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.
You'll benefit the most from Joy Lab if...
You'll likely 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..."?
If so, then join us every Wednesday for a new episode (plus a bonus episode on the first of every month!)
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.
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New episode every Wednesday
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.
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Popular Podcast Episodes
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Episode 249
Everything We Love, We Will Lose: Navigating the First Gate of Grief
This conversation weaves together Buddhist teachings on impermanence, neuroscience research on grief and savoring, and the vital reminder that grief is absolutely a team sport.
Episode 220
The Still Small Voice: Awakening with Soulfulness
Join us as we explore the concept of the 'Still, Small Voice' and its role in authenticity and soulfulness. We'll talk about the importance of turning inward and listening to our inner voice—our wisest self.
Episode 222
Are You Stuck in Joyless Urgency?
In this episode, we talk about "joyless urgency," a brilliant phrase coined by Marilynne Robinson. The short story is that our modern kind of hustle culture and constant busyness often leads to little personal fulfillment.
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.
Joy Lab is a 2026 Ambies Award nominee for 'Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast'.
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).
