December 31, 2021 • 37 mins
TN Voices is pleased to release this impactful and instructional video “Story of Hope: From Languishing to Flourishing,” along with a mental health toolkit, available NOW on TNVoices.org. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, TN Voices has been able to assist those in need for as little as FREE. This video and toolkit are crucial to ensure that no Tennessean goes without the mental health support they desperately need. Story of Hope, additionally released on Facebook LIVE and YouTube, is a 20 minute educational show that provides practical tools to move from languishing to flourishing, bring hope, and seek continual support to expand our reach to serve more Tennesseans. Along with the video and this episode, TN Voices is releasing FREE resources including:
- A downloadable summary of Languishing to Flourishing
- An online library including ebooks, audiobooks and fact sheets
- The CAN+DID podcast
- A guided meditation titled Rekindling Joy with visuals
- An audio only version of that same meditation
The public is encouraged to take advantage of these FREE, informative resources. The video is produced in partnership with TN Voices and GSF Media, and TN Voices would like to thank the following generous sponsors who made this video possible:
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Supporting Sponsors
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Tito’s Handmade Vodka
TN Voices Sponsor
Vanderbilt Behavioral Health
Those wishing to donate to TN Voices can log onto TNVoices.org/Donate. Tennessee residents unemployed or without insurance and in need of mental health services can contact the TN Voices Hope Fund hotline at 615.269.7751. Tennesseans who need mental health support services can contact staff at 1.800.670.9882. Those who would like information on mental health advocacy in Tennessee, and to receive updates from us can email TN Voices at TVC@TNVoices.org to join our mailing list. For a full list of mental health resources, log onto TNVoices.org.
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Rikki Harris (00:05):
Candide is a podcast of Tennessee voices
about mental health, featuringstories of people who have
overcome mental healthchallenges, as well as those who
have helped people overcomemental health challenges. This
podcast is about authenticity.
And it's intended to give avoice to those who are
passionate about mental wellbeing. We hope that by sharing
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stories, listeners understandmental health and just how
important it is in our day today lives, and they will help us
reduce stigma. We want you toknow that so many who have
struggled with mental health canand did overcome their
challenges. And if you arestruggling, you can too. I'm
your host, Ricky Harris, CEO,Tennessee voices, and with me is
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my favorite co host Wilbur Ross,CEO of Tennessee voices. Welcome
to our podcast, let's getcandid.
Erika Lathon (01:08):
Tn voices is now hiring qualified applicants to
fill positions all across thestate, you can be part of a
growing team that puts themental health of Tennesseans
first and thrive in acompassionate work environment
to apply to join our team log onto tn voices.org/employment.
Rikki Harris (01:37):
Welcome, welcome to the candid podcast here with
my co host, will Voss I am RickyHarris. And we represent tesi
voices, which is a mental healthnonprofit organization serving
the state of Tennessee. One ofthe reasons why we started this
podcast has to do with our storyof hope that you're going to
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hear today. So let's let's divein. We started the podcast so
that we could have candidconversations with people.
Unknown (02:11):
Let's be authentic.
Let's be candid.
Rikki Harris (02:13):
Yep. And we knew that. podcasts were cool.
Podcasts with a new platform.
Unknown (02:22):
We wanted to be cool, too.
Rikki Harris (02:26):
We, I don't know about you. Well, I had never
posted a podcast. I didn't knowhow to hook up a microphone. And
I had only just startedlistening to podcast during the
pandemic when I was looking forsomething besides bad news.
Yeah,
Unknown (02:40):
I was right there with you. It goes back to saying my
grandmother used to say you livein you learn. I think we think
we've learned it. podcast is theway to go. And we'll be I think
we're pros now at hooking up themicrophones. Okay, I
Rikki Harris (02:53):
can I can definitely plug it in and get
the right speaker and microphoneconnected now. So yes, I'm
better than I once was. But whatwhat grew out of that was this.
I guess sort of stirring in ourthoughts in our hearts about how
do we reach more people withsome kind of story to help them
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understand what they might befeeling as a result of the all
the things that have happened inTennessee and across the country
in the last 20 months? And thenif they're feeling this feeling,
which we're going to talk aboutin the story, what can I do? And
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the podcast was one sort of wayof addressing that feeling. It's
something you could do, which Isaid is listen to something
other than bad news. Soencouragement of lifting, but we
needed people to have sometools.
Unknown (03:58):
You know, Rick, in your, in your, in your recent
Monday motivations that you sentout to all staff? You had a
stop, or you told us hesuggested that we stop and think
about everything we've beenthrough in the past year has 18
months. And when we stop andthink about it, we have
experienced a lot in Tennessee,you know, as a lot of people
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will be reminded when they watchthe watch the story of hope. And
you ended it with we've got alot of lessons that we've
learned and a lot of good stuffthat has happened to you.
There's so much to be thankfulfor during this time. And you
know, when you came up with avision for calling this a story
of hope and what was going to bethe purpose behind it. You use
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the word languishing. And youdescribed it and all I could say
like many other people was, oh,that's me. That's what's been
going on. I knew it had to besomething. So you know, we'll
talk about languishing, but justDo you give listeners a little
teaser on what they're going tohear? What is languishing for
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those who've never heard theterm?
Rikki Harris (05:06):
Okay? So languishing, is literally being
stuck in an unpleasant situationfor a prolonged period of time.
And every time I say thosewords, I get chills, because I
think Never have I ever been inthat moment until now, the last
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18 months of my life, stuck inan unpleasant situation, and not
knowing when the end is coming,not knowing when better is in my
future. And I think we allunderstand how bad it felt to
worry about what's going tohappen to my friends and family
members, if they get COVID.
What's going to happen with theelection, what's going to happen
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with people who are angry andupset, what's going to happen
with continued mass shootings.
