Mental Illness Happy Hour

By Paul Gilmartin

"Remarkable" - Psychology Today

"A vital, compassionate gem that fills a desperate and under-addressed need in our society." - Esquire

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How many episodes does Mental Illness Happy Hour have?

The podcast currently has 667 episodes available.

Mental Illness Happy Hour episodes:

November 24, 2023 #671 LGBTQ+ Therapists - LMFT Renae Johnson
Renae Johnson is a MIHH listener and a therapist who specializes in LGBTQ+ patients. They talk about what brought them to this work, which includes discovering their own gender fluidity, struggling with their religious background, and growing up with a mother who had significant struggles of her own.
More about Renae:
Renae is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Board Certified Art Therapist, and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.
Links:
Website: Openspacetherapycollective.com
Instagram @openspacetherapycollective @mytherapistisout
Tiktok @openspacethearpy @mytherapistisout
YouTube @openspacetherapycollective

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1h 38min
November 17, 2023#670 BDSM And Trauma - LMFT Nicoletta Heidegger
Nicoletta Heidegger is an LMFT who focuses on human sexuality and BDSM for healing. She talks about how we can often deal with our trauma by exploring our kink and mapping out our own erotic blueprint.
Links To Nicoletta’s Work:
Nicoletta Heidegger Website: https://www.nicolettavheidegger.com/about
Nicoletta Heidegger Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therapywithnicoletta/
Sluts & Scholars Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slutsandscholars
Sluts & Scholars Website: https://www.slutsandscholars.com/
Listen On: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Player.Fm
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1h 54min
November 10, 2023 #669 Standing Up For Yourself - Em Schulz
Em Schulz (@TheEmSchulz) is a writer, podcast host (And That’s Why We Drink, Ritual), and paranormal aficionado. Em unpacks their struggles with anxiety, how they learned to stand up for what they believe, and how they are figuring out their own gender identity.

Check Out Em’s Podcast :  https://www.andthatswhywedrink.com/listen

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1h 28min
November 03, 2023 #668 Leslie Winick - The Interesting, Invisible Woman
Leslie Winick is an MIHH listener who joins Paul to talk about what it feels like, as an older woman, when you start to become invisible to others. She also shares her struggles with depression and postpartum depression and talks about the path that led her to a career she’s passionate about.
More about Leslie:
C.P.C.C.
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
Contact me if you're interested in coaching and take a look at my website: Breakthrough Coaching
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1h 30min
October 27, 2023 #667 Regulating Intense Emotions - Elyse Cizek
Elyse Cizek is a writer and a musician who opens up about her journey of self-reflection and change, what it’s been like living with BPD, and how she manages relationships in her life given her diagnosis. She also shares a number of incredible self-soothing tactics that have helped her along the way.

More About Elyse:

https://zora.medium.com/dear-white-friends-335d6088077

https://elysecizek.medium.com/cancel-culture-isnt-real-4d2b62b47a9d

https://tr.ee/FaBAW-U5lP

https://linktr.ee/elysecizek?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=ff2aafcf-ed3c-4dcc-96b0-b0f6624d436d

Elyse’s Tips To Self-Soothe
1. Recognize that I am dysregulated. Stepping outside and observing how I’m feeling helps me to separate the feelings/fear from reality and allow myself to feel them, but without the urgency to act.

2. Talk to myself. Out loud. “Hey, I’m here. You’re ok. You’re safe.” Saying things like this, wrapping my arms around myself, kissing my shoulders, rubbing my cheeks…I can be angry, sad, overwhelmed, but I get to do it in the safe embrace of myself.

3. Ask myself what I need. Again. Out loud. Do I need a glass of water? To go outside? Something to eat? The process of cooking or preparing food, filling a glass of water, etc, is excellent in these times. I cry while I do it. I scream. I lay on the floor if I need to, then get back up.

4. Do something with my hands. Wash a dish, write something down, sweep my floors, take my dog outside, again-preparing food. All of it helps keep my brain preoccupied.

5. Call someone. Anyone. Talk to a human being. About anything.

If I’m not at home:
All of these work but if I’m in public (like a gym or a movie theater) and a panic attack comes on, I go outside. The self-soothing of embracing myself and talking to myself is still a major first step. Who cares who’s watching?!
Besides that, I will run around the block or call a friend.

