The Mental Health Moment
Discussing all things “Mental Health,” we bring local professionals and community leaders together to talk about the mental health crisis that face families today. Not only talk about the problem but help introduce the solutions!


Our Why? - Stronger Families, Stronger Futures December 21st, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Ben Harris (Executive Director and Founder of Life Launch Centers)
Topic - Stronger Families, Stronger Futures is what it is all about.

Sexting and Nudes Among Teens - Part 2 - December 7th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - High School Students Avery and Mason
Topic - Unmasking the Sexting and sending Nudes culture within today's teens.

Sexting and Nudes Among Teens - Part 1 - November 23rd, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - High School Students Avery and Mason
Topic - Unmasking the Sexting and sending Nudes culture within today's teens.

Being Friends Thru Divorce - October 26th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Mari Hobson (becoming Family Life Educator) and Jennie Hayes (Stay at Home Special Needs Mom)
Topic - Being Friends Thru Divorce - Going against social norms to actually be friends with your ex’s spouse.

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Domestic Violence Awareness - October 12, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Kristy Pike (Director of Washington County Children's Justice Center)
Topic - Adverse Childhood Experiences and how they affect mental health

How is COVID affecting mental health at high school - September 28th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Justin Keate (Principal at Desert Hills High School)
- Kaden Terry (Senior at Desert Hills High School)
Topic - How is COVID affecting mental health at high school and what are some things we can do about it.

Adventure Therapy - Rock Climbing & The Daily Pulse - September 14th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Iuri Melo - LCSW Adventure Therapy Specialty
Topic - What is adventure therapy and how does it help? What is the Daily Pulse? To sign up for the Daily Pulse text start 435-633-9189

Reckless Thinking - August 31st, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Kaden Foremester (Producer at Canyon Media)
Topic - What parents can do to model healthy thinking patterns for their children.

Amino Acid Therapy for Anxiety and Mental Health - August 17th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Sarah McAllister (Chief Operation Officer at Fusion Specialty Pharmacy)
Topic - What is Amino Acid Therapy and how can it help with anxiety and mental health.

Resilience with Strong Women in the Community - August 3rd, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Sharon Rosenbaum (Owner and CEO of She Sparks Business)
Topic - How is emotional resilience important and helpful as a female business leader in the community as well as for life.

Child Psychologist, Resilience Training Back To School - July 20th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Rodney Arnold LCSW, Clinical Director at Life Launch Centers St. George
Topic - What can parents do right now to help their families build emotional resilience especially in preparation for back to school.

Anxiety Treatment & College Students - July 6th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Del Beatty (Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students at DSU)
Topic - What is DSU doing to help the mental health of their students and what parents can do to prepare their kids for success in college.

Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development - June 22nd, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Kaden Foremaster (Producer at Canyon Media)
Topic - What parents can do with their children to help them develop strong emotionally

DBT & Mindfulness - June 8th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Leslie VandeMerwe - Clinical Director of Life Launch Centers West Jordan
Topic - What exactly is DBT and Mindfulness and how do they help mental health.

Buzz Words of Mental Health Explained - May 25th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Kayden Foremaster (Producer at Canyon Media)
Topic - Breaking down these mental health concepts to really understand them.

What it's like being a high school senior in 2020 - May 11th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Kennedy Bird (Winner of the 2020 Anxiety Scholarship)
Topic - What’s It Like To Be High School Senior in 2020

Exciting things coming up during COVID-19 - April 27th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Kaden Foremaster - Producer at Canyon Media
Topic - COVID-19 impacts on mental health, In-network with EMI, CIGNA, DMBA, Select Health, The Anxiety Scholarship 2020

Cope In Healthy Ways With COVID-19 - April 13th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Thurmon Thomas LMFT, Owner of Ascend Counseling and Wellness
Topic - How to better cope emotional during uncertain times with COVID-19.

