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04. Keaton Leikam, Founder of You Don't Fight Alone
My guest this week is Keaton Leikam. Keaton is a peer with a passion about making mental health a part of the normal conversation. He lives in Denver working in IT during the day, and working with a small team by night to grow the non-profit organization You Don't Fight Alone.
You Don’t Fight Alone has a podcast where you can hear stories of people who are successfully living with mental illness diagnoses. In addition, the organization also provides YDFA kits that include items individuals can use to center themselves during moments of distress. They ship their kits for free across the U.S. You can learn more at youdontfightalone.org.
We talked about Keaton’s desire to start the organization, You Don’t Fight Alone, how Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helped him and how he embraced radical acceptance, as well as the importance of grounding practices during times of distress.
More about Bipolar Disorder:
According to NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness), bipolar disorder is a mental health disorder that causes dramatic shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to think clearly. People with bipolar disorder experience high and low moods—known as mania and depression—which differ from the typical ups-and-downs most people experience. A diagnosis of bipolar disorder will specify which type a person has, as there are 4 types that are recognized.
Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally, and about 2.8% of the U.S. population is diagnosed with the condition and almost 83% of those cases are classified as severe. Similar to other mental health disorders, the onset of bipolar disorder often happens in young adulthood with the average-age-of-onset being 25. However, it can also occur in teens and more uncommonly, in children.
Without proper treatment, bipolar disorder can usually worsen. Finding a proper combination of psychotherapy, medications, balanced lifestyle and early identification of symptoms can help many people live well and manage the condition.
More about Bipolar disorder: https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions/Bipolar-Disorder
Follow You Don't Fight Alone on Twitter @ydfa7 and on Facebook @ydfa7
You Don't Fight Alone Podcast: https://www.youdontfightalone.org/feed/podcast
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My guest this week is Keaton Leikam. Keaton is a peer with a passion about making mental health a part of the normal conversation. He lives in Denver working in IT during the day, and working with a small team by night to grow the non-profit organization You Don't Fight Alone.
You Don’t Fight Alone has a podcast where you can hear stories of people who are successfully living with mental illness diagnoses. In addition, the organization also provides YDFA kits that include items individuals can use to center themselves during moments of distress. They ship their kits for free across the U.S. You can learn more at youdontfightalone.org.
We talked about Keaton’s desire to start the organization, You Don’t Fight Alone, how Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helped him and how he embraced radical acceptance, as well as the importance of grounding practices during times of distress.
More about Bipolar Disorder:
According to NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness), bipolar disorder is a mental health disorder that causes dramatic shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to think clearly. People with bipolar disorder experience high and low moods—known as mania and depression—which differ from the typical ups-and-downs most people experience. A diagnosis of bipolar disorder will specify which type a person has, as there are 4 types that are recognized.
Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally, and about 2.8% of the U.S. population is diagnosed with the condition and almost 83% of those cases are classified as severe. Similar to other mental health disorders, the onset of bipolar disorder often happens in young adulthood with the average-age-of-onset being 25. However, it can also occur in teens and more uncommonly, in children.
Without proper treatment, bipolar disorder can usually worsen. Finding a proper combination of psychotherapy, medications, balanced lifestyle and early identification of symptoms can help many people live well and manage the condition.
More about Bipolar disorder: https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions/Bipolar-Disorder
Follow You Don't Fight Alone on Twitter @ydfa7 and on Facebook @ydfa7
You Don't Fight Alone Podcast: https://www.youdontfightalone.org/feed/podcast
Follow Take Care on Instagram @takecare.pod and on Twitter @takecare_pod