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Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Janine Noel

40 episodes

19 hours ago

What if you stopped measuring your worth by output and started honoring your reality? Today I sit down with Dr. Portia Preston, public health scholar and professor on the front lines of inclusive wellness, and the author of Hustle, Flow, or Let It Go—to explore a humane, shame-free approach to mental health and daily life. After a sudden kidney disease diagnosis and late ADHD/autism diagnoses, Portia rebuilt her framework for thriving. She learned to look at her energy as fluctuating capacity...

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What if you stopped measuring your worth by output and started honoring your reality? Today I sit down with Dr. Portia Preston, public health scholar and professor on the front lines of inclusive wellness, and the author of Hustle, Flow, or Let It Go—to explore a humane, shame-free approach to mental health and daily life. After a sudden kidney disease diagnosis and late ADHD/autism diagnoses, Portia rebuilt her framework for thriving. She learned to look at her energy as fluctuating capacity...

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Personal Journals,

Society & Culture,

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Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Break Free From "Hustle Culture" & Improve Your Mental Health With Dr. Portia Preston

What if you stopped measuring your worth by output and started honoring your reality? Today I sit down with Dr. Portia Preston, public health scholar and professor on the front lines of inclusive wellness, and the author of Hustle, Flow, or Let It Go—to explore a humane, shame-free approach to mental health and daily life. After a sudden kidney disease diagnosis and late ADHD/autism diagnoses, Portia rebuilt her framework for thriving. She learned to look at her energy as fluctuating capacity...

1 day ago

29 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

How Strong Mental Health Improves Your Wealth with Crystal Flores

Today I sit down with Crystal Flores to trace the line from her father's suicide to her early marriage that led to depression and codependency. Crystal broke free from her picture-perfect, yet miserable marriage, to carve out a new life built on values, clarity, and fiercely practical money care. The reset wasn’t flashy. She moved to a quaint country home, complete with a flock of chickens, and chased non-negotiables like connection, thrift, resourcefulness, creativity, and environmental stew...

3 weeks ago

27 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Borderline Personality Disorder: Stigma, Shame & Secrets

For Bianca, the catalyst of her Borderline Personality Disorder was the cultural pressure of living in a Middle Eastern family that provided the basics in life, but no emotional connection or support. With eldest-daughter expectations, and the heavy silence that comes when a family outsources its pain to one child, Bianca became the out-of-control truth bearer in her family system. After her tumultuous upbringing that included self-harm, suicidal thinking, and an abusive relationship, Bianca ...

1 month ago

28 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Recovery Warfare with General Gregg F. Martin [Part 2]

Picking up from Part 1, Gregg is now stuck in what he calls “two years of bipolar hell.” But when he is finally prescribed lithium, within a week his depression lifts. Coming out of depression, he still had work to do—repairing familial and professional relationships. Greg had also been angry with God for abandoning him and forcing him to live in misery. Lithium not only put Gregg’s depression at bay, but it also allowed him to repair his relationship with God. As treatment begins worki...

1 month ago

24 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Iraq War Triggers Bipolar with General Gregg F. Martin [Part 1]

Major General Gregg F. Martin had, for the most part of his life, lived with hyperthymia, a continuous low-level mania that ultimately helped his military performance because he was energetic, creative, and driven. But after commanding a 10,000-soldier combat brigade in Iraq, Gregg’s descent into mania and depression would span a decade. With a late diagnosis at age 58, Gregg challenges our understanding of bipolar disorder, revealing his belief that mental illness can progress along a ...

1 month ago

27 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

[Replay] Dartmouth Delusions

The first time I lost my mind was at Dartmouth College. By my junior year I was walking through campus with psychosis. A movie camera followed me wherever I went. I imagined myself dying in beautiful and surreal ways. And ultimately I wanted my life to end. In this episode with fellow writer, JD, I share my first experiences with bipolar disorder. When I welcome guests on the show, I want them to know I've had hard times as well. Memory is imperfect. Old delusions and imagination swirl togeth...

2 months ago

29 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

My Doctor Violated Me [Replay/New End]

In the original episode "Raw My Doctor Violated Me," Madelynn revealed how her psychiatrist of three years gradually started to make sexual advances. Her marriage was falling apart and she was vulnerable. How could this doctor who had provided counsel and care become inappropriate? With humor and even wondering if his words and physical contact were some form of cutting edge therapy, her confusion and shame ran deep. Wanting to find solace with a physician after her dad died, she pushed the a...

2 months ago

19 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

How My Dog Keeps Me Sane (mini remix episode #4)

When I rescued a dog, I never imagined the impact she would have on my mental health. Sure, her presence and warmth was calming and healing, but my dog Amber taught me a crucial lesson about how to handle my bipolar disorder. Happy to have a rescue dog in my life, things went downhill when a doctor put me on an antidepressant (which is a risky medication move if you have bipolar illness). And for me, it sent me into mania and then psychosis. In order to get care, I had to leave Amber home al...

3 months ago

14 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Bravely Bipolar: Surviving Pregnancy and Breaking the Cycle of Childhood Trauma

What happens when bipolar disorder collides with unexpected pregnancy? For Betsi it was a frightening time knowing a bipolar episode can be triggered by pregnancy and that bipolar illness has a genetic component that may be passed down to your child. And Betsi had already endured several hospitalizations in her early adulthood. She also was under the care of a doctor who misdiagnosed her and took her off all psychiatric medications, only to result in an episode that could have been prevented....

