Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Written Word”
In 1992 I was diagnosed with bipolar 1. I struggled mostly untreated for almost two decades. Countless hospital stays. Electroshock therapy. Never being able to hold a job. I lived in New York City for the first 10 years of this time and moved back to Iowa during a manic episode in 2003. In September 2008 I became very “sick” again …
This week for #WarriorWednesday, Mauri Hogan, a 24-year-old psychology doctoral student at Adler University in Chicago, shared her mental health journey. See what she has to say below, and be sure to listen to this week’s podcast on Saturday to hear more about her story and her experiences! As a clinical psychology doctoral student with a history of anxiety, PTSD, …
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Camryn Mort, host of the Conversations with Cam podcast and mental health advocate, took over our Instagram stories. Check out her bio below! Camryn Mort is a 21-year old from Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated from Turpin High School and attended The Ohio State University. She just recently graduated from OSU with a major in marketing, and …
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Suhani Prakash, a 13-year-old clothing designer and mental health advocate, took over our Instagram stories. Check out her bio below! Hi! My name is Suhani Prakash. I am 13 years old, and I am the founder of @adastra_aa! While I do not struggle with a mental illness myself, I have seen its impact on my friends …
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Bhavya Raj Arora, an internationally trained psychotherapist who founded New Thought Therapist, took over our Insta stories to talk about mental health. Check out her bio below! Bhavya Raj Arora is the Founder and CEO of New Thought Therapist. She is a TEDx Speaker, Global Competence trainer, Intercultural Learning Trainer and counselor, and internationally trained psychotherapist from …
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Kevin Hyland, a Cincinnati native and former UC football player, took over our Insta stories to talk about mental health. Check out his bio below! My name is Kevin Hyland. I’m 28 years old, living on the east side of Cincinnati in Oakley. I am from the westside/price hill area. I went to Elder High School …
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Estelle, a mental health advocate pursuing a career as a psychologist, took over our Instagram stories to talk about mental health and stopping the stigma! Check out her bio below! Originally from Paris, Estelle now lives in the south east of England. She’s a mental health advocate raising awareness and working to de-stigmatise borderline personality disorder. …
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Lucabella LaEace, a mental health advocate and local titleholder in the Miss America Outstanding Teen Organization, took over our Instagram stories. Check out her bio below! Lucabella LaEace is a 17-year old from Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a junior at Seton High School where she is involved in House Government, Student Ambassadors, and StrongHer board. As …
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Lindsay Iadeluca, a journalist from Rhode Island, took over our Insta stories to talk about mental health. Check out her bio below! Lindsay Iadeluca is a Rhode Island journalist who considers herself a big mental health advocate. Working as an anchor for WJAR and host of a lifestyle show Studio 10, Lindsay uses her platforms consistently …
This week for #freeyourmindfriday, Jenna Lotti, a young musician who is open about her mental health journey, took over our Insta stories to talk about mental illness and how it’s impacted her music. Check out her bio below! Originally from Milton, MA, Jenna started out writing poetry to cope with her emotions as a teenager, and later those poems became …
