Michelle goes back over twenty years to share her fight with anxiety, depression, and later, a diagnosis that changed the trajectory of her life, igniting a passion for a career in mental health care. But, all of this was not possible without the fierce advocacy of this week’s special guest, Michelle’s mother, Shelley-Ann John. Amid uncertainty and using her education as a behavioural therapist at the time, Shelley-Ann enlisted the help of co-workers, high school personnel, family, and her faith in God to give her child the best chance of braving this storm.