Ep 46 - Listen Line - 833-488-9888 - Sharla & Nicole

Sharla and Nicole join the podcast to talk about the Listen Line . This is an invaluable service for the community . They have a fund raising auction coming up. The are opening a facility in Battle Ground , Washington soon . Supported by local businesses . Special shout out to Tapani Plumbing , JH Kelly and Piper Mechanical .

https://www.listenline.life/ 

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https://www.facebook.com/ListenLine.Life 

Business Inquires - 888-214-3133 

Nicole Uskoski Realtor -360-798-0317 

https://www.facebook.com/nicoleuskoskirealtor 

www.trevorbuckco.com 

Edited & Produced by Daisie Media 

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:12

Welcome to the Trevor Buck Podcast, episode 46. And today's sponsor of this episode is Jesse with all phase construction and remodeling. And I'm really excited to have Charla and Nicole with the Listen Line on today. Welcome.

SPEAKER_01 0:28

Thank you. Thanks for having us.

SPEAKER_00 0:30

Yeah, so how long have you been doing this?

SPEAKER_02 0:32

Well, Listen Line began in 2021. And so I guess that makes it five years come this May.

SPEAKER_00 0:39

Okay, and did you were you the original founder?

SPEAKER_02 0:42

I was.

SPEAKER_00 0:42

Okay, and how did you fall into that? How did you start that?

SPEAKER_02 0:47

Well, you know, I never ever thought I would be doing anything with mental health. Okay. I've been a nurse since 1991. And in the 90s and before, when you got trained in nursing, people who were going to go into psychiatric nursing maybe got more training after nursing school. But in nursing school, it was just a quick blurb of stuff. You didn't, I didn't either maybe it was just me, but I don't think anybody really got a lot of psychiatric nursing training back then. And so in my career, I was always very intimidated by people who had a diagnosis of anything to do with mental health. Not because I was afraid of them, I was afraid I would hurt them because I didn't know how to help. And that was my ignorance. I didn't know. It took my you know life experience and more maturity in my career and in my in my life itself to realize that mental health is in everybody, and just like physical health, some people are healthier and some people are less healthy. Um and then we have episodes of sickness. And so once I recognized that that was everywhere, I got mad at myself because I was scared to take care of people that were struggling. So I started paying attention at work. Anytime there was a patient that I knew was having troubles, and we would bring in the psychiatric nurse practitioner to see them, I would go in with them and just see how they talked to them and hear the assessment and know how to do those assessments myself to know if we needed to bring in more professionals. So to make the story a little shorter, um right about night 2019, one of my first cousins' sons died of suicide. And that was the closest to me that I had ever experienced suicide, and it was pretty pretty devastating. Shortly after that, within the next couple years, four more young men died of suicide that I I knew their families. And I kind of was thinking, man, what's going on with young people that coping skills are so poor, or is that what it is? What's going on? And so I reached out to people within the healthcare community to see what we can do. I wanted to do some coping skills classes, but in our research and and surveys and discussions, we learned that maybe people needed more than classes they needed to have a place to call. When you call a crisis line, they're there for crisis and they help you get to a hospital if you need it. But if you're not at the suicide state, they can't help you. And so listen line became a thing of we want to help you before you're wanting to die and get you so you don't want to die. Um and that's kind of how it all started. It was bootstraps and grassroots, and it's it's still here. I can't believe it.

SPEAKER_00 3:52

That's amazing. So when you started, did you was it just you? So you literally put a phone number out there and you were waiting for people to call?

SPEAKER_02 3:59

No, no. Um I had reached out to a few people. Um Molly Tapany is a therapist in town, and Heather Massey is a um nurse in the legacy system, but she has an education degree and she did her studies in mental health when she was in her master's program. And so the three of us started recruiting people to come work as listeners, and it took from May when we got the license until October to actually turn the phone lines on.

SPEAKER_00 4:29

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 4:29

And so we had um six listeners by that time, and we call them listeners because uh everybody isn't a therapist, but they're certainly not operators, and so they're there to listen. They all have mental health experience, they're all professionals. Um, at this point today, all of our listeners are either full-time counselors or are finishing their clinical hours to become a full-time counselor.

