Nick is one of the smartest, most engaging, and most interesting people Tim's ever met.  He's also a practicing psychiatrist and senior administrator in the addiction and mental health department of AHS (Alberta Health Services).  Today they discuss mental health.  If there is a question you wish Tim had asked, let him know!  We'll have round #2 with Nick sometime soon.
Section 1 - Mental Health and Me
1) What are mental health and resilience? (2:20)
2) Let's talk personality (Enneagram, Myers Briggs, etc.) (5:10)
3) How can people assess how they are doing? (7:50) 
4) What are some practical steps people can take (whether they are sick or healthy) to pursue mental well-being?  (13:00)
**Aside 1 on Neurogenesis (18:50)
**Aside 2 on Parenting & Resilience (21:55)
Section 2 - Mental Health and Us
5) The news regularly reports an emerging and coming mental health crisis as we continue to wrestle with Covid 19.  Can you comment on whether that is the case and what it means? (23:00)
6) As a clinician, what do you mean when you say clinical depression or anxiety? (27:15)
7) How do I walk with someone who is struggling with mental illness? (31:30)
**Aside 3 on fixing people and our insecurities (35:30)
8) Can mental illness be cured and what hope is available to those finding the road through to be long and hard? (41:20)  
**Aside 4 - Final Comments (49:20)
Note the final comments about the risk factor of social isolation in the last two minutes!

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