Best Dawnette Brenner Podcasts (2025)

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Season 1: Episode 46 - (TW) Victor's lifetime of abuse that led to a - "Class of Characters" History of DID

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Victor provides us with the history of the horrific abuse he faced growing up and provides the scenario and basis for his multiple personality disorder and multiple, ‘characters,’ surfacing in his life. I have included the order of documents to be read, as he sent them to me:1. My essay entitled “IsHopeAStrategy-IDontKnowYouTellMe”-Rev1 – explains …

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Season 1 - Episode 45 - Doug - Canadian "THC Potent Drug" beware

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Abby, another victim of THC Potent Drug from smoking daily for a short period of time. Thankfully her father intervened. Doug, her father, reached out to share her story as a worried dad and mental THC awareness advocate for parents. Listening to him discuss the the experience they had with hospitals to gain admittance and help for drug induced or …

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Season 3: Episode 2 - John revisits us with an update and we discuss mental health, "covid coma" and his Road to Mental Wellness.

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John, from the Road to Mental Wellness, joins us for a second update on how he's been. He discusses his new podcast and enlightens us on where he is with his book.He focuses on 'men's health,' and how we can find commonalities between the genders or even those that are binary. We discuss 'covid coma' a bit, please enjoy.…

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Season 1 - Episode 44 - John of "The Bipolar Battle Podcast" shares his story and talks about how to "embrace your journey"

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John of "The Bipolar Battle" podcast and mental health advocate on Twitter joins us with his story. He describes his family as coming from the thought of 'mind over matter,' to get over struggles. He's living with Bipolar disorder and emphasizes the idea to 'embrace your journey,' as you live with mental illness. If you would like to follow him you…

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Season 1: Episode 43 - Luke from the UK - Channel Islands, discusses his Mental Health story

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Luke from the UK shares his journey of mental illness. Please check out his blog at Discusslife.net.By Dawnette Brenner

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Season 1 - Episode 42 - Sharon Bak- Emergency Management Field Officer, Social Worker & Mental Health Advocate

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Sharon is a mental health advocate, Emergency Management Field Officer, OFMEM, social worker, disaster responder, volunteer and also a speaker. She lives with PTSD, CPTSD, MDD and OCD and childhood trauma revealed itself in her early twenties. She tells her story beautifully and reveals how 'brushing under the rug,' doesn't help when it comes to ch…

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Season 3: Episode 1 - Cameron returns - "Diversity and Covid" - A snapshot today & need for 'compathy'

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Cameron returns for Season 3 where we get an update on his mental health, since our last episode and open the conversation about diversity in the world and the Covid19 pandemic. #compathy is something we discuss, based on emersing someone into other cultures to help break down the walls of racism. Thoughts about this can be heard in the episode, ch…

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Season 1: Episode 41 - Elle, "The Secret Lady Spider," on ADHD, DPRD, and Depression

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Elle graces us with her delightful demeanor. She’s an artist in true form from her pop culture videos, to her artwork. Stay tuned, she her own podcast coming to share paranormal stories from people that have experienced them.Here’s more information and links from her site:She is a young artist, youtuber, and writer living with ADHD, DPRD, and depre…

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Season 5 - Episode 17 - "Wrestling Depression is NOT for Wimps"

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Skip, a 26 year veteran, physician, author, speaker and MH advocate for individuals suffering depression. His message is prodominately for men, but we also were inspired by his story and it touched out lives too. See our website for links to his social media; https://www.anewdawnaa.com/.By Dawnette Brenner

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Season 5 - Episode 16 - Evan Whitehead, an advocate of mental health, social emotional support and proponent of the 3 B's - Balance, Boundaries, & Breaks 1:11:23

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Evan Whitehead, M.Ed @EvanWhitehead00, Nat'l Consultant/Certified Trainer of the @ahaprocess /Dist. Administrator/Educational Consultant/Mental Health Advocate. Building Capacity 2 Achieve Sustainability!It was a pleasure to speak with him and I support all of this efforts, which mimic my efforts in many ways.Therapeutic day school crisis intervent…

