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Talk-Line: Sinnissippi Centers in Byron · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: We are quarter past the hour. This is Thursday. It's
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  Speaker 1: July the twenty fourth, the year is twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: and it's time for another informational edition of talk Line
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  Speaker 1: here at wixent. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. Time for
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  Speaker 1: our Sinnissippi Spotlight for July of twenty twenty five. News
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  Speaker 1: and information from Sinsissippi Centers not only serving our Dison area,
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  Speaker 1: but the Sock Valley and all of northern Illinois with
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  Speaker 1: their outreach services. And here representing Senissippi as our good friend,
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  Speaker 1: the marketing manager of Sensissippi live with us at the
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  Speaker 1: microphones this morning. Andy Jackson joins us this morning here
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  Speaker 1: at wix core. Morning, good morning. You've bought along a
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  Speaker 1: special guest. I'm going to let you introduce please.
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  Speaker 2: Sure, Well, we brought Jen Fox is here with us,
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  Speaker 2: and she is the behavioral health supervisor and we're going
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  Speaker 2: to well we'll just let her introduce what she would
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  Speaker 2: like to talk about this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Jen, Good morning, good morning. Nice to have you with us, man,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for joining us. Good to see you. Jen. Well,
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  Speaker 1: we know how long Andy's been with the business. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: because we were talking about this off air, about is
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  Speaker 1: joining us.
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  Speaker 2: How long June of two thousand and six joined the math.
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  Speaker 1: Folks close to two decades and Andy has a lot
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  Speaker 1: of mask But Jen, how long have you been within I.
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  Speaker 3: Have been Mississippi for three and a half years.
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  Speaker 1: Three and a half years a right, and as behavioral
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  Speaker 1: health supervisor? What areas do you cover?
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  Speaker 3: I am over the Dixon Office right now, so our
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  Speaker 3: office on Rowe two, I oversee all of the behavioral
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  Speaker 3: health operations at that location.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to talk to Jen more about that as
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  Speaker 1: we moved through the morning here at Wacson, But we
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  Speaker 1: want to talk up front about a very special day
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  Speaker 1: that is a plan for today through Sinisippi Centers. And
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  Speaker 1: this concerns a subject that Andy and I have been
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  Speaker 1: discussing the last couple of months. We've just been gearing
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  Speaker 1: up for the date. Obviously, as Andy we talked about
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  Speaker 1: off air, this area has been open for some time,
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  Speaker 1: but now we're actually really kind of blowing the lid off,
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  Speaker 1: so to speak, of this location by.
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  Speaker 4: Talking about that.
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  Speaker 2: But yes, yeah, we did open our Byron office third
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  Speaker 2: in Ogle County, and we can talk a little bit
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  Speaker 2: about the reason for that. But really the exciting part
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  Speaker 2: today is that we are having our ribbon cutting along
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  Speaker 2: with the Byron Chamber of Commerce and open house as well,
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  Speaker 2: so people can come and take a look at the
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  Speaker 2: office and see it.
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  Speaker 4: Where we're at.
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  Speaker 2: We are at two twelve West Blackhawk Drive in Byron,
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  Speaker 2: probably the best way to describe that as we're right
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  Speaker 2: next to Athletico but also across from County Market right
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  Speaker 2: there on Route two. Yeah, on Route two, I was
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  Speaker 2: gonna say main drag that may you know, Well, I've
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  Speaker 2: been with Siniscific for twenty years, so people know I'm
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  Speaker 2: maybe of an age that i would say main drag.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, so yeah, so we'll have, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: the ribbon cutting there and the open house, and we're
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  Speaker 2: excited to be in Byron. There were many clients we
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  Speaker 2: already had there. Ogle County has seen a lot of
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  Speaker 2: demand both at the Rochelle and Oregon office in the past,
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  Speaker 2: people coming not just from Ogle County, but also from
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  Speaker 2: the north of Ogle County and also to the east.
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  Speaker 2: We've seen people coming to the Rochelle and Oregon office.
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  Speaker 2: I think primarily Rochelle but also possibly the Oregon office
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  Speaker 2: coming from the east. So people coming from outside counties
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  Speaker 2: into Ogle County for services. So we've seen that overall
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  Speaker 2: spike and demand. We have another project we can talk
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  Speaker 2: about later that's an expansion project. But the demand has
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  Speaker 2: gone up and continues. We continue to see that. So
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  Speaker 2: in reaction, we did open a Byron office. So it
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  Speaker 2: is unique in our system. Three offices in one county.
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  Speaker 2: It's the only county that has multiple office locations.
