99: What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About Mental Health Recovery
What happens when the healer becomes the one in need of healing?
In this deeply moving episode of It’s Your Story to Tell, host Megan Babcock welcomes Brooke Forsythe, a registered nurse and author of Dispensing Pills, Popping Pills, to share her powerful and vulnerable story of navigating both sides of the healthcare system.
With honesty and courage, Brooke takes us into the heart of her journey—from a passionate nurse caring for others to a psychiatric patient facing her own mental health crisis. Brooke opens up about what inspired her to become a nurse and how her early experiences shaped her dedication to compassionate, holistic care. But as life unfolded, so did unseen battles.
She bravely recounts the internal struggles that led to her diagnosis, and the disorienting, humbling experience of becoming the patient—admitting that the very system she once worked within now held her on the other side. This episode sheds light on the mental health challenges that so many healthcare professionals quietly endure, and the complex emotions that surface when identity, purpose, and personal wellness collide.
Brooke’s story is a reminder that even caregivers need care. That asking for help doesn’t make us weak—it makes us human.
Connect with Brooke:
https://www.facebook.com/brooke.forsythe.58
www.forsythewellnesscoaching.com
www.brookesnursehonsetytruth.org
Get her memoir Dispensing Pills, Popping Pills: https://a.co/d/aYjS47z
