Anthologies of Hope

Mike Vinopal

Nov 20 • 162 min

At long last, Mike Vinopal sits down with us for a long-form, deep-dive, one-on-one conversation covering his mental health journey. In his role as Hope for the Day Director of Education, you have heard him on Anthologies of Hope before leading the Sip of…

Conversations Cafe: Veterans Day

Nov 11 • 141 min

This week’s Conversations Cafe Veterans Day special edition brings you a supercut of the larger Hope for the Day family and the work they are doing in and around the mental health care space for Veterans of all sorts. Director of Hope for the Day’s…

Blog Launch & Big Announcement

Nov 8 • 9 min

We launch our new Anthologies of Hope blog with the Eureka series, inspired by Monkey Minion Press, and bring you some major news to the future prospects, direction, and potential of Anthologies of Hope!

Megan Tress

Nov 8 • 56 min

Megan Tress joins us this week and I am so excited to bring you this conversation, as we dive deeper into all the things she touched on during her time on the panel of our Season 1 bonus episode, Conversations Cafe - All in the Family. I love how…

Conversations Cafe: First Responders

Nov 8 • 94 min

Conversations Cafe: First Responders Our episode this week is titled, First Responders and features interviews with some of Chicago’s First Responders and the intersection of mental health and the important work they do daily to help others. For clarity,…

Allie Downey

Nov 8 • 49 min

As we kick off the interview, this week’s episode sets the record for the guest I’ve known the longest at the time of recording - coming in at 5 or 6 years! We cover Allie’s journey over the past few years through the course of transitioning, the impact…

Conversations Cafe: Intersectionality & Mental Health

Nov 8 • 63 min

Conversations Cafe: Intersectionality & Mental Health The Conversations Cafe is a monthly event at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education event is…

Casey Ryan

Nov 8 • 94 min

Casey Ryan joins us today and she is our first guest that sought us out to make an appearance on our show! Anthologies of Hope is all about stories and journeys and Casey’s is one that I am grateful that we get to bring to you! We jump into Casey’s…

Conversations Cafe: Boys Don’t Cry

Nov 7 • 76 min

Conversations Cafe: Boys Don’t Cry Today’s Conversations Cafe episode is titled Boys Don’t Cry. Recorded live at the UIC Forum, as part of Hope for the Day’s Conversations Summit 2019, this panel focused on confronting stigmas that compel silence on…

Amanda Vitrano

Nov 7 • 79 min

We are joined by Amanda Vitrano this week to discuss the loss of her sister Lauren; how it affected her personally, professionally, and socially; how a chance encounter with Hope for the Day through a workplace Peervention workshop altered her course of…

Conversations Cafe: You Can’t Wear That

Nov 7 • 63 min

Conversations Cafe: You Can’t Wear That The Conversations Cafe is a monthly live podcast recording at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education…

Joel Frieders

Nov 7 • 47 min

Our first guest of Season 3 is Joel Frieders. Joel is a man of many talents, but most of all, he exudes charisma and his passion for suicide prevention burns very bright. We cover Joel’s experience as an Alderman for the United City of Yorkville, IL, as…

Conversations Cafe: The Light Project

Nov 7 • 58 min

Conversations Cafe: The Light Project This week’s event is titled The Light Project. We talk with photographers and Hope For The Day Agents of Impact, Jamie Parker and Chris Callen. Jamie and Chris are the brains behind the The Light Project, a portrait…

Conversations Cafe: Out of the Darkness

Nov 7 • 74 min

Conversations Cafe: Out of the Darkness The Conversations Cafe is a monthly live podcast recording at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education…

Conversations Cafe: Resiliency

Nov 7 • 111 min

Conversations Cafe: Resiliency The Conversations Cafe is a monthly event at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar, featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education event is brought to you by Hope…

Conversations Cafe: PAWS to COPE

Nov 7 • 91 min

Conversations Cafe: PAWS to COPE The Conversations Cafe is a monthly event at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar, featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education event is brought to you by Hope…

Conversations Cafe: Wide Wonder

Nov 7 • 47 min

Conversations Cafe: Wide Wonder The Conversations Cafe is a monthly event at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar, featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education event is brought to you by Hope…

Sip of Hope - One Year Anniversary Retrospective: Part 2

Nov 7 • 51 min

This week wraps up our multi-part series celebrating Sip of Hope’s first birthday! Celebrating on May 1st, 2019, we recorded founders, staff, friends, and family of Hope for the Day and Sip of Hope, capturing how the first-of-a-kind coffee shop - with all…

Conversations Cafe: Living OUT Loud

Nov 6 • 70 min

Conversations Cafe: Living OUT Loud The Conversations Cafe is a monthly event at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar, featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education event is brought to you by…

Sip of Hope - One Year Anniversary Retrospective: Part 1

Nov 6 • 47 min

This week kicks off our multi-part series celebrating Sip of Hope’s first birthday! Celebrating on May 1st, 2019, we recorded founders, staff, friends, and family of Hope for the Day and Sip of Hope, capturing how the first-of-a-kind coffee shop - with…

Conversations Cafe: Partners in Prevention

Nov 6 • 83 min

Conversations Cafe: Partners in Prevention The Conversations Cafe is a monthly event at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar, featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education event is brought to…

