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Episode 150: Tech in Mental Health with Abhishek Chandra from Spring Health

Episode 150: Tech in Mental Health with Abhishek Chandra from Spring Health

  • March 14, 2019
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This episode is a wide-ranging conversation with Abhishek Chandra, a co-founder and CTO of Spring Health, which is a comprehensive mental health benefit for employers that goes beyond the traditional employee assistance program. We talk about the role of tech in mental health including machine learning, genetic testing, and online therapy. It’s really interesting stuff!

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Episode 148: Dan Fields from Save it for the Show

Episode 148: Dan Fields from Save it for the Show

  • February 28, 2019
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Hello! In this episode, I interview a friend of mine, Dan Fields, from the Save it for the Show podcast. I thought this would be an interesting episode because it’s essentially just me talking to a friend of mine about life on the internet, creating, modern mental health, families, working from home, and all sorts of other topics. I hope you enjoy!

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How to Manage Anxiety when the News is Traumatizing

How to Manage Anxiety when the News is Traumatizing

  • April 10, 2018
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A few weekends ago, I was out with my wife and a few friends without the kids. All was great until my wife looked at her phone and just said “Holy shit, the Oaks.” Without her saying another word, I knew there was a shooting. Just a few cities away from us, at the other big mall in the area, there was a murder and attempted suicide by firearm. That made the evening take on a little different tone.

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Episode 86: Too Nervous to Call Therapist, Phobia of Vomiting, Depression in High School

Episode 86: Too Nervous to Call Therapist, Phobia of Vomiting, Depression in High School

  • November 30, 2017
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Hello, my friends! This episode is just a straight forward question and answer episode with some really awesome questions. This week I am also working on a book proposal for a traditional publisher, which means that you would be able to buy this potential book in stores. That’s a bucket list item of mine and I’m excited to keep you updated in the coming weeks/months.

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Episode 84: Triggers and Trigger Warnings

Episode 84: Triggers and Trigger Warnings

  • November 9, 2017
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This is a deep dive episode where I spend the entire episode talking about one topic of interest rather than taking questions from the audience. In this one, I cover something that I’ve been meaning to talk about for a while, which is the word “trigger” and the term “trigger warning”. I cover what the term “actually” means, where it came from, and my mixed feelings about the way that trigger warnings or content warnings are used these days. A the end, I also give some practical tips for when social media becomes too triggering.

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