Bonus Episode: Bipolar Treatment Then Versus Now

Episode 6: What Healing Actually Looks Like: Rock Bottom, Isolation, and Misconceptions

If you’ve ever felt like you’re failing at healing, or like your experience doesn’t match what you see online, you’re not alone. This conversation is about the truth behind recovery — and why the hardest moments are often part of the process

Bonus Episode: Bipolar Treatment Then Versus Now

In this episode, I talk about my grandma’s experience being treated for bipolar disorder in the 1950s and how different mental health care looked back then. From the stigma surrounding mental illness to the harsh treatments often used in psychiatric hospitals, her story shows just how far we’ve come.

Episode 5: Coping Skills For The Hard Days

Sometimes coping isn’t about big breakthroughs — it’s about small comforts that get you through the day. In this episode, I’m sharing the coping skills, and random little things that genuinely help me when my mental health feels heavy. From grounding habits to simple comforts, this is a lighter, honest conversation about what actually works for me. Here is the link to my other platforms if you’re interested! https://beacons.ai/functionalenough

Trust & Intimacy

In this episode, I’m talking about trust and intimacy — not from a place of having it all figured out, but from the perspective of someone who struggles with trust.

Intense Triggers or a Bipolar Episode? How to Cope and Tell the Difference

In this episode, we talk about how intense triggers show up in the body and mind, how to cope when emotions spike fast, and how to tell the difference between stress reactions and bipolar mood episodes.