Stuff that Matters, Episode 10 - Kati Durkee, NAMI, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Illness

On today’s episode of Stuff that Matters, we give some love to a fellow Rock Hill, S.C. member. Kati Durkee, the Marketing and Outreach Coordinator at NAMI Piedmont Tri-County joins us on the show. For those that don’t know, NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It’s an organization of families, friends and individuals whose lives have been affected by mental illness. Together, they advocate for better lives for those individuals suffering from a mental illness. Kati explains how she was impacted by mental illness, as her children experienced hardships at a young age. She dives more into her background and how she first learned about NAMI as an organization, tragedies she was faced with in her personal life and family, the state of mental health in this country as a whole, and more. We also discuss the 2023 NamiWalks, which is the 10th annual and will be held this Saturday, October 7 at 9am at Cherry Park in Rock Hill as well as Lindsay Pettus Greenway in Lancaster at 2pm. This year, New Hope is proud the be the presenting sponsor. To register for the walk, namiwalk.org/piedmont or to help raise awareness, visit namipiedmont.org. Please enjoy the passion and message of Kati Durkee. Kati’s background and when she started at NAMI, her children’s mental health challenges when they were younger, her brother and father-in-law taking their own lives (00:01:46–00:09:50). What is NAMI (00:09:53-00:32:59). (00:27:31–00:32:59) – Peer Support. What has her encouraged and discouraged on the mental health system side (00:34:25-00:52:39). We preview the 10th Annual NAMIWalks event on October 7 (00:59:20-1:04:05). 1:04:07 the stuff that matters. Subscribe and like, you can also watch full episodes on YouTube. VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/@NewHopeTreatmentCenter WEBSITE: https://www.newhopetreatment.com/