SONJA WASDEN: AN IMPOSSIBLE LIFE

<p><strong>Sonja Wasden</strong> is a suicide survivor. She has managed the bipolar, OCD, and anxiety disorder for</p><p>over 30 years. She has been interviewed on top media, including CBS This Morning and The</p><p>Tamron Hall Show. Sonja’s award-winning memoir, An Impossible Life, is a lighthouse of hope.</p><p>Her mental health advocacy work includes doing mental health book clubs in women’s prisons</p><p>across the country, even Oprah Winfrey participated in one.</p><p><strong>We discuss: </strong></p><ul><li>managing bipolar disorder </li><li>enabling vs helping</li><li>how she lost 100lbs</li><li>how dialectical behavioral therapy helps with suicidal thoughts</li><li>receiving IV's of attivan</li><li>how to allow and invite pain instead of suppressing it</li><li>gastric bypass surgery</li><li>how to ground yourself</li><li>how to manage feelings of being a burden</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>"An Impossible Life" BOOK</strong>: <a href="https://amzn.to/3AEIdHd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3AEIdHd</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sponsor:</strong>Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? <a href="https://betterhelp.com/leo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://betterhelp.com/leo</a> and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>1-on-1 Coaching</strong>: If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thrivewithleo.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.thrivewithleo.com</a>.&nbsp;Let’s get to tomorrow, together.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>National Suicide Prevention Lifeline</strong></p><p>988</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Teen Line (Los Angeles)</strong></p><p>800-852-8336</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)</strong></p><p>866-488-7386</p><p><br></p><p><strong>National Domesti