It’s a tale as old as time, and it’s true for almost every person on the planet: there are times when we’re just not feeling good about our bodies. But hopefully there are even more times when we are feeling great about them! This week, Hannah Hart talks with Dr. Hanne Blank about healing our relationships to our bodies and better understanding what forces shape our body image. Here’s to having a better time in our bodies and inventing a world where that’s easier for everyone to do. Thanks so mu...
Jul 17, 2022•48 min•Season 5Ep. 21
Most of us are lucky enough to have our sense of smell intact in this post-Covid world, and we have our likes and dislikes when it comes to different scents. But maybe our interactions with scent can go deeper. In today's episode, Hannah Hart talks with Dr. Tracey Marks to learn more about her experience as a psychiatrist, as well as her expertise in the complementary field of aromatherapy. Come along to learn a bit about the way scent can affect our brains and how it plays a part in our mental ...
Jul 10, 2022•40 min•Season 5Ep. 20
If you’re putting in the good work of your weekly therapy sessions and still hitting big bumps between them, maybe there’s room for a little more play in your life! Whether you’re working on being more present, building better relationships, boosting your mood, or another mental health goal, play exercises that snap you out of the routines that don’t serve you could be a good tool to have on hand. Today, Hannah Hart is joined by Dr. Clay Drinko, whose methods give us more insight into how openin...
Jul 03, 2022•47 min•Season 5Ep. 19
Firstly, we are 100% pro-science. Secondly, let’s have some fun. We’re examining seven pop psychology findings that were later debunked in more rigorous clinical trials. But how do we FEEL about each of them? And what can we learn about ourselves by examining those feelings? The Hannahs are on the case! Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Patrons in BTS splendor for as little as $5 a month....
Jun 26, 2022•47 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Have you ever taken a yoga class that ended with a singing bowl? Did it make you feel a certain kind of way? There’s a reason for that! In today’s episode, Hannah Hart and Dr. Mariel Buqué explore the ways sound medicine can be incorporated into your everyday life and/or your healing journey to help regulate your body’s responses to stress. Thanks so much to Dr. Mariel Buqué for lending us her expertise and her extremely soothing voice for this episode. You can find more at her website www.drmar...
Jun 19, 2022•58 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Step back, Stefon! This episode has it all: movies, TV, PRIDE, pirates, beautiful revelations of hopes and dreams, that thing where something falls off the wall and it sounds like a cymbal… Let us know if you agree with Hannah Gelb and it’s the best episode we’ve ever done. Happiness is a watch? Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Patrons in BTS splendor for as little as $5 a month.
Jun 12, 2022•38 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Alan Godshaw might be best described as a martial artist turned philosopher turned martial artist turned artist turned martial artist. Humble to a fault, his 38 years of training have earned him a Roku Dan Black Belt in Shotokan Karate and made him a world class sensei, but he’s currently more excited about his Blue Belt in Brazilian Jujitsu. Enjoy as he and Hannah Hart explore the upsides and downsides of martial arts—and the cultures that surround them. If you have more questions for Alan or w...
Jun 05, 2022•45 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Here comes the briiiide, all dressed in… WISE. Our most beloved recurring podcast guest is back in the mix this week. Ella Hart joins Hannah Hart for a good old fashioned self esteem review with side discussions of boundaries, family, and learning to fail. Feel the wisdom coursing through you as you power up into your best self! Get your Harto plushie at bit.ly/hartopiaplush and do it fast! They’re available for an extremely limited time. Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ...
May 29, 2022•35 min•Season 5Ep. 14
It's getting ancient up in here. Turns out, people have been giving each other self-help advice forever. This week, the Hannahs are learning five tenets of stoicism to get to the bottom of the philosophy that has maintained humanity's attention for millennia. Let's find out if our preconceived notions about stoicism line up with the facts! Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Patrons in BTS splendor for as little as $5 a month....
May 08, 2022•49 min•Season 5Ep. 13
The Hannahs are grown! They are SENSUAL BEINGS and it’s high time you knew about all that. On this week’s mildly spicy episode, we dig into the truly baffling textual communications of horned up man-children and instances in which the therapist should definitely have known better. Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Patrons in BTS splendor for as little as $5 a month. CW: This episode is about sex. It also mentions the existence of traumatizing sex ...
