Hippocratic Hope

Beth and KG review the symptoms of schizophrenia and the medical treatment, along with common medications. This is part one because Beth had to leave early before sharing how she approaches treating schizophrenia. 

KG and Beth share their experience in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder. Commonly known as OCD. Listen in as you likely will learn something new. 

To experience a mental illness is to experience being human. While some will experience an acute time-limited condition, many will learn to manage lifelong conditions. Beth and KG are no exception. Join us as we share our personal experiences of getting diagnosed and treated and managing chronic mental illnesses. 

Though common, Bipolar is a diagnosis that the public often uses as a descriptor of odd and sometimes scary mental health symptoms. Yet bipolar is a distinct condition that is miss understood by most people.  Beth and KG spend time discussing their experience working with and successfully treating individuals who experience bipolar disorder.

Pop quiz: Name a group of people who were happy to work from home during the pandemic and are struggling to return to the office. Beth and KG talk about the most common anxiety disorder, Social Anxiety.

Beth and KG talk about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, how it is diagnosed, and some ways it can be treated. Emphasis on PTSD being a human-conditioned response to trauma, celebrating our bodies' ability to re-adapt after facing life-threatening situations. 

Beth and KG explore one of the most common anxiety disorders. Educating on how GAD is diagnosed and two ways to manage General Anxiety Disorder without medication. 

In this episode, KG and Beth discuss how we diagnose and treat Major Depression and what you could expect from or could look for in treatment. 

KG and Beth come full circle to share how sleep impacts our suffering. Together they openly explore how sleep affects them as providers and the risks of ignoring common sleep problems. KG uses her clinical knowledge to educate on various sleep conditions that often go untreated. KG also clarifies what a good night's sleep looks like. Beth shares her strategies around behavior interventions that have helped improve sleep. 

KG and Beth come together as official cohosts and formally introduce themselves. Together they reflect on their passion as providers and KG opens up about a real-world struggle.  Sharing how she used noticing thoughts and acceptance to stop suffering. 

It is not a new idea that life has pain. However, suffering does not have to be a part of our lives. Many of us are suffering due to societal standards that have indicated that the internal human experience should be controlled or suppressed in order for us to be strong enough and have the capacity to reach our goals. However, what if that way of thinking was the root of our suffering?

 What you feed your body does impact your mental health. In times of high stress, small changes to eating habits can substantially improve you ability to cope, think and overall help you to care for others. 

Sleep may be one of the most important elements of maintaining stable mental health. However, being in the medical fiend or being a caregiver, often requires us to compromise sleep quantity and quality. In this episode, we discuss the basic need of sleep and how this could be impacting your efforts to foster mental health stability. We also discuss basic skills to transform your sleep habits and improve your sleep quality. 

Are you ready?  Because this is not your average talk about substance use. In this episode, you will hear about options available to you (as a professional) that you'll actually consider using. This is a safe place to listen. Getting help doesn't have to be hard or inconvenient, it simply needs to be helpful to you.