Victoria is from central Oregon in the Pacific Northwest. We talk about life as a fisheries observer working on fishing boats for days at a time, her sometimes challenging childhood with mental illness in the family, coping methods she’s used like medication and alcohol, how she deals with airplanes and more. --- Pre-order Sounds like Misophonia - by Dr. Jane Gregory and I Sponsored by the personal journaling app I developed: Basal - hellobasal.com For iOS and Android Writing prompts and summari...
Oct 25, 2023•50 min•Season 7Ep. 14
Kristina is in Bulgaria. We talk about being a new mom, heading back to a hybrid work environment, being an advocate for misophonia in Bulgaria, being triggered by children and family members and much more. --- Pre-order Sounds like Misophonia - by Dr. Jane Gregory and I Sponsored by the personal journaling app I developed: Basal - hellobasal.com For iOS and Android Writing prompts and summaries for your journal entries by AI from the perspective of a therapist. Web: https://misophoniapodcast.co...
Oct 13, 2023•59 min•Season 7Ep. 13
Paris is a PhD student researching misophonia at the University of Newcastle. She has been making a name for herself already having published papers alongside Dr. Kumar who is very well-known for his seminal papers on the brain basis of misophonia. Here we talk about her work on mimicry, mirror neurons, how she got into miso research, visual triggers and other senses, autism, trauma, how to break into misophonia research, new ideas for public engagement and a lot more. --- Pre-order Sounds like ...
Oct 04, 2023•58 min•Season 7Ep. 12
Risa lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and has been dealing with misophonia for about 60 years. We talk about being neurodivergent, family life both many decades ago, and in the present day and all the challenges along the way, raising her child while having miso, difficult neighbors, her thoughts on meditation and various psychotherapies, and of course much more. --- Pre-order Sounds like Misophonia - by Dr. Jane Gregory and I Sponsored by the personal journaling app I developed: Basal - he...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 11
Shane is a broadcaster/podcaster and writer based in London, Ontario, Canada. Shane has just published an ebook based on his mental health recovery. He’s also a mental health advocate in Canada, working for the national program Defeat Depression. And also he is a fellow misophonia podcaster because he briefly had a show called Fight or Flight. We talk about all those, plus his relationship with his family especially his mom, ADHD, frontal lobe atrophy, marijuana and its effects on him and a lot ...
Sep 23, 2023•53 min•Season 7Ep. 10
James is a US military veteran and now a management consultant on a break from his job to deal with misophonia. We talk about how it got really bad during the pandemic, living in a college dorm janitorial closet, coping methods when traveling, life in the military, working with Tom Dozier, and using drugs and alcohol to self-medicate. Really fascinating and wide ranging conversation. --- Pre-order Sounds like Misophonia - by Dr. Jane Gregory and I Sponsored by the personal journaling app I devel...
Sep 13, 2023•47 min•Season 7Ep. 9
Nina is a massage therapist and herbalist. We talk about growing up in a bit of a chaotic home, damage to her relatioship with her brother who was her main trigger, we talk about Loop earplugs, having OCD and ADHD, and how various herbs and plants have been helping her nervous system. Nina's website: https://lucialunare.com --- Pre-order Sounds like Misophonia - by Dr. Jane Gregory and I Sponsored by the personal journaling app I developed: Basal - hellobasal.com For iOS and Android Writing prom...
Sep 05, 2023•58 min•Season 7Ep. 8
This week I’m talking to Paige and her family, dad Michael, and mom Kelly. Paige is starting high school and we talk about the family’s experience so far dealing with misophonia. It’s been quite a journey but Paige’s parents have been determined to find solutions and coping methods for Paige. The family has also been part of some major advocacy projects in their hometown, including Halloween and Christmas fundraisers and Misophonia Awareness campaigns in partnership with their mayor. --- Pre-ord...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Lila is a musician and educator whose important work is focused on protecting animals and the planet. She’s currently based in Indonesia although she is there by way of Los Angeles. We talked about many things including misophonia while traveling, coping when you don’t have your own space in a new place, we talk about being an empath and HSP, shamanism, and some parallels between the state of the public perception of misophonia and that of climate issues. Lila's links: https://lilaroseworld.com ...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 6
CJ is a college student and big advocate for misophonia in the community. I was really happy to finally chat with him. We talk about how he explains miso, his work with soQuiet, stress as an exacerbator, and some questions for you listeners. CJ's website: https://cjgibson46.wixsite.com/eportfolio --- Pre-order Sounds like Misophonia - by Dr. Jane Gregory and I Sponsored by the personal journaling app I developed: Basal - hellobasal.com For iOS and Android Writing prompts and summaries for your j...
