42 episodes
I Can Relate with Jessica Burns Jessica Burns
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- Society & Culture
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4.6 • 9 Ratings
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Human Podcast - People share their stories of tough experiences they have gone through. These are usually topics that aren’t spoken about. The hope here is that by bringing them to light it will help others feel less alone in what they are going through and give us all a better understanding of what it’s like to walk in the shoes of others.
New season releasing this summer.
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Cancer’s Impact on Loved Ones: My Story
In this season finale I asked my best friend, Sierra, to interview me on my experience during my mom's cancer journey. My mom was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer in July 2022 and I dropped everything to move home to Bermuda to be with her and the family during this time.
As we begin a new year, my mom rings the end of treatment bell and I pause to reflect on the journey we wen't through to get to this moment. This is a story of heart ache, hope and how powerful a positive mind set is. -
Ep.9: Parenting an Autistic Child
Flo shares with us her experience as a single mom to her son, Israel, a 7 year old boy who has autism. He was diagnosed when he was 3 years old. She describes what it was first like to receive this news and how hard it was in the beginning.
She tells us how they have found a good routine and because of this, her mental health has improved a lot. She attributes this to the good support system in their lives. -
Ep.8: IVF Journey
Kristen shares with us the struggle she went through to start her family and the journey she and her husband went on with IVF to have their daughter.
IVF stands for in vitro fertilization and is is used to help people with fertility problems have a baby (NHS, 2022). -
Ep.7: Living with Bipolar Disorder
Tatyana shares what it is like to live with bipolar disorder. She relates it to walking on a tight rope, trying not to fall off, either into mania or depression. She shares what her triggers are, how her relationships have been impacted and the ways she has learned to cope.
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Ep.6: Having a Parent in Prison
Raymar shares with us what it is like having a parent in prison. His father has been incarcerated for 3 years now. He shares the anger he experienced, the family divide this has caused and how hard it is to maintain a relationship with someone who is behind bars.
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Ep.5: Going through Premature Menopause (Premature Ovarian Insufficiency)
Katy shares her experience going through premature menopause during her 30s. This is when the ovaries stop producing eggs before they should and no longer create the hormones estrogen and progesterone, which are important for women's health and well-being (The Daisy Network, 2022).
Katy says that 1 in 100 women who are under the age of 40 will experience this.
If you or a loved one is going through this, please see the Daisy Network to learn more and connect with others going through this: https://www.daisynetwork.org/about-poi/what-is-poi/
Customer Reviews
Having an alcoholic partner episode
Recently, I randomly found a 2020 episode about having an alcoholic partner. I have never listened to this show but was having a melancholy evening thinking about my recent decision to leave my alcoholic partner. We had been in a relationship for 6 years and I have slowly been disentangling myself from him for 5 months. About a month a ago I decided to cut off all contact due to the mental health effects I was experiencing whilst trying to maintain a friendship with him to help him cope. I found this episode so helpful. I was feeling alone and ashamed of how long it took me to wake up and ashamed that I could not help him anymore. I understand now; I could never help him. My friends and family have given good advice that I never listened too until recently. I could really identify with this man’s story and his experience which sounds so much like mine. Thank you for sharing this. I will continue to listen to your pod cast and am glad I discovered it.
Tough conversation yet necessary
Tough story about the experience of Bisi’s coming out in his home of Nigeria. As he mentioned that brining awareness to the situation there helps, but also awareness and action in your home country where prejudice also exists to help eliminate these issues.