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Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Sep 27

When games override the bathroom signal, parents face a fight no one prepared them for.

Watch Sunday with Dr. Shannon at 6 AM on KFVS12 or anytime at KFVS12.com.

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Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Sep 7

Silence feels polite. Silence is dangerous.

The first 72 hours after a suicide attempt are the most dangerous. If you’ve worried about someone you love, this is for you.

Full episode: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...

#SundayWithDrShannon #StopTheSilence #988Lifeline

Sunday with Dr. Shannon 9/7

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Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Aug 31

Labor Day is supposed to be about rest. But most of us don’t even know how to rest anymore.

If you only feel valuable when you are exhausted, you were lied to about what makes you worthy.

The real labor this weekend is believing you are worth resting for.

#SundayWithDrShannon #LaborDay

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Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Aug 24

Our mental health system is not broken. It is being dismantled in plain sight.

My op-ed in the Kansas City Star:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

#MentalHealth #PublicSafety #FirstResponders

I take mental health calls no one sees. Missouri’s system is already breaking | Opinion

The safety net isn’t fraying. It’s vanishing. One program. One family. One call at a time. | Opinion

www.kansascity.com

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Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Aug 9

The day he realized the system had erased him was the day he began to fight for his place in it.

Have you ever felt like you had to fight just to be seen?

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#SundayWithDrShannon #ErasedNoMore #KFVS12 #RidiculouslyReal

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Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Aug 1

We’re finalists in America’s Favorite Couple, married 19 years and ready to adopt. One free vote every 24 hrs gets us closer to our family dream: americasfavcouple.org/2025/the-dynamic-duo-2 Voting closes Aug 7 ❤️ #AdoptionJourney #VoteDaily #LoveIsLove

Vote for The Dynamic Duo as America's Favorite Couple!

One couple will appear in an advertorial in Variety and take home $20,000.

americasfavcouple.org

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Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jul 25

This all started with one question: What if we got brutally real about the conversations people avoid?

Now First Response with Dr. Shannon is Second Place Best Podcast in Missouri for 2025.

Grateful. First place next year.

#PodcastAwards #FirstResponseWithDrShannon #MentalHealthPodcast #KFVS12

Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jul 7

Joseph and I have been married 19 years, lead the Love is Love campaign for marriage equality in Florida, and now in the op 4 in America’s Favorite Couple. We want grow our family through adoption.

You can vote free daily.

🗳️ Vote here: americasfavcouple.org/2025/the-dyn...
📅 Ends July 10

Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jul 5

This week we’re talking about the kind of pressure that doesn’t get named.

Silence isn’t strength. It’s just the weight too many people are still carrying.

📺 Sundays at 6am or anytime at kfvs12.com

#SundayWithDrShannon #YouStillMatter #FarmStrong #StrongDoesntMeanSilent #RealHealing

Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jul 4

We were just finishing the move.
I dumped out two old planters to dry, came back…and found this.

Duct-tape faces. Tipped over. Total plant drama.

Whoever did this, you’re brilliant.
We laughed way too hard. Needed that.

#PlantDrama #MovingDayLaughs #FoundFunny #BlueskyStories

Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jul 4

In farming culture, silence is still treated like strength.
But silence doesn’t make you stronger.
It makes you lonelier.

This Sunday, we talk about what pressure really looks like and how to start building something better.

#YouStillMatter #FarmStrong #RuralTruth #SundayWithDrShannon

Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jul 3

Some people are lighting fireworks today. Others are just trying to hold it together.

I sat down with Kirby Ray to talk about what real mental health looks like when you’re stretched thin and still expected to smile.

Airs today at 2 PM on Real Rock 99.3 or realrock993.com/listen-live/

Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jun 22

This isn’t just about meth.
It’s about watching someone disappear while the system shrugs.
Full episode: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...

#SundayWithDrShannon #RemissionNotRelapse #YouAreNotAlone #AddictionCrisis

Sunday with Dr. Shannon 6/22

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Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jun 21

If no one will talk about it, I will.
This isn’t just about meth. It’s about watching someone disappear while the system shrugs.

New video up now. Real talk, real tools.
#SubstanceUse #CommunityCare #RemissionNotRelapse #SundayWithDrShannon

Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jun 19

A father drove hours to get his daughter help.
One look at the place.
They turned around.
This is what families face.
It’s not just about meth.
It’s about broken systems.

Sunday with Dr. Shannon
Sundays at 6AM or anytime at KFVS12

Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jun 15

Not every father shows up. And not every Father’s Day feels like a celebration.

This week, I shared a story that started with silence and ended with a jumbo pack of toilet paper.
It healed something I didn’t know was still hurting.

Watch here: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...

#SundayWithDrShannon

Sunday with Dr. Shannon 6/15

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Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jun 15

CJ Dickinson just named the grief that comes from showing up to the job while slowly disappearing from your own life. The moments you’re physically there but mentally gone.

Read the full post here:
www.b1cfirstresponders.com/post/mental-...

#FireService #MentalHealth #AmbiguousLoss

Mental Maydays - Responding to a Loss that Doesn't Make Headlines

We owe it to our families, friends, and each other to do better. To shift our culture and take proactive actions to make the fire service and each other better than we found them.

www.b1cfirstresponders.com

Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jun 15

Some dads show up with words.
Mine showed up with a jumbo pack of toilet paper.
It made no sense — until it did.

New episode: When Father’s Day Brings Up What You Never Got
#SundayWithDrShannon #FathersDayHealing

Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jun 13

Five years ago, my mother left a tote of family photos at my door.
The note said: “I don’t need this anymore.”
That’s how she closed the chapter.
This week, I opened it.
Out loud. On camera.
Her story didn’t change.
But mine did.

#MentalHealth #Estrangement #RealStories

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Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jun 7

Some families don’t disown you with words. They do it with silence.
Or by loving a version of you that never really existed.

The safe place you never had? It’s possible to build it.

Full episode this Sunday at 6AM on KFVS12 or stream at KFVS12.com

#PrideHealing #YouAreWorthy

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Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris @drshannoncf.bsky.social · Jun 1

He died. No goodbye. Just a box in the rain.
This week’s episode of Sunday with Dr. Shannon is about the grief that silence leaves behind—and how to heal.

Watch now: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
📩 DM me for 3 free tools on healing rejection after loss.

#DrShannon #MentalHealthSupport #KFVS12

Sunday with Dr. Shannon 6/1

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