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  Speaker 1: Technically, okay, all right, but again, the grand opening will
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  Speaker 1: take place today, the ribbon cutting, so to speak, from
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  Speaker 1: eleven until one again public invited.
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  Speaker 2: It is open, okay, yeah, and the ribbon cutting should
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  Speaker 2: take place right at eleven, although it might take it
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  Speaker 2: a little bit to get sure everybody there for that,
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  Speaker 2: but roughly right at eleven the ribbon cutting and then
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  Speaker 2: the open house is eleven to one.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's exciting. I think it's it's great that
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  Speaker 1: the needs are being met in Ogle County with the
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  Speaker 1: addition of an office. I guess it's kind of the
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  Speaker 1: flip side the Jen saying, you know, you know, you
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  Speaker 1: kind of it's sad to see you know that you
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  Speaker 1: need this much, you know, in the way of you know,
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  Speaker 1: outreach and you know, services offered, but you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: nice to see that we're taking care of business so
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  Speaker 1: to speak.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, mental health is so important and that is obviously
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  Speaker 3: what Sinissippi does. We're also about breaking the stigma of
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  Speaker 3: mental health though it's okay to ask for help, and
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  Speaker 3: we serve so many areas not just location wise, but
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  Speaker 3: also so many areas of what a person needs.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, we're kind of a.
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  Speaker 3: All in one stop shop now with you know, having
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  Speaker 3: primary care on site and various other programs that we
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  Speaker 3: can help somebody with anything that they need all at
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  Speaker 3: one time.
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  Speaker 1: Now, that was going to be my next question to you, Andy,
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  Speaker 1: with this new bowery and office opening. Uh, the services
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  Speaker 1: are pretty much routine as with the other offices, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the services that are offered to the Byron office.
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  Speaker 4: For the most part right now.
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  Speaker 2: The last discussion I had with the office manager there,
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  Speaker 2: we may not have all of the groups maybe quite
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  Speaker 2: there yet, but it is intended as a full service
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  Speaker 2: office to offer all the services that we Excellent do
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  Speaker 2: have at say our Dixon office or Oregon or Rochelle Excellent.
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  Speaker 1: So again, you know, a full service location in Byron
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  Speaker 1: is again up and running. It has been, as Andy mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: since the month of May, kind of a soft opening
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  Speaker 1: in May, but now the grand opening, so to speak
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  Speaker 1: to the office, ribbon cutting and open house will take
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  Speaker 1: place again. The public is invited between eleven and one
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  Speaker 1: today to enjoy the ceremonies that will be taking place
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  Speaker 1: and again take a look at what is exciting with
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  Speaker 1: Sinsissippi Centers at their new location across from County Market
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  Speaker 1: in Byron on black Hawk Drive route too again that
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  Speaker 1: starts at eleven o'clock this morning.
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  Speaker 2: We're not paid by County Market. By the way, do.
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  Speaker 1: We give it them a plug? Because there's that, you
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  Speaker 1: know that the most.
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  Speaker 4: It's a poppy little do we have any on radio?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know it's okay, Yeah, it's not a paid endorsement, that's.
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  Speaker 4: Right, that's right.
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  Speaker 1: But nonetheless a familiar location easiest, absolutely, and again congratulations
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  Speaker 1: on Sinissippi really for you know, branching out and opening
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  Speaker 1: new facilities in Ogle counties. And he mentioned the third
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  Speaker 1: office in Ogle County that will be again opening officially
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  Speaker 1: with their ribbon cutting today. We wanted to shift our gears,
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  Speaker 1: but stay with July the twenty fourth and talk about
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  Speaker 1: July the twenty fourth because today is an important day
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  Speaker 1: in Sinsissippi, not only you know, the open house taking
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  Speaker 1: place on this Thursday. But today is you know, a
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  Speaker 1: very important data spotlight jen on the calendar and you
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  Speaker 1: and I wanted to talk about that today here at
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  Speaker 1: w I Accent. Today is International Self Care Day. What's
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  Speaker 1: that all about? Talk about that?
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  Speaker 3: Self care is so important for your physical health, your
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  Speaker 3: mental health, all the way around. So it's significant that
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  Speaker 3: it's July twenty fourth, which is seven twenty four because
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  Speaker 3: it's supposed to be twenty four seven that we take
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  Speaker 3: care of ourselves and the more that we take care
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  Speaker 3: of ourselves, the better we feel overall. Oftentimes people think
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  Speaker 3: self care is you know, maybe getting your nails done
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  Speaker 3: or getting a haircut, going to the gym, different things
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  Speaker 3: like that, going for a walk. But self care has
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  Speaker 3: so many different avenues that it involves. It's not just
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  Speaker 3: your physical health or how you look that, but it's
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  Speaker 3: also you know, your finances, the people that you associate with,
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  Speaker 3: your social network, your occupation, it's all of that is
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  Speaker 3: self care. You have to take care of all those
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  Speaker 3: areas of your life in order to feel mentally healthy.
