This week's guest is deeply passionate about parenting, mental health, and wellness,
They grew up with the impression they were losers, feeling worthless and helpless.
The environment they rose from wasn’t healthy and they struggled academically, and while resilient, they felt inadequate for a long time.
Avi Wolfson was as a young adult, diagnosed with Bipolar Type I (previously known as Manic Depression) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
Anxiety was evident and present within his family but seldom talked about, nor did he have permission to feel sad or express any feeling besides happiness. In addition, he felt pressured to take on heavily religious activities but had no interest in them; this all took a heavy toll, leading him to drink, take drugs, and music as vices.
Avi joined the US National Guard in high school to absolve himself of this shame. he was proud to serve a country that he loved and protect the society in which we live so freely, but being in the military didn’t prevent any of those problems, nor did it make them go away. and he was back at square one and rock bottom.
Avi has struggled with MDD, Bipolar I, and has gone through very dark times in a traumatic childhood as a young, separated father to a girl, they believe their experience and unique perspective on single parenting would be valuable as he has become a stronger and more resilient person by finding light within my darkness.
Find Avi here
www.aviwolfson.com
www.linkedin.com/in/aviwolfson
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E52 - Brenda Miller - The KID Code
E51 - Jem Fuller - Divorce and Separation and How to do it right!
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E49 - Megan McLaren - Me First, Me Second, Me Third
E48 - Dr Joseph Garcia -Baby Sign Language
E47 - Gotcha4life - Gus Worland
E46 - Lisa Jayne - How to empower and connect with your teen
E45 - Jen Maria Cliff - Vagina Conferences
E44 - Aaron Huey - ADHD Superman
E43 - Sharón Lynn Wyeth - Neimology - Knowing the Meaning of Names
E42 - Megan Sweet - A solo parenting life
E41 - Michelle Mitchell - Everyday Resilience
E40 - Shannon Dominquez - From Cult to Independence
E39 - Cheryne Blom - Helping Kids Thrive
E38 - Wendi and Sam - Healing the inner child
E37 - Richard Capriola - The Addicted Child
E36 - Felicity Casey - Self Love is a thing!!
E35 - Single dad helping his autistic son - Welcome Jake Jetpulse
E34 - Solo Dating - What is it? Who does it? should you do it?
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