# CS - S2 Ep.02: Stigma resilience and courage in mental health and mediation Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/conflict-stories-podcast-7304921/cs-s2-ep-02-stigma-resilience-and-courage-in-mental-health-and-mediation Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/conflict-stories-podcast-7304921/cs-s2-ep-02-stigma-resilience-and-courage-in-mental-health-and-mediation.md Podcast: [Conflict Stories Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conflict-stories-podcast-7304921) Published: 2026-03-25T13:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://conflictstories.com Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6806d1ef4c1756d49cfd751d/e/69c1d48a62f6c66afed9ccb6/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conflict-stories-podcast-7304921/episodes/cs-s2-ep-02-stigma-resilience-and-courage-in-mental-health-and-mediation Duration seconds: 3700 ## Resource US-based mediator, author and mental health advocate  Dan Berstein  brings a powerful perspective shaped by his lived experience with bipolar disorder and his work in dispute resolution. Founder of MH Mediate and co-founder of the Dispute Resolution in Mental Health Initiative at the CUNY Dispute Resolution Center, Dan has spent more than a decade helping courts, legal practitioners and organisations better navigate mental health and conflict. Through personal stories - including family estrangement and professional challenges - Dan shines a light on stigma, resilience and the courage it takes to find voice + help others do the same.   Special Note: We recorded this episode in June 2025. Dan asked to delay the release because he was struggling with next steps related to the mental illness stigma conflicts discussed in the episode. Now, he has launched  DisabilityRadar.com  to help anyone who might be targeted by the exclusionary mental illness "radars" we discussed in this episode. He also suggested we air the podcast now, nine months after it was recorded. Keep track of new stories at https://conflictstories.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conflict-stories-podcast-7304921/episodes/cs-s2-ep-02-stigma-resilience-and-courage-in-mental-health-and-mediation/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/conflict-stories-podcast-7304921/cs-s2-ep-02-stigma-resilience-and-courage-in-mental-health-and-mediation.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.