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2h 16min
October 20, 2023 #666 Darkest Surveys Ever
40 minutes of some of the darkest surveys listeners have ever filled out. No guest. No interview. No theme music. A few have been read on-air previously but the majority have never been read because Paul felt they were too heavy to put in the show. Well episode #666 is an exemption. We doubt anyone will make it thru all 40 minutes but why not give it a shot? Listen at www.mentalpod.com or any podcast player.
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41min
October 13, 2023 #665 Aparna Nancherla Returns - Imposter Syndrome
Aparna Nancherla @Aparnapkin is a comedian, writer, and actor (Mythic Quest, Crashing) and today she joins Paul to discuss her new book Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Imposter Syndrome. She talks about her impulse for negative self-talk, how she keeps going anyway, and how she learned the value of speaking up about what she actually needs in a relationship.
Where to buy Aparna’s book (Also available on Amazon):
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622556/unreliable-narrator-by-aparna-nancherla/?ref=PRHE88723CCECD0&aid=9673&linkid=PRHE88723CCECD0&fbclid=PAAaaDy3reZ1DdXFDJWu3KtQ0At9ClBTIm6XH5w8Cy4O8eHMzh9UuJEqplVeY_aem_AfcIAg1E4jXOSebBgEqefnZwZ37AuTMzmuxFx9NWfpX7rAFkYifmAnDztkb3ovMw7hM

Insta:
https://www.instagram.com/aparnapkin/

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1h 14min
October 10, 2023 Addressing Therapist Burnout: Introducing SimplePractice
This interview is a paid advertisement by SimplePractice, an administrative software for therapists to help reduce time spent doing paperwork, scheduling and other repetitive tasks. The interview is with therapist Vienna Pharaon who personally uses SimplePractice.
To learn more about SimplePractice go to www.SimplePractice.com/Paul
Some additional info/facts from SimplePracticeSimplePractice gives health and wellness practitioners everything they need to succeed as entrepreneurs, advance in their profession, and increase their capacity to help others, all without sacrificing the quality of life and control over their destiny that should come with running a private practice. ○ Trusted by more than 178,000 practitioners and built by a therapist for therapists, the SimplePractice platform now provides resources for a wide range of health and wellness professionals who need trusted, secure, compliant, and simple, easy-to-use tools to manage and build their businesses. ○ The human capacity to help others is infinite, but the capacity to run a business is not. SimplePractice gives health and wellness practitioners everything they need to succeed as entrepreneurs, advance in their profession, and increase their capacity to help others, all without sacrificing the quality of life and control over their destiny that should come with running a private practice. ○ We want everyone in the healing profession to be able to focus on the important work: taking care of people. We take care of the rest.
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21min
October 06, 2023 #664 Buried Trauma & Panic Attacks - Stevie C
Paul’s support group friend Stevie C shares about growing up in a violent and verbally abusive environment, learning to manage his temper, and discovering that his seemingly-out-of-nowhere panic attacks, racing thoughts and insomnia (6 days without sleep) were related to his experiences as a child. He also shares about having to take meds to ease the panic attacks and insomnia and reevaluate his previous ideas about meds being a crutch.

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1h 37min
September 29, 2023 #663 The Quietly Suffering Newscaster - Tiffany Carter
Tiffany Carter is a former newscaster and current podcast host (Project Me with Tiffany Carter on IG @ProjectMe_With_Tiffany) and mental health advocate. She opens up about her unpredictable and narcissistic mother, the abuse she suffered as a child, and how she’s dealing with social and sexual anorexia as an adult.

More about Tiffany:
Instagram: instagram.com/projectme_with_tiffany

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@projectme_with_tiffany?_t=8Urp3kzmYr0&_r=1

ProjectME with Tiffany Carter the Podcast: www.projectmewithtiffany.com

on Apple:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/projectme-with-tiffany-carter-entrepreneurship/id1389440760

On Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6DFH8SkVvE9nRP5S1ZdqQM

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2h 3min

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How many episodes does Mental Illness Happy Hour have?

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