Not Alone Radio Program
Not Alone Radio Program, Jan. 24: Fresh Hope
Because the unexpected happened, as it does once in a while, we found ourselves needing to postpone our planned broadcast with our friends from the Initial Response Unit (IRU), and re-broadcast a program with the Fresh Hope Support group in Elkhorn. The listener response to the original broadcast was overwhelming; listeners commented that this support group really gave them hope, and the courage to join a support program.
Not Along Radio Program, Jan. 17: Training Mental Health Professionals
Do you ever wonder what would happen if you went back to school and begin your career again, knowing what you know now? Not Alone’s January 17 broadcast with guests from health care professions certainly presented that challenge!
Not Alone Radio Program, Jan. 10: New Hope Life Center
The New Hope Life Center helps women who were recently released from incarceration or from addiction treatment centers build a new and successful life. We asked “what is the profile of your typical resident” and learned that a typical guest in this facility had at least one suicide attempt, a history of abuse and trauma, has had multiple experiences with the law, and had been unsuccessful in relationships, including relationships with family and children.
Not Alone Radio Program, Jan. 3: CaringConcepts, Inc.
Taking care of caregivers, helping them remain strong and healthy, positive and respected as well as helping caregivers find balance and love. These were the challenges discussed during today’s Not Alone broadcast. When people experience chronic illness or a brain injury, life becomes filled with transitions; the people who love them and care for them experience these transitions as well. So how do the caregivers, who assume the responsibility of caring for the person they love, stay well and healthy and how do the caregivers who nurture and protect, balance their personal needs with the needs of the one for whom they care so there is joy and safety and success for the caregiver and the precious people needing care.
Not Alone Radio Program, Dec 27: Breaking Free from Depression
Jesse Wright, MD and his daughter Laura McCray, MD, wrote an amazing and insightful book called “Breaking Free from Depression: Pathways to Wellness”. Many people are feeling a ‘little down’ this time of year, but usually a brisk walk or a chat with a special friend changes those feelings and perks us up again. However, one of the great challenges of serious depression is that it robs you of the very power required to fight it. When you need energy, self-confidence, and hope, you feel nothing but tired! Psychiatrist Jesse Wright and Laura McCray, a family physician, feel that the key to finding relief is to sample numerous treatments and develop a personal anti-depression action plan.
Not Alone Radio Program, Dec. 20: Special Anniversary Program
Not Alone launched its 5th year on the air in December. In celebration of this milestone, it was our pleasure to welcome to our studio the people who make these weekly broadcasts possible. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Courtnage, with the enthusiastic support of their family, established The Kim Foundation in 2000 to promote recovery and wellness for those with mental illnesses. Recognizing early on that stigma is a huge factor in the treatment of mental illness, Mr. Courtnage encouraged opportunities for public education and for helping families experiencing mental illnesses find the courage to find help and healing.
Not Alone Radio Program, Dec. 13: Dr. Susan Boust
Susan Boust, M.D., reminded us that mental health is a hidden public health problem; it receives little public attention, programs are underfunded, and there remains a shortage of mental health professionals across our state.
Not Alone Radio Program, Dec. 6: Peer Advocates & Consumers
This December, Not Alone launched our fifth year of programming. What a joy it has been! Our guests today were special friends who have been encouragers to Not Alone since we began our broadcasts. Ken and Theresa both began experiencing mental illness as preschoolers, both tried self-medicating with alcohol beginning at age 9, both floundered terribly and struggled to have any kind of life during their teens, 20s and 30s. The lesson we learned from Theresa and Ken is that children don’t have the words or the knowledge to tell family what they experience, so parents need to become educated about brain disorders so that their children can have hope.
Kim Foundation’s Not Alone Radio Program Kicks Off Fifth Year
The Kim Foundation and station KCRO, channel 660 AM based out of Omaha, Neb., partnered to produce a live, talk radio program focused on behavioral health and recovery in late 2007. Titled Not Alone, the broadcast was developed by The Kim Foundation through the support of C&A Industries, Inc. in an effort to reduce the stigma often associated with mental illness. Proudly, the show, which seeks to assure individuals, families, and communities that they are not alone, mental illness affects us all, will celebrate the start of its fifth year on the air in December.
Not Alone Radio Program, Nov. 29: Shoplifting
We deliberately saved our broadcast regarding the addiction to shoplifting for the holiday season. Douglas County, which includes the Omaha community, experiences nearly 7000 shoplifting arrests annually, however; we learned that people shoplift on average 48 times for every 1 time they are caught! This is an addiction; when shoplifters steal, a chemical reaction takes place in the brain, giving them a ‘high’. The ‘high’ becomes the reward, not the merchandise taken. We learned that shoplifters ‘reward’ themselves this way, as they relate better to ‘material things’ than they do to people!
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