It's All In My Head

Content Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, suicide and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In this bonus episode, you'll hear a featured conversation from Juliet Patterson and Chris Stedman, authors and advocates who share their experiences with suicide loss through creativity, writing,...

Content Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, eating disorders/disordered eating habits, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel chats with friend and fellow NMU Wildcat Elsie Zajicek to talk about athlete mental health, disordered eating, and t...

Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, suicidal ideation & suicide, treatment, trauma and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel chats with fellow mental health podcaster Jesse Mangan about involuntary commitmen...

Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation & suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel chats with new friend and fellow podcaster, Local Neighborhood Baby about living with mental illness. They discuss how...

Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, Bipolar Disorder, LGBTQ2S+ issues, sex, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel sits down with childhood friend Chase Gray to discuss a recent diagnosis with Bipolar Disorder, how he...

Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, sex, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode, Joel talks with bestie Emily Boone about living with anxiety, working as a nurse, and so much more. We talk about growing up in the Midwest and the shame and stigma of m...

Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode, Joel sits down with Heather Kittelson to talk about those god-like moments that we've all had, but never quite know how to explain. The conversation is lighthearted even thou...

Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, bullying, depression, eating disorders, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode, Joel talks with new friend Claire Litzen about living with anxiety, body image issues, an eating disorder, being bullied, and walking in love. Cla...

Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. Joel sits down with his good friend Jake Danielson to talk about his experiences with psychosis and depression. Jake shares about his history with self-harm, multiple suicide attempts, and building a community of...

Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, suicide, sex, drugs, alcohol, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.  A new era of It's All In My Head is here. Season three brings updated branding, new guests, and a merch store (coming soon!). In this episode, Enrique Rosario shares his experiences as a man...

In the season two finale, Joel and his bestie Monica chat about what it means to embrace life, trust the process, and say no to fear. Joel very briefly sexualizes Monica (just kidding, it's just a compliment), Monica burps a few times (as usual), and of course, there is some singing and rapping. Because what's a podcast episode without some rhymes and verses, anyway? Ending season two on a positiv...

In this episode, that took three hours to record, Annabelle DeSisto and I talk in circles about absolutely nothing. This episode is the definition of chaos and fun and is what true friendship sounds like. We talk about Annabelle's history of family mental illness, her "late" diagnosis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and moving to a small town from Los Angeles. Stick around and listen and laugh as we have...

In this episode, Joel chats with friend and up-and-coming country music star, Cody Cozz, about finding healing through music and finding yourself in the lyrics when you feel lost. Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including abuse, language, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. Check Cody out at h ttps:...

In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel chats with fellow podcaster, Demi Wylde, about mental health, astrology, sex, relationships, dating, and so much more. Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, alcohol, drugs/medications, sex, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.  Listen to Hook...

Joel chats with friend and fellow mental health advocate, JD Murgolo, in this episode. They get into their jobs as educators and advocates, what working in the field of wellness means and how they get through their own stuff. Joel and JD could honestly have talked for hours but spared you all that even with the toddler anecdotes and long-winded tangents. Content/Trigger Warning: This episode refer...

Joel chats with college friend Trent Podskalan about hitting rock bottom and realizing it's ok to start over when it comes to your mental health. Content/Trigger Warning : This episode references mature themes including language, alcohol, drugs/medications, suicidal ideation, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. Find Trent's podca...

In this installment of It's All In My Head, Joel brings back his dear friend Sara Letmanski, as his first two-time guest to the show to talk about how she's doing after a move across the country, the loss of their mutual friend Javi, and surprisingly, her crush on Steve from Blues Clues. Content/Trigger Warning : This episode references mature themes including language, alcohol, abortion, drugs, m...

Joel sits down with another friend from his hometown, Bronson Flint. They go off on tangents and ramble about mental health, moving away from home, and so much more. They get into the weeds of religious trauma and sexuality, and talk about how growing up in their hometown helped shape who they are today and the impacts it had on their mental health. Content/Trigger Warning : This episode reference...

In this "short short" episode, Joel is solo again and shares some BIG things that have been happening in his world. Content/Trigger Warning : This episode references mature themes including language, alcohol, drugs, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allinmyheadshow; and Instagram: https:/...

In this episode, Joel chats with friend and former student employee, Noah Hellmund, about what it's like to be a neurodivergent man working in a high intensity field as a first responder. They talk trauma, grief, personal growth, and storytelling. Joel and Noah discuss how masculinity isn't always about being strong, but rather embracing the suck and doing the right thing even when it may not be t...

It's the 30th episode of It's All In My Head, which means we're halfway through season two! Can you even believe it? In this episode, Joel chats with childhood friend and neighbor, Bethany Kinnan, about growing up in small town, conservative, Northern Michigan and how that impacted their mental health journeys. They get into topics such as religious trauma and shame, and share where they're at in...

In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel chats with his pseudo-mama, Angela Drake, about her journey into mental health and suicide prevention. Angela shares why she's such a fierce advocate and mama to all and how she got her loud mouth mama voice. Join Angela and Joel for this heartfelt episode released on Christmas morning.  Content/Trigger Warning : This episode references mature themes in...

In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel makes an absolute fool of himself while laughing the entire recording with his dear friend Michelle Knapp. Not a single sentence is finished, a glass left empty, or an ounce of sense is made in this episode...it sounds like gibberish, so buckle up!  Fair warning, Joel is very high, sings Eminem and Hilary Duff, and attempts ASMR...so if this doesn't sou...

In the latest installment of It's All In My Head, Joel sits down with dear friend, Stephanie Tollis to discuss all things mental health and being human, because after all, part of being human is rawdogging life, isn't it?! Content/Trigger Warning : This episode references mature themes including anxiety, depression, sexuality, suicidality, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audie...

In this bonus episode, released on International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, Joel chats with the legendary and adorably sweet Chris Stedman. Chris is the author of IRL, host of Unread, and a suicide loss survivor. Chris and Joel talk all things healing, identity, loss and how they find connection and belonging during these tough times. Content/Trigger Warning : This episode references mature th...