Bunny Hugs and Mental Health

How does sex affect our mental health? How does mental health affect sex? Those are such big questions that Robin Hilton, a Pleasure Expert & Feminist Sex Coach/Educator and this weeks guest, only begins to scratch the surface to answer them. There was so much to talk about that I decided to make it a two part episode with the second part coming out sometime in the future. Robin's candid, sweet, e...

Skylar Roth is exceptional. After losing friends to mental health and after his own struggles, he decided to run across Canada to raise money for the Canadian Mental Health Association. It took him over 4 months. He ran over 7000km, raised 65 thousand dollars, slept in a Breaking Bad type RV, ran through wind, rain and up mountains and was stalked by a mountain lion. However, during his run, he di...

Dr. Sudhir Gadh loves his lithium! In fact his research shows that everyone's brains love lithium. At low doses, lithium is proven to improve our mental and emotional selves thus limiting suffering. Dr Gadh also explains many of the physical benefits there are when taking low doses of lithium regularly which include immune health, and better sleep. Order yourself some of Dr. Gadh's lithium infused...

Columbine High School was the location of perhaps the most infamous school shooting in American history. Over 20 years after the Columbine shootings and Amy Over is still living with it's consequences. She digs deep and invites other school shooting survivors, families, and detectives to do the same in her podcast series Confronting Columbine. Suicide, addiction, jail and financial ruin are just a...

When you think of an ADHD diagnosis, one tends to think of a child in primary or maybe high school. Nigel Sutton is a New Zealander ADHD coach. He was diagnosed as such in his 50's, something that is becoming more common. As it turns out, being diagnose later in life hits a bit different. Nigel talks about the grief for what may have been, the validation and living your life backwards as you place...

What if you grew up in a world of lies, coercive control, and manipulation? What if you weren't only a victim but also an unknowing perpetrator? What if you were in your 40's before you found out the truth? That was Chris Shelton's life. Today he has a self titled YouTube channel where he helps others in recovery from cults and informs folks with loved ones still living in cults. Chris is also an...

Shiva's entire family is in Iran while she is a student in Canada. Every morning she wakes up to check her phone to see if her family is still alive. The Iranian people are currently protesting the Islamic Republic, including members of Shiva's family. Over 18,000 people have so far been detained by the Islamic Republic since the start of the anti-regime protests in September, according to the Hum...

The June Bug System is one of the most fascinating people I've ever talked with. They have over 30 personalities or alters, including a cat, men and women, left and right handed people, and even a non potty trained toddler. They also suffer from PNES (psychogenic non epileptic seizures) and PTSD from growing up with extreme trauma. Life gets complicated for The June Bug System, and maybe more so f...

Trash is back! One of my most popular guests is back and we are discussing their life with, and symptoms of, histrionic personality disorder. Yet again Trash is as informative and charming as can be. If you need a refresher or you haven't listened to Trash's first episode, please listen to episode 56 where we discuss their polyfragmented dissociative identity disorder. Support and follow Trash on...

I met Steven in Pine Lodge, an addiction treatment centre, in 2016. I instantly liked him. In fact everyone liked him. He behaved and even looked like members of my own family. When I arrived to Pine Lodge I was riddled with anxiety but Steven's feeling of familiarity he gave me, his humour and laugh help put me at ease. Everyone wanted to sit at his table at mealtime. When he left treatment two w...

Mark Rizkallah is the CEO of Tulua Health, an addiction and mental health treatment facility based in Santa Monica CA. Mark is passionate about new pathways to both mental health and addiction recovery through the use of psychedelics. We also discuss ways people in the US were getting rich off of addicts by manipulating the system in their favour. Learn more about Tulua Health - https://www.tuluah...

Cece Cheng is the founder and CEO of the peer support tech platform, ShareWell. We discuss her past struggles with mental health, toxic relationships, how she found help with peer support and her new company ShareWell. The company is the first to provide a peer-to-peer solution to the mental health crisis by connecting everyday people to each other for mutual support and healing in a safe, virtual...

