Podcast: Waukesha Social Worker Shares Personal Story of Hope
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January 17, 2017
Produced by Katie Kuhn, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
Imagine that you’re suffering from a chronic disease. This disease affects your personal and professional life. It affects your overall health including your sleep and diet. This disease is something that has an official diagnosis and can be treated with professional therapy and medication. However, people in your community often question the legitimacy of your disease. They believe that you simply need to “think positively” or “turn your frown upside-down” to feel better and that perhaps you brought the disease on yourself. For the one out of every four people living with mental illness in our country, this scenario is often the reality.
Libby Sinclair is a social worker of nearly 20 years, living and working in Waukesha County. After a positive experience working through her own mental illness, Libby decided to expand her role in working with those affected in her community. Libby has sat on the board of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Waukesha for six years and was instrumental in founding the “Stories of Hope” program, which recruits people living full and successful lives with a mental illness to bring hope and inspiration to those currently struggling.
After winning the 2016 Do Good & Volunteer Award for exceptional volunteer service in the area of Health, Libby sat down with Living Local to discuss her work, her passion, and the moment when she knew that the Stories of Hope program was truly changing lives.
Learn more about the Stories of Hope program and the work of NAMI Waukesha.