The Reintegration Podcast
Sharing the stories of folks from the Center for Reintegration community. For 25 years our organization has been providing scholarships for those living with serious mental illness to go to school, fulfill their dreams, and live happy, healthy, and productive lives. Join us as we speak with scholars past and present.
The Reintegration Podcast
A Doula: A Scholar Story
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The Center for Reintegration
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Season 1
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Episode 2
This episode we are chatting with Brittany, who is training to become a certified doula. Brittany opens up to us about living with her bipolar disorder and how it impacted her educational path and personal life, how she found treatment, and what she does now to take care of herself. Brittany shares poignant advice for anyone who has just been diagnosed with a mental illness.
Warning: This episode contains explicit language, discussions of substance abuse, romantic partner abuse, hallucinations and psychosis, and self-harm.