TCSP 12 - How to Survive Mentally During Stressful Times with Tara Rolstad

HOW TO SURVIVE MENTALLY DURING STRESSFUL TIMES | Here’s a question for you: What is the best way to survive mentally during stressful times? If you’re like most people, you may be trying to figure this out right now as stress, uncertainty, and related sleep problems skyrocket. Today we bring you a guest who is uniquely experienced to answer this question. Our guest is Tara Rolstad, and she is an author, a professional speaker and a comedian. Several years ago, Tara left a career as a nonprofit executive to help raise nieces who lived with severe mental illness. Now, Tara uses humor, her personal story and the lessons she's learned to help audiences understand the experiences of those who struggle with mental health issues, and the experiences of their families. Understanding mental health challenges from everyone’s perspective is critical because as Tara says, “mental health affects everyone... with a brain.”  In this episode you’ll learn:  Why we have to separate the brain from the mind if we want to understand mental health struggles What happens when we think about mental health problems AND mental health recovery Tara’s 4-point framework for mental health maintenance Get the handout here: tararolstad.com/sleep or http://bit.ly/Lasagnaislove Get the FIX YOUR SLEEP E-RESOURCE here: http://o2tara.org/o2-tara-guides-fix-your-sleep/ BIO Tara Rolstad is an author, professional speaker and comedian who left a career as a nonprofit executive to help raise nieces who lived with severe mental illness. Now, Tara uses humor, her personal story and the lessons she's learned to help audiences understand the experiences of those who struggle with mental health issues, and their families. Because mental health affects everyone...with a brain. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you're ready to make Counterfeit Sleep® a part of your past history and harness the benefits of High Performance Sleep™, clink the link below. You take this simple step, and we'll take care of the rest! For you: Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com For your workplace: Bring the benefits of High Performance Sleep™ to your workplace! Learn more about high performance sleep™ and our sleep performance assessment in your workplace. Visit www.hipersleep.com  Connect with Tara A. Clancy, MA, High Performance Sleep Strategist. ~