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Bipolar SheBravely Bipolar: Surviving Pregnancy and Breaking the Cycle of Childhood TraumaWhat happens when bipolar disorder collides with unexpected pregnancy? For Betsi it was a frightening time knowing a bipolar episode can be triggered by pregnancy and that bipolar illness has a genetic component that may be passed down to your child.And Betsi had already endured several hospitalizations in her early adulthood. She also was under the care of a doctor who misdiagnosed her and took her off all psychiatric medications, only to result in an episode that could have been prevented. After finding stability with the right psychiatrist and medication, she and her husband had made...2025-07-2619 minBipolar SheBipolar after Baby: When Motherhood Triggers Mental IllnessWhat happens when the joyful arrival of a baby triggers an unexpected mental health crisis? When Susan returned home with her newborn, she was in a manic state. Fueled by little sleep with an infant to care for, her behavior became erratic--rushing around the house, even handling her baby carelessly. Her husband David told Susan that it felt like he was suddenly living with two strangers--a wife he didn't recognize and a child he didn't yet know.It would take their doula's observation and advice that Susan was not just a fatigued new mother, but that she...2025-07-1025 minBipolar SheBefriending the Bully Within: Perfectionism with Dr. Tara CousineauAt age thirty-two, Tara Cousineau, PhD, had it all. But when a mysterious illness disrupted her life, her doctors blamed it on stress. Knowing something else was at play she searched until she discovered a pinched nerve that was indeed a physical ailment, but also exacerbated by stress.Looking inward and discovering her own perfectionistic tendencies, Tara knew she wanted to help high achievers prevent burnout and illness. As a therapist, she set out on a path to improve the mental health of others and to educate those striving for excellence at all costs.In...2025-06-2527 minBipolar SheThe Shiver: Is the Cold Plunge a Mental Health Hack?Kris Rice, founder of The ChillPod, joins me to share her transformative journey with deliberate cold exposure. Growing up with a grandmother who battled bipolar disorder and later supporting her daughter through mental health challenges, Kris developed a deep appreciation for wellness practices. While meditation and yoga provided benefits, they demanded significant time commitments she couldn't sustain as a busy parent.When a persistent friend suggested cold plunging, Kris initially resisted, but eventually filled a horse trough with cold water, took the plunge, and experienced immediate mental clarity, focus, energy, and mood lift.This episode...2025-06-1026 minBipolar SheLate Diagnosis: Matty Staudt Navigates Bipolar at 50What happens when you receive a life-changing mental health diagnosis at 50 years old? For Matty Staudt--broadcast veteran, podcast pioneer, and current co-host of Alice Radio’s Sarah & Vinnie Show--it explained a lifetime of highs and lows. Matty was an anxious kid, but he assumed everyone experienced anxiety to the same extent. As an adult, he was treated for ADHD and also for depression by primary care doctors. To manage, Matty self-medicated with alcohol until a major crash and relapse at age 50 forced him to see a psychiatrist who finally stepped in and said, this is clearly bipolar 2 diso...2025-05-2822 min
Is er ook een doktersassistent in de zaal?Vrouwspecifieke zorgJarenlang draaide de medische wereld vooral om het mannenlichaam. Veel richtlijnen zijn daarop gebaseerd, terwijl vrouwen vaak andere klachten of signalen hebben. Het gevolg? Te laat, niet of verkeerd herkende aandoeningen. Gelukkig komt daar steeds meer aandacht voor. In deze aflevering praten doktersassistenten Janine (ziekenhuis) en Noël (dorpspraktijk) openhartig over vrouwspecifieke zorg: waarom het zo hard nodig is, welke signalen je niet mag missen en hoe jij als doktersassistent écht het verschil kunt maken.
