The roots of mental health start younger than you think
When you throw a rock in a pond, it creates ripples. It spreads, disrupting the water further and further away from the point of entry.
The experience of trauma or adversity — especially in early childhood — can also have a lasting ripple effect on a person’s life.
As those effects spread, they touch other parts of you — your relationships with your family and friends, your ability to focus, or find a job.
A Washington state program is working to prevent those ripples from spreading.
In a three-part series, KUOW editor Liz Jones examines the program, and the story of one family trying to move from crisis to stability.
Soundside host Libby Denkmann sat down with Jones to learn about her work, as well as how it connects to her own family history.
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Liz Jones
Editor
Liz Jones is an editor for daily news, features and special projects. She started at KUOW in 2005 and worked primarily as a reporter until 2018. Her coverage largely focused on immigration and underrepresented communities.
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Sarah Leibovitz
Supervising Producer, Soundside
Sarah joined KUOW in 2019 as senior producer on The Record. She is now Supervising KUOW’s new noon time show, Soundside. Prior to working at KUOW, Sarah was lead producer at the Seattle podcast production company Larj Media, and a teaching artist with Path with Art.
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