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Ep. 435/ Dr Jennifer Reid. Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life. Oct 12, 2026

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Dr Jennifer Reid is a clinical assistant professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. Hew new book, Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life From Unreasonable Expectations, encourages women to look at the myriad of ways we allow guilt to control our lives. In the interview, Dr. Reid discusses how guilt and empathy are linked The interpersonal cost of guilt on relationships and why turning guilt inward to control our own behavior backfires, creating the sense of never doing enough. Dr. Reid has developed a SPEAK framework tool to use the moment guilt hits and she provides practical examples of when to put the tool to use.

Ep. 434/ Eran Magen. Men’s Mental Health/SuicidePrevention Oct 05, 2026

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My guest today has spent his career building systems that catch people before they fall. Eran Magen holds a PhD in psychology from Stanford, and he's the founder of Early Alert, an organization that works inside universities, public schools, and the VA to identify suicide risk before it becomes a crisis.

In this conversation, we talk about why divorced men have a much higher risk of suicide, what men should do to avoid a mental health crisis, and why “asking for help” is still so difficult for men in our society.

Ep. 433/ Liz Scott.You're Going to Die But Not Me Sep 28, 2026

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Liz Scott has spent nearly fifty years sitting across from other people's problems, fears and vulnerabilities. But, by her own accounting, Liz’s biggest fear is dying. In fact, she’s not even sure dying applies to her. That’s the diagnosis behind the humorous and insightful You’re Going to Die but not me! A book about Liz’s near acceptance of death.

Liz Scott is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Portland, a New Yorker by origin, an Oregonian since the early nineties, and the author of the memoir This Never Happened and the essay collection Love Life. She turned seventy-nine in March. In this book she goes looking for a truce with mortality through Buddhist detachment, in near-death research, in Tarot decks and psychedelics and death doulas. The book is part humor, part confession, and mostly delight about the ways we all deceive ourselves regarding the inevitability of death.

Ep. 432/John Puls. CaseManagement and Fragmented Mental HealthCare Sep 21, 2026

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The Lindsay Clancy case is attracting international attention and illuminating the complex problem of postpartum anxiety, depression, and, more rarely, postpartum psychosis, a psychiatric emergency that affects roughly 1 in every 1000 new mothers.

Pregnant women and new moms are understandably anxious right now. John Puls, a case manager and therapist, joins Beyond Well to talk about the problem of fragmentation in the mental health system and how a case manager can help.

Ep. 431/Haley Ashcom Miller. Postpartum Psychosis.Part 2 Sep 14, 2026

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Haley Ashcom Miller is a working mom of four, maternal mental health advocate, and postpartum psychosis survivor with a professional background spanning government and marketing.

After experiencing postpartum psychosis following the birth of her first child, Haley began sharing her story publicly to bring greater awareness to a condition that remains deeply misunderstood and heavily stigmatized.

Through candid conversations about psychosis, motherhood, recovery, and life after postpartum mental illness, Haley is working to challenge the way we talk about mothers experiencing severe mental health crises. Her advocacy is rooted in a simple belief: better awareness, better conversations, and better resources can save lives—and every mother deserves compassion and access to care.

Ep. 430/Haley Ashcom Miller. Postpartum Psychosis Part 1 Sep 07, 2026

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Haley Ashcom Miller is a working mom of four, maternal mental health advocate, and postpartum psychosis survivor with a professional background spanning government and marketing.

Ep. 429/ Leslie Dobson. The Lindsay Clancy case and Postpartum depression Aug 31, 2026

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Leslie Dobson on the Lindsay Clancy case and Postpartum depression

Dr. Leslie Dobson is a forensic psychologist who is providing legal expertise and media commentary on the Lindsay Clancy trial. Dr. Dobson talks about the internet conspiracy theories regarding Lindsay’s husband, and how it is connected to an unwillingness to accept the horror of postpartum psychosis.

Ep. 428/ Part two. Postpartum Depression and Psychosis/Sara Townshend Aug 24, 2026

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Part Two.

The Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial is forcing a harrowing national conversation about postpartum anxiety, depression, and psychosis. Lindsay Clancy is accused of the murders of her three children while in the throes of postpartum psychosis. The case has opened a national conversation on the limits of the mental health care system, criminal responsibility while mentally ill, and what sentence suits a person who had lost touch with reality at the time of the crime.

We are bringing back a riveting conversation with Sara Townshend, the author of SETTING THE WIRE, a memoir of postpartum psychosis. She was a psychotherapist and new mother when she experienced the most disturbing experience of her lifetime—postpartum psychosis. Sara was able to get the help she needed to recover, but not before hospitalization.

Ep. 427/Part one. Postpartum Depression and Psychosis/Sara Townshend Aug 17, 2026

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Part One.

Ep. 426/ A re-visit. Do I need therapy? A a talk with the Doctors. Aug 10, 2026

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This is a Re-Visit.

A No Stone Unturned episode from 2019."A talk with Doctors, Do I need therapy?"We hire personal trainers to help us get in shape, tutors for difficult subjects, and music instructors to learn to master musical instruments. So, why are people reluctant to hire a therapist, a person trained to help people better manage their minds? In this episode, Jenna, Sheila and Brian talk about how therapy works and what really goes on in therapeutic sessions.

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