Latest Good bad brain Podcast Episodes
my last good bad brain
My Good Bad Brain - January 14, 2021 22:46 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsIt's just gotta be. For a while, indefinitely, maybe not ever, what's ever? IDK. Go ahead and listen and I talk through it. I also talk through some stuff around doomscroling and mental health in the main body of the pod but... yeah. It's time for this to rest a while. I love you all. Self car...
holding with less fury, playing is that true, heartbreak
My Good Bad Brain - December 17, 2020 20:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsSomeone wrote a note asking about some severe heartbreak, they had heard the fuck breakups episode, and I jumped off of that. I kind of didn't address what they were talking about I realized after so I will return to that but hopefully there's stuff in here that resonates with you. come along and...
my grandma died so i'm talkin' through some of that
My Good Bad Brain - November 29, 2020 15:26 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsMy grandmother died. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
hi i am crazy but also fine but also crazy and extremely anxious
My Good Bad Brain - November 11, 2020 04:39 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsI'm trying to come out of hibernation. An extremely breathing brain here. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
what is after severe trauma
My Good Bad Brain - July 07, 2020 19:16 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsWe devoted this episode entirely to one listener's question about what lies after severe trauma. The listener was sexually abused by their father though most of their family has not acknowledged this. Recently their father died and the listener expressed they'd always felt the feelings of trauma...
helping with anxiety
My Good Bad Brain - July 07, 2020 19:08 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsI have bad adhd and while I certainly experience anxiety along with my depression, I have taken for granted my understanding (or more accurately lack thereof) in other people who experience really serious anxiety. So, I wanted to take this opportunity with Dr. Nick to own up to how I can make an...
violence for the nonviolent
My Good Bad Brain - June 19, 2020 18:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsHeyoooo so as the world continues in its revolutionary spirit and reactionary status quo fascists become increasingly belligerent and violent, I wanted to talk about violence again. And specifically why I think it's worth investigating violence especially for those of us who are disinclined to i...
radicalizing
My Good Bad Brain - June 09, 2020 05:06 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsNo one's free unless everyone's free. I had a lengthy mini brain breather at the beginning of this and then you can hear me and Dr. Nick go OFF about the state of the world. I do not believe we can expect true mental health if we are not living in accordance with our values and trying to liberat...
after cops attacked at fairfax
My Good Bad Brain - June 09, 2020 05:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingshi this is a week ago sunday's livestream, from the 31st, a day after i was at fairfax and beverly when cops attacked everyone. pretty surreal, new experience. the world is changing. we talk about it. if you'd like to give money to something this week there are a lot of good places to donate at...
hormones!
My Good Bad Brain - May 27, 2020 04:28 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsOh yeah babe, HORMONES, testosterone and estrogen especially. How do they affect our brains? What's the goddang deal? We talk about it and Alie was walking by and chimed in for a bit about her experiences with some hormone replacement therapy and early ovarian failure, it's a fun one! If you wa...
blackpilled masses and family systems therapy
My Good Bad Brain - May 27, 2020 04:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsYes this starts off with Dr. Nick and I talking about basically things inspired by all the weirdos of the world who want everyone to die for haircuts or whatever and then someone asks a question about Family Systems Therapy and specifically an offshoot of that called Internal Family Systems Ther...
missing human touch and confronting friends
My Good Bad Brain - May 27, 2020 04:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsPretty much kicks off what the title says. Dr. Nick is the best and, as usual, is super helpful. If you wanna submit questions for the livestream either join us live on Sundays at 10am PST at youtube.com/jsleeper or email them to me at [email protected] Also, if you wanna do Quarantine ...
help exists
My Good Bad Brain - May 27, 2020 04:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsAs usual we talk about a bunch of stuff and I have ADHD real bad y'know so I can't remember like all of what we talked about nor can I remember always to take notes about it so I tend to just remember the thing that stood out to me the most which might not even be the biggest part of the ep but ...
why am i numb to kindness?
My Good Bad Brain - May 27, 2020 03:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsGetting caught up by dropping the last month or so of livestreams FINALLY. This one starts with me talking to Dr. Nick about some weird numbing responses I have to nice things and we get a question about self-harm behavior that gets into some interesting stuff. It's your typical good bad brain l...
meds: running out and considering starting
My Good Bad Brain - April 20, 2020 02:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsI ran out of meds last week and it resulted in a pretty interesting (and very unpleasant) experience so I talk about that and we answer some questions about studies on psychedelics and then some questions about what to do after being done with a therapist but still feeling like you need help tur...
values and boundaries: the keys to surviving your brain
My Good Bad Brain - April 20, 2020 01:20 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsWe talked a lot today about themes related to controlling your potentially damaging behaviors despite whatever your brain might be telling you about "reality". In particular related to relationships which might be experiencing difficulties due to covid isolation. We also got into talks about dea...
