A New Dawn Podcasts
Mental health, anxiety and depression got you down? Podcast guests share their stories to humanize mental illness in our efforts to erase the stigma on a global scale, and improve lives. Be mindful, listen, subscribe & rate us. Sharing stories helps humanize mental health and our goal is to break the walls and barriers for people so they can unmask themselves.
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
Ania shares why she's advocating and writing about mental illness, as a sufferer herself. As a 16 year old, she’s very open and expressive. She discusses the need for us to transform the mental institutions for patients.
You can find her on: https://www.instagram.com/anyaepul/
She advocates for mental health and here’s a post on in her bio link: https://www.change.org/p/help-make-vital-changes-in-the-mental-health-system.
Podcaster, YouTuber Levi discusses his life of sexual and alcohol abuse and the road to recovery. You are not alone.
He discusses his life of alcohol abuse to cope with the sexual abuse that happened when he was younger.
Find him: http://powerfullevib.libsyn.com/
Ayesha is a student at the University of Toronto and works as an advocate for mental health. She is a peer and wellness counselor, advocating and supporting sufferers of mental illness. She is entering into mental health law.
She provides resources through the peer wellness program and supports people receiving the care they need.
Sharma discusses her role as a family therapist and group home counselor. She shares what she’s been through to help others learn what to do or how to respond.
She is now writing to provide others with self help and now writing fictional stories of characters with mental illnesses. She created a mental illness in “Dream Mire,” in her attempt to humanize mental illness. The character’s struggles and stress are humanizing and symbolic of others facing mental illness in our world.
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Suzette, my dearest sister comes on our show to share her story of struggling with and supporting her son, my nephew, with anxiety, depression and drug addiction. Her story is extremely powerful and her emotions are true and genuine.
Drug addiction often stems from self medicating when suffering from depression, anxiety or other ailments. Her story is real, the struggle long and difficult, but not impossible. I’m a witness to the hard work, long nights and endless tears on this journey.
Dominic is our current guest on episode 11. He shares his story of being a suicide grief counselor and what led him to write self help books on the topic. Check out his story and visit his page to learn more about him.
Book Dominic for speaking gigs, just visit his page: https://www.dominicmitges.com/
This episode is about the story of Jenalee and how she suffered from bipolar disorder. Her experiences have afforded her the desire to write about others that suffer and support our work to raise awareness in an attempt to normalize mental illness. She first learned of it during a postpartum experience with depression.
Author Nilza Elita supports advocacy of mental health and raising awareness. She wrote about a character that suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, in an effort to help normalize the two illnesses. Her book is also released this week. Go find her on Instagram and check out her book, “Dare to Imagine.”
She researched about both mental illnesses prior to and during her writing. She wanted the characteristics of her characters to be real.
Robbie shares his experience and thought on humanizing mental illness. He shares his story and experience speaking on the issue of mental illness to help humanize it world-wide. He himself was near taking his own life and after the news of his friends taking their lives, he devoted his cause to help raise awareness and to end the discrimination mental illness sufferers face.
Robbie is a speaker for NAMI.
