Re-Air: Howie Mandel: Never Too Late to Make A Change

Mayim Bialik's Breakdown

Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In honor of OCD Awareness Week, we are revisiting our conversation with Howie Mandel! Howie Mandel (America’s Got Talent, Deal or No Deal, Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast) opens up about his struggles with ADHD, anxiety, depression, and OCD. He discusses the rituals and intrusive thoughts that force him to hit the pause button on his life, why he finally decided to seek professional treatment, and how his diagnoses have affected his lifepath. Howie explains how Candid Camera first inspired him to do comedy and recounts his first time onstage performing stand-up. He and Mayim consider the importance of living in the moment, hypervigilance as a survival mechanism, and tips on achieving success within therapy. Mayim breaks down ways to manage mental illness with meditation in another installment of Ask Mayim Anything. Check out our full episode with Howie Mandel: https://www.bialikbreakdown.com/watch-podcast/howie-mandel Follow us on Substack for Exclusive Bonus Content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bialikbreakdown.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BialikBreakdown.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube.com/mayimbialik⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ever wondered what power is.
0:05.0	Power is transforming the sun into your own energy source.
0:10.0	Power is getting energy companies to pay you.
0:13.0	Power is enjoying your morning coffee, knowing you created the energy to make it.
0:18.0	Well, you and the colossal ball of fire in the sky.
0:22.7	Because with solar panels from Hive, the sun works for you.
0:26.4	Hive, know your power.
0:28.4	May not cover all electricity usage, roof and weather dependent.
0:31.0	Paid for surplus requires eligible SEC tariff.
0:35.1	Sean has had some good ideas over the years,
0:38.5	but using Canva was a really good one.
0:42.0	Sean designed some social posts to promote his friend's car boot sale.
0:47.0	They looked good, really, really good.
0:51.3	Next thing he knows, someone came and bought the loft, including the car.
0:58.0	Now Sean doesn't know how he's going to get home.
1:01.5	Thanks, Canva.
1:04.0	Hi, I'm I'm Biallic.
1:05.5	And I'm Jonathan.
1:06.6	And welcome to our breakdown.
1:07.9	Today, in honor of OCD Awareness Week, we're going to revisit
1:13.0	one of our episodes with the one and only Howie Mandel. Now, you may know Howie Mandel from
1:20.3	America's Got Talent or Deal or No Deal or the Howie Mandel does stuff podcast. I know him as a stand-up
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