The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health
The Symptom Media Podcast brings together mental health experts and individuals with lived experience to foster empathy, understanding, and positive change for healthcare providers and patients. Each episode blends expert knowledge with personal narratives to offer a holistic perspective on mental health.
Podcasting since 2025 • 8 episodes
The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health
Latest Episodes
From Burnout to Belonging: Creating Flourishing Healthcare Cultures
In this inspiring season finale of The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health, host Dr. Lindi van Niekerk sits down with Dr. Kim Garver, Dr. Jared Christensen, and Dr. Amy Young to explore how healthcare organizati...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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58:11
The Many Faces of Grief in Healthcare
In this resonant episode of The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health, host Dr. Lindi van Niekerk is joined by grief clinicians Danielle Glorioso, LCSW, and Amanda VerWys, ACSW, to examine a constant, yet unseen c...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:00:44
Nursing on the Edge: Suicide, Stigma, and Systemic Failure
In this deeply human episode of The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health, host Dr. Lindi van Niekerk is joined by Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Christopher Wojnar and Nurse Scientist Dr. Judy E. Da...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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43:57
The Human Cost of Caring: Navigating Moral Injury
In this powerful episode of The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health, host Dr. Lindi van Niekerk is joined by Dr. Sophie Redlin and nurse Andrea Mackay for an intimate conversation about moral injury in healthcar...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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56:38
Empathy and Experience: The Importance of Physician Mental Health
Host Dr. Lindi van Niekerk is joined by Dr. Sidney Zisook, co-founder of UCSD’s HEAR program, and Dr. Christine Moutier, Chief Medical Officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Drawing from personal experience and decade...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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58:53