In This Family

Dr. Joseph Lee, CEO of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, on Addiction and Healing

Content Warning: This episode discusses addiction. 
As a young resident at Duke University, Joseph Lee saw the profound change that people were capable of when dealing with addiction. He witnessed how people could become healthier than they had ever been with the benefit of skilled treatment, good support, and a lot of determination. Dr. Lee has been with Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation for 17 years, including serving as President and CEO for the last five years. He joins Nexus Family Healing President and CEO Dr. Michelle K. Murray for an enlightening discussion about how addiction works, the misconceptions about it, and some important, practical ways families can help in the recovery process. Dr. Lee says if families can overcome the guilt and shame that goes along with looking for causes and blame, they can be much better equipped to guide their loved one to a better tomorrow.

Loving Families and the Pain of Silence with Meg Kissinger

Content Warning: This episode discusses substance use, depression, anxiety, and death by suicide. 
Award-winning veteran journalist Meg Kissinger grew up as part of a close-knit family in a noisy and active house. That happens in a home with eight kids. Yet there was nothing but silence when it came to the pervasive bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, depression, and anxiety that heavily impacted the Kissingers. Meg, author of the moving memoir While You Were Out, tells how she persevered, found answers that were hard to come by, and got to a healthier place. It’s an inspiring conversation about mental illness, loss, healing, and hope.

How Comedian Gary Gulman Crashed Hard and Pulled Himself Back Up

Content Warning: This episode discusses depression, anxiety, hospitalization, and traumatic experiences.
Gary Gulman has been making people laugh for many years as a top touring comedian and frequent guest on late night shows and star of multiple HBO specials. He’s a professional success by any measure. But that didn’t stop him from having a mental breakdown in his forties, where he gave up comedy, was hospitalized, and ultimately moved back in with his mother. In this revealing conversation with Nexus Family Healing CEO Dr. Michelle K. Murray, Gary reveals the depressive and anxious tendencies of his youth, his struggles connecting with his parents, and how a traumatic event fueled his depression. He also talks about how hard work and a greater understanding of his condition, combined with the abundant patience of his now-wife, put him on the path to not just feeling better but helping audiences ever feel more understood. 
This is the premiere episode of In This Family, a podcast about families and mental health, created by Nexus Family Healing, who believes that when one member of a family is dealing with mental illness, the whole family is too. Through education, support, and love, a family can help with recovery, healing, and a better tomorrow.
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The podcast, In This Family, features honest and candid conversations with public figures and everyday people about mental health within families, highlighting the power of resilience and courage through those relationships. When one member of a family has a mental health issue, the whole family has a mental health issue; everybody is affected – children and adults. What happens in families can be crucially important in understanding one’s own struggles with mental health and the healing journey. Dr. Michelle K. Murray, CEO of Nexus Family Healing and licensed marriage and family therapist, hosts the program, which offers a variety of perspectives and raw experiences for the listener to relate and feel acknowledged and understood about personal mental health challenges and triumphs. In This Family is produced by Nexus Family Healing, a national nonprofit mental health organization that restores hope for thousands of children and families.