Turning pain into purpose: How grief propelled Loree Vick to fight the stigma of mental health
“This pandemic that we are in, is leading to the next pandemic. Which is a mental health pandemic.” Author: Hollie Strano, Susan Moses Published: 2:42 PM EST March 2, 2021 Updated: 2:42 PM EST March 2, 2021
CLEVELAND Loree Vick is known to many as a broadcasting veteran and public relations pro.
But she is also building a second legacy, as a mental health advocate, here in Northeast Ohio.
Nearly 16 years ago, Loree’s husband of 25 years took his own life.
She tells Hollie Strano that John had battled mental health issues for years, and in fact, the seeds of his mental illness were planted in his youth.
Isolation and anxiety are causing people who already struggle with eating disorders to struggle more. Author: January Keaton Updated: 6:22 PM EST February 25, 2021
CLEVELAND If an eating disorder could have its way, it would choose a pandemic environment anytime.
Eating disorders are related to anxiety and isolation, so people who are in situations with high anxiety and high isolation are at higher risk for an eating disorder. In fact, what more has the pandemic given to us than more anxiety and isolation?
Add to that, stay-at-home orders in every state and new health fears due to COVID-19, and you have yourself a perfect recipe for making eating disorders worse, according to Jillian Lambert, chief strategy officer for The Emily Program - a national leader in eating disorder awareness, treatment, and recovery.
Hollie opened up about her anxiety back in 2019. Author: WKYC Staff Updated: 5:46 AM EST February 3, 2021
CLEVELAND In 2019, our own Hollie Strano opened up about something that was eating at her. Usually a bright and sunny person, Strano says her world was dark and felt hopeless.
After a traumatizing divorce, Strano began to struggle with what she categorizes as severe anxiety. Until she began speaking up about it with her mother and eventually sharing her feelings with viewers on 3News she didn t feel like she could tell anyone. I have an amazing support system of close family and a tight-knit group of friends, but as a mom, I knew I needed more help than that, Strano said back in 2019. So I actually sought out mental health counseling, and it saved my life.
3News Hollie Strano opens up about personal life amid COVID-19 pandemic: The Head, the Heart and the Holidays
Like so many are experiencing, Hollie s family has been rocked by the failing health of her 95-year-old Grandpa Sam. Author: Megan Gallagher Updated: 6:14 AM EST December 23, 2020
CLEVELAND The Head, the Heart and the Holidays is a series aimed at helping those struggling with mental health through the pandemic and the holiday season. The hope is others realize they re not alone, and there is help out there. It has touched feelings of loss, grief, depression and substance abuse in other people.
3News Hollie Strano has been candid about her own mental health struggles in the past, and decided it was only right to share what she and her family have struggled with in the past year for anyone who can relate.
Updated: 11:00 AM EST December 17, 2020
CLEVELAND On this edition of the On the GO! aftershow, members of the GO! morning team sat down to talk about setting gift expectations this holiday season.
NBC News recently spoke to a representative from coupon website RetailMeNot who said families are planning on spending upwards of $550 this holiday season. That budget doesn’t include gifts for those outside of the immediate family.
With the Department of Labor reporting 10.7 million unemployed people in the country, many households will have to scale back holiday celebrations and gift giving activities this year.
NBC spoke with experts who offered these tips to help set appropriate expectations for gift giving during the holiday season.