And I'm already kind of dreadingthat, that one year anniversary
of the Christmas Day bombing inNashville, not because I was
there. I certainly didn't, youknow, lose my home like some
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people did. From that. I didn'tlose my business, like some
people did from that. But I wokeup to news on what was supposed
to be one of the happiest daysof the year after a really
crappy year. And the news wasbad again, and it was new. And
it was surprised, and it wassad. And it hung over me and
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everybody in in my world allday, that that Christmas Day.
And we were languishing, we werelanguishing in that entire day.
And we had so looked forward toone day, that was going to be
joyful, that was going to bejust watching the kids open
gifts and make the most out ofwhat had been a tough year. We
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weren't seeing family because ofCOVID. So it was just just, you
know, my little crew. So thatwas already tough. And I just
remember thinking, what, whatelse could happen? This is this
was tough. I don't know. Oh, it
Unknown (07:18):
was it was tough. You know, and I will say what else
happened is that we continue toreally have have to head to
isolate. You know, I think wedidn't expect that we would
still be where we are in 2021especially getting ready to
close out the hearing go into2022 Still with a lot of
uncertainty. You know, I havesaid it before, you know, yes,
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we're coming up on ananniversary. And that's an area
where I've been to plenty oftimes. And when I saw it on the
news, you know, I was back homein West Tennessee. And all I
could say was Thank the Lord.
That wasn't near that area, youknow, and it, it was just kind
of the opposite. The cherry ontop of the pack is some folks
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would say, you know, as we hadalready gone through the tornado
earlier that year prior tolockdown. And when we provided
relief to those families mentalhealth therapy during that time,
it was so surreal, having totell people to stay hopeful. I
know all of this is going onright now and you've lost your
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home. And it may not seem likeyou can see tomorrow, but stay
hopeful. You know, and I thinkthat's really something that I
would say we did well with astory of hope and a hope. A lot
of times, I'm hoping that peoplefind hope in after they see the
story of hope. Because you know,languishing is real, but you can
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get through you can get throughit.
Rikki Harris (08:52):
Yeah. So what we're gonna we're gonna play for
the listeners is our about 25minute show that we produce
called the story of hope. It'lloccur right after commercial.
And they'll have the opportunityto hear the story of hope show
if you want to see it. There'svisual. You can go to our
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website at tn voices.org. It'sright on the homepage. Click
watch now. You'll be able toview it there but if you if
you're driving like me and you Ilistened to a lot of shows, we I
think you'll enjoy and relate towhat you hear in this story of
hope. Quick story. My one of mydaughters loves the melting pot.
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It's a restaurant downtown. Yes.
Yeah. Our day is pretty closeafter Christmas. So right after
the bombing. She said what areyou doing for my birthday? I
want to go to the melting potand I had to say the melting
pots Not really. It wasdestroyed. smallest that isn't
in, in the grand scheme of allthe things that have happened in
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the world. It's, it's likethere's so much that have
happened, that it's infiltratedinto our little tiny, everyday
life. Stuff that we thinkdoesn't matter. But it does
matter when you have to tellyour kids, you can't go to their
favorite restaurant, becausesomeone actually set off a bomb
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that destroyed it. You're notjust saying, sorry, you can't go
to your favorite restaurant,you're telling you're having to
tell them this thing thathappens in the world. That
doesn't make sense. They'relike, looking at you. What? It
was just a reminder that we'vebeen through a lot. And the
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story of hope covers that. Andfor me, well, I had to think I
had to think if it weren't formy faith in God, I don't know
what hope I'd be hanging on toanymore. After 20 months of
languishing and knowing that, ofall of this, God can use it for
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good for a purpose that isbigger than us, somewhere down
the road. And I yeah, I don'tknow why I shared that with you.
But there you go. You
Unknown (11:24):
shared it because it's something as we always say is on
your heart to say you say that,we realize that we want to make
sure people are hanging on tohope don't lose it, do not lose
it. It is possible to still havein things things will get
better. You know, and we are weare hopeful of that. So I really
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really hope that you know, thoseof you that that are listening
share the story of hope. I hopeyou guys enjoy.
Rikki Harris (11:54):
Yep, story of hope from languishing to flourishing.
Here we go.
Unknown (12:01):
All seven tornadoes that touched down on March 2 And
third and Middle Tennessee werespawned from this same super
selfthe Coronavirus has changed life
as we know it across America.
But how did we go from zerocases to having more than any
other country
Brian Sullivan (12:18):
2020 will be the toughest year of our lives.
Rikki Harris (12:47):
So 2020 and 2021 have obviously been
unprecedented years in ournation. And one of the things
that we have learned is thatpeople have really struggled and
their mental health based oneverything that's going on in
the last 18 months or so. And westarted to understand that more
people are reaching out needingmental health services because
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there's, there's a feeling thatthey don't really know how to
deal with it's something new.
It's something that is notpleasant. And sometimes it's
described as you know, feelinganxious or depressed. But we're
finding that not everyone isclinically anxious or depressed
but rather they're feeling afeeling called languishing.
Unknown (13:29):
Christmas in Nashville was one more confirmation of a
world coming apart at the seams,medical personnel aid
anxiety feelings of loneliness.
Tonight we are taking a deeplook at the mental toll COVID-19
is having on most of us
Rikki Harris (13:47):
and languishing is simply just being stuck in an
unpleasant state for a prolongedperiod of time. When you think
about that definition, I feellike we're
Unknown (13:56):
in that breaking news about a shooting at a Memphis
Area grocery store. It happenedat Kroger in Collierville
Tennessee 13 people were shot.
One person has been killed theshooter
giant retreat as they continueto fire off canisters of tear
gas. It's kind of been this backand forth. For the last hour
there's been a big wave of kindof retreat out into Union Avenue
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to
Rikki Harris (14:19):
be in Tennessee specifically, we've experienced
even more things than apandemic. Much like the rest of
the nation. We've experienced alot of tension around the
election we experienced racialinjustice that created a lot of
tension among us. Weexperienced, you know, just
natural disasters, a number ofthem from flooding and
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tornadoes. This is a lot at onetime. And so in mental health,
we know a lot about trauma andwe know how trauma affects
people. And we know that peopleneed to process trauma. But this
has been a lot in 18 months morethan the norm And so for people
who don't have regularly anystruggles with their mental
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health, they're now saying, Whatis this? Am I depressed? Am I
anxious? Do I need help? ShouldI be reaching out for therapy?
