Centers Solutions

Centers Solutions Podcast is launching its COVID-19 EDITION...The Permian Basin is affected a little bit differently than the world at large. Can anyone say Oil Prices??? Kristi Edwards, LPC, will help coach us through this crisis and give us some coping skills to weather the storm! We will have some live sessions to discuss and answer questions for upcoming topics. If you have any topics you would like to see--leave us a comment! We are here for you! #permianbasinstrong #midlandtx #odessatx

Kids Grieve too--and grief has many triggers in today's world! Rays of Hope Children's Grief Centre joins the Centers Solutions podcast team to discuss their programs for helping children through the grieving process and the mental health connection.

MINDFULNESS--WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? Mindfulness is the concept of maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens. Jennifer Whitehead, Stress Management Specialist at Midland Memorial Hospital, joins the podcast team to share information on the practice and how it can help our community.

Libby Campbell, Executive Director of the West Texas Food Bank joins us to talk about the all-encompassing effects of not having enough food to eat. Listen as we discuss the Food-Body-Mind connection...

A CULTURE OF STRENGTH... Student Athletes often struggle in silence through academic stress, exhaustion, and the pressure to perform. Forrest Allen with Midland College joins Centers Solutions to discuss the issues faced by our students and the mental health connection. Recording Library of West Texas Student Athletes often struggle through academic stress, exhaustion, and the pressure to perform. Forrest Allen with Midland College joins Centers Solutions to discuss the issues faced by our student

HOLIDAY STRESS ALERT! Let's face it: Sometimes the holidays are not so jolly. In fact, this time of year can create feelings of doubt, overwhelm, anxiety, and depression. Kristi Edwards leads the podcast team in an ALMOST THERAPY session with coping techniques for the "most wonderful time of the year..." Recording Library of West Texas

LIGHT THERAPY? We tried it! Winter Blues are no joke! Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) affects many of us--learn a little about this approach to helping you feel a little better! #ALMOSTTHERAPY #therapythursday #midlandtx #odessatx #mentalhealth Recording Library of West Texas

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Homelessness--it's a critical issue in the Permian Basin. We tend to see Homelessness as symptom of Mental Illness. Maddie West with Family Promise of Midland, TX joins our podcast to address the other side--the mental health affect on families because of their homeless state. Give a little listen!

"The day you get told you have cancer is the day that your world stops turning, but the rest of the world keeps going." October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Centers Solutions podcast team welcomes Leticia Gonzalez Reinke to talk about her own experience and the way in which Centers for Children & Families has helped her along this difficult chapter in the life of her family.

Mom Guilt--The Centers Solutions team has a candid discussion with Jessica Lindemood Nosek, owner of Midland Moms Blog, about unrealistic expectations, comparisons, and the trap of "wanting it all." Listen as three moms talk about different perspectives of the same important issue.

Sex Trafficking is real, terrifying, and happening within our own community. Lisa Bownds, founder of Reflection Ministries of Texas,joins us to share her harrowing story and how she turned her own adversity into hope for victims in the Permian Basin. Listen to "Sex Trafficking in the PB and the Mental Health Connection." Centers Solutions is a podcast dedicated to your mental health. Listen to the team from Centers for Children and Families as they discuss tips and tricks on how to improve your mental health. Join Kristi Edwards, Centers Executive Director & licensed therapist, Melanie Saiz, Centers Marketing and Development Director and the host Bailee Hennis live from the Recording Library of West Texas studio. Tune in to hear special guests talk about important mental health issues! Centers and The Recording Library of West Texas (#RLWT) are both non-profit organizations located in Midland, Texas. Visit www.centerstx.org and www.recordinglibrary.org for more information.

Kim Collier joins the Centers Solutions podcast team to discuss addiction and overdose from a mother's perspective. In sharing her own experience with her daughter's untimely death, Kim has created an important voice for her family's pain--educating the community about hope after the storm and reminding us that no one is immune to this disease.

Centers Solutions, Episode 6--Aging and Mental Health presents a conversation with Saul Herrera, Director of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and Kathleen Kirwan-Haynie, Executive Director of SENIOR LIFE. We are discussing the issues faced by our aging population and the mental health connection. Everyone is affected by aging--let's learn more about how to help!

