Mental Matters - Slowing Down, Being in the Moment

Absent a guest or co-host, Jake takes to the airwaves on his own to explain how while society continues to speed up and demand more, you can slow down and alleviate anxiety.

Mental Matters - Suicide Prevention | Guest Camille Vega, TMCC (3.9.16)

In today's show we interview Camille Vega, TMCC suicide prevention coordinator. She shares with us some efforts currently underway in the community to prevent suicide, some statistics on suicide, and some upcoming events.

Mental Matters - Compassion and Empathy vs. Sympathy (3.2.16)

What's the difference between empathy and sympathy? It's good to know because language is powerful and we do not want to use the terms incorrectly. Jake and Bodie discuss those terms in relation to being compassionate with others.

Mental Matters - Myths of Mental Illness (2.24.16)

Jake and Bodie discuss various misconceptions about mental illness, mental disorders, and diagnoses, including the controversial notion that mental illness can be permanently overcome and not simply "managed."

Mental Matters - Shame and Forgiveness | Guest Louie Locke (10/14/15)

Jake interviews local Foursquare Church pastor Louie Locke about the concepts of shame and forgiveness. Together they compare the spiritual perspective of those ideas against the clinical perspective and how the two often intertwine and overlap.

Mental Matters - Unconscious Function of the Mind (2/17/16)

With apologies to C&C Music Factory, have you ever wondered why you do things that make you go "hmmmm...?" Moreover, have you wondered why it's so hard to accept new information when people point things out to you that you didn't realize? In this episode Jake and Bodie discuss exactly those mysteries and how the unconscious mind influences behavior. Click the title to listen.

Mental Matters - Instant Gratification (2/3/16)

Jake and Bodie tackle the issues of instant gratification, emotional fragility, and entitlement. Listen to the dialogue by clicking either the headline or the link below! 

Mental Matters - Suicide Prevention Access to Lethal Means | Guest Pam Olsen, NCSP (1/27/16)

Pam Olsen from the Nevada Coalition for Suicide Prevention returns for a second show, this time to discuss the Access to Lethal Means program. To learn more, visit www.nvsuicideprevention.org

Mental Matters - Suicide Prevention Training and Awareness | Guest Pam Olsen, NCSP (1/20/16)

Jake and Bodie receive a wealth of resources and information this week from Pam Olsen, the treasurer for the National Coalition of Suicide Prevention.  Pam provides a number of useful tools and courses for any one of any goal and skill level to take advantage of, in the hopes that both awareness of and acceptance to discuss suicide are raised.

Mental Matters - Fear and Ideology | Guest David Bradfield (1/13/16)

Jake flies mostly solo this week, with phone in guest David Bradfield, whose credentials include service overseas in the CIA.  They discuss politics, fear and the use of ideas to sway others, while trying to promote the notion that if ideas can be held loosely, hey don't need to be a hotbed for personal emotional response.

Media Matters - Run With Ari Obesity Awareness | Guest Ari Ramos (12/30/15)

Ari Ramos, who aims to become the first Latina to run across America, makes an appearance on the show to discuss obesity awareness and the link between mental health and physical health. Bodie and Jake interview.

Mental Matters - Homeostasis and How it Affects Us (12/23/15)

Nearing the holidays, Jake and Bodie talk about just why it is that we tend to fall back into old patterns of childhood and younger days when we get around family, as well as other familiar groups that we know very well. This week's vocab word: homeostasis.

Mental Matters - Recognizing Ethical Therapists (12/16/15)

In this week's episode Jake and Bodie discuss how to evaluate an ethical therapist and whether or not you should necessarily continue seeing your therapist. Is your counselor simply telling you what to do or actually empowering you to make your own choices?

Mental Matters - Authenticity, Kindness, and Compassion (12/2/15)

Join the weekly show for Bodie and Jake discussing emotionality and generosity during the holiday season.  The expectations we place upon ourselves, one another and our greater society when it comes to the holidays is discussed.  Genuineness and authenticity are addressed in how we treat one another as Americans.

Mental Matters - Fear and its Origins | Guests David Bradfield and Brandon Cassinelli (11/25/15)

Join Jake and Bodie as they interview Brandon Cassinelli, Reno police officer, and David Bradfield, former CIA agent, about the nature of fear in their professions.  The biological origins of fear are discussed, as are modern day ramifications for letting our fear get the better of us.  Current events in the form of rational and irrational fears are addressed in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris, France.