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The Pulse“You Said It!” Responses to Trump & Music Legend Shari Ulrich"Send us a text about this episode!"Hosts Dave Graham and Peter McCully explore two significant topics: Donald Trump's controversial suggestion about Canada becoming the 51st state and the possibility of having another Prime Minister from British Columbia. The episode features candid street interviews capturing diverse local opinions on these matters, in a segment entitled “You said It” and includes a passionate response from MP Elizabeth May. The highlight of the episode is an in-depth interview with accomplished musician Shari Ulrich, who shares her journey from the early days with Pied Pumkin to her current projec...2025-01-1443 min
ReThreading MadnessPathologizing TraumaPathologizing Trauma Trigger Warning: Description of sexual assaults.Andrea takes us on a journey through what her childhood, in the 60s and 70s, was like coping with sexual assaults from several males around her from a very young age both in and outside her family. Like other women growing up in this era, she was assaulted, blamed for it, and then punished for making men do this to her. Andrea fought back. Sexual assaults happened and her family along with the social constructs and institutions, of that time, enabled abusers and covered up t...2024-09-041h 00
ReThreading MadnessCoping with Mental Health Challenges with JaneA KelleyCoping with Mental Health Challenges with JaneA Kelley JaneA Kelley has throughout her life gathered mental health diagnoses. She has Bipolar 2, PTSD, and ADHD. JaneA candidly talks about these diagnoses; what they mean to her; how they complicate or add to her life; and how she copes with them. She talks about finding herself at rock bottom and the things (mostly her cats) who have brought her back forward. She talks of betrayals and of stigma that originate out of misunderstandings and the impact of her challenges. As a writer, it is no wonde...2024-08-281h 00ReThreading MadnessCan't Eat Love with Leslie DavisCan't Eat Love with Leslie DavisLeslie Davis’ life moved through a haze that didn’t include her own feelings. After what she has deemed an Emotional Tsuunami, she developed a means of accessing her feelings, sorting through them, and then accepting them. For decades now, this process has proven to be a powerful healing tool. Join us as Leslie describes what this process is and how you can do it as well.music by Shari Ulrich2024-08-131h 00ReThreading MadnessDoor knobber Diagnosis: Misdiagnosed Borderline PersonalityDoor knobber Diagnosis: Misdiagnosed Borderline PersonalityWhen a client drops a therapeutic bombshell as they are leaving a session, counselors call this a “door knobber”. Lynn came to talk with Bernadine about her experience with the Borderline Personality and the door knobber that her therapist laid on her at the tail end of a phone conversation to terminate therapy. Just before she hung up, Lynn was shocked to hear the therapist say she should consider getting a therapist who works with borderline personality. After working together for 2-years where this was never mentioned, it was a c...2024-07-221h 00ReThreading MadnessMad Pride Cabaret Vancouver 2024Mad Pride Cabaret Vancouver 2024Have you ever stepped into a room and had a bunch of mad people celebrating the chance to freely be who they are? Well that is what Mad Pride is. In 2024, Vancouver celebrated Mad Pride through the Connection Salon at the Gathering Place downtown. And this program not only talks with three of the performers at Mad Pride it showcases their work. Kagan Goh, curator and artist, brings us his spoken work, Nothing is Forged without Fire. Sandra Yuen, artisit, and David Xhediku, musician, form the band Beautiful Lizards talk about what they s...2024-07-111h 00ReThreading MadnessRandy Tait on Recovery and CeremonyRandy Tait on Recovery and Ceremony If you had gone to the 33rd Annual Women’s March it would have been hard for you to miss Randy Tait in his red jacket with matching red John Fluevog shoes. He circled the crowd bestowing eagle down on the heads of elders, guardians, and organizers. Randy is from the Nisga’a / Gitksan Nation. He has made Vancouver his home with few interruptions for many decades. He talks with us about his childhood, his addiction to alcohol, how his family and community stepped in and helped get him into recovery...2024-07-051h 00ReThreading MadnessWhen it is a Therapist who Experiences Therapy Abuse and ExploitationWhen it is a Therapist who Experiences Therapy Abuse and ExploitationShe came on RTM to talk about her own experience of therapy abuse and exploitation at the hands of her psychologist. But she is unable yet to do so using her name. Why? Because she is also a psychologist who fears retribution for speaking out. She chats with Bernadine about her experience of therapy abuse, how her husband sought retribution for the 'affair', how she was treated by the tribunal that processed the complaint against her abuser, and how they put her and her child's safe...2024-06-231h 00ReThreading MadnessDecolonizing mental health: What is it?Decolonizing mental health: What is it? Norman Leech, is currently the Executive Director for the Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House, and was the Executive Director for Vancouver Aboriginal Community Policing Centre from 2016-2023. He still works to change the fact that Indigenous people are “over-represented in most negative social health indicators, whether homelessness, incarceration, crime victims, children-in-care, poverty, missing, murdered, income, suicide, life expectancy, and on and on.” (Conference Board of Canada) Norman is from the T’it’q’et community of the St’at’imc nation but was born and raised in East Vancouver. “He draws on his exp...2024-06-121h 00
