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Stuff That Matters - A New Hope Podcast

Stuff that Matters is an interview-based show centered around important voices in the broader human services space that have something to say about something...that matters.Primarily long-form, occasionally short-form, free flowing interviews.

Podcast · By New Hope Treatment Centers - Matt Simon, Mike O'Connor, Patrick Puzzo · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
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Sep 9, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    Stuff that Matters, Ep. 48 - Dr. Natasha Donnelly, Mental Health, Suicide Awareness, Cedar Oaks Clinic, Research (opens the original)

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    PMHNP-BC, APRN, and Sociologist with a Ph.D. focused on narrative analysis to inform suicide awareness. (00:01:40-00:10:36) – Her background and origin story getting into the mental health world. Her early studies and research. (00:10:37-00:14:23) – Standards that limited what she could do with patients earlier in her career and the early days of Cedar Oaks Clinic. (00:14:24-00:24:16) – The differences and similarities between how mental health and suicide is treated in the UK vs. the US. Person

  2. Episode · Aug 28, 2026

    Stuff that Matters, Ep. 47 - Mary Kathryn Elkins, Child Advocacy, Charlotte, Child Abuse, Non-Profit (opens the original)

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    Mary Kathryn Elkins is the Senior Director of Programs for the Child Advocacy Center of Charlotte. Children’s Advocacy Center of Charlotte, formerly known as Pat’s Place Child Advocacy Center, is a nonprofit organization that coordinates the investigation, prosecution and treatment of the most severe cases of child abuse in Mecklenburg County. Mary Kathryn strives to impact systems of care to reduce barriers to treatment for clients and to provide secondary-traumatic stress informed leadership t

  3. Episode · Jul 31, 2026

    Hope Grown - Bree Huckeby, Direct Care, Community Liaison, South Carolina, Residential Services (opens the original)

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    Bree Huckeby began her career at New Hope as a Direct Care staff working with the communities, primarily the young girls at the facility in Rock Hill, SC. She left for a couple of years, but ultimately returned in 2024 when the role of South Carolina Community Liaison was created. Taking her experience on the floor working directly with the youth, she now creates relationships in and around South Carolina while sharing New Hope's mission as an organization. 00:00:08-00:16:40 – Her background and

  4. Episode · Jul 20, 2026

    Stuff that Matters, Ep. 46 - Mike Leach, Foster Care, Child Welfare, South Carolina DSS, Families, Youth (opens the original)

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    Mike Leach is the Chief External Engagement Officer for Think Of US. He's the Principal for Leach Consulting Group, LLC, a partner at Momenta Advisors, Senior Fellow at Center for the Helping Professions and the former State Director at South Carolina DSS. (00:01:23-00:14:58) - His background – gettinginto child welfare and into the South Carolina DSS space. (00:14:59-00:41:07) – A birds eye view of the childwelfare system; what states are doing things well. A look at the frontline staff, and ul

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