Facing Her Fears - Courtenay Hameister

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2019

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

The writer/performer opens up about her anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, shame and body issues. She also reads excerpts from Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid Of Everything to Being Afraid Of Most Things, her hilarious new book about taking risks and challenging her fears, especially social phobias. More About Our Guest For more on Courtenay go to www.CourtenayHameister.com Follow her on Twitter @Wisenheimer Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. This episode is sponsored by Parcast's new podcast Mind's Eye. Find it at www.Parcast.com/MindsEye or wherever you do your podcast listening. This episode is sponsored by Madison Reed Hair Coloring kits. For 10% off your first color kit (plus free shipping) go to www.Madison-Reed.com and use offer code MENTAL WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to Stitcher Premium for back catalog (& much more) -Older episodes can be found ad-free exclusively at Stitcher Premium for $4.99/month. Get one month free with offer code MENTAL at signup at www.StitcherPremium.com/mentalpod -Subscription includes all episodes, ad-free, going all the way back to ep #1 in 2011, plus back catalogs of tons of other great podcasts, standup albums, original content and more. -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Miss Fit toys.
0:03.0	Welcome to episode 416 with my guest Courtney Hammeister.
0:07.2	My name is Paul Gilmarton.
0:09.2	This here is the metal illness happy hour.
0:11.4	It's a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions,
0:17.8	past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:23.0	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:26.8	I'm not a therapist.
0:27.9	It's not a doctor's office.
0:29.2	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:32.0	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
0:34.8	Mentalpod also the social media handle.
0:37.8	You can follow me or the show at.
0:41.0	Got some good stuff today.
0:42.3	Really love this interview with Courtney.
0:43.8	It was recorded about four months ago maybe.
0:50.5	Something like that.
0:51.5	But I really like it.
0:53.9	It's interesting.
0:54.9	We talk about CBD oil in the episode and I had not really heard of it before.
1:02.3	Between the time I recorded this and today I have started taking it at night to help
1:08.7	me sleep and it's just working great.
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