Some people are asking, Will Isnap out of this when everything
goes back to normal? And a lotof us thought that, but things
didn't go back to normal. And sowhere are we now, mind washing,
Unknown (15:26):
it's a feeling of stagnation, feeling of
emptiness. And to keep itsimple, it's the opposite of
flourish. That feeling ofemptiness is something that I've
felt. And I realized, I'vepoured so much out, I need to be
poured into. That is what I'mmissing in this moment. I'm not
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interacting with others as Inormally would. I don't feel
myself, you know, wanting to getup and do those things that I
truly enjoy that I love. And I'mlacking motivation. To get
things. I consider myself to bethe rock of the family. I'm
coming around, always joking,always want to make sure that
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everyone is well taken care of,and trying to figure out how do
we continue to stay close as awhole? Family is everything. And
starting with my nephew, seeing,you know how he's got to get
going and getting back intoschool after a year of being
virtual? I have to make surethat I'm taking care of myself,
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so that I can help him. What canI do to work on this? What's
wrong with me? And I had torealize, where am I growing?
Where am I empty it? We thinkabout four areas that we focus
on, which is growing mentally,physically, spiritually, and
emotionally. Where am I feelingempty? And I thought, How do I
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increase my spiritual sense? Ibegan reading the Bible verse on
a daily basis, being intentionalabout it. A lot of times we read
and we don't read thecomprehension. But what is what
is truly behind this, what canreally inspire me to continue to
move forward?
languishing is something that Ican really relate to, I'm
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probably in it now. Honestly, Ithink different people kind of
have gone in and out over time,but especially at the very
beginning, it seems like oh,well, there's kind of hope. And
and then some, maybe not, andthen up here some hope, oh,
well, maybe. And it seems to goup and down. But honestly, I
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think that's probably what Iexperienced as well that I
probably go in and out oflanguishing. I know a lot of our
families have as well. And it's,it's very, very, it can be very
difficult. I think a lot of minewas a numb kind of kinda going
through the day, gettingeverything done, you know, but
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just not really having the highsnot really having the lows. And
I think what I learned that Ihad to do was proactivity, you
know, I had to take someproactive steps. You know, being
a being a therapist, and I wouldtell someone else I had to do
myself, I had to do a little bitmore organization, a little bit
more proactive thoughts andthings that have to do and put
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it on my calendar, and kind ofwork through that proactively.
And once. Once you kind of startit's like the the rock that kind
of rolls. And once it startsgoing a little bit, you start
getting more motivation and moremotivation. I think that's what
I found.
So due to COVID, in ourpandemic, and my previous
position, I was placed on remoteworking from home and I felt
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very stuck in that place withthe same four walls, doing a job
that I did not love or feelpurpose. For the moment I
started here, I felt like I hadbeen here for years, though, I
actually found a purpose withinthis because I myself struggle
with mental health, and so doesmy child. And so I was able to
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help other people find aresource to help guide them
through their struggles.
Rikki Harris (19:16):
If a person's experiencing languishing,
there's several things they cando. One of the first things I
want to say exercise and greateating is not enough to address
this feeling is just not so wehave to recognize that we as
humans are in four parts wherebiological, psychological,
social, and spiritual. So weneed to be addressing our self
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care in all those areas. Soexercise and nutrition are
great. But there needs to bemore. And so things like
practicing mindfulness ormeditation are great things for
addressing your spiritual needs.
Obviously, if you're a person offaith, prayer and being part of
your faith community is reallyimportant when it comes to
social This is probably thehardest hit area because when we
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were asked to isolate or be sixfeet apart or, you know, be
cautious, we all stopped talkingto each other. I'm grateful now
that things have shifted withthe vaccine. And I feel like our
social lives are starting tocome back together. But I
noticed I'm hesitant to shakehands, because I don't know if
everyone's comfortable,certainly not sure if anyone's
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hugging anymore. And that's agood southern thing to do. So
you know, taking care and beingmindful of making sure you have
those interactions that you havethat time with others. If you're
an extroverted person, this is areally hard thing to go through
a really hard thing. If you'rean introverted person, you were
probably okay for a while. Andthen it started to wane a little
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bit. Because we are made forcommunity, we are not made to
live in isolation. So there is adeep need within us to have
others in our lives. And that'simportant. So setting that up is
really important structures,routines, making sure you get
enough sleep, these are allreally obvious things we can
read. But pairing them with allthese other aspects of self care
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and taking the time to invest inmaking sure that you're healthy
health is more than exercisingnutrition, it really is.
Unknown (21:14):
It's important for listeners to understand that
mental health affects us all, beit directly or indirectly,
everyone has been faced withsome sort of mental health
challenge. And there's so muchstigma this the allies around
the word, no one wants to feellabeled, and no one wants to
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seek that support. And thenthere are certain people who
want that support, and theirlack of resources in their
areas. We speak about thepandemic and to, to a certain
extent, the pandemic is helpingreach individuals who struggle
with lack of transportation.
Rikki Harris (21:54):
My CEO and I started a Monday and a Friday
email, we just started thinkingthrough what are we
experiencing? What do peopleneed to hear? And how do we help
keep them feeling strong andconfident and cared about?
People were super appreciativeto be in an organization who
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cared about them so much, and,and I was appreciative to be in
an organization with people whowould allow us to be part of
their self care and to allow usto be part of a culture of
compassion.
Unknown (22:27):
And being able to provide that support from our
end, we're able to help othersunderstand that it's okay to not
be okay. And that help isavailable.
Rikki Harris (22:37):
The other thing that languishing does is make
you rethink everything. So whatam I doing? Do I? Do I like how
my life has turned out? Am Iokay with my circumstances?
