Mental Health Comedy

I’ve known Zoe for a long time and she has been in comedy her whole life. We get into Zoe’s life as the parent of a teenage son and the emotional rollercoaster. She’s done a lot of work on herself, and yet, parenting a teen can be a real mother. Jennifer talks about how Parents … Continue reading Zoe Friedman – Teen Parenting is a Real Mother → See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and C...

Greg is a great standup, writer and the host of 3 different podcasts, including The Fitzdog Radio Podcast, Childish and Sunday Papers. Always love talking with him. He shared thoughts and ideas about how the pandemic has brought him even closer emotionally to his family; how he deals with depression and how he’s learned to … Continue reading Greg Fitzsimmons – Close Encounters of The Pandemic Kind...

Besides being the host of The Netflix series Somebody Feed Phil and the creator/exec producer of Everybody Loves Raymond; Phil is busy. He’s busy helping people, including me. You could fill a stadium with the people and organizations he’s helped. On this episode; Phil shares some very basic things he does to feel good; reaching … Continue reading Phil Rosenthal – Live and Let Lunch → See Privacy...

Rose is like family, a wonderful actress who has worked on so many shows; like The Gilmore Girls, Parenthood and movies like My Best Friend’s Wedding and Good Night & Good Luck. She’s a great Second City trained improviser too, and has improved her way through life issues, health issues, a cancer survivor. In this … Continue reading Rose Abdoo – Talking to Your Brain → See Privacy Policy at ht...

Chris is a writer, producer, director, comic and host. He is also a dad who deals with intense anxiety. One of the ways he deals, is by writing both comedy and horror. In this epsiode, Jennifer shares a myriad (never used that word before, excited!) Jennifer shares a myriad of anxiety and brain rewiring skills … Continue reading Chris Mancini – Comedy, Horror & Mental Health, A Love Story → Se...

Okay, a lot to say here. First of all Stefanie and Cecily are two multi-talented friends with a great podcast called BORED AF https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bored-af/id1506205198. We talk about anger, expressing it, dealing with it, setting limits. Jennifer shares skills about anger and how if you’re expressing, raging and it feels really good when you’re expressing it, … Continue reading S...

Mo is a great comedic actress and improviser, now on Fear The Walking Dead and prior on shows like Parks and Rec and for years on MAD TV. Jennifer gives us some breathing skills, talks about awareness and the brain, as well as dropping and resting your tongue on the bottom of your teeth to … Continue reading Mo Collins – Life is an Improv → See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...

Sue is a close friend and I’ve always been inspired by her talent and also the things she does to take care of herself. In this episode, Sue talks about a difficult time in her life when she found “Running”, not running emotionally (which I won a gold medal for in Austria) actual running, like … Continue reading Sue Kolinsky – Born to Run → See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...

I knew Wendy when she first started doing standup in Boston. While she is uniquely and sharply funny, she really understands and appreciates the healing and community that laughing together brings. Jennifer has some really cool skills about observing your feelings and how to get the fight or flight brain to calm down and by … Continue reading Wendy Liebman – Laughing, Healing and Dealing → See Pri...

Parenting during Covid and a worldwide breakdown is like standing in a canoe. How do you balance it all? Christine Blackburn is a host, a speaker, actress and a friend. She has been doing a fantastic show called The Storyworthy Podcast for over 10 years!! Unprecedented! I’ve been on it a number of times and … Continue reading Christine Blackburn – Kidskills That Chill → See Privacy Policy at https...

Kira is so funny and talented. She is also a mom who is parenting two young kids and in many ways her own mom. So shes a mom squared and her parents are Russian. There’s a lot going on. She’s brilliant and busy as hell. Kira called us from her car, in front of her … Continue reading Kira Soltanovich – Parental Guidance Dance Party → See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr...

It was a pleasure to have Howie Mandel on the show. He is a huge mental health advocate and opened up about his own issues with OCD, what actually happens, how it feels and what he does to take care of himself. He says if you’re human, you’re going to need coping skills. Jennifer gives … Continue reading Howie Mandel – America’s Got Mental Health Issues → See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...

Jonathan has always been an inspiration to me. One of the most creative comedy thinkers of all time, just the funniest. In this episode Jonathan talks about dealing with MS and where Dr. Katz’s therapy stylings came from. Jennifer shows us how to practice imagining the best and change our inner voice-over when listening to … Continue reading Jonathan Katz – Imagination, Using Your Inside Voice-Ove...

Amber and Tim are two really creative, caring, brilliant multi-talented people; so it makes sense that they would meet on Tim’s BBC radio show in London during Amber’s book tour for her memoir “Sober Stick Figure.” (which you should get immediately if you haven’t read or heard it yet!) I am lucky to have them as … Continue reading Amber Tozer & Tim Arthur   -Relationshipping & Chew-Chew Tr...

I so wanted to come up with a funny title using one of Judd’s movies, but obviously didn’t. This show was about directing… your brain. It was so great to have him on the show. We talked about things like anxiety, how it can work for you and against you. We talked about how he … Continue reading Judd Apatow -The King of Mental Health Comedy Island → See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy a...

This is an amazing episode with more skills, brain hacks, tips and the great Wayne Federman! Wayne asks a million great questions, Jennifer gives a million great answers and I wonder why I’m still in show business. So much comes up, like the theme songs in our heads that play endlessly, like “I’m Not Enough … Continue reading Wayne Federman -Imagination and Emotional Theme Songs → See Privacy Poli...

No one has the range of Eddie Pepitone, from raging comic to spiritual seeker, part Jackie Gleason, part Eckhart Tolle. We’ve done a lot together and always love to talk with him. In this episode, Eddie puts a temporary restraining order on his brain. Jennifer tells us that balancing thoughts and feelings is like standing a canoe, … Continue reading Eddie Pepitone -Panicology, Procrastination and...

Cathy is a great friend, veteran comic and actress, no one is more loving, or knows fear better. In this episode, Jennifer teaches Cathy a physical exercise to practice looking at problems and other life issues that create fear. And we have a little drivers test on how to steer emotions. And I explore why I’m … Continue reading Cathy Ladman -Love and Fear, Emotionfest → See Privacy Policy at https...

Cecily is a very talented comedy writer/author/comic/film critic, who has survived open heart surgery with humor and courage. So what am I complaining about? In this very special episode, Jennifer teaches us a trick we can do with our tongues that actually relaxes us immediately. And we practice dealing with panic. Why isn’t there a spray … Continue reading Cecily Knobler -Thinkytown, Think Better...

Welcome to the 2 min trailer; a little sampling of our show that unites mental health and comedy. Conversation and practice, that’s what we do. Conversations with well known comedians and entertainers about their real live stuff, learning and practicing mental health skills anyone can use. It’s BYOE – Bring Your Own Emotions. We would use the words … Continue reading Trailer → See Privacy Policy a...