Mental Health Mondays with Marla and Dave

Our guest today is an alt-pop singer-songwriter, mental health advocate, public speaker, and founder of the non-profit WisdoMania Foundation. Hailing from Toronto and currently living in LA, X.ari has a story to share. After wishing there were more people living with a mental health diagnosis, that were willing to be transparent and share their stories, so that other’s would poss

Our guest today is Taylor Coffman. Taylor is an actor, and the author of Substack Rare Disease Girl. She grew up outside of Pittsburgh , in the Allegheny Mountains, as well as the Washingon DC area. She’s had an re-occurring role on HBO’s “Silicon Valley”, and appeared in CBS’s “Life InPieces, Rachel Dratch's “Late Night Snack’, and Ryan Murphy's “FEUD”. Taylor

Our guest today is a mental health advocate. As a 1st generation immigrant, he began his advocacy at the early age of 13, and by the time he was 21, he drafted an historic LGBTQ+ proclamation for his hometown of Woodland California. After graduating from San Francisco State University, Juan’s work is focused on underserved communities, specifically on the LGBTQ+, Immigrant, and L

Victor Wooten, now a five-time Grammy winner, hit the worldwide scenein 1990 as a founding member of the super-group Bela Fleck and theFlecktones. Victor has been heralded as "the Michael Jordan of the bass"and "one of the most fearless musicians on the planet." Continuing toblaze a musical trail with the band, Wooten has also become widelyknown for his own Grammy nominated solo re

Victor Wooten, now a five-time Grammy winner, hit the worldwide scenein 1990 as a founding member of the super-group Bela Fleck and theFlecktones. Victor has been heralded as "the Michael Jordan of the bass"and "one of the most fearless musicians on the planet." Continuing toblaze a musical trail with the band, Wooten has also become widelyknown for his own Grammy nominated solo re

The theme for today is Transforming Pain Into Beauty. Our guest is EmilyWu Truong. She’s an artist, and an active NAMI member. Emily is alsoscheduled be a keynote speaker at NAMI National’s Upcoming 2ndAnnual Pathways to Hope Conference: August 26-27. When we comeback See you this Monday at 6pm PT on our Youtube Channel: youtube.com/mentalhealthmondays

If you are a weekly viewer of Mental Health Monday’s w Marla and Dave, then today’s guest is no stranger, as she is no stranger to MHM. Sarah Myers is a writer for Psychology Today as well as a columnist for Free Inquiry. We were instantly intrigued by her story, as she has the same diagnosis as our son. She’ll discuss the pros and cons of having a public face for schizoaffec

This week, we’re excited to have the opportunity to speak with our friend Byron Chambers – professionally known as Mr. Talkbox. is an American Christian hip hop and Christian R&B musician who plays urban contemporary gospel, contemporary R&B, and funk. In addition to his own projects – My Testimony, The Remix Animated, My Time, and Playlist, Mr. Talkbox has been featu

Today AND next week, we’re excited to have the opportunity to speak with our friend Byron Chambers – professionally known as Mr. Talkbox. is an American Christian hip hop and Christian R&B musician who plays urban contemporary gospel, contemporary R&B, and funk. In addition to his own projects – My Testimony, The Remix Animated, My Time, and Playlist, Mr. Talkbox has

Today we welcome back LaTina Jackson. For those of you who didn’t get a chance to see LaTina’s 1st episode, she is the Deputy Director of County Wide Engagement of Los Angeles County for the Department of Mental Health. Our previous discussion was an introduction of sorts but today, we are going to try and get to the heart of the matter – Why is everyone talking about mental