yes but what can i DO? approaching politics and helplessness
My Good Bad Brain - April 12, 2020 15:55 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsHi! I'm rapidly just posting last week's show because it's time for THIS week's show again and, y'know, what even is "time management"?? On this episode, after I figure out some technical problems (natch) Dr. Nick and I got into some discussions about, well, politics. Politics feel like a third ...
the notion of toxic positivity
My Good Bad Brain - April 02, 2020 01:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsHeellloooo everyone, we're back with some more livestream goodness from the depths of quarantine. I wanted to talk to Dr. Nick about the idea of TOXIC POSITIVITY and how to differentiate it from a kind of healthy positivity which I think one requires to self improve. Dr. Nick presents some prett...
puppy or lion (managing quarantine with kids and partners)
My Good Bad Brain - March 28, 2020 15:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsHey everyone! I hope you're finding yourself well in quarantine. I know things are crazy out here so double down on self-care. This livestream found Dr. Nick fielding some questions about quarantine with kids, we talked about managing emotional flooding in tense partner situations when you know ...
quarantine stuff, suicide risk assessment, and defining codependency
My Good Bad Brain - March 16, 2020 23:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsOH yeah, we're back with Dr. Nick and the whole livestream thing. We talk about quarantine stuff, we talk about assessing suicide risk and how to help people who are deep in stuff like having anxiety attacks and answer some questions about what codependency even is. Resources provided by Dr. N...
the first livestream pod
My Good Bad Brain - March 14, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsHey everyone! This pod will be the predominate form for a while, it's a recording of our Sunday livestream at mixer.com/mygoodbadbrain with Dr. Nicholas Barr. Dr. Nick is gonna be joining us every Sunday at 10am at Mixer.com/mygoodbadbrain to do a livestream responding to your mental health top...
astrology and tarot and mental health with the halfasswitch
My Good Bad Brain - February 13, 2020 07:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsHey go to mixer.com/mygoodbadbrain and just subscribe to it.... we're gonna start a livestream show on Sundays, y'all. Me and Dr. Nick Barr. More info to come. Find The Half Ass Witch on socials @halfasswitch and at https://zeiglerteejay.wixsite.com/thehalfasswitch/services Jarrett is @jarret...
dealing with our self-harming behavior with maria
My Good Bad Brain - January 18, 2020 18:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsWe've returned to a new year with the old Our Good Bad Brain format. I talk a bit about the new year and facing our cycles of relearning, and then we get into a really nice talk with Maria from Australia. She talks about anxiety, depression, borderline personality, and we find some common ground...
My Good Bad Brain Hotline 1
My Good Bad Brain - December 18, 2019 21:33 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsThe first My Good Bad Brain Hotline tape is here and I'm very very honored to share it. You guys were so generous to contribute your experiences to this tape. Your share your personal experiences with various medications, among them are prozac, wellbutrin, lamictal, lamotrigene, and paxil. Some ...
thanksgiving narratives: stolen truck, new prozac, old stories
My Good Bad Brain - November 29, 2019 18:34 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsHey y'all. A bunch has happened in my personal life since we last spoke, so here's me reflecting on a bunch of it. I started a new antidepressant after a bit of an episode possibly precipitated by some cannabis sobriety. My truck got stolen. I had some come to jesus moments about the way I talk ...
am i just broken should i just give up?
My Good Bad Brain - October 31, 2019 20:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsHey y'all, how are you? I've missed you. I walked up a little mini mountain to sit and record a brain breather while the sun went down. I used some suggestions from y'all for topics to discuss, which felt very appropriate and timely for myself as well. Things I go through. Thanks for being here w...
you have to buy into yourself before other people do with Brent Coble
My Good Bad Brain - September 20, 2019 22:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsHi. I have a conversation here for you to listen to again today. Brent Coble is on the pod, he's got ADHD and depression and what he describes (i'm paraphrasing) the soup of being a person. He makes stuff for a living, both in a hands on way and more in the development, executive side of things....
Is mental illness causing mass shootings?
My Good Bad Brain - August 12, 2019 20:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsMental illness and mass shootings. When people talk about a "mental health" problem in this country every time there's a mass shooting, it hits our ears and minds in a way that seems correct. Surely one must be mentally ill to commit such an atrocity!? This is especially a favorite argument to ...
why dogs make us feel good
My Good Bad Brain - July 18, 2019 01:37 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsWhy do dogs help our mental health? Why do they make us feel good? Learn a little about your brain, the effect of boops and bleps upon it, and why even emotional support peacocks and kangaroos might be good for your own Good Bad Brain. For regular listeners: I'm trying something different. I'm ...
strugglin' in the meadow
My Good Bad Brain - June 26, 2019 01:19 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 195 ratingsI thought about calling this one "bad brain bad world" but that seemed so bleak. Even though this one IS kind of dark and DOES involve truly evil family history I learned about and I talk a lot about how bad the world is and how much it hurts be a person so often but hey, that's what it's about ...
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