Mental Health Mondays with Marla and Dave

Sep 25 2023 136 ep. 32 mins 5
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Fighting the stigma of mental illness by sharing the stories of those coping & overcoming mental illness challenges. Hosted by real-life, married couple - Marla and Dave Thomas.
New Episodes each Monday at 6:00 PM Pacific/9:00 PM Eastern
Learn more at linktr.ee/MentalHealthMondaysPod

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X.Ari, Musical Artist

Sep 25 2023 31 mins  
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

Taylor Coffman. Actor, and Author of Substack Rare Disease Girl.

Sep 18 2023 35 mins  
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

Juan Acosta, award winning LGBTQ+, Immigrant, Latinx Mental Health Advocate

Sep 11 2023 31 mins  
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 Part 2

Sep 04 2023 33 mins  
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 Part 1

Aug 28 2023 31 mins  
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

Emily Wu Truong, Transforming Pain Into Beauty

Aug 22 2023 32 mins  
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

Sarah Myers, The Pros and Cons of Having a Public Face for Schizo Affective disorder

Aug 15 2023 31 mins  
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

Mr. Talkbox – Byron Chambers Pt 2

Jul 31 2023 31 mins  
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

Mr. Talkbox – Byron Chambers Pt 1

Jul 24 2023 30 mins  
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

LaTina Jackson, Deputy Director of County Wide Engagement of Los Angeles County

Jul 18 2023 32 mins  
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