Hear@Home Podcast:

The Hear@Home Podcast continues the conversation from our live show that airs weekdays at 3 on WDBJ7. We take some of the interviews that we’ve had with the people who are working hard to provide resources to help others in our hometowns, and we expand on them.

October 25, 2023: Coping with the loss of someone or something you love is one of life’s biggest challenges. Grieving can be associated with many things, mostly with the death of a loved one. But other life events - like a divorce, loss of health, losing a job, a loss of a friendship and even retirement – can spark sadness. In this episode, Natalie Faunce and Kate Capodanno sit down with a local licensed professional counselor about the grieving process and best ways to cope with loss. Listen in to our conversation and see if there’s something that can help you or a loved one navigate the grieving process.

September 29, 2023: September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month. More people died from suicide in the United States in 2022 than any other year on record. As part of the series Living with Loss, Stories of Suicide, Here @ Home wanted to address this highly stigmatized topic by chatting with local families grieving their loved ones. In this episode WDBJ7′s Natalie Faunce spoke to Cindee Pletke and Barbara Gladieux about their effort to offer hope to others through their group Living On.. A Path Forward.

August 1, 2023: Smoky skies have blurred the Blue Ridge Mountains and hurt the air quality in Southwest Virginia several times this summer. However, the impacts of the Canadian wildfires go beyond the environmental and have economic repercussions as well. WDBJ7′s Kate Capodanno tackles the issue with Virginia Tech Professor Jadrian Wooten. The economics guru explains the factors that make the fires more difficult to extinguish and the potential financial impacts here at home.

June 7, 2023: Join host Natalie Faunce as she continues the conversation from the Here@Home live show that airs weekdays at 3 p.m. on WDBJ7. In today’s episode, we focus our conversation on the dangers and high cost of domestic violence. Recently she sat down with Elizabeth Barbour, a Domestic Violence Attorney and member of the Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley for an in-depth discussion about how to help someone you know who may be dealing with an abusive partner, the signs someone is in a troubling relationship, and the resources available to get them the help they need. This in-depth discussion is so vitally important – not only to those it happens to, but everyone in this country. We are sharing the costs of this abuse and together we need to find a way prevent intimate partner violence. Listen in to our conversation – and see how you can get involved - because together we can help prevent intimate partner violence.

April 26, 2023: Join host Natalie Faunce as she continues the conversation from the Here@Home live show that airs weekdays at 3 p.m. on WDBJ7. In this podcast episode, Lauren Rogers (Certified Holistic Sexuality Educator) joins Natalie off-set to talk about self-care. As Lauren tells Natalie, self-care is more than just bubble baths and chocolate. Listen in to their conversation and learn the skills you need to get in touch with what your body needs.

February 15, 2023: We continue the conversation on Hear @ Home about Teens and Mental Health. Our teens are in crisis, is social media to blame? There are over a thousand families who say it is and they are suing several social media companies. I sit down with a social media expert who says our teens are in psychological and emotional turmoil. We get his take on why and find out what’s being done locally to educate caregivers on this everchanging digital world.

December 7, 2022: In today’s episode, we talk with the women who are running businesses and taking care of their families. We call them mompreneurs. And if you’ve ever been to the Grandin Village - you might be surprised to learn that many of those businesses - are run and owned by women.I had the opportunity to sit down and have coffee one morning at the Little Green Hive, and meet with Laurie Frohock from Two and a Half Sisters, Karen and Ashley Curtis from the Grey Goose of Grandin, and Ashely Arney from Urban Gypsy. We talked about their dreams, their challenges, and the support they’ve gained along their business journey. Hope you enjoy.