Deborah Geesling
@deborahgeesling.bsky.social
No Country for Old Men with a plot twist ✝️ • P82 Project Restoration • serving families affected by serious mental illness • cowboy fast-draw • swimmer 🏊♀️
Waiting for people to join our breakout on mental health ministry and the church. It was a fruitful conference, and just like the last one, we found that almost everyone is affected by serious mental illness. Thank you Joni & Friends AZ and Highlands Church in Scottsdale.
October 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Waiting for people to join our breakout on mental health ministry and the church. It was a fruitful conference, and just like the last one, we found that almost everyone is affected by serious mental illness. Thank you Joni & Friends AZ and Highlands Church in Scottsdale.
A devastating Medicaid rule buried in law since 1965 needs to end. open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
The Fatal Stabbing of Iryna Zarutska
How did we get here?
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September 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A devastating Medicaid rule buried in law since 1965 needs to end. open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
Thank you KJZZ Phoenix for having me on “The Show” and allowing two perspectives. Fair reporting of Trump’s Executive Order on homelessness.
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The Show for Aug. 14, 2025: Trump’s executive order on mental health, tracking ozone and more
Advocates say the president's new executive order targeting homelessness is a step toward institutionalization. But the mom of someone with mental illness says it’s a promising one. Plus, how scientis...
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August 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Thank you KJZZ Phoenix for having me on “The Show” and allowing two perspectives. Fair reporting of Trump’s Executive Order on homelessness.
www.kjzz.org/show/kjzzs-t...
www.kjzz.org/show/kjzzs-t...
If Congress doesn’t end the IMD Exclusion, the seriously mentally ill living on our streets will have nowhere to go but prisons. The EO on homelessness put the cart before the horse. We have to unite around ending it.
www.westernjournal.com/rfk-jr-undo-...
www.westernjournal.com/rfk-jr-undo-...
To RFK JR.: Undo This Federal Policy That Exacerbates Homelessness - It'll Help the Mentally Ill
"The American people are ready for a leader who understands that the moral test of a society lies in how it treats its most vulnerable."
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August 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If Congress doesn’t end the IMD Exclusion, the seriously mentally ill living on our streets will have nowhere to go but prisons. The EO on homelessness put the cart before the horse. We have to unite around ending it.
www.westernjournal.com/rfk-jr-undo-...
www.westernjournal.com/rfk-jr-undo-...
If you want exhausted parents & advocates to work in our states for better treatment, stop calling our loved ones “disturbed”, Karoline Leavitt. They are human beings with an illness they never asked for.
August 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If you want exhausted parents & advocates to work in our states for better treatment, stop calling our loved ones “disturbed”, Karoline Leavitt. They are human beings with an illness they never asked for.
Patiently waiting for breakfast. 🐾
August 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Patiently waiting for breakfast. 🐾
“My brother’s “freedom” to refuse care has cost him everything: his housing, his health, his future. That’s not liberty. That’s neglect.”
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I’m a neurologist. My brother has schizophrenia. I support making involuntary commitment easier
“We don’t hesitate to treat a stroke patient who denies their deficits. Psychiatry must be granted the same clarity and the same clinical urgency," writes a neurologist whose brother has schizophrenia...
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July 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“My brother’s “freedom” to refuse care has cost him everything: his housing, his health, his future. That’s not liberty. That’s neglect.”
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Just aired the most ambitious piece I’ve done yet on @kjzz.org - a deep-dive on the Arizona Cowboy FastDraw community, of which I was briefly made an honorary member. Listen here: www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
December 1, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Just aired the most ambitious piece I’ve done yet on @kjzz.org - a deep-dive on the Arizona Cowboy FastDraw community, of which I was briefly made an honorary member. Listen here: www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
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Very proud of this 3-part exploration of the American obsession with gun culture, as seen through the eyes of Arizonans whose lives it shapes in surprising (and beautiful!) ways. Parts one and two in this thread!
The last two days on The Show, we’ve been exploring this enduring American mystery — is there such a thing as a good guy with a gun? For the third installment in our little miniseries, The Show's Sam Dingman wanted to offer his own experience with that question.
Who is this mysterious band of outlaws — and what makes them tick?
The last two days on The Show, we’ve been exploring this enduring American mystery — is there such a thing as a good guy with a gun? For the third installment in our little miniseries, The Show's Sam ...
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November 27, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Very proud of this 3-part exploration of the American obsession with gun culture, as seen through the eyes of Arizonans whose lives it shapes in surprising (and beautiful!) ways. Parts one and two in this thread!
I fought my small kitchen for 2 hours today and it won. I resigned myself to the mess. However, a delicious healthy meal emerged for my husband despite the aftermath of war. Totally worth it.
July 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I fought my small kitchen for 2 hours today and it won. I resigned myself to the mess. However, a delicious healthy meal emerged for my husband despite the aftermath of war. Totally worth it.
