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From Logging Roads to Roads of Recovery with Dale Horth
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10/10/22 • 35 min
Did you know men are nearly twice as unlikely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder compared to women?
In this episode of #OurAnxietyStories, Dale Horth highlights the barriers preventing men from seeking diagnosis and treatment. Looking back on his experience working in the logging industry, Dale shares how the hyper-masculine culture of certain blue-collar jobs can make it difficult for men to seek help. “Only the weak need help,” or so he was taught. Throughout his journey, Dale experienced substance use challenges, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and panic attacks. During the peak of his challenges, Dale visited the hospital 58 times in a single year. After overcoming his mental health and substance use challenges, as well as unthinkable physical injuries, Dale is now pursuing a career change and being retrained in Occupational Health Safety Administration to better support men’s mental health in the workplace.
Looking for resources to support yourself or a loved one experiencing challenges with substance use? The Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) has created several informative workbooks to help those who use substances. Workbooks include ‘Supporting people who use substances,’ a basic introduction to substance use along with tips to engage in dialogue with a friend or family member around substance use, as well as ‘Substance Use and Young People,’ a guide for friends, family and a youth’s caring community on how to initiate and continue dialogue around substance use.
About the Guest:
Dale Horth worked for many years in the logging industry in British Columbia, Canada. According to Dale, his battle with PTSD, anxiety, and depression has taken him to hell and back. After several suicide attempts and a successful recovery program, Dale is now being retrained in Occupational Health Safety Administration. Authoring “Why Men Suffer in Silence: A Story of Hope and Recovery,” Dale is now an advocate for men’s mental health, challenging blue-collar, testosterone-driven industries, and encouraging men to speak out and get help.
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#OurAnxietyStories is brought to you by Anxiety CanadaTM, a leader in developing free evidence-based resources, including the free anxiety-management app, MindShift CBT. To learn more about Anxiety Canada, visit www.AnxietyCanada.com.
Anxiety Canada is proud to be affiliated with HeretoHelp, a project of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Substance Use Information. The BC Partners are funded by the Provincial Health Services Authority.
Overcoming Anorexia and Anxiety with Chloë Grande
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10/10/22 • 34 min
Did you know that eating disorders and anxiety disorders can overlap?
In this episode of #OurAnxietyStories, Chloë Grande reflects on the intersection of anxiety and anorexia. Diagnosed with anorexia at 15, Chloë shares that a recent eating disorder relapse during the COVID-19 pandemic led her to recognize the role social anxiety plays in her mental health journey. Having studied communications, Chloë created a mental health blog in hopes of helping others with similar challenges feel understood and less alone.
If you or someone you know is concerned about eating habits or body image, check out Jessie’s Legacy’s free and anonymous body image and eating attitudes online self-tests. These self-tests can help test-takers reflect on how their habits and beliefs may impact their quality of life and whether they could benefit from additional support or resources. Please note: self-tests are not a diagnostic tool and will not provide or confirm a diagnosis. To learn more about how anxiety and disordered eating may overlap, visit HeretoHelp.BC.Ca.
About the Guest:
Chloë Grande is a communications specialist turned eating disorder recovery writer, speaker and activist. In ED recovery for 10+ years, she is open about her experiences with mental illness and educating others on the stereotypes and stigmas that exist. She’s a fan of yoga and reading, and draws inspiration from individuals who embrace their vulnerabilities. Her advocacy work has been featured in the media on CBC, CP24, Global News and more. You can learn more about Chloë by visiting her website, www.chloegrande.com, or following her on Instagram and Twitter: @Chloshegrows.
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#OurAnxietyStories is brought to you by Anxiety CanadaTM, a leader in developing free evidence-based resources, including the free anxiety-management app, MindShift CBT. To learn more about Anxiety Canada, visit www.AnxietyCanada.com.
Anxiety Canada is proud to be affiliated with HeretoHelp, a project of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Substance Use Information. The BC Partners are funded by the Provincial Health Services Authority.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Can Help with Jeff Roberts
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10/10/21 • 23 min
Born and raised in Kelowna, Jeff Roberts is a 32-year-old leading what could be considered a normal, average life.
