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Black Bipolar Female

by Natasha Cobb

Black Bipolar Female is a courageous space where honesty meets healing. Through candid conversations, personal reflections, and practical insight, this podcast explores what it means to navigate life, relationships, purpose, and success while living with bipolar disorder. Created for Black women who want to feel seen, understood, and less alone, each episode helps dismantle stigma, build community, and remind listeners that a diagnosis does not define their destiny.

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Episodes

  1. It Could Be Anything

    Natasha reflects on how she did not know what Bipolar Disorder was when she was diagnosed with it.

  2. Delusions of Grandeur

    Natasha is told that her dream of becoming a successful writer is delusional once she develops bipolar disorder.

  3. Risk Tolerance

    Natasha is told that she has the same risk tolerance as a stock broker - The bigger the risk the bigger the reward.

  4. Turn A Talent Into A Skill

    Natasha reflects on how talent wanes over time and how important it was that she develop her gift of writing into a skill.

  5. Throw It Away

    Natasha reflects on the value in moving on from material possessions, people, and food while looking forward to beginning to work on her mindfulness.

  6. Don't Compare Pain

    Natasha reflects on how it's more important to work to get through pain rather than comparing it to others who are also suffering.

  7. Weight Is Not A Personality Trait

    Natasha reflects on the first time she was called fat in middle school and how it shaped how she thinks about herself and her body.

  8. Happiness Is Quiet

    Natasha reflects on how she was often told to smile when she was upset. She always hated that. But she learned to smile to cover up her struggles.

  9. Follow Orders

    Natasha reflects on the difference between how she did not readily follow doctor's orders when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder but quickly accepted her cancer diagnoses and did exactly what the doctors told her to do.

  10. Taste It

    Natasha reflects on the importance on trying new things. It helps her build more confidence to overcome the many challenges life throws her way.

  11. So Many Things Wrong With My Body

    Natasha reflects on how people viewed her as someone who gets sick easily and never truly considered that something might be seriously wrong with her until she had her cancer diagnoses.

  12. FAKE

    Natasha looks so happy people think she's faking it!

  13. Happy Mental Health Awareness Month

    Natasha reflects on some of her cancer symptoms and how she coped while she was struggling with thyroid and colon cancer tumors in her body.

  14. REPLAY - CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) GRID

    Natasha talks about one of the tools she learned in CBT that helped her get through her Depression.

  15. REPLAY - 25 Years

    Natasha reflects on the fact that she has been living with bipolar disorder for over twenty five years.

  16. REPLAY - BE STILL - 100TH EPISODE

    Natasha begins to learn the importance of protecting her peace.

  17. Thank You Dr. Chalfin!

    Dr. Chalfin was the doctor who put Natasha on the cocktail she has been on for almost twenty years now. With all that Natasha has had to face with her anemia, colon cancer, and thyroid cancer she did not have to change her psych meds. She is able to maintain her mental health stability as she...

  18. The Threat of Return

    Natasha reflects on how her Type I Bipolar Depression retuning two times after she was initially diagnosed helps her handle the possibility of her colon cancer returning.

  19. Here I Am Again

    Natasha reflects on the similarities of being released from a mental hospital and being released from the hospital after her colon cancer surgery.

  20. I Remember Depression

    Natasha reflects on how battling Depression when she was younger helped her cope with her cancer diagnosis.

  21. Routine Bloodwork

    Natasha reflects on how her treatment for Type I Bipolar Depression lead to the discovery of her colon cancer.

  22. Mental v Physical

    Natasha reflects on how people react differently when she tells them she has bipolar disorder v when she tells them she has cancer. She also thinks about how her experiences having bipolar disorder shape how she manages living with her cancer diagnosis.

  23. Cancer Two Ways

    After being diagnosed with thyroid and colon cancer two weeks apart, Natasha begins a companion podcast - Cancer Two Ways. Black Bipolar Female will focus on the fact that she has two major health issues and it's more important then ever to maintain her mental stability. Cancer Two Ways will...

  24. What If?

    Someone once asked Natasha if she could go back in time and live her life without bipolar disorder would she do it. At the time she said no but time has changed her perspective.