Should I be thinking aboutchange? Is this feeling making
me unhappy? Or was that unhappybefore? And so that that may be
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how languishing feels? If firstof all labeling that feeling is
really important, andunderstanding that, okay, I have
a name for this. Now what? Butfor some people I've talked to
they would say just knowing thatname, languishing made them feel
so much better. It's odd to saythat just the label will make
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you feel better becausesometimes we feel the opposite.
Please don't label me I don'twant to feel that I'm a blank
type of person. But it's almosta release to this feeling that
okay, I don't have to keepstruggling to figure it out. I
now know what it is. What can Ido next? So it moves people from
struggling through the unknowninto action. And that begins to
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start the conversation aboutlanguishing. One of the ways we
decided was important to helpthe community beyond just news
media interviews was reallytalking to the people in the
community, one on one, and we
Unknown (23:55):
know COVID-19 can make you physically sick. But what
about your mental healthTennessee voices wants to help.
The organization is visitingsome of our more rural areas
handing out supplies.
Dozens of people volunteer todayto help people struggling with
mental health.
Tennessee's leading mentalhealth support service got out
of Memphis today to spread theword about suicide prevention
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month,Tennessee voices I decided to
make sure that people here inMemphis knew where they can go
to talk about their mentalhealth
needs. Teenagers lined up at theMorristown housing authority for
free backpacks filled withmental health resources and
other supplies. Tennessee voicesand mental health support group
is behind the effort.
Rikki Harris (24:32):
So I asked Will to co host a podcast with me. I
didn't know the first thingabout a podcast I listened to
them. But I did know thatlistening to positive, inspiring
stories was better for me, as Iaddress my own languishing and I
wanted to do that I wanted tooffer a place where people could
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hear from others about how theyaddressed whether it was
languishing or their own mentalhealth and For successfully, so
we started a podcast and wecalled it can plus did candid.
And we wanted to hear aboutpeople who can believe they can.
And they did move forwardsuccessfully, despite whatever
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mental health challenges thatthey had. I've written this
guided meditation that we'd liketo offer, the community that
we're calling rekindling joy.
And the purpose of that guidedmeditation is to help people
mindfully move from languishingto flourishing and experiencing
joy. Again, we as anorganization, understand that
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it's time to really help thecommunity, it's time to help the
community understand, label thisfeeling, and then understand how
to help themselves. Because wealso have a workforce problem in
mental health. And we'reconcerned, I'm concerned about
how we're going to be able toaddress these feelings and these
issues that are being createdbased on the mental health
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challenges because of all thatwe faced us Tennesseans in the
last 18 months. So we get
Unknown (26:05):
a overwhelming amount of calls for our therapy
services. And you know, we needto meet their needs, but also
have the staff to do that. Andright now, we need more, and in
order to fulfill all of ourclient's needs,
Rikki Harris (26:22):
and so it's imperative that we increase the
workforce so that we canincrease the services that we
need to deliver to help peoplemove forward. The sooner we do
that, the sooner we all get backto normal, much as COVID-19 is a
problem that is definitelyimpacting our physical health,
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mental health as a problem, andit's impacting us so much that
it's being called the secondpandemic. So we're here to make
sure that those services areavailable, that there are
options for people that there'saccess to mental health services
for anyone anywhere. A lot ofpeople have lost jobs this year,
and have lost insurance. So wejust continue to find more and
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more people who are on hardshipand the support of a scholarship
to get the help that they need.
So funding that is easy, it's$50 to have a therapy session,
that $50 gift gets one session.
And you know, that's one onemore person who's getting the
help they need and getting theservices they need to move on
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through their life successfullyin the way that they want to.
Unknown (27:32):
We need your help. We know that $50 can help one
individual that is strugglingwith mental health concerns, and
we need your support. Mentalhealth doesn't just affect us
one time, it is a walk that wetake with individuals. Being
able to have your support willtruly help them understand that
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hope is possible. Because duringthis time, we're realizing that
many people are losing hope, ordon't even believe it exists
anymore. And your donation canhelp someone understand that
hope is possible.
Rikki Harris (28:13):
We want to close the story of hope show with a
song entitled together. Thisvideo collaboration will give
you hope to move forward out oflanguishing into flourishing.
But first, here's how you canget help for yourself and others
get free resources and helpother Tennesseans get the help
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they need. Through the servicesand support we provide a
Tennessee voices. If you orsomeone you know needs mental
health support, you can go toour website at tn voices.org and
submit a referral by clickingthe green button completing the
information and someone fromTennessee voices will contact
you. One $50 donation can giveone Tennessee and the mental
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health support they need fromTennessee voices will you help
us reach the Tennesseans whohaven't received the help they
need by texting 44321 and thewords T invoices to receive a
link to give or go directly toour website at tn
voices.org/donate. All gifts aretax deductible. Tennessee voices
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currently reaches over 60,000Tennessee ends each year with a
message of hope. But the need isstill great. With over 300,000
More Tennesseans that needmental health support every $50
donation helps. How manyTennesseans will you support?
Please text 44321 and the wordsT invoices or go directly to our
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website at tn voices.org/donate.
The Tennessee voices Hope Fundwas started by our founder and
former CEO Second Lady of theUnited States, Mrs. Tipper Gore.
