
this is bipolar
Hosted by Shaley Hoogendoorn and Shaley and Julie Kraft · this is bipolar
4.9from 262 ratings
- 128
- Episodes
- 9
- Transcribed
- 262
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 5B
- YouTube views
About this is bipolar
Unfiltered & authentic - a real-life glimpse of bipolar disorder. Join mental health advocate, Shaley Hoogendoorn as she passionately share her bipolar journey and holds space for the stories others. It is her greatest hope that these raw and real stories will give insight, shatter stigma, and offer hope. This is bipolar...
- Publisher
- this is bipolar
- Category
- health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 May 2020
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
9 of 128 episodes have a transcript.

18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Bipolar Work Struggle | Shaley & Dr. Andrea Vassilev

1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Divorce I Never Saw Coming: Trauma, Grief & Bipolar Disorder

3 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Living with Bipolar as a Man: Lee Formella on Acceptance, Anger & Breaking the Stigma
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The Bipolar Work Struggle | Shaley & Dr. Andrea Vassilev
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Not all work involves interacting with others, but a lot of it does. Yeah, did I miss anything? Oh, mixed features, of course. It's just the worst of both worlds. But I think the biggest theme here underneath this as to how bipolar can affect work is reliability, right? Predictability. Not that you're not reliable, but I know for me, it can be hard if you don't have a mood that you can count on from one day to the next to be you know functional it's hard to make commitments and work involves making commitments that's how i basically lost my teaching job yeah i've actually lost two careers to bipolar okay well let's jump into our experiences that is perfect because i want to i don't know this i want to hear about this that's because i don't usually talk about it Yay, this is bipolar. […]
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- Dr Andrea Vassilev
- Lee Formella
- Brandon
- Mel
- Melissa Pang Howard
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- YouTube views
- 4,657,761,841
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 91 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 171 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- Quality
- 55
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 95
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