
Nichole Howson is a social media manager and strategist and a mental health advocate. She speaks about mental illness - specifically on Mental Wellness, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety and PTSD. She’s been published 10 times for The Mighty and has been interviewed by CBC and CTV News. She runs a mental health blog called Defying Shadows, with 15 other mental health advocates. Diagnosed as a teen with Depression and Anxiety, and later on with Bipolar Disorder at age 20 and PTSD at 25. Nichole strives to support those who struggle and destroy all stigma surrounding mental illness.
This week on Tending Trauma we talk about Nichole's journey to starting her blog and the steps she found most helpful along that path.
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