The Hope Fund helps Tennessee inneed pay for mental health
services at Tennessee voiceseach day requests for this fund
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increase. We want to offer yousome free resources to help you
move from languishing toflourishing. These resources are
available on our website at tnvoices.org. There you will find
a link to our story of hope showa one page summary of what
you've heard tonight to help youmove from languishing to
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flourishing, a free download ofour guided meditation called
rekindling joy and access to ouronline Mental Health Resource
Library. Additionally, we inviteyou to download our podcast can
plus did available on allpodcast listening platforms and
coming soon a free app called myhealth coach. To help you track
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your mental health daily. Weinvite you to share this story
of hope moving from languishingto flourishing with your friends
and family. You can easily sharethe link you're watching now, or
find it on our website at tnvoices.org. And now we close our
show with an inspiring songwritten and performed
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collaboratively during thepandemic. Brothers Luke and Joel
Smallbone from the band for kingand country along with Tori
Kelly and Kirk Franklin. Thissong entitled together is a
joyous celebration of movingfrom languishing to flourishing
together The video featurespeople like you and me I hope
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you'll enjoy the song and staytill the end for some final
reminders of how to get our freeresources
Unknown (32:08):
this is for the question marks this is for the
El caso loss control center forthe Cancun bag Singapore The
Singapore that just found is nowsigns if you're looking for hope
Rikki Harris (32:39):
if you we this thing over came. I can promise
Unknown (35:11):
together without your friends. Together, we are
bolder, braver, stronger
Brian Sullivan (35:25):
Thank you for listening to story of hope from
languishing to flourishing. Forfree resources go to tn
voices.org. There you'll find aone page download on how to go
from languishing to flourishinga guided meditation called
rekindling joy. Our onlineTennessee voices mental health
resource library a link tosubscribe to this candid
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Erika Lathon (37:04):
thank you for joining us. If you enjoyed
today's program, like subscribeand review this podcast. If you
or someone you know is in needof mental health support
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to join us next time as we getcandid
Candide is a podcast of Tennessee voices
about mental health, featuringstories of people who have
overcome mental healthchallenges, as well as those who
have helped people overcomemental health challenges. This
podcast is about authenticity.
And it's intended to give avoice to those who are
passionate about mental wellbeing. We hope that by sharing
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stories, listeners understandmental health and just how
important it is in our day today lives, and they will help us
reduce stigma. We want you toknow that so many who have
struggled with mental health canand did overcome their
challenges. And if you arestruggling, you can too. I'm
your host, Ricky Harris, CEO,Tennessee voices, and with me is
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my favorite co host Wilbur Ross,CEO of Tennessee voices. Welcome
to our podcast, let's getcandid.
Erika Lathon (01:08):
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to apply to join our team log onto tn voices.org/employment.
Rikki Harris (01:37):
Welcome, welcome to the candid podcast here with
my co host, will Voss I am RickyHarris. And we represent tesi
voices, which is a mental healthnonprofit organization serving
the state of Tennessee. One ofthe reasons why we started this
podcast has to do with our storyof hope that you're going to
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hear today. So let's let's divein. We started the podcast so
that we could have candidconversations with people.
Unknown (02:11):
Let's be authentic.
Let's be candid.
Rikki Harris (02:13):
Yep. And we knew that. podcasts were cool.
Podcasts with a new platform.
Unknown (02:22):
We wanted to be cool, too.
Rikki Harris (02:26):
We, I don't know about you. Well, I had never
posted a podcast. I didn't knowhow to hook up a microphone. And
I had only just startedlistening to podcast during the
pandemic when I was looking forsomething besides bad news.
Yeah,
Unknown (02:40):
I was right there with you. It goes back to saying my
grandmother used to say you livein you learn. I think we think
we've learned it. podcast is theway to go. And we'll be I think
we're pros now at hooking up themicrophones. Okay, I
Rikki Harris (02:53):
can I can definitely plug it in and get
the right speaker and microphoneconnected now. So yes, I'm
better than I once was. But whatwhat grew out of that was this.
I guess sort of stirring in ourthoughts in our hearts about how
do we reach more people withsome kind of story to help them
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understand what they might befeeling as a result of the all
the things that have happened inTennessee and across the country
in the last 20 months? And thenif they're feeling this feeling,
which we're going to talk aboutin the story, what can I do? And
(03:39):
the podcast was one sort of wayof addressing that feeling. It's
something you could do, which Isaid is listen to something
other than bad news. Soencouragement of lifting, but we
needed people to have sometools.
Unknown (03:58):
You know, Rick, in your, in your, in your recent
Monday motivations that you sentout to all staff? You had a
stop, or you told us hesuggested that we stop and think
about everything we've beenthrough in the past year has 18
months. And when we stop andthink about it, we have
experienced a lot in Tennessee,you know, as a lot of people
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will be reminded when they watchthe watch the story of hope. And
you ended it with we've got alot of lessons that we've
learned and a lot of good stuffthat has happened to you.
There's so much to be thankfulfor during this time. And you
know, when you came up with avision for calling this a story
of hope and what was going to bethe purpose behind it. You use
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the word languishing. And youdescribed it and all I could say
like many other people was, oh,that's me. That's what's been
going on. I knew it had to besomething. So you know, we'll
talk about languishing, but justDo you give listeners a little
teaser on what they're going tohear? What is languishing for
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those who've never heard theterm?
Rikki Harris (05:06):
Okay? So languishing, is literally being
stuck in an unpleasant situationfor a prolonged period of time.
And every time I say thosewords, I get chills, because I
think Never have I ever been inthat moment until now, the last
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18 months of my life, stuck inan unpleasant situation, and not
knowing when the end is coming,not knowing when better is in my
future. And I think we allunderstand how bad it felt to
worry about what's going tohappen to my friends and family
members, if they get COVID.
What's going to happen with theelection, what's going to happen
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with people who are angry andupset, what's going to happen
with continued mass shootings.
And I'm already kind of dreadingthat, that one year anniversary
of the Christmas Day bombing inNashville, not because I was
there. I certainly didn't, youknow, lose my home like some
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people did. From that. I didn'tlose my business, like some
people did from that. But I wokeup to news on what was supposed
to be one of the happiest daysof the year after a really
crappy year. And the news wasbad again, and it was new. And
it was surprised, and it wassad. And it hung over me and
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everybody in in my world allday, that that Christmas Day.
And we were languishing, we werelanguishing in that entire day.
