Episode #26
Choose to Be More Than Your Diagnosis | Nic Angai-Galindo | #26 | Mojo, Motivation & Mental Health
Connect with Mike Orlowski • https://www.mojomotivates.com • https://www.mojoww.com • https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeorlowski/ • https://x.com/MichaelOrlowski • https://www.facebook.com/MOJOMotivates • https://www.tiktok.com/@mojoworldwide Contact Nic Angai-Galindo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicthegbw/ We Choose To Be More Than Our Diagnoses Vol 2: https://a.co/d/03BcNcPG We Choose To Be More Than Our Diagnoses Vol 1: https://a.co/d/03ub9Otx nicthegbw@gmail.com Turning Mental Illness into Purpose Through Publishing and Storytelling This conversation features Mike Orlowski and Nic Angai-Galindo, a hybrid publisher who has turned her lived experience with bipolar disorder into a mission-driven publishing platform. Nic shares how recovery, sobriety, and community helped her rebuild her life, then how storytelling became both a healing practice and a way to help others break mental health stigma. We discuss her immigrant journey from Trinidad and Tobago, the lowest point of her mental health crisis during the pandemic, how she built Guiding Brilliant Writers Publishing, and why her anthologies center author empowerment over gatekeeping. The episode closes with a powerful message about choosing to be more than a diagnosis, especially for anyone navigating mental illness, recovery, or the urge to tell their story.