SPEAKER_00 4:55

Okay, and how many listeners currently do you have? Five. Okay, that's amazing. And I would like to share that I'm passionate about listening. I used this service, it was about um I don't know, three, four years ago, and I was in a dark spot, I was isolated, and somebody gave me this number. Sorry, but uh no, it was amazing. And when I called the number, um, it was it was some Google phone setup, but and I thought I was talking to Charla. But I still remember where I was. I was living in Hood River, Oregon. I was parked down by the river, there was a beautiful sunset, and I called the listen line, and uh it yeah, it uh it sounded like an angel answered the phone and uh and it was just awesome to have somebody to listen, somebody to hear you, yeah. It was amazing, and then they encouraged me. They said, Hey, are you involved with your church community? I said, No, and they said, Well, you need to be. And they said, Are you seeing your primary care doctor? And I said, No, and they said, You need to be. And uh, they said you should also uh you know see a therapist, and I'm doing better at all three of those today. So I love seeing my therapist, and I want um people listening to this, especially I've had some conversations about coming on here, but even um everybody, anybody that's that's hurting or wanting to talk, give this number a call, but uh especially men. I think men can be uh try to fix it themselves or but it's it it's not hard, and I'm not embarrassed to say I see a therapist. I think it's very important, um, and I think it's healthy, and you can talk about that some.

SPEAKER_02 6:48

Yeah, you know, I I would agree with you that it's potentially more difficult for men to um a admit that they need help, but more importantly, feel like it's okay to need help in our society. Also, I don't know if most people know, but the construction world has the highest suicide rate of any industry in America, and a lot of the Clark County, Pacific Northwest um industry is construction. So I don't know for sure, and I don't think we know for sure why that is, other than that it's big tough guys that can do this, and um we don't know how to help each other. The management doesn't know how to help each other. We've we've done a lot of classes with companies. They'll hire us to do our mental health first aid class, which is something that we'll probably talk about later. But to help the leaders understand how to have a conversation with somebody that they think is struggling and how to handle that in the same way that you handle someone who has cancer or broken leg, or you know, it's it's handled the same ways, it's all about conversation and making a plan with that person. Um so empowering the people who are leading and empowering the people who need the help to work together is powerful.

SPEAKER_00 8:11

And and I've and I've read that about the um the suicide rates in construction. And you know, it can be tough, especially um like right now, our local economy is not extremely busy. So there might be out-of-town work, so guys might be leaving Sunday night or Monday morning, they might be leaving their families, and then uh there's the pressures in construction always the it seems like it's ups and downs, so it's either really, really busy, so you're working long hours, or then like right now, there's there's guys, unfortunately, that have been you know laid off just because there isn't work, we're waiting for work. So I think those uh in you know the elements you know here working in the dirt or the mud in the Pacific Northwest, I'd get kind of grouchy too. But and and I'm in and I'm encouraging you, call this number. If you're working out of town, you've been all day in the mud and you're feeling depressed and like your life sucks, give the listen line a call because they will definitely listen.

SPEAKER_02 9:05

For sure. Um, the other thing that I think it's important to mention is while those men are struggling, their wives are also trying to hold it together. Or one group that falls through the cracks a lot is single people. Single young people who maybe they're old enough to not be on their parents' insurance anymore, but young enough to not have life all figured out yet, and feeling kind of lost. And so those are the people that we can help too and help figure out where is the help for you, where is the funding to help you pay for your help? Um, just call us. Maybe we should give them that number.

SPEAKER_00 9:44

Yes, I'm gonna give you this number and we'll repeat it a few times, but please call 833-488-9888. Give the Listen Line a call. Now, is that 247?

SPEAKER_02 9:55

247.

SPEAKER_00 9:56

Okay, that's great. And I do want to welcome Nicole. You haven't said much. Welcome. How are you involved with Listen Line?

SPEAKER_01 10:03

So I actually started with Listen Line as helping with their annual auction. Okay. Um, I got a phone call from somebody three years ago um asking if I would be interested in helping do their auction, and we are still here.

SPEAKER_00 10:25

Well, good.

SPEAKER_02 10:26

And we're very grateful to have her in the powerhouse.

SPEAKER_00 10:29

And and she's busy. So your mother, yes, real estate agent.