ReThreading MadnessRetiring Well with JakeRetirement with Jake Jake is 64 years old. He is retiring in one month. As he is reaching what is what some called the golden age, his life blows up. He is evicted from an affordable residences so that his landlord’s parents can move in. He is in the middle of moving from a disability pension to a regular pension and is not really sure what his income will be. He is drowning in paperwork and he learns that one of his daughters is about to get married and give birth to his first grandchild. Consequently, on top o...2024-06-041h 00
ReThreading MadnessJason Fareas on Addiction and RecoveryJason Fareas on Addiction and RecoveryFrom his website, Jason describes himself as having an unstable childhood although he is very clear that he was a loved child by the adults in his life. He talks about the development of his addiction and then his involvement in the drug trade. On his podcast, he shares his "journey from addiction to recovery".Jason has his own podcast, My Madness METHod, where he provides a "weekly autobiography of a young man from Northern California’s Central Valley, and a look back on his participation and influence over the 1990s me...2024-06-011h 00
A Chat with Heart - with Christina MartinShari Ulrich: Award-Winning Canadian Singer-Songwriter and Multi-InstrumentalistChristina chats with award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Shari Ulrich aboutliving on a commune, the role that solitude plays in creativity, life lessons from being in bands, gaining confidence as a front person, listening to your instincts, and a heck of a lot more!For over four decades, accomplished singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shari Ulrich has been winning hearts across North America with her voice, songs and on-stage charisma. A two-time JUNO-winner among other awards, she has recorded 25 albums as a solo artist and with the legendary Pied Pumpkin, The Hometown Band, UHF, BTU and The High Bar...2024-02-271h 00ReThreading MadnessThe Correlation between Weight and Child Sexual Abuse with Patty CabotThe Correlation between Weight and Child Sexual Abuse with Patty CabotPatty Cabot joins us to talk about her experience of weight loss via coming to terms with the sexual abuse in her childhood. She is the author of "Not That Girl".Music by DG Adams, Robbie Robertson, Meaghan Trainer, and Shari Ulrich2024-02-071h 00ReThreading MadnessCoping with Grief during the Holidays and AnniversariesCoping with Grief during the Holidays and AnniversariesJennifer O’Brien is grief-experienced. What does that mean? For starters, she has experienced several of her immediate family, including parents, siblings, and husband dying. In working through her grief she created a journal. That journal was published: The Hospice Drs Widow and won numerous prestigious awards. She speaks with Bernadine about grief. Especially grief around holidays and anniversary dates. And she shares what her tools for getting through those dates. Music by David Laronde, Edith Wallace, and Shari Ulrich2024-01-241h 00
Mulligan StewChristmas in The Round 2020 RevisitedThis Christmas Stew features the last Christmas in the Round recording we did. The year was 2020 – full Covid lockdown. Many good people lost to this virus. Far too many. We gathered online at Dan Mangan’s Sidedoor Access. Shari Ulrich and Barney Bentall. Both on Bowen Island. Opposite Horseshoe Bay! Bill Henderson Not too far down the Georgia Strait on Salt Spring Island. TDM2023-12-221h 57
Mulligan StewChristmas in the Round 2018 RevisitedThe Rounders are: Shari Ulrich – iconic singer, songwriter, and musician. Roy Forbes – Host of Roy’s Record Room and much-admired artist. Barney Bentall – He’s everywhere and always making great music. Bringing joy! Shaun Verreault – One half of Wide Mouth Mason. String Slinger. Sings like a bird Jim Byrnes – St Louis born…West Coast raised. Carries the blues with him. Fine actor. Craig Northey – co-founder of Odds. Touring with Steven Page Trio. Currently a member of Trans Canada Highwaymen. Solid Songwriter. Everyone brings a favorite Christmas song and personal story to exchange. Fun was had by...2023-12-1743 min