Jul 20, 2023•45 min•Season 7Ep. 5
Ross is a musician and composer based in Glasgow. Ross reached out earlier this year and we immediately hit it off, since we share a lot of creative interests and I also like to compose when I have time. Here we talk about everything from his quite happy childhood and getting on great with his parents, the scourge of Scottish seagulls, bad techno, terrible bouts with migraines, and a healing moment he recently had with a specific sound that was recently a big problem. Check out Ross's music at h...
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Freya and Mabel are two grad students at the University of Bristol, who did their final project on human-centered design practices to help cope with misophonia. There's a link below to the book they are making freely available which is a toolkit for incorporating misophonia-awareness into any design process. We also talk a bit about Freya’s experience having misophonia, and Mabel’s interest in misophonia, as someone who does not actually have it. This is a super interesting approach to studying ...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 3
I really enjoyed this conversation because it hit upon a lot of things I’ve been thinking about related to misophonia and possible roots in childhood experiences. Claire and I talk about her watching fights as a young girl between her dad and older brother, both very temperamental people. We talk about mental health not being taken seriously by her family, even at a very low point (warning to folks that there is some discussion of suicidal ideation). We talk about the effects of those experience...
Jun 12, 2023•58 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Elaine is an educator and reading tutor in the NY state area. She just found the podcast recently and was inspired by the Lisa Loeb episode to talk to her daughter about misophonia, because Elaine’s daughter also has it. In fact, it seems to run in her family. We talk about the family connections, we talk about her mother who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, which had a major impact on Elaine growing up and right up to the time she passed. We talk about explaining miso to her husband, ...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 1
Season Finale of season 6!! I’m talking to Nate Johnson, who happens to be the son of Dr. Marsha Johnson, the godmother of misophonia, the original audiologist who identified misophonia back in the 90s. We talk about being the misophonic son of Marsha Johnson, being a guinea pig for many devices over the years, and I ask him, was his famous mom a trigger for him growing up? We talk about vagal nerve breathing, how his family does NOT eat together during holiday celebrations, his bad experiences ...
May 19, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 34
Part 2 of my interview with Kresta, a therapist in California who was telling us about her journey to what she considers freedom from misophonia and went over topics relating to trauma, the Internal Family Systems modality and brainspotting. Here we dive deeper into her personal journey expanding on what we covered in part 1, plus legacy burdens, seeing an energy healer, getting in her car and going on rage drives, HSPs, more details on brainspotting, and a lot of practical tips on doing parts w...
May 08, 2023•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 33
This is part 1 of my conversation with Kresta, a licensed therapist based in Southern California. Kresta is also a misophone, or was a misophone, she says she is now free from misophonia and this extensive conversation describes her journey, and many topics like trauma, going internal family systems, a modality she uses called brainspotting which was key to her journey, and many other fascinating topics. In this first part, we’ll get a bit into her background, we’ll talk all about the nervous sy...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 6Ep. 32
Abby is in college in a music therapy program. We discuss misophonia and comorbid conditions, her mental health journey which really began a few years ago, her experiences growing up in a very stable and happy home and her coping methods for miso along the way. We also talk about her music therapy program and the link to the documentary she mentions at the end is below: Music Got Me Here documentary --- Web: https://misophoniapodcast.com Email: hello@misophoniapodcast.com Send me any feedback! A...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 31
Wairimu is a college student in Kenya. This was exciting because I think it’s my first interview with someone based in Africa. We talk about how she feels actually like she has enough agency on her life to keep her misophonia generally under wraps, we talk about ADHD, being in a large family where many of her siblings also have various triggers, her coping methods and just what the general take is on misophonia and mental health in her region of Africa. If you're interested in misophonia coachin...
