Recovery Diaries In Depth
by Recovery Diaries
How to Tame the "Bipolar Beast"; Laura Riordan | RDID 221
About this podcast
Welcome to Recovery Diaries In Depth; a mental health podcast that creates a warm, empathic, and engaging space for discussions around mental health, empowerment, and change. Executive Director and podcast host Gabe Nathan brings a unique combination of lived experience with mental health challenges, years of independent mental health and suicide awareness advocacy, and an understanding of the inpatient psychiatric millieu as a former staff member at a psychiatric hospital. This extensive background helps him navigate complex and nuanced conversations with a diverse array of guests, all of whom are vulnerable and engaged; doing their utmost to eradicate mental health stigma through advocacy, storytelling, and open conversation.
Guests who have previously contributed a mental health personal essay read their essays aloud during the podcast and then chat with Gabe about what has changed in their lives since their essays were published on the site. By engaging in deep discussions with people living with mental health challenges like bipolar disorder, trauma histories, addiction issues, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive or eating disorders, Recovery Diaries in Depth further carries out Recovery Diaries' mission to #buststigma by showing people that they are not alone, instead of just telling them. This mental health podcast features guests from all over the world and, while their own personal experiences are unique, the human experience is what unites, inspires, and connects. Subscribe, like, share, and enjoy!
Recovery Diaries In Depth is supported in full by the van Ameringen Foundation.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 45 episodes
- How to Tame the "Bipolar Beast"; Laura Riordan | RDID 221 · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 221Send us Fan Mail Laura Riordan knows that feeling "too happy" can be dangerous. Most people don't have to worry about feeling too happy, but, when you live with Bipolar 1, that…
- Bipolar Disorder, Love, and Breathless Creativity; Casey Cannizzaro | RDID 220 · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 220Send us Fan Mail Casey Cannizzaro is a mental health and addictions clinician and three-time Recovery Diaries author, but he's far, far more than that. Casey's writing on our…
- An OCD Therapist (Almost) Missed Her Own OCD; Natalia Aiza's Orthorexia-by-Proxy RDID; 219 · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 219Send us Fan Mail Natalia Aiza, LPC, is the founder of Kairos Wellness Collective in Boulder, Colorado. She is educated, well-informed, articulate, empathic, and aware. She's just…
- All the Pain We Cannot See; Giovanna Errore's Invisible Illness | RDID; 218 · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 218Send us Fan Mail They thought she was "just an anxious kid" growing up-- that, other than that, there was nothing really "wrong" with her. But writer and translator Giovanna…
- A Fashion Designer with C-PTSD Wears Her Recovery Well; Lilah Velez | RDID; 217 · 50 min · Season 2 Episode 217Send us Fan Mail A film is a snapshot in time. When we first met this extraordinary young woman, it was eight years ago. Back then, she was Lilah James, an extraordinarily…
- A Screenwriter with Bipolar Disorder Rewrites His Recovery; Coli Sylla | RDID; 216 · 1 h 16 min · Season 2 Episode 216Send us Fan Mail Someone once turned to our guest, Coli Sylla, and said to him, “Keep that mental health crap to yourself.” Thankfully, that bullshit didn't fly. Award-winning…
- A Musician Gives Up Alcohol and Finds Himself: Paul Curreri | RDID; 215 · 1 h 3 min · Season 2 Episode 215Send us Fan Mail It's hard to imagine what you'd do if you're a touring musician whose primary instrument is the guitar, and you start to lose the use of your hands. It may seem…
- Until There’s a Cure for Mental Illness, There’s NAMI-Man: Nick Emeigh | RDID; 214 · 1 h 22 min · Season 2 Episode 214Send us Fan Mail Recovery Diaries in Depth guest Nick Emeigh and our show's host Gabe Nathan are old friends, both of whom live with mental health challenges. They're both…
- Anxiety, OCD, and a Brain That Tries to Protect: Kayla Ackelson | RDID; 213 · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 213Send us Fan Mail Today, Kayla Ackelson lives, breathes, and thrives through independent expressive, mixed media artistry. But it wasn't always that way. For years, she struggled…
- From Wanting to Die to Yearning to Live; in Conversation with Levi Mericle | RDID; 212 · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 212Send us Fan Mail From ages 13-19, Levi Mericle wanted to die, pretty much every day. There was reckless, impulsive behavior, suicide attempts, hospital stays, agonizing torment…
- A Black Woman's Experience with Mental Health; Jacquese Armstrong | RDID; 211 · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 211Send us Fan Mail For decades, Jacquese Armstrong let others write her story. She was labeled, marginalized, medicated, and was essentially given a life sentence by physicians who…
- Excuse Her While She Obsesses; Unpacking OCD with Manndi Maphies | RDID; 210 · 44 min · Season 2 Episode 210Send us Fan Mail Manndi Maphies lives with obsessive compulsive disorder. It was undoubtedly present in her childhood, where she exhibited behaviors that could be perhaps…
- Refusing to Disappear: Life with Schizoaffective Disorder with Sarah An Myers | RDID; 209 · 1 h 2 min · Season 2 Episode 209Send us Fan Mail “If I don’t communicate, I feel like I’m disappearing.” This is a bedrock principle that guides Sarah An Myers in her advocacy for schizoaffective disorder, her…
- Bipolar, Books, Breakdown; in conversation with Erika Nichols-Frazer | RDID; 208 · 56 min · Season 2 Episode 208Send us Fan Mail Erika Nichols-Frazer joins us today as our guest. She's an old friend of Recovery Diaries, having published three essays with us; Lies Mania Has Told Me, A…
- Manning Up Means Getting Help with Suicidal Thoughts: Chris Russell | RDID; 207 · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 207Send us Fan Mail Today, Chris Russell is a grounded, hopeful human being who helps others navigate suicidal ideation as a volunteer for the Suicide/Crisis Lifeline. He definitely…
- From Hiding To Helping - Schizophrenia Advocate Rebecca Chamaa | RDID; 206 · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 206Send us Fan Mail At a recent conference for health advocates from all across the country, our Executive Director and show host, Gabriel Nathan, was reunited with an extraordinary…
- Surviving Suicidality in a Wonderful World: Javier Ortega-Araiza | RDID; 205 · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 205Send us Fan Mail Javier Ortega Ariza is a compassionate, sensitive writer who has published two essays with Recovery Diaries, including his moving and powerful essay “Surviving…
- Living & Thriving with Illogical and Irrational Anxiety: Nicci Attfield | RDID; 204 · 59 min · Season 2 Episode 204Send us Fan Mail We are so lucky here at Recovery Diaries to have an international community of special, sparkly people coming to us to share their mental health recovery…
- A Black Mental Health Advocate & Survivor Speaks: Jasmin Pierre | RDID; 203 · 1 h 1 min · Season 2 Episode 203Send us Fan Mail Jasmin Pierre is the creator of The Safe Place, an award-winning app that offers free and affordable resources centering on Black mental health. Jasmin created…
- Police Officer Trauma & PTSD: Officer James Jefferson | RDID; 202 · 53 minSend us Fan Mail Officer James Jefferson, an 18-year police service veteran and wellness coordinator in Canada, is done with the "blue wall of silence." He speaks openly…







