Welcome to the final Mental Health Check In podcast. This episode begins with a special message from Joe Anthony Myrick explaining what led up to the decision to close up shop and expressing gratitude for all the time y'all spent with this show.
Joe chats with FIre Up Your Brain founder Trent McEntire about purposefully navigating your life. Trent shares his process of getting to know himself through his life, how losing his father as a child affects him today and what it meant for him to learn at 19 that he has cerebral palsy his whole life. These events helped him to understand himself and to become somebody who helps others get a holistic grip on themselves. This was the penultimate episode of Mental Health Check-In. There will be on...
This week, JAM talks with Tanya Cole-Lesnick , a therapist who does both individual and group sessions and who pioneered “The One Agreement,” a shorthand she uses with patients to help them live more wholly. She speaks to the differences between different kinds of session and why she approaches each the way she does as well as why she chooses to approach either at all. The decision has been made to end the Mental Health Check-In Podcast within the next couple of episodes. We want to think all ou...
JAM chats with therapist and author of “Crazy & Functional” and “Functional & Crazy” Michelle L. Manning about healthy ways to interact with one’s own emotions. Manning teaches Joe about “CPR,” the process of coping with emotions first before being in a space where they can be processed and eventually reflected upon. But this process can’t be forced, and they agree that sometimes coping with an emotion is ignoring it while you get responsibilities out of the way or waiting to access them...
JAM continues to spoil us this month with a conversation with singer-songwriter Will Wood. The conversation reveals that he’s much more than that even within that simple description. He describes his understanding of authenticity, how much it changes depending on who somebody is being authentic with and what kinds of authentic connections artists can have with their audience. He also explains exactly why he avoids social media like the plague and also how social media is a plague worth avoiding....
JAM chats with pro dominant Master Joshua, who uses his BDSM craft to nurture clients' mental health. He talks about how he came to be Master of anybody, specific situations where he saw how helpful BDSM can be and a little bit about the possiblitiy that BDSM could become viable in a clinical setting.
This month, Joe wanted to check in with Joe. JAM has been on an emotional journey since last December and is finally ready to share his steps on this course with you. He talks about grief, exhaustion and how he digested his recent near-death experience. Starting next month, Mental Health Check-In will come to you twice as frequently starting with Joe's conversation with professional dom Master Joshua.
JAM chats with Maiya Katherine, author of An Apology to My Demons: The skeletons in her closet were not her enemies. They were her army , about how she turned her traumas into art with the goal of helping people who are stuck where she’s already been. She talks about her writing process and how drawing inspiration from other people fuels her writing, and she explains how she came to understand her toxic behaviors as adaptations that were only meant to serve her temporarily while she grew and hea...
Joe chats with perfomer extraordinaire Lynwood McLeod, AKA Shirley U. Jest about coping with loss and overcoming changes you might not be prepared for when they occur. Lynwood talks about how they cope by following artistic passion and trusting that their natural process will lead them to a healthy place if they pursue their passions healthfully.
The host of Tranos & the Lived Experience joins JAM to discuss her journey to self-understanding. Kamryn has known she was trans for more than 30 years, but she had to learn what that all meant on her own over time and navigate her truth while meeting lots of resistance from myriad sources. Today, she’s loudly and proudly herself, but she has plenty to say about all the times she wasn’t.
For the first Mental Health Check-In Podcast of 2022, JAM sits down with New Queer Order label-mate, Hannah Harkness. In addition to starring, producing, writing, and directing for the Kate's Bunker podcast, Hannah is also the head writer of Brooklyn Battle Comedy. She sits down to talk about her history in living with Bipolar I, serial dating, co-dependence, accepting being single, trying not to walk into red flags, the skin hunger (the biological need for human touch) that stems from it ...
In the final Mental Health Check-In of 2021, JAM talks to Vasavi Kumar. If her name sounds familiar, you may have seen her on “Basketball Wives” or from her own podcast Being Human with Vasavi Kumar . She’s a life coach and licensed therapist with a “brutally” honest way of expressing herself, and she honestly shares how her experiences inform how she manages and takes care of herself. If you like what she has to say, check out her podcast and get on the waitlist for her book expected to come ou...
Christine Coen is the mental health nutritionist. Her practice centers around functional eating and exercise to fortify mental health as well as physical. Her approach centers around how taking care of one’s body creates a better neurological environment for managing mental health, and she tells JAM how she arrived at this approach and breaks down some of the details of how exactly it works. Check out Christine on Instagram @Christine.Coen and @wakeupyourwarrior . And you can try her Wake Up You...
Nauseous is a Detroit-based rapper and a long-time friend of JAM’s. They sit in the car and discuss coping mechanisms, the validity of wallowing as part of emotional recovery and how creative endeavors contribute to healing. You can check Nausueous out @ nauseousrap on Instagram and on Spotify...
Hayley Stanton and Ellie Smart are both a part of the Quiet Connections brand, founded by Hayley herself. She is a life coach and the director of Quiet Connections while Ellie is a nature photographer. Quiet Connections as a whole seeks to help quieter, more sensitive people navigate life to their fullest extent whilst managing their personal social anxiety by offering group programs, coaching programs, and a photography course offered by Ellie herself. In this episode, the two discuss how they ...
TW // Mention of a sexual assault from 1:15-2:30. Raquel Alger is a social worker, certified life coach, certified art therapist, and spiritual coach. Not to mention, the creator of HopeFirst Life Coaching. By guest-starring in this episode, she talks about how being a social worker has helped keep her own mental health in check, how therapy helped her through tough times, philosophers who inspire her, how to be grounded in the present rather than dwell too hard about the past/future, givi...
