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The Poetry of Peer Support — Just Like Me Podcast [episode 02]

49 min · 7. sept. 2025
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In this episode of the Just Like Me podcast, Leroy Bean, poet, organizer, and peer supporter, shares his path from managing his mental health as a Dayton youth to building a life where art and peer support meet. He shares his story and how learning to communicate reshaped his work, relationships, and community impact. Hosted by Katie Bachmeyer. Topics: * Dayton upbringing, early responsibility, and the first poems as coping * Finding community on stage: from the first slam to belonging * Peer support training and the communication skills that changed everything * Rethinking masculinity and success: choosing authenticity and care * James Baldwin’s influence, the Paris trip, and routines that sustain an artist–organizer This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit heyimhereohio.substack.com [https://heyimhereohio.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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Hey, I’m Here Ohio is a youth-led storytelling and peer support initiative focused on connection, lived experience, and resilience. We believe healing happens in relationship. Learn more at heyimhereohio.org [http://heyimhereohio.org] Learn More: Listening to the Peer Support Workforce [https://tucollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/Action-Agenda_Final-corrected.pdf] co-authored by Jeremy Reuling, LCSW, NYCPS, Rita Cronise, MS, ALWF, and Jessica Wolf, PhD CAHOOTS program in Eugene, Oregon [https://www.vera.org/behavioral-health-crisis-alternatives/cahoots] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit heyimhereohio.substack.com [https://heyimhereohio.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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episode The Poetry of Peer Support — Just Like Me Podcast [episode 02] cover

The Poetry of Peer Support — Just Like Me Podcast [episode 02]

In this episode of the Just Like Me podcast, Leroy Bean, poet, organizer, and peer supporter, shares his path from managing his mental health as a Dayton youth to building a life where art and peer support meet. He shares his story and how learning to communicate reshaped his work, relationships, and community impact. Hosted by Katie Bachmeyer. Topics: * Dayton upbringing, early responsibility, and the first poems as coping * Finding community on stage: from the first slam to belonging * Peer support training and the communication skills that changed everything * Rethinking masculinity and success: choosing authenticity and care * James Baldwin’s influence, the Paris trip, and routines that sustain an artist–organizer This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit heyimhereohio.substack.com [https://heyimhereohio.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

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