The Mental Health Podcast

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• The Mental Health Podcast | Behaviour Analysis: Feelings in Action 11.06.2026 32min

  Season 3 | Episode 20 Our daily habits can be a powerful lens into our mental health. Behaviour analysis can provide essential tools to changing our lives and helping with discovery and recovery.
• The Mental Health Podcast | OCD: Not a Cliche 28.05.2026 30min

  Season 3 | Episode 19 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is not the humorous quirk that makes us laugh at a TV character. It’s a serious illness, one that can often take almost two decades to diagnose and treat. Our guest is Merissa Little, founder of OCD North.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Hope: More Than a Feeling 14.05.2026 35min

  Season 3 | Episode 18 Dr. Robyne joins Kevin again to talk about her new book, “I Hope So: How to Choose Hope Even When It’s Hard.”
• The Mental Health Podcast | The Disappeared Woman 30.04.2026 33min

  Season 3 | 17 Stress and burnout for high-performing women can often go unchecked. Essentially, they don’t have time for it, which makes the need to find solutions even more imperative. Dr. Julie Merriman has researched burnout in women and offers insights into alleviating it, especially among women over 50.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Shattered: Living in The Shadows of Addiction 02.04.2026 28min

  Addiction is a serious mental illness. We know that it can actually alter a person’s brain. But what about those supporting a person living with a substance use disorder? Family? Friends? The impact on their mental health is often overlooked. Kevin talks with a psychotherapist who specializes in helping those supporting loved ones living with addiction.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Caregiving for the Caregivers 05.03.2026 32min

  Season 3 | Episode 14 Caring for a teen living with a mental health challenge can push a family to the brink. Recovery College at Ontario Shores is offering a new course on how to care for your teen and yourself in this tumultuous time.
• The Mental Health Podcast | The Psychology of Money 19.02.2026 33min

  Season 3 | Episode 13 Almost half of all Canadians report finances as a leading cause of stress. This can lead to insomnia, high blood pressure and headaches. Anxiety over money can also result in social isolation, reduced productivity and shame. Rina Winston is an executive life and leadership coach. She explains how you can rise above feeling shame about your finances.
• The Mental Health Podcast | In Focus: Alzheimer’s 05.02.2026 37min

  Season 3 | Episode 12 In our semi-regular feature, In Focus, we take a deep dive in Alzheimer’s Disease. We reveal 14 peer-reviewed modifications you can make to your life to possibly delay or even prevent almost half of Alzheimer’s diagnoses. Guests include one of Canada’s leading researchers of the disease, a newly diagnosed patient and an advocate who is working towards dementia friendly communities.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Let’s Talk, Let’s be Vulnerable 21.01.2026 49min

  Season 3 | Episode 11 Bell Let’s Talk Day is the largest corporate initiative for mental health in Canada. Chair, Mary Deacon, not only talks the talk, but she also indeed walks the walk when it comes to mental health. In this emotional episode, she is quite candid about her mental health journey.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Parents and Kids, The Stress Ripple 15.01.2026 37min

  Season 3 | Episode 10 The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Often, a stressed-out kid at school means a stressed-out parent at home. This was just one result of a study released by Trent University that explains an epidemic of anxiety among youth. Parents tell researchers that they are “struggling to hang on.” One of the study’s authors, Professor Naomi Nichols, shares additional results and what can be done to improve things.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Good Mental Health Gifts 18.12.2025 30min

  Season 3 | Episode 9 Giving the gift of good mental health is the proverbial gift that keeps on giving, especially for caregivers. This week, we sit down with Rita DeMontis, the award-winning lifestyle and food editor at Sun Media. A caregiver herself, she shares thoughtful ideas designed to bring real peace to the holiday season and beyond.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Combatting Holiday Shopping Stress 04.12.2025 33min

  Season 3 | Episode 8 Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, a Professor of Consumer Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, U.K., is the expert retailers rely on to understand how we think—and spend. Chances are, her insights have influenced some of your past purchases without you even realizing it. At this time of year, the competition for your attention can feel overwhelming. We asked Professor Jansson-Boyd what to watch for when you’re navigating the malls.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Beyond Nail Biting 20.11.2025 31min

  Season 3 | Episode 7 Many people bite their fingernails from time to time. For some, it’s just a habit, but in certain cases, it can be a sign of stress or an underlying mental health concern. Dr. Suzanne Mouton-Odum is a leading expert in North America on body-focused repetitive behaviours, such as nail-biting, cheek-biting, skin-picking and more.
• The Mental Health Podcast | In Focus: Bipolar Disorder 06.11.2025 35min

  Season 3 | Episode 6 - In the first episode of our new feature series, In Focus, we take a closer look at bipolar disorder, a condition that’s often misunderstood and frequently misdiagnosed. We hear from Pat Taylor, author of a powerful memoir about her journey living with bipolar disorder, which began before the term was even widely recognized. We also speak with a clinical expert to share the latest insights and information about the condition.
• How Being Thankful Can Change Your Life 23.10.2025 31min

  Season 3, Episode 5 – It boosts mood and happiness. It reduces stress and anxiety. It improves sleep and your overall health. It’s not a pill. It’s gratefulness. Appreciating and being thankful for people and things has been proven to do all of this, and more. Jeremy Godwin is an Australian life coach and counsellor as well as the host of the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast. He discusses how being thankful can change your life.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Building Resiliency 06.10.2025 30min

  Season 3, Episode 3 -The strength of anything depends entirely on its resilience. This is especially true when it comes to our mental health. Dr. Robyne is a sought-after speaker, author and podcast host who specializes in resiliency. Discover how a near-tragic accident taught her powerful lessons about resilience, and how those lessons can help improve your mental health.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Not Criminally Responsible: The Case for The Defence 06.10.2025 29min

  Season 3, Episode 4 - Stigma is still very much an obstacle to recovery from a mental illness. Forensic patients, those ordered into treatment by the courts, face a much stronger stigma. Being held Not Criminally Responsible is one of the most misunderstood of mental illnesses. This episode, a forensic psychiatrist tries to put all of this into perspective.
• The Mental Health Podcast | 988: A Direct Line to Hope 10.09.2025 28min

  September 10 is Suicide Prevention Day. On average, 12 people per day die by suicide in Canada. Shockingly, it is the third leading cause of death for pre-teens and the second leading cause of death for teens and young adults. 988 is working to change these numbers. This episode’s guest is the Chief Medical Officer for the 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline, Dr. Allison Crawford.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Give me the simpler life! 24.07.2025 29min

  Improving your health should be simple. In fact, complicated fixes and therapies might be making things worse. Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng is the author of ”Prevention Over Prescription,” a book that challenges you to rethink your approach to mental health. A lot of the time, the real reason why you struggle is due to a health vulnerability that could have been prevented.
• The Mental Health Podcast | Learning to Cope 10.07.2025 34min

  Does anxiety and fear get in the way of doing things? Psychiatrist Dr. Lorraine Patterson shares simple, science-backed coping strategies, including an unexpected trick: carrying a rock in your pocket. Tune in to explore ways to feel more grounded.