SPEAKER_01 10:33

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 10:34

What's the name of your real estate company?

SPEAKER_01 10:36

Nicole Yuskowski at Epic Realty.

SPEAKER_00 10:38

Okay, and you're a hockey mom.

unknown 10:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 10:43

But yeah, so the auction has been fun to do, and we're always looking for those who want to get involved with listen line, whether you want to donate a basket, whether you want to do a sponsorship, um, or even if you want to even just say give a coffee card. We're happy to have any help that we can have.

SPEAKER_00 11:05

And where where and when is the auction? And and what exactly is it? Is it do you really like have an auctioneer?

SPEAKER_02 11:11

Yes. Actually, an auctioneer.

SPEAKER_00 11:15

That'd be worth going just to hear that.

SPEAKER_02 11:17

His name is Wade Boyd, and he told me last year, please have me come every year. This is my favorite one of the whole year.

SPEAKER_00 11:23

Oh, so those listening, it's so fun. And if there's young people out here listening that maybe you didn't get exposed to auctions, you gotta go. These guys are great.

SPEAKER_01 11:33

It is the I don't even know how to explain it, but last year we it was just so fun. Well, I mean, we were just laughing and oh, it was great.

SPEAKER_02 11:44

The energy is so great, and it's so fun to have people get together for a cause and then they're all excited about it and watching. We have a thermometer often that will tell how much money we've raised so far, and people are like, Look at that, look at that, let's go, let's go, let's go. And you'll have people that they'll say to me, You don't want me at the auction. I can't spend any money. Yeah, I do. I want you there cheering people on the can.

SPEAKER_00 12:06

Yes, of course. So fun. Of course. And when is it?

SPEAKER_02 12:09

May 30th.

SPEAKER_00 12:10

Okay, and where is it?

SPEAKER_02 12:11

RV in style. They have a convention center.

SPEAKER_00 12:14

Okay, okay, in Hindle. Okay. And you have a dinner, do you have okay?

SPEAKER_01 12:20

The there's gonna be a dinner, and this year's dinner is gonna be catered by Iron Oak Barbecue. Okay. Um, and then there'll be a silent auction and a live auction, and it's always fun to see what items get fought over. It's always something different.

SPEAKER_00 12:37

So, what's what's a silent auction?

SPEAKER_01 12:39

Um, so the silent auction is normally just like um different items that the attendees can walk around and put a bid on.

SPEAKER_00 12:48

Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_01 12:49

Um, and then the live items are what the auctioneer is auctioning of.

SPEAKER_00 12:53

Okay. But I mean, not like live livestock.

SPEAKER_01 12:56

No, not like nothing. But every year it's something different that people fight over.

SPEAKER_02 13:04

Like one year it was Rocky's gift cards.

SPEAKER_00 13:07

Okay, well, that's and Rocky's makes good pizza.

SPEAKER_01 13:10

What was it? Oh, it was the bed and mattress last year that people fought over.

SPEAKER_02 13:17

Um the year before it was a pickleball portable pickleball thing. Okay, sure, sure. And it's just funny that random things get fought over.

SPEAKER_00 13:25

Okay, okay. And so I'm glad you're mentioning some of these things. So somebody that wants to help the cause that they donated a pickleball net or setup. Okay, so that that's how if you want to help, and like Nicole said, it could be a coffee card, it could be anything. Now, for businesses, if they wanted to offer a service, whether it's a free service call or okay.

SPEAKER_01 13:44

Yep, they can do that as well, too. And if you want to do like a basket and don't have time to go shopping, you can give us some money and we go shopping. Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_02 13:53

Nicole and her team do a fabulous job of taking things like um car wash gift cards, free oil change, um, detailing, and make a package out of that. Okay. And so then the person gets a big bang for their buck.

SPEAKER_00 14:05

And then um, I mean, roughly how many people are are here at the auction?

SPEAKER_01 14:10

Is there we're hoping this year for 250 people.

SPEAKER_02 14:14

So that's that's last year we had 180, but we have so much room this year that we want to do it. The other thing that we need help with that is really fun for young people is volunteers to help serve.

SPEAKER_00 14:26

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 14:27

The people that come and attend the dinner say they get the best service they've had of any high-end restaurant because we have these young people who are also in it for the cause and they have so much fun doing it. They get to wear a little apron and how fun.

