Candidly, Caitlyn Caitlyn

TW: Sudden Death, S*icide 

In today’s episode, I spoke with Angela Frazier, a mental health advocate, founder of Sister’s in Public Health and author of “A Kids Book About Suicide. 

Angela and I spoke about her motivations for starting a nonprofit, the importance of starting conversations around mental health young, finding mentorship and more. I’m so thankful to Angela for reaching out about having this conversation, and I hope y’all enjoy listening.
You can keep up with Angela on her various IG pages: @angelanicole_f and @sistersinpublichealth and on her website https://angelanicolefrazier.com



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TW: Discussions of Medical Trauma & Chronic Illness 

In today’s episode, I spoke with Iman (she/they) about her experience being diagnosed with chronic illness at 16, navigating life while disabled, what disability justice means to them, the importance of disabled joy and love and so much more!
You can keep up with Iman on IG @alilbitofaith and @amplifybipocdisabledvoices 

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In today’s episode, I spoke with Dr. Jihan Najjar who is a licensed counseling psychologist & works with individuals seeking to change their substance use. Jihan is passionate about harm reduction, reducing sigma around substance use & decolonial psychology. In this conversation, Jihan & I spoke about her counseling work and being exposed to harm reduction, the importance of decolonizing our understanding of drug use, depictions of substance use on television & more. 
 
 Check out Jihan on IG here: @harmreductionhottie and keep up with the important work she's doing.
 
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In this episode, I spoke with Marissa McKool, who after working in the field of public health, feeling overwhelmed and overworked, discovered life & career coaching and the power of shifting your mindset. Now, she works with other public health workers on ways to reduce burnout, feel better and get more rest. 
In our conversation, Marissa and I spoke about her shift to career coaching & the importance of representation within the field, the Great Resignation and redefining what it means to be productive, redefining rest and your right to it & more. Make sure to follow her on IG @publichealthcoach and check out her website here: https://www.mckoolcoaching.com/about 

In this episode, I spoke with Kendra Julien, a health educator and certified corporate wellness specialist. Kendra is passionate about the importance of a healthy work-life balance and has devoted time to educating women and employees on how to achieve this. In our conversation, we spoke about toxic workplaces and red flags, having and enforcing boundaries in the workplace, student wellness & more. 

Make sure to check Kendra out on ig @healthandwellness_guru to keep up with the work she is doing! 

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[ T/W S*xual V*olence]
In today’s episode, I had the privilege of speaking with the founder & CEO of the Sexual Violence Prevention Association, Omny Miranda Martone (they/them). 

SVPA is a new organization that seeks to systemically prevent sexual violence by revolutionizing policy, research & institutions. Follow them @svpaofficial on all social media platforms. 

In our conversation, I spoke with Omny about the steps to starting their own organization, the intention and need behind it, the biggests successes and challenges, and so much more. 

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