The Power of Community & Collaboration Podcast
Maureen Kafkis is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, the Brain BS™ coach, and the host of The Power of Community & Collaboration Podcast. When she learned that the average human brain has over 60,000 thoughts a day and that most of them are lies (Brain BS™) that cause needless suffering, she started to learn how to separate the fact from fiction in her mind and has never looked back. Maureen truly believes that living consciously, understanding how your brains work, and learning to feel your feelings are necessary for an empowering and fulfilling life. She brings her expertise and extensive knowledge to inspire people in the SB area and beyond to learn how to live consciously, tap into their personal power and become leaders in their community.
In a world where there is so much division and way too much focus on competition, the Brain BS™ Coach is promoting a conscious community and lifestyle built on leadership energy, collaboration, and mutual support. She is doing that because the power of the collective far exceeds anything that can be done at the individual level and it’s just way more fun! If we all consciously collaborate with one another and succeed together we can have a substantial ripple effect that will extend far beyond our local community. Listen and learn how you can add value to your own community!
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The Power of Community & Collaboration Podcast
218) Debunking the Stigma Attached to Mental Illness
In this episode, I speak with Barry Shoer who is the President, CEO and Director of the Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara. Barry shares his own personal story of why he has been inspired to devote his life to taking care of the mentally ill . We also discuss how the Sanctuary Centers started and that the stigma attached to mental illness is unfortunately still alive and well today.
Barry's body of work over the decades has been extensive, but what most impressed me is how Barry continues to be positive and passionate about his work after all these years. He explains why that is possible and why you might want to consider getting active in our community to take care of the mentally ill too.
If you have been complaining about the homeless and/or the mentally ill in SB, listen to this episode to get inspired. Instead of being focused on and frustrated that local or national resources are not improving the situation, you can consider approaching the situation in a more proactive way. Imagine what might be possible if we all stepped into leadership energy and came together to collaborate with and support this population-the ripple effect would be amazing!
Here is the link to The Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara so that you can learn more about them and how you can support them.
https://sanctuarycenters.org/
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