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Health & Fitness

Holding It Together (Kinda)

by Michael Mackniak, Esq
Mental HealthHealth & Fitness

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  • The Thin Line Between Care And Control

    October 22, 2026 · 58 min

    Send us Fan Mail A conservator refuses to sign consent for a pregnancy termination because of personal religious beliefs, so a client’s medical decision gets pushed into probate court. That’s where we start, because it captures the core…

  • The Kidz Are Alright (Kinda) with My Kids

    October 20, 2026 · 54 min

    Send us Fan Mail The kids are not confused about what they need. They’re tired of performing, tired of being reduced to a checklist, and tired of pretending the pressure isn’t real when the “social mirror” lives in their pockets 24/7. We…

  • #8 Companion Caregiver Myths, Real Limits

    October 20, 2026 · 4 min

    Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to get stuck as a caregiver is to cling to “simple” legal lines that feel protective but turn out to be misleading. We are taking a short midweek pause to unpack a past conversation on caregiver…

  • Nesh Pillay: Be Kind To Little Man

    October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    Send us Fan Mail A brain injury can steal your past without touching your personality, and that gap is where so many families get lost. I sit down with Nesh Pillay, known from Amazon Prime’s 50,000 First Dates, to talk about what amnesia…

  • #7 Companion Caregiver Burnout Is Information

    October 13, 2026 · 4 min

    Send us Fan Mail Dementia doesn’t just change memory. It changes family roles, daily math, and the emotional weather in your house. On this midweek unpack, I step back into one of our most downloaded conversations, the Daughter’s Guide to…

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  • Claude Racine: Postpartum Is Not The Baby Blues

    October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    Send us Fan Mail The postpartum period can look normal from the outside while it feels like a full-body emergency on the inside. After the headlines around the Lindsay Clancy case, I wanted a real conversation about what postpartum…

  • #6 Companion Who Gets To Decide When Minds Are Unsteady

    October 6, 2026 · 3 min

    Send us Fan Mail Client choice can feel like a clean principle right up until the moment symptoms surge, risk rises, and everyone around the person feels responsible for the outcome. I walk through why that moment becomes an ethical…

  • Allan Houston and Tamara Houston: What Does Radical Acceptance Look Like At Home

    October 1, 2026 · 46 min

    Send us Fan Mail A hospital discharge can look like “problem solved” on paper while a family is still staring at the real question: where does our loved one safely go next? We sit down with Allan and Tamara Houston for a candid, grounded…

  • #5 Companion If You Say Calm Down, We Fight

    September 29, 2026 · 4 min

    Send us Fan Mail Your nervous system can’t “just calm down” if it’s still scanning for danger. We do a midweek unpack of our conversation with Danielle Worthen Cullenberg, and it’s one of those talks that puts words to what so many…

  • Annette: A Mother Learns That Survival Is Not The Same As Living

    September 24, 2026 · 56 min

    Send us Fan Mail Severe mental illness can turn a household into a command center overnight. One day you’re parenting, working, and planning for the future. The next day you’re tracking symptoms, bracing for outbursts, negotiating with…

  • Reclaim Calm in the Chaos: Time Mastery with Walt Hampton

    September 17, 2026 · 56 min

    Send us Fan Mail What if “busy” is the shield that keeps you from what you most need? We sat down with Walt Hampton—executive coach, author of The Power Principles of Time Mastery, and long-distance runner—to rethink time, energy, and the…

  • # 3 Episode Companion Memory Is Not A Care Plan When Stress Hits

    September 15, 2026 · 5 min

    Send us Fan Mail Caregiving can feel like being the only person holding the whole system in your head and it’s exhausting for reasons most people never see. We unpack what happens when you’re expected to remember every detail, translate a…

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About the show

Here we will get real in our conversations about Mental Illness and Caregiving, and the messy reality of keeping it all balanced.    No sugar-coating, no clinical jargon—just real talk about the hospitalizations, the medication battles, and the toll it takes on a home   This is for the parents, siblings, and partners who are doing the impossible every single day.  Holding It Together is a home for the overthinkers, the multitaskers, and anyone who feels like they’re one spilled coffee away from a meltdown.