What do you do when life absolutely pummels lemons at you? This week Maryellen chats with Tay Dome all about her mental health resource, Lemons: 

Why Tay created Lemons 

The stigma around mental health 

The goal of the foundation 

Connecting people to the resources they need 

Self-diagnosing from social media 

Men’s mental health 

You can follow Tay on Instagram @taydome and learn about Lemons by Tay on Instagram @lemonsbytay and www.lemonsbytay.com 

To learn more about Operation Happy Nurse visit www.operationhappynurse.org 

To get the lemons bracelet, made with Erica Woolston, visit https://ericawoolston.com/collections/ew-x-the-lemons-foundation/products/ew-x-the-lemons-foundation 

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This week Maryellen talks all about various financial topics: 

How to take a step back from financial feelings to make good decisions 

Normalizing money decisions 

Helping yourself become better prepared for uncertainties 

The different forms of financial abuse 

How problem debt and mental health are connected  

Relationship patterns with your money 

If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, and follow us on Instagram @okayishpodcast. To submit questions or stories (anonymously if you’d like) visit okayishpodcast.com! Follow Tara on Instagram @taramariemurphy.

TW: self-harm, psychiatric emergencies 

This week Maryellen talks all about psychiatric emergencies: 

Why psychiatric emergencies are important to talk about 

The mental hygiene law 

The importance of safety relating to psychiatric emergencies 

The problem with current resources  

Systemic issues within health care 

If you need assistance locating long-term mental health resources, talking through a problem, or exploring mental health treatment options, call 211 to speak with someone who can help.

Additional resources include the help hotline: 1-800-273-TALK or suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

Always call 911 first if you or someone you love may be a danger to themselves or others.

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This week Maryellen talks all about trauma: 

What is trauma informed care? 

The mental health movement 

Dissociation due to trauma 

EMDR trauma treatment  

Structural dissociation theory 

How sleep helps us process trauma 

 

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This week Maryellen talks all about happiness: 

What is happiness? 

What does happiness look like? 

Comparison having a direct effect on our happiness 

The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky

How our outlook affects our happiness 

Toxic positivity 

How we’re doing happiness wrong   

How we’re really bad at predicting our own happiness 

Be sure to check out The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky. 

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This week Maryellen talks all about the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial: 

What is an abusive relationship? 

How watching this triggers people and what to do about it 

We will never know what really happened 

What Borderline Personality Disorder looks like  

What Histrionic Personality Disorder looks like  

Is this an abusive relationship? 

Men can be victims of abuse, and this abuse can sometimes look different  

Can a relationship be abusive to both parties?  

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The week Maryellen talks all about boundaries:  

How boundaries first came about  

Definition of boundaries  

Types of boundaries: physical, emotional, sexual, financial, etc 

Knowing when to set a boundary 

How to set a boundary 

What to look at before you set boundaries 

 

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Emily and Stephanie are the hosts of Cycle Chats, a podcast that destigmatizes what it means to be a woman. In addition to sharing some hilariously honest couch confessionals, they join Maryellen for part 2 of their conversation where they destigmatize and discuss a wide-range of topics, including: 

Differences between men and women  

Men and mental health 

Social media and mental health 

Toxic positivity  

Listen to Cycle Chats where ever you listen to podcasts, check them out on Instagram @cyclechats and visit www.cyclechats.com 

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Emily and Stephanie are the hosts of Cycle Chats, a podcast that destigmatizes what it means to be a woman. They join Maryellen today to destigmatize and discuss a wide-range of topics, including: 

mental health 

self-care 

anxiety 

traditional gender roles 

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard 

some people are just assholes (not necessarily gaslighting you, a narcissist, or a sociopath) 

the importance of awareness

If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to tune in to part 2 next week. Listen to Cycle Chats where ever you listen to podcasts, check them out on Instagram @cyclechats and visit www.cyclechats.com 

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This week Maryellen breaks down the toxicity of diet culture: 

What is toxic diet culture? 

How do you lose weight in a healthy way? 

Why diet culture is so bad? 

Serotonin/gut health misinformation 

Be sure to check out Maryellen’s other similar episode: Never Tell a Woman She Looks Pregnant & Other Things Not to Say to People. 

Plus, be sure to check out Tired as F*ck: Burnout at the Hands of Diet, Self-Help, and Hustle Culture and The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy by Caroline Dooner. 

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