And we had so looked forward toone day, that was going to be
joyful, that was going to bejust watching the kids open
gifts and make the most out ofwhat had been a tough year. We
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weren't seeing family because ofCOVID. So it was just just, you
know, my little crew. So thatwas already tough. And I just
remember thinking, what, whatelse could happen? This is this
was tough. I don't know. Oh, it
Unknown (07:18):
was it was tough. You know, and I will say what else
happened is that we continue toreally have have to head to
isolate. You know, I think wedidn't expect that we would
still be where we are in 2021especially getting ready to
close out the hearing go into2022 Still with a lot of
uncertainty. You know, I havesaid it before, you know, yes,
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we're coming up on ananniversary. And that's an area
where I've been to plenty oftimes. And when I saw it on the
news, you know, I was back homein West Tennessee. And all I
could say was Thank the Lord.
That wasn't near that area, youknow, and it, it was just kind
of the opposite. The cherry ontop of the pack is some folks
(08:03):
would say, you know, as we hadalready gone through the tornado
earlier that year prior tolockdown. And when we provided
relief to those families mentalhealth therapy during that time,
it was so surreal, having totell people to stay hopeful. I
know all of this is going onright now and you've lost your
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home. And it may not seem likeyou can see tomorrow, but stay
hopeful. You know, and I thinkthat's really something that I
would say we did well with astory of hope and a hope. A lot
of times, I'm hoping that peoplefind hope in after they see the
story of hope. Because you know,languishing is real, but you can
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get through you can get throughit.
Rikki Harris (08:52):
Yeah. So what we're gonna we're gonna play for
the listeners is our about 25minute show that we produce
called the story of hope. It'lloccur right after commercial.
And they'll have the opportunityto hear the story of hope show
if you want to see it. There'svisual. You can go to our
(09:14):
website at tn voices.org. It'sright on the homepage. Click
watch now. You'll be able toview it there but if you if
you're driving like me and you Ilistened to a lot of shows, we I
think you'll enjoy and relate towhat you hear in this story of
hope. Quick story. My one of mydaughters loves the melting pot.
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It's a restaurant downtown. Yes.
Yeah. Our day is pretty closeafter Christmas. So right after
the bombing. She said what areyou doing for my birthday? I
want to go to the melting potand I had to say the melting
pots Not really. It wasdestroyed. smallest that isn't
in, in the grand scheme of allthe things that have happened in
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the world. It's, it's likethere's so much that have
happened, that it's infiltratedinto our little tiny, everyday
life. Stuff that we thinkdoesn't matter. But it does
matter when you have to tellyour kids, you can't go to their
favorite restaurant, becausesomeone actually set off a bomb
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that destroyed it. You're notjust saying, sorry, you can't go
to your favorite restaurant,you're telling you're having to
tell them this thing thathappens in the world. That
doesn't make sense. They'relike, looking at you. What? It
was just a reminder that we'vebeen through a lot. And the
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story of hope covers that. Andfor me, well, I had to think I
had to think if it weren't formy faith in God, I don't know
what hope I'd be hanging on toanymore. After 20 months of
languishing and knowing that, ofall of this, God can use it for
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good for a purpose that isbigger than us, somewhere down
the road. And I yeah, I don'tknow why I shared that with you.
But there you go. You
Unknown (11:24):
shared it because it's something as we always say is on
your heart to say you say that,we realize that we want to make
sure people are hanging on tohope don't lose it, do not lose
it. It is possible to still havein things things will get
better. You know, and we are weare hopeful of that. So I really
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really hope that you know, thoseof you that that are listening
share the story of hope. I hopeyou guys enjoy.
Rikki Harris (11:54):
Yep, story of hope from languishing to flourishing.
Here we go.
Unknown (12:01):
All seven tornadoes that touched down on March 2 And
third and Middle Tennessee werespawned from this same super
selfthe Coronavirus has changed life
as we know it across America.
But how did we go from zerocases to having more than any
other country
Brian Sullivan (12:18):
2020 will be the toughest year of our lives.
Rikki Harris (12:47):
So 2020 and 2021 have obviously been
unprecedented years in ournation. And one of the things
that we have learned is thatpeople have really struggled and
their mental health based oneverything that's going on in
the last 18 months or so. And westarted to understand that more
people are reaching out needingmental health services because
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there's, there's a feeling thatthey don't really know how to
deal with it's something new.
It's something that is notpleasant. And sometimes it's
described as you know, feelinganxious or depressed. But we're
finding that not everyone isclinically anxious or depressed
but rather they're feeling afeeling called languishing.
Unknown (13:29):
Christmas in Nashville was one more confirmation of a
world coming apart at the seams,medical personnel aid
anxiety feelings of loneliness.
Tonight we are taking a deeplook at the mental toll COVID-19
is having on most of us
Rikki Harris (13:47):
and languishing is simply just being stuck in an
unpleasant state for a prolongedperiod of time. When you think
about that definition, I feellike we're
Unknown (13:56):
in that breaking news about a shooting at a Memphis
Area grocery store. It happenedat Kroger in Collierville
Tennessee 13 people were shot.
One person has been killed theshooter
giant retreat as they continueto fire off canisters of tear
gas. It's kind of been this backand forth. For the last hour
there's been a big wave of kindof retreat out into Union Avenue
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to
Rikki Harris (14:19):
be in Tennessee specifically, we've experienced
even more things than apandemic. Much like the rest of
the nation. We've experienced alot of tension around the
election we experienced racialinjustice that created a lot of
tension among us. Weexperienced, you know, just
natural disasters, a number ofthem from flooding and
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tornadoes. This is a lot at onetime. And so in mental health,
we know a lot about trauma andwe know how trauma affects
people. And we know that peopleneed to process trauma. But this
has been a lot in 18 months morethan the norm And so for people
who don't have regularly anystruggles with their mental
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health, they're now saying, Whatis this? Am I depressed? Am I
anxious? Do I need help? ShouldI be reaching out for therapy?
