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Episode 33 - Farming at Worlds End with Steph Schmidt (opens the original)
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Welcome to episode 33! We discuss Resilience, Redefined: Rural Mental Health with Steph Schmidt. Steph is: Registered psychologist, farmer, and rural mental health advocate Farms sheep and grain with her husband and 3 sons in "World's End," South Australia (low-rainfall district) Shifted from 1:1 clinical therapy to mental health promotion, prevention, and skills-building for farm families Runs workshops and speaks on rural resilience and psychological flexibility Links: Website Farm Life Psych
Episode 32 - Showing Up for People: A Conversation with Shawna Percy (opens the original)
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Episode Summary Bridgette and Lauren sit down with Shawna Percy, a farm-based mental health advocate and suicide prevention trainer, for a candid conversation about how to truly show up for people who are grieving or struggling, without adding to their pain. Shawna shares the story of losing her first husband to suicide, how that loss led her into full-time work training programs like ASIST and safeTALK, and why lived experience and evidence based knowledge together create the most effective sup
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