Centers Solutions presents a SPECIAL EPISODE to help us learn about ways to cope with the aftermath of the recent active shooter tragedy in our own community. It begins with a message from Dr. Matt Brown--a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon / Hand Surgeon and his own professional and personal account as a surgeon on that fateful day. Kristi Edwards, Centers' CEO and Licensed Professional Counselor, gives advice on coping with a forever-changed Permian Basin.

On this episode of Centers Solutions, we talk to Author and Psychologist Dr. Stephanie Moses about why we don't go to therapy. Buy her book In Session here: https://www.amazon.com/Session-Stephanie-L-Moses/dp/1942549369/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2AA3QXADG9W18&keywords=in+session+stephanie+moses&qid=1567094654&s=gateway&sprefix=in+session+st%2Caps%2C168&sr=8-1 Centers Solutions is a podcast dedicated to your mental health. Listen to the team from Centers for Children and Families as they discuss tips and tricks on how to improve your mental health. Join Kristi Edwards, Centers Executive Director & licensed therapist, Melanie Saiz, Centers Marketing and Development Director and the host Bailee Hennis live from the Recording Library of West Texas studio. Tune in to hear special guests talk about important mental health issues! Centers and The Recording Library of West Texas (#RLWT) are both non-profit organizations located in Midland, Texas. Visit www.centerstx.org and www.recordinglibrary.org for more information.

On this episode of Centers Solutions, we sat with Maija George, the Executive Director of Breaking Bread Kitchen, to talk about hunger in the Permian Basin, food insecurity, and child-hunger issues. Majia shared some of the innovative ways in which Breaking Bread Kitchen is providing SOLUTIONS and we discussed the mental health effects resulting from not having enough to eat. For more information on Breaking Bread Kitchen, visit: www.breakingbreadkitchen.org Centers Solutions is a podcast dedicated to your mental health. Listen to the team from Centers for Children and Families as they discuss tips and tricks on how to improve your mental health. Join Kristi Edwards, Centers Executive Director & licensed therapist, Melanie Saiz, Centers Marketing and Development Director and the host Bailee Hennis live from the Recording Library of West Texas studio. Tune in to hear special guests talk about important mental health issues! Centers and The Recording Library of West Texas (#RLWT) are both non-profit organizations located in Midland, Texas. Visit www.centerstx.org and www.recordinglibrary.org for more information.

In this episode, we have the privilege to sit with Ginamarie Soto, owner of The Little Gym, to discuss PlayTherapy, Play, and the Mental Health Connection. Ginamarie is the parent of a child participating in Play Therapy at Centers and has a unique understanding of the importance of this therapeutic process, as an owner of a play and exercise center for kids. Centers Solutions is a podcast dedicated to your mental health. Listen to the team from Centers for Children and Families as they discuss tips and tricks on how to improve your mental health. Join Kristi Edwards, Centers Executive Director & licensed therapist, Melanie Saiz, Centers Marketing and Development Director and the host Bailee Hennis live from the Recording Library of West Texas studio. Tune in to hear special guests talk about important mental health issues! Centers and The Recording Library of West Texas (#RLWT) are both non-profit organizations located in Midland, Texas. Visit www.centerstx.org and www.recordinglibrary.org for more information.

In this episode we discuss sexual harassment and sexual assault. What does it mean? What can you do? Centers Solutions is a podcast dedicated to your mental health. Listen to the team from Centers for Children and Families as they discuss tips and tricks on how to improve your mental health. Join Kristi Edwards, Centers Executive Director and licensed therapist, Melanie Saiz, Centers Marketing and Development Director and the host Bailee Hennis live from the Recording Library of West Texas studio. Tune in to hear special guests talk about important mental health issues! Centers and The Recording Library of West Texas (#RLWT) are both non-profit organizations located in Midland, Texas. Visit www.centerstx.org and www.recordinglibrary.org for more information.

Centers Solutions is a podcast dedicated to your mental health. Listen to the team from Centers for Children and Families as they discuss tips and tricks on how to improve your mental health. Join Kristi Edwards, Centers Executive Director and licensed therapist, Melanie Saiz, Centers Marketing and Development Director and the host Bailee Hennis live from the Recording Library of West Texas studio. Tune in to hear special guests talk about important mental health issues! Centers and The Recording Library of West Texas (#RLWT) are both non-profit organizations located in Midland, Texas. Visit www.centerstx.org and www.recordinglibrary.org for more information.