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The Joy Lab Podcast
A podcast that blends soulful insights with practical strategies to help you navigate mental health challenges like chronic stress, anxiety, and depression.
In each episode, we dive deep into the art and science of joy, exploring how to build resilience and flourish, even in the face of life's overwhelming moments.
Think of the Joy Lab Podcast as your personal guide to building true resilience, embracing self-care that truly nourishes you, and reigniting a deep sense of connection.
You’ll walk away with practical insights to help you navigate life’s challenges with more confidence—because joy isn’t something you have to chase, it’s something within you that's waiting for you to rediscover.
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Meet Your Hosts
Henry Emmons, MD
Henry Emmons is an integrative psychiatrist who weaves together mind-body and natural therapies, mindfulness teachings, and other holistic approaches for common mental health problems like depression and anxiety. However, Henry doesn't believe healing should stop there. Henry is most interested in working with others so that we can all learn to love well and create more joyful lives.
Aimee Prasek, PhD
Aimee Prasek is an integrative mental health researcher and educator. Her work is fueled by the belief that we are all hard-wired for joy and it's our shared purpose to uncover and spread it. She's most interested in sharing accessible tools that help empower others to move out of suffering and uncover their own authentic, joyful self.
You'll probably resonate and benefit most from joining us if any of the following resonate:
- You feel caught in cycles of worry or anxiety.
- You feel STRESSED and sick of the symptoms that go along with it (feeling tired, achy/tight in your body, tension headaches, and lots of irritation or nervousness).
- You feel overwhelmed by the news of the world around you and it's impacting your mood and focus.
- The grind of day-to-day life doesn't feel meaningful to you and you want something more.
- Your mind feels ridiculously busy, full, and foggy. You may even be waking up in the middle of the night (3am, anyone?), with your mind racing over stuff you can't shake.
- You feel depressed too often or even just stuck in a "meh" or "bleh" kind of state. You also really want to get out of that low mood rut, feel happy again, and live your life more fully.
Did you sense a heaviness in your chest or belly that was like... "yeah, I'm feeling that."Â
If so, then join us every Wednesday for a new episode.  Be sure to follow, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts.
As hosts of this pod and fellow humans, we've had those thoughts and felt those feelings too. We know the struggle. We also know the relief and what it's like to go beyond just a baseline of feeling "not so bad" and into a more joyful and flourishing state. Maybe best of all, we know how to help others do that too. We've been in the mental health field and doing this work for a combined 50+ years.
We are guided by science and inspired by the wisdom that we already carry within us.
You can trust that what we talk about and explore are solid mental health tools and practices grounded by modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Positive Psychology, and the science of mindfulness. We also adventure beyond what can be measured to explore wisdom from our deepest selves or "soul."
But, there's a warning there... even when we're working with that deeper stuff, this is not some woo-woo, new age kind of psychobabble. It's the practical, whole-person approach to mental health that is necessary for our complex human lives. It will challenge you to address all the bits of your being, even those uncertain/uncomfortable sides, to help you cultivate joy right now—no procrastinating for the "perfect" moment.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Positive psychology
The science of mindfulness
The wisdom from our deepest selves or "soul."
If you’re ready to redefine your relationship with mental health and unlock the joy that’s already within you, simply choose an episode that speaks to you and press play.
Joy Lab is powered and produced by the nonprofit, Pathways North 501(c)(3)
Everything we do at Joy Lab is made possible by people like you, who support our mission to help make mental health resources more accessible and empowering. Completely funded and produced by our nonprofit, Pathways North (learn more about Pathways North 501(c)(3) here), we rely on donations, grants, and public funds to help us reach more people in need of the mental health tools we offer.
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MEDICAL DISCLAIMER
This content is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice and is not a replacement for advice and treatment from a medical professional. Consult your doctor or other qualified health professional before beginning any diet change, supplement, or lifestyle program. See our terms for more information.
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call the NAMI HelpLine: 1-800-950-6264 available Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., ET. OR text "HelpLine" to 62640 or email NAMI at [email protected]. Visit NAMI for more. You can also call or text SAMHSA at 988 or chat 988lifeline.org.
Joy Lab is powered by Pathways North 501(c)( 3).Â
