Crazy Btches Podcast

03/29/2021

Two crazy (partially) vaccinated bi***es, back at it.
Took a wee mental health break last week, but were prepping something we are super excited about for you this Wednesday 💕

We love you!

03/18/2021

New episode in time for your Thursday morning commute! Our guest this week is Leslie McBain from and you don’t want to miss this episode as we discuss her story, the amazing advocacy work she and MSTH are doing and a discussion of the current opioid crisis.

03/18/2021

New episode in time for your Thursday morning commute! Our guest this week is Leslie McBain from and and you don’t want to miss this episode as we discuss her story, the amazing advocacy work she and MSTH are doing and a discussion of the current opioid crisis.

03/10/2021

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨

This week we get INTO IT with the wonderful Alexis.

Alexis boldly shares her experience with trauma at an early age, healing through addiction, and coming out this past year.

She told us before our session that she was an open book 📖 and she really lived up to that. She gets real. And we think that’s badass.

Follow the link in the bio to hear Alexis’ powerful story 🌈

03/06/2021

03/03/2021

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03/02/2021

Posted •
🧡March 1st: Self-injury awareness day

I began cutting myself when I was 15 years-old, it all began with a moment of intense anger that I couldn’t cope with, I yelled, threw things and the emotion wouldn’t pass!

So, I grabbed some jewelry making wire and scratched it as hard as I could against my left arm, as soon as I felt the stinging pain, I felt relief.

Little did I know that relief would only last a few moments and instead what I was beginning was a pseudo-coping mechanism that would bring more harm than good.

As the years went by to deal with anger, sadness and despair I would cut myself, punch myself, punch walls, rub my hands until they bled & puncture my skin with my own nails.

This behavior lasted almost 10-years. And still in moments of current intense pain, my mind immediately indulges into the thoughts of self-harm, however I have learned to be mindful, take a deep breath and move away from these thoughts.

Self-injury is a serious issue that as a society we fail to talk about, so please know that you are not alone and that it CAN get better and you can learn proper coping mechanisms.

Please, read below for more information on self-injury ⤵️

Self-injury is the act of deliberately harming your own body, such as cutting, punching or burning yourself. This type of self-injury is a harmful way to cope with emotional pain, intense anger and frustration.

While self-injury may bring a momentary sense of calm and a release of tension, it's usually followed by guilt and shame and the return of painful emotions. Although life-threatening injuries are usually not intended, with self-injury comes the possibility of more-serious and even fatal self-aggressive actions.

🛑 Signs and symptoms of self-injury may include:

* Scars, often in patterns

* Fresh cuts, scratches, bruises, bite marks or other wounds

* Excessive rubbing of an area to create a burn

* Keeping sharp objects on hand

* Wearing long sleeves or long pants, even in hot weather
* Frequent reports of accidental injury

* Behavioral and emotional instability, impulsivity and unpredictability

* Statements of helplessness, hopelessness or wo

03/02/2021

Congrats to our contest winners!!
1st place: with a hammam spa day, 2nd place with a subscription to Headspace and 3rd place with an anxiety workbook! I will DM you to get you your prizes!!

02/26/2021

Both Amy and I have struggled with eating disorders in the past and I can only speak for myself but I find the diet and wellness industry incredibly triggering. I think it’s great that people want to take care of themselves but I also think that it is very easy for a focus on wellness, exercise and nutrition to turn into obsession especially for women predisposed to eating disorders. Orthorexia is on the rise. I know that for myself if I were to start restricting food groups like carbs because I thought it would make me physically healthier then my mental health would suffer because I cannot diet in a healthy way.

02/26/2021

🚨Episode 11 live now! 🚨

We spoke with Lore from the Wellness of Madness podcast. She had us captivated as told us her story of migrating from Mexico to the US and back again, and the OCD, Tourette’s Syndrome and BPD that developed and followed her along the way.

She also talks about her activism in Narc and corruption controlled Mexico and the PTSD she developed as a result.

After years of struggle and the tragic loss of her best friend, she turned her pain into a health and healing journey that has made her a Behavioural Change Specialist, a fitness instructor, a nutritionist and a yoga teacher.

We loved her and we know you will too. Check the link in bio to her story 💕

And follow her podcast page !

02/26/2021

🚨Episode 11 live now! 🚨

We spoke with Lore from the Wellness of Madness podcast. She had us captivated as told us her story of migrating from Mexico to the US and back again, and the OCD, Tourette’s Syndrome and BPD that developed and followed her along the way.

She also talks about her activism in Narc and corruption controlled Mexico and the PTSD she developed as a result.

After years of struggle and the tragic loss of her best friend, she turned her pain into a health and healing journey that has made her a Behavioural Change Specialist, a fitness instructor, a nutritionist and a yoga teacher.

We loved her and we know you will too. Check the link in bio to her story 💕

02/25/2021

Only 2 days left to enter our contest! We have 3 great prizes, the grand prize is a spa day or cash equivalent, 2nd prize is a year’s subscription to Headspace and 3rd prize is an anxiety workbook. It’s so easy to enter, find out how by following our link tree in bio or by following this link:
https://gleam.io/competitions/XJrtC-subscribe-to-this-awesome-podcast-for-your-own-sanity-and-to-win-some-cool-prizes
You get 10 extra entries for leaving us a podcast review on Apple! Good luck! XO

02/22/2021

Where are our Crazy B’s at??? Share with your favourite Crazy Person 💕💕💕

02/22/2021

Where our Crazy Bi***es at?? 💕💕 Share with your favourite Crazy Person 🥰

02/22/2021

Something super fun (not) that comes along with Mental Illness is co-existing conditions.

