A Better Pill To Swallow
Just a spoonful of humor helps the medicine go down. Inspired by his brother’s suicide David unleashes his outlandish banter and passion for mental health with his good friends and experts alike. He challenges the over-medicated status quo, asking questions and exploring new holistic alternatives with his guests from a wide array of experience and discipline.
Podcasting since 2024 • 36 episodes
A Better Pill To Swallow
Latest Episodes
37. From Broadway to Motherhood: Postpartum Depression and Finding Yourself Again
There’s a moment in this conversation where Emily says she doesn’t recognize herself anymore—and somehow, it opens the door to something more honest.Emily Walton—Broadway actress (Come From Away) turned mental health counselor—joins me ...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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1:24:57
36. The Grief of Losing A Child: "You Lose The Future"
A healthy baby. A seizure in the middle of the night. And a reality no parent is prepared to face. Susan Weissman shares the story of losing her son Nathan just weeks before his second birthday — what it was like to bring him home knowing he wo...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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1:12:07
35. Advanced Voice Biofeedback: How It Can Help Your Mental Health
At the heart of A Better Pill to Swallow is the belief that mental health in the modern era demands new modalities—approaches that go beyond insight alone and actually meet the body and brain where change happens. That’s what makes a conversati...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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1:29:40
34. Teaching Young Teens, Finding Purpose, and Shaping Our Future
On this week’s episode, I share my conversation with Karl Mauks-Kopke — eighth grade math teacher and not-so-secret philosopher. Karl is a dear friend and one of the most thoughtful people I know. (Some call him heaven.)We talk about Kar...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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2:12:15
Supporting a Mentally Ill Child, Grieving a Son, and Leaning on Community
Today’s episode cuts to the origin tale of how this very podcast was created. I’m interviewing my mother, Laine Neiman, about parenting a child with mental illness, handling the grief of losing him, and opening up to the community for support. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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