Mental Health Podcasts That Will Encourage Self Growth
Mental Health Podcasts That Will Encourage Self Growth
By Chloe Duncan
Mental health disorders have been stigmatized and are often shied away from. With the growth of social media platforms, more and more people have been open about discussing mental health diseases and the challenges that often come with these diseases. There are many sources that people can seek to help them better understand mental illnesses as well as cope with the ones that they have. These podcasts are incredible resources that allow people to realize they are not alone in this fight.
The Hilarious World Of Depression
Hosted by John Moe, The Hilarious World of Depression interviews guests who have learned to deal with depression throughout their lives and have managed to laugh along the way. The hilarious points that are showcased throughout the show is a welcome contribution to the mental health disease. John Moe has had guests such as; Maria Bamford, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and Andy Richter, all of who suffer from depressive episodes. They work to help destigmatize the depression diagnosis while destigmatizing through laughs and conversation.
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast is hosted by Gina Ryan. Gina Ryan works to support individuals living with stress, anxiety, and PTSD. Through conversation, resources, and laughs, Gina discusses how to deal with topics such as panic attacks, social discomfort, and coping with day to day anxiety challenges and mental health challenges. Gina’s guests are all mental health coaches who have their own personal experiences with anxiety. The podcast is compassionate, empathetic, and built around the desire to help other people.
The Emotions Mentor
Success in life is determined by how well we successfully regulate and maintain our emotions. The Emotions Mentor podcast is hosted by Rebecca Hintze. She believes that our emotional IQ is a higher indicator of our success rather than our intellectual IQ. Each week Rebecca hosts a mental health expert. They discuss mental health illnesses, managing your emotions, improving mental health, and becoming more successful in life.
The Struggle Bus
Co-hosted by Katherine Heller and Sally Tamarkin, The Struggle Bus podcast answers listener questions about everything from family, friends, work-life balance, mental health, and love to literally anything else. The Struggle Bus podcast is dedicated to discussing all of life’s struggles while giving people a platform to express emotions and ideas. This podcast is light-hearted, easy to listen to, and will give you tips and tricks to balance every facet of your life.
The Dark Place
Hosted by Joel Kutz, The Dark Place podcast focuses on mental health illnesses such as depression, anxiety, trauma, mental illness, and pains that are often too taboo to discuss elsewhere. Joel aims to destigmatize mental health illnesses through intimate conversations about struggles, abuse, difficult pasts, traumas, memories, and what it is like to live with mental illnesses. This podcast is uplifting, compassionate, and interesting.
Fresh Hope For Mental Health
Fresh Hope For Mental Health is a faith-based podcast dedicated to mental health recovery. Hosted by Pastor Brad Hoefs, the podcast hopes to empower those who have a mental health diagnosis while living a fulfilling and whole life.
Everybody Blurts
Everybody Blurts is a podcast hosted by Jayne Hardy, the founder, and CEO of Everybody Blurts. Jayne Hardy created the podcast to create awareness and understanding of depression and related mental health topics. Jayne is well aware of the isolation that depression can cause, the podcast seeks to combat what other people are experiencing through their darkest times. The podcast works to empower others who are struggling through depression while giving them tools that will allow them to dig themselves out of the dark places that come with depression.
The Anxiety Guy
Hosted by Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy podcast is dedicated to ending struggles that lead back to anxiety disorders, hypochondria, and depression. Dennis Simsek, with the help of The Anxiety Guy podcast, works to break down stigmas that surround the mental health community so people do not continue to suffer in silence. The Anxiety Guy discusses everything from personal power, to sleep patterns and food patterns to anxiety levels that impact your day-to-day. The Anxiety Guy gives you resources and tips for dealing with anxiety disorders to better help your everyday life.
Psych Central Show
Hosted by Gabe Howard and Vincent M Wales. The two host the mental health podcast, Psych Central show, covering a range of topics around psychology and mental health issues. They approach the topics in a conversational, approachable way, striving to make mental health challenges easier to discuss and tackle. This podcast is intelligent, informative, and empowering.
The Mental Illness Happy Hour
Hosted by Comedian Paul Gilmartin, this weekly hour-long podcast consists of interviews with artists, friends, and doctors, geared toward supporting mental health initiatives. The show is geared toward helping those within the creative arts who suffer from depression, addiction, and other mental health challenges. Paul works to create a podcast that allows for people to connect, smile, and find hope. The podcast “normalizes what so many others feel and have been too fearful or ashamed to express.” This podcast is inviting and intelligent, it will help you to better understand mental health issues and bring light to subjects that are often in the dark.
The Mental Illness Spotlight
This podcast ended in 2019, however, due to its popularity, the production company has kept its most popular and influential episodes up. The Mental Illness Spotlight worked to fight the stigmas surrounding mental illness. They showcased people with stories of various mental health diagnoses, discussing their experiences, treatments, and symptoms. They take listener questions and debunk stereotypes that surround the mental health community to educate members about mental illnesses.
Mental health continues to be something that we must make light of, continuing to destigmatize and discuss to normalize mental health. Caring for our mental health is paramount to our success as individuals. These podcasts will help to open the doors for conversation while creating conversations that are often not had.
