Mind the Gap: Reducing Stigma around Mental Health
by Aster Dettweiler
A podcast made by students, for students. This podcast dives into the college experience and clears up common misconceptions and misinformation about mental health. Topics include coping strategies, grounding exercises, common problems, professional perspectives, and more! Mind the Gap aims to fill the gap in discussions around mental health, and dispel the negative connotations around mental illness.
Episodes
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Career Development with Brandon Frencic
Brandon Frencic joins us from WPI Heebner Development Center to discuss how we can further our careers while keeping our wellness and mental health in mind.
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The WPI Insight Program with Kim Allen and Ben Hofstra
Assistant Director of Academic Advising and first year experiences Kim Allen and Senior Community Advisor Ben Hofstra join to discuss WPI's Insight Program and transitioning into college.
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Isabel Friedrichs: Author of "The Blue Series"
WARNING: This episode contains discussions of suicide. Isabel Friedrichs joins the show to discuss her newly-published poetry collection, "The Blue Series: Poems on Love, Loss, and Learning to Heal", and how we can use art as a coping mechanism and a way to reduce stigma.
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Vulnerability and Communication with Professor Jeanine Skorinko
Professor Jeanine Skorinko joins the show to discuss gender, sexuality, and how we can be authentic in relationships.
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Working toward Healthy Goals with Kelia Bergin
Kelia Bergin joins to talk about how we can set healthy goals, make progress toward them, and pivot when things don't work out.
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Embracing different versions of yourself with Ágata Romero
This episode, I talk to MHC President Ágata Romero about getting in touch with our identities, who we really are, and making commitments to ourselves.
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Social Media, Self-Worth, and Building Community with Richard Lopez
This episode, our advisor and WPI professor, Richard Lopez, talks about social media, contingent self-worth, and how we can build real, deep community.
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Work-Life "Balance" with Stacy Shaw
This episode, Professor Stacy Shaw shares insights from her research and personal life. We discuss how to set ourselves up for success in work, personal life, and more.
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Balancing School and Life with Dina Kalmanson
Join us for our first discussion of work/life balance with MHC's Vice President, Dina Kalmanson!
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New Beginnings with Gina Heinsohn
This week we talk with Assistant Director of the Center for Wellbeing, Gina Heinsohn, who is also a new advisor for WPI Mental Health Committee, about new beginnings, transitions, and what the CWB is.
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Men's Mental Health with Jack Schoenrock
WARNING: This episode contains discussions of self-harm and suicide. This week, Jack Schoenrock joins to the show to discuss men's mental health and how we can take care of one another.
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Holistic Wellbeing with Charlie Morse
I discuss support systems, public health approaches to mental health, and frogs in a pond with Dean of Student Wellness, Charlie Morse.
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Mental Health Research with Noah Bedard
Noah Bedard joins the show to discuss mental health education research, his experiences with faculty, and how peers can support each other.
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Counseling and Stigma with Sabrina Rebecchi
Sabrina Rebecchi, director of counseling at WPI, joins the show to discuss her career and philosophy in counseling, struggles she's experienced, and differences between WPI and other schools.
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The Mental Health Committee with Brynne MacWilliams
Brynne MacWilliams, the former president of WPI's mental health committee, discusses the origins of the club, social stigma, and empathy.
About this show
A podcast made by students, for students.
This podcast dives into the college experience and clears up common misconceptions and misinformation about mental health. Topics include coping strategies, grounding exercises, common problems, professional perspectives, and more! Mind the Gap aims to fill the gap in discussions around mental health, and dispel the negative connotations around mental illness.
Hosted by
Aster Dettweiler