Mental Illness Happy Hour
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 108 minutes
- Episodes
- 662
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
#685 Bipolar & Stigma - Dr Devika Bhushan
Dr. Devika Bhushan is a pediatrician and the former acting Surgeon General of California. She is also someone who lives with Bipolar Disorder. She opens up about her personal journey to finding a dia…
01:40:46 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
#684 Devastation & Hope - Kendra Petty
Kendra Petty is an author who opens up about her life story, which is full of both devastation and hope. She talks about being raised in a cult, the tragic death of her brother, the abuse she suffere…
01:37:17 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
#683 Sexual Anorexia - Dale
Dale joins Paul to discuss her experience with social, emotional, and sexual anorexia. She opens up about how she’s working on intimacy and connection (when being alone can just be so much simpler) a…
01:26:31 |
Fri 16 Feb 2024
#682 Anger - Ron Placone
Ron Placone is a comedian and writer with anger issues. He opens up about how he realized his anger was a problem and how he works to psychologically unpack it when it arises. He also shares tips and…
01:23:20 |
Fri 09 Feb 2024
#681 Topaz Adizes - Human Connection
Topaz Adizes (@the_skindeep) is a filmmaker and producer of the interactive documentary, {THE AND}. For years, he has studied the effect that holding cathartic, intimate conversations can have on rel…
01:43:07 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
#680 - Social Work On Skid Row & More - Kaylee Powers
Kaylee Powers is a substance abuse counselor who has worked with various populations, including people who live on Skid Row in Los Angeles. She talks about the challenges that some populations face a…
01:33:20 |
Fri 26 Jan 2024
#679 Postpartum Psychosis & Bipolar 1 - Heather Gonzales
Heather Gonzales is a mental health advocate with a specific focus on postpartum psychosis. Heather was diagnosed with Bipolar 1 as a teenager and, after the birth of her first child, she experienced…
01:25:53 |
Fri 19 Jan 2024
#678 Grief & Peace - Levi Meaden
Levi Meaden (@Levi_Meaden) is a friend of Paul’s from his support group and he joins Paul to share about his struggles around the death of his younger brother (as well as relationships and sobriety).…
01:26:09 |
Fri 12 Jan 2024
#677 Dissociative Identity Disorder - Holly Crumpler
Holly Crumpler joins Paul to talk about living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Holly shares her journey to being diagnosed with DID, how she and her family manage it, and her frustration w…
01:58:32 |
Fri 05 Jan 2024
#676 Scarcity Brain - Michael Easter
Michael Easter (@Michael_Easter) is a Professor of Journalism at UNLV who joins Paul to discuss the topic of his new book, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive wi…
01:17:29 |
Fri 29 Dec 2023
#675 Codependency (Including Her Own) - Dr Sarah Michaud
Dr. Sarah Michaud is an expert in codependency–in large part because she has dealt with it herself. She discusses how she works through her codependent tendencies. She also discusses her new book Co-…
01:25:43 |
Fri 22 Dec 2023
#674 Spiraling - Leah Rudick
Leah Rudick @Leah_Rudick is a stand-up comedian and sketch performer. She opens up to Paul about the anxiety she’s carried since childhood and her fear of making mistakes. She also shares her experie…
01:34:40 |
Fri 15 Dec 2023
#673 Escaping A Religious Cult - Katie Love
Katie Love @KatieLoveWriter is a comedian and author who bares all in this episode. She opens up about the death of her mother when she was young, being drawn into being a Jehovah’s Witness, and how …
01:49:33 |
Fri 08 Dec 2023
#672 Trust Issues - Gianmarco Soresi
Gianmarco Soresi @GianmarcoSoresi is a stand-up comedian, actor, and podcast host (The Downside). He reflects on what it’s like to look back on your childhood and realize that not everything was as i…
01:50:15 |
Fri 01 Dec 2023
Why I No Longer Endorse BetterHelp
Paul reads allegations by the Federal Trade Commission about the business practices of BetterHelp and how they allegedly misused customer's private information. Based on these allegations (BetterHelp…
00:11:36 |
Fri 01 Dec 2023
#671 LGBTQ+ Therapists - LMFT Renae Johnson
Renae Johnson is a MIHH listener and a therapist who specializes in LGBTQ+ patients. They talk about what brought them to this work, which includes discovering their own gender fluidity, struggling w…
01:37:26 |
Fri 24 Nov 2023
#670 BDSM And Trauma - LMFT Nicoletta Heidegger
Nicoletta Heidegger is an LMFT who focuses on human sexuality and BDSM for healing. She talks about how we can often deal with our trauma by exploring our kink and mapping out our own erotic blueprin…
01:53:41 |
Fri 17 Nov 2023
#669 Standing Up For Yourself - Em Schulz
Em Schulz (@TheEmSchulz) is a writer, podcast host (And That’s Why We Drink, Ritual), and paranormal aficionado. Em unpacks their struggles with anxiety, how they learned to stand up for what they be…
01:27:41 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
#668 Leslie Winick - The Interesting, Invisible Woman
Leslie Winick is an MIHH listener who joins Paul to talk about what it feels like, as an older woman, when you start to become invisible to others. She also shares her struggles with depression and p…
01:29:05 |
Fri 03 Nov 2023
#667 Regulating Intense Emotions - Elyse Cizek
Elyse Cizek is a writer and a musician who opens up about her journey of self-reflection and change, what it’s been like living with BPD, and how she manages relationships in her life given her diagn…
02:15:45 |
Fri 27 Oct 2023
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