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In de aflevering geven we je ook nog twee...2025-05-2235 minBipolar SheSleep, Seinfeld & Steady Friends: How I SurviveIn honor of Mental Health Awareness Month (existing since 1949!!), I sit down with Ava to talk about how to talk to friends and relatives about mental illness.Ava has had her own mental health journey, particularly with her father who witnessed a genocide at age six. With signs of a soul in agony, she has yet to engage him in a conversation about his mental health and deep pain.When it comes to finding therapy and support--yes, the times are actually changing--but most people living with illness must navigate the complicated decision to disclose one's...2025-05-1525 minBipolar SheTapping Into Anger: Can Suppressed Emotions Make us Sick and Depressed?Today I sat down with Amy Vincze of Soar With Tapping and had an enlightening and somewhat controversial conversation. Amy, a certified Emotional Freedom Release (EFT) practitioner or "tapping coach," holds a strong belief that depression doesn't just appear out of nowhere—it's often the result of our earliest experiences and the vital emotions we've pushed away to survive.She believes that if we connect to deep feelings, such as anger, through tapping we can let go of those thoughts and emotions in away that brings us better mental and physical health. Amy shares a personal story of...2025-04-2330 minBipolar ShePART 2: Breakthroughs in Youth Mental Health: Dialogic Therapy with Dr. Susan SwickToday I continue my conversation with Dr. Susan Swick. Dr. Swick explains the dialogic method of therapy, developed in Finland for schizophrenia patients, which brings family and community into treatment sessions to improve outcomes through enhanced connection and understanding. Finland's application of this approach led to lower hospitalization rates and better medication compliance.Now the Ohana Center is using this method for various mental health issues in children and teens. Coupling the dialogic model with the belief that mental fitness can be built, Ohana's model sets up our youth to lead more emotionally resilient lives...2025-04-0921 minBipolar ShePART 1: Breakthroughs in Youth Mental Health Care with Dr. Susan SwickToday I sit down for a two-part episode with Dr. Susan Swick. Dr. Swick, a psychiatrist specializing in child and adolescent health, first shares her personal connection to mental illness through her mother's late-onset psychotic illness. For Dr. Swick, getting her mother good care shaped her approach to youth mental health and her development of programs at the Ohana Center in Monterey, California. Dr. Swick highlights how mental illnesses are very common in children, and they are always treatable, and most often preventable. Psychiatric illnesses affect 20-25% of children before age 18, and are twice as common as a...2025-04-0921 minBipolar SheJournaling for your Bipolar Brain with Kay AdamsToday I sit down with Kathleen Adams, a pioneer in therapeutic writing since 1985, who has transformed our understanding of how putting pen to paper can change our brains and improve our mental and physical health. As founder of both the Therapeutic Writing Institute and the Center for Journal Therapy, Kay shares her expertise and innovative journaling techniques.Kay provides an alternate to what we think of as "journaling" or "free writing," which can be intimidating to many. "Structure, pacing, and containment" are at the core of Kay's method--critical elements that emerged from her work with psychiatric patients...2025-03-2738 min
La SiesteLadies First (Fannytastic et Nicolas Bonneau, cie. La Volige - Mythos 2019)Fannytastic et Nicolas Bonneau, cie. La Volige / avril 2019 / 57min2401 John Lennon / Woman is the nigger of the world02 La Maison Tellier / Amazone03 Nina Simone / Feeling good04 Leonard Cohen / I'm your man05 Claire Di Terzi / Je suis un pédé refoulé06 Brigitte Fontaine / Patriarcat07 Arlt / Je voudrais être mariée08 Fannytastic / Avec joie09 Camille / Janine II10 PJ Harvey / When under Ether11 Anne Sylvestre / Une sorcière comme les autres12 Brigitte Fontaine / Les filles d'aujourd'hui13 Patti Smith / Dancing Barefoot14 Raphaëlle Lannadère / Ne me libérez pas2025-03-0800 minBipolar SheDid My Bipolar Have to Get This Bad?Have you ever thought about your mental health journey and wondered if it needed to get as bad as it did? As Bipolar She celebrates its 1-year anniversary, I sit down with writer/actor JD to reflect on the podcast. We chat about how I am often reminded I have bipolar illness because I get little glimmers of mania and psychosis and how the world can just feel “off.” Even a strict regimen of medication and sleep doesn’t make me feel totally normal. And even though I am thirteen years post-hospital for a psychiatric event, I still live