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How Feeling Your Anxiety Might Be Helpful Nov 07, 2019

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Anxiety is the enemy, right? Or is your body just trying to tell you something? If you struggle with anxiety and aren’t sure how to handle it, this episode is for you. Today’s guest, therapist and reverend Connie L. Habash, offers several key steps to help you work with your anxiety, rather than against it. She shares how to sit with your emotions, feel them in your body and listen with compassion.

Ruminations and Worrying Ruining Your Day? Oct 31, 2019

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Does your brain seem to have a “mind” of its own? Does it jump in the driver’s seat and take you places you’d rather not go? In today’s episode, a licensed psychologist explains how we get trapped in cycles of ruminations -- those dark, repetitive thoughts that won’t leave us alone -- and how to escape this cycle by living with intention. When we realize that every decision we make is just one option of many, it reduces our anxiety and makes us feel more in control of our lives.

Using Music to Spark Your Inner Hero Oct 24, 2019

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Does a certain song take you back to your childhood? Maybe your dad played it on family road trips, and now it never fails to make you smile. We know music has the power to elicit specific emotions and to spark feel-good neurotransmitters in the brain. But what if we could harness the power of music and make it a part of therapy? Today’s guest is a psychotherapist who creates personalized music soundtracks to help her clients change their brain chemistry and bring out their inner “badass.”

Clutter vs. Hoarding: What’s the difference? Oct 17, 2019

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Do you know someone with 6 toasters? Or a closet full of old newspapers or unopened shoe boxes? Or maybe it’s more subtle: Perhaps your friend is successful and tidy, but they just can’t stop accumulating things they don’t use -- they get an intense thrill with each new purchase. What is hoarding, anyway? Is it always disorganized and dirty? Today’s guest, a hoarding behavioral specialist, explains the myths around hoarding, its treatment strategies and who is at risk.

Bonus Content: Motivation in Schizophrenia (Inside Schizophrenia Podcast" Oct 16, 2019

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The word "schizophrenia" tends to conjure dramatic imagery, people don't think of the boring parts that consume many with schizophrenia, like lacking the motivation to get out of bed or be social. Host, Rachel Star Withers and CoHost Gabe Howard explore avolition.

Hiding Depression: Using Perfectionism to Hide Our Struggles Oct 10, 2019

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Do you consider yourself a perfectionist? Do you highly value strength, resiliency, always counting your blessings and keeping a smile on your face? But perhaps, on the inside, you feel lonelier each day. Maybe you have trouble with intimacy and vulnerability and sometimes feel like nobody knows the "real" you. In today’s episode, psychologist Dr. Margaret Rutherford explains the epidemic of “perfectly hidden depression.”

Misinformation Crusader: Writing About Mental Illness Oct 03, 2019

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Did Grey’s Anatomy get the psychiatric hospital scene right? Do emotional support animals really work? Can you ever be friends with a former therapist? In today’s “information age,” there is a lot of “misinformation,” particularly when it comes to mental health. Tune in to hear why today’s guest, a practicing psychiatrist and popular writer, feels called to help people make sense of the medical misinformation they often encounter in the media.

Benefits of a Video Library Documenting Mental Health Issues Sep 26, 2019

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Who doesn’t love cartoons? Especially ones that are informative, engaging and based on mental health issues? PsychHub.com has more than 100 free animated videos on a variety of mental health, substance use and suicide prevention topics. Join us as CEO and co-founder Marjorie Morrison explains how Psych Hub got started, what types of videos they have, how to find credible information in the internet age, and how for some, animated videos can be the best choice for an information source.

Parents of Children With Mental Illness Sep 19, 2019

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In the US, fewer than 100 kids per year are diagnosed with very early onset schizophrenia. Chrisa Hickey, founder of the Parents Like US Club, walked this road with her son, Tim, who is now 25 years old. Listen in as Chrisa describes her family’s journey through childhood schizophrenia and how she became an advocate for other parents like herself.

Bonus Content: Working With Schizophrenia (Inside Schizophrenia Podcast) Sep 18, 2019

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Everyone complains about work. Having to go to work every day, working too much, not getting paid enough- working can be challenging for so many reasons. Today's episode of Inside Schizophrenia focuses on working while having schizophrenia.

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