#809 Weinstein Survivor Turned Therapist - Kaja Sokola
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Paul Gilmartin
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Kaja Sokola is a model-turned-psychologist and therapist–and one of Poland’s first public figures in mental health. She opens up about her battles with eating disorders, the work she’s done to overcome the psychological abuse that comes with working in the modeling industry, and the trauma of being one of the youngest victims of Harvey Weinstein’s crimes.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 809 with my guest, Kaya Sokola. |
| 0:04.4 | My name's Paul Gilmerton. |
| 0:06.4 | I am the guy, the host, the producer. |
| 0:13.0 | If you're new to the podcast, welcome. |
| 0:15.2 | I hope you find this to be a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions, |
| 0:23.1 | past traumas, and sexual dysfunction, to everyday compulsive negative thinking. |
| 0:28.5 | This show is not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling. |
| 0:32.8 | I am not a therapist. |
| 0:34.3 | You have been warned. |
| 0:37.0 | Very excited for you to hear this conversation with |
| 0:41.5 | Kaya, not just because it, you know, she is a part of a piece of terrible history, but her viewpoints as somebody who is now a therapist. Yeah, I really |
| 1:04.4 | enjoyed talking to her. For those of you that are regular listeners who know that I have been struggling medley lately, |
| 1:13.2 | I feel like each day I get about 1% better. |
| 1:20.2 | It's mostly depression, sleeping a lot. |
| 1:26.0 | Same old, same all. |
| 1:27.3 | I feel like a broken record, but I know some of you wanted an update because I have not |
| 1:34.3 | had the bandwidth to do surveys both here on the podcast and for the people who have |
| 1:43.8 | signed up for the bonus tier, bonus survey tier on Patreon, |
| 1:48.9 | I appreciate your patience with that. |
| 1:53.1 | Trying not to beat myself up about that, |
| 1:57.0 | because if the situation were reversed, |
| 2:00.7 | I would encourage you to take care of your |
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