Episode 19

Mental Health, Juve Systems, and MeToo with Josh Currivan

In episode 19 of Life Through a Dram, I chat with Josh Currivan on his and his family's journey with depression, anxiety, and ADHD, as well as how he managed to escape the youth juvenile system, and the importance of supporting victims and offering a safe space to talk and be heard.

Topics on the menu include:

  • Josh's realization that he needed to get help, and how his diagnosis of anxiety and ADHD made a change in his approach to life
  • How that realization and diagnosis impacted the dynamics within his family
  • His teenage years, and time spent in juvenile detention and his early experiments with drugs and alcohol
  • How meeting his wife and having their first child at a young age set him on a path to recovery
  • Why we need to listen more to Millennials as opposed to just sweeping their thoughts under the carpet
  • The importance of stepping up and supporting victims, and letting them know they have a safe place and a voice that will support them
  • Raising daughters in a #MeToo age where white male privilege remains an issue when it comes to sexual assault

Settle back for a highly insightful and inspiring conversation with Josh as he holds nothing back, and shares his point of view honestly and openly.

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This week's whisky is the Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2007. Slainte var.

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Life Through a Dram sees Danny Brown's take on life, being a better person, and appreciating the here and now, all accompanied by a dram of fine single malt whisky.

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Danny Brown

Danny Brown is the host of One Minute Podcast Tips, the show that helps you be a better podcaster in just a minute a week. He's also hosted, and co-hosted, several other podcasts - if you called him a serial podcaster, you wouldn't be wrong! He's been in the podcasting space for over 10 years, and has the scars to prove it.

He's the Head of Podcaster Support and Experience at Captivate.fm, the world's only growth-oriented podcast hosting, distribution, analytics, and monetization platform for the serious indie podcaster.

He lives in beautiful Muskoka, Ontario, Canada with his wife and two kids, where he spends winters in front of a cozy fire and summers by the lake. Well, when he finds time away from podcasting, of course...