In a time with so much uncertainty, sickness and death how do we continue to maintain a positive outlook? What are the best ways to share em- pathy and create harmony in our homes and in our neighborhoods once things return to a semblance of ‘normal’? This week we look at several therapeutic approaches to these and other prescient questions with mental health thought leaders working on the front lines. We encourage first responders and medical professionals to participate in this most Profound Conversation. Profound Conversations is a moderated discussion with a question and answer segment for listeners to contribute thoughts and seek guidance.

Show Topics and Highlights

Will we see a post traumatic pandemic syndrome?

“We are experiencing financial challenges, health challenges, we have fears about today, and we have fears about tomorrow. And many of our families are in crisis.”

We have this innate sense of helplessness and hopelessness that starts seeping into our own personal lives.

“What have you been seeing in terms of what some of the first responders has been have been experiencing?”

“When we use the word mental health, that it kind of seen as a red flag for most people, something to be stigmatized. So we can hide it and say Behavioral Medicine or behavioral health . . . . We are not talking mental illness, we are talking mental health and wellness.”

We rarely go to the underlying disease, which is the social, economic, cultural disparities, the inequalities that are still very prevalent in the country.

Hugging is a warm exercise in compassion. . . everybody will literally need a hug.

What kind of advice do we have for nurses and other first responders who are struggling with the life and death challenges on the front lines?

Profound Conversations Executive Producers are the Muslim Life Planning Institute, a national community building organization whose mission is to establish pathways to lifelong learning and healthy communities at the local, national and global level. MLPN.life

The Profound Conversations podcast is produced by Erika Christie www.ErikaChristie.com

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