Hope & Healing with Children’s Center

Apr 10 2024

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Hope & Healing delivers exactly what the name promises in the form of honest and meaningful conversations with people from around the country who are making a difference through creative and inspirational work. Join host Matthew Butte, executive director of Children's Center in Vancouver, Washington and find the healing and the hope to refuel your day and make the world feel a little brighter.

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Al Vecchione on a Lifetime of Helping Those in Need

Apr 10 2024 43 mins

Al Vecchione is the founder and clinical director of The Francis Foundation, a private non-profit in Vermont that serves people with extremely challenging behavior. He’s also founder of the Francis Foundation Learning Center and co-founder of the Vermont Crisis Intervention Network. He’s been a trainer for Children’s Center, teaching how the body is the battleground where str

Soul Shop’s Michelle Snyder on Hope and Suicide Prevention

Apr 03 2024 40 mins

Michelle Snyder is the executive director of Soul Shop, an organization that conducts trainings and workshops aimed at suicide prevention for faith community leaders. Michelle has been part of educational residencies all over the country, either conducting them herself or dispatching trained facilitators to address the growing problem of suicide and the ongoing challenge of a socie

Hope and Healing Inside Children’s Center

Mar 26 2024 35 mins

In this episode, instead of talking to some of our favorite people around the country, we stay home and talk with some brilliant bringers of hope and healing right here at Children’s Center. Ashley Hernandez and Sarah Stahl are two of our in-house therapists doing amazing work with young clients. They tell Matthew Butte, executive director of Children’s Center, about the challe

Maggie Smith on the Healing Power of Poetry

Mar 19 2024 40 mins

Maggie Smith is one of the most popular and acclaimed American poets, with numerous poetry anthologies and a memoir to her name. Maggie is perhaps best known for Good Bones, a poem that has been read on network television, at Lincoln Center by Meryl Streep, and in a thousand memes distributed all over the internet. She sits down for an interview about mental health and the written

John Moe on Openness, Honesty and Jokes

Mar 05 2024 46 mins

John Moe is a podcaster and speaker based in Saint Paul, Minnesota and the author of The Hilarious World of Depression. He believes that open and honest conversation about mental illness is one of the best paths available to removing the stigma around the issue and helping society find some healing. He also believes that humor definitely has a place in discussions of mental health.