Lets Talk Gabe Howard

Huffington Post columnist and the author of Broken Pieces and Broken Places Rachel Thompson and Writer/critic Bennet Pomerantz host Lets Talk, a show devoted to media guests

Today's guest is Gabe Howard

Gabe Howard is a professional speaker, writer, and activist as well a person living with severe bipolar and anxiety disorders. Diagnosed in 2003, he has made it his mission to put a human face on mental illness, confronting the fear, discrimination, and stigmatization people with mental illness face. Society often sees people living with mental illness at their worst and he works to add a more balanced view to the conversation. Gabe is frequently irreverent, often too loud, and always unpredictable, but anyone who knows him will tell you that life would be so boring without him.
Gabe has been the recipient of prestigious awards in the mental health community. His writing has been featured in a number of health sites online. He has worked with several respected advocacy organizations and worked with hundreds of families and individuals with mental illness. He has also been featured in a number of newspapers and other media outlets.
He currently makes his home in Columbus, Ohio, with his extremely patient wife, Kendall.