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Season 4: Episode 1 - Jody returns to discuss her road towards advocacy, her struggles and triumphs 59:57

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Jody of returns to discuss her road towards advocacy, her struggles and triumphs. She’s a podcast host, trauma trained coach, mental health advocate and Twitter support mentor to many. Her articles can be found on “The Mighty” or read about her in a story, and anthology of women who have survived and become beacons of hope.Jody#BraveWingsTrauma&Cri…

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Season 2 - Episode 3 - "Ditch the Mask" Campaign with Katherine of Butterfly Tears (audio portion) 20:45

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Welcome Katherine from Butterfly Tears and Kisses blog in her debut video as our third guest to “Ditch the Mask.” Please find her video on our YouTube Channel, where you can also watch all of our Ditch the Mask Campaign videos. Katherine sheds light on why she’s worn masks, as well as identifying why she felt they were put there in the first place.…

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Season 5 - Episode 15 - Tracey Maxfield Discusses her battle with depression, how she fell into "The Rabbit Hole," and her platform & advocacy

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Tracey Maxfield is doing all the things I dream about, she wrote a book about coming out of the Rabbit Hole of depression and is a speaker in schools across the globe. Her philosophy meshes with mine, help teach kids how to cope with the stresses of life, manage anxiety, emotions and how to breathe properly. Our school children are stressed out and…

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Season 1: Episode 40 - Retired Incident Commander of Valley Fire, Linda Green tells her story of PTSD

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Linda worked on the frontlines and as an Incident Commander, where she put 30 years of her life on the line. Her podcast and book tell the story of her life, her struggles and what it’s like to live before, during and after as a California fire-fighter. She lives with PTSD and struggles with the stigma of mental health in the department, amongst fr…

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Season 5 - Episode 14 - Dawnette Brenner - A Mindful Classroom means a more mindful world

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It's me, Dawnette Brenner and I share my experience as a teacher using mindfulness in the classroom. We must make a change in this world, especially where our kids are concerned. #Mindfulness is part of my daily Mental Health check-ins and I'm supported and helped so many kids. Teachers, this is a call to action. Parents inform your teachers. We mu…

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Season 5 - Episode 13 - Hayley T. Wheeler shares her journey of healing through her struggle to self discovery with her self & support of her son and advocacy 36:31

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Hayley Wheeler - emotional empowerment coachHAYLEY T WHEELERI work with adults and children to help them conquer their anxiety and depression. I coach people who are ready to challenge and conquer anxiety, depression or stress, to accept their super power and take back control of their life and business.In 2015, I ended up in my pit of despair – de…

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Season 5 - Episode 12 - "Joy for Jan" founders Melanie and Krystal share their story and advocacy to raise 'suicide awareness' after their mother died by suicide

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Melanie and Krystal founded "Joy for Jan,' after the grief of losing their mom to suicide. They have a blog, videos and products for sale, all supporting scholarships for kids making a difference in their lives. Advocates and sisters, a dynamic duo, began in a small town. Check out their sites and enjoy listening to our podcast interview.Check them…

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Season 2 - Episode 2 - "Ditch the Mask" Campaign with Sam Dailey 29:10

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Sam is a strong Mental Health advocate on Twitter and has been supportive of all people living with mental illness that he's come in contact with on Twitter. He wears several masks and today we talk about a few descriptors he's given them, as he wrote them on his mask. The Video vodcast will release on our youtube channel next week, so stay tuned f…

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Season 2 - Episode 1 - "Ditch the Mask" Campaign in 'The Rose Garden' in Berkeley, CA with Janna 15:22

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Welcome to our introductory podcast for Season 2 of A New Dawn podcast.We are here with, "Bipolar Mama of 3," as she ditches her mask, as my first video & podcast guest of season 2.Please find the video version of this podcast on my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7jue8iV4cTwdyEFYESf_OQThe importance of removing the social media …

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Season 1: Episode 39 - Sammie shares her story of being self-sufficient at a young age and living with bipolar disorder, depression, OCD, anxiety and childhood schizophrenia. "My Brain Works Differently ...

