Boundless Body Radio Living Well with Schizophrenia with Lauren Kennedy West! 702
Lauren Kennedy West has lived for many years with the diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. She has the unique combined perspective of having experience working in the mental health care system as a social worker, and of navigating the mental health care system as a patient.
She shares her experience and knowledge as a speaker to various audiences, and also through her YouTube channel, titled Living Well With Schizophrenia, where her videos have been viewed over 20 million times. The channel is devoted to increasing knowledge and awareness around schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychosis spectrum illness and mental illness in general.
Lauren shares vulnerably about her struggles and successes navigating the mental health care system, working on recovery, and living well with a chronic mental illness. Lauren has been a mental health advocate since a young age, and her goal is to help others feel more supported in their own mental health journeys, and also to push for better mental health systems and supports.
She has delivered talks with the Schizophrenia Society of Alberta and the Mental Health Commission of Canada, among others.
Find Lauren at-
YT- @Living Well with Schizophrenia
https://www.laurenkennedywest.com/
Find Nicole Laurent at-
https://mentalhealthketo.com/
IG- @mentalhealthketo
TW- @KetoCounselor
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