Mental Wealth Rx

Christine Sampair

Whether you're looking for advice, unfiltered stories, or how to feel less alone, Mental Wealth Rx doses out mental health resources to transform your emotional bankruptcy into mental wealth. This is your prescription to find courage, and resilience for a healthy state of mind.

Episodes

  1. Aug 1

    Meet Christine: Traumatized, Institutionalized—but Sober and Still Recovering | Mental Wealth Rx

    Episode 2: Christine’s Story—Truth, Trauma, and Recovery Beyond the FilterChristine opens episode three of Mental Wealth Rx by challenging a culture that rewards polished appearances while avoiding discussions of addiction, mental health, trauma, relationships, money issues, shame, sex, secrets, identity, and the need to be loved.She explains she is not an expert but shares lived experience and will speak with professionals about what truly helps people change, emphasizing that “real recovery doesn’t come from a bottle.” Christine recounts being born in Bogotá, Colombia, adopted as a toddler with her brother, and later diagnosed with attachment disorder and ongoing abandonment fears. She describes being sent as a teen to a behavior modification program in LaVerkin, Utah, where she experienced prison-like conditions and emotional abuse, noting many survivors later died by suicide or overdose. She later endured an abusive relationship, a 10-year marriage that ended abruptly, and credits sobriety, recovery, her children, and her fiancé/co-host Steve for her current healthy life, closing with a non-medical disclaimer and crisis resources. 00:00 Filtered Dysfunction Culture 00:43 Podcast Mission Statement 01:14 Meet Christine 01:56 Adoption Origins 03:47 Attachment Trauma Childhood 05:28 Sent Away Teen Years 06:30 Inside The Program 07:54 Aftermath And Loss 10:35 Abusive Relationship Spiral 12:03 Recovery And Gratitude 13:10 Steve And Support System 14:05 Closing Thanks And Community 14:46 Disclaimer And Crisis Resources 15:16 Final Sign Off

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Whether you're looking for advice, unfiltered stories, or how to feel less alone, Mental Wealth Rx doses out mental health resources to transform your emotional bankruptcy into mental wealth. This is your prescription to find courage, and resilience for a healthy state of mind.