Susan Cain on Reaching a Quiet Life
Introverts around the world celebrated, quietly, when Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, became a #1 best-seller back in 2012. Her next book, Bitters...
12 Aug 202440min
Gut Health, Resilience, and What the Heck Is TMS Anyway?
The gut microbiome, that little ecosystems of bacteria and microorganisms in your body, and your mental health are more closely related than we may have thought. Dr. Aparna Church led a study that poi...
5 Aug 202441min
Mike Doughty Was Recently Hospitalized for Depression Twice. It Helped.
It was two years into a vicious cycle of depression and Mike Doughty was falling apart. He was taking more Ambien than he had been prescribed, importing huge boxes of the stuff from India, waking up t...
29 Juli 202445min
Reframing Your Memories, Even the Terrible Ones, To Help Your Mental Health
Memories are like the radiant light and heat of the sun. They’re always coming at us, inescapable. But like that radiant light and heat, memories can be harnessed and converted into a fuel that can pr...
22 Juli 202441min
Life Inside a Psych Unit and Therapy for Rock Bands
One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit is an HBO documentary about life inside an in-patient facility in Queens that specializes in helping people of college age who are in acute crisis. The filmmakers, ...
15 Juli 202446min
Gracie Gold, Olympic Figure Skater and Human with Mental Illness
In terms of achievement, Gracie Gold had it all: Olympic medal, world championships, beloved celebrity at the pinnacle of an incredibly competitive and difficult field. She even became friends with Ta...
8 Juli 202452min
The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy Opens Up About Lifelong Anxiety, Impostor Syndrome
The Decemberists have been making memorable, popular, and critically acclaimed music for over twenty years and for that entire time, lead singer and songwriter Colin Meloy has battled the feeling that...
1 Juli 202448min
A Regular Guy, Managing Trauma, Who Happens to Be Paul Scheer
Trauma and comedy wouldn’t seem to have a lot in common but they do have one thing: Paul Scheer. You may know Paul from TV shows like the comedy The League or from his podcasts like How Did This Get M...
24 Juni 202456min
