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Episode 298: On Rehabilitation after an injury and Mental Health

September 16th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  30 mins 36 secs

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In this episode, Marissa Rasmussen, Communications and Marketing Manager at Distress and Crisis Ontario, talks with Caitlin Plant, Program Manager, about the realities of rehabilitation and its profound effects on mental health, just in time for National Rehabilitation Awareness Week. As Caitlin and Marissa share their personal experiences, they explore the challenges that come with physical recovery and how it intertwines with emotional well-being.
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Episode 288: Archived Episode: Compassion Fatigue and How to Handle It

July 8th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  12 mins 2 secs

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We've gotten past the midway point in the year and thought it would be a good time to offer this mental health refresher. In this week's episode, Brenda shares research about compassion fatigue and how to handle it.

To connect with support related to this episode, or for anything else going on in your life, please visit www.dcontario.org/locations to find your nearest Member centre. Many of our Member centres operate 24/7. Thank you for listening and we hope you’ll join us again next week. If you would like to provide feedback on this episode, past episodes, or request future content, you can do so using the following link: https://forms.gle/o8yUPMss6wo8dP1X8.

Episode 280: On Intersectionality and Mental Health

May 20th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  29 mins 40 secs

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This week, Caitlin Plant and Katelyn Doyle discuss the intersectionality of mental health. Intersectionality is “the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.” When we apply the concept of intersectionality to mental health, we recognize that various factors intersect to influence an individual's overall mental health.

Episode 278: On Mental Health and Motherhood

May 6th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  17 mins 40 secs

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To everyone who celebrates Mother’s Day this Sunday, we hope you have a wonderful day. This week, Caitlin Plant, Program Manager at Distress and Crisis Ontario, and her friend, Char, a new mom and OB nurse, talk about motherhood. They discuss post-partum anxiety and rage, how motherhood changes the pace of life, and more.

Episode 273: On Spring Cleaning and mental health

April 6th, 2024  |  Season 2  |  22 mins 55 secs

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This week Caitlin Plant, Program Manager, and Katelyn Doyle, Marketing and Communications Manager, talk about using spring cleaning as a form of self-care. They pull from two articles, (linked below), and discuss their own challenges and thoughts on spring cleaning.

Episode 179: On Body Image, Self Esteem, and Mental Health

June 27th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  11 mins 46 secs

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On the podcast this week, we are share information on body image, self esteem, and mental health, especially important as we enter the hot summer months when pressures to have a “beach body” are present in so many forms.

Episode 170: On the Importance of Sleep

April 25th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  11 mins 34 secs

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This week’s episode of DCO Discourse… On the Importance of Sleep provides information on why sleep is important to our mental health, how we can try to improve our sleep quality, and includes some resources to learn more.

Episode 95: DCO - Jessika

November 23rd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  28 mins 48 secs

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In this episode Brenda interviews MSW student Jessika, as she discusses her experience as a person of colour, and the impact of systemic racism on mental health

Episode 94: DCO - Priscilla

November 16th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  24 mins 55 secs

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In this episode Brenda interviews MSW student Priscilla, as she discusses her experience as a person of colour, and the impact of systemic racism on mental health.

Episode 92: DCO- Nicole Brown Faulknor

November 2nd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  25 mins 29 secs

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In this week's episode Brenda interviews Nicole Brown Faulnor, a Yoga Instructor, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and Child and Youth Counsellor as well as a member of both the Colleges of Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario and the Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy with over 18 years of professional experience