Mentally Together

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I’m Cassidy Quinn, and this is Mentally Together - because, whether you can see it on the surface or not, we're all trying to keep ourselves mentally together! And whatever our brains are experiencing, we're not alone - we're together! On each episode, I'll chat with someone who is willing to be open and honest about their own mental health and the lessons we can all learn to feel better. They’ll share their good days, bad days, and everything in between. Mentally Together is produced by Cassidy Quinn in collaboration with Coba.fm.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Mentally Together episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Mentally Together for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Mentally Together episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

988: The new mental health crisis number - with Dr. Margie Balfour

Mentally Together

07/14/22 • 31 min

On July 16th, there's officially a new number to call (or TEXT!!) when you or a loved one is experiencing a mental health crisis. 988 - it’s like 911, but for anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts or substance abuse or any other type of mental health crisis. When you call 988, you’ll reach a real human, who is trained to provide support and connect you with the help you need.

Dr. Margie Balfour is a psychiatrist and the Chief of Quality and Clinical Innovation at Connections Health Solutions in Phoenix, Arizona. She has been working hard to advocate for this number and fight for implementation of 988.
I loved talking to her about what this new number means for us and how we can use it, the warning signs we can look for in ourselves and our loved ones who are struggling, and what she sees as the future of mental health care.

988 is a huge step, but there’s still so much more to be done. The 988 Implementation Act was introduced in Congress in March of 2022, but has not been passed yet. The goal is that when someone is in crisis, they have someone to call, someone to come, and somewhere to go if it’s needed. Of course, there is money needed to make people available to call, to show up, and to fund the places they might go. So the bill would provide federal funding and guidance for states to actually implement their 988 and crisis systems, including requiring all health insurance plants to cover crisis services, implementing a national suicide prevention awareness campaign, and providing funding for community-based crisis response centers.
Read about the 988 Implementation Act: https://bit.ly/988implementation

You can keep up with Mentally Together on Instagram @mentallytogetherpod. Cassidy's Instagram is @cassidyquinntv, and you can watch the video version of each podcast episode at YouTube.com/cassidyquinn.

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"F*ck perfect" - perfectionism, self-care, and building habits - with Nikki Limo

Mentally Together

05/24/21 • 74 min

Are you a perfectionist? I think most of my life I've known I'm a perfectionist, but I've always just kind of said it as a joke, or never really thought of it as being connected to my mental health. But the American Psychological Association says perfectionism is associated with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental health problems. The APA also published a study in 2017 that found that perfection is increasing over time. SO let's talk about it.

Nikki Limo is a self-proclaimed perfectionist. Well, she has been - but she’s now fighting against it - so much so that she literally wears a bracelet every day that says, "F*ck perfect,"
She's a content creator, podcaster, comedian, actress, and more. She creates video blogs of her life on her YouTube channels, and those vlogs include some anxious moments, depressed days, and lots of self-care. Some days she’s making candles and doing a new moon ritual, some days she’s setting up her Bullet Journal, or working on her jewelry line, Kittens and Coffee. One of the pieces she sells is a bracelet that just says “f*ck perfect,” which serves as a reminder to her, in any of those moments where she’s made a mistake and everything’s NOT perfect, that hey, take some deep breaths, the world isn’t ending... and it’s ok that things aren’t perfect - that she's not perfect.

So I loved talking to Nikki about how she’s learned to combat some of her perfectionism, how she builds new habits into her routine, and where her secret childhood crying spot was - because, fun fact: I had one too...

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Shoshana Bean - "What if you're enough?"

Mentally Together

02/01/21 • 56 min

For our second episode, meet Shoshana Bean! She's an actress, singer, just an incredible performer. You may have seen her as Elphaba in the musical Wicked on Broadway, or more recently, as Jenna in Waitress on Broadway. And when she’s not performing on Broadway, she’s working on her solo career, where she’s sold out concerts around the world. Yeah, she’s talented, she’s creative, she’s gorgeous, and she’s just a lovely HUMAN! But as we all know on this podcast, just because everything seems perfect from the outside, doesn’t mean that person doesn’t have mental struggles they deal with every day.

So Shoshana and I talk about - living in the uncomfortable, the importance of letting your emotions out, how to retrain your brain to tell yourself positive things instead of negative things, and why it’s *so dang hard to know that we are ENOUGH in this world.

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Bipolar Disorder and the mental health system - with Sheila Hamilton

Mentally Together

05/17/21 • 72 min

Content warning: This episode DOES discuss some serious topics, including suicide. If you are experiencing some of those feelings yourself, please reach out to a professional for help. You can always reach The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
We talk a lot on this podcast about asking for help - when you notice you’re struggling with your mental health. And that can be a really hard step to take. But then, what happens when you ask for help, and the help you receive isn’t what’s best for you and your brain?? Unfortunately, that does happen. You can be prescribed the wrong meds, diagnosed with the wrong mental illness, or given the wrong treatment - and that can be really dangerous.

