Project Stay Alive: The Podcast

Hi friends!  On today’s episode I bring my wife on to talk about what it’s like to be married to me as I have struggled with my mental health. We talk about what it was like for her in the beginning, what it’s like now, and what advice she has for partners of individuals living with mental illness. She was so patient and kind to join me on the show and I can’t wait for you all to listen. Please don’t forget to rate, subscribe, and review!  As always you can find us at projectstayalive.com  IG @projectstayalive503 You can also follow me personally on IG @sunshinesara503 Thank you for listening! -Sara 

On Episode 9 of the Project podcast you will meet my new friend, Tesh! Tesh is a former basketball athlete and graduated at the University of North Florida. She founded a mental health foundation called StayWhole and a Mental Wellness Coaching business! She is working on a Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She hopes you make a change in the mental health world and spread light in order to help others feel empowered and less alone. I think she’s doing that! Tesh can be found at: StayWhole Foundation www.staywholefoundation.org instagram: @staywholefoundation @staywholemedia Facebook: Staywhole Foundation Inc. Youtube: StayWhole Foundation Twitter: @staywholefound Mental Wellness Coach email: jaiteshahanson@gmail.com instagram: @bekindtoyoself Website Coming soon! As always please follow Project Stay Alive! Instagram: @projectstayalive503 Blog: projectstayalive.com

On Episode 8 of The Project Stay Alive Podcast you meet Joy Daehn! Joy is a mental health advocate who shares her journey with PTSD, anxiety, and depression. She is committed to giving back to the community of mental health and is a wonderfully open and honest about the struggle and how she works everyday at recovery. She is a military wife, a cat lover, and super (I mean SUPER) cool. Joy can be found on Instagram @joydaehn Her website is joydaehn.com You can contact her at info@joydaehn.com Some of the things we reference are: Text 741741 for crisis line texting support If you listen all the way to the end the gal who I reference that's a makeup artist can be found on Instagram @beautybycary The Project Stay Alive team can be found at projectystayalive.com On Instagram @projectstayalive503 Via email at projectstayalive365@gmail.com Please rate, subscribe, follow, on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, and more! As always, please stay alive with us!

Episode 7: Meet Sabby Sabby is a photographer, editor, and aspiring filmmaker from Uruguay. While she always had an interest in mental health, her journey with it began two and a half years ago when she started a relationship with her current boyfriend, who has anxiety. As she dealt with his struggles and realized the big effect they had on herself, she had to learn how to validate her own feelings and care for herself so she could provide better support to her partner. Along the way, she realized how much easier how journey would have been if she'd had a community of support with people going through similar things. That's how the Mental Health Adjacent Community project was born, in an attempt to provide others the support she wished she had had throughout the relationship and generate a positive impact in people's lives. The Mental Health Adjacent Community can be found at : https://www.facebook.com/groups/mhadjacentcommunity/ https://www.instagram.com/freckledwanderess/ https://www.facebook.com/Mental-Health-Adjacent-community-104445844261702 Don’t forget to rate and subscribe to The Project Stay Alive Podcast and check out our community at: www.projectstayalive.com IG: @projectstayalive503

Meet my good friend, Verita Richardson, discuss her health and wellness journey, her experience with mental health being a woman of color, and how to support herself during the loss of her mother. You can follow Verita on her various platforms: IG: @curves.and.muscles_ FB: /CurvesNMuscles Blog: curvesandmuscles.me Podcast: Ambitious Living Don’t forget to follow and subscribe to the Project Stay Alive podcast on: IG: projectstayalive503 Blog: projectstayalive.com

Meet my friend Malcom Messer and his clothing brand Here 4 Lyf. He is raising money and awareness to break the stigma attached with mental illness.  Here’s how you can contact and follow him: Here4lyf.com Facebook:  here 4lyf clothing company Instagram: @here4lyf Information about his upcoming event:  August 30th  St. Paul, MN 5:30 doors open Bands include: Careful Gaze Halcyon Wander StillBreather Our Common Collapse Odds of an Afterthought  Don’t forget to rate, subscribe, and review the Project Stay Alive podcast!  Instagram @ projectstayalive503 projectstayalive.com 

Devon, one of your Project Stay Alive members, introduces himself to you! He shares about his journey that includes struggling with his identity, feeling like an imposter, losing a good friend to suicide, hitting rock bottom, and ultimately how he built and maintains recovery. Be sure to follow us on Instagram @projectstayalive503 and follow the blog at projectstayalive.com Don’t forget to rate and subscribe for more Project Stay Alive content!

Brianna is one of the Project Stay Alive members and you get to meet her just by clicking listen! She has a history of working for a crisis phone line and talks to us today all about her crisis mental health work; what is working well and what needs more support for crisis mental health; what her career goals are; and why she cares about mental health. Don't forget to subscribe and rate! Follow us on Instagram @projectstayalive503 Be well!

Sara, our Project Stay Alive founder, is giving you all the backstory. Her path to recovery hasn’t been linear and has included a lot of support. Before she asks others to vulnerable with her about how they define recovery and what their mental health journey has looked like, she has to be vulnerable with you first. Settle in as she has a lot to share and is doing this thing scared! Be well. Don't forget to subscribe and follow! Project Stay Alive: www.projectstayalive.com Sara's personal blog: www.sunshinesarablog.com

Sara introduces us to herself, Project Stay Alive, and the goals behind this project. Be sure to listen, check out our site, and follow us on Instagram.