Recovery Diaries In Depth
Welcome to Recovery Diaries In Depth; a mental health podcast that creates a warm, empathic, and engaging space for discussions around mental health, empowerment, and change. Executive Director and podcast host Gabe Nathan brings a unique combination of lived experience with mental health challenges, years of independent mental health and suicide awareness advocacy, and an understanding of the inpatient psychiatric millieu as a former staff member at a psychiatric hospital. This extensive background helps him navigate complex and nuanced conversations with a diverse array of guests, all of whom are vulnerable and engaged; doing their utmost to eradicate mental health stigma through advocacy, storytelling, and open conversation.
Guests who have previously contributed a mental health personal essay read their essays aloud during the podcast and then chat with Gabe about what has changed in their lives since their essays were published on the site. By engaging in deep discussions with people living with mental health challenges like bipolar disorder, trauma histories, addiction issues, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive or eating disorders, Recovery Diaries in Depth further carries out Recovery Diaries' mission to #buststigma by showing people that they are not alone, instead of just telling them. This mental health podcast features guests from all over the world and, while their own personal experiences are unique, the human experience is what unites, inspires, and connects. Subscribe, like, share, and enjoy!
Recovery Diaries In Depth is supported in full by the van Ameringen Foundation.
Recovery Diaries In Depth
Creating Mental Health Stories in Conversation with Laura Farrell | RDID, Ep 109
It seems only fitting, as the New Year begins, that we take a little look back-- not just at 2024, but at the beginnings of this entire mental health storytelling organization. So we cordially invite you to sit back, get in a comfy, meditation-esque position and join Recovery Diaries Executive Director Gabriel Nathan and writer, editor, RDID producer Laura Farrell, also a somatic therapist, as they talk about how they came to be involved in mental health storytelling, and what they hope to achieve through this new podcast venture.
Gabe and Laura have been colleagues at Recovery Diaries for over ten years and they both came to the organization through a heavy dose of serendipity; Laura through a connector while she was looking for work at Philadelphia's local public television affiliate; Gabe through his work in development at a local, non-profit psychiatric hospital.
While they may never have intended to end up at Recovery Diaries, they have both gained so much from the organization; from helping individuals with mental health and/or addiction challenges tell their stories through essays and films to gaining a greater perspective about the intersection between storytelling and mental health-- it has been quite a ride! And that ride continues, all these years later, with the creation of the Recovery Diaries in Depth podcast. As essay reading is a core component of Recovery Diaries in Depth, in this episode, Laura reads an essay she wrote for the website several years ago about magical thinking as a trauma response. After her reading, she and Gabe explore the essay’s themes and meaning, particularly in the current political climate.
So join Gabe and Laura as we take a peek behind the curtain at this organization that specializes in stories of mental health, empowerment, and change.
Conversations like the ones on this podcast can sometimes be hard, but they're always necessary. If you or someone you know is struggling, please consider visiting www.wannatalkaboutit.com. If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please call, text, or chat 988.