SO often this looks like compounding issues with Substance Use or Eating Disorders.

For example: I live with BPD, and as a result I struggle with addictive tendencies AND binge eating disorder.

This is incredibly frustrating some days and I can be very hard on myself playing the game of mental illness Wack-a-mole. 🤷🏻‍♀️

There is no tidy way to wrap up this post... it’s hard and frustrating. Full stop.

-Amy

02/21/2021

Both of these pictures are of me, taken 10 minutes apart. I like the first one. I like that I look long and lean, that the way I’m stretching means you don’t see any extra skin on my tummy that’s invariably there after having 2 kids, that I’m posing in a way that makes it look like I have a thigh gap and no flab on my upper arms. You can only see me from the front so it’s hard to see that I’m all angles and no curves. When I look at the second photo all I can see are my flaws. I see the rolls of skin on my belly, the cellulite, the stretch marks on my legs, how big my calf looks, that my nose is crooked.

I have had body dysmorphia for as long as I can remember. Though I no longer have an active eating disorder I still struggle with body image and it is a chronic battle. Sometimes I go months without symptoms and then I look in the mirror one day and I am undone by a wrinkle. I have had two nose jobs to “fix” my crooked nose. It’s still not straight enough in my opinion so on Friday I went to see another plastic surgeon who told me that if I had another surgery on my nose wouldn’t be able to breathe out of it. My first thought was actually that I didn’t really need my nose to breathe, I have my mouth. I am actually a very rational person but I have a mental illness that is not rational at all and I have to work every day to not let it consume me, and for me that includes continuing to talking about it.

Much like we often post only the best visual representations of ourselves online, often we present only the best versions of ourselves to the outside world as well. I lived for many years trying to pretend to everyone else that I was perfect. I hid the fact that I was anxious all the time, depressed, unsure of myself, insecure and throwing up most of what I ate. I don’t live like that anymore. In my life and through the Crazy Bi***es Podcast I share my story and my experiences and invite other women to do the same so that if there are women out there living in shame, silence, isolation, they will realize they’re not alone and that the feelings they are having and what they are suffering is normal. Today I bare myself to the world.

02/21/2021

I’ll go first 🖐🏼 my experience with mental illness has given me the ability to understand the invisible struggle of others on a very deep level.
-Amy

You’re turn 🥰

02/20/2021

It’s called self care, hunny. 🧖🏼‍♀️ 💅🏼this is the picture of peace and relaxation. But as a mom I will take what I can get 🤷🏻‍♀️

How are you taking a moment to love yourself today?

02/19/2021

Meds not a cure all, they are just a piece of the puzzle 🧩

Those who don’t understand medication may think you should be totally cured after starting them.

Though meds can take the edge off they don’t take away your experience of the whole breadth of the human experience.

You are still allowed to struggle and experience feelings while taking medication. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

02/19/2021

🚨Episode 10 is live now 🚨

We sat down and talked with the amazing Kendra Fisher who was wonderful and challenging in the best possible way.

Kendra is an elite athlete, a wife, a mother and a fierce mental health advocate. After having to walk away from her dreams of Team Canada and sunk into years of darkness due to her mental illnesses.
After finding the right help she founded Mentally Fit, a foundation that is taking leaps and bound forward in the way mental illness is being approached in her community.

Find the link in our bio for amazing story 💕💕💕

02/18/2021

In episode 10 Kendra Fisher discusses why she hates the word “stigma” and the tendency to make people more accepting of mental illness by holding back from discussing the things that make us uncomfortable rather than making it ok for those living with mental illness to live their truth and be accepted by those around them even on days they are messy, falling apart and not ok.

02/18/2021

In episode 10 Kendra Fisher discusses why she hates the word “stigma” and the tendency to make people more accepting of mental illness by holding back from discussing the things that make us uncomfortable rather than making it ok for those living with mental illness to live their truth and be accepted by those around them even on days they are messy, falling apart and not ok.

02/17/2021

PSA: using someone’s mental health as a means to degrade, control or shame them is abuse.

02/16/2021

Have you ever felt ashamed of taking your meds?? 💊

F**k that.

Meds have not been a solution for me. They have been a tool 🔧

I was so scared that meds were going to dull me out and change who I was. I strongly believe in being able to feel my way through things and learn from my emotions.

Meds give me enough SPACE and stability in my anxiety to feel things without them getting too overwhelming.

Meds are not for everyone and must be prescribed by a trusted doctor, but if they work for you, they work!!!

You’re journey is your own, and if that journey includes meds that’s great 👍🏼

02/15/2021

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 thank you for your courage in showing up for these stories! You tha real MVP’s

02/14/2021

Some days you need to put yourself first. It can be hard to set boundaries, to say no. It’s scary. We fear abandonment, judgement, that we are failing, that people won’t like us. But our value is greater than just what we have to give to others and we will never realize our full potential if we never save any of our energy for ourselves. - Kendra

02/12/2021

*Trigger Warning*
🚨 New Episode at 10am PST!

Episode 8: this week we chat with Sherry about losing her sister. This is a very raw and real talk about what it’s like to lose a loved one to su***de and coming to terms with her own mental health in wake of that.

Sherry shares her sister, Lisa, with us. The wonderful parts, the struggles, and yes the tragic bits too.

We couldn’t possible do this story Justice in an Instagram post, so we will let Sherry tell it. Link in bio ❤️

*the sound isn’t great in this episode, but we believe it’s worth a listen anyhow!