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162: Power of Peer Support
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What role does peer support play when it comes to learning how to live well bipolar?
Tune in as Paris brings on this week's guest, Avantika, the host of the podcast Beautiful You. She has been an active mental health advocate since 2020, creating videos, blogs & podcast for mental health advocacy. Avantika was diagnosed with bipolar II at 17 and featured in the magazine called The Week and an Indian national newspaper, The Times of India, for sharing her story with bipolar disorder.
We talk about the importance of creating your support network through relationships along with leveraging others who understand what it looks like to live with bipolar.
Avantika shares her story as it relates to moving from denial to taking action to make her mental health her top priority. She describes the importance of acknowledging our limitations and not letting them keep us in a box.
For more Avantika, connect with her here along with her podcast here!
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Manage episode 384391551 series 3529625
What role does peer support play when it comes to learning how to live well bipolar?
Tune in as Paris brings on this week's guest, Avantika, the host of the podcast Beautiful You. She has been an active mental health advocate since 2020, creating videos, blogs & podcast for mental health advocacy. Avantika was diagnosed with bipolar II at 17 and featured in the magazine called The Week and an Indian national newspaper, The Times of India, for sharing her story with bipolar disorder.
We talk about the importance of creating your support network through relationships along with leveraging others who understand what it looks like to live with bipolar.
Avantika shares her story as it relates to moving from denial to taking action to make her mental health her top priority. She describes the importance of acknowledging our limitations and not letting them keep us in a box.
For more Avantika, connect with her here along with her podcast here!
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