How Are We Today?
Season 1
by Tyler Coe
Mental + physical health = happy life! In this episode, we talked with personal trainer & mental health advocate, Kelly Gee, about what it means to be "physically fit" and how doing simple things, walking, breathing, resting are more important than deadlifting 500lbs at the gym. She also shared her story about becoming a trainer, one that opens your eyes to how important it is to find your people.
Is there a link between creativity and mental illness? In this episode, we did a dive into the subject with the wildly talented Griffon Ramsey. She gave us different perspectives and creative advice on how to manage our mental health.
Pretty obvious right? For too many people, it's not. It's drama. It's fake. It's something you need to have a better attitude about, pull those bootstraps up and get going. To crush all that nonsense, the highly esteemed Dr. Daniel Morehead, author of "Science Over Stigma" joins the program in one of the hardest interviews we've done yet on the show.
Writer/Director, Josh Flanagan, joined the show to discuss his experience with PTSD. As a veteran of the Iraq War, Josh talked about his experience and path from diagnosis to his daily process of dealing with it. He's also fall-down funny so this heavy topic ended up being pretty light-heartened and filled with great wisdom.
Failure - hard topic to discuss because it cuts the deepest. Is it real? If so, how do we address it? Attack it? Dr. Erin Underbrink joins us to share some grounding techniques to use and Edward Stockwell, formerly of Rooster Teeth and current copywriter for Budlight, shares his story of failure and redemption.
Vulnerability. It's something we all dread and something we all face. When combined with a mental illness or disorder, vulnerability can turn into a dangerous game. Barbara Dunkelman (Always Open, Rooster Teeth Podcast) joins us for a quick sit & chat - talking about how vulnerability can be a positive, lessons to learn from pain, and why finding just one person who can see the true you, is worth everything.
Have you ever suffered from anxiety? Of course, you have! In this mind-blowing episode, Dr. Erin Underbrink brings her bag of tricks, tips, and icepacks (you might want to grab one for the show) to show case regulation skills, bettering known as processing your emotions. Andy Cortez of Kinda Funny joined in as well to give us a raw, humorous, and truly insightful look into the life of a person that suffers from ADHD and anxiety. You'll see things a different way after listening to him speak.
For those of us looking to help, “How Do I Get Involved?” is a great question to ask. The answer? Either too much or not enough - luckily Karen Ranus, the Executive Director of N.A.M.I Central TX (National Alliance of Mental Health Institute) stopped by to help us figure that out! We passed out grades for last week’s homework, and the tenacious duo of Hannah McCarthy and Mariel Salcedo joined us to talk about getting involved, how to give yourself a break and how to breathe. Literally.
In this first episode of "How Are We Today?", we discuss how to start off on the best path to helping your mental health. How to find the right therapists, treatments plans, and more! Joined by our in-house medical expert, Marcie, and the amazing Meg Turney - you won't want to miss the gems they dropped during the show!
Just a little bit about the show for you guys. Full episodes will be out soon!