About Me & Mental Health and Suicide Awareness

02/14/23 • 27 min

In this episode Curtis tells the story of the Ohlde's and history growing up in the Linn/Palmer, Kansas area to current. Going over the good and the bad and dealing with some of the struggles which Farmers and Ranchers see in production Agriculture as examples of struggles of Mental Awareness. In addition he talks about some of his roles with the Pipefitters. Something he didn't go into is his role with safety and looking into fatalities and being part of a newly formed Peer Support Program dealing with Mindfulness in helping Pipefitters with Mental Health in Suicide Awareness.
Mental Health & Suicide Resources
https://dailyyonder.com/aging-farmers-are-at-greater-risk-of-suicide-
study-finds/2022/07/26/
https://nfu.org/education/farm-stress-education/
https://www.fb.org/initiative/farm-state-of-mind#training
https://988lifeline.org/
https://www.lcms.org/social-issues/mental-health
NCBA – June 9, 2022 Cattlemen to Cattlemen - Rural Minds - www.RuralMinds.org
https://youtu.be/F3SH9vFST24 - 4 Videos

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