No Restraints with Rudy Caseres Episode 33: Chrissie Hodges, Melissa Hunter, and Joelle Marie Nourse

1/30/2019

No Restraints with Rudy Caseres Episode 33: Chrissie Hodges, Melissa Hunter, and Joelle Marie Nourse

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This week on No Restraints with Rudy Caseres my guests are Chrissie Hodges, Melissa Hunter, and Joelle Marie Nourse. Chrissie, Melissa, and Joelle all work inpeer support in the mental healthcare system. When I had DJ Jaffe on the show two weeks ago and expressed his skepticism of peer support, Chrissie (who was apast guest on No Restraints) messaged me right away wanting to come on to defend what is basically her professional livelihood. Melissa (who is Chrissie's business partner based in Denver, Colorado) and Joelle (who is my wife and lives and works with me in Los Angeles) agreed to come on soon after. I think these three individuals provide a great counterbalance to Mr. Jaffe's statements and will, hopefully, provide viewers with a better understanding of what peer support is and isn't. Plus, this allowed me to test out the four person talk show format!

See you again next week for an all-new No Restraints with Rudy Caseres. New day, same time. Wednesdays 12pm PT. Watch live at Facebook.com/RudyCaseres and, of course, watch all past episodes at NoRestraints.net.

Why?

Because it's for your own good.

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ABOUT RUDY

My name is Rudy Caseres and I am an award-winning public speaker, live-streaming, social media influencer/manager, and storytelling event producer. I am the host of No Restraints with Rudy Caseres where I have live interactive candid discussions with the leading advocates in mental health, human rights, and suicide prevention (currently on hiatus). I also host a monthly panel discussion for The Mighty with the leading mental health advocates in the world. I previously hosted SPSM Chat - Suicide Prevention Social Media where I led lively discussions with various experts in the field of suicidology. I advocate for humane treatment in the mental healthcare system and effective suicide prevention. I have given over 100 presentations in which I have shared my story of living with bipolar, surviving a mental breakdown while serving in the US Army, and fighting against forced psychiatric treatment in front of grad students, doctors, psych ward patients, educators, and youth at junior highs, high schools, and juvenile detention facilities. I have spoken across the country from the California State Capitol at an event headlined by legendary actor Richard Dreyfus to the Shedding Light on Mental Health Conference in Greater Wheeling, West Virginia. My content has been featured in The Mighty, This is My Brave, HealthyPlace, The S Word, OC87 Recovery Diaries, Sweatpants & Coffee, Stigma Fighters, and Schizophrenic NYC. In 2017, I was awarded the NAMI California Outstanding Peer of the Year and I was named one of The Mighty's Mental Health Heroes of 2017. After living in Los Angeles, California most of my life I recently relocated to the Denver, Colorado area.

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