in ter...2025-03-0528 minBipolar SheNo Meditation Required! Boost Your Mood & Change Your Life with Dr. Norman FarbHave you tried meditation, and it really wasn’t your thing? Are you ever overwhelmed with negative or depressing thoughts? Or maybe you can’t see your life changing for the better because you have old perceptions of yourself stuck in your head? With story as your superpower, you can learn to positively project new futures, and perhaps this future even includes less medication for those with depression.Today we get answers and insight into how we can reclaim our lives as we struggle with low moods or even just the blues. I talk with Dr. Norman Farb...2025-02-1945 minBipolar SheActor Tells All: Cannabis Addiction, Depression and The Power of TherapyAs an actor who started out on Broadway and now calls LA home, JD has survived the sting of rejection. But it was real life that recently delivered the sharpest of blows when his infatuation for a woman in a Zoom class led to unrequited love. When she wanted to "just be friends," JD's heart was broken, he was wounded, and even his neighbors would hear him in the throws of despair.But underneath his obsession was an even darker part of his life. Every waking moment was centered around cannabis and getting high. For JD, marijuana...2025-02-0433 minBipolar ShePsychedelics: Musician Conner Eko Stands Up Against DepressionDan wasn’t just a grumpy teenager who refused to get out of bed—by his early teens (and even younger) he was severely depressed with suicidal ideation at times. Today, at age forty, he can sum up his chronic depression as a constant battle in his life. The other constant has been his music. A singer-songwriter, now with the artist-persona, Conner Eko, he was accepted to Berklee College of Music at age twenty. Inspired to attend John Mayer’s alma mater, Dan was dissuaded by his family's belief in being practical. Dan let go of his music dream.Tw...2025-01-2236 minBipolar SheMiracle: John of God (Part 2)Ava and I continue our conversation on the now infamous healer, John of God. In 2008, in a small Brazilian town, I stood before him waiting to know if I would have surgery. He did not perform his crude practices on me (eyeball scraping--with a butter knife, forceps up the nose, slicing open bodies to remove tumors), but he did grant me the title of "medium," suggesting I had the gift of spirits moving through me, just as they did through him. I was skeptical, but I was desperate to escape a disfiguring surgery, so why not believe I had...2025-01-0820 minBipolar SheCrohn's Disease Sends Me to John of God (Part 1)Today we take a detour from our examination of mental illness, and instead look at the impact of chronic physical illness on our lives. I've had Crohn's disease for more than twenty years. Physical illness is so often intertwined with one's mental health. And my severe case of Crohn's left me running scared and desperate to avoid a disfiguring surgery.Dr. Ava, a physician and friend, explains Crohn's disease and autoimmune diseases, that ignite inflammation and often exacerbate mental health issues. My life became a dance of managing bipolar illness and Crohn's disease and resulted in back-to-back hospitalizations...2025-01-0124 minBipolar SheEating Disorders: Disrupting Diet CultureHer first binge felt like a trance. Normally uninterested in her family’s boring snack drawer, Dr. Regina Lazarovich had been restricting her food and her body took over while she ate everything in sight. Then Regina’s shame set in. Although she was desperate and sought help for her eating disorder during her twenties, she white-knuckled her way through more restriction and binging for a decade.Regina's turning point and the beginning of her true healing and eating disorder recovery was stumbling onto the book Intuitive Eating. This book changed her life and helped her understand that her...2024-12-1139 minBipolar SheTapping Therapy (EFT)After enduring a childhood overshadowed by emotional absence and the need to constantly please others, Amy Vincze felt like she no longer knew who she was. From panic attacks to perceived failures in her life, Amy needed to do something fast. Already using tapping for therapy, Amy discovered if she looked at the root cause of her emotions, she made transformative progress, and, in just a few weeks, she found emotional balance and a newfound sense of identity.During our conversation, Amy shares how tapping integrates both cognitive and somatic elements to reach the root of emotional...2024-11-2729 minBipolar SheRAW: My Doctor Violated MeIn our first episode of Bipolar She Raw, we hear Madelynn's story about her psychiatrist who made sexual advances towards her. She was confused because she knew he cared for her, and perhaps he was just getting old, with a few screws coming loose. But as his