Stevie Georgina

Welcome to Proper Mental episode 48!

My guest this week is Stevie Georgina!

Stevie Georgina is a vlogger who chats about arts, crafts & crochet and the power they have when it comes to wellbeing.

She started using crochet and arts and crafts to improve and manage her mental health after being hospitalised in 2017.

Stevie experienced psychosis as a symptom of undiagnosed and untreated bipolar disorder.  When she was discharged, she felt lost and it was discovering crochet that helped her to get back on her feet.

We chat about how her mental health declined to the point of hospitalisation, we chat about her diagnosis and we chat about her recovery and the role of crochet and creativity in this process.

We also chat about the importance of having a project to focus on, taking small steps forward and how creative pursuits like crochet can help us with these things.

Stevie was just wonderful to chat to and this episode was an absolute pleasure to record.  She is a lovely person who has been through a lot and I found her to be inspiring and a lot fun!  I think this one might just inspire you to get the knitting needles and wool out!

You can connect with her via Instagram @steviebythesea or subscribe to her YouTube channel here:

Stevie By The Sea - YouTube

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Thanks for listening!  Enjoy!