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Mental Illness Happy Hour

#246 Kate Spencer

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Relationships, Sexuality, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.86.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2015

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Summary

The writer/performer/wife/mother shares about her OCD, anxiety, panic attacks, intrusive thoughts and insomnia.  She also talks about the surprising gifts that came from the painful loss of her mother and how she is using basketball to embrace her body and let out aggression. Follow Kate on Twitter @KateSpencer This episode is sponsored by SquareSpace.   To get 10% go to www.squarespace.com and use offer code MENTAL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 246 with my guest Kate Spencer.

0:06.3

Today's episode was brought to you by Squarespace.

0:08.8

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0:13.8

you and your ideas.

0:15.9

Squarespace features an elegant interface, beautiful templates, and incredible 24-7 customer

0:21.0

support.

0:22.0

Try Squarespace at squarespace.com and enter offer code mental at checkout to get 10%

0:28.3

off.

0:29.3

Squarespace.

0:30.3

Build it beautiful.

0:32.3

I'm Paul Gilmarten.

0:33.3

This is the metal illness happy hour.

0:35.0

A place for honesty about all the battles in our heads, for medically diagnosed conditions,

0:40.1

past traumas and sexual dysfunction, to everyday compulsive, everyday compulsive negative thinking.

0:48.7

This show is not for the love of God.

0:51.3

This show is not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.

0:55.0

Listen to me.

0:56.2

That should be your first clue.

0:58.2

This is not a doctor's office.

0:59.2

I am not a therapist.

1:00.2

This is more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.

1:04.0

The website for this show is mentalpod.com.

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