Laughing Through the Darkness: The Dave Mowry Story

Merry and Cathy welcome comedian and author Dave Mowry, who shares his incredible journey from a mental breakdown and severe depression to finding joy through stand-up comedy. Discover how Dave transformed his life using humor to manage bipolar disorder, PTSD, and anxiety and how he's helping others do the same. Tune in to hear inspiring stories and get a dose of resilience, laughter, and hope; and please connect with us on Lateboomers.biz to share your own stories!   Dave Mowry's Bio: Dave lives with bipolar disorder and severe anxiety and has all his adult life. He was a successful businessman until he lost it all due to his mental illness. At 59, after 14 lost years, including 18 months of being homeless with his family, Dave took a stand-up comedy class for folks with a mental illness. It changed everything. Dave went from his mental illness having control over him to finding the humor in his experiences and regaining control of his life. Today Dave teaches stand-up comedy to other folks with a mental illness and performs on stage. telling his story one joke at a time. He is also co-executive director of a mental health nonprofit. Dave is the author of the best-selling book, OMG That's Me! Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and more... which has sold over 17,000 copies. Dave is co-author of OMG That's Me! 3, and is working on his next book, Healing with Humor. Dave blogs for bphope.com where his posts have been read by over a million people with the most common comment being "OMG That's Me! you're telling my story, I don't feel so alone now." At 72, Dave has no plans on slowing down anytime soon. Connect with Dave: - Dave's Book: OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More - Website: www.bphope.com/author/david-m Thank you for listening. Please check out @lateboomers on Instagram and our website lateboomers.biz. If you enjoyed this podcast and would like to watch it or listen to more of our episodes, you will find Late Boomers on your favorite podcast platform and on our new YouTube Late Boomers Podcast Channel. We hope we have inspired you and we look forward to your becoming a member of our Late Boomers family of subscribers.