Episode #1: Validation

*Trigger Warning: Suicide* A conversation with my mother: Part 1. She’ll explain what she would have done differently in hindsight and provide advice for parents who are currently struggling with a child or adult child suffering from mental illness. We discuss my childhood, riddled with learning d…

My name is Haywood and I suffer from mental illness…I even wrote a book about it called Chasing Pleasure With Pain. I’ll be talking about my experiences, giving advice both to people like me and their loved ones. In a nutshell, I began suffering from bipolar as a teenager. Instead of medical help,…

I am so humbled and grateful to have my extremely gifted, sassy and compassionate therapist, Claire D’Andrea on the show. Claire is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in trauma, anxiety and addiction. We’re going to be talking about some misconceptions of mental illness, cutting edg…