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I met Andrea, and we instantly clicked. She's an author, a mother, and a really smart and loving person. Even though her work is primarily about politics, we focused mostly on her being a mother to a child with special needs. We talk about how hard it is to be a parent to those with learning disabilities, but how awesome they are, and how they make your life so much better.    If you would like to...

This episode is with my good friend Colleen. I met her one day when she came into my TikTok live, and she was just so kind, and we instantly became friends. Colleen suffers from systemic lupus, and Shogun syndrome. We talk a lot about what those conditions are, how they affect her life on a daily basis, and how they counteract with her mental health. Colleen indoors a lot of pain every day, one th...

In this episode, we returned with another very open transparent conversation with Sarah and I. we talk about the usuals which is mental health, or physical health, in any updates in our lives. 

Jenn has lived with Rheumatoid Arthritis since she was six years old. While she was an active and athletic child, as an adult, her arthritis has become more limiting. It’s been a challenging process for her to redefine her sense of self and to accept these limitations, while still trying to move forward and to work around them. Despite her disability, she has been able to remain active. For most o...

I met our next guest Vance on TikTok. He came in with a very positive attitude and he sent me and everybody in my life some Grace and some good advice. In the episode, he talks a lot about addiction, mental health, and how it has affected his life and his family. He also discusses how his sobriety means so much to him as a person and how he wants to make his family proud.  

This week we have two guests, MARI, and Tony. MARI and I sat down and talked, and she realized that Tony would add some expertise as a disability advocate, and someone who started their own business to help employ those with disabilities. They both have started their own companies, and I've done so much for the disability community, especially for employment. Though neither has a disability themse...

This episode is with my good friend Angela. I met her on TikTok, and ever since I met her she's always tried to help me with my mental health or anything else that's going on in my life. She is someone who has struggled with mental health and past trauma, but she has found herself through her connection with God.

For more than two decades, Jeff has worked as a mental health specialist helping people navigate the emotional terrain of chronic pain and illness. Day after day he sat with clients whose bodies had betrayed them, people trying to build meaningful lives in bodies that would not cooperate. He helped them face fear, uncertainty, grief, and the quiet loneliness that often comes with long-term illness...

This episode is with my pastor, Pastor John. We talk about his upbringing, mental health, how he got to becoming a pastor and what his mission is today. 

I was born blind, and with other disabilities as well. Growing up, the school system assumed that I was incapable of learning enough to become a fully functioning adult. This ultimately led to a situation where I actually missed out on grades 7-11 entirely. Thus the idea that I would end up with multiple advanced degrees was inconceivable to most of the adults in my life. I have also experienced o...

Andrew Drasen is the author of A Vision of Hope and the creator of a 90-day framework that helps people transform pain into growth and live on purpose, not by accident. His work began with his own journey through adversity, loss, and rediscovery—experiences that forced him to rebuild from the ground up and ultimately inspired him to create a structured program others could follow. Andrew believes...

John is our next guest and he is somebody that I met for my mother who came highly recommended. As I sat down and talked to him, I knew we had a lot in common, and that our conversation would be a deep one. John talks about childhood drama addiction, being infected with the HIV virus , mental illness and so much more. 

My name is Jenn. I will be 58 years old on 4/17 . I had a very toxic upbringing. I was abused in pretty much anyway you can't think of. I left home at 18. And tried to start my life over Which was not easy to do. And in 2015 I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. I went through almost a year of chemo as well as radiation and many, many surgeries. I still struggle today with all the side effec...

As a retired high school counselor, I worked in a rural school setting where distance and transportation constraints made school counselors the only available personal counseling opportunity for many students. Mental health concerns impact the functioning and success of individuals, so my colleagues and I spent a significant part of our day providing crisis and often ongoing personal counseling to...

This episode was inspired by my friend Sarah who had an ideas, she wanted to just sit down and talk about whatever was on our minds. We discussed mental health, of course, our current physical situations with our health, Sarah's and eyes similarities and differences with our living situations and much more.  Her TikTok is @sincerelysarah86

This episode is with Marina. She's somebody I met on my TikTok live a while back, and we instantly clicked. I believe Marina is very misunderstood, and a lot of of it has to do with her upbringing and all that has happened to her in our past. This is a very good episode, but there's a lot of dark , sad, and heartbreaking moments. We discussed the mental, sexual abuse that she suffered by the hands...

In this episode, I sit down for a second episode with my good friend Erin. She tells her long journey of trying to get a van and being able to get her license so that she can drive while also being in a wheelchair. We discuss all the roadblocks and barriers that were thrown in front of her, her training, the test she took to get her permit, how she got her van, and more. I am very proud of Erin be...

This episode is a very important episode for me personally, for a multitude of reasons. This is episode 300, and this is an episode where I get to sit down and talk to my grandma and ask her about her life. My grandmother is very important to me, her wisdom, sense of humor, and the abundance of love she has shown me over the years, has made me realize how valuable and important she is in life in g...

Hello my name is Matthew colello im a new englander born and raised. Growing up i never felt like I fit in. Always was thr odd one out. I never truly felt like myself. On november 5th 2024 my life had completely changed. I was involved in a motor vehicle accident where a car struck me causing me to lose part of my left leg. November 6th 2024 I had surgery and had my left foot removed due to no cir...

This episode is with a new friend a young friend. Her name is Megan. She's from Greece, and she wanted to tell her story on mental health. One day she popped into my life on TikTok and her, and I instantly connected, and she felt like she had a lot to say on the subject of mental health. We discussed her struggles, the ups and downs, and everything in between.

Dying at birth, David was exposed to a medical experiment that kept him a live but the side effects were so bad it became Illegal to do to humans just months after it was done to him. Birth defects, sterility and 100% mortality by age 20 were the side effect. He was in chronic pain from his earliest years. Things were so bad by age 20 that he was trying to end his life. Then he went to church and...

Jacob is a guy I met on TikTok from my lives, he's a very upbeat and positive guy who just beat stage three lymphoma cancer. We discuss the buildup, the hospital stays, the treatment, and all that went into him eventually becoming cancer free. We also talk about the aftermath and what is still affected, and what lies ahead for him and his future.

This episode is with my friend Sammi, she's a woman who not only has epilepsy, but has multiple diagnosis and health conditions. When we recorded this episode, she was in the hospital, and she still has a goal of soon to be released because she has been there for many years. For as much as she has gone through, she is an ultra positive and strong person, and she perseverance every day. She's one o...

This episode is with a friend I made off of Tiktok named Daniel. We discussed mental health, family, his duty, as being a protector to his younger brother and what he learned about life in his early 18 years of living. Daniel is a really smart kid for his age, and it gives me hope for the future for all young men and women like him.

Chris Rogers is Educating, Emboldening, and Encouraging young people to make healthy decisions is the heart behind my work. When it comes the age of AI, "fake news" and constant, incessant stimulation, it's often difficult to know who to trust and what's true/false. My mission is to advocate for young people in middle-high school's mental health and safety while using the internet, promoting self-...