In this episode of #OurAnxietyStories Jeff shares that although he leads a normal life, he has a rather unique story. Reflecting on his high school years, Jeff recalls a specific traumatic incident, involving using the restroom, that set-off 15 years of severe anxiety. Over the years that followed, Jeff sought out treatment and support, including counselling and medication, but struggled to find something that worked for him. Eventually, Jeff connected with the Vancouver CBT Centre, and refers to their staff as “the best people in the entire world”, claiming they saved his life.
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#OurAnxietyStories is brought to you by Anxiety CanadaTM, a leader in developing free evidence-based resources, including the free anxiety-management app, MindShift CBT. To learn more about Anxiety Canada, visit www.AnxietyCanada.com.
Anxiety CanadaTM is proud to be affiliated with HeretoHelp. HeretoHelp is a project of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information funded by the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA).
Anastasia Williams
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03/10/21 • 35 min
Anastasia Williams is a registered nurse (RN), currently working as a case manager in home and community care.
In this episode, Anastasia touches on her lived experience with anxiety, emphasizing the lack of awareness and support she encountered growing up. Anastasia recalls being labeled as “problematic” and “attention seeking”, and states that only recently was she able to label the feelings she experienced as anxiety. Anastasia also touches on her volunteer role as a mental health educator, which includes teaching a cognitive behavioural therapy course.
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This podcast is brought to you by Anxiety CanadaTM, a leader in developing free online, self-help, and evidence-based resources on anxiety.
For more information and resources, please visit our website and download our app MindShiftTM CBT.
Graeme Partridge-David
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03/10/21 • 21 min
Graeme Partridge-David is a parent in residence at FamilySmart who provides peer support for parents and caregivers whose children have mental health and/or substance use concerns.
In this episode, Graeme shares his family history with mental health challenges, emphasizing his own lived experience with anxiety and panic attacks. Graeme also touches on how his lived experience with anxiety has allowed him to help others, including his son, navigate various mental health challenges.
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This podcast is brought to you by Anxiety CanadaTM, a leader in developing free online, self-help, and evidence-based resources on anxiety.
For more information and resources, please visit our website and download our app MindShiftTM CBT.
Michael Landsberg
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03/10/21 • 36 min
Michael Landsberg is a Canadian sports journalist and the current host of The Sports Network's First Up with Landsberg and Colaiacovo. Michael is also the creator of sicknotweak.com, a not-for-profit corporation with the primary objective of helping people understand that mental illness is a sickness, NOT a weakness.
In this episode, Michael shares his experiences with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and emetophobia (a specific phobia that involves an extreme fear of vomiting, seeing vomit, watching other people vomit, or feeling sick). Michael also touches on how medication has positively impacted his life.
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This podcast is brought to you by Anxiety CanadaTM, a leader in developing free online, self-help, and evidence-based resources on anxiety.
For more information and resources, please visit our website and download our app MindShiftTM CBT.
Vitoria Murakami
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03/10/21 • 29 min
Vitoria Murakami is a member of the CMHA BounceBack Youth Advisory Committee, where she acts as a peer educator and actively contributes to the CMHA BounceBack blog.
In this episode, Vitoria shares her experience immigrating to Vancouver from Brazil, emphasizing how attending a new school, living far from loved ones, and having to make new friends led to heightened feelings of anxiety. Vitoria also touches on the stigma around mental health and how regular therapy has helped her cope with symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
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This podcast is brought to you by Anxiety CanadaTM, a leader in developing free online, self-help, and evidence-based resources on anxiety.
For more information and resources, please visit our website and download our app MindShiftTM CBT.
Maya Fleischmann
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03/10/21 • 22 min
Maya Fleischmann is a post-secondary student on track to pursuing a career in family law.
In this episode, Maya shares how as a child, anxiety manifested for her as perfectionism, and that she was unaware that what she felt was considered to be anxiety until she received a formal diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) as a teenager. Maya also touches on the tools and techniques, such as mental health apps, that help her cope on a day to day basis.
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This podcast is brought to you by Anxiety CanadaTM, a leader in developing free online, self-help, and evidence-based resources on anxiety.
For more information and resources, please visit our website and download our app MindShiftTM CBT.