  25. REPLAY - TAKE THE STAIRS

    Going up and down the stairs can be like moving through the peaks and valleys of life. It doesn't matter how fast or slow you go just as long as you get to where you're going safely.

  26. Not Everything I Believe Is True

    Natasha remembers how she used to say she didn't like things she never tried which led her to not believe things she'd never heard of.

  27. It's OK to Cry

    Natasha reflects on how crying is a necessity for her in her healing process.

  28. That One Day

    Natasha reflects on the day she ended up in a mental hospital.

  29. An Educated Guess

    Natasha talks about how a doctor's diagnosis is their best guess and sometimes a different doctor will have a better guess. But she ultimately listens to her body and values her own best guess.

  30. Replay: A Window or a Door?

    *One of Natasha's favorite episodes* What type of opportunities do you have? Are they windows or doors?

  31. Advice Is Optional

    Black Bipolar Female is not about giving advice. Natasha shares her story in hopes that other people find it easier to face the challenges she has faced.

  32. Happy 4th Anniversary!

    It's the 4th Anniversary of Black Bipolar Female! Thanks for listening! Stay Strong, Stay Healthy, And Know That You Are Loved!

  33. Replay - Today Yesterday Tomorrow

    As the 4 year anniversary of the Black Bipolar Female podcast approaches Natasha revisits one of her favorite episodes.

  34. To Plateau Or To Grow

    While on vacation in Atlanta Natasha acknowledges that she is happy with her life the way that it is but she still wants to set goals to work towards and grow as a person.

  35. Self-preservation

    Natasha reflects on her decision to shift from focusing on family members and making a living to putting herself first.

  36. Competing Priorities

    Natasha thinks about the murky middle of life and how hard it is to keep momentum..

  37. Over A Cliff

    Natasha reflects on all of the coping skills she had to develop in order to graduate from Harvard after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder..

  38. My Peace

    Natasha thinks about what threatens her peace and how she protects it.

  39. Do You Feel Healthy?

    Natasha rethinks her understanding of health after listening to others describe how they define their health.

  40. I Like Myself When I'm Healthy

    Natasha reflects on how her health is linked to her happiness.

  41. Taking A Break Can Save Your Life

    Black Bipolar Female is on its way back with new lessons learned, motivation to keep going and finding the excitement in living another day.

  42. Trust Yourself

    Natasha reflects on how she has worked to improve her ability to interact with people and build relationships while becoming more confident and happy with who she is. She is happy to have started the podcast and hopes it helps others just as much as it helps her.

  43. When will it end?

    Natasha reflects on the senseless violence in America hopeful that one day it will end.

  44. "Worst of Everything"

    Someone asks Natasha how she can love being a Black woman when she gets the worst of everything. Her response - "I was born into it!"

  45. When It's Over Move On

    Natasha reflects on how hard it is to move on mentally as well as physically.

  46. Student of Life

    Natasha reflects on how she is developing street smarts after being book smart for so long.

  47. I Forgive Myself

    Natasha discusses how she gives herself grace by forgiving herself.

  48. Why Me?

    Natasha tries to figure out why people don't seem to want to be nice to her even though she makes a point to try to be nice to others.

  49. Good Enough

    Natasha reflects on the summer of 2024 - her successes and most importantly what she learned from her failures.

  50. A Formula For Success

    A wise old man once told Natasha that there are 3 components to success - money, education, and luck.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Black Bipolar Female is a courageous space where honesty meets healing. Through candid conversations, personal reflections, and practical insight, this podcast explores what it means to navigate life, relationships, purpose, and success while living with bipolar disorder. Created for Black women who want to feel seen, understood, and less alone, each episode helps dismantle stigma, build community, and remind listeners that a diagnosis does not define their destiny.

HOSTED BY

Natasha Cobb

CATEGORIES

health mental

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Black Bipolar Female is a courageous space where honesty meets healing. Through candid conversations, personal reflections, and practical insight, this podcast explores what it means to navigate life, relationships, purpose, and success while living with bipolar disorder. Created for Black women...

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Black Bipolar Female is created and hosted by Natasha Cobb.
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