Miracle: John of God (Part 2)
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? Ava and I continue our conversation on the now infamous healer, John of God. In 2008, in a small Brazilian town, I stood before him waiting to know if I w...
8 Jan 202521min
Crohn's Disease Sends Me to John of God (Part 1)
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? Today we take a detour from our examination of mental illness, and instead look at the impact of chronic physical illness on our lives. I've had Crohn's d...
1 Jan 202525min
Eating Disorders: Disrupting Diet Culture
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? Her first binge felt like a trance. Normally uninterested in her family’s boring snack drawer, Dr. Regina Lazarovich had been restricting her food and her...
11 Des 202440min
Tapping Therapy (EFT)
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? After enduring a childhood overshadowed by emotional absence and the need to constantly please others, Amy Vincze felt like she no longer knew who she was...
27 Nov 202430min
RAW: My Doctor Violated Me
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? In our first episode of Bipolar She Raw, we hear Madelynn's story about her psychiatrist who made sexual advances towards her. She was confused because sh...
13 Nov 202423min
Mom & Me
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? Today I sit down with Deirdre, my first guest whose parent had mental illness. Her mom, Minnie, managed bipolar disorder and Deirdre grew up fast. By age ...
30 Okt 202428min
Invincible
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? Today, I sit down with Susan. After a near-death experience at age thirteen, Susan had a new view on life and death. Death was no longer something to fear...
16 Okt 202426min
Voting on the Psych Ward
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? It's 2004. An election year. Republican incumbent George W. Bush vs. John Kerry, Democratic nominee. I'm in a psych ward on November 2, with the right to ...
2 Okt 202426min
