Welcome back to Episode 9 of our podcast series! We have finally arrived at the point where we talk about the ‘What’ of saying something. As we’ve discussed, all components of ALGEE are important, but knowing what to say can often be the first and feel like the biggest hurdle. It’s natural to worry about saying the “right” thing, which can …
Welcome to Episode 8 in our podcast series, ‘See Something, Say Something, Do Something’. I was originally going to talk about the ‘What’ of Saying something. But it occurred to me that would make the remaining topic of ‘When/Where’ seem anticlimactic. So please allow me to interject a brief comment on When and Where before …
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Welcome to Episode 2 of Part 2 in our podcast series, ‘See Something, Say Something, Do Something’. Today, we’re diving into the ‘Who’ of saying something. In Part 1, we explored the ‘Who’ of seeing something, and now we’ll shift our focus to the ‘Who’ of saying something. The key issue in both of these …
Welcome to PracticALGEE, our See Something, Say Something, Do Something Podcast Series, Our goal is to equip and support our Alumni in becoming more confident and effective as a Mental Health First Aiders. This is Part Two and we will be diving into the ‘Saying Something’ part of our role. When it comes to speaking …
ALGEE Alumni Reunion – May 02(https://fathom.video/share/FYGFHx9Tc_8FVFoxHx9huxahP-i5ziSm) VIEW RECORDING – 82 mins (No highlights) Introducing mental health first aid initiative @ 0:00 Richard Fields introduced the mental health first aid initiative at St. Philip, explaining the need to establish a mental health safety net through training 100 church members as certified mental health first aiders to …
In today’s episode we will consider the who of ‘seeing something’ Finding opportunities to use our Mental Health First Aid skills and make a difference can be increased by taking a little time to think about who might need our support. Too often, when we think of putting our skills to use, we imagine that …
There are many reasons for each of us to be actively, deliberately, and continuously looking to ‘see something’ … to see opportunities to help someone who may be experiencing a mental health challenge or crisis. but perhaps the most important would include the following:Expanding upon the provided statements: If you keep who, what, where, when, …
Of course, the opportunity for you to apply your Mental Health First Aid skills can occur at any time so we should always be alert. However, there are times that may be more likely than others to surface a need for our support. Perhaps the most important of these would be times of loss or …
Unless you are on the scene of a disaster, the most likely place for you to find an opportunity to provide Mental Health First Aid will be closer to home and in your usual sphere of activity. This is where you will find the people you know best. This means they are also the ones …
In order to ‘see something’, it helps to be actively and intentionally looking for something… and to have a good, clear idea of what you are looking for. If you are trying to be alert to too many possibilities the likelihood is that you will be overwhelmed, burn out and give up looking. For that …
