This episode is all about growing up with a parent who has a serious mental illness and the issues that children face. Lotti O’Dea grew up with a mother who had Delusional Disorder, which is similar to Schizophrenia. She outlines what her lived experience was like and talks about the support she had in place that helped her succeed in life.

Lotti is a very high achiever and now uses all of her skills to be the social impact researcher and youth adviser at Satellite foundation.

Big thank you to Lotti for sharing her lived experience and it’s a great story of success for others to follow.

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0:00 - Introduction of Lottie

3:00 - Lottie’s story and lived experience

5:50 - First learning about her Mother’s condition

9:00 - Dealing with seeing a parent in a Psychiatric ward

14:00 - How to treat a child in that situation?

21:00 - Satellite foundation and how it helped her

27:49 - Schools and how they were involved?

35:05 - What strategies growing up helped you succeed?

43:30 - What more can be done to destigmatize serious mental health issues?

46:10 - How does creativity help?

49:10 - How do your measure outcomes from the program?

58:17 - What’s the plan with the extra funding?

1:02:51 - Where can people find out more about Satellite foundation?

Growing up with a parent who has Delusional Disorder - Interview with Lotti O'Dea