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Mental Health

How to change your mind so you can change your body

August 17, 2022 Health, Mental Health

Author Selena Barlett discusses how a better understanding of brain science can help us to identify destructive patterns and forge new paths toward health and happiness.

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Mourning a loved one is complicated by suicide

August 15, 2022 Mental Health

Laura Trujillo shares the shock she faced when her mother took her own life, the dark secret she had to plumb to move forward, and where she ultimately found peace.

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Would you really be happier with someone else?

August 12, 2022 Mental Health

Psychologist Joshua Coleman explains how our culture of individualism puts pressure on relationships and how to know when it’s time to walk away.

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Would you be happier if you got naked more?

August 10, 2022 Culture, Mental Health

Journalist Gloria Liu talks about the outdoorsy types who like to go naked and asks: Would she be happier if she were less prudish about her body and those around her?

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What it’s like being autistic in a neurotypical world

August 9, 2022 Mental Health, Race/Identity

Devon Price talks about his own experience with neurodivergence and delves into the lives of people who feel ignored and invisible.

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Are evil people born that way?

August 2, 2022 Mental Health

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen joins us to discuss the neuroscience of narcissism and psychopathy and the reasons someone might lack the ability to care.

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Covering Uvalde took a toll on Latino journalists

July 26, 2022 Current Events, Mental Health

Assistant Prof. Liliana Soto joins us to discuss the emotional toll of Latino journalists covering the El Paso and Uvalde mass shootings, necessary coping skills, and why self-care is so difficult for reporters.

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Stopping to smell the roses can give your life meaning

July 4, 2022 Mental Health, Science and Technology

Joshua Hicks, a professor of psychological and brain sciences, discusses why appreciating small, significant moments can lead to a sense of purpose.

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What it’s like living with voices in your head

July 1, 2022 Mental Health

Caroline Mazel-Carlton joins host Krys Boyd to talk about her personal experience with hearing voices, surviving a suicide attempt, and how she works now to fight for change in how mental illness is viewed.

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The reality of being trans can be exhausting

June 27, 2022 Mental Health, Race/Identity

Penn State gender and sexuality studies professor Hil Malatino talks about why embracing feelings of envy and despair can offer a more complete picture of a person post-transition.

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How to make your anxiety work for you

June 6, 2022 Mental Health, Science and Technology

Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, a psychology and neuroscience professor, explains why, she says, anxiety is tied to hope, and why linking it to disease is an outmoded way of thinking.

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What we still don’t know about mental illness

June 6, 2022 Mental Health, Science and Technology

Writer Daniel Bergner discusses his brother’s journey with a bipolar diagnosis and the medications he was put on⁠—and how drug-based treatments are still based on a lot of assumptions.

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