ReThreading MadnessRape Culture and the Long Road to Healing with Lenny GagnonRape Culture and the Long Road to HealingTrigger Warning: This hour includes descriptions of sexual assault, rape, and victim-blaming. Lenny Gagnon’s whole world turned up-side-down when her father died in a mill accident when she was 6 years old. At 7 she was groomed and then sexually assaulted by the neighborhood pedophile. And she was raped again at 15. When she reported the last one, the cop who interviewed her also assaulted her. At the hearing, she was grilled and shredded about her character (swearing and sexual history [ie rape]) and ba...2023-12-131h 00ReThreading Madness988 Forced Committals and Suicide Assessment Toola988, Forced Committals, and Suicide assessments With the new 988 suicide hotline being launched, Rob Wipond cautions us on some of the pitfalls that can occur with traumatizing impacts on people. Barbara Phillips talks with us about her experience of being forceably committed and then Bernadine Fox walks us through the usual type of Suicide Assessment Questions that mental health professionals and crisis lines use to assess whether or not someone is suicidal and in need to being detained. Music by Shari Ulrich2023-12-0653 min
ReThreading MadnessCharlene Hellson/Unpacking the Backpack, Stacy Ashton with Crisis & Suicide Prevention & Fraser McKenzie from Coast Mental HealthCharlene Hellson/Unpacking the Backpack, Stacy Ashton from Crisis Intervention, and Fraser McKenzie from Coast Mental Health. Bernadine brings you information on several opportunities for education and support. Grandmother, performer, writer, and Indigenous Mental Health Advocate, Charlene Hellson from the Siksika Nation (Blackfoot Confederacy) talks about her one-woman performance “Unpacking the Backpack” which is an educational and experiential monologue that comes from the heart talking about the intergenerational and historical impact of systemic racism on indigenous. Then Stacy Ashton comes to tell us about a new service available in Canada around Suicide Prev...2023-11-151h 00
ReThreading MadnessTaking Care of Each Other: The Morin Family Living with Alzheimers (with Peter, Cathleen & Janell Morin)Peter, Cathleen, and Janell Morin, from the Tahltan nation, join Bernadine to chat about what happens when Alzheimers grabs hold of a family generation after generation, but mostly to describe their loving care of their mother as she makes this journey. So often we hear of older people with Alzheimers unable to care for themselves and/or plagued with a failing memory being left in care homes to wait out their lives. It is a tragic ending to a full life. But with Peter and Cathleen (their sister Nalaine and Dad who couldn’t join us), what is described is an...2023-11-071h 00ReThreading MadnessOutsider Arts Festival and Haida Storytelling with Giihlgiigaa Todd DeVriesOutsider Arts Festival and Haida Storytelling with Giihlgiigaa Todd DeVries On ReThreading Madness we chat with the organizers and one of the performers of the Outsider Arts Festival here in Vancouver BC. Kristin Cheung, Executive Director, and Rocky Riobo of Rocky and the Gems give us the inside goods on the what, where, how, and who of this years annual VOAF from art, to performances and films and then workshops. Then Giihlgiigaa Todd DeVries, a Haida Cedar Weaver and storyteller who learned under Woody Morrison,c comes and tells us a story about the...2023-10-101h 00
ReThreading MadnessMore Than One: Dr. Colin Ross on Dissociative IdentitiesTRIGGER WARNING: Explicit descriptions of child sexual abuseMore Than One: Dr. Colin Ross on Dissociative IdentitiesDr. Colin Ross, world renown expert of Dissociation, and Bernadine chat about Dissociative Identities: what is it, how to look at it, how the world copes with it, and how you can cope with it. In amongst there they compare DID to schizophrenia and chat about treatment options including medication and ECT.Dr Colin Ross’ biography is so extensive that to do it justice I would be talking for a long time. So let me give you so...2023-10-031h 00
ReThreading MadnessA Glimmer of Hope around Recovery with Susi MilneA Glimmer of Hope around Recovery wieth Susi MilneTRIGGER warning Talk about alcoholism and substance abuse along with sexual trauma as a young child. Some profanity during spoken word recital. Bernadine chats with the effervescent Susi Milne about their recovery from alcoholism and substance abuse (Oxycodone and Ativan). There is literally no one who tells a story like Susi can and while taking you through her journey to rock bottom she is able to keep us laughing and entranced as she brings us to her their recovery. 2023-09-261h 00ReThreading MadnessAre We Old Yet? Women talking about AgingAre We Old Yet? Women talking about Aging. Today on RTM, I talk with three different women all of whom are over 60 years of age and all of whom would agree that our mental health as we age has nothing to do with fashion, interior design, beauty, cooking, or the health and wellbeing of our spouses or children. So, what does it have to do with? It is about their political actions, entrepreneurship, adventures and a future that is as exciting as what they have done so far. Ellen Woodsworth, 75,...2023-09-181h 00ReThreading MadnessAlex Sangha from Sher Vancouver and Isabella Mori on her book Believe Me about mental health and addictionAlex Sangha from Sher Vancouver and Isabella Mori on her book Believe Me about mental health and addictionBernadine chats with Alex Sangha about Sher Vancouver Gala, Emergence, and IMigrant. Alex Sangha's birth name is Amar Singh Sangha. He was born in Gravesend, Kent, England and raised in Surrey and North Delta, British Columbia, Canada. His mother, Jaspal Kaur Sangha, and his father, Dalbir Singh Sangha, are of the Sikh faith originally from Punjab, India. Alex has an older and younger brother and a half-brother from his Dad's second marriage. Alex is an...2023-09-1353 min