Mar 30, 2023•40 min•Season 6Ep. 30
Paige is a holistic, integrative healer and founder of the Warrior Sanctuary, while also holding a day job at a tech startup. We talk shamanism, meditation, psychedelics and indigenous plant medicine, neuroplasticity, past life healing, root chakra, sound healing, plus her own life story of adverse childhood experiences, a relatively recent concussion, and the emotional impact that hearing the stories on this podcast had on her. Here are some links from the show! Warrior Sanctuary - Music Playli...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 29
Nola is a nurse in northern Alberta, Canada. She has had misophonia for over 50 years, but only learned it had a name a few months ago. She’s been on leave from her job due to a major depressive episode, which she attributes to years of misophonia wreaking havoc on her nervous system. We talk about dysregulation, co-regulation and attachment theory, epigenetics, EMDR, Gabor Maté, and even a shoutout to past guest and misophonia legend Dr. Jennifer Brout. Finally she, also reads from her poem cal...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 28
Holli came to my attention when Youtube’s algorithm recommended a video she posted about 5 years ago, about misophonia. And I was impressed with how openly she talked about not just the mechanics of what happens, but all the effects on her life and the people around her. We talk about diagnoses for anxiety, ADHD, medication, growing up in small apartments, the impact of miso on her family, other family members that have it, dating, traveling and the quietude of caves, how she enjoys ASMR, variou...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 27
Jeff happens to be in a nearby city just to the east of me, in the neighboring state of Wisconsin. We talk about misophonia and OCD, his environment growing up with a tough-love dad and younger brother who bore the brunt of many of Jeff’s reactions. We talk about some of his past relationships as well as how he manages miso these days with a very supportive wife and three young kids at home. We also talk about how he has been able to advocate for himself at his current job, and we even get some ...
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 26
Sussie is a 28 year-old British-Ghanaian novelist based in London. She came on my radar after a beautiful essay she wrote for Lithub about her experience with misophonia. Also, we both appeared earlier this week in an article about misophonia in the UK newspaper, the Evening Standard . We talk about the stresses and internal feelings growing up as an ethnic minority in a new land, how past memories affect the body in the present, we talk about her writing, journaling, meditation, as well as livi...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 25
Alicia is a teenager in school and singer-songwriter living in Manchester. We talk about misophonia alongside anxiety, autism, cerebral palsy, as well as dealing with bullying in school, being mocked in relationships and how medication for anxiety has affected her misophonia. Alicia's links --- Support the podcast on Patreon! Download the official Misophonia Podcast app! For iOS and Android Podcast episodes, background sounds, a trigger journal, a panic button, and tons of resources on all thing...
Feb 08, 2023•46 min•Season 6Ep. 24
Dr. Cowan is pretty well-known in the Misophonia community as a researcher and therapist focusing on misophonia, as well as OCD and other conditions. We talked about how he got interested in misophonia, especially since he doesn’t have it himself. He explains extensively his model for what misophonia is and then he describes how he developed his therapy, known as Experiential Acceptance and Stimulus Engagement (EASE). You can learn more at his website: https://ocdmiso.com --- Support the podcast...
Feb 02, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 23
Molly was recently treasurer at a cannabis company in Las Vegas. We talk about the effects of cannabis products, edibles, gummies, on her misophonia. We talk about tips from therapists, her co-morbid OCD, a traumatic childhood, having a hard time in school, and how she opened up just recently to her parents about misophonia and how that went. --- Support the podcast on Patreon! Download the official Misophonia Podcast app! For iOS and Android Podcast episodes, background sounds, a trigger journa...
Jan 26, 2023•44 min•Season 6Ep. 22
Linda is a professional puppeteer and a multidisciplinary visual and performing artist. She created the 9-minute short film called Misophonia which has been going around independent film festivals. I had a chance to see it and was struck by how it captured a lot of aspects of miso without actually saying any words. We get into a lot of different things in our conversation other than this film, such as using art to describe living with misophonia. We talk about her childhood with an abusive stepf...
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 21
Jay’s mom is a therapist, yet she used Jay’s misophonia as a weapon against her growing up, tormenting her during their arguments. We also talk about what it was like to get her first office job, why she hasn’t told anyone about her misophonia, except her now fiancé and we talk about how she approached that conversation. We talk about gaslighting a lot: how we misophones are gaslit for how we feel and our feelings are minimized, dismissed, and misunderstood without being given any benefit of the...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 20
Lisa is a GRAMMY™ Award-winning American singer-songwriter & touring musician, SiriusXM radio host, actor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who started her career with the platinum-selling hit song “Stay (I Missed You)” from the classic 1994 film Reality Bites . She is also well-known to parents and kids for her five children’s albums, and two illustrated children’s books with music. And on this episode we will talk a lot about how misophonia has affected her family life. We also talk about ...
Jan 05, 2023•57 min•Season 6Ep. 19
