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Jeff Bell

About

Jeff Bell is an author, health advocate, and radio news anchor. His two books, Rewind, Replay, Repeat and When in Doubt, Make Belief, have established Bell as a leading authority on uncertainty and "Greater Good" motivation. In 2011, he co-founded the nonprofit A2A Alliance (www.A2Aalliance.org), aiming to showcase and foster the power of turning adversity into advocacy.

Bell is a 2007 recipient of Mental Health America's prestigious forWARDS Award, for "moving the cause of mental health forward," and his story has been featured in Psychology Today, DETAILS Magazine, and The New York Times, for which he was commissioned to write a feature that ran internationally in 2008. He has appeared on NPR's Talk of the Nation and The Infinite Mind programs, Good Morning America Radio, and on more than 50 TV and/or radio stations in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Denver, Washington, D.C., and numerous other top markets.

Bell is a 20-year veteran of radio and television news and currently co-anchors the afternoon news at KCBS Radio in San Francisco.

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Recent Posts
Ten Steps Out When Stuck in Doubt

Struggling with doubt? Try making belief. Read on for the four necessary ingredients and a simple recipe for putting them all together.

Struggling with doubt? Try making belief. Read on for the four necessary ingredients and a simple recipe for putting them all together.

Riley's Wish

What would you do if you lost your son or daughter? Would you shut out the world and hide, or would you commit to turning your pain into promise for others? My dear friend Margaret chose the latter, and in so doing, has become my greatest teacher on the subject of resilience.

What would you do if you lost your son or daughter? Would you shut out the world and hide, or would you commit to turning your pain into promise for others? My dear friend Margaret chose the latter, and in so doing, has become my greatest teacher on the subject of resilience.

Looking for Hope? Try Giving Some Hope

Ralph Waldo Emerson may have said it best: “It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely help another without helping himself.”

And what Emerson knew in his heart nearly 200 years ago we now know to be scientific fact. The evidence is clear: we really do help ourselves by helping others. We really do get hope by giving hope.

Ralph Waldo Emerson may have said it best: “It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely help another without helping himself.”

And what Emerson knew in his heart nearly 200 years ago we now know to be scientific fact. The evidence is clear: we really do help ourselves by helping others. We really do get hope by giving hope.

Help Me (And Yourself!) With My New Blog Therapy?

Allow me to launch this brand new blog with an unusual disclaimer: What appears in this space is part of my ongoing recovery.

Actually… that’s the whole point--the very concept upon which this blog is built. Read on, and I think you'll see how this concept benefits ALL of us!

Allow me to launch this brand new blog with an unusual disclaimer: What appears in this space is part of my ongoing recovery.

Actually… that’s the whole point--the very concept upon which this blog is built. Read on, and I think you'll see how this concept benefits ALL of us!

One Million+ Steps for OCD Awareness

My friend Denis is taking a walk. A long walk. Hundreds and hundreds of miles, in fact.

Like most of us, Denis Asselin walks for health. But he also walks for illness--the severe OCD and BDD that robbed him of his son. And he--and I--would like to challenge YOU to add your footsteps to his in the name of mental health advocacy.

My friend Denis is taking a walk. A long walk. Hundreds and hundreds of miles, in fact.

Like most of us, Denis Asselin walks for health. But he also walks for illness--the severe OCD and BDD that robbed him of his son. And he--and I--would like to challenge YOU to add your footsteps to his in the name of mental health advocacy.

A Hero's Journey

If OCD has ever kept you from chasing your dreams, you need to meet Carol. She hadn't left her hometown in nearly three decades. But the prospect of helping others with OCD, finding the perfect souvenir, and enjoying authentic Chicago deep dish pizza was enough to help her break free. Forever.

If OCD has ever kept you from chasing your dreams, you need to meet Carol. She hadn't left her hometown in nearly three decades. But the prospect of helping others with OCD, finding the perfect souvenir, and enjoying authentic Chicago deep dish pizza was enough to help her break free. Forever.