Live Well Bipolar ™

Super excited to be getting into the power of gratitude and what practicing it has done for my guest and I. Today I am chatting with Krystal Karmatz, mindset coach and the creator of the B.O.L.D. Mindset course! After diving into this course and the many incredible conversations I have had with Krystal, I just knew I had to have her get into this topic with me. I couldn’t think of anyone better to bring this topic of conversation to the Crooked Illness table with me other than Krystal! Tune in to hear Krystal's powerful story along with gratitude has done to improve her mental health!    

For more of Krystal check her out on Instagram: @krystalkarmatz

I am excited to get into this episode with my wonderful guest, Kristel Nielsen. Kristel is the creator of Your Art Your Story, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, advocacy and education services for families experiencing suicide loss or suicide attempt. I am so excited to have Kristel here with us to share her story and the incredible work she has done and is doing at Your Art Your Story! We also discuss the stigma surrounding discussing the topic of suicide, suicide prevention and suicide awareness.

There is such a powerful story behind this one that my beautiful guest, Stevie Griffin, and I will be diving into. Stevie is a journalist for Extol Magazine along with running her blog “Healthy Life Healthy Mind” and her nonprofit called Diamond Bucket Project. I am very fired up to have Stevie here to share her story with us and share all the ways she has been able to use failure to propel herself forward in all the work she has done and is currently doing. We get into the meaning of failure that Stevie had in the past and how she views failure today. Along with this, we dive into the role social media has played when it comes to harming and helping our mental health!

I am very excited to have Jaime Bennington, son of the late Chester Bennington, here with me to get into the meaning behind today’s episode title. Jaime is a writer, director, visual artist and the man behind the short film “A Chant” which gives  a powerful insight into the life and mind of someone living with paranoid schizophrenia. Jaime will dive into his story and all of the incredible work he has done and is currently doing for the world of mental health. We talk overcoming trauma, defeating the stigma associated with mental illness and how to move away from problem-focused thinking to solution-based thinking!

The name of this episode has two meanings that will be discussed with my awesome guest today, Michael Anthony. Michael is an author, international speaker, coach, podcaster, advocate for adult survivors of childhood trauma and the founder of Think Unbroken. Michael shares with me the meaning and creative process behind Think Unbroken. He also describes the importance of forming and maintaining powerful and effective daily habits. We also discuss dealing with unresolved trauma and the relationship our physical health has to our mental health!

I am joined by Kyle Blanks who will be sharing his personal story along with the role and effect CBD has had in his story so far. Kyle is a former MLB athlete who played for the San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, and Texas Rangers. Kyle is also the co-owner of Road Runner CBD, an awesome company we will be hearing about in the episode. I am very excited to have Kyle here to share his story with us, the role CBD has played in his life and the benefits it has brought to his everyday life.

We are dedicating this episode to focusing on self-love, happiness and how to have more of this in our lives. Here to join me in this conversation is my beautiful guest, Brandy Edwards. Brandy is the founder of The Self-Love Challenge, a motivational speaker, attorney and yoga instructor joining us from Dallas, TX! I am so excited to have Brandy here to dive into this topic, share key pieces from her story and walk us through what the 5 C’s of self-love are. We also dive into how to defeat our  inner-critic and embrace our inner-cheerleader along with the power in celebrating  small successes  along the way. 

Tune into this week's episode to hear my incredible guest's story and lessons learned from this powerful story. Minda Parker joins us to share how she overcame a life-threatening brain aneurysm and AVM rupture in February of 2020. Minda is a military veteran and founder of God is my Glow Up, her apparel and accessory company. She gets into the effects this recovery process had on her mental health and adjusting back to everyday life. She shares lessons on tackling anxiety, the power of supportive relationships and what practicing daily gratitude has done for her.

This episode is all about moving more toward solution-based thinking and living! I am so happy to have my guest, Lori Baker-Schena, here to share the solution shift with us along with her powerful story! Lori is a life coach who provides advice on building effective teams, staying motivated, conflict management and living a solution-centric, happy life. We discuss overcoming our negative inner critic, building up your emotional core and the power of reframing the meaning of failure! Find more about Lori at:  www.loribakerschena.com