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Bunny Hugs and Mental Health
Bunny Hugs and Mental Health features real life stories and experiences from survivors, bereaved families and professionals. Suicide attempt survivor and host Todd Rennebohm has candid conversations about various mental illnesses, traumas, addiction, and mental health issues. It is recognized as one of the best Canadian mental health podcasts, offering a safe space that combines deep, serious topics with empathy and humour.
Episodes
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMy Borderline Personality Disorder Recovery - Xannie
Xannie is back and we deep dive into her borderline personality disorder recovery while I make comparisons to my own recovery of substance abuse. We discuss…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthTodd and Tazzy 2z Daze - ep6
This week Todd and Tazz discuss Tazz's recent heart attack. Every Tuesday legendary and hilarious, stand up comedian, Tazz Norris, joins me (Todd) to have a…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthAntisocial Personality Disorder - Cherry
Cherry shares her personal experiences with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), including her childhood behaviours, family history of personality…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthWitness to a Boyfriend's Suicide - Julianne
Julianne discusses the emotional struggles faced by individuals in toxic environments. She shares personal experiences of navigating a partner's substance…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthAbducted and Captive For 10 Years - Tanya Nicole Kach
Tanya Nicole Kach shares her harrowing story of abduction and survival. She discusses the grooming process by her abductor, and the psychological manipulation…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthUpdate
Please follow this link to help Tazz in this time of need! https://www.gofundme.com/f/ptg4qf-help-tazz Please go to www.bunnyhugspodcast.com to find all my…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthPure Obsessional OCD - Dr. Shahana Alibhia
Dr. Alibhai is a doctor, author, and speaker. Focusing on postpartum anxiety and OCD. Dr. Alibhai shares her personal journey with mental health and her…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthTodd and Tazzy 2z Daze - ep5
Every Tuesday legendary and hilarious, stand up comedian, Tazz Norris, joins me (Todd) to have a heartwarming, honest and humorous chat about our mental…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthInternational Drag and Pop Superstar - The Queen Priyanka
For those of you that don’t know, Priyanka was the winner of Ru Paul’s Drag Race Canada season1, an international pop star and former host of The Zone on YTV…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthTodd and Tazzy 2z Daze - ep4
Every Tuesday legendary and hilarious, stand up comedian, Tazz Norris, joins me (Todd) to have a heartwarming, honest and humorous chat about our mental…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthFrom Childhood Trauma to Trauma Counselor - Paul Nootbaar
Paul's tumultuous childhood is marked by trauma, family dysfunction, and the challenges of growing up in state custody. The discussion highlights the…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthTodd and Tazzy 2z Daze - ep3
Every Tuesday legendary and hilarious, stand up comedian, Tazz Norris, joins me (Todd) to have a heartwarming, honest and humorous chat about our mental…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthThe Emotional Toll of Breast Cancer - Jessica Jimmo
Jessica Jimmo shares her deeply personal journey through cancer diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. She discusses the psychological effects of being in…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthTodd and Tazzy 2z Daze - ep2
Every Tuesday legendary and hilarious, stand up comedian, Tazz Norris, joins me (Todd) to have a heartwarming, honest and humorous chat about our mental…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthLosing a Spouse to Addiction and Suicide - Jill Robson
At one point, Jill was young, happy and expecting her first child with her husband. Unfortunately things changed. Jill Robson shares her deeply personal…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthTodd and Tazzy 2z Daze - ep1
It's the first ever episode of Todd and Tazzy 2z Daze! Every Tuesday legendary and hilarious, stand up comedian, Tazz Norris, joins me (Todd) to have a…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthPanic Attacks, Grief, and Divorce OH MY! - Jess Siemers
Jess is lives with anxiety and a panic disorder. She explains how panic attacks present themselves to her and how she treats her disorder. Even after a…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthLife with ADHD, Schizoaffective Bipolar and CPTSD (replay)
This episode originally aired on January 22, 2022 and since that time Hailey has unfortunately left Instagram. (Original show notes) Hailey Rose is a rising…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthAbortion and Mental Health - Megan Johnston
Four years ago Megan began noticing the high number of anti abortion signs being displayed on highways and cities. It was also around that time Megan aborted a…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthConfronting My Perpetrator to Change the World - Thordis Elva
