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Navigate stress, anxiety, and depression with the science of joy.
Joy Lab blends science and soul to help you cope with chronic stress, navigate mental health challenges, and build genuine resilience. The scientifically-backed podcast episodes are weekly steps towards better mental health and wellbeing.
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Joy Lab is a 2026Β Ambies Award nominee for 'Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast'
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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 273
How to Build Confidence (When You Don't Feel Confident Yet)
ConfidenceΒ is a willingness to act and a trust in your own effort, not a feeling of certainty or how others perceive you. We'll lean on Dr. Russ Harris's foundational insightΒ throughout our work:Β the actions of confidence come first; the feelings of confidence come later.
Episode 268
Β Humility Can Be Stressful... But Worth it for Mental Health
Humility isΒ not a weakness or a sign you're a pushover, instead it's a mental health tool that just might be exactly what our loneliness epidemic and anxiety culture are desperately craving.Β Humility is an accurate, grounded sense of who you are. And that grounded sense of self is aΒ foundation for confidence, deeper connection, and holistic mental health.
Expert Voices. HumanΒ Hearts.
Joy Lab is co-hosted and guided by two leadingΒ mental health experts who blendΒ scienceΒ with soulΒ to help you cultivate more joy and make real, lasting changes.
Henry Emmons, MD
PSYCHATRIST &Β CO-HOST
Dr. Emmons is an integrative psychiatrist and author whose approach to mental health has helped thousands of people find a path through depression, anxiety, and mental health struggles. He believes that healing should be whole-person, sustainable, and rooted in what makes us fully human. His work weaves together clinical experience, mind-body and natural therapies, mindfulness teachings, and other holistic approaches, making science feel like soul.Β
Aimee Prasek, PhD
MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCHER &Β CO-HOST
Dr. Prasek brings the rigor of research science to the warmth of practical, human-centered wellness. Her expertise in positive psychology, integrative modalities, and mindfulness shapes how Joy Lab translates complex science into meaningful, actionable practices. She's committed to building programs that actually work for real lives.
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