Equity in Action: Reframing Self-Care
From North Sound Voices by North Sound ACH
March 17, 2026 · 50 min · Season 3 · Episode 3
About this episode
The episode explores the concept of self-care across different populations, focusing on its impact for those affected by the criminal justice system, substance use, and domestic abuse.
Self-care is a broad and well-meaning term, but what does it mean to different populations? For folks that have gone through the criminal justice system, who have substance use problems, for people of color, for people who suffer domestic abuse – how can we approach self-care in a way that makes a real impact? Kevin P. Henry is joined by Samira Sumbundu, a mental health case manager in Snohomish County. She shares about her day job at a mental health court, how you can practice proactive self...
People in this episode
Host: Kevin P. Henry
Guest: Samira Sumbundu
Topics covered
- self-care
- mental health
- criminal justice
- substance use
- domestic abuse
- equity
Keywords
- self-care
- mental health
- equity
- substance use
- domestic abuse
- criminal justice
- proactive self-care
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Snohomish County
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