H.O.P.E - Hang On Pain Ends

This podcast was originally started at the end of January 2026 ... after the sudden death of my Father ... then almost losing my mother 6 weeks later ... I decided I needed the first break of my lifetime, and I took a leave from my job .... and started a podcast.

It started as a platform to share my story with Bipolar Disorder.... and then started turning into journal-style recordings of many experiences from my past, not only to do with my mental illness, but including so many other things with a lot of laughter and tears as I have been told my story-telling is beyond compare.

Up until a few weeks ago, the podcast was going in one direction ... well, actually, numerous directions... but I thought I knew exactly where I was and where I would end up.

Turns out.... after a bipolar depressive crash in early June .... I realized the entire podcast up until then ... was recorded in something called a "Quiet Hypomanic" episode of Bipolar Disorder.

I was shocked