Welcome to OnTopic by Empathia, a podcast dedicated to overcoming challenges in times of uncertainty. We’ll be talking to industry experts from a wide variety of fields to explore the issues of the day and steps individuals and organizations can take to become more resilient.
Whether it is delivering a high-value employee assistance program or responding to a crisis in your organization or community, Empathia brings competence, compassion and commitment to those who need it most.
Stay updated on the latest informational articles & resources.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise – or at least it would, if so many of us weren’t suffering from sleeping disorders. In their follow-up from last week’s conversation on the effects of sleep on mental health, host Rick Hoaglund and Dr. Rajesh Balagani dig into sleeping…
When you go to bed, are you one of the lucky people can simply turn off the lights and drift into dreamland? Or are you, like millions of other Americans, struggling to fall asleep? In Part One of this Two-Part exploration into Sleep and it’s effects on Mental Health, Dr. Rajesh Balagani explains why sleep…
Is it better to run, hide, or fight? When it comes to responding to an active shooter, there’s drills, strategies, and even testimonials that you can train on, but Dr. Schoenfeldt says teaching’s the real secret. Following up from last week, Kelly dives back into active shooter response management with Dr. Mary Schoenfeldt, an emergency…
Active Shooter. It’s a phrase that strikes an immediate sense of warning in all of us; a notion so terrible that many of us can only hope we’ll never be forced to face it in our own communities. But for some, tragedy may have already struck, and gaining a greater understanding of the problem may…
Self care. It’s a relatively new term as far as understanding mental health is concerned when it comes to the general population, but it’s not often something people really think about in regards to their own well-being. Like in Mexico, where Deborah Loffler says people think about self care more as going to the gym…
North, south, east, west—no matter where you are everybody struggles with mental health. World Mental Health Day, on October 10th, is a chance to remember that none of us are alone. All over the world people share the same feelings of excitement, sadness, melancholy, and more, regardless of their situation. That’s why, this week, Jill…
Warning: The following interview contains graphic depictions of suicide. Viewer discretion is advised. There’s a surprising amount of signs that can precede a suicide attempt. People may experience symptoms of melancholy, rapid moodswings, severe depression, and more. In this follow-up from our previous episode, Rick Hoaglund joins Clark Flatt, President and Founder of the Jason…
Warning: The following interview contains graphic depictions of suicide. Viewer discretion is advised. Suicide is one of the leading causes of preventable death in our nation today. Every week, Americans lose an average of more than 125 youths to this tragedy. As waters continue to rise, what can be done? How can parents help? And…
How does a community recover from a devastating natural disaster? Where do businesses get started again? How are homes rebuilt? And when do families start healing? In this follow-up episode, Christchurch earthquake survivor Jolie Wills joins Rick Hoaglund once again to talk about how her community responded to the devastation, and how her own experiences…
