Take It From Us with Kent Johns

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If you're navigating mental health struggles, addiction or recovery — your own or someone else's — you'll hear what actually worked, what didn't and what people wish they'd known sooner.Take It From Us is the voice of lived experience, featuring people sharing their own journeys, unscripted and unfiltered. Host Kent Johns is a broadcaster and health coach who believes everyone has a story worth hearing if someone takes the time to really listen. Press play — you might hear your own story in someone else's.If you need support, click here for helpful links, phone numbers and resources: https://ember.org.nz/resource...

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