Sam Tielemans is a marriage and family therapist in the Las Vegas area, and also the host of the podcast "Couples Healing from Pornography Addiction". Sam speaks with Em about the unique challenges couples face when one has a mental health cha

Kimberly Part 2 and Jasmyne: When your Parent has Bipolar

Feb 16th, 2022 36m 16s

I continue my conversation with Kimberly Simpkins, author of http://www.simpkinsfamilychronicles.com who is also releasing her own podcast with the same name which you can find on any platform where you listen to podcasts. We also get to talk w

Kimberly Simpkins Part 1

Feb 9th, 2022 46m

Author of the blog Simpkinsfamilychronicles.com, and fellow member of the Mental Health Strong Leadership summit, Kimberly Simpkins shares parts of her 20 year history with her husband Scott, who has Bipolar type one. Kimberly wants others to h

#26 The Cycles

Sep 8th, 2021 15m 37s

Em here announcing our Mental Health and Marriage Summit for October 2, 2021. Sign up at mentalhealthstrong.com , or email me at [email protected] this episode, I give you an update on huge life transitions and what that does to

Further Down the Line with Temple: Part 2

Jan 12th, 2021 39m

Author of "Whoops, I married a Bipolar" Temple Leffingwell talks with Em about the Pandemic, dealing with our own mental health, and the heartbreak that comes when you do everything you can and you're not seeing results yet. She wants to offer

Further Down the Line, With Temple Part 1

Dec 21st, 2020 59m 2s

Author of "Whoops, I married a Bipolar", Temple Leffingwell joins Em to talk more about things she wishes she had known in navigating the treatment of Bipolar for her husband of 8 years. This is part 1 of a long conversation about the emotional

Stick it to the Stigma

Oct 25th, 2020 52m 48s

Guest Tara, author of "When Hope Speaks" talks to us about her 3 year marriage to her husband who suffers from Bipolar disorder. On top of everything they face with mental illness, they dealt with 8 years of infertility before their daughter c

Mental Health Strong with Erin R.

Aug 28th, 2020 1h

Erin Ramachadran speaks to us about her book "Mental Health Strong". She uses her experience from 13 years of marriage to her husband who has OCD, Depression, and other mental health conditions, to provide guidance and support for those of us w

Self Coaching Through Coronavirus: Beth Bush part 2

Mar 22nd, 2020 1h 3m

We are all having all kinds of thoughts, therefore feelings happening related to the anxiety of a global pandemic. Having a spouse with a mental health issue can just add more anxiety to the pot. Beth coaches Em through some of those scary thou

Beth Bush and the Life Changing Power of Self Coaching

Mar 15th, 2020 1h

Not only is Beth Bush is a certified life coach through The Lifecoach School, but she also has been dealing with her own feelings and struggles being married to a man who has Bipolar 2. Hear her story, and the life changing break through's she

Anxiety, Depression, and Finding Community Part 2

Jan 11th, 2020 34m 30s

The 2nd half of my conversation with "Ruth", whose husband has gone through bouts of Anxiety and depression, which cause work, marital, and life issues. She shares with us their plan as a couple for his treatment, and her own coping strategies

Anxiety, Depression, and Finding Community Part 1

Dec 19th, 2019 37m 18s

Em interviews "Ruth" who has been married to her husband for 15 years. He has dealt with years of anxiety and depression, and she has learned many ways to make it through the tough times and has some great insights to share with us. Support the

Winter and Mental Health

Dec 4th, 2019 19m 14s

Winter is upon us! And for those of us with mental illness, or who have a spouse with anxiety, depression, or any other mental illness, this is a tough time of year. We need to fortify ourselves with every tool in our belt to help us get throug

Bipolar is not an Excuse for Infidelity

Aug 5th, 2019 1h 2m

Guest "S" tells of her 24 year marriage to a man only recently diagnosed as both Bipolar 2, and ADHD. She has been through a lot, including infidelity, financial struggle, having a child who is also Bipolar and all the other ups and downs that

The Human Condition and Spiritual Journey

Jun 1st, 2019 1h 1m

Guest "K" shares how loving someone with Bipolar really opened the gate into his own Spiritual Journey. He has found better lenses and tools to view our experiences and make sense of this life. We talk about the power of myth and the Hero's Jou

Healing is a Slow Process

May 21st, 2019 24m 24s

When we want to hand our mentally ill spouses over to their Doctors or their Therapists and say "Fix Him/Her", we need to understand one thing: It's a slow process. You can't drop them off at the hospital one night and have them come home in a

Surviving the Bipolar Storm with Hope and Grit

Apr 9th, 2019 1h 1m

Meet special guest Michelle: she has been married to her High School sweet heart for over 20 years, has two boys, and yet only in the past 2 years has her husband been diagnosed with Bipolar 2. We discuss how she took a pretty much broken marri

Whoops, I Married a Bipolar: Temple Cartmill

Mar 27th, 2019 1h 21m

"GET A GENE SITE TEST" and other great advice from the author of the book "Whoops, I Married a Bipolar". Temple shares her story with Em and they discuss deeper things like the spiritual roots of mental illness, and how to heal your own pain an

Wanting too Much, and Not Enough

Mar 13th, 2019 27m 38s

Where is the balance between wanting a better life, and appreciating all the good things that you do actually have? This is something I struggle and wrestle with constantly, and maybe it's the pendulum of these two conflicting ideals that ultim

Falling in Love Again

Jan 14th, 2019 27m 3s

Dealing with a mental illness for the first time, or over the span of a long relationship can leave it's scars. Sometimes we wonder if our mentally ill spouse is even capable of loving us, or of being in a relationship at all. But re framing th

Finding Beauty in Pain

Dec 18th, 2018 48m 22s

In this interview, we hear from "L" who is the wife of a man diagnosed as on the Bipolar spectrum, whose biggest struggle has been severe bouts of depression that have led to a suicide attempt and hospitalizations. How do you come back from tha

Military Family deals with Bipolar, and decides EVERYONE needs therapy

Dec 11th, 2018 58m 30s

Interview with "T" who is the spouse of a man recently diagnosed with Bipolar two, whose symptoms are mostly obsessive behaviors and irritability. We talk about how she deals with this, the struggles of sometimes parenting alone, her own strugg

It's Going to be OK

Nov 14th, 2018 19m 48s

Are you dying to hear those words, and believe them? With so many situations out of your control with the mental health issues of your partner, you sometimes, or even all the time, just need someone to give you a giant hug, and tell you that it

Taking Back Your Power

Oct 29th, 2018 23m 56s

Feeling helpless? Powerless? Desperate? You are not alone, and the host will share with you some helpful things you can do to take back your power, own your own happiness, and take steps to creating a more stable life for yourself and your fami

Friends and Allies

Oct 24th, 2018 52m 43s

Hear a heart warming and hopeful interview with a couple who have been through the ups and downs of mental illness for 11 years. Even though there will still be struggles ahead, this couple has really learned to communicate, simplify, and hang