behavior became increasingly predatory, she found help through her therapist to remove herself from harm's way.But Madelynn's fear of the psychiatrist-patient dynamic persists. She has yet to seek one out--possibly preventing her from getting better healthcare.We also talk about Janine's experience in a "partial hospitalization" program...2024-11-1323 minBipolar SheMom & MeToday I sit down with Deirdre, my first guest whose parent had mental illness. Her mom, Minnie, managed bipolar disorder and Deirdre grew up fast. By age 6 she had been exposed to her mother’s suicide attempt. Later, when Deirdre asked her mom why she would want to leave her daughter, Minnie told her she was in a deep, dark hole with no visible way out.Life became chaotic for Deirdre as she was stuck in the middle of a custody battle, suffered the loss of a brother, and now went on visits to her see her mo...2024-10-3027 minBipolar SheInvincibleToday, I sit down with Susan. After a near-death experience at age thirteen, Susan had a new view on life and death. Death was no longer something to fear, and Susan wasn't afraid to push life to its limits. In her teenage years, she learned the ritual of binging and purging and by college she was stuck in a pattern of bulimia and indulgent sexual encounters. The more food and sex, the more alive Susan felt. Susan shares the complexities of healing from an eating disorder and destructive behaviors. To make it to the next chapter in her...2024-10-1626 minBipolar SheVoting on the Psych WardIt's 2004. An election year. Republican incumbent George W. Bush vs. John Kerry, Democratic nominee. I'm in a psych ward on November 2, with the right to vote. But when all I can think about is good vs. evil, casting a ballot turns into despair. In this episode, I chat with guest host, Sephe, about delusion and cognitive distortion, as well as the redemptive power of human connection and empathy. We speak about the sadness of lost years, reclaiming one's past, and discovering one's gifts. As Janine expresses her gratitude to listeners of Bipolar She, she also asks for suppor...2024-10-0225 min
Musical Theatre Radio presents "Be Our Guest"Be Our Guest with Janine Robledo, Hector Flores Jr and Eddie Noel Rodriguez (Ghost in the Machine)Janine Robledo – Book/Music/Lyrics is a New York City based creative. Originally from Miami, Florida, she
is a Cuban-American librettist /composer/lyricist, and classically trained pianist. She holds an
M.F.A. from the Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts
and a B.A. from Florida Atlantic University where she studied piano performance. A recipient of
the Paulette Goddard Award, Janine is a member of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, and Maestra
Music. Her musical comedy "The Curious Contents of Christie's Wastebasket" (composer Ad...2024-08-1917 minBipolar SheWitchcraftToday, I sit down with Madelynn to talk about major depression, which she's battled since high school--nearly 40 years. Madelynn doesn't hold back when discussing suicidal ideation during the pandemic and how difficult it is to live through ideation in an anxious body or to handle a body that just feels flat and void of any emotions.But Madelynn's now equipped with a plan to catch these early signs of depression by reaching out to friends, writing notes from a happier self, getting good support and a little bit of alchemy, bringing her a remedy along the way.2024-08-0730 min
Le pitch était presque parfaitJOUR 21 - CLIFFHANGER - LES FILMS DE L'AVENT [REDIFF]Inscrivez-vous à la newsletter pour participer aux concours et recevoir des épisodes spéciauxBonjour,C'était une idée folle de vous emporter dans la période de Noël en plein été.Nous aimons vous tenir compagnie pendant l'été quand les autres podcasts sont en congés.Alors nous vous proposons des rediffusions de nos deux premiers calendriers de l'avent et notre calendrier de Saint-Valentin.LES FILMS DE L'AVENTChaque jour, nous ouvrirons ensemble une case de notre cal...2024-07-2108 minBipolar SheTrapped at TargetToday I sit down with Tracy to learn about her struggle with anxiety and how it seemed to crop up at milestone birthdays. A self-described nervous child and lifelong "nervous wreck," Tracy didn't know what anxiety was until she turned thirty--a birthday that forced her to take a look at where her life was headed. Tracy made it through until age forty when her anxiety intensified. She could barely drive without having a panic attack and learned she hand agoraphobia.In this episode, Tracy shares this secret life that became a literal and figurative roadblock...2024-07-1726 minBipolar ShePart 2: Sarah Speaks Up on ECTToday is an unexpected, full-circle, episode and I am thrilled. We didn't plan on this, but when Sarah learned her sister Ava had shared her journey as Sarah's caregiver, Sarah, decided