Episode Three - Never a Victim, But Forever a Fighter

10/26/15 • 26 min

In this episode, we see a more personal side to Angela, as she interviews her daughter Christina about her bipolar disorder. Christina tells us about her own techniques that help her stay balanced in everyday life.

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Episode Two - Breaking Up is Hard to Do

In this episode, Angela interviews her daughter Christina about her second big bipolar episode. She discusses the triggers that caused the episode, with both of their sides of the story and how they handled the situation. They get really in-depth into what goes on in the mind of a person with bipolar disorder during such a traumatic time.

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Episode Four - What I Gained from Losing Everything

This episode discusses the tragic loss of Jacquie’s daughter and how this affected her and her family’s life. Jacquie’s story pulls on everyone’s heart strings while she reveals her motivations for helping others and gives an honest critique of society’s lack of effort towards helping those with mental illness and addiction. Jacquie works as a mental health youth justice social worker. She is also the mother of two adult children. Her oldest son, who is now twenty-seven, has struggled with mental health issues for most of his life. His formal diagnosis was Tourette Syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Learning Disorders (LDs), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and rage disorder. He has struggled since his teens and continues to, with serious addiction issues.