ReThreading MadnessCertified with JD DerbyshireThe incredible JD Derbyshire who is a writer, comedian, mad activist, performer, playwright, theatre maker, director, inclusive educator and innovator joins Bernadine in RTM. We talk about being mad and the need for individuals who live with mental health challenges to have agency in their lives and to consider coming out. And we laughed… we laughed a lot.(music used "It's Alright by Shari Ulrich)2023-08-1550 min
ReThreading MadnessInterview with Linda Pevac author of A Fire Is Coming a memoir about Therapy AbuseIncludes a Trigger WarningBernadine speaks with Linda Peavac (also known as Emma Stevens) who spoke with us recently about the experience of being an adopted child. Today we are talking about her experience of being exploited by her therapist and her memoir which describes this experience A Fire Is Coming. Therapy Abuse is an under-acknowledged traumatic issue in our society. There may be folks listening to this program who are not aware that they themselves are in an exploitive relationship with their therapist. And while that may sound extreme and wholly impossible – it is unfortunately no...2023-08-0856 min
ReThreading MadnessWhat is Mad Pride? Connection Salon’s Mad Pride Cabaret with Pierre Leichner, The Human Girl, and 88WayyMad Pride/Connection Salon July 2023Mad Pride is a global movement of those with lived experiences of the mental health system. It is an opportunity for folks to demonstrate their pride in their mad identity and a reclamation of the terms that have been used to hurt them: mad, nutter, psycho. Mad Pride is celebrated across the globe including Canada, the USA, UK and Ireland. Mad Pride cabarets often include music, poetry, film and theatre created and performed by mad people. The hope has been that this will raise awareness of the poor treatment of those with lived...2023-07-2550 minReThreading MadnessMadness Canada/Jamie Smallboy/Peer ConnectionsPeer Connections/Jamie Smallboy/Madness Canada In this program, Bernadine interviews Adam Milne from Peer Connections in Winnipeg and Cindy Jiang from Madness Canada in Toronto about their programming and resources that are made available to people who live with mental health challenges. Madness Canada has also become a hub of archival material regarding the history of the Mad Movement. Jamie Smallboy joins us reading her poem about missing and murdered indigenous women. music by Shari Ulrich2023-07-1146 min
ReThreading MadnessElder Keith Chiefmoon and The Sacred Sundance: Preserving the Traditional CeremonyIn 1895, the Canadian government banned the Sundance. Intent on destroying the first nation’s way of life and spiritual practices, the colonizers banned various ceremonies and certain practices (like piercing) along withholding sacred objects required for those ceremonies. While this was legally reversed in 1951, it took many years before all First Nation Communities were aware of this change, many more for the fear of retribution and arrest to lift, and even more to feel empowered to engage again in activities such as piercing. Overall, as Keith Chiefmoon describes, the damage to this important ceremony, based on oral traditions, has had lo...2023-07-0450 min
ReThreading MadnessLack of Services makes Rose Finlay’s Liveable Disability Life-Threatening.Lack of services makes Rose Finlay’s liveable disability life-threatening. Rose Finlay has been a quadriplegic since a swimming accident at 17 yrs broke her neck. She has been a powerhouse working for change as a published author, keynote speaker, model, disability advocate, accessibility consultant, certified holistic health coach and reiki master. Up until recently, she has been able to cobble together the services she needs to maintain her daily needs. However, that has changed, and she is now in a life-threatening situation that could easily be solved with support services attending her home twice a day. Bu...2023-06-271h 00
ReThreading MadnessI am a TransWoman with Jodi Gray“I am a Transwoman” Jodi Gray, winner of the 2023 Courage To Come Back award in Mental Health, speaks with Bernadine about being a transwoman. Jodi came from a childhood filled with severe abuse and poverty. This led to anxiety and depression that plagued her for decades and cost her jobs and relationships. The hardest relationship for her to lose was the one with her son, James. Jodi transitioned 8 years ago and now advocates for others. She has been a peer support worker and is the head of a housing project for transgender, two-spirited, and gender-diverse people. The primary mess...2023-06-2056 min
ReThreading MadnessWhat is it Like to be Adopted? with Emma StevensWhat is it Like to be an Adopted Child?Emma Stevens, author (The Gathering Place and A Fire is Coming) and US domestic adoptee from birth during the Baby Scoop Era, has survived layers of trauma throughout her life. She visits ReThreading Madness and delves into the reality that adoptees face struggling between being the good, adopted child in fear of being sent back and finding their own true selves whether it is around identity, biological family and background, or medical history. Whether you are an Adoptee, a Late-Discovery Adoptee, a Donor-Conceived child, or someone who has discovered...2023-06-1357 min
