BULLETPROOF WOMEN

Today's episode, we will revisit my chat with my friend Melissa and will dive into the second part of her experience. In Part 1, she spoke openly about the struggles she faced with depression and raising her rebellious teen daughter V, who was struggling with her own mental health issues, unknown to Melissa at that time. We ended the last episode with Melissa finding out that  V was pregnant and she wanted to once again move out from her mother’s home and get her own place with her boyfriend to raise her baby. Melissa’s story today cover’s extremely sensitive topics such as Postpartum depression, Child Abuse, dealing with Foster care situations and navigating the convoluted Red Tape of  Children's Aid Society in Ontario or, CAS.

This experience and content is very heavy and may be difficult to hear. For some, it may trigger painful emotions.

Listener discretion is Advised.

This is the tough experience of my next guest, Melissa, who has so bravely shared with us, some of the most difficult and stressful times that a woman and a mother can go through. Melissa's story today is about the hardship she's faced dealing with a rebellious teen, the pain of watching her child make one mistake after another,  and the anguish of feeling helpless while this happens. This experience and content is quite heavy and may be difficult to hear. For some, it may trigger painful emotions. Listener discretion is advised.

Have you heard of the Butterfly Effect? Not the Movie or the Song, but the actual theory. Wikipedia has a short paragraph of long words. In essence; the Butterfly effect explains that small actions today can have a phenomenal effect tomorrow.

What if you knew what effect a small decision you made today, would have 25 years from now?

Today I’d like to dedicate this episode to a wonderful woman in my life as a tribute to all her struggles and extraordinary life experiences. This story is an excellent example of how the seemingly small decision she made, was still so difficult, yet had an amazing butterfly effect for her future generations.

We consider ourselves citizens of a Modern world, with a modern outlook and modern lifestyle choices. Outdated ideas on fashion and lifestyle choices for women have no place in today’s world. Or... that’s what we all hope for at least.

But, sometimes, the modern world fails us, and there are those who feel like they’ve been thrown back into those Dark Ages, where just being themselves is considered Taboo.

Those who feel this most are the LGBTQ community.

This is the story of Suzanne, a 24 year old Bi-sexual woman, who lives in a society that frowns upon women (& men) who are open and true to thier own sexual orientation.

Quick intro to what this podcast is about and what you can expect in the coming weeks!

Enjoy!