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Samadhi is a nonprofit organization based in Kingston, NY, that takes a mindfulness approach to preventing, treating and supporting people in recovery from SUD and addiction. But the need for these services extends beyond the city’s borders. With funding from OASAS, the NYS Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services, Samadhi purchased a mobile van to take its services to northern Ulster County and Delaware County. Diana Mason, PhD, RN, talked with Jason Tompkins, a CRPA (certified recovery peer advocate) with Samadhi and Simon Abramson, LMSW, a psychotherapist and the Director of Mobile Outpatient at Samadhi. This interview first aired on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio on July 3, 2024.

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Harper Spero is a business coach, and Founder of Made Visible helping people living with an invisible illness be seen and heard. 

People living with disabilities that cannot be seen, are rarely accommodated for them and are frequently shamed when they physically cannot do the things that are expected of them.

Despite the progress towards inclusion, there are still significant barriers that persist that impede people living with an invisible disease and other disabilities from participating in society fully.

Ms. Spero shares how those living with an invisible illness can better navigate their lives through the power of communication and agency.

Harper Spero is a business coach, and Founder

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If you talk with the young people in the Catskill region, they will tell you that there are simply not enough places for them to be together in person for fun. One teenager is doing something about that. Edrick Henderson is a rising junior who lives in Phoenicia, NY, and has been skateboarding since he was a young boy. He is leading an initiative called Shandaken Skatepark that is creating a place for skateboarding in the town of Shandaken. His father, singer and founder of the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, has supported his son’s vision for a place for young people to be together, exercise, and have fun. HealthCetera host Dr. Diana Mason, RN, talked with Edrick and Kerry about the project on HealthCetera in the Catskills, WIOX Radio, on June 19, 2024.

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