in this solo episode, i’m sharing my mental health journey with you, taking you through my recovery from severe depression and anxiety right from the start. i cover the highs and lows of my story, including how i went from being hospitalized for my mental health four times in one year to graduating as a psychology major and creating a new york times-recommended mental health podcast to help others who are struggling. 

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In this week's solo episode, I am sharing for the first time what my experience in the troubled teen industry was like. I was enrolled in Chrysalis School Montana in 2018 while I was struggling with my mental health in high school, unaware that I was part of a larger system that takes advantage of teens and their parents.

Today's guest is Katherine Kubler— a Los Angeles-based writer, director, and editor. She recently directed and executive produced the Netflix original documentary series The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping, which exposes the corruption and abuse of the troubled teen industry.

Today's guest is Maia Szalavitz— an award-winning author and journalist. She first advocated against the Troubled Teen Industry in her 2006 book, Help at Any Cost, and has since written several New York Times articles and appeared in the 2024 Netflix documentary, The Program, to discuss this dangerous industry further.

In this week's solo episode, I am once again reacting to mental health posts on Reddit! I did a deep-dive on Reddit and am sharing my most *brutally* honest responses and very best advice on a wide range of mental health posts. I also react to some amazing questions that you guys submitted through my website!

In this week's solo episode, I discuss my ultimate mental health hot takes! I give my most honest takes on what works and what doesn't when it comes to your mental health and share some of my favorite mental health tips I've learned throughout my recovery.

Today's guest is Dr. Justin Mohatt— an internationally recognized, double Board-Certified Psychiatrist at Ohana, a program for child and adolescent behavioral health at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. In this episode, we discuss advice for both parents and teens on different types of teen mental health treatment programs. For parents, we share tips on how to find the right treatment program for your child, including how to start the search process, program must-haves and red flags, how to motivate your teen to seek treatment, and how families can participate in the treatment process. For teens, we share what to expect when starting a mental health treatment program and how you can benefit most from residential treatment.

Today's guest is Bobby Cook, who is on the Breaking Code Silence team. Breaking Code Silence is a nonprofit organization that works to support and uplift survivors of the troubled teen industry (TTI) while promoting evidence-based alternatives to the TTI for present and future generations and their parents. In this episode, we discuss what exactly the TTI is and our difficult experiences with it, major red flags that families should avoid when seeking treatment programs for teens, struggles faced by teens after they leave these programs and barriers they face in seeking justice, and how people can get involved to help shut down these programs for good.

In today's ask me anything/Q+A/advice episode, I am answering your questions about advocating to your parents, knowing what type of therapy is right for you, hitting rock bottom, dealing with judgment, addressing the teen mental health crisis, supporting men struggling with their mental health, talking about mental health on social media, skills coaching, diary cards, troubled teen industry stories, reading recommendations and so much more!!