to share her side of the experience as a recipient of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). Sarah, now advocate of ECT, came on this week's podcast to let us know first-hand about ECT being a lifesaving treatment, how it is performed and why it's time to speak up against its formerly "barbaric" reputation. Sarah shares her story as a dedicated physician, during which her hypomania served her life and impressive c...2024-06-2529 minBipolar ShePart 1: Sisters Embark on ECTToday I speak with Ava about her sister, Sarah, and her struggle to find the right treatment for Sarah's bipolar disorder. Ava and Sarah are both successful physicians, and Sarah's behavior did not present with any symptoms of illness her entire life. But when Sarah is diagnosed in her mid-forties, her impressive life and career is disrupted by treatment resistant bipolar illness and she is in dire need of good care.Although Ava lives 500 miles away from Sarah, she becomes Sarah's best advocate, working with doctors to find a solution to Sarah's worsening symptoms and the collapse...2024-06-0530 minBipolar SheYou Can Prevent Youth Suicide: Graham WisemanToday I talk with Graham Wiseman, as he shares the story of his son Colin, who lost his battle with anxiety, ADHD, and depression at age fifteen when he died by suicide. Graham speaks about grief and the different ways he and his wife have moved through the grieving process. Together, they have focused on a singular purpose--to advocate for change in youth mental health in schools and beyond. Through the nonprofit BeingwellCA, Colin's legacy has propelled state-wide integration of wellness centers in schools.We discuss the essential role of caring adults--beyond a child's parent--and how their...2024-05-2230 minBipolar SheDog DazeAfter a decade of pounding the pavement, Janine abandons the acting dream and heads to the desert to be a writer. Can this new identity save her from another psychotic break? Will it allow her to get a step ahead of bipolar illness? What if the key to her stability isn't a prescription, but a creature who teaches her the true value of sanity? Janine also gets real about her structured life today and how it's her best chance at staying healthy for tomorrow.Write With Janine for Better Mental Health Begins July 17 on Zoom2024-05-0825 minBipolar SheNaked in LAAfter leaving her New York acting dreams behind, Janine still has a plan for success. The instant she feels physically and mentally fit, she takes on Hollywood. Suddenly, she's cast in an LA play that's headed back to New York and may bring an Off-Broadway credit her way. At the mercy of a radical psychiatrist, Janine must keep her thrilled head on straight while the celebrity stars align and her ability to stay out of danger is put to the test.Write With Janine for Better Mental Health Begins July 17 on Zoom Music c...2024-04-2430 minBipolar SheMeg Ryan ManiaIt's 2000, summer in New York City, exactly five years after Dartmouth. For Janine, depression and psychosis in college was a one-time deal. For three years, she's been chasing her dream of being an actor, and with a big performance coming up, she's as close to success as she's ever been. Thrilled with life and buzzing through the city, Janine's world shifts...but can you blame her? Why would dreaming be dangerous?Write With Janine for Better Mental Health Begins July 17 on Zoom Music composed and performed by guitarist, JD Cullum Edited...2024-04-1028 min
Morning Cup of MurderOne Wrong Turn - March 27 2024March 27th: Sophia Weckert's Body Found (1975)One wrong turn down a road can turn someone into a victim. On March 27th 1975 a woman’s body was found along an infamous stretch of highway in Queensland known for its dangers.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Noel_and_Sophia_Weckert, https://www.facebook.com/1742717689305044/posts/the-murders-of-noel-milton-weckert-and-his-wife-sophia-janine-weckert-occurred-i/2632572840319520/, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110808086, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10307067/Robert-Bogucki-Highways-Death-Humpty-Doo-poltergeist-Inside-Australias-great-mysteries.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-03-2709 minBipolar SheDartmouth DelusionsHost Janine talks with JD about her time at Dartmouth College when she experienced symptoms of depression and psychosis for the first time. She also talks about the imperfect act of memory and recall, of delusion and imagination, and getting well. You may notice a swift change in seasons, when Janine’s memory of a summer hospitalization is told as if it were a freezing winter day. Because that’s what memory can do...combine feelings and images in a way that captures an experience, even if imprecise.Write With Janine for Better Mental Health Begins July...2024-03-2629 min