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  Speaker 1: That's what that's what the again premise is with International
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  Speaker 1: self Care to feel mentally healthy. This is something that
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  Speaker 1: Andy and I really kind of bring up, you know,
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  Speaker 1: pretty much every you know, Sinesippi spotlight that we talk
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  Speaker 1: about talk about mental health and we talk about you know,
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  Speaker 1: the importance of mental health, and this is an awareness day,
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  Speaker 1: you know, kind of punctuating obviously, you know, it could
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  Speaker 1: be three hundred and sixty five days that we talked
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  Speaker 1: about this, right, absolutely, but it should be yeah, exactly exactly,
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  Speaker 1: but it is spotlighted today because of your designation. As
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  Speaker 1: we mentioned talking about self Care Day, International Self Care
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  Speaker 1: Day again a focus to raise awareness healthy lifestyle. Self
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  Speaker 1: care goes way back over a decade.
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  Speaker 3: Then, right, yes, I believe it started in twenty eleven
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  Speaker 3: by the International Self Care Foundation, and it's you know,
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  Speaker 3: promote self care, promote self wellness. Especially even as we're
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  Speaker 3: talking about this heat today, you know, that's something else
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  Speaker 3: to think of. When it's hot out, people tend to
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  Speaker 3: maybe be a little bit more annoyed. Things are a
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  Speaker 3: little bit more irritating than what they might be. Take
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  Speaker 3: care of that, you know, make sure you're cool, make
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  Speaker 3: sure you're hydrated. All of those areas come into self care,
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  Speaker 3: which then promotes positive mental health.
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  Speaker 1: Y you know, that's that's a great connection that you
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  Speaker 1: talking pot is our weather situation across the region. And
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  Speaker 1: like I said, Andy, you and I have been talking
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  Speaker 1: about mental health practically every time we we we join
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  Speaker 1: sinisify on on our coverage here at w I Xen.
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  Speaker 1: But today is a day that we should you know,
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  Speaker 1: kind of sit up, kind of take notice and kind
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  Speaker 1: of look at ourselves, right and you know, maybe track
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  Speaker 1: ourselves a little bit better.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, because because the one thing that is for sure
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  Speaker 2: if we're and you can look for a resource at
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  Speaker 2: SAM says substance reduced Mental Health Services Administration, which is
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  Speaker 2: the eight dimensions of wellness.
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  Speaker 4: If you look that up, uh, and.
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  Speaker 2: If we if if if we're not taking care of
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  Speaker 2: one or more of those eight dimensions of wellness, we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna notice it. A gender alluded to that, but you're
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  Speaker 2: definitely going to notice that somewhere in your life and
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  Speaker 2: your mental wellness and your overall wellness. And so it's
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  Speaker 2: it's very important to you know, It's one of those
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  Speaker 2: things that I think everybody knows. I say that a lot.
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  Speaker 2: I think we all know this, but we got to
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  Speaker 2: we bring the up to the word remember it and
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  Speaker 2: then put it into practice, and then that's that's going
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  Speaker 2: to do the work for you, that's going to help
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  Speaker 2: you out. And and again that's why we talk about
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  Speaker 2: these things. But yeah, you're definitely going to notice it
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  Speaker 2: if one or more of those areas aren't you know.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, taken care.
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  Speaker 1: Of twenty four to seven. I like day connection twenty
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  Speaker 1: four to seven. We should be you know, aware and
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  Speaker 1: you know, be connected to this day even closer because
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  Speaker 1: of its designation of International Self Care Day, Jen Fox's
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  Speaker 1: behavioral health supervisor, Andy Jackson, marketing manager of Sinissippi Centers,
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  Speaker 1: This is the Sinissippi Spotlight for July of twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Let's continue to talk Jen about again being healthy mentally.
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  Speaker 1: You know, people have historically done things, eating right, you know,
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  Speaker 1: plenty of sleep. You know you mentioned the connection with weather.
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  Speaker 1: You know, even you know, as far as taking care
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  Speaker 1: of ourselves, what else can you offer? You know, as
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  Speaker 1: far as you know, Self Care Day is.
