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The Person I Started Out to Be
“I KNOW TODAY, I’M NOT THE PERSON I STARTED OUT TO BE” – Craig Tschetter Author of FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO Grace Jones once said, “Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.” At no time in my life have…
Read MoreJanuary BEP Events
January 6th BEP Board Member and Committee Chair Training on media tools and our business processes as a non-profit. January 8th BEP Board Meeting 7 PM, second floor MetaBank. January 21 Family Support Group, 1330 So. Main, Faith Reformed Church 6:00 to 7:30 PM. January 22 Annual Networking Social for BEP Volunteers and Friends, 6-9PM Wooden Legs Brewery, side room. Find out…
Read MoreBEP Presents to Brookings City Councel
Last Tuesday evening, members of the Brookings Empowerment Project presented an overview of BEP and our proposed transitional housing project. We were using this opportunity to educate the council about BEP, to outline the business plan we have developed for 2018, and to request funding from the city in support of our efforts. Here is a…
Read MoreFind a Way
“Mental trauma will never end, so one needs to find a way to face the pain every day in order to survive.” Craig Tschetter, USMC Author of FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO My very first psychiatrist, Dr. Ching, told me in 1981, “Your memories are never ever going to leave you. The sooner you accept what I’ve…
Read MoreSuicide & Crisis Resources
As the Brookings Mental Health Task Force continues to ask about different services available in the community we became aware of this new service to the community. The following is an excerpt from an email to the Task Force from Nikki Eining of Avera Behavioral in Brookings: I wanted to follow up about this specific…
Read MoreA Message from “Recovery Hope”
Members and Friends of BEP, We are excited to introduce to you another resource in our community to help with the battle of Stigma of Mental Illness. RecoveryHope.org was started by Caleb and Molly Anderson. After Caleb was admitted to treatment for opiate addiction, Molly made it her mission to learn more about how to…
Read MoreBeing Hospitalized for Psychiatric Disorders
On this episode of “On Call with the Prairie Doc,” Guest host, Dr. Deb Johnston, is joined by Matthew Stanley, DO, of Avera Medical Group University Psychiatry Associates Sioux Falls. They will discuss common outpatient and inpatient psychiatric conditions and their causes; how much psychiatric illness is thought to be the result of genetics or…
Read MoreVFW Auxiliary Supports BEP
The VFW Auxiliary Third Sunday breakfast for September 2017 selected the Brookings Empowerment Project (BEP) for its nonprofit recipient. This year the September breakfast was well attended, and the VFW Auxiliary recently presented the Brookings Empowerment Project with a check for $875 to continue its mission of “empowering those with persistent mental illness through supportive…
Read MoreBEP Book Review: His Bright Light, The story of Nick Traina by Danielle Steele
His Bright Light, The story of Nick Traina Written by Danielle Steele Danielle Steel is a very prolific writer who has written more than 70 novels. She is considered the best selling author of our time and has sold over 800 million copies of her books. All have been bestsellers. Most of her novels are…
Read MoreThe Prairie Doc on Anxiety
Thank you to Dr. Rick Holm, Brookings, for permission to share this episode of “On Call with the Prairie Doc.”
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