year is emotionally ch...
The Family Dynamics of Psychiatric Crisis—Part Two: Caregivers Talk Turkey to Caregivers
In Part Two of the series Family Dynamics in a Psychiatric Crisis, Valerie and Helen have a frank, candid conversation with Valerie’s sister...
The Family Dynamics of a Psychiatric Crisis--Part One: Personal Perspectives from a Sibling and a Spouse
When a family member faces a mental health challenge, family relationships can become formidable and problematic, while being loving and sup...
OCD: The Reality, the Research, the Recovery—Part Two
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is so vast and perplexing, Valerie and Helen devoted two episodes to OCD. They discovered a complex and harrow...