ReThreading MadnessLong COVID and Mental Health with Services at Coast Mental HealthBernadine chats with two women, Jane Bouey and Isabella Mori, who live with Long COVID after a relatively short and mild form of COVID itself. They describe how COVID impacted on their brains and what they experience because of it: brain fog, exhaustion, strange emotional reactions, etc. They discuss whether this is a mental health issue from the impact of the debilitating aspect of the physical disability or an injury to one’s brain from COVID. Then Fraser MacKenzie from Coast Mental Health here in Vancouver talks with us about the services available for those who live with mental health ch...2023-06-061h 01
ReThreading MadnessInsanity: What Happened to Bruce Hill-ToutInsanity explores the disappearance of Bruce Hill-Tout disappeared during an episode of paranoia generated from schizophrenia in 1998. “Through interviews with her father and siblings, family photos and dramatizations, Hill-Tout tells her brother’s story. But it’s not a mystery. The family doesn’t spend much time in the film unravelling clues. Instead, they share their feelings of guilt, loss and confusion, which leads to a broader story about the gaps that allow people such as Bruce to fall through the cracks. “ Wendy Hill-Tout documents the human side of mental health challenges and uses the film to tell the story of her bro...2023-05-3058 min
ReThreading MadnessWho is Rodney DeCroo: Trauma, Recovery, Healing, and Creativity.Rodney DeCroo’s newly released book “Fishing for Leviathan” (Anvil Press) takes us into his journey through his childhood. “At theatre school they tried to correct my posture and make my diction soft. But I was a razor wrapped in black velvet soaked in possum’s blood.” Anvil writes “these poems are from a writer who has crawled through a mile of broken glass and come out the other side more or less intact.” Rodney and Bernadine talk about childhood trauma, recovery, obstacles, and challenges.But mostly we talk about surviving sh*t and having a good life.music2023-05-2354 min
ReThreading MadnessWhat is Structural Violence with Heather Tunold: How it impacts on the residents the DTESWhat is Structural Violence with Heather Tunold: How it impacts on the residents the DTES The question of Structural Violence came up for me as I listened to Heather Anita Tunold talk about it on a recent panel. She sat down with me to chat about how structural violence impacts on the residents of the DTES here in Vancouver BC. What she described is a unworkable situation where those who need the help are not getting the help they need. music by Shari Ulrich & Edith Wallace2023-05-1659 min
ReThreading MadnessGrandparents Raising Grandchildren with a Focus on GrandparentsGrandparents (and other relatives) raise the children of other family members at a rate that far surpasses the number of children in our current foster cares system here in BC. In fact, even the government recognizes that they are a largely hidden and unrecognized social service system. On ReThreading Madness Bernadine, a grandparent who raises a grandchild herself, speaks with three other grandmothers Donna, Gail and Shari. So often we are focused on caring for our children and advocating for their rights and needs. But today, Bernadine shines the light on the grandparents asking what did you/do you need...2023-05-081h 00
Vocal LabFor the Love of Music: A Conversation with Shari Ulrich, pt 2In this episode of The Vocal Lab, we sit down with Shari Ulrich, a legendary Canadian singer-songwriter with over four decades of experience in the music industry. Shari shares her insights on the music industry, touring, and band life, providing invaluable advice to emerging and aspirational artists.We start by diving into Shari's musical journey and how she got started in the industry. She talks about the challenges and triumphs of being a female musician in the 70s, and how the industry has evolved since then. Shari shares her experiences touring and performing with some big...2023-04-2756 min
Vocal LabFor the Love of Music: A Conversation with Shari Ulrich, pt 2In this episode of The Vocal Lab, we sit down with Shari Ulrich, a legendary Canadian singer-songwriter with over four decades of experience in the music industry. Shari shares her insights on the music industry, touring, and band life, providing invaluable advice to emerging and aspirational artists. We start by diving into Shari's musical journey and how she got started in the industry. She talks about the challenges and triumphs of being a female musician in the 70s, and how the industry has evolved since then. Shari shares her experiences touring and performing with some big...2023-04-2758 min
