Actress, writer and mother Gwyn McColl describes her harrowing yet eye opening experience of enduring a 5150 - the official legal code for restraining someone involuntarily for 72 hours due to erratic and potentially dangerous behavior. Gwyn’s story illustrates how a balanced person with no history of mental illness can experience manic behavior when the perfect storm of events come together. She describes with incredible insight and honesty how she survived this episode and what its impact has been on her and her family.

Gwyn McColl on Her 72 Hour Experience in a Psychiatric Hospital

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Here a sample of Morgan's new podcast WHAT'S RUNNING YOU? with this weeks guest Tony Hale. www.morgansimpson.com

Tony Hale on What's Running You?

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The Other F Word Team gathers to talk about where they are in their individual lives, as well as their podcast life, and what it’s like to sit in uncertainty when it comes to the future. www.theotherfwordpodcast.com

Morgan, Sara, Melissa and Bipasha on Uncertainty

Legendary comic strip writer Cathy Guisewite of the world renowned comic strip "Cathy" and author of "Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault: Essays from the Grown-Up Years", explains how her own life failures led to the creation of this beloved character and how the real Cathy’s daily failures inspired the fictional Cathy’s storyline. From love life failures to the challenges of finding jeans that fit, Cathy the character expresses what every woman has felt or experienced at some point in her life, making her an essential icon of female struggles. In doing so, this character offered solidarity and hope for millions of women around the world. Find out more about Cathy & "Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault" @ www.cathyguisewite.com Follow Cathy on Facebook: @CathyGwite and Instagram: @cathygwite

Cathy Guisewite on Embracing Failure

Rebecca Kitt shares her story about her problematic marriage and the challenges she faced throughout her divorce. Failure became a constant theme that led her to feel overwhelmed and defeated, and yet she persevered and found strength she didn’t know she had. In looking back, she shares her insight as to why the struggle was so hard and how disparate personalities approach conflict and resolution so differently. Rebecca offers thoughtful and concrete advice on how to steer your way through conflict with a difficult partner.

Gwyn McColl on Her 72 Hour Experience in a Psychiatric Hospital

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