Episodes

  • Episode 3 - A Visit From Jesus - Myth or Mystery

    Episode 3 - A Visit From Jesus - Myth or Mystery
    Aug 16 2022
    In this episode, Maria continues to speak of her book, entitled “Grateful: Faith, Healing and the Gift of Music,” in which she speaks of how she came to live in remission after struggling a lifetime with bipolar disorder. In this episode, she goes into detail about a beautiful, supernatural experience that she encountered with the Lord. It is essentially an excerpt of chapter 5 from her book. The most important take away from today’s episode? We serve a living God!
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    11 mins
  • Episode 7 - Is Religion the Reason For Mental Illness

    Episode 7 - Is Religion the Reason For Mental Illness
    Dec 11 2021
    This episode explores whether or not there is a connection between religion and mental illness. It was a painful subject to discuss and write about.
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    13 mins
  • Episode 6 - How Much Honesty is Too Much When You’re Bipolar

    Episode 6 - How Much Honesty is Too Much When You’re Bipolar
    Dec 11 2021
    In this episode I talk about a subject near and dear to my heart. Just how honest do we have to be with the people in our lives when it comes to our mental health?
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    12 mins
  • Episode 2 - No one said remission would be easy.

    Episode 2 - No one said remission would be easy.
    Nov 15 2021
    Living in remission after a lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder is such a blessing. But does it mean that my every day walk is easy? In this podcast I will go into some detail as to what it’s really like living in remission… No one said it would be easy. The podcast ends a special song that I wrote upon reflecting on some of the difficulties that I endured throughout my journey. God has given me the gift of music, but I love the giver more than a gift.
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    14 mins
  • Episode 5 - Living With Alopecia

    Episode 5 - Living With Alopecia
    Oct 2 2021
    In this episode I speak at length about the onset and my life with alopecia. I’ve lived with it since the second grade. It became more severe as the years went on. And I advocate for those with Alopecia the way that I do those with bipolar disorder in my book “Grateful: Faith, Healing and the gift of music.
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    16 mins
  • Episode 4 - Faith and Bipolar Disorder

    Episode 4 - Faith and Bipolar Disorder
    Jul 9 2021
    In this episode I speak openly about how bipolar disorder eroded my faith for years and how Jesus Christ brought me back to it.
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    14 mins
  • Maria Eva Jacobs - The ”Grateful” Podcast Series. (Trailer)

    Maria Eva Jacobs - The ”Grateful” Podcast Series. (Trailer)
    Jun 20 2021
    1 min
  • Episode 1 - Lessons From a Literary Agent

    Episode 1 - Lessons From a Literary Agent
    May 14 2021
    Welcome! This podcast you are about to hear gives some insight as to my lifelong struggle with Bipolar Disorder and subsequent recovery. This episode mirrors my first blog, written November 20, 2020. In it I speak of my debut book, a Christian memoir entitled “Grateful: Faith, Healing and the Gift of Music.” Specifically, this episode speaks of how my book landed on the desk of one of the top ten Christian Literary Agents in the country, and the arduous process that got it there. The written blog can be found at www.gratefulauthor.com. Please sign up and join my blog community and my contact form so we, as a community, can grow together. Thank you for letting me tell my story. God bless!
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    17 mins