Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this episode, Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and Mental Health Program Coordinator Lesleigh Sanders discuss Mental Health Awareness Month.  

 

Show Notes

• Mental Health Awareness Month was founded in 1949 by Mental Health America to increase awareness of the importance of mental health and wellness in Americans' lives.
• 1 in 20 adults experience a serious mental health condition each year (NAMI)
• In the USA, there is one mental health provider for every 550 people 
  • In Georgia, there is one mental health provider for every 1,169 residents.
  • In Cobb County, there is one mental health provider for every 899 people

Mental Health Awareness Month Toolkits:

• Mental Health America
• NAMI 
• SAMHSA

Mind Your Mind Social Media Accounts

• Instagram
• Facebook 

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You can find this episode and the show notes at: cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

We're bringing back one of our favorite episodes! In this conversation, Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton sits down with Lisa King — school counselor, author, and national presenter — to explore how innovation in education can better support students and families.  Don't miss this inspiring discussion on building stronger connections in and out of the classroom!

For full show notes and links, visit cobbcollaborative.org/podcast.

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special episode in honor of Veterans Day, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Program Director* of Connecting Cobb Veterans, Tyler Bowser. 

 

* Since the recording of this episode, Tyler has been named Program Director of the Connecting Cobb Veterans. You may hear him refer to himself as the Veteran Connection Manager, which is his previous position within the organization.

 

EPISODE RESOURCES:

  Connecting Cobb Veterans Website Instagram of the CCV  

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special edition episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and other employees, giving you an overview of who Cobb Collaborative is and what we do.

 

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Email - communications@cobbcollaborative.org Website - https://www.cobbcollaborative.org/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cobbcollaborative/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cobbcollaborative/  

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast. This special edition is also aired with video on our YouTube channel.

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Author, Innovator, and Mom, Kris'Tal. In this episode she discusses her newest book that will be released soon and her mental health journey and inspiration behind it.

 

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special Suicide Awareness Month episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Author and Poet, Deanna Repose Oaks.

 

EPISODE RESOURCES:

 

Deanna's Website - https://deannareposeoaks.com/

 

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special Mental Health Awareness Month episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Dr. Charnetta Williams, author and founder of Picture Perfect Reads

 

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Email - hello@pictureperfectreads.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/Pictureperfectreads Facebook - www.facebook.com/picture.perfect.reads  

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special Prevent Child Abuse Awareness Month episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Michael Watson from Happy Mama, Happy Mini.

 

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Website - https://happymamahappymini.org/ Facebook - facebook.com/HAPPYMAMAHAPPYMINI/ Instagram - instagram.com/happymama.happymini  

 

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special Prevent Child Abuse Awareness Month episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Mental Health Program Coordinator, Lesleigh Knotts

 

EPISODE RESOURCES:

  Prevent Child Abuse Georgia Prevent Chid Abuse Cobb  Georgia Essentials for Childhood HOPE   Georgia' Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Plan

 

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special Child Abuse Prevention Month episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Dr. Jyll Walsh, Deputy Director of Prevent Child Abuse Georgia

 

 

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/preventgeorgia Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/PreventChildAbuseGA/ Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/company/84238/  

 

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special Women's History Month episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Julie Bolen from League Of Women Voters.

 

EPISODE RESOURCES:

League of Women Voters of Georgia - https://lwvga.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=0&club_id=996555   League of Women Voters Marietta-Cobb - https://sites.google.com/lwvmariettacobbga.com/lwvmcga/home   History - https://www.lwv.org/about-us/history   History of Black Women Voters' Rights  - https://www.gpb.org/news/2020/08/26/georgia-took-50-years-back-womens-right-vote

 

 

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Jessica Fay, founder of Picture Yourself Archived.

 

• Picture Me Archived offers photo scanning, photo restoration, digital photo albums, slide scanning/VCR conversation, memorabilia organization, and much more!
• How photography helps support mental well-being: visual representation of happy times, important milestones, people who are important to us.
• Photos can also foster a sense of connection with families, friends, community and common purposes.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Website: https://www.pictureyourselfarchived.com/

Email: hello@pictureyourseldarchived.com

Facebook

Instagram

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, Kaitlyn Ball, and Mental Health Coordinator, Lesleigh Sanders. This podcast focuses on Child Abuse Prevention Month and things we can do to better help our caregivers and children during this time. 

As always, please visit our website for show notes and links: cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU, for your support of our Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast. Please like and share our content on social media to help us grow our listening audience. 

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Dr. Yolanda Graham of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health.

