Season 1, Episode 2

Act 1: Remy takes the lead, asking her mom questions she's never raised before about her mental illness.

Act 2: Remy walks through one of her 3 a.m. paintings and Joy finds God, sort of.

Produced by Mary Rose Madden

Edited by Deborah George

Music by Dave Heumann

Produced in partnership with NAMI Maryland/ namimd.org

Act 1: Roles switch and Remy takes the mic, asking her mom questions she's never raised before about her mental illness. Joy takes each one and answers as honestly as she can.

Act 2: Remy walks through one of her 3 a.m. paintings and Joy finds God, sort of.

Produced in partnership with NAMI Maryland/ nami.org

When 17 year old Remy first started experiencing symptoms of a mental illness, she had no idea what was going on. Her mom was confused, too. She noticed changes in Remy's behavior but thought it might be teen angst. She kept trying to figure out why her daughter was so angry.

Links:

Book Joy mentions: What Happened to You?

https://tinyurl.com/mr3nbkm8

Interview Joy mentions:

Anderson Cooper and Stephen Colbert

https://shorturl.at/zxxdV

Email the show:

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Podcast sponsored, in part, by NAMI Maryland

NAMI Maryland: namimd.org

Season 1: Four episodes looking at the parent/ teenager relationship of Joy and Remy. Episodes drop once a month, starting March 28th