In the final episode of season 2, this solo episode digs into the simple, psychological experience of taking something out of your brain, and saying it out loud. Unburdening when you hold close to the chest sounds easy, but in practice many of us suck at it (myself included)! E

What is mental health and well-being? The conversations around mental health are often about what's wrong with us, or what is our diagnosis or symptoms, which can be helpful but once we know what's "wrong with us", what do we aim towards? This episode takes a quick look at Tina Payne Bryson's (psychologist and author) definition of mental health as flexibility and flow.

Acceptance is a gateway to moving through all the crap life has to throw at us. We often get acceptance mixed up with approval, and that by accepting something hard and painful or even just boring, we're saying "I'm ok with that." This episode takes a quick look at making the distinction between acceptance and approval, and how our lives can become much less exhausting if we practice acceptance.

Welcome to the podcast clinical therapist, writer, and content creator Gretchen Winterkorn! Gretchen and Ethan discuss how authenticity and honesty from a therapist can impact people in the therapy room, neurodivergence, and post-apocalyptic farming!

For more Gretchen, check out the links below:

https://gretchenwinterkorn.com/

https://www.instagram.com/gretchenwinterkorn/

https://www.tiktok.com/@reallivehumantherapist

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Cash Levy (Comedy!, Cashing in with TJ Miller Podcast) returns to the Laughing Mind! Cash and Ethan discuss the role of balance in mental health and happiness, the overwhelming cost of greatness, and how many therapists become therapists to try and heal themselves—and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Check out Cash's tour dates to see if he's coming to a city near you, and his podcast Cashing in with TJ Miller!

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Welcoming to the show singer-song writer, musician, and producer Dan Decristofaro! This episode is chock full: how music and creativity bring about community, connection and well-being, the ups and downs of being a professional musician, and the anatomy of resilience when it comes to failing and getting better at a craft. Make sure to check out Dan's solo music and the Blue Light Bandits at the link below or on Spotify, Apple Music and Youtube.

https://everythingdan.com/

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Here's another solo episode in the mental health series where Ethan does a quick deep dive. This one is all about the #1 most talked about and prolific mental health concern: Anxiety! Ethan unpacks the evolutionary benefits of anxiety, the way anxiety sounds in our minds, and how we can change our relationship with it.

Maintaining things is never a sexy topic, but it's what the richest things in life are built upon! Ethan keeps it short while exploring how mental, physical and relational well-being is found and sustained when we consistently attend to these areas of life.

The lovely and talented Katherine Sikma joins Ethan for a barn burner. They dig into how to make sustainable changes (personal and organizational), cognitive flexibility, Internal Family Systems (IFS/parts work) and getting unstuck when you're life is in a rut. If you want more of Katherine, check out her links below.

https://www.instagram.com/ksikma/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/yougottatrythispodcast/

For more info about Internal Family Systems (IFS/parts work): https://ifs-institute.com/store/419

What are your core beliefs about yourself and the world? How do they shape how you experience emotions, thoughts, and even your behaviors? And can negative, unrelenting core beliefs be fuel for us to become successful? Get into it!