Mental Illness Happy Hour
"Remarkable" - Psychology Today
"A vital, compassionate gem that fills a desperate and under-addressed need in our society." - Esquire
"A perversely safe place in which he and his guests talk about their fears, addictions and traumatic childhoods." - NY Times
"Gilmartin makes a conscious effort to explore stories that aren’t black and white" - Slate Magazine
"Praised by listeners all over the world" - Atlantic Monthly
Named To Top Health Podcast List by: NY Times, Esquire, Slate, Oprah Magazine, Women's Health, Onion A.V. Club, Apple Podcast Staff
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 108 minutes
- Episodes
- 662
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
#505 Poker-Pro-Turned-Therapist Ben Fineman
Therapist-in-training Ben Fineman reflects on his past life as a professional poker player and discusses the mistakes we all make in relationships. He also dives into the topic of his own podcast: Ho…
01:28:46 |
Fri 18 Sep 2020
#504 Jameela Jamil
Actor (The Good Place) and activist Jameela Jamil @JameelaJamil chats with Paul about society's influence on self-image, the pitfalls of cancel culture, and what it's like to live with a virtually in…
01:17:26 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
#503 Dr Jill Stoddard
Psychologist and writer Dr. Jill Stoddard talks about different types of anxiety, how to recognize and unpack your triggers, and how mindfulness is key when it comes to working through difficult mome…
01:33:26 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
#502 Surviving Music & Drugs - Charlie Springer
Paul's long-time friend, Charlie Springer, talks about giving up the seminary to move to San Fran in the Summer Of Love, beginning a career working with music greats while battling his alcoholism and…
01:33:19 |
Fri 28 Aug 2020
#501 Dr Menije Boduryan
Clinical psychologist and immigrant Menije Boduryan talks with Paul about perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and generational trauma in the Armenian community.
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01:26:32 |
Fri 21 Aug 2020
#500 Dealing w/Male Culture - Jordan Reid Returns
Author and actor Jordan Reid shares her perspective on marriage, emotional labor, raising feminist boys, and what being in a relationship can mean for modern-day women.
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01:30:55 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
#499 Brianne Davis
Paul's longtime support group friend shares about her sex and love addiction and how getting help for it helped her learn how to be intimate, stop cheating and using men, and finally becoming a mothe…
01:35:32 |
Fri 07 Aug 2020
#498 Best Of - Jimmy Dore
A replay from 2011 (our 15th episode) - Paul's friend, comedian Jimmy Dore talks about growing up Catholic in a violent and segregated Chicago neighborhood with 11 siblings. Topics include: depressio…
01:04:04 |
Fri 31 Jul 2020
#497 Best Of - Lia McCord
What happens when a naive Texas cheerleader from an abusive home tries to pay for college by smuggling heroin in Bangladesh? Probably not what you think. She also shares about survivor self-blame ar…
01:17:54 |
Fri 24 Jul 2020
#496 Best Of - Kristine Keese
The Holocaust survivor, mother, teacher and activist reflects on her coping mechanisms, her ability to find joy, feelings unique to motherhood, her childhood in Nazi-occupied Warsaw as a Jewish 7 yea…
01:57:21 |
Fri 17 Jul 2020
#495 Best Of - Greg Cheever Part 2
The second of a two-part interview from 2011 with Paul's sober friend; a former studio projectionist, dealer, fugitive and heroin-addict.
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01:19:45 |
Fri 10 Jul 2020
#494 Best Of - Greg Cheever 1 of 2
Originally recorded in the podcast's first year (2011) Paul sat down with his support group friend; a former fugitive, ex-con drug dealer, heroin-addict 60’s hippie, who has divorced four times, what…
01:22:10 |
Fri 03 Jul 2020
#493 Listener Struggles
Paul reads submissions from listeners about the challenges in their lives.
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00:53:09 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
#492 Susan P
Paul's support group friend shares about her experiences as a black woman in America, her addiction to unavailable men, the wreckage of her acting out sexually and being a child in Atlanta during the…
01:27:45 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
#491 Ted Lyde Returns
Paul's friend and fellow comedian/podcaster (Learning Not To Swear) returns to talk about George Floyd's murder, systemic racism, the police, looting, being a black father in America and the pandemic…
00:44:19 |
Fri 12 Jun 2020
#490 Best Of - Dr Melanie Watkins
The board-certified psychiatrist answers questions about personality disorders, medication, problems in the mental health system and mental health in the black community.
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02:19:55 |
Fri 05 Jun 2020
#489 Psychiatrist Dr. Esther Park MD
The psychiatrist shares her experience in deciding when it's appropriate to prescribe meds, diagnosing ADD/ADHD, the difference between role and identify, being Korean-American and children who want …
01:35:31 |
Fri 29 May 2020
#488 Katie Vernoy Answers Your Questions
The licensed therapist @KatieVernoy returns to answers listener's questions about a variety of topics but mostly about ways to handle the pandemic emotionally and mentally.
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01:18:38 |
Fri 22 May 2020
#487 BiPolar I - Graphic Novelist Rachel Lindsay
The graphic novelist (Rx) opens up about her battles with Bipolar I, being involuntarily committed, and having been an ad account executive creating a campaign for the very pill she was taking, parti…
01:32:37 |
Fri 15 May 2020
#486 Dr Shaili Jain - PTSD
Having studied and worked with thousands of people with PTSD from combat, sexual, physical or emotional trauma, the Stanford faculty psychiatrist shares her 20 years of insights on PTSD.
Dr. Jain's w…
01:36:15 |
Fri 08 May 2020
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