Some people are asking, Will Isnap out of this when everything
goes back to normal? And a lotof us thought that, but things
didn't go back to normal. And sowhere are we now, mind washing,
Unknown (15:26):
it's a feeling of stagnation, feeling of
emptiness. And to keep itsimple, it's the opposite of
flourish. That feeling ofemptiness is something that I've
felt. And I realized, I'vepoured so much out, I need to be
poured into. That is what I'mmissing in this moment. I'm not
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interacting with others as Inormally would. I don't feel
myself, you know, wanting to getup and do those things that I
truly enjoy that I love. And I'mlacking motivation. To get
things. I consider myself to bethe rock of the family. I'm
coming around, always joking,always want to make sure that
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everyone is well taken care of,and trying to figure out how do
we continue to stay close as awhole? Family is everything. And
starting with my nephew, seeing,you know how he's got to get
going and getting back intoschool after a year of being
virtual? I have to make surethat I'm taking care of myself,
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so that I can help him. What canI do to work on this? What's
wrong with me? And I had torealize, where am I growing?
Where am I empty it? We thinkabout four areas that we focus
on, which is growing mentally,physically, spiritually, and
emotionally. Where am I feelingempty? And I thought, How do I
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increase my spiritual sense? Ibegan reading the Bible verse on
a daily basis, being intentionalabout it. A lot of times we read
and we don't read thecomprehension. But what is what
is truly behind this, what canreally inspire me to continue to
move forward?
languishing is something that Ican really relate to, I'm
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probably in it now. Honestly, Ithink different people kind of
have gone in and out over time,but especially at the very
beginning, it seems like oh,well, there's kind of hope. And
and then some, maybe not, andthen up here some hope, oh,
well, maybe. And it seems to goup and down. But honestly, I
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think that's probably what Iexperienced as well that I
probably go in and out oflanguishing. I know a lot of our
families have as well. And it's,it's very, very, it can be very
difficult. I think a lot of minewas a numb kind of kinda going
through the day, gettingeverything done, you know, but
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just not really having the highsnot really having the lows. And
I think what I learned that Ihad to do was proactivity, you
know, I had to take someproactive steps. You know, being
a being a therapist, and I wouldtell someone else I had to do
myself, I had to do a little bitmore organization, a little bit
more proactive thoughts andthings that have to do and put
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it on my calendar, and kind ofwork through that proactively.
And once. Once you kind of startit's like the the rock that kind
of rolls. And once it startsgoing a little bit, you start
getting more motivation and moremotivation. I think that's what
I found.
So due to COVID, in ourpandemic, and my previous
position, I was placed on remoteworking from home and I felt
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very stuck in that place withthe same four walls, doing a job
that I did not love or feelpurpose. For the moment I
started here, I felt like I hadbeen here for years, though, I
actually found a purpose withinthis because I myself struggle
with mental health, and so doesmy child. And so I was able to
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help other people find aresource to help guide them
through their struggles.
Rikki Harris (19:16):
If a person's experiencing languishing,
there's several things they cando. One of the first things I
want to say exercise and greateating is not enough to address
this feeling is just not so wehave to recognize that we as
humans are in four parts wherebiological, psychological,
social, and spiritual. So weneed to be addressing our self
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care in all those areas. Soexercise and nutrition are
great. But there needs to bemore. And so things like
practicing mindfulness ormeditation are great things for
addressing your spiritual needs.
Obviously, if you're a person offaith, prayer and being part of
your faith community is reallyimportant when it comes to
social This is probably thehardest hit area because when we
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were asked to isolate or be sixfeet apart or, you know, be
cautious, we all stopped talkingto each other. I'm grateful now
that things have shifted withthe vaccine. And I feel like our
social lives are starting tocome back together. But I
noticed I'm hesitant to shakehands, because I don't know if
everyone's comfortable,certainly not sure if anyone's
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hugging anymore. And that's agood southern thing to do. So
you know, taking care and beingmindful of making sure you have
those interactions that you havethat time with others. If you're
an extroverted person, this is areally hard thing to go through
a really hard thing. If you'rean introverted person, you were
probably okay for a while. Andthen it started to wane a little
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bit. Because we are made forcommunity, we are not made to
live in isolation. So there is adeep need within us to have
others in our lives. And that'simportant. So setting that up is
really important structures,routines, making sure you get
enough sleep, these are allreally obvious things we can
read. But pairing them with allthese other aspects of self care
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and taking the time to invest inmaking sure that you're healthy
health is more than exercisingnutrition, it really is.
Unknown (21:14):
It's important for listeners to understand that
mental health affects us all, beit directly or indirectly,
everyone has been faced withsome sort of mental health
challenge. And there's so muchstigma this the allies around
the word, no one wants to feellabeled, and no one wants to
(21:37):
seek that support. And thenthere are certain people who
want that support, and theirlack of resources in their
areas. We speak about thepandemic and to, to a certain
extent, the pandemic is helpingreach individuals who struggle
with lack of transportation.
Rikki Harris (21:54):
My CEO and I started a Monday and a Friday
email, we just started thinkingthrough what are we
experiencing? What do peopleneed to hear? And how do we help
keep them feeling strong andconfident and cared about?
People were super appreciativeto be in an organization who
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cared about them so much, and,and I was appreciative to be in
an organization with people whowould allow us to be part of
their self care and to allow usto be part of a culture of
compassion.
Unknown (22:27):
And being able to provide that support from our
end, we're able to help othersunderstand that it's okay to not
be okay. And that help isavailable.
Rikki Harris (22:37):
The other thing that languishing does is make
you rethink everything. So whatam I doing? Do I? Do I like how
my life has turned out? Am Iokay with my circumstances?
Should I be thinking aboutchange? Is this feeling making
me unhappy? Or was that unhappybefore? And so that that may be
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how languishing feels? If firstof all labeling that feeling is
really important, andunderstanding that, okay, I have
a name for this. Now what? Butfor some people I've talked to
they would say just knowing thatname, languishing made them feel
so much better. It's odd to saythat just the label will make
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you feel better becausesometimes we feel the opposite.
