Jared Diehl The Louder Now Podcast

Episode #116. I loved getting to talk to my friend Megan. We had a power outage while we were talking and you will notice the editing. In preperation of this talk I listened to her No BS Mama Podcast and I love it..it is really, really good. Megan's BIO: Megan is a 35 year old mom of 3 married to her high school sweetheart. She first became a mom just 2 weeks after her 18th birthday and had her la...

** I apologize for the heavy breathing..trying to fix my microphone..tried cutting out some of the breathing noise but not how to eliminate everything** Welcome back to the podcast! I am taking a solo episode and talking about my Top Gun 2 Experience and yes there are some SPOILERS so apologies if you have not seen the movie yet. Go see it in theaters it it way worth it! I reflect on my relationsh...

Episode #114 I love meeting people and hearing their stories. Before talking with Paris I loved listening to her podcast and reading her book and having this talk was such a great honor! We have many similarities and I am so impressed with her and all that she is doing to help smash the stigma of mental health challenges. Please, please go read her book Crooked Illness. Paris BIO: Paris Prynkiewic...

Episode #113 Notes: I love talking to my NAMI friends about their struggles and their journey. My friend from NAMI In Our Own Voice joins the podcast for a great conversation. Estegenet BIO: Etsegenet Makonnen Teodros is a Mental Health Advocate, Speaker and a Peer Specialist. Born in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia. She moved to the US at 4 years old. She uses her lived experience as a platform to address...

Episode #112. Another special guest and a great conversation. I love talking to people about their gifts and talents and I am so inspired by the writing talents of Sarah Humpreys. Hope you enjoy this conversation! Sarah's BIO: Sarah Humpherys lives in Lehi, Utah and is a die-hard fantasy nerd that can't stop talking about dragons and anime. She is trying to get through high school by creating her...

Episode #111. The topic of loneliness and making connections has come up a lot in my personal life and on this podcast but this is the first time I get to go deep into this subject with my special guest Lee Hopkins. It was a great honor to talk with him and I am so grateful our paths crossed. I hope we can do this again sometime in the future. Lee's BIO: Coach Lee Hopkins (he/him/his) is a transge...

Mother's Day is a special day. I love you mom! And thanks for being kind and supportive and my number one mental health advocate my whole life but especially since my bipolar diagnosis in 2007 until now..nearly 15 years later. My guest today is  Dr. Melissa Reilly. Her BIO: Dr. Melissa Reilly, Psy. D. is a mom of two boys, clinical psychologist, and mom coach passionate about helping moms separate...

Episode #109: Hey friends, I love having special guests from NAMI. I met Danielle through In Our Own Voice presentations and I so enjoyed talking with her on this podcast. She shares her wisdom and insights into dealing with symptoms, taking medications, asking for help, and the beauty of humanity. Danielle's BIO: Danielle Brahinsky was born and raised in Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley and...

Hey friends, This is Jared Diehl, your host of this podcast. I love this podcast and I love all of you for following it. I have a very important annoucement. MY ACCOUNT OF 3 YEARS ON INSTAGRAM HAS BEEN HACKED..ITS A LONG STORY. _._loudernowmh__   IF YOU SEE ANY MESSAGES FROM THIS ACCOUNT ASKING FOR MONEY OR TALKING ABOUT CRYPTO IT IS FAKE AND NOT FROM JARED DIEHL.   I resurrected an old account fr...

From the start of 2019 when this podcast was first published I have desired to have faith filled conversations about the tension we live in sometimes between what Scripture teaches about healing and what we are to do as Christians with our experiences of pain, sorrow, and suffering. One on hand we want to believe that the absence of mental illness and its symptoms is evidence that God has chosen t...

Hey friends, Another episode of the podcast is here! This was a fun talk with Maria. We talk about healthy verse unhealthy in terms of relationships and how men and women are different and that's ok :) And much more. Maria's BIO: Maria Pereira is a Dating Coach with a twist. She helps people gain more confidence, affective communication, setting boundaries, building trust, having core values, comm...

Jared here. It has been a while since I have told you all what has been going on in my life. A lot of changes and transitions are in the works. I catch you up on my time at AbleSource for the last 6 years and some other stories related to recent transitions. I also talk about fully surrendering to Jesus and how that helps guide us if we feel off track. Fun video I made a few years back on some tra...

