Episode 147: Listener Amelia & Postpartum Depression
Amelia discusses her "nuclear" PMS (called PMDD), her first pregnancy and the pressures she felt for everything to be perfect and the crushing Postpartum Depression that followed. She also talks abou...
27 Dec 20131h 51min
Episode 146: Chemda
The podcaster (Keith and the Girl) was raised in NY but born in Israel to a mother of Iraqi heritage and an Iranian father, both of whom had traditional expectations for their daughter, none of which ...
20 Dec 20132h 13min
Episode 145: Dr. David Lisak
Born in Montreal to a WWII widow, the clinical and forensic psychologist talks about the sexual abuse he experienced as a boy, the stigma and confusion adult male survivors grapple with and ultimately...
13 Dec 20132h 6min
Episode 144: Listener Seth
Raised by parents who talked about God a lot, the 29 year-old opens up about the hypocrisy he saw in a mom who couldn't parent him and a trucker dad who was either disappearing for months or dealing m...
6 Dec 20131h 52min
Episode 142: Scott Thompson Live in Toronto
The comedian/actor/writer (Kids in the Hall, Larry Sanders, Hannibal) opens up about his childhood in Brampton Ontario, coming to terms with his sexuality and the bullying that eroded his self-esteem....
22 Nov 20131h 35min
Episode 141: Susanna Brisk
Borderline Personality Disorder is often misunderstood. The blogger, author, performer and mom explains what it's like to live with, how to manage it and when it's most challenging. She also shares ...
15 Nov 20131h 43min
Episode 140: Paraphilia & Self-Abuse - Listener "D"
The 28 year-old listener opens up about his familiy's history of avoiding emotions, his cries for help, struggling to live on $8/hour, his cutting and self-abuse and his shame over his paraphilia (adu...
8 Nov 20131h 46min
Episode 139: Adoption w/listener Julie J
Born to a drug-addict teenage mom, Julie was given up for adoption and raised by a stoic military dad and Fundamentalist mom whose obession with demons comes close to resembling the mother from "Carri...
1 Nov 20132h 16min
