Navigate with Nadine

Nadine Wilches

Navigate with Nadine explores the ideas, people, and innovations shaping the future of mental wellbeing. Hosted by Nadine Wilches, Founder and CEO of MindArch Health, the podcast brings together leaders across healthcare, education, research, technology, public health, and business to explore how we can prevent stress-related disorders and build healthier people, workplaces, schools, and communities. Through conversations on prevention, leadership, emerging research, technology, policy, and population health, each episode uncovers practical ways to move beyond treating problems after they arise and toward creating lasting, proactive change. If you’re passionate about improving mental wellbeing at scale, Navigate with Nadine offers fresh perspectives, meaningful conversations, and actionable ideas for building a healthier future.

Episodes

  1. 6d ago

    Ishan Arvin - Nationwide Interim Program Director of Behavioral Health, Horizon Health Corporation

    What if we could prevent mental health crises instead of waiting until people reach their breaking point? In this episode of Navigate with Nadine, host Nadine Wilches sits down with Ishan Arvin, MHA, BSN, RN, a healthcare executive, registered nurse, and behavioral health leader with over 20 years of experience transforming healthcare systems. Drawing on his journey from bedside nursing to executive leadership, Ishan shares how witnessing preventable mental health crises firsthand inspired him to challenge traditional approaches to behavioral healthcare. Together, they explore why healthcare systems continue to miss early warning signs, how fragmented patient information delays treatment, and what it takes to build a prevention-first model of care. The conversation examines the potential of artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and connected electronic health records to identify risks earlier, improve communication between providers, and help patients access care before their conditions escalate. Ishan also discusses the human side of healthcare transformation, including clinician burnout, patient safety, financial pressures, and the responsibility leaders have to create systems that support both patients and healthcare professionals. From strengthening community-based mental health services to measuring prevention outcomes and improving continuity of care, this episode offers practical insights into building a more proactive, connected, and compassionate healthcare system. Because the future of mental healthcare isn't just about responding to crises. It's about preventing them whenever possible.

    Ishan Arvin - Nationwide Interim Program Director of Behavioral Health, Horizon Health Corporation

  2. Oct 6

    Brandon Keppner - Chief Operating Officer, Parkside Psychiatric Hospital & Clinic

    What if mental healthcare could help people build resilience before they ever reach a crisis? In this episode of Navigate with Nadine, Nadine Wilches sits down with Brandon Keppner, Chief Operating Officer of Parkside Psychiatric Hospital & Clinic, to explore what it takes to move behavioral healthcare from reactive treatment toward proactive prevention. Brandon shares the unexpected experience that led him from studying art and illustration into a career in behavioral health, and the lessons he has learned through decades of leading psychiatric hospitals, healthcare teams, and behavioral health programs. Together, Nadine and Brandon discuss why prevention has to account for the individual, how technology and AI can support rather than replace human connection, and how biometric gaming is helping children develop emotional regulation skills. Brandon shares how Parkside's Mighty Makers program uses biofeedback and gaming to help young people recognize and manage their physical responses to stress. The conversation also explores resilience, personal agency, restraint reduction, and the importance of balancing boundaries with relationships. Brandon explains why healthier behavioral health systems depend not only on better technology, but also on creating the time and space for genuine human connection. Looking toward the future, Nadine and Brandon discuss why behavioral healthcare cannot always follow a traditional medical model and what a more individualized, preventive, and integrated system of mental healthcare could look like. This episode offers a practical look at how leadership, technology, relationships, and prevention can work together to build healthier systems and help people develop the skills they need before challenges become crises.

    Brandon Keppner - Chief Operating Officer, Parkside Psychiatric Hospital & Clinic

  3. Sep 22

    Ken Huey - CEO, The Hope Group & Havenwood Academy

    What if we could build resilience before trauma leads to crisis? On this episode of Navigate with Nadine, host Nadine Wilches sits down with Ken Huey, CEO of The Hope Group and Havenwood Academy, to explore trauma, adverse childhood experiences, resilience, and the systems that can help people change their trajectory. Drawing on more than 25 years in mental and behavioral healthcare, Ken shares how his understanding of trauma shaped both his personal life and professional career. He explains why adverse experiences do not have to determine a person's future and how protective relationships, mentorship, and consistent positive experiences can help people build healthier patterns. Nadine and Ken discuss the opportunity to move mental healthcare further upstream — from responding to symptoms and crises to intentionally creating environments that strengthen resilience. They explore the role of schools, after-school programs, community organizations, clinicians, technology, and supportive adults in building a stronger preventive infrastructure. The conversation also examines the challenges of reaching people who cannot or do not access traditional mental health services, the importance of collaboration across behavioral healthcare, and where technology and AI may fit within the future of prevention and care. Ken closes with a powerful reminder: change is possible, and you do not have to be a clinician to make a difference. Sometimes consistently showing up as a caring, connected person can change the direction of someone's life.

    Ken Huey - CEO, The Hope Group & Havenwood Academy

  4. Sep 15

    Scott Neeley, MD, MBA – President & CEO, Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

    What if improving health meant looking beyond the walls of hospitals and clinics? On this episode of Navigate with Nadine, Nadine Wilches sits down with Dr. Scott Neeley, President and CEO of Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and co-founder of HealthSpan Nevada County, to explore what it takes to move healthcare upstream. Scott shares how HealthSpan is bringing healthcare providers, community organizations, local government, and social services together to address the conditions that shape health long before someone reaches a hospital. From food access and safe environments to social connection, physical activity, policy, and behavioral health, the conversation examines why healthier communities require more than simply telling individuals to make healthier choices. Nadine and Scott also discuss closed-loop referral systems, fragmented healthcare data, shared KPIs, measuring population-level outcomes, and the potential to identify and address risk before it becomes crisis. At the heart of the conversation is a different way of thinking about healthcare: hospitals will always play a critical role in treating illness, but prevention requires communities to build the conditions that help people stay well. It’s a conversation about moving from sick care to prevention - and making health something communities can build together.

    Scott Neeley, MD, MBA – President & CEO, Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
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About

Navigate with Nadine explores the ideas, people, and innovations shaping the future of mental wellbeing. Hosted by Nadine Wilches, Founder and CEO of MindArch Health, the podcast brings together leaders across healthcare, education, research, technology, public health, and business to explore how we can prevent stress-related disorders and build healthier people, workplaces, schools, and communities. Through conversations on prevention, leadership, emerging research, technology, policy, and population health, each episode uncovers practical ways to move beyond treating problems after they arise and toward creating lasting, proactive change. If you’re passionate about improving mental wellbeing at scale, Navigate with Nadine offers fresh perspectives, meaningful conversations, and actionable ideas for building a healthier future.

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  • Creator
    Nadine Wilches
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Navigate with Nadine
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