Kendall MacLean
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11/14/19 • 13 min
Kendall McLean is an experienced mental health professional with an M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies.
In this podcast, Kendall shares how she overcame increasingly severe bouts of panic disorder to complete her training. Now as Peer Support Coordinator at Anxiety Disorders Association of Manitoba, she shares the message, “With anxiety, you're not alone and we can do something about it.”
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This podcast is brought to you by Anxiety CanadaTM, a leader in developing free online, self-help, and evidence-based resources on anxiety.
For more information and resources, please check out our website, www.AnxietyCanada.com
And our app MindShiftTM CBT
Adoption, Anxiety and Finding the Truth with Lise Laforge
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10/10/22 • 36 min
Did you know that anxiety and other mental health conditions, like schizophrenia and depression, can drastically impact the trajectory of a person’s life?
In this episode of #OurAnxietystories, Lise Laforge reflects on her childhood and how it’s connected to her anxiety journey. At age 8, Lise was told she was adopted, which eventually led her to search for her birth mother. At 21, Lise received a call from Children’s Aid to say that they’d found her mother, but the news of her identity sparked an anxiety attack: Lise learned that her biological mother was a homeless woman she’d encountered before. She also learned that her mother had schizophrenia that went untreated for decades and had been a victim of domestic violence. Through learning about her mother, Lise gained a new understanding of homeless communities and some of the root causes of homelessness. Additionally, through therapy and speaking openly about the past, she’s learned to accept her situation and that she is “meant to be on this earth.”
Anxiety Canada Scientific Advisory Committee member, Dr. Kyle Burns, says that this episode stresses the importance of relationships and how these can shape our anxiety. “We often describe anxiety in terms of the ‘fight-or-flight’ reflex and it certainly can be an alarm system for physical threats. But interpersonal anxiety can be just as powerful. As humans, one of our most basic needs is to belong and to connect and we often miss or give greater importance to physical needs. This is an important issue in adoption where the emotional sense of belonging and safety are just as important as food and shelter.” Dr. Burns adds that acceptance is powerful: “John and Lise noted that anxiety is not really ‘cured’ and at the same time, they have both figured out a way to live. Acceptance can be hard to define, but I think it might be helpful for listeners to know a couple of things that acceptance is not. Acceptance is not approval, it is not saying that something is good (or bad, for that matter), and it is also not giving up. Acceptance is a sort of acknowledgement, and at the same time moving forward... How a person comes to a place of acceptance is likely going to be unique and individual, yet it’s stories like Lise’s that can give us some [guidance] on how we can get there.”
If you have a loved one or family member who lives with a mental illness, communicating with them may be difficult. This is because mental illnesses can affect a person’s ability to concentrate or think clearly. BC Schizophrenia Society’s ‘Tips for Communicating with a Loved One who has a Mental Illness,’ is a PDF resource for youth that introduces basic tools for effective communication. This can help families and friends, and people living with mental illness, better communicate with one another.
About the Guest:
After learning she was adopted as a child, Lise Laforge spent years looking for her birth mother, only to deal with a long struggle to accept the shocking truth that her mother was an unhoused person she’d been passing on the street for years. Now, Lise is an advocate for the homeless and the mental health challenges they often disproportionately endure.
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#OurAnxietyStories is brought to you by Anxiety CanadaTM, a leader in developing free evidence-based resources, including the free anxiety-management app, MindShift CBT. To learn more about Anxiety Canada, visit www.AnxietyCanada.com.
Anxiety Canada is proud to be affiliated with HeretoHelp, a project of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Substance Use Information. The BC Partners are funded by the Provincial Health Services Authority.
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How many episodes does #OurAnxietyStories have?
#OurAnxietyStories currently has 71 episodes available.
What topics does #OurAnxietyStories cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mental Health and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on #OurAnxietyStories?
The episode title 'Musician Ayla Tesler-Mabé Doesn’t Fret Over Failure Anymore' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on #OurAnxietyStories?
The average episode length on #OurAnxietyStories is 27 minutes.
When was the first episode of #OurAnxietyStories?
The first episode of #OurAnxietyStories was released on Oct 30, 2019.
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