486 - Dr Shaili Jain MD - PTSD
Having studied and worked with thousands of people with PTSD from combat, sexual, physical or emotional trauma, the Stanford faculty psychia...
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A weekly hour-long conversation between host Paul Gilmartin and a guest (often a fellow artist) about their mental and emotional struggles, large and small. Listeners describe it as " entert...
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485 Shame
Paul shares some stories of people battling shame (especially around their bodies) and reads from the Loves, Happy Moments and Awfulsome mom...
484 - Pandemic 4
Paul reads listener experiences around their mental/emotional struggles and victories -some serious some humorous- including the Covid crisi...
483 - Being Broke & In Debt - Nathan Rabin
The blogger/author returns to open up about dealing with the strain of being fired, perpetually broke and in debt while trying to provide fo...
482 Coping with the Pandemic 3
Another installment of Paul reading anonymous surveys submitted by listeners about their mental and emotional ups and downs during the pande...
481 Coping in a Pandemic 2
The second installment of listeners sharing their loves, happy and awfulsome moments and struggles during the pandemic via surveys read by P...
480 Coping in a Pandemic
Listeners share their loves and struggles during the pandemic via surveys read by Paul. Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by B...
479 - Things We Love
Who couldn't use some positive vibes this week? No guest, just things that people love, submitted via the show's Loves Survey. Support Our S...
478 - Hell's Kitchen Kenny
Paul's support group friend recounts his childhood and teenage years growing up in NYC's Hell's Kitchen and the cycles of violence, addictio...
477 Ask a Sex Crimes Detective - Don Howell Returns
The retired sex crimes detective and speaker/author answers listener questions about the mentality of serial killers and sex offenders, the...
476 - Sleep Deprivation - Teresa Strasser Returns
The host/performer @TeresaStrasser returns to talk about her misdiagnosed, involuntary stay in the psych ward after breaking down as a sever...
475 - Secrets & Trust - Sam Dingman
The writer/performer (winner of The Moth GrandSlam) opens up about the family secret that harmed his ability to trust and the eventual airin...
474 - Physically Transitioning - Fallon Chavez
Fallon talks about her life as a trans woman; her desire to be "passable", how she feels about her voice, her experiences pre-op and post-op...
473 Moral Injury - Veteran Tom Voss
The Iraq war veteran, author and advocate talks about PTSD and moral injury he battled after returning home and the positive effects meditat...
472 Ask A Therapist - Katie Vernoy Returns
Therapist Katie Vernoy returns to answer listener questions about therapist/patient boundaries, when to report a client (in response to a ve...
471 - Smothered & Entitled - Al Lubel
Al has always been a comedian's comedian, but mainstream success has always eluded him. Raised by a smothering anxious mother, fear and lack...
470 From Chaos to Purpose - Wendy Adamson
Despite her traumatic upbringing and becoming the woman (her mom) she swore she'd never be, Wendy went from an alcoholic PTA mother shooting...
469 Chronic Health Issues - Karolyn Gehrig
Karolyn suffers from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a connective tissue disease that affects her joints and internal organs as well as being diagno...
468 - Native American Ellen Blackcloud
Ellen (a pseudonym) shares about shares about discrimination, growing up poor, living on a reservation, riding the line between native cultu...
467 Best Of: Hank Adams
Prostitution, alcoholism, fetishes, swinging, abandonment and being stabbed by a bayonet. Handyman Hank Adams has experienced them all. Paul...