Louise's addiction took her to lows she never thought existed. After an unplanned pregnancy, toxic relationships and suicidal ideation, she was able to find recovery and the wisdom to help others. Today she is a speaker, sober coach, life coach and a brand new podcaster. With watching people heal as her biggest motivation, Louise is genuine in her mission to save others. Louise Barnett Life Coach...

Hailey Rose, one of my most popular, charming and funny guests is back. Back in episode 32 she was just beginning her mental health content journey on Instagram and loving the ride. Today she has been shadow banned by the platform for, well we aren't sure, and it's strongly affected her mental well being, including having suicidal thoughts. We discuss her bipolar, ADHD and her need for a support d...

Izzy is a recent university graduate living in London. A former teetotaler, Izzy let loose during her student days including getting into a toxic relationship. Her life turned chaotic and into a constant party, avoiding her recent trauma and feelings. Today she is in very early recovery and inspiring others through her TikTok live videos.  You can watch her journey, cheer her on and maybe share yo...

Randall White is the main character of the new Jennifer Hutchins produced documentary, SPIRAL. SPIRAL is directed by two-time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag and voiced by actress Michelle Trachtenberg. The movie starts off as a love story with Randall and his wife Michelle and ends in a chaotic spiral of tragedy. Michelle suffers from childhood and generational trauma, addiction and bipolar disorder....

Bachelor fans may recognize Donna Micheletti from an episode of Dr. Phil or from season 14 of The Bachelor. Donna's daughter Gia Allemand, who was a popular cast member that season, took her life in 2013. Gia struggled with suicidal thoughts and attempts in her teen years and was eventually diagnosed with PMDD (Premenstrual  Dysphoric Disorder), a disorder that affect roughly 4 million women in th...

This week, October 1 - 7 is BFRB (Body Focused Repetitive Behaviour) Awareness Week and so I speak with perhaps BFRB's biggest advocate. Angela Hartlin is an author, advocate and stars in the documentary Scars of Shame. In her book 'FOREVER MARKED: A Dermatillomania Diary' she describes her life of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and most of all her battle with dermatillomania, the compulsi...

Jimmy and Sharnae are the wildly popular couple from the wildly popular Netflix show Love on the Spectrum. Their relationship was featured on both season 1 and 2. We discuss their time on the show, having a TV wedding, ADHD, dating on the spectrum and so much more. Honestly I don't think I've met a more lovely and loving couple. The support and admiration they have for each other is invaluable and...

Angelica is a mental health podcaster and experienced sufferer of depression. As a teen she went through a bought of self harm and suicidal ideation. Her outlet was soccer, maybe to a fault. She was competitive to the point she was accepted to schools with top soccer programs. However, injuries changed her plan for life. The Revolutionized Mind is Angelica's podcast and new passion. listen to The...

Tessa is a 24 year old woman diagnosed with NPD (narcissistic personality disorder). She created an Instagram account to educate people about her diagnosis, relationship, struggles and ending the stigma against those diagnosed with NPD. Like many mental illnesses and disorders, empathy and patience is needed from others for narcissists because NPD is often spawned through trauma. However, gone unt...

People hire Bill while on their death beds to say or do something at their funerals or to do some tasks before they pass. Bill provides the service of 'peace of mind' to his clients before their expiration. Bill has written a book about, not only his fascinating job, but also about his life of severe sexual and physical abuse, crime, retribution and compensation for those he wronged. There is now...

Cassie is a mental health professional who lives with mental health disorders and had a mental breakdown at work. We discuss her up bringing, her traumas, imposter syndrome, therapy modalities and how she is coping today. Cassie, not only uses her training, but also her life experiences to help others work through their struggles. With no book, podcast, or anything else to promote, Cassie just wan...

If you have suffered sexual or physical abuse you may be triggered at times in this episode. Trash lives their life with dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder), histrionic personality disorder, schizotypal and OCD. I connected with Trash trough TikTok, where they were scribbling viewers of their TikToc live all over their body. As it turns out, it's been a...

Have you ever wondered what a schizophrenic episode really looks like? Michelle is a 30's something living in New York and she wondered what one of her own episodes looked like. She now has security cameras in her apartment to capture her episodes for her viewing and the world's. She shares her videos on her social media accounts to show folks how schizophrenia presents itself in her life and to p...