SPEAKER_00 14:40

I'm glad you mentioned that. So, young people listening, which I know there's a bunch of you out there, make sure you uh donate to this cause and go be a server. That would be amazing.

SPEAKER_01 14:50

Or if they want to help set up setting up, it takes hours to get okay. That's a big setting up tables. We need muscle.

SPEAKER_00 14:56

Yep, young men to haul the stuff in the girl. So so I want to ask. So so you're raising this money, and you do have some exciting news that you're gonna share with us. So you you've been raising funds, you've been doing the list line for how many years now?

SPEAKER_02 15:12

May we'll be five.

SPEAKER_00 15:13

Okay, so what's the next big excitement exciting news you're gonna announce?

SPEAKER_02 15:17

For years, I've been promising that we're going to have our own space to offer classes and that we are going to start offering counseling. We have a space.

SPEAKER_00 15:26

Congratulations. I'm very excited, and that's gonna be located where?

SPEAKER_02 15:30

Um on Grace Avenue. Okay. The it's in the contractors plaza. Okay, and the address is 1315 Southeast Grace. Okay, we will take possession of it, I think April 1st. Okay, and then we'll by May, hopefully, we'll be able to offer some information on where we are with offering counseling and what our class schedule might be like. And um, it's just super fun.

SPEAKER_00 15:52

That is exciting. Congratulations. Kate, when you say classes, what kind of classes are would you be offering?

SPEAKER_02 15:57

Well, so far we've been offering mental health first aid, which is first aid for your brain.

SPEAKER_00 16:02

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 16:03

It's a class that helps lay people understand the people around them and be able to tell if they're not okay.

SPEAKER_00 16:11

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 16:11

It doesn't help you fix them, but just like with first aid physical, you learn how to put a band-aid on what's bleeding and stop the bleeding until the help can get there to do the fixing. And so it empowers people to not be so afraid of mental health and then also to be able to help them in the moment or themselves even to understand it. So that's one class. That's a big class, it's an eight-hour segment of time. And so some people struggle to offer that much of their own time. But everybody that's taken it has says everybody needs this class.

SPEAKER_00 16:47

That's awesome.

SPEAKER_02 16:48

It is, and so then um, we also have developed other shorter versions of that similar content of helping people understand what is anxiety versus depression? How do I know if my child needs help? What is cutting? What does that mean? Why does my child want to die? Cutting isn't suicidal. And so just we've developed smaller, you know, 45-minute to an hour-long classes on trying to develop a series that people can, maybe a six-week series and people can attend over time and it'll cycle through. So things like that. We also um have companies that have asked us to come help them, and so if people need a specific topic, say drug abuse and recognizing it, we are both, Heather and I are both educators by training, and we can develop any training we need to for you and bring that to your team.

SPEAKER_00 17:42

Okay. Now I have a question for you because and this comes from my own experience, but navigating the um insurance, uh health insurance with mental health is a challenge. And that can just cause people to give up. Like there might be somebody wanting help, but it can be so frustrating trying to deal with is it has that improved slowly?

SPEAKER_02 18:04

I I don't think so. I think that that's one of the barriers to seeking help is when you're already so broken down mentally that you don't have the energy to really get up and get dressed in a day, then to try to figure out how to get yourself help is hard. And that's where we come in, is um it's called case management. And the phone call happens, but then we can work with you afterwards, and you can call back again to get the rest of the information. Or um we're working also with that in when we have our space of having a designated case manager that can then reach out to the people that way and not through the helpline.

SPEAKER_00 18:44

And and that's amazing. I know even for myself, I was um, I mean, I was still getting up and going to work, but I was in a I was in a tough spot. But when I made that phone call, and I'm gonna give that number again, 833-488-9888, it just got the ball rolling. It was it was an easy phone call. I was talking to somebody who I could tell had been trained, was compassionate, and it was just it was awesome. So if anybody out there listening is struggling or knows somebody who has, uh yeah, please give this number a call. I know I shared it with um my team during the holidays. Somebody had sent out a text. We have a group, you know, our team, and and I said, Hey, holidays aren't just fun for everybody, myself included. Yeah, and I said, Hey, if you're alone tonight, it's Christmas Eve, call the lesson line. Yeah, so for sure. Yeah, okay, what else do you have?

