The 46 year-old comedian talks about the frustration and shame of battling ADD and depression while trying to be a good husband and father. He and Paul talk about how to deal with anger when feeling overwhelmed and the bright side of living with mental illness. This episode is sponsored by DailyBurn. To get a free 30 day trial membership go to www.dailyburn.com/happyhour
The PhD (clinical psychology) shares about working with at-risk youth particularly in the LGBT population and in a Psychiatric Evaluation team, responding to mental health emergencies. She also talks about the addictive rush of working in crisis. Sponsors of this episode are DailyBurn and SquareSpace. For a free 30 day trial membership to DailyBurn go to DailyBurn.com/happyhour and for free trial and 10% off for SquareSpace go to Squarespace.com and use offer code “doctor”.
The list of major health issues (Arnold Chiari Malformation, Scoliosis) she dealt with in childhood including brain and spine surgeries pale in comparison to the complicated relationship with her father; an alcoholic with no boundaries. Paul and Lindsay discuss the parent who is oblivious to the way they leer at, talk to and touch their children. They also discuss her Bipolar II, OCD, co-dependency and perfectionism. This weeks sponsors are Naturebox and DailyBurn. To get 50% off your first box, go to Naturebox.com and use offer code “happyhour”. To get your first 30 days free go to DailyBurn.com/happyhour.
Culled from a month of surveys filled out by listeners. Paul reads their shames, secrets, fears, hopes and beautiful moments. And of course some “awfulsome” moments as well. This weeks sponsors are Naturebox and DailyBurn. To get 50% off your first box, go to Naturebox.com and use offer code “happyhour”. To get your first 30 days free go to DailyBurn.com/happyhour.
The Baltimore native, standup comedian (Comedy Central, Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson) and podcaster (The Crabfeast) shares about the hatred he endured from his mother and the love from his father and other relatives that saved him. This weeks sponsors are Naturebox and DailyBurn. To get 50% off your first box, go to Naturebox.com and use offer code “happyhour”. To get your first 30 days free go to DailyBurn.com/happyhour.
The writer (Roseanne) and standup (Tonight Show, Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson) opens up about the controlling environment she was raised in, her professional anxieties especially about her age (58) and her decades long battle with anorexia. Our sponsors this week are Daily Burn and SquareSpace. Go to DailyBurn.com/happyhour and get the first 30 days free. Go to SquareSpace.com and use offer code “mental” for a free trial and 10% off.
Although the writer/producer grew up in Hawaii, his childhood was far from paradise; enduring a cornucopia of PTSD, leaving him wondering what is real and what isn’t. He also shares his obsession with cults and and the time he joined one to write about it and almost lost his mind. Our sponsors this week are Daily Burn and SquareSpace. Go to DailyBurn.com/happyhour and get the first 30 days free. Go to SquareSpace.com and use offer code “mental” for a free trial and 10% off.
Amelia discusses her “nuclear” PMS (called PMDD for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder), her first pregnancy and the pressures she felt for everything to be perfect and the crushing Postpartum Depression that followed. She also talks about the childhood traumas that might be linked to it.