Health Is Your Wealth
by walton wellness Inc.
A high quality of life cannot be bought. It can be achieved through health, happiness and overall well-being. Health is your wealth re-frames wealth from the bank account to the life account. Join host DeDe Harris, a long time health advocate in Walton County Georgia, as she asks big health questions and dives deep to find meaningful answers.
Episodes
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Suicide In Walton County: Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode we talk with a guy who pretty much knows it all from personal experience. Shannon Hearndon is a successful business man, minister and father but there was a time when he was on a trajectory to no where fast. He started experimenting with drugs at age 10, through his older...
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Suicide in Walton County: Episode 5 Where to find hope and help
Why does someone decide to take their own life? Are there any signs that someone is at risk? Is suicide preventable? We have raised as many questions in this series as we have presented answers. No one knows exactly what brings someone to a place of such hopelessness; however, there are some...
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Suicide in Walton County: Episode 4 The Burden of the Badge
Suicide intervention and response in our community largely falls to our men and women wearing a badge. However there is nothing illegal about committing suicide and officers have limited training in this area. This is a strange paradox in the protocol of our society. Officers are often put in a...
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Suicide in Walton County: Episode 3 A Personal Story
Suicide never happens in isolation there is always a ripple effect. The pain that a suicide victim is trying to escape lives on long after their death in the lives of those who loved them. In this episode hear the very personal story of a young family torn apart by the husband's suicide from the...
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Suicide In Walton: Episode 2 The Bible Tells Me So
What does the Bible tells us about Suicide? Faith is as much a part of the conversation on suicide as mental health. Suicide is a tough conversation for Christians. The church is often split on what suicide means for the person who falls victim to it. Adam Turner, Minister of Corinth Christian...
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Suicide In Walton: Episode 1 On Call with the Sheriff's Office
Suicide has claimed 169 lives in Walton County in the past 10 years. In 2016 Walton County was counted among the top 30 counties in the state of Georgia with the highest suicide rates. In this episode Host Dede Harris along with her co-host Bruce Young introduces the topic and shares some of…
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Opioid Crisis in Walton County: Episode 4 Resources to Recovery
The united states is the largest consumer of opioids in the world both prescription and non-prescription. Our consumption rate has contributed to the current national crisis of addiction. Almost 2 and half million people in the U.S. are addicted to a type of opioid like oxycodone or heroine.…
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Opioid Crisis in Walton County: Episode 3 A Doctor's view on opioid use and abuse
The opioid crisis is a perfect example of a few bad apples spoil the bunch. The United States medical community as a whole bears much responsibility in creating our current national opioid crisis. In most cases doctors were unknowingly contributing to the problem of over prescribing pain…
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Opioid Crisis in Walton County: Episode 2 The role of law enforcement
Think we live in a bubble because we are not in downtown Atlanta? Think again. Sergeant Cory Ward has been with the Walton County Sheriff's Office for 9 years. Over his 9 years he has witnessed first hand the rise and effects of opioid addiction in our community. Sergeant Ward gives us an...
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Opioid Crisis in Walton County: Episode 1 Inside the mind of an Addict
Erinn Warren was only 9 years old when she had her first taste of alcohol from the hands of her great aunt. Unfortunately for Erinn, she liked it. From a young age she started getting drunk and experimenting with other vices. She quickly moved into a life of full blown addiction. Erinn's…
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About this show
A high quality of life cannot be bought. It can be achieved through health, happiness and overall well-being. Health is your wealth re-frames wealth from the bank account to the life account. Join host DeDe Harris, a long time health advocate in Walton County Georgia, as she asks big health questions and dives deep to find meaningful answers.
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walton wellness Inc.