Bookish & Unbalanced
Bookish & Unbalanced is a podcast all about mental health in the book world. We dive deep into conversations and discussions with authors, readers, reviewers, editors, publishers, and more to talk about mental health. From our own personal mental health, to the characters in books, to the community as a whole.
Episodes
25 episodes
025 - Invisible Illness - MJ
Join us as we interview MJ from MJ's Queer Book Club and talk all things invisible illnesses and mental health.
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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33:05
024 - Oh the Horror - Elizabeth Broadbent
Join us as we interview Elizabeth Broadbent about her non fiction and fiction writing, gothic horror, C-PTSD, and growing up in a traumatic family.
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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40:40
023 - Try Melons - Rachel Bowdler
Join Ami, Katie, & AJ as we interview Rachel Bowdler about IBS, anxiety, autism, and just why she was told "Have you tried melons?"
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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44:04
022 - Don't Be Perfect - Sophie Stern
Join us as we interview queer author Sophie Stern in what it's like to write in the queer book community and about post-partum depression.
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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39:18
021 - The Journey Never Ends - Rey Spangler
Join us this episode to discuss the journey of self-discovering in sexuality to gender identity. Join AJ, Ami, and Katie as we interview Rey "Rachel" Spangler, romance author extraordinaire.
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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43:34
020 - Coping Skills
Join the hosts, AJ, Katie, and Ami, as we discuss the difference between self care and coping skills, and just why we need both. And watch Ami have a few revelations about themself.
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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38:10
019 - Trauma Dumping - Jazz Shouse
Join us as we talk with avid reader and author Jazz Shouse about trauma dumping in our books and why YA is such an important genre to read and write.
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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36:55
018 - Accountabilibuddies - Jeremy Carlisle Parker/Quinn Riley
Join us as we talk with the stupendous Jeremy Carlisle Parker about narrating and acting and opera singing, but mostly about making sure you have a strong community support surrounding you, especially in such isolating work.
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:04:51
017 - Burn Out Hell
Join the hosts as we call each other out on having burn out (except Katie, she's practically perfect in every way). We discuss signs of burn out and what to do to pull ourselves out of the depths of its grasp.
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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47:24
016 - Toddler Gloves It Is - Emily Campbell
Join Katie and AJ as they interview Emily Campbell, an avid reader of sapphic fiction, and what she likes to read and why, and how finding books with diverse representation may have saved her life.
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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51:03
From Academics to Writing
Join us as we interview author Dean Klinkenberg about his academic career in psychology to writing non-fiction and fiction, and learn a few tips about the Mississippi River.
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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51:25
014 - Finding Community - Ami, AJ, & Katie
Join your hosts as we discuss what it means to find community in the book world and an update on where we are in life and writing projects.
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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59:45
013 - A Reader's POV - Alicia Reviews
Join us as we talk with Alicia from Alicia Reviews to talk about grief, mood reading, and the wide variety of books within the sapphic book community.
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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38:29
012 - Writing With CPTSD
Join Jacqueline Ramsden as they discuss writing with CPTSD and anxiety, and the journey to finding their own pace of creating stories that represent those with mental health struggles.
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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40:25
011 - What's Your Trope?
Giggle alongside Adrian, Katie, and Ami as we attempt to discuss tropes and what our tropes are. Whether or not you hate tropes, they are useful when it comes to being an author and marketing. But somehow, we couldn't stop laughing for most of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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52:35
010 - A Narrator's Box - Aven Shore-Kind
Listen to Aven's ideas on a genderless world, her struggle with mental health, and what it's like in the narrator's box.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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54:06
009 - Writing Mental Health - Katherine Blakeman
Join us as we interview Katherine and discuss writing mental health into our books with intention.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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34:36
008 - Self Care is a Crock
Join the conversation about why Ami and AJ are so anti "self care" and what we think we really should be doing.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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54:29
007 - Accessibility of Care - Hayden Quinn
Join us as Hayden Quinn talks all things YA books and finding and creating accessible care.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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38:22
006 - Trust Yourself - JJ Hale
Join us as we interview JJ Hale about a late in life ADHD diagnosis and learning to trust yourself.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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42:19
005 - Boundary Setting - Ami, Katie, & Adrian
Listen in while Ami, Katie, and Adrian discuss setting different kinds of boundaries, with family, with spouses, with readers and with ourselves!
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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51:16
004 - The Not So Different Careers - Jae
Join us as we interview Jae and talk about her shifting into full time authorhood, leaving behind a career but using those skills every day in the author world.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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41:08
003 - Mental Health Begets Mental Health - Katie Trapp
Katie Trapp talks about why she entered the mental health field and shares her joy of a pork shoulder rolling through a grocery store.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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33:13