In this conversation, Thordis Elva explores the complexities of mental health, trauma, and the journey of healing from sexual assault. Thordis shares her…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthRecovering From Porn Addiction - Powerful Eric
Eric is a porn addict coach and in recovery of his own “raging porn addiction”. He helps men from all over the world kick the obsession of porn and sex. We…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthEnding the Shame of Family Secrets -Gail Lukasik
Every family has some kind of secret. Some are known to the family and not talked about and others are meant to die with the only person that knows of it. Gail…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthTrying to Make Sense of Murder Suicide - Andrea Schwam
I first heard Andrea’s Schwam’s story on the podcast This Is Actually Happening. Andrea’s story delves into the complexities of family dynamics, mental health…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthGay, Abused, Broken and Resilient - Michael Caven
Michael Caven is a sweet, semi retired, gay man with a simple life in Vietnam. That wasn’t always the case however. Seemingly overnight Michael went from a…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthThe Beautiful Bella Brave - Kyla Thomson
Kyla Thomson is the incredible mother of the beautiful soul Bella Brave. Kyla and Bella started posting on TikTok and today the account has over 7.5 million…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthThe Paranormal and Mental Health - Jim Harold
Happy Halloween! This episode is a bit of a departure from other episodes…or is it? In this conversation, Jim Harold (host of The Paranormal Podcast and Jim…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthSurviving America's Deadliest Mass Shooting - Amber Thompson
Amber is a survivor of America’s most deadliest mass shooting, the Route 91 Music Festival, that took place in Las Vegas in 2017. Amber and Amy Over, who was…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthWhy is Someone Charged With Murder in My Son's Suicide? - Kim Prosser
Kim Prosser’s son Ashtyn took his own life in March of 2023 after purchasing a deadly substance off of the internet. The man that sold that substance is…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthPart 2: I Forgive My Childhood Predator - Michelle Tennant M.A.
This is part two of Michelle’s story Michelle Tennant Nicholson, M.A. is an award-winning author and international publicist. During the pandemic, Michelle…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthI Forgive My Childhood Predator - Michelle Tennant M.A.
Michelle Tennant Nicholson, M.A. is an award-winning author and international publicist. During the pandemic, Michelle authored her memoir using the working…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthCheck Out My Psychosomatic Toolbox - Candace Fox
Candace Fox is a Psychosensory/somatic Practitioner. What is that you ask? I’ll let her explain. Candace works with all type of neurodivergents, substance…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthI Lost My Hands and Feet 10 Months Ago - Amalie and Anais Henze
How would you handle waking up in a hospital bed only to be told you were going to be losing your hands just past the elbows and your feet just past the knees?…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthLife As A Hoarder - Alexandra Berrie
What goes on in the mind of a hoarder? Is it an actual disorder? Why can’t they just not keep things? Alexandra is a hoarder in recovery. Her disorder was…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthInspiring My Generation - Francesca Reicherter
Francesca is the founder of the non profit organization, Inspiring My Generation and the host of the podcast Normalize the Conversation. She knows first hand…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthThe Coffin Confessor - Bill Edgar
This episode originally aired September 3 2022 People hire Bill while on their death beds to say or do something at their funerals or to do some tasks before…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthI Have Multiple Children With FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) and It's Mentally Hard For Everyone - Robbie Seale
This episode originally aired April 16th, 2022 Robbie Seale is a mother to multiple children with FASD. Over the last 20 years of parenting, she has gained…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthHow I Mentally Survived a Somalian Kidnapping - Jessica Buchanan
This episode originally aired February 11, 2023 Jessica was an aid worker in Somalia when her and a coworker were carjacked and kidnapped. They spent the next…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthFeatured Podcast - Rising Strong with Lisa Boehm
In this thought-provoking conversation on the Rising Strong podcast, Tara Duckworth, a registered therapeutic counselor, discusses the delicate balance between…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthSon of Beloved Actor Robin Williams, Addict In Recovery and Sufferer of Depression - Zak Williams
This episode originally aired December 11, 2021 Zak is the oldest child of the beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams. We discuss his past struggles with…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthFeatured Podcast - Eyes Wide Open with Nick Thompson
