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Links to past Mental Health Minutes are below.

 

Our Podcast Journey: Healing through tears, laughter and love.

 

This past year, our podcast has become a vital space for discussions around mental health. We covered topics like anxiety, depression, and self-care, fostering open dialogues that encourage understanding and support within our community.

 

As the year closed, we focused on grief, sharing heartfelt conversations with guests who opened up about their experiences. These discussions highlighted the complexities of loss while offering insights into coping strategies, reminding us all of the resilience of the human spirit.

 

In December we spoke with our dear friend Kelli once again, she shares her family’s healing journey over the last year and this quote, “You don’t have to choose between gratitude and grief, your allowed to hold joy in one hand and sorrow in the other.”

 

As the New Year begins, we wanted to share some helpful tips on how to help yourself or others with their grief journey.

 

The 3 “Cs” of Grief 

• Choose- you must choose to reach out for help
• Connect- seek supportive relationships
• Communicate- express your feelings and needs to those around you

 

And the 3 “Ps” 

• Pause- pray, meditate, rest
• Plan- on hard days, make a plan ahead of time with friends or family
• Patience- be gentle with yourself and honor your loved one by giving yourself grace as you heal.

 

From all three of us at Healing Unscripted – we wish you a new year filled with self-care for your soul, so that you may move forward with love and kindness to heal others who are also hurting.

 

Laura Jordan, Liana Torres, and Jennifer Harper

 

This is the continued Mental Health Minute, beginning July 7, 2025.

• Jan. 4, 2026 — Mental Health Minute — Healing through tears, laughter and love
• Dec. 28, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — The HOPE Initiative from The Health Partnership
• Dec. 14, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Standing Together: Men’s Work and “Walking Each Other Home”
• Dec. 8, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — The Gut and Brain Connection
• Nov. 30, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Your Voice Matters
• Nov. 24, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Nov. 16, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Time Change Blues 
• Nov. 10, 2025 — Mental Health Minute – Navigating Changes in Midlife for Women
• Nov. 3, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Stress Management in Teens
• Oct. 28, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Day of the Dead
• Oct. 19, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Sacred Moments: Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary 
• Oct. 13, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Talk Saves Lives: Empowering Our Community to Prevent Suicide
• Oct. 6, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Cost of Poverty Experience (COPE) comes to Northwest Colorado
• Sept. 29, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Get Immediate Support with the 988 Colorado Mental Health Line
• Sept. 22, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Theater as an Outlet
• Sept. 14, 2025 –Mental Health Minute — Connection in Times of Adversity
• Sept. 7. 2025 — Mental Health Minute – Sharing stories and building bridges at new event
• Aug. 31, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Message from Yampatika
• Aug. 25, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Mental Health After a Critical Incident: How to Help, What to Expect, and Taking Care of Yourself
• Aug. 17, 2025 — Mental Health Minute: Uncertainty Is Part of Life — But It’s Heavier for Some
• Aug. 11, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Re:generation: A Christ-Centered Path to Lasting Transformation
• Aug. 3, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Steps to Help Save A Life
• July 28, 2025 — Mental Health Minute — Steamboat Kids & Phones
• July 24-2025 — Mental Health Minute — Starting with the basics
• July 15, 2025 — Mental Health Minute – Helping Others through Peer Engagement and The HOPE Initiative
• LINK to all previous Mental Health Minutes — DECEMBER 1, 2024, THROUGH JUNE 23, 2025