Ending the Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness, Depression, and Addiction | Jay Shifman

Preacher Boys Podcast

Eric Skwarczynski

Documentary, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Christianity

4.6 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Eric Skwarczynski sits down with Jay Shifman, host of the Choose Your Struggle Podcast.

Launched in February 2020, the Choose Your Struggle podcast seeks to educate listeners on the issues of Mental Health, Substance Misuse & Recovery, and Drug Use & Policy, and in doing so help end the stigma around these topics. Only by telling our stories; only by talking about these issues without shame, without hesitation, and without pause, only then will we create a society where those who struggle to feel comfortable speaking out.

The podcast is published weekly, on Friday mornings, with the occasional special episode on Mondays.

Each episode features me chatting with an incredibly knowledgeable person on one of these topics. Or at least something in relation to one of these topics! Past guests include former Congressmember Katie Hill, Comedian Frank King, The Addiction Doctor Robb Kelly, Ultramarathoner Greg Nance, and many others.

The first season of the Choose Your Struggle Podcast closed in November. This season saw the podcast break into the top 200 Health and Wellness list on Apple and was streamed in more than thirty countries. Over 40% of listens this season came from outside the US.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations.
0:06.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:08.5	Empathy begets empathy and vulnerability begets vulnerability, right?
0:12.0	If you want someone to open up, you don't badger them. Hey, man, I know you're struggling.
0:16.0	Tell me, that's not going to work for anybody. You open up to them. You know, talk to them,
0:20.6	show them that you are worthy
0:22.2	of being trusted, of being, of that you will listen to them, that you will hear them.
0:27.0	You are listening to the Preacher Boys podcast, a podcast shedding light on decades of mental,
0:32.8	physical, and sexual abuse within the independent fundamental Baptist movement.
0:37.5	The testimony shared on this podcast are told from the personal experience and sexual abuse within the independent fundamental Baptist movement.
0:42.9	The testimony shared on this podcast are told from the personal experience and perspective of the survivors. Not all legal outcomes are known or final. Any suspect is presumed innocent
0:49.5	until proven guilty in the court of law. Define more information about the Preacher Boys podcast and upcoming documentary, visit
0:57.8	preacherboysdoc.com or connect on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter with a handle at Preacher Boys
1:05.6	Doc. Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsinski.
1:11.1	All right, today, everybody.
1:12.1	Welcome back to the Preacher Boys podcast.
1:14.3	I'm so excited to welcome Jay Schiffman.
1:16.3	He is a public speaker, coach, and he's a host of the Choose Your Struggle podcast.
1:20.2	And I really want to just have a pretty transparent conversation about mental health.
1:24.8	And I know we've brought up addiction on the show, people who've experienced
1:28.2	trauma. That's unfortunately one of the ways people tend to cope. And so I wanted to bring him on
1:33.8	to discuss this topic and just chat through how we can kind of open up this dialogue around
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