The Struggles of Man Podcast
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Mattys Mental Health Podcast #39 - Shannon Marie
Shannon Marie is an RCW, addictions worker, and mental health care worker. She describes feeling her mental health slip in university, later being diagnosed with bipolar 2. We chat about the importance on positive people, having a support group, and commu
Mattys Mental Health Podcast #38 - Katie Murray
Katie Murry is a former substitute teacher, currently working for TakingItGlobal. A non-for-profit organization that gives grants for youth community projects. She describes feeling her mental health slip late in her senior year of high school “Almost ove
Mattys Mental Health Podcast #37 - Rama Macmillan
Rama Macmillan shares his unique out of the box upbringing, Growing up with his parents fallowing the Hare Krishna religion. He spent his early years traveling, and moving around rural British Columbia going to school in a off the grid commune. Lat
Mattys Mental Health Podcast #35 - Emily MacIsaac
Emily is a journalism graduate, wife, mother and avid runner. She describes being diagnosed with Postpartum Depression during her pregnancy and having the baby just a few weeks before Covid 19. She speaks on working through Postpartum, later being diagnos
Mattys Mental Health Podcast #34 - Richard Lush
Richard lush is a pillar to many communities. In the indigenous community as an Engagement officer at L’nuey PEI. As an Actor, Writer, and Director at Mi'kmaq Heritage Actors. As well Former Aboriginal Sport Circle Coordinator at Mi'kmaq Confederacy
Mattys Mental Health Podcast #33 - Bethann Coombs
Bethan Coombs is a teacher, mother, and studying astrologer. Bethan reached out during the shutdown and offered to do my astrology reading. To be honest I was skeptical, but I figured it would be an interesting conversation at the least. I had fallowed da
Mattys Mental Health Podcast #31 - Carah Ross
Carah Ross is a success business person, speaker, mother and friend. She describes being on the streets of Vancouver just two years ago homeless and addicted to drugs. In and out of jail from the time she was 14 years old. Losing here mother at a young ag
Mattys Mental Health Podcast #30 - Joy Denise
Joy Denise gives very insightful take on narcissists, and describes being in close relationships with two in her life. She describes working through the damage down as well as the importance of examining your own well being. She now does life coaching at
Mattys Mental Health Podcast #29 - Hannah McGaughey
Hannah is a recent graduate from UPEI and now theater school student in Toronto. She discusses being diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) at the age of 14. Past Traumas, growing up in a religious private school, life, and the mental heath
Mattys Mental Health Podcast #28 - Joshua Langston
Joshua is a Dalhousie university student in his third year. He describes growing up in PEI and experiencing racism throughout school, and as early as just 5 years old. Years of constant bullying because of the color of his skin that lead him to mental hea