3 months ago

19 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Bipolar after Baby: When Motherhood Triggers Mental Illness

What happens when the joyful arrival of a baby triggers an unexpected mental health crisis? When Susan returned home with her newborn, she was in a manic state. Fueled by little sleep with an infant to care for, her behavior became erratic--rushing around the house, even handling her baby carelessly. Her husband David told Susan that it felt like he was suddenly living with two strangers--a wife he didn't recognize and a child he didn't yet know. It would take their doula's observation and ad...

3 months ago

25 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Befriending the Bully Within: Perfectionism with Dr. Tara Cousineau

At age thirty-two, Tara Cousineau, PhD, had it all. But when a mysterious illness disrupted her life, her doctors blamed it on stress. Knowing something else was at play she searched until she discovered a pinched nerve that was indeed a physical ailment, but also exacerbated by stress. Looking inward and discovering her own perfectionistic tendencies, Tara knew she wanted to help high achievers prevent burnout and illness. As a therapist, she set out on a path to improve the mental health of...

4 months ago

27 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

The Shiver: Is the Cold Plunge a Mental Health Hack?

Kris Rice, founder of The ChillPod, joins me to share her transformative journey with deliberate cold exposure. Growing up with a grandmother who battled bipolar disorder and later supporting her daughter through mental health challenges, Kris developed a deep appreciation for wellness practices. While meditation and yoga provided benefits, they demanded significant time commitments she couldn't sustain as a busy parent. When a persistent friend suggested cold plunging, Kris initially resist...

4 months ago

26 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Late Diagnosis: Matty Staudt Navigates Bipolar at 50

What happens when you receive a life-changing mental health diagnosis at 50 years old? For Matty Staudt--broadcast veteran, podcast pioneer, and current co-host of Alice Radio’s Sarah & Vinnie Show--it explained a lifetime of highs and lows. Matty was an anxious kid, but he assumed everyone experienced anxiety to the same extent. As an adult, he was treated for ADHD and also for depression by primary care doctors. To manage, Matty self-medicated with alcohol until a major cra...

5 months ago

22 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Sleep, Seinfeld & Steady Friends: How I Survive

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month (existing since 1949!!), I sit down with Ava to talk about how to talk to friends and relatives about mental illness. Ava has had her own mental health journey, particularly with her father who witnessed a genocide at age six. With signs of a soul in agony, she has yet to engage him in a conversation about his mental health and deep pain. When it comes to finding therapy and support--yes, the times are actually changing--but most people living with i...

5 months ago

25 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Tapping Into Anger: Can Suppressed Emotions Make us Sick and Depressed?

Today I sat down with Amy Vincze of Soar With Tapping and had an enlightening and somewhat controversial conversation. Amy, a certified Emotional Freedom Release (EFT) practitioner or "tapping coach," holds a strong belief that depression doesn't just appear out of nowhere—it's often the result of our earliest experiences and the vital emotions we've pushed away to survive. She believes that if we connect to deep feelings, such as anger, through tapping we can let go of those thoughts and emo...

6 months ago

30 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

PART 2: Breakthroughs in Youth Mental Health: Dialogic Therapy with Dr. Susan Swick

Today I continue my conversation with Dr. Susan Swick. Dr. Swick explains the dialogic method of therapy, developed in Finland for schizophrenia patients, which brings family and community into treatment sessions to improve outcomes through enhanced connection and understanding. Finland's application of this approach led to lower hospitalization rates and better medication compliance. Now the Ohana Center is using this method for various mental health issues in children and teens. Coupling ...

7 months ago

21 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

PART 1: Breakthroughs in Youth Mental Health Care with Dr. Susan Swick

Today I sit down for a two-part episode with Dr. Susan Swick. Dr. Swick, a psychiatrist specializing in child and adolescent health, first shares her personal connection to mental illness through her mother's late-onset psychotic illness. For Dr. Swick, getting her mother good care shaped her approach to youth mental health and her development of programs at the Ohana Center in Monterey, California. Dr. Swick highlights how mental illnesses are very common in children, and they are alw...

7 months ago

21 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Journaling for your Bipolar Brain with Kay Adams

Today I sit down with Kathleen Adams, a pioneer in therapeutic writing since 1985, who has transformed our understanding of how putting pen to paper can change our brains and improve our mental and physical health. As founder of both the Therapeutic Writing Institute and the Center for Journal Therapy, Kay shares her expertise and innovative journaling techniques. Kay provides an alternate to what we think of as "journaling" or "free writing," which can be intimidating to many. "Structure, pa...

7 months ago

38 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

Did My Bipolar Have to Get This Bad?

Have you ever thought about your mental health journey and wondered if it needed to get as bad as it did? As Bipolar She celebrates its 1-year anniversary, I sit down with writer/actor JD to reflect on the podcast. We chat about how I am often reminded I have bipolar illness because I get little glimmers of mania and psychosis and how the world can just feel “off.” Even a strict regimen of medication and sleep doesn’t make me feel totally normal. And even though I am thirteen years post-hospi...

8 months ago

28 minutes

Bipolar She with Janine Noel

No Meditation Required! Boost Your Mood & Change Your Life with Dr. Norman Farb

Have you tried meditation, and it really wasn’t your thing? Are you ever overwhelmed with negative or depressing thoughts? Or maybe you can’t see your life changing for the better because you have old perceptions of yourself stuck in your head? With story as your superpower, you can learn to positively project new futures, and perhaps this future even includes less medication for those with depression. Today we get answers and insight into how we can reclaim our lives as we struggle with low ...

8 months ago

45 minutes