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We are shaped by the people around us – and how we show up shapes others in return.
THE SHADOWS WE CAST is a mental health podcast exploring the lasting impact of truama, adaptability, and emotional inheritance through personal storytelling and expert converation. After a debut season that reached the Top 20 Mental Health podcasts in Canada on Apple, the show continues to create space for nuanced, stigma-free dialogue around mental health.
Each episode explores:
- The complexities of mental health through both clinical insight and lived experience
- Insights from each guest conversation that resonate, challenge assumptions, and offer new ways of thinking or coping.
- Conversations with mental health professionals, organizationa, advocates, and public figures
- What it means to speak honestly – without shame, without filter
Featured conversations include:
- Jenn and her sisters, Kate and Teresa — Personal Story & Lived Family Experience
- Sophie Grégoire Trudeau — Mental Health Advocate & Author
- Laura Fess — Founder, VOX Mental Health
- Candice Thomas — Mental Health Organization Leader
- Rachel Molenda — Lived Experience Voice
Through raw, grounded conversation, The Shadows We Cast treats vulnerability as strength and storytelling as a means of connection, reflection, and change.
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Jessie Harrold
Learn more about Jessie and her work at www.jessieharrold.com, and follow her on Instagram @jessie.es.harrold.
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