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Podcast: Get Real with Caroline Hobby
Episode: Scout Sobel: The Emotional Entrepreneur
Description: Scout experienced her first depressive episode at the age of 14 and was formally diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 20. Living with a mental illness brought an onslaught of symptoms: anxiety, hypomania, depression, catatonia, psychosis, and suicidal ideation. Her perception of her life weighed down on her so poignantly that she dropped out of college, could not hold a job or internship, was hospitalized, experimented with medleys of prescription medication, and went through two outpatient programs. One day her husband (then boyfriend) looked at her lovingly and said, “I don’t care if you’r...