From Chaos to Purpose - Wendy Adamson

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2020

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Despite her traumatic upbringing and becoming the woman (her mom) she swore she'd never be, Wendy went from an alcoholic PTA mother shooting at her husbands mistress to jail to getting sober and finding her life's purpose helping others and halting the cycle of intergenerational abuse. She is an author and certified drug and alcohol counselor. More About Our Guest Her new book is Mother Load: A Memoir of Addiction, Gun Violence & Finding a Life of Purpose. Visit her website https://wendyadamson.com Visit the shoe donation charity she talked about https://havasole.com Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. This episode is sponsored by EarlyBird CBD. For 20% off your first order (and free shipping) go to www.EarlyBirdCBD/mental and use the offer code mental Other Links Mentioned Paul mentioned the new book The Truth That No One Tells Teenagers: Ten Facts Every Teen Victim Has The Right To Know by former guest and advocate Dr. Matthew McVarish. WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 470 with my guest Wendy Addamson.
0:06.3	I'm Paul Gilmarten, this is the Metal Onus Happy Hour, a place for honesty about all
0:11.6	the battles in our heads, from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual
0:16.8	dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:20.4	The show is not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:24.6	I'm not a therapist, it's not a doctor's office, it's more like a waiting room that
0:29.3	doesn't suck, and is filled with tons of filthy inappropriate jokes.
0:35.6	Always terribly timed and awkward.
0:41.3	I want to give a shout out to one of our former guests, Maddie McVarish, huge advocate
0:47.4	for teens who have been the victims of sexual abuse.
0:53.5	He walked thousands of miles through Europe a couple of summers ago and actually got
1:02.2	laws changed.
1:04.4	Extending the, or I should say shortening, why would it be extending or shortening?
1:11.3	Extending the statue of limitations and sometimes getting rid of them for victims so that they
1:17.3	can find justice no matter how long ago it was that they did that.
1:21.9	Maddie himself is a victim and he has a new book out that is, so it's the book, he wrote
1:31.2	this book because it's the book he could have used when he was struggling as a teenager.
1:37.8	It's called The Truth That No One Tells Teenagers.
1:41.9	One facts, every teen victim has the right to know and it is, it's just a great, great
1:48.2	book and I'm going to put a link to that under the show notes for this episode.
1:56.4	And he actually goes by the name Dr. Matthew McVarish now because he got some degrees
2:04.9	since he was on this podcast.
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