Warning Signs + How to Help / Señales de advertencia + Cómo ayudar

07/13/22 • 29 min

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Content Warning: Discussions of suicide and violence
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, emotional distress, or suicidal ideation there is help available. In the US, you can talk to someone free and confidentially, 24/7 at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by calling 1-800-273-TALK(8255) or by dialing 988. You can initiate a free, confidential online chat with a crisis counselor via this link, or text the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741-741.

Sometimes, stress can be overwhelming. It can feel like there’s no way out. In the worst-case scenarios, those affected can harm or kill themselves. Being able to identify mental health warning signs—in yourself, friends, and family—can be life-saving. So what should you be on the lookout for?

In this episode, university extension educators Maria Pippidis and Jesse Ketterman are back to discuss some of the telltale signs that someone might be struggling across four categories: physical, emotional, environmental, and relational. Meanwhile, Keith Ohlinger, owner of Porch View Farm in Maryland, shares his experience dealing with stress, both in himself and his community.

We’ll also cover how to open a conversation with someone who’s struggling, and what you can do to help them get back to a manageable place with their mental health. We’ll dispel some of the myths about suicide and share some common-sense solutions, even when those you’re reaching out to are reluctant to accept help.

Join us, as we learn how to look out for our loved ones and be there for each other.

Resources & Links:

· Suicide Prevention Lifeline Website

· Suicide Prevention Lifeline Chat

· American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Resources

· AFSP – What to do when someone is at risk

· AFSP – If someone tells you they’re thinking about suicide

· Suicide Prevention Resource Center – Warning Signs

· Porch View Farm

· University of Maryland – Extension

· University of Delaware – Extension

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If you have questions about the show or topics you'd like discussed in future episodes, email our producer, [email protected]

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Join us, as we learn how to look out for our loved ones and be there for each other.

Resources & Links:

· Suicide Prevention Lifeline Website

· Suicide Prevention Lifeline Chat

· American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Resources

· AFSP – What to do when someone is at risk

· AFSP – If someone tells you they’re thinking about suicide

· Suicide Prevention Resource Center – Warning Signs

· Porch View Farm

· University of Maryland – Extension

· University of Delaware – Extension

Feedback:

If you have questions about the show or topics you'd like discussed in future episodes, email our producer, [email protected]

Previous Episode

Succession + Legacy / Sucesión + Legado

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Succession isn’t just about passing down the farm. Because whether you realize it or not, your successors will inherit more than the land you give them. They’re getting the legacy you left behind, and if they’re your children, a lifetime of the values you’ve imparted to them. Which is why any discussion of succession starts well before you’re ready to retire.

Of course, many farms are passed down within family, which presents its own challenges. Farming with family blurs the lines between business and personal, and how you incorporate your kids into your farm life will go a long way into whether they’re ready or even willing to take over farm duties.

Many of the stresses we hear from farmers around this stem from fundamental questions: Did I raise my children the right way? Did I farm the right way? Does it all end with me? Succession is where the rubber meets the road on a lot of these big issues, and so on this episode, we’ll cover all of it: the trials and triumphs of family farming, living your values, and the process of passing on a farm you’re proud of.

You’ll hear from Thelma Kiernan of Kiernan Farm, who’s preparing to pass on her grass-fed beef operation, and sisters Candice White and Amanda Dotterer Condo of Dotterer Dairy, who were raised on and have since inherited a 3rd-generation dairy farm. Join us as we put the success into succession.

Resources & Links:

· Kiernan Farm

· Kiernan Farm – Bruynswick Winery

· National Milk Producers Federation - Dotterer Dairy Profile

· Candice White TikTok

· Dotterer Dairy – Land O’ Lakes “She-I-O” Campaign

· Nationwide – Understanding Farm Succession Planning

· Farm Bureau – Complete Guide to Farm Succession Planning

· University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension – 10 Things to Consider for Succession Planning

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Next Episode

Resilience / Resiliencia

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Cultivating Resilience—it’s our title, and the goal for this podcast: to help our listeners develop mental resilience. But what is resilience? And how do you get it?

Over the course of this season, we’ve covered specific stressors and the skills that can help you manage and overcome them. But for our final episode, we’re zooming out and addressing resilience generally. Because strong people aren’t born, they’re made—which means you can learn and build resilience if you know what to practice.

On this episode, we've got three different stories of resilience for you, each highlighting multiple ways of developing your mental fortitude. You'll meet a military intelligence officer, a pumpkin with a past and Louise, the 600-pound pig. Through it all, we’ll talk about planning, adaptability, purpose and the characteristics that define a resilient person. And our guests, Matt & Stefanie Barfield (Chesterfield Heirlooms), Jeff Sale (Centurion Farm), Anne Devin (Chase Stream Farm) and Rhyne Cureton (@pork.rhyne) will share the strategies that helped them bounce back from the challenges life put in their way.

Join us for our final episode of the season, where we’ll share the roadmap to resilient living.

Resources & Links:

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