Coercive Control in Cults, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Reality TV with Ashley Love RichardsEyes Wide Open with Nick Thompson Ashley Love Richards, host of the…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthLosing Everything to Meth Including My Child - Daniel 'Unmanageable' Hearn
This episode originally aired March 5, 2022 Starting with alcohol and weed use, Dan eventually started using cocaine and smoking meth. We talk about using with…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMental Health and Chronic Pain - Angela Hartlin
Angela was on the podcast in October 2022 to discuss body focused repetitive behaviour, in her case skin picking. She’s returned to discuss her chronic pain…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMENTAL HEALTH HEADLINE HOT TAKES with Nick and Todd ep27
EP 27: HOT TAKES on A Study Revealing Six Subtypes of Depression and Cities with Stressful Commutes Nick and Todd are back with more mental health news, ready…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMy Sobriety Journey on TikTok - Izzy
Izzy was a guest on the podcast in October 2022 in the episode An American Addict in London. In that episode we learned she was 3 months sober and she talked…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMENTAL HEALTH HEADLINE HOT TAKES with Nick and Todd ep26
EP 26 HOT TAKES on Involuntary Drug Treatment Policy & The Role of Vitamin D in Your Mental Health Nick and Todd are back with more mental health news, ready…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthUpdates With Former Guests - Daniel, James and Megan
What are some of your most memorable guests from Bunny Hugs and Mental Health? In this episode I catch up with former guests! Megan Burstyk was my guest on the…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMENTAL HEALTH HEADLINE HOT TAKES with Nick and Todd ep25
EP 25: HOT TAKES on Why Young People Don’t Want to Talk to Therapists and Reimagining Masculinity for Men’s Mental Health Month Nick and Todd are back with…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMy Son Was Murdered In Sandy Hook - Scarlett Lewis (part 2 of 2)
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut where a shooter shot and killed 28…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMENTAL HEALTH HEADLINE HOT TAKES with Nick and Todd ep24
EP 24: HOT TAKES on State of Mental Health of New Yorkers Report and Canada's 1st full-scale free grocery store Nick and Todd are back with more mental health…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthLife As A Sex Addict - LA Wade
LA Wade is an author, film maker and mental health advocate. She is also a recovered sex addict. We discuss the different types of sex addiction, what drove…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMENTAL HEALTH HEADLINE HOT TAKES with Nick and Todd ep23
EP 23: HOT TAKES on Police Shoot and Kill a Bipolar Man in Crisis and Teen Marijuana Use Tied to Mental Health Disorders Nick and Todd are back with more…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMy Son Was Murdered in Sandy Hook - Scarlett Lewis (part 1 of 2)
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut where a shooter shot and killed 28…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMENTAL HEALTH HEADLINE HOT TAKES with Nick and Todd ep22
EP 22: HOT TAKES on Nick’s Reflections on The UCAN Foundation turning one and Therapy Nick and Todd are back with more mental health news, ready to dissect the…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthCornwall Alternative School - Bryan Rice and Jay Kayseas
In March I had the pleasure of spending time at Cornwall Alternative School in Regina Saskatchewan. There I met an incredibly passionate and caring staff along…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMENTAL HEALTH HEADLINE HOT TAKES with Nick and Todd ep21
EP 21: HOT TAKES on a Study Links 40% of Mental Health Conditions to Child Trauma and Black Youth Face Barriers to Mental Health Services Nick and Todd are…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthWhat is Post COVID Psychosis? - Shirley McLaughlin
Shirley McLaughlin is a listener and supporter of Bunny Hugs and Mental Health. She reached out to me to find answers for her suffering husband, Dwayne. Not…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMENTAL HEALTH HEADLINE HOT TAKES with Nick and Todd ep 20
EP 20: HOT TAKES on Listener Feedback on a Past Episode and Physiatrist Prescribing Nature for Mental Illness Nick and Todd are back with more mental health…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthI Was A School Shooter Part 2 - Jon Romano
Jon spent 17 years in prison for being a school shooter. In part 1 Jon explains what drove him to do it, what his thought process was and the lessons he's…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthMENTAL HEALTH HEADLINE HOT TAKES with Nick and Todd ep19
EP 19: HOT TAKES on People with Depression or Anxiety Losing Sickness Benefits and Employee Survey Results on Mental Health at Work Nick and Todd are back with…
Bunny Hugs and Mental HealthFox & the Tiny Demon - Tara Audibert
Tara Audibert is an indie film maker, illustrator and comic artist. She’s also very charming and fun to talk with. Tara’s latest project “QAQSOSS NAKA…