Mental Health First Aid with Malkah Bird

Malkah Bird (she/her) , is an Indianapolis-based educator and workshop facilitator. She has extensive experience leading trainings in schools and within the community on topics including De-Escalation, Bystander Intervention and Behavior Interventions. She is certified by the National Council on Behavioral Health as an Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor and is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. Malkah has considerable experience working with individuals with mental health concerns, as well as, children and families experiencing crisis. Malkah is also co-founder, with Erin Polley, of Rising Collective, a training and skills development consultancy that bridges the gap between wanting to help others and knowing how to. 

In this episode we talk about:

• the impacts of poor mental health on our communities
• barriers that prevent us from having conversations about mental health
• the signs and symptoms of a mental health crisis 
• what to say and do when helping someone experiencing a crisis
• how to practice self care when helping others through a crisis

SELF CARE LEVEL 1000 is a podcast about the many ways we nurture ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually so that we show up more fully in the world and do the good work that needs to be done. We will get curious together about how we can practice self care in multiple ways with many modalities, leveling up the love we show ourselves every day. Hosted by Erin Polley (she/her) - a community organizer, yoga teacher and healer who is obsessed with sharing tools with people so they can heal themselves and the world.

CREDITS: Edited by Evan Polley. Music by John Larner.

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