HeyJaredUnmasking Sobriety and Mental Health
Welcome to The Unmasking Sobriety and Mental Health Podcast, where we are all “Completely Fine.”I’m your host, Louise Barnett—author of Tainted Love: A Bipolar Memoir and a Jay Shetty Certified Life Coach.I live with Bipolar I and found sobriety in 2021.
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133. The FOUR Types of Bipolar Disorder: What’s Actually the Difference? And Why it Matters (opens the original)
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The FOUR Types of Bipolar Disorder: What's Actually the Difference? Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymia… what do these diagnoses actually mean? And is Bipolar II really a milder form of Bipolar I? (Spoiler alert: NO!) In this episode of I'm Bipolar. Now What?, Louise breaks down the four diagnostic categories of bipolar disorder, explains the specific criteria for each, and shares her personal experience living with Bipolar I. In this episode, we cover: The four types of bipolar disorder and what
132. Bipolar: The Male Perspective & Marriage (opens the original)
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What does bipolar disorder look like in men? And what role can a spouse play in helping someone build and protect stability? This conversation brings together two perspectives we need more of: men speaking openly about living with bipolar disorder, and honest conversations about what it means to love someone who lives with it. In this episode of I’m Bipolar. Now What? , I reconnect with Ken Walsh, five years after we first met through sharing our stories of mental health and recovery. Since then
131. I Couldn’t Manage My Bipolar Until I Got Sober (opens the original)
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For years, I treated my bipolar disorder and my relationship with alcohol like two completely separate problems. It took me six years after my Bipolar I diagnosis to understand just how connected they were. In this episode, I’m talking about addiction, sobriety, and why getting sober didn’t cure my bipolar disorder, but gave me the clarity I needed to finally learn how to manage it. In this episode: Why I used alcohol to numb the lows, fuel the highs, and escape reality How being highly function
130. The 1st Mood Tracking App for Bipolar Disorder: Steadyline with creator and founder Ravi Mishra (opens the original)
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My guest today is Ravi Mishra. Ravi has been living with bipolar disorder for more than a decade. His journey began with childhood trauma and years of depression before he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2015. A severe manic episode that required hospitalization became the first major turning point in his life. While rebuilding from that experience, he also faced the devastating loss of his mother. Years later, despite building a successful career as a software engineer, Ravi experienced
129. Six Pillars to Bipolar Stability (opens the original)
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When I was diagnosed with Bipolar I disorder, I thought medication was supposed to fix it. It changed my life—but it wasn’t the whole answer. In this episode of I’m Bipolar. Now What? , I’m breaking down the Six Pillars to Bipolar Stability that I’ve built over the last decade: medication, therapy + coaching, sobriety, lifestyle, emotional regulation, and nervous-system regulation. These aren’t six ways to cure bipolar disorder. They’re six ways I support my bipolar brain—and the framework I com
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