 

• Human sex trafficking is a $9.9 billion industry. There is a convergence of demand, supply, and impunity that influences the level of activity in an area.
• The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) score for those youth that are involved in sex trafficking is 7.
• There is a shift from using the term victim to the word "survivor"

 

EPISODE RESOURCES: Polaris Human Trafficking Task Force Rescuing Hope Shared Hope International  

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for your support of our Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast. 

Welcome to the first Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast episode of 2024! In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Cobb Collaborative’s Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, Kaitlyn Ball.

Welcome to the final Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast episode of 2023! In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Rev. Kristin Lee and Jean Fleming of East Cobb United Methodist Church. 

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for your support of our Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast. 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Alli Neal, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Revved Up Kids. 

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for listening and for supporting our Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast. 

In honor of Veterans Day 2023 we are pleased to present this Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast episode featuring a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Chase Sanger, who is a congressional staffer as well as a retired Army officer. 

You can find this episode along with show notes and links at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU to the many veterans who have served our country and given of themselves to protect our freedoms. 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Candie Zenon. Ms. Zenon is a joyous mother of three girls, certified life coach, author, and founder of Changing Seasons Life Coaching, LLC.

As always, you can find this episode with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for listening to and supporting our Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast! 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Stacy Georges, Founder and CEO of Special Needs Respite. Stacy combines her professional experience with her passion for supporting parents and families of children and youth with special needs. 

You can find this episode, along with show notes and links, on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

Thank you for being a Mind Your Mind speaks podcast listener!

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. This is an updated rerelease of Mind Your Mind Speaks Episode 31 which was originally released in September 2022.  

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and Julie Smith, CEO & Georgia Director of the SAM Foundation. The mission of the SAM Foundation is to prevent suicide through public awareness and education by equipping our communities with the skills to intervene in a suicidal crisis. 

For additional show notes, including links, please visit our website - cobbcollaborative.org/podcast 

September is Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month. This is an updated rerelease of Mind Your Mind Speaks Episode 4 which was originally released in July 2021. In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Steve Kleinrichart, a Cobb County mental health advocate who lost his son Tyler to suicide a few years ago. This is an impactful and important conversation and encourages us all to work to destigmatize mental health and to be gatekeepers for suicide prevention in our communities. 

Thank you for listening to our Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast. As always, you can find this episode and past episodes on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Nathan Daley, the founder and CEO of The Blue Phoenix Initiative, Inc, a 501(c)(3), which was established to bring awareness to the silent suffering of police officers nationwide. 

On August 1, 2019, Nathan experienced a life altering event, while investigating an offender during a routine traffic stop. An altercation ensued, and Nathan was dragged down a busy highway while partially hanging from the offender’s vehicle. Immediately after the incident, Nathan began battling with the mental, physical, and financial hardships that presented themselves. Thanks to his faith in God, family, friends, and our nation, Nathan was able to partially recover from his injuries. Unfortunately, due to the severity of his injuries, Nathan was unable to return to work, which forced him to medically retire.

Learn more in this podcast and visit our website for additional information and links. cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

 

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Founder of MentalFit, Derrick McElroy.   In this episode, Irene and Derrick discuss Derrick's life story and the events that led him to create MentalFit, and how he and his team continue to enhance it every day.  

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

 

https://www.mentalfitlife.com/

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Brittany Jewett. Brittany is the founder & owner of b.Renovo and is a consultant, leadership coach and social impact strategist.

You can find this and previous episodes on our website, along with show notes and links, at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for subscribing, listening and sharing. We also appreciate 5* reviews on Apple Podcasts and shares of our content to grow our reach.

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Beth Carey. Beth is the author of the L.I.F.E. (Learning Information For Everyday) book series and does  workshops and presentations for adult and young adult groups.

You can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

As always, thank you for being a Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast listener. Please share our podcast with your networks and if you have not done so already, we would love more 5* reviews on Apple Podcasts. 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Kim Lanphear, the CEO of Apparo. 

This episode, along with show notes and links, is available on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast and, as always, we appreciate shares and ApplePodcast 5* reviews to help us grow our podcast reach. 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Denetra Smiley of Smiley Connections, LLC. 

Find this episode along with links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

As always, we appreciate shares, likes and reviews of our Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast. 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Ronald Pruitt, Founder and President of 4aGoodCause. 

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

Thank you for listening and sharing our Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast! 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Tameka Mitchell. Ms. Mitchell is a motivator, entrepreneur, author, slayer of imposter syndrome, and most importantly, a mom. Her love of storytelling and dedication to children’s literacy inspired her to build a legacy of writing books that encourage children to be fearless and believe in themselves.

As always, you can find all Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast episodes on our website along with show notes and links at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for listening and sharing our podcast! 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Susan Norris, Founder of Rescuing Hope, Inc.