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Sammie shares her story of being self-sufficient at a young age and living with bipolar disorder, depression, OCD, anxiety and childhood schizophrenia. "My Brain Works Differently Than Yours"She's been supportive of her autistic stepbrother and showed compassion towards her mom with her struggles. She calls herself the #blacksheep of the family.…

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Season 1: Episode 38 - Jordyn of ChronicallyUnimaginable blog shares her story of being homebound and advocating for mental health

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Jordyn shares her story of living with physical limitations and mental illness simultaneously. She runs a blog called "Chronically Unimaginable" and advocates to help others.Her mission is to kick the stigma of mental illness.By Dawnette Brenner

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Season 5 - Episode 11 - Anne Moss Rogers, TEDx Speaker, Author, Suicide Loss Survivor - "Emotionally Naked"

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Anne Moss Rogers graciously accepted our podcast invitation. She’s real and raw. You can find more about her journey through the podcast. She’s an advocate and travels speaking to raise awareness of suicide and prevent other parents and family members from losing a child. She also speaks directly to children and youth. Read more, after listening by…

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Season 5 - Episode 10 - Lynn Nanos discusses her professional career as a licensed emergency mobile clinician and why she wrote her book, "Breakdown: A Clinician's Experience in a Broken System of Emergency ...

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Lynn Nanos is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in her eleventh year as a full-time mobile emergency psychiatric clinician in Massachusetts. After graduating from Columbia University with a Master of Science in Social Work, she worked as an inpatient psychiatric social worker for approximately seven years. She is an active member of the…

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Season 1: Episode 37 - Starr shares her poetic prose with us to express herself on her road to recovery and spiritual awakening. (Last poem recorded in person in the park.)

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Starr, an amazing soul shares her spiritual awakening through her writing. Her poems are powerful, healing and speak the truth. Listen and comment should they move you like that have done us and many others. Comment about this episode on https://www.anewdawnaa.com/podcastShe'll get your message. Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed this, please …

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Season 1: Episode 36 - Isaiah shares his story of being Schizoeffective and being a NAMI Presenter.

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Isaiah is a young man who advocates erasing the stigma of mental illness. I met him at a NAMI "In Our Own Voice," Training - he's an amazing young man and has a great story. He is on the Autism Spectrum and lives with Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar, NVD, and ADHD. He's a gamer and active in his community, our local community. He is on FB as Para…

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Season 1: Episode 35 Katherine of Butterfly Kisses Mental Health Blog shares her experience with Postpartum Depression and Bipolar 1 Disorder

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Katherine is a registered nurse, mother, wife and blogger. She lives with both Postpartum Depression and Bipolar 1 Disorder. Her story is like so many in the world and she’s removed her mask to discuss it with us. She’s a mom too and blogs about her life living with her mental illnesses and parenting on ButterflyTearsandKisses.com. Blog - https://b…

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Season 1: Episode 34 - Hiya (Hee-yaa) shares her story of clinical depression and anxiety and how she looks for the happiness when life isn't always kind.

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Hiya is an author and lives with clinical depression and anxiety which started in 2014. She is native to India and due to family conflict went into a deep depression and learned to rise above and find her truth. She breathes, writes and looks on the bright side to cope and find hope.Her message is to meditate and breathe to cope with anxiety and ot…

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Season 5 - Episode 9 - Michael Maisey shares his life's journey, why he wrote his book, " Young Offender," after a young life in the streets and out of control

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Mr. Maisey's message to the world is to reach out to him because the message from his experiences is a message shared is a problem half solved. TRIGGER WARNING: Discusses suicidal attempt in prison at 6 minutes into the podcast.His book, "Young Offender" is due to release in the UK this July and in Canada and USA this October 2019.Michael was lost,…

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Season 5 - Episode 8 - Michelle, author . of, “Breaking into My Life,” a story about reclaiming her life and being raised by a mom with Bipolar Disorder

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Michelle is from New Jersey and shares her story about being raised by a mother who had Bipolar Disorder. She is now an advocate for mental health awareness and wrote a book about it, you can read an excerpt here: http://breakingintomylife.com/excerpt/Please visit her page for FAQs as well.She conveys a message about mental health:We are not our pa…

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Season 1: Episode 33 - Jey shares his childhood traumatic experience, mental illness and advocacy.