ReThreading MadnessPart 2 of Psychiatrizied with Irit Shimrat, Escaped LunaticThis is Part 2 of Bernadine’s chat’s with Irit Shimrat, author, editor, advocate and agitator around her experience of being psychiatrized. Irit has a long history being involved in and critiquing the mental health field - although she would label that differently: health being the misnomer. We address the problems of language, the shadow reports she is a part of writing for the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and why she feels she is the luckiest person in the world. music by Shari Ulrich2023-04-251h 02
Vocal LabFor the Love of Music: A Conversation with Shari Ulrich, pt 1In this episode of The Vocal Lab, we sit down with Shari Ulrich, a legendary Canadian singer-songwriter with over four decades of experience in the music industry. Shari shares her insights on the music industry, touring, and band life, providing invaluable advice to emerging and aspirational artists.We start by diving into Shari's musical journey and how she got started in the industry. She talks about the challenges and triumphs of being a female musician in the 70s, and how the industry has evolved since then. Shari shares her experiences touring and performing with some big...2023-04-2445 min
Vocal LabFor the Love of Music: A Conversation with Shari Ulrich, pt 1In this episode of The Vocal Lab, we sit down with Shari Ulrich, a legendary Canadian singer-songwriter with over four decades of experience in the music industry. Shari shares her insights on the music industry, touring, and band life, providing invaluable advice to emerging and aspirational artists. We start by diving into Shari's musical journey and how she got started in the industry. She talks about the challenges and triumphs of being a female musician in the 70s, and how the industry has evolved since then. Shari shares her experiences touring and performing with some big...2023-04-2447 min
ReThreading MadnessBullseye the Clown on Bullying“Bullseye The Clown™ is on a mission to empower those who have lost their hope and belief due to bullying to stand up, speak out and reclaim their authority!” He comes and chats with Bernadine about bullying and what we can do about it.music Shari Ulrich2023-04-171h 00
ReThreading MadnessPsychiatrized with Irit Shimrat, Escaped LunaticBernadine chats with Irit Shimrat, author, editor, advocate and agitator around her experience of being psychiatrized. Irit has a long history being involved in and critiquing the mental health field - although she would label that differently: health being the misnomer. We talk language, consequences to people's lives from being psychiatrized, and the danger of psychiatry in our lives. Even if you don't agree with anti-psychiatry, this is a conversation to listen to just to educate yourself on what you are really supporting or fighting against. Irit also offers her invaluable advice on how to protect yourself if you find...2023-04-1148 min
ReThreading MadnessKeith Chiefmoon on Racism, Residential Schools, and HealingKeith Chiefmoon is from the Kainai Nation, part of the Blackfoot Confederacy, which is just south of Calgary in Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta. He holds a BA, a BEd in Native American Studies and an MA in Education. Keith is a Residential School Survivor who is currently working as an Indian Residential School and Community Engagement Worker. We are going to chat about racism, residential schools and healing. image: CBC Brandi Morinmusic: Shari Ulrich2023-03-301h 04
Vocal LabNice Guys Finish First: with Rock Singer/Drummer Marc LaFrance, pt. 2On today's show, we welcome drummer, singer, producer, and songwriter, Marc LaFrance. Marc has been a fixture in the Vancouver for over 4 decades. He has been the Drummer/Singer for Bachman & Turner and Randy Bachman since 2009, and is the Drummer/Singer with Cease & Desist. Notably, he has recorded with a vast array of prominent artists including Crowcuss, Chilliwack, Payolas, Loverboy, Trooper, Prism, Shari Ulrich, Bruce Miller, Straight Lines, Glass Tiger, Long John Baldry, Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Cher, Carly Simon, Blue Murder, The Cult, David Lee Roth, Scorpions, Black Veil Brides, "Michael Bublé's Christmas in New Y...2023-03-3043 min
Vocal LabNice Guys Finish First: with Rock Singer/Drummer Marc LaFrance, pt. 2On today's show, we welcome drummer, singer, producer, and songwriter, Marc LaFrance. Marc has been a fixture in the Vancouver for over 4 decades. He has been the Drummer/Singer for Bachman & Turner and Randy Bachman since 2009, and is the Drummer/Singer with Cease & Desist. Notably, he has recorded with a vast array of prominent artists including Crowcuss, Chilliwack, Payolas, Loverboy, Trooper, Prism, Shari Ulrich, Bruce Miller, Straight Lines, Glass Tiger, Long John Baldry, Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Cher, Carly Simon, Blue Murder, The Cult, David Lee Roth, Scorpions, Black Veil Brides, "Michael Bublé's Christmas in New Y...2023-03-3045 min
Vocal LabNice Guys Finish First: with Rock Singer/Drummer Marc LaFrance, pt. 1On today's show, we welcome drummer, singer, producer, and songwriter, Marc LaFrance. Marc has been a fixture in the Vancouver for over 4 decades. He has been the Drummer/Singer for Bachman & Turner and Randy Bachman since 2009, and is the Drummer/Singer with Cease & Desist. Notably, he has recorded with a vast array of prominent artists including Crowcuss, Chilliwack, Payolas, Loverboy, Trooper, Prism, Shari Ulrich, Bruce Miller, Straight Lines, Glass Tiger, Long John Baldry, Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Cher, Carly Simon, Blue Murder, The Cult, David Lee Roth, Scorpions, Black Veil Brides, "Michael Bublé's Christmas in New Y...2023-03-2746 min
