As you may know, I take part in mental health podcasts quite frequently. Recently, I’ve discussed issues such as mental illness as a disability, what people with and without mental illness need to know about suicide, and one of my pet peeves when people try to look for the “bright side” of mental illness. Four mental health podcasts I’ve done were released recently, and I want to share them with you.

Important Conversations Podcast with Michelle Dickinson: Ask Me Anything — Understanding Bipolar Disorder

Michelle Dickinson’s Conversations That Matter podcast covers everything from daily meditation to eating disorders and, yes, me and bipolar disorder. This podcast started out being 30 minutes but ended up being about an hour because the conversation went so well. Learn about what people had to ask — both live and not — in this podcast.

Mental Illness as a Chronic Illness on the ‘Chronic Conversations’ Podcast with Leah Oren

Chronic Conversations is a podcast by a chronically ill woman for chronically ill women. (But don’t worry, men will enjoy it too.) I loved doing this podcast because it framed serious mental illness not only as a medical illness but also as a chronic medical illness. (Yes, we can be spoonies.) A mental illness like bipolar disorder isn’t really a “chronic” (say, making one sick daily) illness for everyone, but it certainly is for me and many others.

Check out our conversation here:

[Note, an additional podcast was removed here as it was taken offline.]

Speaking Up About What’s Beneath with Natasha Tracy on the ‘Extra Innings’ Podcast with Albert Dabah

The host of Extra Innings, Albert Dabah, is a filmmaker who directed the award-winning film of the same name that tells the story of a young man who is caught between pursuing his dream and staying devoted to his Syrian Jewish family who is afflicted with mental illness. It is autobiographical and talks about the suicide of two of his family members. We touch on his family’s history in this podcast.

This podcast is the most in-depth discussion of mental illness, suicide, and hope. The video of our conversation is here, and the audio is below:

I hope you’ll have a listen to the above and check out other episodes of these mental health podcasts too.

Natasha Tracy and Mental Health Podcasts

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