Hope Starts With Us
Hope Starts With Us
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Self-Acceptance, Shedding Shame, and Recovery Featuring McCall Dempsey and Alexandra Miles
46 minutes Posted Feb 25, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Shedding Shame
Engaging Youth on College Campuses
The Role of Social Media
Body Image and Diet Culture
Embracing Inner Uniqueness
Hold On to Hope
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From February 23 through March 1, 2026, NAMI joins the National Alliance for Eating Disorders in challenging stigma about eating disorders and supporting recovery. In this episode, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. is joined by McCall Dempsey, founder of Southern Smash, and Alexandra Miles, Founder and CEO of Project Blackbird. They will explore the connections between their work engaging young people, embracing self-acceptance as part of recovery, and what it means to shed shame about mental ...