How overcoming shame and stigma led to a career of helping others: a conversation with Bridget Swier
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Content Warning: Great Minds with Lost&Found episodes contain mature themes, including mental health, suicide, addiction, and others that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.
In episode 3, Joel sits down with Bridget Swier to talk about her work with the Front Porch Coalition. As a self proclaimed expert in shame and stigma, Bridget knows what self-hatred feels and looks like. She explains how she overcomes these feelings after years of abuse, substance use, foster care, inpatient care, and trauma. Carrying the burden of shame and stigma can do damage on the body, and Bridget is alive today, to help others so they don't have to experience that weight.
Find Bridget's work at Front Porch Coalition
Get involved with Lost&Found at resilienttoday.org
If you or someone you love is struggling, please reach out to the 24 hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or call 911. Additional resources can be found at https://www.resilienttoday.org/in-crisis/.
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