Please don't label me I don'twant to feel that I'm a blank
type of person. But it's almosta release to this feeling that
okay, I don't have to keepstruggling to figure it out. I
now know what it is. What can Ido next? So it moves people from
struggling through the unknowninto action. And that begins to
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start the conversation aboutlanguishing. One of the ways we
decided was important to helpthe community beyond just news
media interviews was reallytalking to the people in the
community, one on one, and we
Unknown (23:55):
know COVID-19 can make you physically sick. But what
about your mental healthTennessee voices wants to help.
The organization is visitingsome of our more rural areas
handing out supplies.
Dozens of people volunteer todayto help people struggling with
mental health.
Tennessee's leading mentalhealth support service got out
of Memphis today to spread theword about suicide prevention
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month,Tennessee voices I decided to
make sure that people here inMemphis knew where they can go
to talk about their mentalhealth
needs. Teenagers lined up at theMorristown housing authority for
free backpacks filled withmental health resources and
other supplies. Tennessee voicesand mental health support group
is behind the effort.
Rikki Harris (24:32):
So I asked Will to co host a podcast with me. I
didn't know the first thingabout a podcast I listened to
them. But I did know thatlistening to positive, inspiring
stories was better for me, as Iaddress my own languishing and I
wanted to do that I wanted tooffer a place where people could
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hear from others about how theyaddressed whether it was
languishing or their own mentalhealth and For successfully, so
we started a podcast and wecalled it can plus did candid.
And we wanted to hear aboutpeople who can believe they can.
And they did move forwardsuccessfully, despite whatever
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mental health challenges thatthey had. I've written this
guided meditation that we'd liketo offer, the community that
we're calling rekindling joy.
And the purpose of that guidedmeditation is to help people
mindfully move from languishingto flourishing and experiencing
joy. Again, we as anorganization, understand that
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it's time to really help thecommunity, it's time to help the
community understand, label thisfeeling, and then understand how
to help themselves. Because wealso have a workforce problem in
mental health. And we'reconcerned, I'm concerned about
how we're going to be able toaddress these feelings and these
issues that are being createdbased on the mental health
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challenges because of all thatwe faced us Tennesseans in the
last 18 months. So we get
Unknown (26:05):
a overwhelming amount of calls for our therapy
services. And you know, we needto meet their needs, but also
have the staff to do that. Andright now, we need more, and in
order to fulfill all of ourclient's needs,
Rikki Harris (26:22):
and so it's imperative that we increase the
workforce so that we canincrease the services that we
need to deliver to help peoplemove forward. The sooner we do
that, the sooner we all get backto normal, much as COVID-19 is a
problem that is definitelyimpacting our physical health,
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mental health as a problem, andit's impacting us so much that
it's being called the secondpandemic. So we're here to make
sure that those services areavailable, that there are
options for people that there'saccess to mental health services
for anyone anywhere. A lot ofpeople have lost jobs this year,
and have lost insurance. So wejust continue to find more and
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more people who are on hardshipand the support of a scholarship
to get the help that they need.
So funding that is easy, it's$50 to have a therapy session,
that $50 gift gets one session.
And you know, that's one onemore person who's getting the
help they need and getting theservices they need to move on
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through their life successfullyin the way that they want to.
Unknown (27:32):
We need your help. We know that $50 can help one
individual that is strugglingwith mental health concerns, and
we need your support. Mentalhealth doesn't just affect us
one time, it is a walk that wetake with individuals. Being
able to have your support willtruly help them understand that
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hope is possible. Because duringthis time, we're realizing that
many people are losing hope, ordon't even believe it exists
anymore. And your donation canhelp someone understand that
hope is possible.
Rikki Harris (28:13):
We want to close the story of hope show with a
song entitled together. Thisvideo collaboration will give
you hope to move forward out oflanguishing into flourishing.
But first, here's how you canget help for yourself and others
get free resources and helpother Tennesseans get the help
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they need. Through the servicesand support we provide a
Tennessee voices. If you orsomeone you know needs mental
health support, you can go toour website at tn voices.org and
submit a referral by clickingthe green button completing the
information and someone fromTennessee voices will contact
you. One $50 donation can giveone Tennessee and the mental
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health support they need fromTennessee voices will you help
us reach the Tennesseans whohaven't received the help they
need by texting 44321 and thewords T invoices to receive a
link to give or go directly toour website at tn
voices.org/donate. All gifts aretax deductible. Tennessee voices
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currently reaches over 60,000Tennessee ends each year with a
message of hope. But the need isstill great. With over 300,000
More Tennesseans that needmental health support every $50
donation helps. How manyTennesseans will you support?
Please text 44321 and the wordsT invoices or go directly to our
(29:50):
website at tn voices.org/donate.
The Tennessee voices Hope Fundwas started by our founder and
former CEO Second Lady of theUnited States, Mrs. Tipper Gore.
The Hope Fund helps Tennessee inneed pay for mental health
services at Tennessee voiceseach day requests for this fund
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increase. We want to offer yousome free resources to help you
move from languishing toflourishing. These resources are
available on our website at tnvoices.org. There you will find
a link to our story of hope showa one page summary of what
you've heard tonight to help youmove from languishing to
(30:34):
flourishing, a free download ofour guided meditation called
rekindling joy and access to ouronline Mental Health Resource
Library. Additionally, we inviteyou to download our podcast can
plus did available on allpodcast listening platforms and
coming soon a free app called myhealth coach. To help you track
(30:58):
your mental health daily. Weinvite you to share this story
of hope moving from languishingto flourishing with your friends
and family. You can easily sharethe link you're watching now, or
find it on our website at tnvoices.org. And now we close our
show with an inspiring songwritten and performed
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collaboratively during thepandemic. Brothers Luke and Joel
Smallbone from the band for kingand country along with Tori
Kelly and Kirk Franklin. Thissong entitled together is a
joyous celebration of movingfrom languishing to flourishing
together The video featurespeople like you and me I hope
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