Bringing humor to not so humorous situations!Here we share experiences and describe what it’s like living day to day with different mental disorders whether it’s Bipolar, BPD, depression, anxiety, insomnia, ADHD you name it it’s here. This is our journey and we’re excited to have you listen!! Our goal is to stop the stigma and start the conversation.
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In this episode we break down stigma!! How we think it got started, different definitions, how it effects those who struggle with mental illness, and most importantly how to change it. Stigma is attached to so many things including having to take medication. This week Michelle will share her experience with adjusting and possibly changing the medic…
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Part 3 of 3: This is the 3rd of 3 episodes. Since it was Mother's Day recently, we thought it would be quite appropriate to talk to our kids and get an insight on THEIR perspective of dealing with mother's struggling with Mental Health Disorders. The first talking with Stephanie's daughter (7 yo Brooke) and the second part with Michelle's daughter …
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This is the 2nd of 3 episodes. Since it was Mother's Day recently, we thought it would be quite appropriate to talk to our kids and get an insight on THEIR perspective of dealing with mother's struggling with Mental Health Disorders. The first talking with Stephanie's daughter (7 yo Brooke) and the second part with Michelle's daughter (9 yo Baya) a…
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Steph and Michelle talk about their own Mania. What it looks like and how they handle it as well as how others can recognize and deal with it!
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Part 1 of 3: This is the 1st of 3 episodes. Since it was Mother's Day recently, we thought it would be quite appropriate to talk to our kids and get an insight on THEIR perspective of dealing with mother's struggling with Mental Health Disorders. The first talking with Stephanie's daughter (7 yo Brooke) and the second part with Michelle's daughter …
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Things aren't always sunshine and roses!! Last week we talked about Coping skills. Now we get real & raw and discuss what happens as we go through it!
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We get it...life is a crapshoot most of the time!! So what can we do about it? Cope!! We can either use Coping Mechanisms or Coping Skills. Listen as we discuss Coping Skills we've used, those tried and true, plus those we don't do!
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What is a trigger??? This is a word we use a lot so we thought we would shed some light on what it actually means and go into detail for those less familiar!
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More about our Moms!! This time we’ll take a further look into the molding and shaping of Stephanie and Michelle!
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Last week we talked a little bit about ourselves and being crazy moms! This week we are giving insight as to how we became crazy.....this is part 1, part 2 is on it’s way and you don’t want to miss it!
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Parenting is hard! Parenting when you have a mental disorder!!?? Here’s just a tidbit of our ups and downs.
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Here Stephanie and Michelle discuss their Diagnoses and give you better insight of their journey.
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Comparing and contrasting our mood changes. With BPD the changes happen in a short span of time, several changes within a day. With bipolar the shifts are extreme but take place over time, mood changes lasting days, weeks, months or even longer.
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Sensitive material is discussed as we go into detail about how and why our friendship ended for 8 years, and how we managed to move past it all.
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Michelle and Stephanie introduce themselves and give their ‘why’ for creating this podcast.
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