Holding It Together (Kinda)
Here we will get real in our conversations about Mental Illness and Caregiving, and the messy reality of keeping it all balanced.
No sugar-coating, no clinical jargon—just real talk about the hospitalizations, the medication battles, and the toll it takes on a home
This is for the parents, siblings, and partners who are doing the impossible every single day.
Holding It Together is a home for the overthinkers, the multitaskers, and anyone who feels like they’re one spilled coffee away from a meltdown.
Holding It Together (Kinda)
Latest Episodes
Kala Allen Omeiza: I Got Bullied In An Autism Lab
Watching someone succeed can fool us into thinking they’re fine. Then Kala Allen Omeiza says something that stops us cold: she worked in top autism research spaces and still didn’t learn she was autistic until 24, after a painful rupture, a men...
Episode 2 Care Companion: You Can Love Them And Still Feel Worn Out
Loving someone who is still alive but no longer feels like the person you knew can mess with your head in ways most people never see. On this midweek unpack of Holding It Together Kinda, I slow things down and revisit one of the most tender top...
Justin Ray: Hospitals Without Walls
The scariest part of a mental health crisis is not the diagnosis, it is the moment you realize the system can see the problem and still tell you it does not qualify. Justin Ray, a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and 22-year retir...
Episode 1 Companion: Six Hospitals Later And Everyone Still Acts Surprised
Six hospitalizations in nine months can look like “care,” yet still leave a family right where they started: scared, depleted, and forced to explain the same story to strangers who only see a single moment. We slow things down and unpack the fo...
Communication and the Cost of Silence
A single missed conversation can be the most dangerous part of treatment. We start with David, a 62-year-old man living with schizophrenia who is stable on a complex antipsychotic regimen until an urgent care visit adds the wrong sedative. His ...
