Giving Voice to Mental Health
Giving Voice to Mental Health shares real stories from individuals at different stages of their mental health journeys, providing inspiration, understanding, and support. It's a space where personal experiences with mental health challenges are voiced to highlight the ups and downs of healing, benefiting individuals, families, and communities.
Episodes
10 episodes
From Depression, Anxiety, & Complex PTSD to Therapy & Peer Recovery | A Mental Health Recovery Story
In this powerful mental health & addiction recovery story, Imani shares her journey through complex PTSD, anxiety, and chronic depression. Misdiagnosed in early life and frequently hospitalized, she opens up about living with suicidal ideat...
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Episode 9
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40:34
From Family Trauma, Suicide Loss & Bipolar to Advocacy & Healing | A Mental Health Recovery Story
Pulitzer finalist Meg Kissinger shares her powerful mental health & addiction recovery story, reflecting on growing up in a large Irish Catholic family marked by untreated bipolar disorder, depression, and multiple suicides. She opens up ab...
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Episode 8
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34:40
From Suicide Loss, Depression & Grief to Mental Health Awareness | A Mental Health Recovery Story
Lisa Sugarman’s mental health & addiction recovery story is rooted in deep grief and quiet strength. In this powerful episode, she shares her experience of losing her cousin, childhood friend, and father to suicide—losses that shaped her li...
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Episode 7
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29:57
From Postpartum Depression & Anxiety to Healing Through Therapy | A Mental Health Recovery Story
This mental health story follows Natasha Williams through her battle with postpartum depression and anxiety. Raised in a home marked by substance abuse and trauma, Natasha shares how therapy helped her break generational patterns and find heali...
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Episode 6
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26:29
From Childhood Abuse & C-PTSD to DBT Recovery & Self-Love | A Mental Health Recovery Story
Max shares their mental health & addiction recovery story, opening up about years of childhood physical and emotional abuse, complex PTSD, and the painful decision to go no contact with family. Through DBT and prolonged exposure therapy, Ma...
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Episode 5
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28:05
From Seasonal Depression & Grief to Healing with Ketamine Therapy | A Mental Health Recovery Story
Sabra’s mental health story explores the heavy toll of seasonal affective disorder, grief, and depression—and how she found unexpected relief through ketamine-assisted therapy. After struggling with medication side effects and devastating emoti...
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Episode 4
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20:14
From Suicidal Ideation & Depression to Residential Treatment & Hope | A Mental Health Recovery Story
Johnny’s addiction recovery story is one of resilience through deep depression, suicidal ideation, and heavy alcohol and cocaine use. In this powerful conversation, he shares how isolation masked his pain and how a moment of desperation led to ...
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Episode 3
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21:11
From Ballet & Anorexia to Lifelong Self-Acceptance in Recovery | A Mental Health Recovery Story
Maureen shares her powerful eating disorder recovery story rooted in the rigid world of 1980s ballet. From isolation and anorexia to discovering self-acceptance and support through modern dance, this mental health & addiction recovery story...
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Episode 2
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23:49
From Harm OCD & Childhood Trauma to Exposure Therapy Recovery | A Mental Health Recovery Story
Evelyn shares her mental health & addiction recovery story of living with harm OCD, anxiety, PTSD, and the intense feeling of unworthiness that followed childhood trauma. Through exposure therapy and unwavering support, she found sobriety f...
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Episode 1
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21:00
Giving Voice To Mental Health Trailer
Welcome to the Giving Voice to Mental Health Podcast, brought to you by recovery.com, where real people share real stories about their mental health journeys. I'm Terry McGuire co-host Caroline Bidler and I are both mental health advocates wit...
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Episode 1
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