13 episodes
Shaping Identity Shaping Identity
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- Health & Fitness
Shaping Identity is a podcast for sharing lived experiences with mental illness, addictions, and recovery journeys. It is with hope that this podcast will help others struggling or on their own road of recovery. If you’re wanting a front row seat to the vulnerability and emotions that go into facing yourself in order to heal- then this podcast may be for you. Listeners discretion is advised. Explicit content including suicide, unhealthy and dangerous behaviours, and trauma will be observed. Please be cautious as there may be some triggering content. With this all in mind, I hope you will join me on my road to recovery. Names and places of individuals mentioned in the podcast have been changed for their well-being and privacy.
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Episode 12 - Medications Are More Difficult Than You'd Think
In this episode of Shaping Identity, I share about my experiences with medications for mental illnesses. If you've never had to take medications for an illness, you may not understand how difficult it can be to find the right dose. I didn't understand the difficult journey I would go down in finding the right medications for me. That is what this episode explores!
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Episode 11 - The Situation at Hand
In this episode of Shaping Identity I explain the current situation my family and I find ourselves in. Tackling hard issues while sober is quite difficult. I talk about my wish to numb all the feelings associated with the current predicament I find myself in. It's hard to know what the future holds, but my family's well-being... well... it erodes.
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Episode 10 - She's Human
In this episode of Shaping Identity, I share a bit about my mom's history. This episode is dedicated to trying to give voice and understanding to some of the hardest experiences my mom has faced and how it has contributed to shaping her identity. I share stories from her past that she has shared with me, and I try to come from a place of understanding when explaining some of the defining moments of her journey.
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Episode 9 - Strategy Sharing
In this episode of Shaping Identity - I share many, many strategies I use when feeling anxious or depressed. I'm sharing this very long, but not entirely exhaustive list in hopes that it helps others determine some strategies that may work for them. Maybe it will spark an idea or aid in recognizing some of the things you're doing as strategies. This episode is a long one, but I hope it helps someone!
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Episode 8 - It's a Rough One
This episode of Shaping Identity is pretty scattered. It's primarily about experiences with my mom. I share about the conflicting feelings I have in my relationship with my mother. I also discuss the difficulties of having parents battling mental illness or addictions. I was feeling a little rough and out of it- so the episode is reflective of that!
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Episode 7 - Hygiene Isn't Always Easy
In this episode of Shaping Identity I recount a specific time that I had a really hard time taking care of myself. I offer my experience and tips for what got me through some of those times. This is an extra vulnerable episode!
I also make a shout out to my favourite mental health Instagram account - @memesformentalhealth
I apologize in advance because when I edited this episode- I somehow made it so I'm talking super fast.