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Jey is a non-binary person who struggled while growing up. He was removed from his home country of Vietnam and taken to Canada at the age of 3, after losing both of his parents. He shares his life with us and the fact that he felt alone and isolated, with the exception of one friend. This friend provided unconditional acceptance and although Jey st…

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Season 1: Special Episode 32 - Part 2 #Justiceforjacob - Sara discusses events that led up to her brother's unjust arrest, while suffering cardiac arrest and having a psychotic bipolar mania episode

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(Continued podcast story) #CALLTOACTIOONSara talks about her brother’s ill-treatment while having a mental illness. He was unjustly arrested while having a psychotic episode and cardiac arrest, prompted by being prescribed five different cocktails drugs for his bipolar disorder and Agoraphobia. He was denied family access, he wasn’t hospitalized or…

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Season 1: Special Episode 32 - Part 1 #Justiceforjacob - Sara discusses events that led up to her brother's unjust arrest, while suffering cardiac arrest and having a psychotic bipolar mania episode

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Sara talks about her brother’s ill-treatment while having a mental illness. He was unjustly arrested while having a psychotic episode and cardiac arrest, prompted by being prescribed five different cocktails drugs for his bipolar disorder and Agoraphobia. He was denied family access, he wasn’t hospitalized or provided with therapy or proper treatme…

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Season 1: Episode 31 - Jaycob discusses his Misdiagnosis of his Mental Illness, Spina Bifida and being an advocate. "Stories of Hope!"

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Jaycob is not only an advocate but also has his own podcast, "Stories of Hope with Jayc" https://www.spreaker.com/show/3510480 He was born with Spina Bifida, was just recently diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and is full of hope. He seeks the brightest stories and finds them inspirational. Please check out his Twitter posts and his ne…

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Season 1: Episode 30 - Marlane shares her life with mental illness and how it impacts her

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Marlane shares her life with mental illness, childhood trauma, abuse, and working memory failure. She's an advocate on Twitter and will work with assisting those in crisis. She’s actively involved in supporting people with mental illness, so if you’re in crisis or in need, reach out. You can DM her @SamandDeanfan_1Twitter: https://twitter.com/Saman…

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Season 1 - Episode 29 - Jody shares her life living with complex PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression and is a suicide survivor

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Jody shares her long battle with childhood trauma, discovering her mental illness later in life. She's living with PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, depression and is a suicide survivor. #sicknotweakJody is a huge advocate for mental illness, she also working on a novel. She’s trained in peer trauma with Bravewings Trauma-Informed Peer Support…

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Season 1 - Episode 28 - Amethyst discusses her experience living with a Complex PTSD, Depression and Battered Women's Syndrome and reminds us to find hope, be grateful and #nothingwasted

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Amethyst's experiences have propelled her recently into the world of advocacy. She is a suicide survivor and lives with Complex PTSD, battered woman syndrome, borderline personality disorder, and depression. Her motto is #nothingwasted and don't lose your integrity.She’s also a mental health advocate and survivor of suicide. Her message is clear in…

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Season 1 - Episode 27 - Kevan shares his advocacy for "HisMENtalHEalth" after a childhood of depression, bullying and angry outbursts.

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Kevan is a mental health advocate and he talks about his difficult child-hood life in his home and school life. A speech impediment led to bullying in school and he shares why he didn’t enjoy his senior year of high school, due to his struggles with depression from the bullying. Leadership counsel through his high school afforded him the opportunit…

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Season 1 - Episode 26 - Toby shares his advocacy for men's mental health and why it began

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Toby shares his advocacy through his artistic drawings, telling stories of those with mental illness. He sees into their souls and helps their colors become more vibrant behind the smile. His campaign is his art. Toby lives with Schizophrenia and lives in England.He talks to people and once they open up, he sees colors as they fill in around the in…

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Season 5 - Episode 7 - John discusses his Major Depressive Disorder, GAD and advocacy through his blog "SickNotWeak" and takes on the "Whatever it Takes," mentality.

