The Good Ahead Podcast
Giving your mental health a boost with useful information to live your best life and see the good ahead.
Episodes
16 episodes
988 Part 2 - Calling the Lifeline
Join us as we talk to Cory Hudnall, New Vista's 988 Coordinator, and find out what it's like to call into and receive calls for 988, the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.When you're having a mental health crisis, call the National S...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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20:43
988 - The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
When you're having a mental health crisis, call 988, the three digit number for the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. These calls are answered by local call centers with trained mental health professionals. New Vista answers 988 for Central...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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30:47
Mindfulness Moment: A Guided Meditation
Today we're bringing you a guided meditation focusing on your five senses to help with mindfulness! If you need help, call out 24-hour helpline at 1.800.928.8000 or find out more at www.newvista.org...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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6:05
Introducing Season 2
Welcome back to Season 2 of The Good Ahead Podcast, where we host meaningful conversations about all things Mental and Behavioral Health. This podcast is hosted by New Vista, a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center based in Central Kentu...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the Need for Protective Factors
Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, identifies certain life experiences that could be key indicators of health problems that surface later in life. What's made this study so impactful? Alex Colston, a New Vista Licensed Marriage and Family ...
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37:03
Signs to Know to Prevent Suicide
*Trigger Warning*In this episode, we discuss signs to know to prevent suicide. If you or a loved one are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1.800.273.8255. There is help ava...
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41:45
What to Expect in the First Counseling Session
Go into your first counseling session with confidence! A wide range of thoughts and feelings may accompany you leading up to your appointment. This episode exists to help you create a healthy framework for what you can expect with that first se...
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40:23
A Relationship That Can Thrive
Let's find out how psychology and romance collide! One of New Vista's Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Andi Bruhn, comes on the show to discuss attachment theory and knowing your own attachment style. What does finding "the one" really ...
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42:34
How People Change
A new year means new opportunities for change. What is it about the calendar year moving up a number that makes us think more about eliminating or adopting new habits/behaviors - "New Year's Resolutions"? Change can be hard. Natasha Painter, Ne...
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32:11
The Life of a Peer Support Specialist
Substance use destroys lives. But when addiction leads to the lowest places, there is opportunity to find new hope and meaning. That new hope and meaning is found through the long road of recovery. And how beautiful is it that one's lowest plac...
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40:38
Mindfulness Moment
Enjoy your 13 minutes of Zen with this guided mindfulness exercise led by Tiffany Arrows, Regional Director of Specialty and Outreach Services at New Vista!
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13:00
Managing Anxiety in Times of Uncertainty
Being human can be full of complicated experiences that trigger a wide-variety of thoughts, feelings, and reactions. Anxiety is something everyone carries with them in one way or another. So maybe anxiety isn't something we should learn how to ...
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32:43
The Good Mood Fixer Upper
Every day there are factors that play into our mood. Maybe you're in a bad mood because the weather isn't your preference today. Maybe you're in a great mood because you played your favorite song on your way to work. Maybe your self-critique is...
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32:04
Kids' Mental Health and Seeking Therapy
Mental health is relevant to everyone, and in this episode we discuss how important of a topic this is in raising the next generation. There's no question that kids are facing many challenges, especially living in an increasingly digital age. H...
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29:41