What is Grounding and How Do I Do it?

In this tenth episode of the Living Well with Mental Illness podcast, Lauren and Rob discuss types of accommodations in the workplace that can be helpful for people living with a mental illness. They also discuss what it takes from leadership in a company or organization to create and promote an accepting workplace culture that prioritizes employees mental health and wellbeing.

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In this ninth episode of the Living Well with Mental Illness podcast, Lauren and Rob share about their experience dating with mental illness. Lauren lives with schizoaffective disorder and talks about her experience dating with this illness, and together they chat about what their experience dating each other was like with Lauren's mental illness.

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In this eighth episode of the Living Well with Mental Illness podcast, Lauren and Rob share about when they first knew they needed help with their mental health. They discuss what symptoms made them decide to reach out for additional support, and provide some signs to be aware of when determining if you need additional support as well.

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In this seventh episode of the Living Well with Mental Illness podcast, Lauren and Rob explore what it means to work on grounding yourself and times when it can be beneficial to do so. They share what has been most helpful as grounding techniques and strategies for when they're feeling that sense of discomfort or misalignment within themselves.

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In this sixth episode of the Living Well with Mental Illness podcast, Lauren and Rob seek to normalize talking openly about suicide. Suicide and the experience of suicidal ideation is an often shied away from topic enmeshed in stigma. This episode seeks to bring it out into the open where much needed conversations can be had in an effort to deal with these problems more effectively.

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In this fifth episode of the Living Well with Mental Illness podcast, Lauren and Rob explore the topic of loneliness as it pertains to the experience of living with a mental illness. They share vulnerably about their own experience with loneliness and share ways to work at overcoming loneliness in the face of mental illness.

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In this fourth episode of the Living Well with Mental Illness podcast, Lauren and Rob discuss the benefits of engaging in therapy, and argue the case for why everyone would benefit from it. They share what they've gotten out of therapy and reasons why it may be a good idea for you too.

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In this third episode of the Living Well with Mental Illness podcast, Lauren and Rob discuss whether or not it's possible to live well with a mental illness. And what does living well with a mental illness even mean? 

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In this second episode of the Living Well with Mental Illness podcast, Lauren and Rob discuss how we as humans simply aren't built to withstand the demands of modern society. They speculate as to the effects and toll our society as it currently is, is having on our mental health both at an individual level and a collective level.

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In this first episode of the Living Well with Mental Illness podcast, Lauren and Rob set out to define what exactly mental health is, both by standard definitions, and delving into their own understanding of what mental health is.

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