Episode #1: Validation

This is the second part of my conversation with my mother and we discuss how my undiagnosed mental illnesses affected my adult life, what that looked like from a mother’s perspective and how we got to where we are today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podca…

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…