As always, you can find this and other Mind Your Mind Speaks episodes with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for listening and sharing our podcast with others to increase reach!

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Bill Nowicki, host of the Navigating Mental Illness Parent Stories Podcast. 

As always, you can find this and other Mind Your Mind Speaks episodes with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for listening and sharing our podcast with others to increase reach!

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Vanessa Hardiman. Ms. Hardiman is the founder of Business Strategies & Solutions, LLC (Solutions4U.co) where she helps small and medium-sized businesses "solve problems." She founded Boss Kidz, Inc. which is a hands-on program geared toward improving students' interest in financial literacy, education, career readiness, and entrepreneurship. 

As always, you can find our Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast episodes on our website along with show notes and links at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for listening and for sharing our podcast with others! 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Denise Czarnick, Executive Director of the Smyrna Public Safety Foundation. 

As always, Mind Your Mind Speaks episodes along with show notes and links can be found on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for listening and for sharing our content to grow the reach of this podcast! 

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and founder of Project Infinity, Paula.In this episode, Irene and Paula discuss Project Infinity, which provides a variety of supports to students and families experiencing homelessness across metro Atlanta. Learn about the unique challenges and also opportunities to support these students by listening to our conversation.  

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and Liz Pfennig and Breiann Metoxen with the Tommy Nobis Center. Ms. Fennig is the Director of Programs and Ms. Metoxen is the Manager of Academy Programs. 

You can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for listening and sharing our podcast content. 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and our Program Director Kaleigh Raulerson. As Kaleigh mentions in the episode, this is her podcast debut and we are excited to introduce her to our podcast listening audience. 

As always, please visit our website for show notes and links: cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

And, THANK YOU, for your support of our Mind Your Mind Speaks podcast. Please like and share our content on social media to help us grow our listening audience. 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and Carl Crumley and Nicholas Adams of Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services. Mr. Crumley is the Deputy Chief of Community Risk Reduction and Mr. Adams is the Deputy Chief of Emergency Management Services. 

You can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

THANK YOU for listening and sharing our podcast content. 

 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director Irene Barton and Sandee Panichi, Deputy Director at Cobb Senior Services. 

As always, please visit our website for show notes and links: cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Irene Barton, Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, and Dr. Allison Garefino, Clinical Director of Children & Family Programs at Kennesaw State University.

As always, you can find show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast.

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and Ellen McCarty of McCarty & Co. 

McCarty & Co. was created by its principal, Ellen McCarty, a nonprofit professional with over 25 years executive leadership experience as a result of her passion and dedication to nonprofits and their ability to change lives and communities.

To learn more and view show notes with links, please visit cobbcollaborative.org/podcast 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and Gwen Skinner, Danielle Brock, and Andria Wells from Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health. 

Please visit our website for show notes at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast 

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and our Literacy Coordinator, Leslie Danford. Tune in to learn more about The Basics Cobb County and our Literacy initiative.

For show notes and links, please visit our website: cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and TaNesha McAuley & Caterina Miceli of the Cobb County District Attorney's Office Family Advocacy Center. 

For show notes and links, please visit our website: cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Dr. Beverly Durden of Ravens Nest Foundation. 

For show notes and links, please visit our website: cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

Welcome to the Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast. In this special episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative's Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Cobb County Health Equity and Community Engagement Director, Jazmyn McCloud. In this episode, Irene and Jazmyn discuss the initiatives of Cobb County Public Health and different ways Cobb community members can become more involved.

 

As always, you can find this episode along with show notes and links on our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

 

Cobb Douglas Public Health is a nationally accredited public health agency, and is one of 18 public health districts in Georgia. The Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) for Cobb has these 5 focus areas: Mental and Behavioral Health Access to Care Maternal and Infant Health Healthy Eating Healthy Behaviors       Listed below are documents Jazmyn references throughout today's conversation:  https://cobbanddouglaspublichealth.com/about/publications/   https://cobb2020.com/   https://www.facebook.com/Cobb2020HIP

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and Shari Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cobb Community Foundation. 

Please visit our website for show notes and links: cobbcollaborative.org/podcast 

IIn this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and Beoncia Loveless. Listen as Beoncia shares her background and also speaks on the firearm safety advocacy work of Be SMART for Kids. (besmartforkids.org)

For show notes and links, please visit our website - cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and Ray Thomas, volunteer President of the Mableton Improvement Coalition.

For show notes and links, please visit our website at cobbcollaborative.org/podcast

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and Julie Smith, CEO & Georgia Director of the SAM Foundation. The mission of the SAM Foundation is to prevent suicide through public awareness and education by equipping our communities with the skills to intervene in a suicidal crisis. 

For additional show notes, including links, please visit our website - cobbcollaborative.org/podcast