In honor of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Lori shares excerpts from her book "I Dare You to Walk In My Shoes," diving into moments of her life where she struggled with self-harm. By revisiting these moments that she recounts in the form of poetry, we hope that it serves as a tool to help people know they are not alone, and be a voice for anyone who feels voiceless right now.

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a dedicated time to raise awareness, break the stigma, and share vital mental health resources. The goal of the month is to spread hope, and spark meaningful action around one of the most urgent mental health crises.

Call or text 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline immediately by dialing 988 if you or someone you know is struggling with a mental health crisis or thoughts of suicide.

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This episode is sponsored by Mental Health America of Dutchess County:

The 988 Challenge - https://mhadutchess.org/988challenge/

The Sound of Nashville Benefit Concert - https://mhadutchess.org/soundofnashville/

Bagel World

https://bagelworldcafeny.com/

Harmonious Healing

https://harmonioushealing.com/

Angels of the Andes

https://www.angelsoftheandes.com/

I Foot Spa

https://ifootspany.com/

Taste of India

https://www.flavorsofindiany.com/

Veterans Farmstead

https://sites.google.com/vetfarms.org/home/veteransfarmsteand?authuser=0

This podcast is produced by CMJW Entertainment

https://www.cmjwentertainment.com/

• (00:00:00) - Sponsor Messages
• (00:03:25) - Introduction: Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
• (00:05:00) - Poem: The Final Answer (1997)
• (00:07:30) - Discussing Faith Amid Questioning
• (00:08:54) - Context Behind The Final Answer
• (00:11:18) - Poem: Rising Glory to New Heights
• (00:12:36) - Reflecting on Triumph Over Hardship
• (00:15:41) - Poem: Dedicated to Three Angelic Healers
• (00:22:14) - On Therapy and Vulnerability
• (00:23:59) - Angels, Connection, and New Chapters
• (00:25:32) - Perspective on Suicidal Moments
• (00:26:49) - 988 Crisis Hotline Explained
• (00:28:24) - Closing Thoughts and Farewell

The Veterans Farmstead is a Non-Profit farm and healing space for veterans and service members facing service connected challenges. Many service members find it difficult to reintegrate back into society, feeling lost, helpless and disconnected. Service related complex PTSD, TBI, traumas and stress have created family confusion, homelessness, isolation and suicide. Reconnecting Service members to Nature through sun, soil and ancestral foods have proven to help ease mental health challenges, find a new purpose and becoming part of a peer supportive community. This nontraditional, innovative approach in a non-clinical environment provides our services members the tools to help manage the challenges they may face today and in the future without judgement, with dignity and with respect.

https://sites.google.com/vetfarms.org/home/veteransfarmsteand?authuser=0

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This episode is sponsored by Mental Health America of Dutchess County:

The 988 Challenge - https://mhadutchess.org/988challenge/

The Sound of Nashville Benefit Concert - https://mhadutchess.org/soundofnashville/

Bagel World

https://bagelworldcafeny.com/

Harmonious Healing

https://harmonioushealing.com/

Angels of the Andes

https://www.angelsoftheandes.com/

I Foot Spa

https://ifootspany.com/

Taste of India

https://www.flavorsofindiany.com/

Veterans Farmstead

https://sites.google.com/vetfarms.org/home/veteransfarmsteand?authuser=0

This podcast is produced by CMJW Entertainment

https://www.cmjwentertainment.com/

• (00:00:00) - The Sound of Nashville
• (00:03:39) - Veterans Farmstead
• (00:04:30) - Mug for Veterans at the Farm
• (00:05:00) - A veteran's farm in the Hudson Valley
• (00:08:55) - Helping Homeless Veterans Get Back on Their Feet
• (00:15:58) - The Secret to a Healthy Life
• (00:18:00) - Veterans on a Mental Health Journey
• (00:22:30) - Farm to Table: Serving the Community
• (00:27:03) - Veterans Farmstead Summer Dinner and Pop Up
• (00:29:46) - Helping Veterans Get Back on Their Feet
• (00:35:01) - Helping Veterans Get Off Opioids
• (00:41:37) - Veterans and the food system
• (00:45:40) - Vet Farmstead

Lisa Cooper is the owner and operator of Harmonious Healing. Lisa is a holistic wellness practitioner offering sound healing, mindfulness meditation, Reiki, breathwork, and health coaching. She's passionate about supporting clients in finding calm, clarity, and alignment through restorative practices that nurture the mind, body, and spirit.

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This episode is sponsored by Mental Health America of Dutchess County:

The 988 Challenge - https://mhadutchess.org/988challenge/

The Sound of Nashville Benefit Concert - https://mhadutchess.org/soundofnashville/

Bagel World

https://bagelworldcafeny.com/

Harmonious Healing

https://harmonioushealing.com/

Angels of the Andes

https://www.angelsoftheandes.com/

This podcast is produced by CMJW Entertainment

https://www.cmjwentertainment.com/

• (00:00:00) - The Sound of Nashville
• (00:03:08) - Lisa Cooper's Journey into Integrative Wellness
• (00:07:02) - Helping patients with cancer get through their treatment
• (00:09:26) - Married Alcoholics on the COVID
• (00:12:30) - Adam Levine on His Addiction and His Recovery
• (00:16:03) - How to become a Recovery Coach
• (00:18:54) - How to Coaching: Wellbeing and Recovery
• (00:20:38) - Mindfulness or vispasana meditation
• (00:24:41) - Sound Bath
• (00:27:39) - Sound Healing Program
• (00:28:40) - Sound Bath
• (00:32:57) - How to Heal Your Chakra with Reiki 1 and 2
• (00:35:51) - How to Integrate Wellness with Sound and Medicine
• (00:39:03) - The Inclusion Interview
• (00:39:38) - Lisa's Ending Motto
• (00:41:21) - A Conversation With Lori