In this episode of The NOCE Dose, Bianca McCall sits down with Mark Lambert, co-founder of Lighthouse XR, to explore how virtual reality can support recovery, reflection, and human connection.
In this episode of The NOCE Dose, Bianca McCall sits down with Sam DeMello, Founder and CEO of eVive, to explore one of the fastest-growing yet least understood behavioral health challenges in America. Drawing from his own recovery journey, Sam shares how gambling quietly evolved from a childhood hobby into an addiction that impacted every aspect of his life, and how that experience inspired him to build technology that connects people to support before they reach crisis.
This Listening Session explores the rapidly evolving intersection of high-tech innovation and the deeply personal landscape of recovery. As behavioral health systems increasingly look toward high-tech solutions for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) prevention and treatment, this session explores how technology is no longer just a tool for communication but a primary intervention.
In this episode of The NOCE Dose, host Bianca D. McCall is joined by Altamit Lewis for an honest conversation about burnout, functional distress, workplace wellness, and the importance of collective care. Drawing from more than 15 years of experience in behavioral health, crisis response, and workforce wellness, Altamit explores why so many helpers continue showing up professionally while silently struggling personally.
In this episode of The NOCE Dose, Bianca D. McCall sits down with Dr. Trudy Gilbert-Elliott, trauma specialist and clinician working alongside first responders and crisis teams, for a deeply human conversation about the cost of caring.
From “death by a thousand cuts” to the slow, often invisible onset of secondary trauma, Dr. Trudy unpacks what happens when exposure to crisis becomes cumulative—and how easily helpers can lose connection to themselves in the process.
At the heart of this conversation are two powerful truths:
we can’t hide our humanness, and too often, we are the only ones keeping someone’s story safe.
Together, they explore the importance of psychological safety, trusted relationships, and the internal “checklists” that help us recognize when we’ve crossed the line from present to performing. This episode also highlights the weight of holding others’ stories in isolation—and why healing cannot happen without connection.
Grounded in both clinical expertise and lived experience, this conversation is a reminder that being human is not a liability in this work—it’s the very thing that makes healing possible.
In this episode of The NOCE Dose, Bianca D. McCall is joined by Gabrielle Burton, LMFT, for a powerful conversation at the intersection of faith, trauma, and care work. Together, they explore what happens inside helping spaces—especially faith communities—when image becomes more important than authenticity.