May 01, 2022•36 min•Season 5Ep. 12
This week, we’re talking with Cerise Castle, the reporter who brought us the 15 part series on the history of deputy gangs in the LA County Sheriff’s Department. We wanted to get to know the amazing young journalist behind this investigation. She has been on a journey, to say the least! If you’d like to learn more, please read the series at lasdgangs.com , watch the livestream of the forum for candidates running for LA County Sheriff on April 25 on YouTube or Twitch , and follow Cerise on Instag...
Apr 24, 2022•46 min•Season 5Ep. 11
It’s a beautiful day for a new tool. If you haven’t encountered the BEAR Cycle before, you'll be happy to learn that it applies to everyone! BEAR stands for Belief, Emotion, Action, Result. You can already see the cycle, I can feel it! Join the Hannahs for an explainer and a little self-love moment of affirmations to change those negative beliefs about ourselves that can cycle into unhelpful results. Let’s get Hannahlyzed! Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fell...
Apr 17, 2022•38 min•Season 5Ep. 10
How often do you connect the dots between personal problems and societal problems? All the time? That’s what we thought! And that’s why we’re talking policy on the pod today. Hugo Soto-Martinez is an activist and organizer who turned his passion for justice into a political career. A huge part of his platform is housing justice, and we’re excited to discuss what he thinks could change in LA, where the unhoused population has been growing, and people are frequently left to solve their own housing...
Apr 10, 2022•49 min•Season 5Ep. 9
The delightful Dr. Cheryl Woodson is back! ( You can find her first Hannahlyze This! episode here, if you missed it. ) We’re going over her 5 Keys to Caregiver Survival. If you know a caregiver, are a caregiver, or think you might become a caregiver as your family members age, this is the episode for you. Stay alert and remember to fill your cups before you pour from them! You can reach Dr. Cheryl Woodson at her website , on Instagram , or on Facebook . You can find her books at amazon.com . Enj...
Apr 03, 2022•40 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Whether we opt out earlier or stay in the academic track for the long haul, all of us spend time in school. It’s a major source of stress, confusion, and negative self-image for many. This week, we’re reflecting on the relationship between mental health and school with one of the most schooled people we know! Please enjoy this episode with Dr. Samantha Davis as we air out some of those feelings about a lifetime of struggling through school. Please visit sciall.org to get in on the Science for Al...
Mar 27, 2022•59 min•Season 5Ep. 7
We're reaching back in time to look at the self-help tools brought to us by The Greatest Generation! Zig Ziglar is a guy we've never heard of, but apparently he was a big name in self-help before our time. This week, we take a look at one of his worksheets, The Wheel of Life! Join us for this fun and frequently confusing visit to what feels like an alternate dimension. Wear your church clothes for more points! Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Pat...
Mar 20, 2022•41 min•Season 5Ep. 6
The simulacrum of human behavior that is reality TV has us processing our feelings out loud again. "Love Is Blind" has taken over the Hannahlyze This! airwaves! Can we figure out exactly what's happening here? Is the viewer supposed to be experiencing pain or pleasure? We also discuss a few details from early episodes of Season 2, so be warned if you are trying to avoid spoilers. Let's get into it. Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Patrons in BTS ...
Mar 13, 2022•38 min•Season 5Ep. 5
EEE EEE eeee EE E E E EEEE EEEE eeeee! AwooooOOOOOO000000oooooooo! Greetings from the Dolphin and the Wolf. This episode is all about Chronotypes. Let’s try to learn about our body’s natural temporal rhythms and find out why this is all the rage on morning TV programs. Maybe the real treasure will be the frenemies we make along the way. Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Patrons in BTS splendor for as little as $5 a month....
Mar 06, 2022•50 min•Season 5Ep. 4
It’s time to ask society, “Why are you the way you are?” and get a headlock + noogie combo instead of an answer. We’re talking to our friend Hannibal about his everyday experience as a cis het man, and what toxic masculinity has meant to him, both before and after he became aware of its existence. Catch more of Hannibal’s very good brain exports on American Scandal ! Stick around after the episode ends for a sneak peek at this month's bonus podcast episode on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Pa...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 3
We are so lucky to have Valerie Harvey on the pod this week. She is an extremely talented MUA who expanded her work to the DEI field in 2020 to help people navigate their growing awareness of racism, sexism, homophobia, and all of the -isms that keep us from seeing each another as fellow human beings. In this episode, she shares her personal experience as well as wisdom about the motivating factors that uphold these -isms, and ways we can use disagreements as an opportunity to call people in rat...