JAM returns from a three-month hiatus, and this return episode happens to fall on the one year anniversary of the podcast first premiering on the airwaves. A lot has changed for him in the past year and he takes a moment to reflect on the changes that have come for him and the show, as well as changes that should be expected in the future, in a rare solo episode. *If you or anyone you know is struggling with intense depression and are at risk for harm of any kind, please refer to the following h...
[This is the Season 2 finale. Stay tuned for new episodes to resume starting on July 27th, 2021!] Rek It Raven is a Twitch horror streamer and through their streams, not only do they raise money for charities based in causes that they strongly advocate for (i.e. Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ+, mental health awareness, etc.), but also shares their personal traumas in hopes of helping listeners cope through their own struggles. Raven does a lot of that for this episode, going in-depth about the PTSD s...
Kirstyn and Taylor are the hosts of a relatively new personal development podcast called Hello, Next Level. Together, they offer ideas, tools, tips, and inspiration about topics like self care, manifestation, and finding balance as they embark on their own personal growth journey. For this episode, they share why they started their podcast, how they became best friends, offer advice on creating a personal crisis plan for bad days, and talk about how listeners can achieve their own "next level." ...
Billy Dixon is an independent professional wrestler and producer for the Cassandro Cup, airing live on independentwrestling.tv on March 28th. In this episode, from his perspective, he talks about mental health is overlooked in wrestling spaces and offers advice to those struggling with their own mental health. *If you or anyone you know is struggling with intense depression and are at risk for harm of any kind, please refer to the following hotline numbers: http://suicide.org/suicide-hotlines.ht...
Dr. Diana Quinn is a naturopathic doctor who specializes in somatic bodywork. In this episode, she talks all about the physical and mental benefits of her practice, the importance of a morning routine, dreamwork (teaching through dreams), and lucid dreaming. *If you or anyone you know is struggling with intense depression and are at risk for harm of any kind, please refer to the following hotline numbers: http://suicide.org/suicide-hotlines.html Where to find Dr. Quinn: drdianaquinn.com @DrDiana...
Melissa Chapple and Sophie Williams are two psychology researchers and autistic hosts of the Autism by Autistics podcast. In this episode, they give advice to both autistic and non-autistics hoping to learn more about the condition and why autistics are among, statistically, the most at risk during the mental health crisis. *If you or anyone you know is struggling with intense depression and are at risk for harm of any kind, please refer to the following hotline numbers: http://www.suicid...
Kevin Parvizi is a writer/editor with a decade's worth of experience. He writes about wrestling for Daily DDT and edits for The Real Madrid (Real Madrid soccer). He previously served as a co-editor at Daily DDT with JAM. The two have a personal, vulnerable conversation about what led to them respectively stepping down from their head editor positions, when it's time to step away from stressful situations, when "quitting" can be good sometimes, and they talk about burnout, and how to recover from...
Zen Ase is a poet, author, artist, comedian, and podcast host (among several other things). In this episode, she talks about her new goal setting package, how to take the first steps to heal, and how to recapture the resilience we all had as children. *If you or anyone you know is struggling with intense depression and are at risk for harm of any kind, please refer to the following hotline numbers: http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html Where to find Zen Ase: https://linktr.e...
Anthony Jeannot is a stand-up comedian who, thanks to his therapist, is well versed in understanding anti-anxiety techniques. He discusses some of those techniques in this episode, as well as how to give yourself permission to feel and enjoy your space after times of crisis. *If you or anyone you know is struggling with intense depression and are at risk for harm of any kind, please refer to the following hotline numbers: http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html Where to find A...
Zara - better known online as XCrazyLadyX - is a therapist and boxing specialist who uses her Twitch presence to have free therapy sessions with her followers. As a guest for this episode of the Mental Health Check-In Podcast, she explains the concept of The Inner Critic, when our Critic is both helpful and harmful to our wellbeing, and what our emotions are trying to say to us when we're feeling down. Where to find Zara: XCrazyLadyX (Twitch) @CrazyLadyTwitch (Twitter) Where to find Mental Healt...
Tony Moon is a rapper and Twitch streamer. In this episode (which was also recorded during his Twitch stream), he talks about using rap as visual art/expression, using streaming to bring communities together during COVID, the importance of looking inward, where our spiritual journeys begin, and the difference between what matters vs. what is matter. Where to find Tony: @MoonMetaphysics (Twitter, Instagram, Twitch) tonymoon.bandcamp.com Where to find Mental Health Check-In Podcast: @checkinpod (T...
Joe Demaro is an independent professional wrestler (and, occasionally, a model) working out of Detroit, Michigan. During this episode, he talks about when and why he started focusing on his mental health, life lessons he's learned from professional wrestling, the importance of stopping to reset for the sake of self-reflection, his eagerness to support people around him, and manifests goals for the new year. Where to find Joe: @JoeDemaro94 (Twitter, Instagram) Where to find Mental Health Ch...
For the first episode of the new year (and, by proxy, the second season of the Mental Health Check-In Podcast), Felicia Rose and ALove (hosts of The Screw podcast and founders of the new New Queer Order media platform) sit down to talk about how they met, why they founded their new network, the importance of queer representation, what a chosen family is, what it means to feel "safe," what an unsafe space looks/feels like, and destroying stigmas behind sex work. Where to find NQO: newqueerorder.c...
Jesse Velasquez is a writer (Daily DDT), podcast host (Unplugged and Undeniable, and Wrestling's Unplugged and Undeniable), and licensed personal fitness trainer/nutritionist working out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. In a New Year's Eve edition of the Mental Health Check-In Podcast and - by proxy - the final episode of 2020, Jesse reunites with his former Daily DDT editor to talk about how his fitness journey began, how he's settling as a gym specialist while gyms are closed during the pandemic, co...
