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Mental Health Rewritten

"Mental Health Rewritten" is a groundbreaking podcast that delves into the most pressing and often stigmatized topics in mental and behavioral health. Hosted by the acclaimed Dominic Lawson—recipient of 24 podcasting awards, including multiple honors in the mental health space—this show offers a fre...

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Aug. 6, 2025

Mental Margins: The Anchor in the Dark

In this segement of Mental Margins, we share two perspectives on the hidden weight of high-functioning pain. First, trauma therapist Denise D. Moore shares a testimonial and reflects on dismantling the “strong Black woman” st...
July 30, 2025

Mental Margins: Major Depressive Disorder

In this week's Mental Margin , we step back from the noise and dig deep into Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)—not just as a diagnosis, but as a lived experience. With over 700,000 lives lost to suicide annually, understanding ...
July 23, 2025

Rewriting the Conversation Around Suicide

In this episode of Mental Health Rewritten, we tackle the subject of suicidal ideation with care, nuance, and urgency. Through a combination of real survivor stories, fictionalized scenes, clinical insight, and historical fra...
July 18, 2025

Mental Margins: The Cost of Silence

In this segment from episode Starting The Conversation Around Sexual Anorexia , we begin with what looks like a familiar path—trauma responses—but quickly uncover a deeper, more insidious truth: how intimacy, when distorted b...
July 16, 2025

Mental Margins: Janet Bentley Discussing Intimacy and Shame

In this deeply personal bonus segment from Episode 104 Starting The Conversation About Sexual Anorexia, we hear more from Janet Bentley, a woman navigating the silent emotional toll of sexual anorexia within her marriage. Wha...
July 8, 2025

Mental Margins: Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder

In this segment, Janet reflects on her lifelong struggle with intimacy and the emotional walls built from trauma, exploring the complex relationship between Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder (FSIAD) and sexual anorexia—...

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Aug. 1, 2025

Why Nia Didn’t Make It In The End

“We rarely ask: can they hold that height forever?” That line from Rewriting The Conversation Around Suicide encapsulates the painful paradox at the heart of Dr. Nia Hollowell’s story—a woman lauded for her brilliance, her i…

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July 18, 2025

Episode 5 Preview: Rewriting The Conversation Around Suicide

The upcoming episode of Mental Health Rewritten doesn’t offer a neat resolution. It offers a hard truth. Hard, necessary, life-saving truth. We’re diving into one of the most urgent, misunderstood, and silenced mental health topics: suic…

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June 30, 2025

Episode 4 Preview: Starting the Conversation Around Sexual Anorexia

When Silence Gets a Name Kyle sits alone in his dorm room, the soft hum of a laptop. One word, "avoidance," typed into a search bar pulls up phrases that feel like accusations—fear of intimacy, sexual withdrawal. But tonight, one phrase catch…

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About the Host

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Dominic Lawson

Dominic Lawson is a 24x award-winning podcast host, producer, and editor based in Memphis,
Tennessee. A U.S. Army veteran, he studied business administration at National American
University before discovering his passion for podcasting in 2016. That year, he launched "The
Startup Life Podcast," providing listeners with insights into building businesses and advancing in
their careers. Throughout the show's run, Lawson interviewed notable figures such as Marc
Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, and Tom Golisano, founder and chairman of
Paychex.

In 2021, Lawson joined Meadows Behavioral Healthcare as a podcast producer, editor, and
host. He took the helm of the "Beyond Theory" podcast, facilitating in-depth conversations with
experts in mental health and addiction recovery. His innovative approach led to the launch of
"Recovery Replay" in April 2022, a groundbreaking podcast that chronicles personal recovery
stories from three distinct perspectives.

Demonstrating his versatility, Lawson introduced the "Black Is America" podcast on February 1,
2022, shedding light on lesser-known African American figures and narratives. The podcast
garnered significant acclaim, earning multiple awards, including the 2023 Webby Award for Best
Podcast-Individual Episode.