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Born in Detroit, raised on a steady diet of Rodney Dangerfield, Henny Youngman, Johnny Carson, and Bob Newhart, Ned Rice discovered his calling in college while not studying.
Watching a baby-faced David Letterman on daytime TV, he learned two important things: comedy could be weird, and someone was getting paid to write it. From that moment on, his dream was clear:create “Stupid Pet Tricks” for The Late Show with David Letterman.
Ned sold Dave some jokes, and bounced around for decades writing for TV in New York, L.A., and inexplicably, Orlando. After a respectable run in late night (more wins than losses, but it was a photo finish), Father Time gently escorted him offstage.
Now he's a freelance writer and stand-up comic roaming the Midwest, living on a farm outside Ann Arbor with his wife Jordan—the funniest person he knows, which is both romantic and professionally humiliating.
Thomas M. Wernert Center offers a safe and welcoming environment for members, much like that of a club or community center, with opportunities to socialize, receive support, obtain mental health education, engage in meaningful activities, and have fun. Isolation can be detrimental to a person's recovery efforts and peer staff and other members are often the only people members can rely on to foster hope and empower recovery. The many wellness support programs and activities offered at TMWC are important and assist in recovery from mental illness.
Established in 1993, TMWC offers hope and encouragement through the power of peer support to those who have lived experience with mental illness. Those who work at TMWC have a deep understanding of what members are going through and are here to provide emotional support, comfort, and education. Peer support relationships are different from clinical relationships. They are based on mutual sharing of lived experience with mental illness among peers. This best practice in mental health recovery is based on one peer sharing with another peer how they have been successful on their journey of recovery.
Watching a baby-faced David Letterman on daytime TV, he learned two important things: comedy could be weird, and someone was getting paid to write it. From that moment on, his dream was clear:create “Stupid Pet Tricks” for The Late Show with David Letterman.
Ned sold Dave some jokes, and bounced around for decades writing for TV in New York, L.A., and inexplicably, Orlando. After a respectable run in late night (more wins than losses, but it was a photo finish), Father Time gently escorted him offstage.
Now he's a freelance writer and stand-up comic roaming the Midwest, living on a farm outside Ann Arbor with his wife Jordan—the funniest person he knows, which is both romantic and professionally humiliating.
Thomas M. Wernert Center offers a safe and welcoming environment for members, much like that of a club or community center, with opportunities to socialize, receive support, obtain mental health education, engage in meaningful activities, and have fun. Isolation can be detrimental to a person's recovery efforts and peer staff and other members are often the only people members can rely on to foster hope and empower recovery. The many wellness support programs and activities offered at TMWC are important and assist in recovery from mental illness.
Established in 1993, TMWC offers hope and encouragement through the power of peer support to those who have lived experience with mental illness. Those who work at TMWC have a deep understanding of what members are going through and are here to provide emotional support, comfort, and education. Peer support relationships are different from clinical relationships. They are based on mutual sharing of lived experience with mental illness among peers. This best practice in mental health recovery is based on one peer sharing with another peer how they have been successful on their journey of recovery.
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