Hey friends, Jared here. March 30th is World Bipolar Day. Here are my thoughts. I am most grateful for friends and community. Having others has helped me more than anything. From one year ago when I crashed my car and became closer with Jacob and Frank at our Celebrate Life group to church groups, pastors, leaders, nuclear family, NAMI friends, all those I have had on the podcast, roommates, and e...

Welcome back to another episode of the Louder Now Podcast. I am your host, Jared Diehl. We have just come up on 3 years of podcasting and over 100 episodes! Thank you so much to everyone for listening and if you are new here, also welcome.  I met Jennifer on Instagram and she has been a fan of the show and we made this conversation happen and I am so glad that she joined me on the podcast. This wa...

Louder Now Episode #102. David Luke is a Grammy nominated producer, engineer, script writer, analyst, End-of-Life Doula, and father from Albany, Ga. CONTENT WARNING * we talk about hypersexuality. This episode might not be appropriate for children. There is also swearing in this episode. Bipolar comes with symptoms and one of them can be hypersexuality. We dive into this in this episode. End of sh...

Breaking down some current thoughts and limitations with time and sleep and how this is all connected to what happend in the summer of 2019 when there was a relapse and a hospitalization. It is all connected and bits and pieces you have heard before but catching you up to speed.  We talk about blame and guilt and want you to sit in the tension with me. End of show notes: National Suicide Preventio...

Jared here. I have been so blessed by all that this podcast has become. 3 years later we have reached 100 episodes. However, I throw out some thoughts that maybe life could be different with a different focus other than mental health. I don't want to live without regrets but moving forward what if things were different. I wonder if having less conversations would actually help me live more. I am n...

Jared- Hey everyone, I have Covid and it has been pretty mild symptoms. This episode comes straight from quarantine and I talk more about my dad and talk about Luke 11:13 which says, " If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give you the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"  God is still good even if we didn't have that...

Jared- hey all, this episode is very personal and raw and want to say that I am glad you are all here. I talk about my dad and how a few recent movies and shows have reminded me that this is an area to work on. God loves us and is our Father! If you can relate email me jared.diehl@gmail.com . I know in the show I said a different email but email me here:) End of Show Notes: Nami.org for support gr...

This episode was recorded a few months ago and can't believe 2022 is here!   Kevin Smith served in the Air Force from 1971 to 1974 and has been our fearless leader of Monday nights. We call it Celebrate Life. Our group is apart of Humanity Church. Kevin and his wife have been leading for a long while and I am so honored I got to talk with him in this episode.    We talk about his story and the man...

Love seems to be the most important thing we can reach for. It is also what the holidays are really about. Seeing the new Matrix movie prompted some thoughts on loops and patterns we find ourselves in. Love is what we live for. Life matters more than love to quote that West Side Story trailer. Moving ahead and thinking about the last two episodes on suicide we also need to move towards something....

Part 2 of talking suicidal thoughts. TRIGGER WARNING: WE TALK ABOUT SUICIDE IN THIS EPISODE. Building off of the last episode what matters is love. What helps us is love and connection. In a world full of loneliness and shame around this subject what drives all of us is love. Do you think about what you don't have? Does that frustrate you? Does that motivate you? What we don't have often we can ge...

Louder Now Episode #94. *TRIGGER WARNING. WE TALK ABOUT SUICIDE IN THIS EPISODE. A combination of reflection of the past and how Jared still has passive suicidal thoughts today and how using the phrase: "I want to live!" has really helped solidify the fight.  The charge of wanting to live implies showing up for people and being present with them even in your pain. To be alive means you have to tak...

Episode #93 with Special Guest Amanda Waldron. Had a great time talking on a new subject matter for Jared which is deconstruction and also how it affects mental health. Amanda's BIO: Amanda is a Faith Deconstruction & Reconstruction Mentor + Clinical Social Worker at heyamandawaldron.com. You can find her at the intersection of mental health, social work, and theology. She hopes to come alongside...

This is a short episode inspired by The Angry Therapist podcast by John Kim. A huge influence in the wellness space. Jared breaks down a recent story and some self-reflection and self-criticism on what it means to live in the tension between blaming your actions on your diagnosis( bipolar in his case) and the movement of thought that says we need to take responsibility for our actions. At the 11 m...