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This hour-long program is about asking for help: why it’s so hard to admit when we need something from another person, and the surprising effects that sharing our vulnerability can have on our mental health. The episode explores how shame and stigma can prevent us from asking for what we need, why we tend to underestimate the generosity of others, and how asking can make us feel seen in both welcome and uncomfortable ways. Finally, we address the complicated experience of wanting to help to someone who can’t or won’t ask for it. We combine compelling storytelling with practical expert guidance to give you the tools you need to start your own courageous conversations.
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From Our Guests
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<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”http://www.mnorabouchard.com/shop/mayday-asking-for-help-in-times-of-need/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”><em>Mayday! Asking for Help in Times of Need</em></a>
M. Nora Bouchard</li>
<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”https://safespaceradio.com/speaking-up-for-asylum/”>Interview with Alice Barakagwira</a>
Safe Space Radio, 2016</li>
<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”https://www.timesrecord.com/articles/opinion/guest-column-five-years-later-loss-heartbreak-and-the-opioid-epidemic/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Five Years Later—Loss, Heartbreak, and the Opioid Epidemic</a>
P. Lynn Ouellette,<em>The Times Record</em></li>
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Further Reading & Listening
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<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/style/how-i-trained-my-husband-to-be-a-dad.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>How to Get the Help You Need</a>
H. Grant<em>Harvard Business Review</em></li>
<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201610/7-effective-ways-ask-help-and-get-it” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>7 Effective Ways to Ask for Help—and Get It</a>
A. Boyes, <em>Psychology Today </em></li>
<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/style/how-i-trained-my-husband-to-be-a-dad.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>How I Trained My Husband To Be a Dad</a>
J. Piazza, <em>New York Times </em></li>
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Veteran Homelessness & Mental Health
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<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-city-solves-veteran-homelessness-1543919401″>A City Solves Veteran Homelessness</a>
E. Snow—<em>The Wall Street Journal </em></li>
<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”http://www.startribune.com/should-you-give-money-to-people-on-the-street-homelessness-experts-weigh-in/509432682/”>Should You Give Money to People on the Street? Homelessness Experts Weigh In.</a>
J. Ewoldt—<em>Minnesota Star Tribune</em></li>
<li><a href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/us/politics/veterans-suicide.html”>VA Officials, and the Nation, Battle an Unrelenting Tide of Veteran Suicides</a>
J. Steinhauer—<em>The New York Times</em></li>
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Adoption
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<li><a href=”https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/03/most-american-adoptees-cant-access-their-birth-certificates-that-could-be-about-to-change/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Most American Adoptees Can’t Access Their Birth Certificates. That Could Soon Change.</a>
J. Gass-Poore—<em>Mother Jones</em></li>
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Refugees & Asylum Seekers
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<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/11/how-do-you-create-better-asylum-policy-we-asked-asylum-seekers/?utm_term=.1678b3a62f13″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>How Do You Create a Better Asylum Policy? We Asked the Asylum Seekers.</a>
M. Peters—<em>The Washington Post</em></li>
<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”https://immigrationforum.org/article/fact-sheet-u-s-asylum-process/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>U.S Asylum Process Fact Sheet</a>
National Immigration Forum</li>
<li><a href=”https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/asylum-united-states” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Asylum in the United States</a>
American Immigration Council</li>
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Opioid Addiction
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<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/us/opioid-crisis-public-health-emergency.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>The Opioid Epidemic: A Crisis Years in the Making</a>
M. Salam—<em>The New York Times</em></li>
<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”https://newrepublic.com/article/149398/rejected-aa” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Rejected By A.A.</a>
K.J. Anderson & C.M. Kallestrup—<em>The New Republic</em></li>
<li><a href=”https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/7/20/15937896/medication-assisted-treatment-methadone-buprenorphine-naltrexone” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>There’s a Highly Successful Treatment for Opioid Addiction. But Stigma is Holding It Back.</a>
G. Lopez—<em>Vox</em></li>
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Medical Debt
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<li style=”padding-bottom: 10px;”><a href=”https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304901?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=a5697b7e-8ffc-4373-b9d2-3eb745d9debb&amp;=&” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Medical Bankruptcy: Still Common Despite the Affordable Care Act</a>
D. Himmelstein et al—<em>American Journal of Public Health</em></li>
<li><a href=”https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/03/hospital-bills-medical-debt-bankruptcy/584998/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Americans are Going Bankrupt from Getting Sick</a>
O. Khazan—<em>The Atlantic</em></li>
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Helpful Organizations
<li><a href=”http://nchv.org/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>National Coalition for Homeless Veterans</a></li>
<li><a href=”https://endhomelessness.org/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>National Alliance to End Homelessness</a></li>
<li><a href=”https://pages.uoregon.edu/adoption/topics/adoptionhistbrief.htm” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>University of Oregon’s Adoption History Project</a></li>
<li><a href=”https://adopteerightslaw.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Adoptee Rights Law Center</a></li>
<li><a href=”https://americanadoptioncongress.org/state.php” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>American Adoption Congress</a></li>
<li><a href=”https://asylumadvocacy.org/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project</a></li>
<li><a href=”https://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/about” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Women’s Refugee Commission</a></li>
<li><a href=”https://nmrcmaine.org/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>New Mainers Resource Center</a></li>
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We’d love to hear from you! If you have a story about asking for help or a comment for one of our guests, leave us a voicemail at <strong>617-600-8419. </strong>
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