COVID-19 Mental Health Solutions - March 30th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Justin Keate - Principal at Desert Hills High School
Topic - COVID-19, Social Distancing, Home Schooling. What parents can do to help maintain good mental health during COVID-19 quarantines

Managing Stress & Mental Health March 16th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Richard Harder - Lead Smart Consulting
Topic - Managing Stress affects our Mental Health

Hyperbarics & Mental Health - March 2nd, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Stephanie Parrish - Founder and CEO of Vibrant You Hyperbaric Oxygen & Light Center
Topic - What are hyperbarics? How does it work, and how can it positively impact your mental health?

Values & Goals - February 17th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Kaden Foremaster (Producer at Canyon Media)
Topic - What are your core values and what goals will help you move in the direction of your values?

Communication & Connection - February 3rd, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Kaden Foremaster (Producer at Canyon Media)
Topic - How to elevate your communication by not trading connection for convenience. Accountability improves connection

Identify & Solve Problems - January 27th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - Indentify and Solve Problems, the 6th Step of the Resilience Model©

Excessive Gaming - January 20th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Matthew Arrington Executive Director of Forte Strong & Ben Harding, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Lead Therapist at Forte Strong
Topic - How much gaming is ok, and what kinds of games are helpful or harmful

Emotionally Hijacked - January 13th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - What it means to be Emotionally Hijacked, the second step in the Resilience Model©. How to recognize when we're emotionally hijacked and what to do to restore power to our logical thinking forebrain.

Life Launch Centers Intensive Outpatient Program - January 6th, 2020
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Arden Smith - Founder and Compliance Officer at Life Launch Centers
Topic - What does Intensive Outpatient Program mean and how Group Counseling is the secret sauce to overcoming anxiety and depression with youth and young adults.

Reaching Our Potential By Setting Goals - December 30th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Richard Harder - Organizational and Leadership Development Consultant, and University Faculty at Dixie State University
Topic - How to reach our full potential by setting goals and helping us find balance in the major areas of our life and how that affects our mental health.

2 Things to Overcome Anxiety - December 23rd, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Koby Taylor - Pharmacist and Owner of Fusion Pharmacy
Topic - How amino acids can help kids overcome anxiety and depression by addressing their physical and nutritional needs. Group counseling at Life Launch Centers will teach your kids the emotional tools they need to overcome anxiety.

The Trap of Pornography - December 16th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Dr. Tim Hollingshead - Retired Surgeon - Founder of Free in Thirteen
Topic - How to help loved ones identify and get out of the trap of pornography

Self Care During The Holidays- December 9th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Ben Harris - Founder of Life Launch Centers
Topic - Self Care isn't selfish it's serious. We need to be sure to take care of our own mental health in order to help others.

Pornography Effects on Mental Health- November 25th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Brandon Hart - Owner and Founder of The Cleaner Net
Topic - Pornography affects our mental health by replacing natural human connection with digital counterfeit. Especially for young developing minds, pornography rewires the brain so that human to human interaction is no longer desirable.

What's Affecting Graduation Rates?- November 18th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Jack Rolfe - CEO and Founder of The School Of Life Foundation
Topic - Drop out rates are staggering and we discuss what our community is doing to help. An exciting introduction to Life Launch University, a powerful SEL program now running in some schools in Washington County, and now available for families to get in home.

Parenting at the Holidays- November 11th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Ben Harris - Founder of Life Launch Centers
Topic - Ideas for parents on how to get the most out of the holidays by overcoming anxiety, avoiding isolation and improving communication within the family.

Isolation Part 2 - November 4th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Kaden Foremaster - Producer at Canyon Media
Topic - Isolation is the new smoking. 1 day of isolation negatively affects your lifespan equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes.

Isolation- October 28th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Kaden Foremaster - Producer at Canyon Media
Topic - How Isolation is overtaking society and detrimental to our health. What real isolation looks like and how to overcome it.

Building Connections - October 21st, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - Ways to build healthy connections that contribute to your overall good health. Dopamine Vs. Oxytocin

Suicide Prevention - October 14th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - Early warning signs of suicide ideation and what to do to help prevent your loved ones from dying by suicide.