SPEAKER_02 19:38

Well, I was thinking about when you're struggling to find the help you need or to think that you need help. And the if you think about the I like to use the analogy of a scale, like a body scale. Like you get on the thing and the old-fashioned ones where the top row has the one to 50 pounds and the bottom row has chunks of 50. So all of us kind of live on that top row of that scale, and that bar slides around really easily. There's no ridges in it, and so you might have a bad day or a good day, and some people live farther on the heavier end and it's easier for them to struggle, and other people don't. That's just human nature. But if you're feeling low and sick and you ignore it and push it down and stuff it and avoid talking about it, then eventually you pop down onto that next level where those weights are heavier and they get stuck in a rivet. And so now it's harder to get out of that rut up back into where you can slide around into the healthier and less healthy. And so the longer you're down on that lower level, then you chunk over to the next. It's like slowly gaining weight for us people who struggle with our weight. And so then you have to go back one 50-pound chunk and then back up to the top. So the longer you wait to get the help, the harder it is to get better. So if I had one request, it was call for help early, seek that help that you need early, and you'll have an easier time of healing.

SPEAKER_00 21:09

I'm glad you shared that. That was a I like that analogy too. That made it easy to understand. So, yeah, please, if you have the slightest uh, you know, if you're feeling down or depressed, or give the number a call, I'm gonna say it again, 833-488-9888. And I want to ask you this. Um, I seen um a medical professional probably probably 35 years ago, and it seems like the the knowledge or the the profession has evolved. Because the guy I seen was he was not good, he was crazy. In fact, he ended up losing his license to the state. He was doing all sorts of but he was a wacko. But nowadays I've just ran into amazing people. It seems like the healthcare profession has really evolved.

SPEAKER_02 21:57

Oh, absolutely. I think that just Like I learned over those 30 years of time that everybody has mental health, and every healthcare provider needs to be able to recognize that and help, so has the healthcare system. And so it isn't perfect, it's a long ways from perfect, but there is a lot more awareness and knowledge of the help that needs to be had, even with insurance companies now having to cover mental health care. Part of that's mandated by the government, but there's another thing. The government also knows that everybody needs help. Or if they do need help, it should be paid for.

SPEAKER_00 22:33

Right. No, that's that's good to see uh awareness and what you're doing and what the insurance companies are starting to realize.

SPEAKER_02 22:40

Yeah, you know, as someone who thought I never had struggled with my own mental health, I always couldn't understand why that was. But then I realized I actually had high functioning anxiety, this anxiety that pushed me to keep doing and being more because I wasn't quite enough. And so once I realized that, I went, oh, so this is what my anxiety does for me, other people's anxiety does other things for them. And so I think that we do have people who struggle less with mental health, and those are the people that really need to lean into conversations with people that they see are struggling and recognize that there's help for everybody, there it's it's never hopeless. And so if if we can be uh cognizant of that and respect the work that people who are struggling to make it every day are doing, I think that the stigma can diminish a lot. The people that I have the most respect for in the entire world are the ones who have to fight to get up every day, get their clothes on, maybe coat comb their hair, brush their teeth, and they do it. They don't look like they're successful, but that is success.

SPEAKER_00 23:59

That is success. And I do want to um bring this up too. There could be people listening, and I'm not no professional, but sometimes I think some of these mental health um issues can be as a result of maybe some trauma, childhood trauma, or and some of that stuff might be shameful, or you might not know who to talk to it about. So I think that if somebody's out there struggling, it may be that I even know or aware of their trauma or what happened, but uh give the list nine a call because uh you deserve help.

SPEAKER_02 24:31

Absolutely. Trauma, um childhood trauma specifically is one of the major factors in decreased mental health in adulthood. And so we call those adverse childhood events or aces. And they're you know, in my ignorance, I used to think, get over it. It was when you were a kid, come on. Well, guess what? All of that trauma in your head that has keeps telling you the story in your head that you're out constantly trying to ignore or fight, or or you believe it, that all has to be undone, and then you can carry on with your yourself.

