Miriam Putnam – ADVOCATE & CONSULTANT
About Me
Fueled by a desire to share a clear path to freedom from stress while bringing about desirable changes in the condition of your life—and to help others avoid the same misery her family experienced—Miriam created the Freedom from Stress Course after years of study on the body, mind and soul, lived experience, and passionate advocacy.
Miriam’s Background:
Miriam Putnam is a Certified Wellness Coach, Freedom from Stress Counselor, Holistic Mental Health Advocate with over 25 years of experience helping individuals achieve mental well-being without pharmaceuticals while pursuing a masters in Public Health at University of South Florida.
Coming from a family of pioneers, Putnam Publishing, Crayola Crayons, and aviation legend Amelia Earhart, Miriam has always been inspired by a spirit of innovation and resilience. She carries this legacy forward in her mission to “revolutionize” mental health treatment by inspiring natural, effective solutions for well-being. Even though she grew up with a rare mix of privilege, it was a heartbreaking encounter with the failures of our system in urgent need of change that taught her this truth: real happiness and wellness is never found in material wealth alone.
She understands how overwhelming life can feel, with constant demands and stress pulling us in many directions. That’s why she’s dedicated to guiding others toward a calmer, more balanced life through body, mind and soul wellness coaching and freedom from stress programs with extremely effective solutions for pushing a life reset button and propelling oneself upward.
Miriam’s journey throughout mental health advocacy began while completing her B.A. in Communication Studies at California State University, Northridge. During this time, her mother was repeatedly hospitalized for various mental illness conditions, including bipolar disorder, mania, depression, schizophrenia, and multiple personality disorder. Almost each time was a different diagnosis with various prescriptions from each medical doctor. Miriam watched the devastating effects of this experience on her mom and the rest of the family.
Despite the family struggle with the system, Miriam continued to search for holistic options for mental health. Her mother’s true spiritual self of strength, kindness, and brilliance, inspired Miriam to never give up searching for real effective solutions.
This profound experience with the currently broken mental health system ignited her lifelong mission to find non-drug approaches for holistic healing; a natural path for genuine physical, mental and spiritual well-being. After losing her mother, Miriam renewed her mission to become the beacon of hope she once needed, helping others find their path to Freedom from Stress and a harmonious balance of body, mind, and soul. This is when she founded WeHelp Group.
Forwarding her quest for holistic mental health solutions, Miriam focused on higher studies in applied Religious Philosophy and then became a Certified Wellness Coach through NBHWC (National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching). Now, she is expanding her expertise by pursuing a Master’s in Public Health at the University of South Florida (USF) to further the mission of broad acceptance for holistic mental health strategies, as well as publishing a book on her journey.
Beyond her coaching and counseling work, Miriam is deeply involved in philanthropy and advocacy. She has served our communities in many ways over the years and continues to do so.
– Miriam
- Guardian ad Litem Volunteer, a court appointed advocate for foster kids.
- Certified through DCF (Department of Child and Family).
- Supporting Miracles Outreach, Florida’s largest girls’ home, for girls that have been abused or trafficked.
- Helping organizations establish and fundraise for holistic wellness programs and forming wellness teams, including nutritionists, coaches, trainers, and integrative and functional doctors.
- Works with mental health watchdog non-profit, Citizens Commission on Human Rights Florida, to protect human rights in the mental health field.
- Worked and volunteered with various children charities for over 20 years
- Certified as a Notary in order to help people with their legal needs regarding mental health.
- Donates proceeds of her work to charities that work towards less abuses in Mental Health so that others do not suffer the same treatment as her mother.
- Mental Health speaker at conventions, schools and seminars
- Mental Health speaker at conventions, schools and seminars- Contact for Inquiry
Disclaimer:
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