#774 Hitting A Therapy Wall - Anna Runkle aka The Crappy Childhood Fairy
Anna Runkle, aka @CrappyChildhoodFairy, joins Paul to share her experience of growing up in a commune, living with CPTSD, and finding new ways to heal when talk therapy wasn’t working. Look for her ne...
14 Nov 20251h 37min
#773 Poverty, Loneliness & Low Self-Esteem - Derek
Fellow support group member Derek shares about growing up in extreme poverty and isolation. Recently he has been learning how to connect and practice boundaries but is still struggling with being attr...
7 Nov 20251h 24min
#772 One Family's Truths About Paralysis - Tyler & Jenny Smith
Tyler Smith was paralyzed from the neck down after contracting the West Nile virus. He and his wife, Jenny, join Paul for the second time to open up about the rage, shock, and loneliness of having bec...
31 Okt 20251h 13min
#771 Growing Up With Hoarders - Amanda Uhle
Amanda Uhle is a journalist and nonfiction writer who shares her story of a loving but turbulent childhood and what it was like to grow up in a house of hoarders. Look for her new memoir, Destroy This...
24 Okt 20251h 42min
#770 Imprisoned For Having HIV - Robert Suttle
Robert Suttle joins Paul to share his experience with the criminalization of HIV. He talks about the unexpected arrest related to his diagnosis, his experience in prison, and living with HIV in the mo...
17 Okt 20251h 30min
#769 Darkest Listener Confessions 2
Our second installment of the darkest surveys filled out anonymously by listeners. This episode is sponsored Quince. Go to www.Quince.com/mental for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. N...
10 Okt 202555min
#768 The Difficulties (And Gifts) Of Bipolar - Rick Cleveland
Rick Cleveland is a playwright and television writer (The West Wing, Six Feet Under) who shares the difficulties--and the gifts--of living with Bipolar disorder.This episode is sponsored Quince. Go to...
3 Okt 20251h 5min
#767 Self-Harm - Matthew Broussard
Matthew Broussard is a comedian (Hyperbolic) who shares his struggles with mental health and opens up, for the first time, about his experience with self-harm.For more about Matthew, including his mos...
26 Sep 20251h 23min
