C89.5 & Seattle Children’s Present: Coping 101

A student-led podcast destigmatizing mental health

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Coping 101 is an award-winning student-led podcast from c89.5 in partnership with Seattle Children’s, 4Culture and other community-minded partners, where high school hosts get real about mental health. Through honest conversations with peers, Artists and behavioral health professionals, they break down stigma and share tools for coping with life’s challenges — because no matter your age or background, we all struggle sometimes, and there are healthy ways to cope.

Explore the topics below to stream more youth-hosted episodes, along with education and resources provided by our partners.

Teen Dating Violence isn’t talked about enough, and yet it’s all too common. Toxic relationships can happen to any of us at any age, and some cross the line into abuse, manipulation, and violence. 

Dylan and Estelle, students at The Bush School in Seattle, sat with Audrey Comber to dismantle stigmas around violence in teen relationships, and discuss ways to recognize warning signs before problems take hold. Audrey is a licensed social worker and Trauma Therapist at LightHeart Associates with a background in interpersonal violence and sexual assault, and as a survivor she shares her own journey from recovery to resiliency. 

“Just talk about it, normally. Having more open conversations about mental health, bringing it up more, allows people to be more comfortable and open to talking about that topic. Since it can be really hard, the more regular that it is, the easier that it is to talk about.” Teens have a lot to teach us, when we’re ready to listen. 

For this special episode of Coping 101, we attended Forefront Suicide Prevention’s Day of Hope Summit, where high school student leaders from around the Puget Sound sat down to share their WHY‘s for joining in this life-saving work, what they’re doing to help themselves and their peers, and ways that adults can maintain effective mental health conversations with young people. 

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