SPEAKER_00 25:09

And I the people might know who I am, but anyways, this has come out several times in therapy. But um, I you know, I had it's kind of a silly trauma, but as a young boy, you know, I was kind of craving my father, and he was busy, you know, with with other tasks, and so I'm kind of the free-range kid I am today because I didn't get enough hair pulls.

SPEAKER_02 25:32

But he didn't smack you around.

SPEAKER_00 25:34

Not enough, not near enough.

SPEAKER_02 25:37

Yeah, but you know, that's true in that sense, and I can see how you might have guilty feelings or whatever for feeling that way, but there's also people who um physically lose a parent due to death, and that seems to be more socially acceptable to struggle with missing that parent. But then you have divorce and you have mental illness that takes parents away from their children, and that's all trauma.

SPEAKER_00 26:01

Yeah. And and trauma can mean trauma can be something little, it can be something major. It can be, I mean, somebody's trauma like mine is people just kind of, you know. I was in one group session and they were going around the room talking about the trauma. And there were some people that have gone through real trauma. I mean, from reservation life to whatever, and they're looking at me like, really? But hey, that would that was my trauma, and that's that's okay.

SPEAKER_02 26:29

Trauma to one person is not trauma to another. I like to tell a story about walking with a friend and a dog barked and it freaked her out badly. And I was like, it's behind a fence. It's I mean, what what's the deal? But she had been attacked by a dog as a kid, and I had never.

SPEAKER_00 26:44

Exactly.

SPEAKER_02 26:45

So it just depends on what your life experience is, how traumatic anything is for you.

SPEAKER_00 26:49

Exactly. And I do want to um mention that so not only for companies or individuals that want to help out the listen line, it's not only at the time of this auction that you do have companies that help you out financially throughout the year, also.

SPEAKER_02 27:07

Yeah, I am I don't want to say ashamed to admit, but I have applied for many grants and we've never received a grant. So to date, all of our financial success has been because of donations from our community. And I am so humbled and grateful for that. I I can't believe we're still here five years later just because people give us money.

SPEAKER_00 27:28

And I do want to mention these are some very um important companies. Obviously, they feel um that this is a good cause. Piper Mechanical, Tapany Plumbing, and J.H. Kelly. So thank you all for what you have done.

SPEAKER_02 27:43

Yes, they are um a few that have sponsored us a lot. And you know, if you want to sponsor us in any way, you can go to our website and there's options to do that. You can, you know, we got people that donate$25 a month. We get other people who donate more or people who do it quarterly. You can do it that way. Um, you can wait and save it for the end of the year and whatever do whatever your donations for that year are going to be. Um in any way that you want to do it. You can also call us, call the either call the company number rather than the helpline number, and that will be, I think, posted. Did you say?

SPEAKER_00 28:21

Yeah, I'll post the business number and the website in the in the notes.

SPEAKER_02 28:25

Um, so you can do that, or you can reach out to info at listenline.life and say, we'd like to help out. None of the ways you're offering are what we want to do, and we can talk about it. Um, it's it's all about helping our community and preventing suicide.

SPEAKER_00 28:41

And I I want to ask you this it's must be um rewarding in your uh field, but to see a success story, to see somebody who's been down, called.

SPEAKER_02 28:54

Yeah, you are huge to hear you talk about your experience. Um, you know, and there's also my favorite calls that I have had as a listener have been I got this problem, I wish that this would happen. I and they they just keep talking and I keep going, uh-huh. Oh, uh-huh. Tell me some more. And they talk it out, and finally they're like, this is that's what I'm gonna do. Oh, you've been such a great help, and I have done nothing but listen.

SPEAKER_00 29:22

And that's the power. And it it is, it's really, really powerful. And and what I like about it, it's um, of course, we we need our church leaders or preachers or whatever you call them, we need our medical professionals, but to call somebody who's doesn't have they're not um what do you want to say? Invested in they you're that's a fresh plate. So it's it's somebody to listen to. And my experience when I've called the listen line, it's been amazing listeners. And it just sometimes, like you said, just talking to somebody, you know, just being heard, just being heard, yeah. And especially like you had mentioned, uh, young people that are single, that you know, maybe they go home at night and there's no one to talk to. And and I've struggled with some of that stuff myself, and I love talking to people. That's part of the reason I enjoy doing this podcast, is because I get to talk to people and it's great.