IMD Exclusion: Federally sanctioned discrimination against the seriously mentally ill. #EndtheIMD Learn more:
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June 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
IMD Exclusion: Federally sanctioned discrimination against the seriously mentally ill. #EndtheIMD Learn more:
open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
“The mental illness crisis in America hasn’t gone away. If anything, it’s deepened. Families are still struggling to access meaningful treatment.”
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President Trump, Please Finish What You Started
The 2019 Mental Health Summit gave families hope—now we need bold action to save the seriously mentally ill.
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June 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“The mental illness crisis in America hasn’t gone away. If anything, it’s deepened. Families are still struggling to access meaningful treatment.”
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open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
Part 1 of my podcast interview with Center Church about our harrowing story of getting help for our son who lives with schizophrenia. open.spotify.com/episode/7vBh...
Deborah Geesling - A Mom’s Mission to Change Mental Health Care
Fixed On Jesus by Center Church of Gilbert, AZ · Episode
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June 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Part 1 of my podcast interview with Center Church about our harrowing story of getting help for our son who lives with schizophrenia. open.spotify.com/episode/7vBh...
Primer #1 is up. When It’s More Than Mental Health: Defining Serious Mental Illness. open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
May 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Primer #1 is up. When It’s More Than Mental Health: Defining Serious Mental Illness. open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
I refuse to give in to the cynicism and fear of our time. The government cannot do everything, especially post crisis care of the severely mentally ill. open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
April 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I refuse to give in to the cynicism and fear of our time. The government cannot do everything, especially post crisis care of the severely mentally ill. open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side…”
-Psalm 124:1
-Psalm 124:1
April 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side…”
-Psalm 124:1
-Psalm 124:1
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When a middle aged southern dude starts a conversation with SO WHAT DO YOU DO, buckle up, he's about to spend 30 minutes telling you what he does.
March 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
When a middle aged southern dude starts a conversation with SO WHAT DO YOU DO, buckle up, he's about to spend 30 minutes telling you what he does.
If we can orchestrate a space rescue with such flair, why do we fumble when it comes to helping our most vulnerable citizens on the streets?
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March 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If we can orchestrate a space rescue with such flair, why do we fumble when it comes to helping our most vulnerable citizens on the streets?
open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
“And now, because a story is told for all, an admonition to the mindsick:
Be careful whom you choose to hate.
The small & the vulnerable own a protection great enough, if you could but see it, to melt you into jelly.
Beware those who reside beneath the shadow of the Wings.” -Leif Enger
Be careful whom you choose to hate.
The small & the vulnerable own a protection great enough, if you could but see it, to melt you into jelly.
Beware those who reside beneath the shadow of the Wings.” -Leif Enger
March 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“And now, because a story is told for all, an admonition to the mindsick:
Be careful whom you choose to hate.
The small & the vulnerable own a protection great enough, if you could but see it, to melt you into jelly.
Beware those who reside beneath the shadow of the Wings.” -Leif Enger
Be careful whom you choose to hate.
The small & the vulnerable own a protection great enough, if you could but see it, to melt you into jelly.
Beware those who reside beneath the shadow of the Wings.” -Leif Enger
My op-ed published in the Western Journal yesterday. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has a historic opportunity to help the seriously mentally ill.
www.westernjournal.com/rfk-jr-undo-...
www.westernjournal.com/rfk-jr-undo-...
To RFK JR.: Undo This Federal Policy That Exacerbates Homelessness - It'll Help the Mentally Ill
"The American people are ready for a leader who understands that the moral test of a society lies in how it treats its most vulnerable."
www.westernjournal.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
My op-ed published in the Western Journal yesterday. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has a historic opportunity to help the seriously mentally ill.
www.westernjournal.com/rfk-jr-undo-...
www.westernjournal.com/rfk-jr-undo-...
“As someone who carries the weight of a historic name synonymous with justice and compassion, your campaign has the potential to ignite transformative change.” open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
January 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“As someone who carries the weight of a historic name synonymous with justice and compassion, your campaign has the potential to ignite transformative change.” open.substack.com/pub/deborahg...
This is one of my favorite stories of hope from this past year.
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December 27, 2024 at 3:07 PM
This is one of my favorite stories of hope from this past year.
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My recommendation for you today is to read this and learn why SAMSHA should be (but isn’t) focusing on serious mental illnesses rather than just “mental health” www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...
Susan Inman on LinkedIn: It’s good to know that SAMHSA thinks it’s important for people to learn…
It’s good to know that SAMHSA thinks it’s important for people to learn about “mental health conditions.” But it’s unfortunate that it’s made it increasingly…
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December 26, 2024 at 11:43 PM
My recommendation for you today is to read this and learn why SAMSHA should be (but isn’t) focusing on serious mental illnesses rather than just “mental health” www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...
Honoring my son Seth 🕯️ He got help, so many in his situation did not.
December 21, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Honoring my son Seth 🕯️ He got help, so many in his situation did not.