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John from Canada discusses how his role in mental health and fire fighting potentially led to his Major Depressive Disorder. His advocacy is #sicknotweak and he writes a blog too. He struggles with GAD and Major Depressive Disorder and he advocates actively on Twitter and through his blog: http://www.theroadtomentalwellness.com/His advocacy has ins…

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Season 1 - Episode 25 - Kajsa discusses her struggle of and advocacy for mental health.

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Kajsa, mental health blogger and survivor of deep depression and anxiety. Come check her out on MentalHealthNaps, where she blogs and Tweets.By Dawnette Brenner

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Season 1 - Episode 24 - Mo discusses her coming to terms with her Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis as a Psych Major, Blogger and Advocate of Mental Illness

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Mo, mental health sufferer, psychology student and blogger discusses her experience coming to terms with having Borderline Personality Disorder, the anxiety, depression and her road to acceptance. "TreatYoBrain"By Dawnette Brenner

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Season 1 - Episode 23 - Josh shares his story of growing up with bipolar disorder, his school-life and struggles.

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My son shares his struggle with bipolar growing up, his take on schools and therapists. He also wanted the music intro clip of eminem's song. Enjoy.Please reach out and be on the show [email protected] Dawnette Brenner

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Season 5 - Episode 6 - Stress impacts the brain in negative ways. "Brain-Dumping" helps avoid this for some people.

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Stress has many negative effects on the body. I discuss articles found on the web and my interpretation of them on "Brain Dumping," and the importance to destress your body.By Dawnette Brenner

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Season 1 - Episode 22 - Tony discusses his advocacy for mental illness, depression and photography event. Listen and reach out. Tony Boyiddle

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Tony Boyiddle plans a photography event to humanize mental illness. #TakeoffyourmaskBy Dawnette Brenner

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Season 1 - Episode 21 - Meg discusses her CPTSD, bipolar disorder, anxiety and child abuse

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Meg from Washington state discusses her childhood trauma, bipolar disorder and anxiety as well as CPTSD.By Dawnette Brenner

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Season 1 - Episode 20 - Anissa discusses her depression and bullying, and how she overcame obstacles towards being a successful author, blogger and producer

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Author & producer Anissa discusses her struggles in life and how she's overcome them, guided through internal lessons and growth.By Dawnette Brenner

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Season 1 - Episode 19 - Cameron discusses his bipolar disorder, anxiety and advocacy for mental health

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Cameron discusses his bipolar disorder and the anxiety that encompassed his journey of mental illness. He also talks about his advocacy. Listen and subscribe to hear more guests.By Dawnette Brenner

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Season 1 - Episode 18 - Vincent shares his story of depression, borderline personality disorder and his "911" experience.

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Vincent is from Montana, lives in New York and suffers from 7 mental health disorders. He shares the experience of the trauma he faced from "911" his depression and anxiety.You can follow Vincent on Instagram at https://www.redsgram.com/u/fightingdepressionwithphotoHe shares his story as it happens on Instagram, as well as some deep internal dreams…

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Season 1 - Episode 17 - Grace shares her story of bipolar disorder, chronic pain and substance abuse, as well as advocacy.

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Grace, as unfilteredmental health, shares her life experience with bipolar, chronic pain and substance abuse. She delves into her struggles and how she coped and got out of it. She's continually struggling and it's a constant battle, but one where she also advocates and helps others through her social media platform.Grace shares her experience, in …

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Season 1 - Episode 16 - Alice shares her story about childhood abuse, substance abuse, the fostercare system and Borderline Personality Disorder and Advocacy.

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Alice Pirola discusses the experience of abuse during her childhood and how her life was thrown for a loop for making what she thought was the right decision. The outcome of all of this would lead to a Borderline Personality Disorder. She suffers anxiety, depression, OCD and PTSD as well and has not only become an advocate for mental illness, she's…

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