That happened to Sheila Hamilton's husband. And now she’s devoted her entire career to breaking down the stigma around mental illness and changing the system, through her podcast, Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton, her web series, Chasing Chaos, and her book, All the Things We Never Knew: Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness.

So in this episode, we talk to Sheila about what she’s learned about Bipolar Disorder, some of the misconceptions about mental illness and suicide, and what she hopes the mental health system will look like someday.

Listen to Sheila's podcast: https://beyondwellwithsheilahamilton.com/
Watch her web series, Chasing Chaos: https://www.namicc.org/chasingchaos

Books recommended by Mentally Together guests (including Sheila's book): https://bookshop.org/lists/mentally-together
Mentally Together is a creation from Cassidy Quinn in collaboration with Coba.fm.

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Satomi Ishikawa - Mental health and supporting the Asian American community

Mentally Together

03/29/21 • 63 min

We can't keep our mental health strong when there are horrible things happening in the world. Just as we need to talk about our feelings, we need to talk about the big issues going on. And recently, there have been way too many horrific things happening to Asian Americans, including a series of mass shootings in Georgia, where 8 people were murdered, including 6 Asian women.

We have to keep talking about these things and stop ignoring them - and hopefully that will kickstart some change. So today, we're talking to Satomi Ishikawa, a first-generation Japanese American living in Tokyo. She's a storyteller, community builder, and purpose-driven marketer from California. She wants to leave the world better than she found it, and I’m so grateful that part of that includes opening up about her own mental health and what she’s experienced as an Asian American.

This episode DOES discuss some serious topics, including suicide. If you are experiencing some of those feelings yourself, please reach out to a professional for help. You can always reach The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.

Links from this episode:
Sign up for Hollaback's bystander intervention training
Donate to the GoFundMe page to stop AAPI hate
You can keep up with Mentally Together on Instagram @mentallytogetherpod. Cassidy's Instagram is @cassidyquinntv, and you can watch the video version of each podcast episode at YouTube.com/cassidyquinn.

Books recommended by Mentally Together guests: https://bookshop.org/lists/mentally-together
Mentally Together is a creation from Cassidy Quinn in collaboration with Coba.fm.

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ADHD - From diagnosis to trusting yourself - with René Brooks

Mentally Together

06/14/21 • 72 min

When I was diagnosed with ADHD last November, in some ways, it was really overwhelming, wondering why it took me 3 decades to figure it out. But then on the other hand, it felt really validating to finally make sense of some of the ways my brain works. And since I'm starting to understand these things about my brain, I can stop trying to fight against them, and work with them instead. To me, it’s actually pretty amazing how much just knowing and understanding how my brain works helps it work better.

When I started researching ADHD, before and after my diagnosis, I found a community of other people on the internet also living with ADHD. Including content creators and coaches who have now dedicated their careers to putting out information about ADHD, sharing their own stories and things they’ve learned along the way.

And one of those people - who I have since learned a LOT from - is René Brooks!

René is the founder of Black Girl Lost Keys - a blog that empowers black women with ADHD and shows them how to live well with the disorder. She’s written 6 e-books about living with ADHD, covering topics from cleaning, guarding your YES, style, and time blindness.

So I loved talking to René about cleaning with ADHD, how to set realistic routines, and how getting a diagnosis later in life can be like meeting a version of yourself you didn’t even know existed.
You can keep up with Mentally Together on Instagram @mentallytogetherpod. Cassidy's Instagram is @cassidyquinntv, and you can watch the video version of each podcast episode at YouTube.com/cassidyquinn.

Books recommended by Mentally Together guests: https://bookshop.org/lists/mentally-together
Mentally Together is a creation from Cassidy Quinn in collaboration with Coba.fm.

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Post-pandemic pressure, social anxiety, and boundaries - with therapist Alison Diana

Mentally Together

06/22/21 • 71 min

How are you? Are you ready to go back to "normal?" Whether you're vaccinated or not, some of us are ready to move on from the pandemic and go back to our old ways, and some of us just aren't. If you're feeling pandemic-related anxiety, social anxiety, or you've discovered a new version of yourself and you're trying to figure out how that fits in the world now, you're definitely not alone.
Alison Diana is a therapist, meditation guide, and yoga instructor, who can help us sort through all of this. Obviously the last year sucked for many reasons, but maybe there are parts of it we enjoyed and want to bring with us as we go forward.
So I loved talking to her about post-pandemic pressure, social anxiety, mindfulness, and setting boundaries to show love for ourselves and those around us.
You can keep up with Mentally Together on Instagram @mentallytogetherpod. Cassidy's Instagram is @cassidyquinntv, and you can watch the video version of each podcast episode at YouTube.com/cassidyquinn.