What Every Parent of an Anxious Child Should Know - October 7th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Dr. Mary Wilde - Board certified pediatrician, creator of Imagine Pediatrics Behavioral Health and Wellness Center
Topic - What every parent of an anxious child should know, will kids grow out of anxiety, and effective course of treatment

Mindful Parenting- September 30th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Dr. Mary Wilde - Board certified pediatrician, creator of Imagine Pediatrics Behavioral Health and Wellness Center
Topic - Ways to improve Behavioral Health through Mindful Parenting and what that looks like.

How Trauma & Abuse Affect Mental Health - September 23rd, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Kristy Pike - Director of Washington County Children's Justice Center
Topic - What is the Children's Justice Center and how does trauma and abuse affect the mental health of families

Go With The Flow - September 16th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - 7th step of the Resilience Model© - Go With The Flow - Sitting with difficult emotion.

Moms & Anxiety - Part 2 - September 9th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Emily Newman & Linsey Howser
Topic - How anxiety affects moms and what they do to cope.

Moms & Anxiety - Part 1 - September 2nd, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Emily Newman & Linsey Howser
Topic - How anxiety affects moms and what they do to cope.

Stories In My Head - August 26th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - Ways to ease stress at home, and the 5th step in the Resilience Model© Stories In My Head.

Lying, Sensations & Emotions - August 19th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - How lying makes traditional therapy difficult and how we over come that. The 4th step in the Resilience Model© Sensations and Emotions.

Back To School - August 12th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - Get a game plan to minimize back to school anxiety

Triggering Events - August 5th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - The first step in the Resilience Model© to identify what triggers set you off emotionally

Young Adults - July 29th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Kaden Foremaster - Producer at Canyon Media
Topic - What it's like being a young adult today

Levels Of Care - July 22nd, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Michael Dinsmore - Community liaison for Provo Canyon Behavioral Hospital
Topic - Different Levels of Care for Mental Health

Preparing for Transitions - July 15th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guest - Ben Harris - Founder of Life Launch Centers
Topic - Origin of Life Launch Centers and Preparing for Transitions

10 Reasons Teens Have Anxiety - July 8th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - 10 Reasons Teens Have So Much Anxiety Today

Effects of Technology on Youth - July 1st, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - Effects of Technology and Screens on youth and not feeling connected

Talking Teens - June 24th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - How to Help Teen Mental Health

Distress Tolerance Tools - June 17th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - Distress Tolerance Tools

Power of Group Therapy - June 10th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Joni Dyches - Admissions & Founder of Life Launch Centers
Topic - Admissions to Group Therapy

The Resilience Model© Summary - June 3rd, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Topic - The Resilience Model© Summary

Summer Structure - May 27th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Espra Andrus LCSW and Founder of Life Launch Centers
Topic - Summer Structure

Summer Ideas to ease Anxiety - May 16th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Desirae Roden (Principal of Tonaquint Intermediate School) & Tami Curtis (Washington County School District)
Topic - Summer Ideas to ease Anxiety

Anxiety in Education - May 2nd, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Justin Keate (Principal of Desert Hills High School) & Ben Harris (Founder of Life Launch Centers)
Topic - Anxiety Affecting Education

Mindfulness - April 18th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Kristie Lemmon (Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner) & Espra Andrus (Clinical Director of Life Launch Centers)
Topic - Mindfulness

Anxiety Statistics - April 4th, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Arden Smith (Founder of Life Launch Centers) & Joni Dyches (Founder of Life Launch Centers)
Topic - Anxiety with Youth & Young Adults Statistics

Resilience - March 21st, 2019
Host - Joe Newman (Director of Business Development & Marketing)
Guests - Ben Harris (Founder of Life Launch Centers) & Espra Andrus (Clinical Director of Life Launch Centers)
Topic - Resilience, Mindfulness, Anxiety, Depression