Posts Tagged ‘anxiety’
(Ep 19) Caregiving for Mental Illness: SiriusXM Doctor Radio Show
On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, I joined in as a guest on one of SiriusXM’s radio programs to talk about caregiving for mental illness. DOCTOR RADIO included this segment on caregiving for mental illness, and its host Dr. Michael Aronoff interviewed me. Dr. Aronoff MD is Attending Psychiatrist on the Senior Staff of Lenox Hill…
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World Mental Health Day Time Out
In observance of World Mental Health Day today, you’re invited to take a time out and, yes, take a mental health day from all the crazy of our present day. All throughout history, humans have endured a lot of scary times. Health crises, wars, civil unrest, natural disasters, and more have played out on the…
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Challenges of Aging and Its Lessons
Dismissed, discarded, devalued, discouraged: The injustices, inequities, and challenges of aging are very real. Body image and identity – especially in women over the age of 50 – are negatively skewed with every birthday we celebrate (or keep secret). Add to that the isolation and loneliness that this pandemic has delivered with its social distancing…
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3 Ways to Deal with Failure
We all fail. It’s a fact of life. If we’re not failing at something, we’re not really living. Failure demands that we take risks, stretching ourselves beyond those “sure things.” It also requires us to learn how to deal with failure. Learning how to deal with failure doesn’t come easily to most of us. When…
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(Ep 18) Mental Health Awareness Month: The Madness That’s Making Us Crazy
Warning: This is a bit of a RANT. It’s my own mental health awareness month melting pot of everything from feeling enraged, sadness, disgust, hysterical: So many feelings swirling within me – Madness within due to the madness of our circumstances. We’ve always been a screwed up society. Humans are flawed. Our mental health is…
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(Ep 17) When the strongest fall apart: Learning to find yourself again
What do you do when you fall apart? When the strongest among us needs a little help, is it okay for them to ask for it? This episode shares some powerful insights from self-made man, entrepreneur, corporate executive, caregiver Thom Brodeur. He’s been my “baby daddy” fantasy for a looonnnngggg time (JK sorta), and he’s…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep 16) Dealing with grief: Self-care and living your own life
I don’t know about you, but something’s been feeling a bit “off” for a while. From Thanksgiving until New Year’s, the holiday spirit has eluded me; hence, why no Christmas episode. A call that came to me out of the blue made me realize what was going on with me. I’ve been burning the candle…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep 15) Thanksgiving: Celebrating Dysfunctional Families with Friends
This episode of my podcast is so fitting for Thanksgiving week. My crazy soul sister Sylvia, one of my dearest firends, shares her story of having grown up in a dysfunctional family, surrounded by madness, and the syncronicities and commonalitles and plain old divine intervention that has come into play throughout her life. This really…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep 14) Mental Illness Awareness Week: Resilience, Strength & Self-Care
I am so thrilled at this episode airing during Mental Illness Awareness Week. Long-time friend Patty and I met serendipitously, before we realized just how much madness we shared in common. Both of us grew up with moms who were diagnosed with a mental illness. Both of us tried to do our best as siblings…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep13) Interview with My Therapist Shattering Stigmas, Sharing Secrets
What a gift to be able to sit with my long-time therapist (and life saver) Lynn and ask her question I always wanted to know. All of what she said is gold. Here’s just a bit of what you’ll hear: “You know, what’s amazing to me is this is the first time I’ve ever had…
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