Vocal LabNice Guys Finish First: with Rock Singer/Drummer Marc LaFrance, pt. 1On today's show, we welcome drummer, singer, producer, and songwriter, Marc LaFrance. Marc has been a fixture in the Vancouver for over 4 decades. He has been the Drummer/Singer for Bachman & Turner and Randy Bachman since 2009, and is the Drummer/Singer with Cease & Desist. Notably, he has recorded with a vast array of prominent artists including Crowcuss, Chilliwack, Payolas, Loverboy, Trooper, Prism, Shari Ulrich, Bruce Miller, Straight Lines, Glass Tiger, Long John Baldry, Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Cher, Carly Simon, Blue Murder, The Cult, David Lee Roth, Scorpions, Black Veil Brides, "Michael Bublé's Christmas in New Y...2023-03-2748 min
ReThreading MadnessCarolyn Clement: The Complaint Process and Dealing with Harassment around Therapy AbuseTrigger Warning:This program deals with the issue of therapy abuse and as such it may have material that folks find triggering of abuse. Bernadine chats with past guest, Carolyn Clement (award-winning photographer and survivor of sibling, child, and therapy abuse) on her experience of making a complaint with her State Licensing Board around the abuse experienced at the hands of her predatory therapist. She was successful in ensuring this therapist had to relinquish his license to practice. We also discuss the type of harassment she experienced after placing the complaint from him and, shockingly, his wife. 2023-03-231h 00
ReThreading MadnessSurviving Therapist Abuse with author Amy NordhuesTrigger Warning: talks about therapy abuseAmy Nordhues, author of Prayed Upon: Breaking Free from Therapist Abuse, chats with Bernadine about her experience of abuse at the hands of a clergy/therapist in her church. Therapy abuse is getting more and more attention as professionals are beginning to understand the dramatic and profoundly damaging consequences to a client with their therapist transgresses boundaries and exploits them either financially, emotionally, physically, or sexually. music by Shari Ulrich2023-03-1445 min
ReThreading Madness3 Options for Peer Support: MadCamp, Connection Salon, and Coast Mental HealthPeer Support with MadCamp, Connection Salon, and Coast Mental Health: RTM explores three options for finding peer support for folks with mental health challenges. Dina Tyler talk to us about MadCamp - a camping event happening in Northern California in July 2023 for folks who identify as living with mental health challenges. Connection Salon is showcasing an art exhibition (Mar 3 to April 4) with low barriers for 16 artists here in Vancouver BC. Organizer, Pierre Leichner, and artist, Leef Evans, invite us to join them on March 10th for a meet and greet at The Gathering Place. Fraser McKenzie from Coast...2023-02-271h 00
ReThreading MadnessRebecca on her Use of Plant Medicine to Heal from Childhood TraumaBernadine speaks with Rebecca, a visual arts painter of beautiful images. Her day job is as a caregiver in a senior's living home. Rebecca struggles to heal from childhood abuse and has engaged in an alternative form of healing that includes plant medicine to assist her in opening up to traumatic experience. Rebecca describes her process of healing and how her childhood has impacted on her current life giving us a bird's eye view.music by Shari Ulrich2023-02-211h 00
ReThreading MadnessYour Consent is Not Required with Rob Wipond: Part 1Part 1Rob talks with Bernadine about his book "Your Consent is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment and Abusive Guardianships" and about the fallible nature of diagnoses, psychiatric medications and treatment along with the inherent problems that occur in the mental health industry that leave psychiatric survivors victimized and trapped for a long time. One of the stories he shares in this book is about Vince Geisler, who was laid off over the phone and I'm not going to read the whole story verbatim, but I hope to give you a good sense...2023-02-0956 min
ReThreading MadnessWhat is Mental Health with Glen GriggRethreading Madness brings back one of the professionals who cohosted this program when it was called Both Sides Now. Glen Grigg PhD has provided clinical counselling in the Lower Mainland of Vancouver for 25 years. He teaches in the Master of Counselling program at UBC and Adler University. We sat down with him to ask the question that is almost never asked or really answered: What is Mental Health? It was an interesting conversation. Even after a good conversation with Glen about mental health and what it is, it still felt like what defines mental health is vague. We can clearly...2023-01-3154 min
