Living With Epilepsy - Alisa Kennedy Jones

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2019

⏱️ 97 minutes

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The writer and NPR contributor @IAmGothamGirl shares about developing epilepsy at 40 (as a single mom), bad doctors, shattering her face during a seizure, the myths around her condition and the hope she has found accepting her new reality. More About Alisa Book links or alisajones.com https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com/ https://endepilepsy.org/ https://www.epilepsy.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 the Calm sleep/relaxation app. For 25% off a premium subscription go to www.Calm.com/mental This episode is sponsored by Roman for a free online visit and free two-day shipping of ED meds go to www.GetRoman.com/mental This episode is sponsored by SquareSpace. For a free trial and 10% off the purchase of a domain or website go to www.SquareSpace.com/mental and use offer code MENTAL Other Links Mentioned www.paul-gilmartin.squarespace.com 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 461 with my guest, Alisa Kennedy-Jones.
0:06.4	Today's episode is sponsored by Squarespace.
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0:17.2	your work or selling products of any kind with beautiful templates, and the ability to
0:22.0	customize just about anything you can easily make a beautiful website yourself.
0:25.8	And if you do get stuck, Squarespace is 24-7 award-winning customer support is there
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0:32.2	So head to squarespace.com slash mental for a free trial.
0:36.2	And when you're ready to launch, use the offer code mental to save 10% off your first
0:41.0	purchase of a website or domain.
0:44.4	My name is Paul Gilmarton, and this is the Metal Onus Happy Hour at Place 4.
0:49.7	Honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas,
0:54.9	and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:58.7	This show's not meant to be a substitute for professional professional.
1:02.7	Listen, I don't have time to pronounce my arse.
1:06.3	We gotta get to the interview.
1:09.7	This show's not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
1:14.2	I am not a therapist.
1:15.4	It's not a doctor's office, more like a waiting room.
1:18.4	It doesn't suck.
1:20.3	The social media handles you can follow the show at mental pod and mental pod.com also
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