Mind the Gap: Reducing Stigma around Mental Health

Aster Dettweiler
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A podcast made by students, for students. This podcast dives into the college experience and clears up common misconceptions and misinformation about mental health. Topics include coping strategies, grounding exercises, common problems, professional perspectives, and more! Mind the Gap aims to fill the gap in discussions around mental health, and dispel the negative connotations around mental illness.

  1. May 15

    Isabel Friedrichs: Author of "The Blue Series"

    WARNING: This episode contains discussions of suicide. Isabel Friedrichs joins the show to discuss her newly-published poetry collection, "The Blue Series: Poems on Love, Loss, and Learning to Heal", and how we can use art as a coping mechanism and a way to reduce stigma.

    16 min

  2. May 1

    Vulnerability and Communication with Professor Jeanine Skorinko

    Professor Jeanine Skorinko joins the show to discuss gender, sexuality, and how we can be authentic in relationships.

    19 min

  3. Jan 30

    Working toward Healthy Goals with Kelia Bergin

    Kelia Bergin joins to talk about how we can set healthy goals, make progress toward them, and pivot when things don't work out.

    37 min

  4. 12/19/2025

    Embracing different versions of yourself with Ágata Romero

    This episode, I talk to MHC President Ágata Romero about getting in touch with our identities, who we really are, and making commitments to ourselves.

    30 min

  5. 12/09/2025

    Social Media, Self-Worth, and Building Community with Richard Lopez

    This episode, our advisor and WPI professor, Richard Lopez, talks about social media, contingent self-worth, and how we can build real, deep community.

    28 min

  6. 12/05/2025

    Work-Life "Balance" with Stacy Shaw

    This episode, Professor Stacy Shaw shares insights from her research and personal life. We discuss how to set ourselves up for success in work, personal life, and more.

    35 min
  7. Balancing School and Life with Dina Kalmanson

    10/11/2025

    Balancing School and Life with Dina Kalmanson

    Join us for our first discussion of work/life balance with MHC's Vice President, Dina Kalmanson!

    19 min
  8. New Beginnings with Gina Heinsohn

    09/26/2025

    New Beginnings with Gina Heinsohn

    This week we talk with Assistant Director of the Center for Wellbeing, Gina Heinsohn, who is also a new advisor for WPI Mental Health Committee, about new beginnings, transitions, and what the CWB is.

    35 min
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A podcast made by students, for students. This podcast dives into the college experience and clears up common misconceptions and misinformation about mental health. Topics include coping strategies, grounding exercises, common problems, professional perspectives, and more! Mind the Gap aims to fill the gap in discussions around mental health, and dispel the negative connotations around mental illness.

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