RadioActive Chelsea Lynae MacLellan

Local Chelsea advocate and family man Paul Schissler shares his emotional story about his family’s mental health. He first takes us back to his childhood, being raised by a man who suffered from PTSD. Then pours into the raw emotion of raising a child with mental health challenges. Get the tissues for this one... it’s real.

This is my first episode where I am incorporating community events into the my podcast, as the story of Chelsea currently being written. For this episode, we sneak into this year's Annual Chamber of Commerce meeting and listen to the story of Craig Common, owner of the Common Grill in Chelsea. He was the recipient of the Large Business Leadership Award for 2019. He was nominated and introduced by last year's LBLA winner, Phil Tolliver of Smokehouse 52 BBQ. Their support, camaraderie and mutual respect as competitors is beautiful and endearing.... and as they explain a necessity for survival.
Thank you Randy Lee of RK Studios for the audio file and photos!!

In light of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Michelle Massey-Barnes agreed to let me narrate her story rather than interview her. I am honored that she let me be her voice. Michelle shares her story about her son Logan and his diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, navigating our mental health system and the presenting challenges of the Covid-19 Pandemic of giving her son the care he needs.
"We just passed the one year mark of the month things started to completely fall apart. If I had known how deep and dark the year to come was going to be, I think I wouldn’t have made it through.
"I was away for work when the school called my husband and told him they were concerned about our 8th grade son, Logan. It was mid-Febuary, 2019, and Logan had not turned in any homework since returning to school after break. His attitude had completely changed and he was showing very little interest in school, friendships, or extracurricular activities.
"We were worried. We wanted help. In the year since then, we have honestly made very little process.
"I am sharing this story with you because I want you to know what it is like to navigate our mental health system. When people say our mental health system is broken, I want you to understand what it means. Although this is our story and the experiences of our family, I have talked with countless other families that have experienced similar and even more frustrating mental health situations.
"I'm sharing this story with you so you can begin to understand the incredible distances families need to travel in order to obtain services for their children. I want you to know because if everyone knows, maybe we can all play some small part and make change happen. If no one knows, nothing will ever change because no will know anything is wrong."

Kelly has been practicing astrology and exercising her intuitive muscle for most of her life... and she's now sharing her gift with the world. Kelly tells us about her spiritual journey and invites us to explore our own intuition.
visit www.kellygoodell.com

Jason Povlich is the owner of a small empire just north of the train tracks in Chelsea, Michigan. He is the owner of Jet's Pizza, the Rumpus Room, the Grateful Crow (coming soon) and Clocktower Comix (coming soon). In this episode, we have such an honest conversation about building a culture around purpose, their mission in Haiti, the lessons he learned from a failed business, and the new and exciting businesses he has in store for Chelsea!

Anti-war advocate in active duty during Vietnam shares his story of anger, of empathy, and of personal growth during one of the most volatile times in our country's history.