That's So Mental

The biggest takeaway from this week's brilliant, gorgeous, Writer/Director, Ingrid Haas - Good decisions can wait! Ingrid is "with child," off her meds, and imparting so much knowledge; rupture may happen but REPAIR is crucial in all relationships, write what you know, also, it's not that easy to remove a tattoo - so really take a minute to think about that ink. Big thank you to Ingrid for helping...

Curly girlies unite! Cristina and Ilana welcome delightful guest Sol Crespo. She reminds you to hit those weights, and if you're not in perimenopause yet, just wait, it's coming for us all. Are these ladies addicted to procrastination or just bad at time management? Are they two in the same? Sol can be found playing many medical professionals on TV. Ilana can be found this spring on Night Court, j...

Welcome to the long second half of Ilana's decent into insanity and her victorious return. Cristina reveals that she's been married before! And at SOME POINT we will get to her story of doing Yahé at some shady lady's house in El Segundo. Did Ilana have a successful Feng Shui side hustle at Rythmia? If you consider stealing shoes from the nurse and changing clothes multiple times to ward off the e...

Time to hold on tight TSM listeners because this week and next, Ilana is flanked by Cristina and Kristina and going deep down into the guts of what happened on her Ayahuasca adventure at Rythmia Life Advancement Center. Turns out Ilana's sensitive brain was not meant for four nights of plant medicine and there will be some backlash. Along the way you'll hear equally uncomfortable, rock bottom stor...

This week's guest is mega dream boat- actress, producer, writer, community organizer and filmmaker- Leonora Pitts. Together, everyone agreed that ADHD + Anxiety makes you productive AF! Or is it that Leonora can actually bend time? Cristina and Ilana get back into the slow leak of Ilana's plant medicine adventure at Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica while aspiring to live in a Tibetan...

Straight from New York, comedian Isa Medina is a delight. This may turn into a destination wedding podcast toward the end, so if you're doing that, listen up! What happens when bisexual awareness week meets latino heritage month meets suicide awareness month? Isa explains that here. Cristina and Ilana agree, just make the thing that makes you laugh! Is your drug stand up comedy? Is it podcasts? Or...

There are not enough hyphens in the world to properly introduce the creative force and wonderful human, Alisha Gaddis. She is highly achieving and yet reveals to Cristina and Ilana a diagnosis of cyclothymia . It's so nice to put a name to the emotional roller coaster. Also, welcome to the start of Ilana's Ayahuasca story, buckle up, it's going to take a minute! And for the record Ilana does not c...

Comedian and overachiever, Sabrina Jalees is here to remind Cristina and Ilana that this IS a mental health podcast. These three ladies talk high end dog parks, assisted suicide, and how our parents used to use worldly atrocities to make us feel grateful for what we have, and you know what, maybe it's time to bring that back! Processing feelings and crying and ayahuasca, OH MY! Mental Health is a...

Ilana and Cristina are unhinged and they WILL forgive themselves! In this episode of "That's So Mental," they tackle some of humanity's most challenging life questions: Who the hell wants to measure a room before they paint it? What is the perfect handwriting for a list? Would you eat a Kurt Cobain protein bar? They also (attempt to) discuss the first original story structures that are the foundat...

Ilana and Cristina get f*cking serious with Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Alisa Angelone, Ph. D. She’s done a lot of research, and we’re not talking about TikTok rabbit holes. She’s got some hot takes on anxiety and depression. Ilana confesses to screaming at her therapist (she has since apologized - and changed therapists). Cristina’s MIL (who happens to be a therapist) will not let her talk for mor...

Writer and Performer Michael J Feldman shares his insights, diagnosis, and explains how during the pandemic, he ended up doing a solo show as his dog. Hey, would you rather die on the Titanic listening to screams or sweet music? Cristina and Ilana chat with Michael about anxiety vs depression and how to ride those waves. Michael shares the horror story about one of the last times he performed his...

Cristina & Ilana talk to Nthenya Dunda- self defined performer. But first, listen as they solve the great mystery of how the F*ck Cristina is on 600 mgs of Wellbutrin and how Ilana overcame diabetes in one week! During the interview they’ll talk comedy college tours, fulfilling your parent’s dreams, why your sink doesn’t work (Hint: it’s your kid), and Cristina shares her daily mantra “Next st...

Cristina and Ilana introduce themselves, share their official diagnosis, and current medical treatment. They’ll also talk about being actors, ADHD, daddy issues and explore how the hell Cristina is on 600 Mgs of Wellbutrin.  Ilana will do a terrible Jennifer Coolidge impression (she’s working on it). They’ll play, “This is how old I am” where Cristina talks about drinking Carlo Rossi on a Spi...

Welcome to That’s So Mental. Each week, comedians Ilana Cohn Sullivan and Cristina Fernandez will dive deep into the labyrinth that is the human brain. These ladies have no business giving advice on mental health, but they sure do have a lot of opinions and some experience with full blown mental breakdowns. Alongside guest artists and actual mental health experts Cristina and Ilana explore what ma...