In this solo episode, Eileen gives an update on her mental health and discusses how she incorporated DBT skills in practical applications during some recent professional milestones and personal challenges. She also shares some exciting life updates, including her LA house and upcoming projects. We round out the episode with a listener Q&A on relationships & friendships, finding fulfillment, pursuing passions, mental health self-care practices, and embracing the different stages of life.

 

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This week, we're sharing a classic episode with Dr. Igor Galynker. Whether this is your first listen or you're revisiting the episode, this conversation was so important to destigmatizing many assumptions around suicidal ideation and feels more topical than ever.

 

Dr. Igor Galynker, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Suicide Research and Prevention Laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where he’s developed and validated scales to determine the suicidal risk of patients. Dr. Galynker discusses the contributing factors to suicidality, prevention strategies, and his proposed suicide-specific diagnosis, Suicide Crisis Syndrome. 

 

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Holly Madison is an American television personality and a former girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. She starred on the hit E! reality show The Girls Next Door for five seasons, which showcased life at the Playboy mansion as one of Hef’s three girlfriends. She is also a New York Times Best-Selling author and hosts the podcast Girls Next Level. She discusses growing up on the spectrum and her path to self-discovery, how a girl from a small town in Alaska ended up at the Playboy mansion, emotional abuse and control inside, competition amongst the girlfriends, leaving Hef, plastic surgery, Disneyland, and much more. 

 

You can find Holly at @hollymadison on Instagram and catch her new series, Lethally Blonde, on ID and Max.

 

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Annie Hamilton is a former aspiring actress, writer, performer, and niche internet celebrity in New York City. She discusses her online persona, the real life effects of being the “crazy girl” online, and how she differentiates between what’s real and fake, her recent breakup, multiple diagnoses, writing a TV show and movie, and why she'll never do another one-woman show.

 

You can find Annie on Instagram at @soimwritinganovel and Twitter @ANNIE_HAM.

 

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This week, we're sharing a classic episode with Dr. Brandon Unruh. Whether this is your first listen or you're revisiting the episode, this conversation was so important to destigmatizing many assumptions around personality disorders and feels more topical than ever.

 

Brandon Unruh, MD, is the medical director of the Gunderson Residence, an intensive, specialized residential program for women with severe personality disorders at McLean hospital. We discuss the myths and common misconceptions surrounding personality disorders, treatment options, and new research in the field.

 

For further information on personality disorders:

https://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.org

https://www.mcleanhospital.org/videos?f%5B0%3A9431

https://emotionsmatterbpd.org

 

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Melissa Broder is an American author, essayist and poet. Her work includes the novels The Pisces, Milk Fed, and Death Valley, the poetry collection Last Sext, and the essay collection So Sad Today, which was based on her anonymous Twitter account of the same name. She discusses her career trajectory, rescheduling this podcast due to her mental health, OCD, internet addiction, grieving the loss of her father, and more.

 

You can check out her work at melissabroder.com and follow her on both Instagram and X at the same name.

 

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Sabrina Fuentes is the leader singer and bassist of the American indie rock band Pretty Sick. With over 300k monthly listeners, the band has been compared to a modern day Hole and the Pixies. Pretty Sick was created in 2014 in New York City when Sabrina was only 13 years old. They are signed to the record label Dirty Hit and are currently based out of London but tour all over the world. Sabrina discusses her creative process, switching music genres, the anxieties of putting out music so young, and songwriting as therapy. 

 

You can follow Sabrina on Instagram @sickysab and check out Pretty Sick's music videos on YouTube @PrettySick.

 

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Julie Schott is a former beauty editor turned entrepreneur, and the co-founder of Starface, FutureWise, Julie, and Blip. In 2019, she launched Starface, redefining pimple patches as a fashion statement. Her new ventures, Julie and Blip, address taboo markets, focusing on emergency contraceptives and smoking cessation. All her brands share a fun, young, and exciting branding approach, bringing freshness to neglected spaces. Julie discusses starting her brands, how she manages her time and mental health while building four separate companies, pressures in entrepreneurship, and believing in your own ideas. 

 

You can follow @julie_schott on Instagram and check out her brands @starface @julie @futurewise and @blipworld.

 

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In her first episode back, Eileen reveals her current relationship status, how she navigates on and off relationships, and manages her mental health when her exes move on. She discusses Instagram stalking, getting back with exes, the reason for her podcast break, and the real motive behind her move to LA. This episode is a sneak peek of what's to come in the new season of Going Mental. 

 

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Eileen discusses her recent podcast hiatus, updates on her love life, a project in LA that is overwhelming her, summer plans, and how she maintains her mental health when stressed out. Episode ends with a guided meditation. She is also bringing her Patreon back for exclusive content: patreon.com/goingmental

 

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Trigger warning: Severe physical and emotional trauma.    Shamsa Araweelo grew up in Somalia, where when she was only 6 years old, she was taken by family to be cut. Today, she opens up to Eileen about her experience suffering from female genital mutilation (FGM).    FGM refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It is often carried out on young girls between infancy and age 15 as a way to suppress sexuality and ensure virginity. According to the United Nations, an estimated 200 million women and girls worldwide have undergone some form of FGM.    Shamsa now resides in the UK and shares her experience to raise awareness and funds for those who are victims of FGM. She and Eileen discuss her heartbreaking story, how she refuses to be defined by it, why FGM occurs, how we can stop it, and more.     

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