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Mind of Her Own is no longer in production but you can find all the episodes below or wherever you listen to podcasts. Join Julie as she shares inspiring conversations with women who are breaking down the stigma and busting through the shame of mental illness.
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Ep 42: Opting out of alcohol with Allison Garber
Allison’s world was turned upside down when her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer last summer, and she began self-medicating with alcohol. Like so many women, Ally found herself taking the edge off her anxiety and OCD, and numbing her pain, with wine. Next week Ally will mark 12 months of sobriety – one full…
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Ep 41: Journaling for your mental health with Meryl Cook
Julie talks to Meryl Cook, an author, speaker and artist who specializes in connecting people with their creativity and helping them get unblocked when they find themselves mentally stuck or completely overwhelmed. Meryl shares how she reinvented herself during her recovery from breast cancer, how she uses journaling and sketching as a form of self-care…
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Ep 40: New job stress & crying at work with Michelle Tadique
Julie and Michelle are back together and chatting about Julie’s new job and all the anxiety and discomfort that goes along with being the new person at work. They also share some of their most cringe-worthy crying at work memories. Listen to the episode here. Thanks for tuning in to Mind of Her Own –…
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Ep 39: Inside the calculating mind of Anja Burcak
Julie talks to mental health advocate and blogger Anja Burcak. Anja was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Type 1 as a college student and she started her blog called “The Calculating Mind” during her first manic episode in 2015. Her own lived experience with mental illness has given her valuable insight into the struggles that many…
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Ep 38: Real talk about mental health with Traci Melchor
Julie talks to Canadian broadcasting trailblazer Traci Melchor, one of the original co-hosts of CTV’s daytime talk show The Social and current senior correspondent for the entertainment news show eTalk. Traci opens up about mental health challenges she faced in 2016 that forced her to take a six-month break from her successful career in order…
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Ep 37: Lawyer & stigma fighter Beth Beattie
Julie talks to Toronto-based lawyer Beth Beattie who is one of the Friends of the Bell Let’s Talk campaign – Canadians from all walks of life sharing their personal stories about living with mental illness. Beth spent years hiding her Bipolar Disorder from almost everyone in her life – partly because she was worried about…
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Ep 36: Mental health advocate & writer Charlotte Underwood
Julie talks to Charlotte Underwood, a 23-year-old mental health advocate and writer who opens up about her experiences with anxiety, depression and addiction. As a teenager Charlotte was an outsider who didn’t fit in and for years she was the target of school bullies who didn’t like that she was different. At the age of…
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Ep 35: Overcoming Obstacles with the Bipolar Blonde Shivonne Lewis
Julie talks to Shivonne Lewis who writes very candidly about living with mental illness on her blog called The Bipolar Blonde. Shivonne is an outgoing and fun mother and teacher, but shortly after her marriage fell apart, so did she. Her bipolar diagnosis is fairly new and she’s very much on a personal journey to…
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Ep 33: Maternal mental health with medicated mommy Jen Schwartz
Julie talks to Jen Schwartz, creator of The Medicated Mommy Blog and founder of MOTHERHOOD | UNDERSTOOD, a social media platform that specifically talks to the 20 per cent of moms who experience maternal mental health issues like postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety and a ton of other brain chemistry issues that hinder women from feeling like…