Episode 178: Anna Akana

Episode 178: Anna Akana

The performer/writer/director best known for her popular YouTube channel opens up about growing up with a Japanese father and Filipino mother where mistakes were not tolerated. She also shares about her sister's suicide, lying, drugs & sex. Visit Anna's Youtube Channel, her Facebook Page, her Twitter Feed or her website. PillPack sponsors this show. To check it out (and to help the podcast) go to Pillpack.com/happyhour. BrainHQ sponsors this show. For 10% off a monthly or yearly subscription BrainHQ.com/happyhour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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#248 Dr Jessica Zucker #3

#248 Dr Jessica Zucker #3

Therapist Dr Zucker shares the harrowing emotional, mental and physical details of her late-term (16th week) miscarriage; how to support a friend or loved one who experiences pregnancy loss, and of co...

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#247 Danny Hatch

#247 Danny Hatch

The 23 year-old Oklahoman shares about his depression, cutting, feelings of inadequacy, finding a voice and identify through comedy (Keith & The Girl podcast), feeling some shame for wanting to be fam...

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#246 Kate Spencer

#246 Kate Spencer

The writer/performer/wife/mother shares about her OCD, anxiety, panic attacks, intrusive thoughts and insomnia.  She also talks about the surprising gifts that came from the painful loss of her mother...

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#245 Pedophile Ring Survivor Anneke Lucas

#245 Pedophile Ring Survivor Anneke Lucas

Sold by her mother to a pedophile ring led by powerful politicians and aristocrats in her native Belgium, Anneke's story is about more than just survival.  She talks about the ways her PTSD affects he...

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#244 Natural Highs - Neuropsychologist Dr. Matt Bellace

#244 Natural Highs - Neuropsychologist Dr. Matt Bellace

The neuropsychology PhD shares natural ways for us to improve our mood and take care of our brains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privac...

24 Sep 20152h 24min

#243 Melissa Villasenor

#243 Melissa Villasenor

The 27 year-old comic/impressionist (America's Got Talent) opens up people-pleasing, cutting, isolating, creating, bombing, tattoos, the comfort of solitary hobbies and the struggle to practice self-c...

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#242 Elyn Saks on Schizophrenia & Mental Health Law

#242 Elyn Saks on Schizophrenia & Mental Health Law

The USC professor of law, psychiatry and psychology (in addition to a PhD in Psychoanalysis) talks about her history of schizophrenia, her multiple hospitalizations and how she has learned to manage i...

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#241 Glenn Rockowitz

#241 Glenn Rockowitz

The comedian, writer (Rodeo in Joliet and Saturday Night Live) and voice actor opens up about his ongoing battles with cancer, how being told 20 years ago that he had "three months to live" changed hi...

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