Everything's Cherry artwork

Everything's Cherry

13 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings

Everything’s Cherry is a Guam-based podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice from professionals, and other musings on how everything affects our mental health. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/everythings-cherry/support

Mental Health Health & Fitness
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Episodes

S2 E1: How to Love

February 24, 2022 05:26 - 54 minutes - 126 MB

Join us as we kick off season 2 with a special Valentine's episode! We delve into love, notable relationships, and everything in between. Everything's Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice from professionals, and other musings on how everything affects our mental health. Follow us on Instagram (@everythingscherryguam) and tune in on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, a...

Episode 12: SPAM (with Sierra O'Neill)

February 17, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MB

Bet you didn't think SPAM could be related to mental health, but in this episode our guest Sierra O'Neill proves you wrong! Make sure you're not hungry because you're going to be able to smell the SPAM through this one. PS: We are very open to SPAM sponsoring this podcast??? Everything's Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice from professionals, and other musings on ...

Episode 11: Suicide Prevention (with Niel Darren Romero)

February 10, 2022 01:30 - 1 hour - 144 MB

In our Suicide Prevention special, CJ and Ruzelle sit down with fellow mental health advocate Niel Darren Romero from Project Inspire. We talk about being artists, creating, and how it all ties to mental health. In this episode, we dive deep into talking about suicide prevention and how crucial it is to open up about it.  Everything's Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, ...

Episode 10: 30 Isn't Over (with Jasmine and John)

August 30, 2021 04:20 - 1 hour - 153 MB

On this special episode, Ruzelle and CJ catch up with John and Jasmine of the “We Got Out Of Bed Today” podcast. Tune in as we chat about millennial dark humor, turning 30, and for some reason- iCarly?  Follow and support Jasmine and John by heading over to @wgoobtpodcast on Instagram, and check out Jasmine at  thehusk.substack.com. Everything's Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for person...

Episode 9: Under Pressure

August 13, 2021 04:46 - 58 minutes - 133 MB

Tune in for our "back to school special" where we reflect on our teenage years and talk about the pressure put on teens today (and in 2010). Everything's Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice from professionals, and other musings on how everything affects our mental health. Follow us on Instagram (@everythingscherryguam) and tune in on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podca...

Episode 8: How We Became Advocates

July 27, 2021 22:00 - 47 minutes - 109 MB

In this episode, CJ and Ruzelle explore our paths to advocacy- how we became mental health advocates, who helped us along the way, and everything in between. Thank you to Sara Harrell from Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center for suggesting this topic! Everything's Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice from professionals, and other musings on how everything af...

Episode 7: Family Portraits (with Jamela Santos)

July 13, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 162 MB

Jamela Santos (a clinical social worker & yoga teacher) joins us to chat about how our mental health is affected by things that happened before we were even born - our family's histories, historical events, colonization, immigration - as well as the experiences of growing up Filipino on Guam (@filipinosforguahan). Everything's Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice f...

Episode 6: Millennials & Mental Health (with Chloe Babauata)

June 22, 2021 22:00 - 56 minutes - 130 MB

CJ and Ruzelle are joined by Chloe Babauta (@ate.chloe_), where we talk about struggling with mental health in the new millennium, getting a diagnosis, and the challenges of having a mental illness while living in a small community like Guam's. Everything's Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice from professionals, and other musings on how everything affects our ment...

Episode 5: Let's Go To Therapy

June 08, 2021 22:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MB

If you were looking for a sign on whether or not to go to therapy, here it is. In this episode, we talk about our experiences with therapy and what it's like finding a therapist on Guam. Everything's Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice from professionals, and other musings on how everything affects our mental health. Follow us on Instagram (@everythingscherryguam...

Episode 4: How We Can Help (with Dr. KristiAnna Whitman)

May 25, 2021 22:00 - 59 minutes - 136 MB

In this episode, we invited Dr. KristiAnna Whitman (Guam Focus on Life Project Director) to open up about her own mental health journey both as a professional and also as a regular human being. Everything's Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice from professionals, and other musings on how everything affects our mental health.  Follow us on Instagram (@everythingsch...

Episode 3: What Are You Watching?

May 18, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 169 MB

In this episode of Everything’s Cherry, we talk about how movies and TV shows portray mental health and why it’s important - the good, the bad and casual use of the word “crazy”.  POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD: How I Met Your Mother, 13 Reasons Why, Pretty Little Liars, Inside Out, Melancholia Everything’s Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice from professionals, and oth...

Episode 2: Let's All Cry About It (with Joyce Torres)

May 11, 2021 22:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

CJ and Ruzelle have a girl chat with friend and actorvist Joyce Torres (@joycelynnrose) about crying, expressing yourself through acting and theatre and how to be a supportive friend. Everything’s Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice from professionals, and other musings on how everything affects our mental health. Follow us on Instagram (@everythingscherryguam) a...

Episode 1: Awkward Introductions

May 04, 2021 22:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MB

Welcome to Everything's Cherry! In our pilot episode, meet hosts CJ and Ruzelle as we introduce ourselves, our journeys with mental health, and what we hope to accomplish with this podcast. Everything’s Cherry is a podcast hosted by Ruzelle Almonds and CJ Ochoco that features conversations about all things mental health related. Join us for personal stories, advice from professionals, and other musings on how everything affects our mental health.  Follow us on Instagram (@everythingscherry...