Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction

About Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction

Shame and fear often stop people who really need support for their mental illness and/or addiction (substance use) from reaching out. In more than 200 interviews, Life Unscripted host Janice Arnoldi has honest and engaging conversations with people who share their stories of lived experience. The interviews are literally "unscripted" and flow naturally. Janice often finds common experiences and shares her personal journey with guests. Experts also come on the podcast to talk about solutions. Janice's goal has been to life the mystery and to reduce stigma by increasing public awareness.

Publisher

Janice Arnoldi

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Mar 2020

Latest episode

17 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

166 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Flood Trauma Is Real And Your Body Remembers It

   Send us Fan Mail Three catastrophic rain storms and massive flooding in Niagara this summer left residents stunned, scared and reeling with the pressure of cleaning up. In the days the after the flood, even a little rain sent triggered fear. Trauma therapist Laurie Gill, executive director of Attach Niagara, talks about what many people are quietly carrying: flood trauma. When a home is damaged, routines collapse, and insurance questions pile up, it is not “just stress.” It is a nervous...

2. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Willow Arts Is So Much More Than Art Therapy

   Send us Fan Mail The Willow Arts Community may seem like "art therapy" but rather than a clinical approach with a therapist it provides a free, peer-led creative experience and connection for people across Niagara living with mental illnesss, subsatance use and addiction. For some, being with people at the Willow may be their only connection with people. Founder and Executive Director Leigh McLeod explains how the Willow helps recovery. You don't have to have any art experience. There's...

3. 

   10 Aug 2026

   Why Teens and Young Adults Struggle to Build Self-Worth

   Send us Fan Mail For many teens and young adults thoughts Are Not Facts. Getting out of bed can be the hardest part of the day, and for a lot of teens, that struggle stays hidden behind jokes, grades, or silence. Youth mental health speaker, Lawrence C. Harris, helps teens and young adults believe in themselves, think differently about their future, and make better choices rooted in self-respect. Lawrence shares his lived experience with severe bullying, being kicked out the house at 13, chil...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

76

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