Feb 20, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Happy birthday to us! It’s our fourth anniversary, and we’re gunning for four more. Join us for a guessing game featuring snippets from our most popular episodes from the last four years, and let us know if you have a different favorite! Here’s to Season 5 of Hannahlyze This! Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Patrons in BTS splendor for as little as $5 a month.
Feb 13, 2022•38 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Every house is gingerbread, and we’re taking manageable bites! These three cuties are talking relationships, houses, and those tiny things you do just for yourself that make all the difference. Check out Drew and Linda’s podcast At Home where they host fascinating guests and give a masterclass in charm every week! Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Patrons in BTS splendor for as little as $5 a month....
Feb 06, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 35
Are you like us? Has TV been responsible for some large portion of your emotional support system over the last two years? Don’t be afraid to say yes; they literally told us to change our socializing behaviors to avoid dying, so if you embraced TV like an old friend, you are in good company. This week, the Hannahs are AMPED to share their favorite media with you, all of which is relevant to their self-help endgame. Please enjoy discussions of The Witcher, Arcane, and Encanto, and let us know if y...
Jan 30, 2022•34 min•Season 4Ep. 34
Have you been wondering where your friendly neighborhood Hannah Hart has been for the last few weeks? She’s been taking care of the world’s most beloved nekkid kitty cat: Lady! Today’s episode has all the (sometimes) gory details of Lady’s trips to the emergency room at the beginning of the month, the ongoing saga of her recovery, and the life lessons we’ve learned along the way. As Gelby says, thoughts and prayers for Lady! Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fe...
Jan 23, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 33
We’re so happy to have Dr. Cheryl Woodson as a guest on the podcast! She is a geriatrician-turned-author, and her wisdom resonates with us as we prepare for our parents' elderly years. We had lofty goals of having a linear conversation about the relationship between aging, caregiving, and mental health, but Dr. Woodson is so engaging and multifaceted that we had a conversation that included many more topics as well. Soak up some great tips and encouragement as you listen, and please check out he...
Jan 16, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 32
Happy new year! Whether you’re a fan of resolutions or you think they’re pop culture hooey, there’s something for you in today’s episode. Hannah Gelb gets back in the resolution game after many years on the bench. Let’s talk about moving the needle of our lives, Earbuds! Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Patrons in BTS splendor for as little as $5 a month.
Jan 09, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 31
This bonus episode was cut from the "Big Gelb Energy" episode for time, but it's a perfect example of self-help in action! You can enjoy more (ad-free) bonuses like this by joining our Patreon . What a week! It’s the start of a new year, and your list is already full. Whether you’re on a hair trigger because you’re just exhausted, or because your family knows exactly how to push your buttons, or because your work deadlines found you before you were ready… if you’re feeling angry, take a few minu...
Jan 02, 2022•15 min•Season 4Ep. 30
As the year winds down, the young Hannahs' fancy turns to music. A podcast of such emotional weight should have a theme song to match! Join them for an occasionally chaotic and always creative exploration of sound, as they attempt to distill the essence of Hannahlyze This! We're all eagerly awaiting eventual foray into anime as well... It's only a matter of time, with theme song aspirations like this! Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Patrons in B...
Dec 26, 2021•37 min•Season 4Ep. 29
For the last two years, the holiday season has been unusual, to say the least. For many people in 2020, it was difficult because they weren’t able to see their families. For many people in 2021, it's difficult because they are expected to see their families. And of course, even in the most average of years, the holidays are a source of strife for more people than you would expect. So if they’re getting you down, take a listen to this episode that will encourage you to lie to protect yourself, sp...
Dec 19, 2021•45 min•Season 4Ep. 28
If you’re an Earbud from way back or a more recent member of our little family, you are probably more than aware that Hannah Gelb’s relationship with her job is not a happy one. On today’s episode, our two Hannahs explore the latest (very exciting) news in that saga, and it is a major cause for celebration. We hope you find it inspiring if you’re also working on running toward your dreams! Enjoy bonus content and more by supporting us on Patreon ! Join your fellow Earbud Patrons in BTS splendor ...
Dec 12, 2021•51 min•Season 4Ep. 27
