{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61942cd38233cd00126ffc1e/62d650dac0fd7100130183f7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Tab Wolod | Grabbing Ourselves by the Bootstraps and Getting Us Out of the Mud","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61942cd38233cd00126ffc1e/1647619494566-07ab27ff4050d3be4feed8476fc70cc1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We have a special guest for today's episode during the National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Tabitha Wolod. Tab is the CEO of Ideas Equal Income, a creative agency built to help individuals, just as its name indicates, transform their ideas into income. She is also a Queer person of color, currently dealing with some mental health issues, and a huge advocate for mental health awareness.</p><p><br></p><p>Throughout our conversation, we navigate Tab's childhood traumas, her relationship with her parents, the different extreme and traumatic situations she was exposed to since she was a child, and how they developed all over her adolescence and early adulthood.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about her coping mechanisms to deal with reality, her early introduction to nightlife, substance abuse, and promiscuous relationships with men and women.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In addition, we delve into the importance of seeking proper medical assistance, the dangers of misdiagnoses, and how her life changed after she got adequately diagnosed and medicated.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Some Questions I Ask:</strong></p><ul><li>Could you talk about how old you were when mental disorders started to manifest and how that experience was? (8:34)</li><li>Talk to us through what it looked and felt like; what were some signs and symptoms that things weren't in sync in your life? (15:10)</li><li>What were you trying to do to cope during this period of chaos during your early 20s? (24:53)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>In This Episode, You Will Learn:</strong></p><ul><li>Tab's upbringing and the challenges she faced having a mother with multiple mental health issues (4:25)</li><li>The lack of food restrictions at Tab's house and her struggles with poor nutrition (11:33)</li><li>Tab's first experiences as being misdiagnosed with depression (18:59)</li><li>Tab takes us through her traumatic experiences and poor choices in her early adulthood (20:14)</li><li>How Tab's life changed after she got a proper diagnosis to deal with her mental health issues (32:51)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources:</strong></p><ul><li>Ideas Equal Income <a href=\"https://www.ideasequalincome.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website</a></li><li>Book: Bessel Van der Kolk - <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PA7WL056R25Q&amp;keywords=the+body+keeps+the+score&amp;qid=1657811570&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=the+body+%2Cstripbooks%2C191&amp;sr=1-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Tab:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tabtitan/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TabWolod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Let's connect!</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://justblacktalking.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/justblacktalking/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Dr. Justin Black"}