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Joy Lab Podcast

Joy Lab Podcast

Hosted by: Henry Emmons, MD and Aimee Prasek, PhD

Joy Lab is a mental health podcast to help navigate depression, anxiety, burnout, and stress. It's hosted by two leaders in integrative mental health, Henry Emmons, MD (integrative psychiatrist) and Aimee Prasek, PhD...

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270. Check Yourself: Ego Threat, Stress Relief, & Needing to Prove Yourself

Humility and mental health are more connected than you might think. And if you add self-compassion to the humility-ego mix, then you have a recipe that can support mood, offer stress relief, and give your mind and...
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269. Know Yourself: The Humility Practice That Quiets Rumination and Builds Emotional Resilience

Humility is a powerful (and mostly misunderstood) mental health skill that's grounded by self-knowledge and self-compassion. Humility is also a powerful antidote to rumination and harsh self-criticism and a tool to...
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268. Humility Can Be Stressful... But Worth it for Mental Health

Humility is 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. Humility is an accurate,...
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267. You Can't Do Life Alone: Deep Connection is a Key to True Resilience

Spoiler: you were never meant to do this alone. In the final episode of Joy Lab's Resilience series, Dr. Aimee Prasek and Dr. Henry Emmons explore the most powerful — and most underrated — ingredient in lasting...
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266. The Resilience Shortcut That Beats The Latest 'Morning Routine' on TikTok

We're in our Element of Resilience and we're going somewhere most mental health conversations completely skip: the heart.  Dr. Henry Emmons and Dr. Aimee Prasek unpack why mental health has been so brain-centric for...
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265.1 Not a Fan Of Three Hour Morning Routines? Why Joy Lab Is Different (And Free This May)

This is your final invitation! The Joy Lab Program's free 30-day offer ends May 31st — and we want to make sure you know what you're actually being invited into before the door closes. It's not a slick...
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265. The Art & Science (+ Shoveling) of Letting Emotions Move Through You

In this episode of the Joy Lab Podcast, Dr. Aimee Prasek and Dr. Henry Emmons dig into one of the most counterintuitive resilience skills we can build: turning toward negative emotions instead of running from them....
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264.1 You Are Wired for Resilience: Join the Joy Lab Program Free This Mental Health Awareness Month

Dr. Aimee Prasek drops in with a quick Mental Health Awareness Month reminder and Joy Lab's 30-day free offer. Joy Lab has just launched into the Element of Resilience, and there's no better time to join the Program...
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264. How to Calm the Mind & Not Feed the ANTs (Automatic Negative Thoughts)

Calming the mind sounds simple, right? And yet most of us would rather do almost anything other than sitting quietly with our thoughts. In this episode, Dr. Aimee Prasek and Dr. Henry Emmons dig into the science of...
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263.1 The Truth About Depression, Anxiety, and Your Inner Strength (Joy Lab's Origin Story) + Joy Lab Free for 30 Days

In this episode, Dr. Aimee Prasek shares some of the origin story behind the Joy Lab Program — from her own years-long climb out of anxiety, depression, and panic attacks, to a pivotal (and infuriating) moment on a...
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263. From Surviving to Thriving: The Science and Soul of Resilience

What does it actually mean to be resilient? Spoiler: it's not about white-knuckling through hard times or being the type of person who just 'endures' everything. In this episode, Dr. Aimee Prasek and Dr. Henry Emmons...
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262. What Are You Doing This For? Breaking Free From Joyless Urgency [encore]

We're in our new "month of renewal" format. We're essentially exploring this question throughout the month... what if growth required less effort? This is an encore episode that helps us answer this question. Reminder...
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