Jennifer May

Nov 6 • 83 min

Similar to the end of the first season, our interview this week with Jennifer May is another case of saving the best for last. There’s much of the conversation this week that wraps up many different threads across both seasons of Anthologies of Hope -…

Sarah Colbert

Nov 6 • 67 min

Sarah Colbert joins us this week and discusses her trip to Heart Camp in detail, but more importantly, the journey up to that point that led her make the decision to attend. Throughout our conversation, we cover a topic that hasn’t been touched on much…

Conversations Cafe: Abuse, Consent, and Agency

Nov 6 • 88 min

Conversations Cafe: Abuse, Consent, and Agency The Conversations Cafe is a monthly event at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar, featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education event is brought…

Mental Health Media

Nov 6 • 25 min

This week’s episode is all about the mental health boom and the language of mental health making its way into all sorts of the media that we consume regularly and for self-care. Rick dives deep into movies, television shows, stand-up comedy, podcasts,…

Emily Allison

Nov 6 • 57 min

Catching up with Emily Allison this week, we dig into her change in living situation and career path since Heart Camp Los Angeles in early May 2017. You will also hear of the great work she is now a part of in her new service-oriented career path, how…

Rick Osowski

Nov 6 • 84 min

This week’s guest is…the host, Rick Osowski. It’s always weird to figure out what your “elevator pitch” might be. Similarly, it’s always difficult to get all your story out within a few minutes when someone asks “what brought you to the mental health…

Amanda Osowski

Nov 6 • 75 min

The conversations continue this week with Amanda Osowski, not only another member of the Heart Camp family, but a member of Rick’s actual family…his wonderful wife. They cover all of Amanda’s mental health journey to date - including the impacts of death…

Kim

Nov 6 • 66 min

Jumping back into our traditional interview format, Kim joins us this week and her story is arguably the most powerful story we have been empowered to share on Anthologies of Hope so far. Through Kim’s tumultuous mental health journey, we see a robust…

Conversations Cafe: The Hero in You

Nov 6 • 73 min

Conversations Cafe: The Hero in You The Conversations Cafe is a monthly event at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar, featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education event is brought to you by…

Carrie Marcella

Nov 6 • 72 min

Carrie Marcella joins us from upstate New York during the most wonderful time of the year: early January. Carrie has a tremendous story, which she has a solid grasp of and the work she has done on her journey shows through her storytelling. She has…

Eric Adams

Nov 6 • 64 min

This week is all about breaking the mold! We talk with Eric Adams, a bearded and tattooed Professional Mental Health Counselor from Delaware with a heart of gold. We cover the ins and outs of what it means to be a Mental Health Counselor both…

Conversations Cafe: All in the Family

Nov 6 • 105 min

Conversations Cafe: All in the Family The Conversations Cafe is a monthly event at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar, featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education event is brought to you by…

Candice Carpenter

Nov 6 • 84 min

Saving the best for last in Season 1, we have Candice Carpenter joining us this week to discuss some of her journey to find “what works for her” with regard to her mental health, her perspective on approaching life as a series of integrative practices and…

Katie Mumper

Nov 6 • 61 min

Katie Mumper joins us this week for another exciting conversation around mental health, writing, and overcoming addiction. Katie is a Whovian, a Penn State superfan, a 4 on the Ennegram, and currently in charge of Social Media for TWLOHA. So we have some…

Kenneth Westphal

Nov 6 • 68 min

Kenneth Westphal joins us this week on Anthologies of Hope! A former “To Write Love On Her Arms” intern and an amazing photographer, we dive into what makes photography so special for Kenneth, the difference between sunrises and sunsets, and why camp is…

Erin Hird

Nov 6 • 52 min

Erin Hird, co-host of the Blackbird podcast, joins Anthologies of Hope this week for plenty of laughs, dishing on the “checklist of life”, the “Hero’s Journey”, and making it through to the other side of a divorce (as well as a little of the “Zen” of…

Sarah Messali

Nov 6 • 46 min

If there’s one word that Rick would use to describe his guest this week, Sarah Messali, it would be “warrior”. Once you hear her story, you’ll understand why. Grateful he got to sit down with Sarah in LA at Heart Camp, and then again sightseeing, and…

Teri Valente

Nov 6 • 62 min

Anthologies guest this week is with Teri Valente, Summer Camp Director for Camp Arrowhead in Lewes, Delaware. While planning to record, Teri mentioned that she didn’t know how interesting her story would be or how much she would have to share. Despite…

Jennie Gillies

Nov 6 • 69 min

Jennie Gillies, the proud Canadian from the first Heart Camp, joins us this week. There are a few stories that you will hear over the course of on Anthologies of Hope that were key to the genesis of the podcast actually coming together. Jennie’s story is…

Jen John

Nov 6 • 69 min

This week’s episode isn’t so much of an interview or conversation. More like putting our guest, Jen John, in the spotlight and letting her run with it. We were constantly amazed by Jen’s resilience to keep coming back and fighting throughout all the…

Brit Barkholtz

Nov 6 • 66 min

From the moment Rick read Brit’s Twitter profile full of shared interests, he knew this conversation was going to be a great one. They touch on some powerful tools and perspectives for those in the audience that may be questioning the value of therapy in…

Anna Johnson

Nov 6 • 47 min

Welcome to the first episode of Anthologies of Hope! Anna Johnson joins Rick this week to share her mental health journey, why community is so important to her, and how working on her mental health has made her a better friend, a better daughter, and a…