Rebranding Mental Health
The Rebranding Mental Health Podcast explores what mental health could look like if we moved beyond the outdated disease model and embraced TOTAL health—brain, body, relationships, and purpose. Through real talk, cultural critique, and forward-thinking ideas, we unpack the systems that shape our well-being and imagine bold new ways to heal, connect, and grow. It’s not about fixing what’s broken—it’s about building what we’ve been missing.
Rebranding Mental Health
Happiness, Resources & the Myth of the One Right Way
Part of the Rebranding Mental Health: Happiness Series
Welcome back to Rebranding Mental Health! In this episode, Iman and Kurt continuing the series on happiness — this time exploring the idea that happiness isn’t about chasing the “right” job, relationship, or situation... it’s about recognizing and accessing the resources all around (and within) us.
We revisit our needs-based model of happiness and introduce a powerful truth:
- Needs are universal, but resources are abundant and diverse.
From air and art to relationships and routines, resources can come from multiple layers — individual, interpersonal, community, institutional, and even nature itself.
This episode invites you to challenge the idea that there’s only one way to fulfill a need and explore how shifting your perspective can transform disappointment into discovery.
We cover:
- The difference between needs and resources (and why that matters)
- Why fixating on one resource can block joy
- How loss and grief intersect with resourcefulness
- Five layers of support we often overlook
- Why leaning on others isn’t weakness — it’s wisdom
Plus: A reflection challenge to help you reconnect with what’s already available to you.
🎧 Listen now and reframe what it means to feel supported, whole, and fulfilled — even in the messiness of life.
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