Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton

Each year, we survey our listeners on their biggest questions about mental health.
It is surprising how often the questions get back to the basics: How do I know if I’m mentally ill or
just stressed? Where do I go for help? Does medicine help or hurt?
Dr. Greg Chasson answers your top mental health questions of 2024

This is a revisit to a show we did in 2019.

Dr. Jenna LeJeune and Dr. Brian Goff talk about navigating the holiday season, and dealing with internal and external stress.

It is a very organic discussion as it just "happened" while we were still rolling audio from another show. We took the conversation as a gift and used it as a show... it's the season of gift giving and receiving after all.

Enjoy.

Here’s Dr. Greg Chasson on Forced Gratitude. At a time when so many Americans are feeling threatened how do you cope with the
forced gratitude themes that surround the holidays. Using the tenants of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dr. Chasson outlines why
it can be dangerous and even counterproductive to deny someone’s experience in an attempt to move to them to a state of gratitude or
happiness. How can you manage people’s grief, loss, or negative mood state differently? Listen in. And Happy Thanksgiving.

This is a revisit episode from 2019.

Ivan Maisel may be best known for his work as a legendary sportswriter and commentator on ESPN, but in February of 2015, Maisel received a call that would alter his life forever: his son Max's car was found abandoned in a parking lot next to Lake Ontario.

How do we process the grief a parent experiences when the cause of death is suicide? In this profoundly emotional interview, Maisel explores the aftermath of loss and how his ongoing grief shapes him as a human and father.