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  Speaker 3: Concerned as whatever is comfortable for you. You know, it
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  Speaker 3: looks different for everybody. And I know we were talking about ourselves,
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  Speaker 3: but it's also important that you check on others too,
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  Speaker 3: check on the people around you. If you notice you
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  Speaker 3: know that maybe things aren't going as well for them,
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  Speaker 3: or they're becoming more you know, isolated, they're not taking
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  Speaker 3: care of themselves. Check on them, tell them you care,
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  Speaker 3: reach out to them. That's also just as important. And
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  Speaker 3: when we take care of others, we can also tend
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  Speaker 3: to feel better ourselves too. So that's another area that
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  Speaker 3: we can also apply it to our own selves, you know,
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  Speaker 3: is by helping others take care of themselves too.
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  Speaker 1: Does this pinpoint your area behavioral health?
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely? Yeah, absolutely, this is what we do every day.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, it is taking care of one another
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  Speaker 1: and taking care of that business that we need to
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  Speaker 1: because as you talk about, Jen, it's it's when we
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  Speaker 1: say no when we don't think we have the problem.
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  Speaker 1: And Andy you you know, we connect on this as
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  Speaker 1: well because this comes up time after time after time
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  Speaker 1: and this is the initial you know, stigma, so to speak.
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  Speaker 1: And we talk about stigma. You mentioned it, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the stigma of no, it can't ever happen to me,
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  Speaker 1: I can't, I can't have this. It won't happen to me.
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  Speaker 3: No, it can't, it can and it will. Everybody has
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  Speaker 3: bad days, you know, it's how do you get through
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  Speaker 3: that bad day. Do you have a good support system
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  Speaker 3: around you to help you through that? What do you
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  Speaker 3: do when you have a bad day? Everybody has those,
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  Speaker 3: there's nobody who doesn't, no matter what age, which I
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  Speaker 3: think is important for SINNESIP two. We treat all ages
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  Speaker 3: we see from you know, young children all the way
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  Speaker 3: up to the elderly population. So we do treat all
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  Speaker 3: ages and it is important that we spread that awareness
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  Speaker 3: as well that everybody has a bad day. It's okay
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  Speaker 3: to say, hey, I need help. And again it's important
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  Speaker 3: to check on your loved ones, your friends, your family,
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  Speaker 3: your coworkers to make sure that they're okay.
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  Speaker 1: To the best of self care. Self care, that's it's
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of a containing term, but it's pretty much
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  Speaker 1: full in what we're looking at. You know, as far
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  Speaker 1: as mental health is concerned, self care, we need to
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  Speaker 1: focus on our own lives and our own mental health,
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  Speaker 1: you know, situation and as you mentioned, could shift in
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  Speaker 1: those areas where you may need the services like Sinsippi.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, and we are always here to help anybody.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Yeah, it's it's International Self Care Day and Sinissippi
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  Speaker 1: Centers with their new office now in Byron, offers even
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  Speaker 1: further treatment in those areas where you need help, where
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  Speaker 1: you need care. And as Jin pointed out, if not yourself,
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  Speaker 1: you know, look at others, look at your close friends,
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  Speaker 1: look at your you know family, Maybe somebody you know
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  Speaker 1: needs that help that you can direct them to Sinissippi
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  Speaker 1: and to the many areas across our northern Illinois area.
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  Speaker 1: Hotline number at Sinissippi and we always like to mention
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  Speaker 1: this as we trail out of our talk lines.
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  Speaker 2: Sure the main number if you want to get a
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  Speaker 2: hold of of our any of our offices, you can
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  Speaker 2: start with the Dixon Office number eight one five two
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  Speaker 2: eight four sixty six one one. If you are in crisis.
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  Speaker 2: Our twenty four hour crisis numbers is eight hundred two
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  Speaker 2: four two uh seven six four two nine. Eight is
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  Speaker 2: also an easier one to remember to dial if if
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  Speaker 2: indeed you're in.
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  Speaker 1: Crisis exactly, which is great. You know that we have
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  Speaker 1: that immediate care number. That doesn't you know, off you
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  Speaker 1: don't need to remember as many digits. You just got
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  Speaker 1: that ninety eight and there you.
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  Speaker 2: Go, and nine and eight you can text, and you
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  Speaker 2: can also yeah suck on line.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, So there you go. So some immediate numbers to again,
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  Speaker 1: get the care you need through Sinissippi Centers. We're gonna
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  Speaker 1: let you guys go. It's a busy day for you guys,
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  Speaker 1: so we're gonna let you go. Congratulations, enjoy the day,
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  Speaker 1: and thanks for joining us today here.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, thank you very much.
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  Speaker 1: Jen Fox, Andy Jackson. That's our Sinna sippy spot like
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  Speaker 1: today here at wi accent Let's go to press with
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  Speaker 1: Tim Lee next to eight thirty.
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  Speaker 4: Good morning, I'm Shawl Local News. I'm Tim Lee.