Chris McCarthy, president of MTV Entertainment Group, speaks with host Morra Aarons Mele about the role TV shows can play in changing how people view mental health and what he and others are doing to make the industry more mentally healthy for entertainment professionals. Plus, later in the episode, makeup artist Andrew Sotomayor discusses how his work on TV ... Show More
Yesterday
America’s Nervous System Is Dysregulated with Kate Woodsome
What if the problem in America isn’t just political? What if our collective nervous system is overloaded? In this episode, I sit down with Kate Woodsome, journalist turned civic resilience researcher and trainer, to talk about how personal trauma, chronic stress, and media-driven ... Show More
47m 56s
Nov 20
How To Heal After A Layoff with Yowei Shaw
Layoffs do more than drain your bank account, they shake your sense of worth, belonging, and identity. In this episode, Yowei Shaw, an emotional investigative journalist shares what it felt like to get laid off from NPR, why the experience upends identity and dignity, and how the ... Show More
36m 40s
Nov 18
AI, ADHD, And Humanness with Dr. Tracy Dennis Tiwary
Is your anxiety about AI actually trying to help you? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Tracy Dennis Tiwary to talk about AI anxiety, overdiagnosis, ADHD, and why we’ve medicalized so much of our emotional life that we’ve lost sight of what it means to be human. Tracy shares w ... Show More
54m 17s
Aug 2023
S3 Ep1: Tech, Social Media, AI and Mental Health
This week, Rachel is joined by Georgie Barrat, a tech journalist and TV presenter, best known as the co-host of Channel 5’s The Gadget Show.
We’ll be discussing technology, social media and how the intriguing but slightly scary world of AI might be impacting our mental health.
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37m 58s
Jul 2021
You're Not Alone in Your Anxiety - Mental Health Professional & Madhappy Brand Consultant, Meadowlark Monaghan (Part 1)
Meadowlark Monaghan is a mental health professional and co-host of the podcast, Thoughts May Vary (coming soon!). She currently works as a consultant with popular brands like Madhappy and Lonely Ghost, where she uses her knowledge of the mental health space to develop and refine ... Show More
29 m
Nov 2021
Dealing with Mental Health as an Influencer with Gemma Styles
Gemma Styles, writer, influencer, and podcast host of Good Influence, returns for our season finale to discuss dealing with mental health as an influencer.Today, Gemma shares how social media impacts her mental health by her followers and competing with herself online. We discuss ... Show More
15m 44s
Sep 2023
Vanessa Bayer & Jonah Bayer: Transcendental Meditation & Confronting Cancer with Humor
Vanessa Bayer (SNL, I Love That for You) joins us in the MBB studio to discuss using humor to cope with her cancer diagnosis as a teenager, her tenure as one of longest-running female cast members of Saturday Night Live, and her transcendental meditation practice. She opens up ab ... Show More
1h 6m
Oct 2023
Narcissists Pursuing Careers in Counseling
Cluster B
This show aims to educate the audience from a scientifically informed perspective about the major cluster B personality disorders: narcissism, histrionic, borderline, and antisocial.
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23m 12s