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This week on #SPSM Chat our topic is “Lyrics Speak: Music as a Catalyst for Conversation” with guests Joseph Penola, founder of You Rock Foundation, and Jeanine Hoff, founder of Where is the Sunshine. Let's talk about your brain on music. What insights into this topic do you have to share?

GUEST BIOS:

Jeanine Hoff is the founder of Where is the Sunshine? which aims to elevate the conversation and improve mental health awareness through peer support, lived experience, and education. Jeanine holds a Master of Social Work and a Master of Advanced Study in Media and Film. She also has a degree in music and spent several years working as a music agent. Jeanine is classically trained singer and pianist, and a former elementary school music teacher.

Joseph Penola is the Founder and Executive Director of The You Rock Foundation (YRF), a music-based mental health 501(c)(3) nonprofit he created as a result of his battle with depression and subsequent suicide attempts. YRF instills a sense of self-worth in others while using music and the artists behind it as a way to help people express themselves and overcome mental health struggles.

ABOUT OUR SHOW: SPSM Chat is co-hosted by Rudy Caseres, Joelle Marie, Dr. Joel Schwartz, Carly Larson, and Hudson Harris. We stream live (as well as host a Twitter chat) every Sunday evening at 6pm PT/9pm ET. Each week we have a new expert guest to discuss the most important issues in the world of suicide prevention. All past episodes can be viewed on our YouTube channel and at SPSMchat.com. We are also on Facebook, Twitter/Periscope, and Mixer.

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If you would like formal crisis support, you can call National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860 (U.S.) or 877-330-6366 (Canada), or The Trevor Project at 866-488-7386. If you don't like talking on the phone, you can text HOME to 741741 to get to Crisis Text Line, or you can try Lifeline Crisis Chat.

If you’d like to talk to a peer, warmline.org contains links to warmlines in the United States. If you're not in the U.S., you can go to iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres for a connection to crisis centers around the world.