Loving Someone Through Mental Illness: Grief, Resilience, & the Stories We Tell Ourselves with Sheila Hamilton (E205)

About this episode

Kara Infante speaks with Sheila Hamilton about her memoir on navigating mental illness and its impact on family.

Send us Fan Mail Today’s conversation is a tender one. I’m joined by Sheila Hamilton — journalist, speaker, and author of All the Things We Never Knew, a memoir she wrote in the aftermath of her late husband’s descent into mental illness. This book is part story, part resource — and it captures the confusion, grief, hope, and fierce love that come with navigating a fractured mental health system while trying to hold a family together. If you’ve ever loved someone who was struggling…this episo...

People in this episode

Host: Kara Infante

Guest: Sheila Hamilton

Topics covered

• mental illness
• grief
• resilience
• family
• mental health system
• love

Keywords

• mental illness
• grief
• resilience
• memoir
• family
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: All the Things We Never Knew

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