ReThreading MadnessCombo: Harmful Toxic Positivity / Disability Justice Dreaming Sessions at Gallery GachetAnn Bemrose and Bernadine talk about how Toxic Positivity impacts on our mental health for those who live with physical and mental health challenges. Toxic Positivity is a means of denial by overlaying of positive ideas onto a reality that has some inherently negative aspects. It’s excessive and overgeneralized happiness results in invalidating authentic emotions in oneself and others that are deemed not ok. This then alienates many who feel they must hide emotions and reactions to real circumstances. Ann and Bernadine enjoy a frank conversation their experience of others who display toxic positivity.Bernadine then talks wi...2023-01-2446 min
Which Way Is UpWWIU - SE1EP11 - Shari Ulrich2023-01-212h 00
ReThreading MadnessSex as MedicineOn ReThreading Madness today, Bernadine and Jessica Garner have a frank conversation about sex and its impact on mental health. While sex is not necessarily a topic that one should make note of as triggering - In the spirit of ensuring everyone is ok with today’s topic – we would like to say that some of what we talk about may be problematic for some folks. Sex is a primary human need along with food, shelter, and water. However, somewhere along the line, here in our society, sex was dropped off the list. Perhaps, since we don’t die from lack o...2023-01-1846 min
ReThreading MadnessAn Important Conversation on NarcissismNarcissism is a psychological term categorized in the DSM as a psychiatric disorder: The DSM clinically outlines it as a mental condition where people have an inflated sense of their importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, has troubled relationships, lacks empathy for others and while displaying extreme confidence they have a fragile self-esteem that overreacts to even the slightest criticism. Only a licensed diagnostician can legitimately apply a label of narcissism. Out here in the world of laypeople, it is a word that has been bantered about to refer to someone who is self-centered and...2023-01-1154 min
ReThreading MadnessIs the Mental Health System Serving you?In 2019, Bernadine Fox with cohost, Glen Grigg, sat down with Bethany Lindsay, a CBC reporter, to discuss the Cayton Report & the ways which Regulatory Colleges in BC are letting mental health consumers down. The question asked & left unanswered: “Who is protecting the mental health consumer?” One might think that the state of registering therapists and counsellors in BC to protect clients from unethical ones would have happened here already. It has not. In Oct 2022, BC did introduce the Health Professions and Occupations Act based on the Cayton Report. And while it appears to be comprehensive it continues to leave out the...2023-01-0352 min
ReThreading MadnessHow Covid impacted on Domestic Violence A Follow UpTrigger Warning: Discuss Domestic ViolenceHere on ReThreading Madness we talk about all manner of things that impact on our mental health. Today we are going to talk with Ninu Kang Executive Director of Ending Violence Association – also known as EVA. It is a follow up show to one we did at the onset of COVID looking at commonly known variants that increased the amount and intensity of violence against women. In this program, we look back with Ms Kang to find out if COVID did indeed increase the numbers and intensity of violence against intimate partners? Please kn...2022-12-291h 02
ReThreading MadnessFinances: Issues in Therapy Abuse with Analie ShepherdAnalie Shepherd, author of the Mending the Shattered Mirror: A Journey of Recovery from Abusive Therapy, talks with Bernadine about how an abusive therapist may use finances to further their exploitation. While we most often think of therapist abuse in terms of sexual contact, it is not uncommon to have it include other forms of exploitation one of which is financial. What does that look like? It could be increasing numbers of sessions not because the client needs it but because they can afford it. It could be entering into business arrangements with their clients utilizing their victim's money. It...2022-12-2711 min
ReThreading MadnessDavid Roche on Facial DifferenceDavid Roche, 2022 Order of Canada Recipient, dives into a conversation about living with a facial difference. His bio reads, “David's face distinguishes him from all other presenters and speakers. What really makes David unique, however, is his remarkable spirit, warmth, wit and authenticity. David has transformed the challenges and gifts of living with a facial difference into a compelling message that uplifts and delights audiences around the world. The story of his heroic journey from shame to strength has inspired standing ovations from the White House and Kennedy Center to Olympics Arts Festivals, from New Zealand to Moscow, London to Sy...2022-12-2753 min
ReThreading MadnessCoping with the HolidaysReThreading Madness chats with long-time friend of the show, Jake, along with Victoria Spooner and Don Wright about strategies for surviving the upcoming holiday season. December holds a difficult holiday. For those who live with mental health challenges or those who were traumatized within their family of origin – this holiday season is a hard one. Jake, Victoria, Don and Bernadine chat about this and offer some suggestions about how to make it through(music used "It's Alright by Shari Ulrich)2022-12-2155 min