Welcome to the Mental Perk Podcast with Brandi Mock & Karla Hutcherson!

Real People. Real Issues. Real Talk.

Breaking mental health misconceptions through real conversations.

You're worthy—We're in this together.

The Mental Perk Podcast

Karla Hutcherson and Brandi Mock are dynamic mental health advocates and professional speakers, specializing in educational trainings and presentations for companies, schools, colleges, community organizations, first responders, veterans, and medical providers.

With over a decade of experience, Karla, an LPC Supervisor and owner of Lifeline CMS, brings extensive expertise from diverse therapeutic settings, including school counseling, hospital care, and family court systems. Brandi, a successful entrepreneur and co-founder of Mental Perk, leverages her business acumen and personal testimony to educate others on mental health.

Together, through their speaking and as the hosts of the Mental Perk Podcast, they aim to destigmatize mental health issues, promote proactive measures, and empower individuals with the message, “You’re Worthy…We are in this together.”

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Karla Hutcherson

Karla Hutcherson has been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2007and is currently an LPC Supervisor. She owns Lifeline CMS, a private practice in Dallas, Texas and is the Partner of Mental Perk LLC and the Cohost for the Mental Perk Podcast. In addition to counseling and consulting, Karla is a professional speaker providing educational trainings and presentations to various companies, schools, colleges, community organizations as well as first responders and medical providers.

Karla has experience in multiple therapeutic settings including school counselor, foster care consultant, intensive outpatient program development, hospital and emergency room patient care, and spent time as a family court system professional and expert witness. Through her work, she has co-authored research articles, created training curriculums, as well as taught educator classes at both Children’s Health and UT Southwestern.

Karla spent 9 years volunteering and providing professional services to a non-profit foundation focused on suicide prevention and adolescent mental health. Her passion is to bring help and healing to those suffering and destigmatize mental health by promoting healthy and honest conversations around these issues. Ultimately, Karla wants to make sure everyone battling mental health finds their true warrior while promoting the message, “You’re Worthy…We are in this together”.

Brandi Mock

Brandi Mock is a relentless entrepreneur who has initiated and managed several prosperous enterprises, a testament to her unwavering spirit and business acumen.

Before her retirement, Brandi led a groundbreaking transportation company that revolutionized the industry. It focused on training and consulting for nationwide transportation and logistics needs, catering to a diverse clientele, including auto dealers, rental companies, personal transport companies, and corporate fleets.

As an auto transport consultant company, her team's commitment was to provide high-quality service, advanced technology, and proven expertise to help the dealers and brokerage companies manage the transportation of thousands of vehicles each year – efficiently, safely, and expeditiously.

Since retiring, she has continued to educate others through her testimony. It is essential not to be defined by your past and to teach others that to enjoy life to the fullest, you have to be willing to stop controlling things and trust the process of life. As an author, she has continued her community leadership efforts and previously served as an executive board member for ten-plus years of the Hanna4Hope Foundation (for Suicide Prevention), speaking to various audience members about mental health challenges. Her new company, Mental Perk, actively speaks to corporations, schools, teachers, and first responders about being proactive and not reactive regarding mental health.

She has always been passionate about serving others, explicitly bringing awareness to mental health, her number one priority. “We must stop the stigma and allow everyone to know that being vulnerable is not a weakness but is one of your greatest strengths, and that’s how we save lives - by letting everyone know they are worthy and that we are in this together.