Mental Illness Happy Hour
Paul Gilmartin
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"Remarkable" - Psychology Today
"A vital, compassionate gem that fills a desperate and under-addressed need in our society." - Esquire
"A perversely safe place in which he and his guests talk about their fears, addictions and traumatic childhoods." - NY Times
"Gilmartin makes a conscious effort to explore stories that aren’t black and white" - Slate Magazine
"Praised by listeners all over the world" - Atlantic Monthly
Named To Top Health Podcast List by: NY Times, Esquire, Slate, Oprah Magazine, Women's Health, Onion A.V. Club, Apple Podcast Staff
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Recent Episodes
#804 Queer Erotica, Endometriosis & Survey Bonanza - Jenny Zigrino Returns
Jenny Zigrino (a.k.a. Peggy Poundstone) is a comedian and writer of smut. She discusses the loss of her beloved sister, her struggles with endometriosis, and what inspired her to begin writing queer…
#803 Treating Predators & Infidelity - Dr. Monique Thompson
Dr. Monique Thompson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps couples heal from infidelity. She also has significant experience with treating predatory sexual behavior. She offers her…
#802 Bipolar, Vices & Psych Wards - Emily LoMenzo Washcovick
Fellow Midwesterner opens up to Paul about her battles with BiPolar including a hospitalization, and her struggles with vices. More about Emily:Her show - Success, Rewritten can be found on any…
#801 Rewiring Negative Self-Talk - Thais Gibson
Thais Gibson is a best-selling author, counselor, and the founder of Personal Development School, an online collection of courses to guide you in your emotional growth journey. She opens up about…
#800 - Best Of - A Day Of You The Listener
Originally aired in 2012, this was the first ever “all listener” show. Paul reads their emails, surveys and more, all filled out within a 24 hour period to give the audience a sense of what a given…
#799 Best Of - Bipolar Psychosis & Support - Haydn
Originally aired in 2015, in this “Best Of” episode the 27 year-old Colombian native shares about his recent hospitalization for Bipolar I psychosis. His girlfriend Rama (who was on the following…
#798 - Foster Care, Death & The Navy - Forrest Lang
Forrest Lang is an author and CSA (child sex abuse) advocate. He shares the story of his own childhood abuse, growing up in the foster care system, the death of his best friend, and how the Navy…
#797 Brianne Davis Helps A Struggling Paul
Paul’s trusted support group friend Brianne Davis comes to lend him emotional support around his current mental/emotional struggles and to talk about her own experience with the challenge of mean…
#796 A Deep Dark Dive with Jenny Lawson
The brilliantly dark, funny and sensitive 5x NY Times bestselling author and blogger(@TheBloggess) drops by for a mammoth and deep episode about her struggles with imposter syndrome,…
#795 Taking Off The Mask - A Best Of Ep w/Laurenne Sala
A Best Of ep originally aired in 2014. What happens when the Homecoming Queen takes off her popularity mask and deals with the pain of her co-dependent mom and the suicide of her gay father? The…
#794 Best Of: Maria Bamford & The Psych Ward
In this listener-favorite ep from 2013, the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed comedian talks about her lifelong battles with OCD, Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome, BiPolar II, and the recent…
#793 - Darkness In The "Wholesome" Family - Andrea Leeb
Andrea Leeb is a writer and advocate who opens up about her experience as an incest survivor and the betrayal of both her father, who abused her, and her mother, who turned the other way. She also…
#792 Can Personalities Change? - Olga Khazan
Olga Khazan is an author and staff writer for The Atlantic. Today she talks about the experiments she undertook to change her own personality traits over the course of a year, which inspired her new…
#791 Couple Issues - Erin Valente
Erin Valente is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) who gives practical advice for managing issues in your marriage, including moving through divorce. She also opens up about her…
#790 Fathers, Sons & Vulnerability - Mike de la Rocha
Mike de la Rocha is a musician, author, and social justice advocate who joins Paul to discuss why vulnerability is so important for men– something his father’s death helped him see. Look for his…
#789 Sexual Shame - Dr. Nicole McNichols
Dr. Nicole McNichols is an internationally renowned human sexuality professor, author, and speaker whose college course, The Diversity of Human Sexuality, is the most popular in the history of the…
#788 Discovering Sexuality & Processing Trauma - "Marilyn"
Marilyn is a support group friend who opens up about her journey to discovering her sexuality and her tendency toward love addiction. She talks about how she’s processing her trauma and what it meant…
#787 Burnout - Dr. Guy Winch
Dr. Guy Winch is a psychologist and bestselling author who advocates for integrating the science of emotional health into our daily lives. He and Paul talk about the science of burnout and offer…
#786 Shame, BiPolar & Codependency - Lane Falcon
Lane Falcon is a podcast listener who discusses one of her Mental Illness Happy Hour survey responses and opens up about her struggles with bipolar disorder, trauma, and codependency.More about…
#785 - Owning Our Issues In Relationships - Zach Brittle
Marriage Therapist Zach Brittle talks with Paul about things that can kill marriages, his own struggles with coping with his feelings -especially anger- and how to truly work as a team in…
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Mental Illness Happy Hour has published 699 episodes since December 2012, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Mental Health.
Mental Illness Happy Hour is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 47m.
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