Mentally Together
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52 episodes
Shame, stigma, and subtypes - Talking OCD with Hard Quirk
For the final day of Pride Month, we're chatting with two wonderful queer humans: Ali Naimo and Maia Fattahi, the co-founders of Hard Quirk, a nonprofit for OCD advocacy and support. Have you eve...
Pride stories (updated replay) 🌈 Coming out, online harassment, and queer representation
Happy LGBTQIA+ pride month! The month where we celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and living openly and authentically.It’s also a month to honor and celebrate the progress we’ve made in LGBTQIA+ rights… and to stand up against the anti-LGB...
"Mental illness needs sunlight": We have to talk about suicide - with Ivan Maisel
Ivan Maisel is an award-winning reporter and writer, who has covered college football for nearly four decades, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and now on3.com, where he’s a Seni...
Sorry I left, I was prioritizing my own mental health
HI. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. In this episode, I open up about my own mental health journey this past year, and what I've been doing when I'm not putting out new episodes. From starting a new job to training as a mindfulness teacher to grieving the lo...
How to keep it mentally together during the holidays
Hiiiiii! Oh gosh, it's been a while. I want to get back to regularly posting episodes in the new year, but in the meantime, I wanted to talk about this - how to keep it mentally together during the holidays. Am I an expert? ABSOLUTELY NOT! But ...
988: The new mental health crisis number - with Dr. Margie Balfour
On July 16th, there's officially a new number to call (or TEXT!!) when you or a loved one is experiencing a mental health crisis. 988 - it’s like 911, but for anyone exp...
Pride stories 🌈 Coming out, becoming a drag queen, online harassment, and queer representation
Happy LGBTQIA+ pride month! The month where we celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and living openly and authentically.It’s also a month to honor and celebrate the progress we’ve made in LGBTQIA+ rights… which ummm… sometimes it doesn’t fee...
Mindfully Together: 5 Senses Meditation
If you want to skip the intro and get straight to the meditation, skip to 2:55 in this episode.If you’ve never meditated before, don’t worry, this isn’t about getting rid of all your thoughts or feeling at total pe...
Do you have "eco-anxiety?" - with Dr. Thomas Doherty
Do you ever feel scared about climate change? Anxious about global warming? Are you grieving the world as you know it? You are definitely not the only one feeling that way. Which is why there's now a term for this feeling: eco-anxiety.I...
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Mindfully Together: Mental Noting/Thought Labeling Meditation
If you want to skip the intro and get straight to the meditation, skip to 4:30 in this episode.If you’ve ever thought, “I can’t meditate, because my brain always keeps thinking!” Mental noting, or thought labeling, might...
How to make a good cry a GREAT cry, and more grief and anxiety advice - with Tyler Feder
When you're stuck in your sad/anxious/grieving bubble, how do you get out of it? Lately for me, it's helped to talk to, listen to, or read something from someone who really gets what I'm going through. And listening to today's episode did that ...
Turning "Pain into Power" and practicing self-care - with X. Ari
Do you love trying different things for your mental health and figuring out which ones work? And then sticking with them, but also letting yourself switch it up when the routine isn't serving you anymore (and NOT beating yourself up about it if...
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Mindfully Together: 15-minute Loving Kindness Meditation
If you want to skip the intro and get straight to the meditation, skip to 7 minutes into this episode.This is the 5th edition of Mindfully Together, a series of meditations we'll doing here on Mentally Together. Get comf...
Trying medications, getting diagnosed, and preventing suicide - Lisa Cazes and Alizée Falque (part 2)
Lisa Cazes and Alizée Falque are two friends who bonded over their mental health struggles. Now, they’re using those struggles as inspiration for a short film challenging misconceptions about bipolar disorder and breaking down the stigmas aroun...
How to help your friends (and let them help YOU) - Lisa Cazes and Alizée Falque
Lisa Cazes and Alizée Falque are two friends who bonded over their mental health struggles. Now, they’re using those struggles as inspiration for a short film challenging misconceptions about bipolar disorder and breaking down the stigmas aroun...
Grief at the Olympics - hitting the 6-month mark
Why do I still keep talking about my grief on the pod? Because it's still something I'm dealing with and figuring out every day, and I know I'm not alone in that. So here's what happened when I went across the world to China to cover the Olympi...
Want to feel better this year? Here's 10 mental health tips from real humans
When it comes to our mental health, there are SO many things we can try to get ourselves feeling better. Do the same things work for everyone? Is something that helps one person guaranteed to help you too? Is anything ever guaranteed to help? N...
15 mental health tips to start off 2022
It's a new year - but no, you do not have to be a new you. However, if you're listening to this podcast, there's a good chance you want your brain to feel a little better this year. So we looked back at every episode from 2021, and pulled out o...
Everybody grieves, so let's talk about it - with Brennan Wood / Dougy Center
Have you ever been to support group? I hadn't, until a couple of months ago - I was going down a grief rabbit hole on the internet, just looking for advice and other people to relate to and who knows what… but I came across a local bereav...
Affirmations, OCD, and Gen-Z mental health - with Malick Mercier
We're all constantly working on ourselves and our brains, right? That is definitly true for Malick Mercier. On his social media, you'll see him talk about mental health, aviation - one of his goals i...
Mindfully Together: Gratitude meditation
Happy Thanksgiving, to those who celebrate! But whether you're celebrating or not, I think we can all use a little extra gratitude. This is the 4th edition of Mindfully Together, a series of meditations we'll doing here on Mentally Toge...
"Grief is a blender," and other things I'm learning
Hi friends! Apparently you all want to keep talking about sad things... because I asked you if you'd rather have an interview episode this week or another episode about my grief... and you picked GRIEF! If you're feeling sad or you've ever felt...
Schizophrenia, stigma, and art - with Michelle Hammer
Michelle Hammer is an activist, who makes videos and other content about her experience living with schizophrenia. Because, turns out, most of us don’t really know much about what schizophrenia actually is. She spends her time passionately figh...
Mindfully Together: Breathing meditation
This is the second edition of Mindfully Together, a series of meditations we'll doing here on Mentally Together. Get comfy and listen up, and we hope it provides a few minutes of calm and relaxation in your day.Today I will lead you thr...
"Sh*t can be good in your life too!" - trauma-informed therapy and recovery, with Logan Lynn
Logan Lynn is a songwriter, producer, filmmaker, TV personality, activist, and a huge advocate for mental health. He's currently getting ready to release his 10th studio album,