SPEAKER_02 30:11

Yeah. You know, I feel like I feel like if people understood that they're not alone and that they don't have to fight the battle alone, that there's always an option other than being alone, I think that they could go far.

SPEAKER_00 30:30

Yep.

SPEAKER_02 30:30

And you know, one of my other favorite successes is talking with parents who are panicked about their child's situation. And it's not even that I am telling them what to do, but understanding what's happening or what might be happening with a a child is huge. Even you know, with my own child, and I this is what I do, I still need someone to help me through the logistics of it and get away from my emotion. And so to help someone talk you through the real logical side, and believe it or not, mental health and physical health are logical. It doesn't seem like it, but it is a whole logical system that happens with our chemistry, and um, you can't always speak logically to someone who is struggling because they're not there, but what's happening is logical. So to take away that that mystery and that fear and emotion for the parents is huge.

SPEAKER_00 31:23

Nicole, do you have anything you would like to share?

SPEAKER_01 31:26

I guess along the lines of like Charlotte had said, that everybody has mental health and we all know somebody who has struggled, whether it's ourself, whether it's you know, a family member, a close friend, and to be able to have resources that's so close, it's um really important to know that you have somewhere to turn. Um and then I guess alongside the auction part of it, if you've never been to one of our auctions, it's the best auction in Clark County, you don't want to miss it. And if you do want to say help out or whatever, um I will give you my direct phone number. You can call me 360-798-0317. Um, and we have many different ways that you can help. So if there isn't one that fits what you're looking for, we can create something that does.

SPEAKER_02 32:33

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 32:34

Awesome. Thank you.

SPEAKER_02 32:35

Charlotte, anything else you'd like to no other than we get calls from all over the nation. So I don't want people to think this is strictly for the Pacific Northwest or Clark County, Washington. However, our listeners are all located here and we know the services here the best. So when we if you're local and you call us, you're the ones that we can help in that way, the most efficient way. If you're not local, we can look up services in your area, but we're not going to know the providers to be able to say whether or not we can recommend them. But we can help you do the legwork to find the help that's available to you in your area.

SPEAKER_00 33:17

And who knows, maybe this will grow and grow, and we'll have listen-line locations all across the U.S. Hard telling.

SPEAKER_02 33:23

If there's anybody across the US that wants to be a listener, give me a call.

SPEAKER_00 33:27

That's great.

SPEAKER_02 33:28

Uh let me clarify. You have to be. There are so many people that want to help that are lay people, and I value that. But for liability purposes, the listeners need to be um healthcare professionals that are trained.

SPEAKER_00 33:46

And I want to mention this that they're they follow the the HIPAA. Oh, yeah. So everything that I told the listener, they couldn't tell anybody else. Right. So that's you know, I I had 100% confidence in that. Whatever I told them, if it was shameful or embarrassing, that it wasn't going anywhere. So I I do want you people that want to call in know that.

SPEAKER_02 34:07

Yes, yes, absolutely. Yep. Um, we couldn't function if it wasn't that way. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 34:12

And I want to thank you both really for doing this. This has been awesome.

SPEAKER_02 34:16

Thank you for having us.

SPEAKER_00 34:17

Yes, yes, and and we'll we can do it again. Yeah, if there's a special topic that we want to talk about, or if there's seasonal depression next fall or something, we can always jump on and do it again.

SPEAKER_02 34:27

Yeah, and if people have things they want us to talk about, yes, reach out. We can do something on that subject. Yep.

SPEAKER_00 34:33

Yeah, you can reach out to the Trevor Buck Company or to the listen line at infoin.life. And I will put these links in the show notes and you can find this podcast on Apple and Spotify. And please give this one, especially this one, a five-star review. Because it's very great.

SPEAKER_01 34:50

Perfect. And before we sign off, I do want to say if you are looking for real estate in Clark County, Callett's County, or Lewis County, give me a call. Perfect.

SPEAKER_00 35:00

And we'll put your uh number in the notes as well.

SPEAKER_01 35:02

Perfect.

SPEAKER_00 35:03

And this episode was edited and produced by Daisy Media. Thank you. Good night.

SPEAKER_02 35:08

Thank you.