Season 1 - Episode 49 - Sammie shares her story of being self-sufficient at a young age and living with bipolar disorder, depression, OCD, anxiety and childhood schizophrenia.

Episode 49 - 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 45 - 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.)

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.

Shes transformed herself through the art of words. Those we think with, speak of and converse through; words are powerful!

The picture is one of her favorite poems by Hafiz and one she gave for me to share with my students.

“I wish I could show you WHEN YOU ARE LONELY or in DARKNESS the ASTONISHING LIGHT of your own being” ~ Hafiz

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* Art Piece

* Being Seen

* I Am My Own Medicine

* I Want To Be The One You Write Poems About

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Season 1 - Episode 42 - Hiya (Hee-yaa) shares her story of clinical depression and anxiety and how she looks for the happiness when life isn't always kind.

Hiya is an author of poetry who 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. She 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 other things life throws at you.

You can find her on Instagram @Hiyaoxfordgirl

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hiyaoxfordgirl/

Search: "Hiya says"on her website: https://www.mirakee.com/ to find her work.

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Season 1 - Episode 17 - Nate shares his story on the recent diagnosis of bipolar disorder and PTSD from his experiences

Nate Roeder shares his story of late onset bipolar, substance abuse and the PTSD he received after his horrific episode a few weeks back. He is also a blogger and mental health advocate.

He’s working on writing down poetry and his journey, you can find him at: https://www.instagram.com/nate.roeder/

Episode 17 - Nate's podcast story

~ A New Dawn

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