29 episodes
Stories of A Dandelion Gina Rhett
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Welcome to the podcast! Join me (Gina) on a journey of understanding and supporting those like me who have struggled with mental health. From becoming young adults to adulting and beyond. No matter the topic, we are here to shine a light on mental health and learn to be okay with not being okay sometimes.
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Unsubscribing From Society's Timeline: How To Make The Most Of Your Life Now w/ Paris
Paris is a military brat, daughter, sister, and friend. I met Paris in middle school, where we played on the same basketball team, the “Green Machine” and lived at church. And she quickly became my sister from another mister and misses. We have a conversation about the timeline society, and we set for ourselves. A timeline that Paris has recently realized that it is time to unsubscribe from in order to live the life she is called to and making the most of it. Paris also shares the experience she had with bodybuilding and the struggles she went through to feel like her body was hers again. This is her story as a Dandelion.
In this episode I discuss:
How society’s and her timeline have affected her life
Why she is unsubscribing to society’s and the timeline she set for herself
How she went from a fashion designer to a mental health counselor
The dark sides of bodybuilding
Mental Health Resources:
Suicide Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/index.html
Headstrong Therapy: https://theheadstrongproject.org/get-help/
Eating Disorders: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/get-help/
Follow Me:
Stories Of A Dandelion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesofadandelion/
Uncharted Brat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncharted_brat/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcNFPBbHV06qxG6PYA0QHow
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1SuGgmBW88gL68YI8scR2E
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A Gap Year Of Healing: How To Find Hope In Loss w/ Connor
Connor is a military brat, son, brother, and friend. Connor and I met in high school, and we have been best friends for 12 years now. During our senior year, Connor lost his sister. When we graduated, he decided to take some time away from school and do missionary work. The experience helped him initiate the healing process from his sisters death and other traumas that he had been holding on to from his past. He now works to be more intentional with the people he loves and the time that he gets to spend with them. The missionary work also ignited a purpose in him that he is looking to continue to pursue for the rest of his life. This is his dandelion story.
In this episode, I discuss:
* Why did he choose to take a gap year
* How the gap year helped him explore new cultures and opportunities
* How he continues to seek healing and growth in his life
* The purpose that God gave him to do
Mental Health Resources:
Suicide Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/index.html
Headstrong Therapy: https://theheadstrongproject.org/get-help/
Follow Me:
Stories Of A Dandelion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesofadandelion/
Uncharted Brat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncharted_brat/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcNFPBbHV06qxG6PYA0QHow
Spotify: @uGgmBW88gL68YI8scR2E
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Independent & Thriving: Stepping Into Womanhood w/ Isolde
Isolde is a military brat, daughter, sister, and friend. I met Isolde in middle school, and I have to admit I may not have been the best influence or role model when we were kids. So to get to reconnect with her now was a chance for us to laugh at the stupid things we did as kids and realize that we all do stupid things, but stupid things do not define us. We have a conversation about social anxiety and the hold it had on us a point in our lives that we were meant to be thriving. She also shares the differences that she has experienced between the Norwegian and American culture and how it has shaped her to be the woman she is today. This is her Dandelion story.
In this episode, we discuss:
How has social anxiety impacted her life
The stupid things we did in middle school
The difference between Norwegian and American culture
How she ended up in Belgium three times as a military brat
Mental Health Resources:
Suicide Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/index.html
Headstrong Therapy: https://theheadstrongproject.org/get-help/
Follow Me:
Stories Of A Dandelion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesofadandelion/
Uncharted Brat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncharted_brat/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcNFPBbHV06qxG6PYA0QHow
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1SuGgmBW88gL68YI8scR2E
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Staying True To My Journey: Breaking Free Of The Path Written For Me w/ Fabio
Fabio is a military brat, husband, brother, son, father, and friend. Fabio is our first international on the podcast, and I enjoyed reconnecting with him from across the water. Fabio and I met in high school and bonded over our love of sports. Since then, Fabio has been creating his own path of success and recently started his own business. Today, he talks about the long road it took for him to realize that the path written for him by his parents was not the path that he was meant to take. Even though the path for him was not easy for his family or him, he has never been happier, and his family is very proud of the life and career he is building for himself today. This is his story as a Dandelion.
In this episode, we discuss:
* Why was the written path not the one for him
* How he made a new path for himself
* How living a military brat life helping him in his journey
* The joys of being a husband, father, and building his own business
Mental Health Resources:
Suicide Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/index.html
Headstrong Therapy: https://theheadstrongproject.org/get-help/
Follow Me:
Stories Of A Dandelion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesofadandelion/
Uncharted Brat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncharted_brat/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcNFPBbHV06qxG6PYA0QHow
Spotify: @uGgmBW88gL68YI8scR2E
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Life Of A Class Clown: The Challenges Of Stepping Out Of The Cliche w/Josh
Josh is a military brat, brother, son, and friend. Josh and I met in middle school where we had Spanish class together and he quickly became the class clown. Every day he would come in with a new joke ready to go and make the whole classroom laugh. Soon after his move to Belgium he moved to Japan where he felt like he could be more of himself. The class clown had become a part of who he is. So he had to figure out how to change the narrative of what a class clown should be while figure out who he wanted to be moving forward. This is his story as a Dandelion.
In this episode I discuss:
Josh being the class clown
The challenges of stepping out of the class clown box
The multiple culture shocks he had growing up
The feeling of being an outcast in a new place
Mental Health Resources:
Suicide Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/index.html
Headstrong Therapy: https://theheadstrongproject.org/get-help/
Follow Me:
Stories Of A Dandelion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesofadandelion/
Uncharted Brat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncharted_brat/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcNFPBbHV06qxG6PYA0QHow
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1SuGgmBW88gL68YI8scR2E
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Why You Should Challenge The Status Quo
Last episode of You're Not Just A Trend. Today, we have a conversation about why challenging the status quo is important to the growth of yourself, your community, and society. This is not something that is easy to do. And some of us believe that we have to do this alone but that is not the case. We need our community to help us. Tune in to hear why.
In this episode, I discuss:
- The importance of challenging the status quo
- Why community is needed to challenge the quo
- Why community is important to having a secure mindset
Mental Health Resources:
Suicide Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/index.html
Headstrong Therapy: https://theheadstrongproject.org/get-help/
Follow Me:
Stories Of A Dandelion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiesofadandelion/
Uncharted Brat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncharted_brat/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcNFPBbHV06qxG6PYA0QHow
Spotify: @uGgmBW88gL68YI8scR2E
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