Books recommended by Mentally Together guests: https://bookshop.org/lists/mentally-together
Mentally Together is a creation from Cassidy Quinn in collaboration with Coba.fm.

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ADHD, OCD, and TikTok - with Megan Mitchell

Mentally Together

06/28/21 • 79 min

Do you ever wish you could go back in time and have different conversations with people? I've been thinking about that a lot this week, because technically, I knew Megan Mitchell back in 2010, when we were both at Emerson College in Boston, hosting a show on the Emerson Channel together. But although we obviously chatted with each other, we never talked about serious things, like our mental health.

Megan is a news anchor on WLWT in Cincinnati. And when she's not on TV, she's making TikToks to her over 1.4 million followers, about the LGBTQ+ community and mental health.

So I loved talking to Megan about ADHD, OCD, eating disorders, and how being open and vulnerable about your feelings can really help you and the people in your life.

Books recommended by Mentally Together guests: https://bookshop.org/lists/mentally-together
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We Three - "Feelings are fleeting"

Mentally Together

03/08/21 • 69 min

Being vulnerable can be really scary. Even just the idea of putting thoughts into a private space, like a journal, can make you feel really exposed. Now imagine taking the thoughts in your journal and sharing them with the world? That's what We Three has made a career of. The sibling band from McMinnville, Oregon, sings about their insecurities, doubts, fears and darkest moments. You might remember them first from their appearance on America's Got Talent in 2018, when they sang Heaven's Not Too Far, a song written from the perspective of their mother, who passed away from cancer a few years ago. Like most songs they've released since then, it's beautiful, heartbreaking, and just very human.
Of course, that audition was only the beginning of We Three sharing their vulnerability with the world through their music. Since then, they’ve opened up about so many more of their emotions and insecurities in song after song, connecting with an audience across the world and spreading the message that we all have struggles but we can get through them.
In this episode, we talk to We Three about the stories behind some of their vulnerable lyrics and how it feels to share their deepest feelings with the world.
Some of their songs do discuss serious topics, including suicidal ideation. So as always, if you are experiencing some of those feelings yourself, please reach out to a professional for help. You can *always reach The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.

Links for We Three:
Watch We Three's Dear, Paranoia Virtual Show
Attend (virtually) the Lines for Life Gala
You can keep up with Mentally Together on Instagram @mentallytogetherpod. Cassidy's Instagram is @cassidyquinntv, and you can watch the video version of each podcast episode at YouTube.com/cassidyquinn.

Support the show on Patreon at Patreon.com/cassidyquinn.

Books recommended by Mentally Together guests: https://bookshop.org/lists/mentally-together
Mentally Together is a creation from Cassidy Quinn in collaboration with Coba.fm.

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Lianne Saffer - "Empathy 101"

Mentally Together

03/15/21 • 57 min

Do you know how to talk about hard things? If someone you know is going through something difficult, what do you say to help? Turns out, we're not really taught that in life, and that's why Lianne Saffer is talking about it in her new memoir, Please, Don’t Send Me Flowers. In it, she talks about her divorce, coming out, and breast cancer, all through stories that will make you cry at some parts and laugh at others.
Lianne describes herself as a woman "on an endless quest to feel it all." She’s a wife, mother, fitness instructor, hair stylist, life coach and now author. Lianne wants to use her voice to help create true empathy and understanding. And that's exactly what she does in this episode, as we talk about empathy, being ok with discomfort, and even some tips for what to say and do (and NOT do...) when someone you know is struggling.

Buy Lianne’s book, Please, Don’t Send Me FlowersYou can keep up with Mentally Together on Instagram @mentallytogetherpod. Cassidy's Instagram is @cassidyquinntv, and you can watch the video version of each podcast episode at YouTube.com/cassidyquinn.

Support the show on Patreon at Patreon.com/cassidyquinn.

Books recommended by Mentally Together guests: https://bookshop.org/lists/mentally-together
Mentally Together is a creation from Cassidy Quinn in collaboration with Coba.fm.

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The Plant Doctors
If you're a crazy plant person like me, you'll love The Plant Doctors. Use code CASSIDY for 15% off.
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How many episodes does Mentally Together have?

Mentally Together currently has 52 episodes available.

What topics does Mentally Together cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.

What is the most popular episode on Mentally Together?

The episode title 'Post-pandemic pressure, social anxiety, and boundaries - with therapist Alison Diana' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Mentally Together?

The average episode length on Mentally Together is 52 minutes.

How often are episodes of Mentally Together released?

Episodes of Mentally Together are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Mentally Together?

The first episode of Mentally Together was released on Jan 20, 2021.

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