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'We pretend to be so tough on the outside' — Ozarks mental health advocates Liz Delany and Stephanie Appleby talk about facing depression

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Advocates Stephanie Appleby and Liz Delany talked about overcoming mental wellness challenges when the StoryCorps mobile tour visited the Ozarks in April 2022.
Courtesy StoryCorps

In this StoryCorps conversation recorded in April 2022, Springfield-area mental health advocates Liz Delany and Stephanie Appleby talk about living with major depression — and, in Delany's case, living with depression in the public eye as a well-known local commercial broadcasting personality.

With emotional vulnerability, Delany and Appleby share aspects of family history, faith and real-life experience as they cope with mental wellness challenges.

You can play an excerpt of their StoryCorps interview by selecting the "Listen" button above.

Gregory Holman is a KSMU reporter and editor focusing on public affairs.