Listen to this fascinating episode with an expert on depression, Dr. Sona Dimidjian, a professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. Here Dr. Dimidjian discusses habits of mind, the skills we can learn to counter the tendency to depression, how mindfulness practices can help us deal with emotions, thoughts and situations, the range of depressive experiences, and “behavioral antidepressants”.

In this Life Kit episode hosts Isabeth Mendoza and Naydeline Mejia suggest four strategies for talking to Latinx Parents about Mental Health. They cover everything from helping your families make sense of how you’re feeling to giving them the language to understand and a way into supporting you that makes sense to you. They also explain what to do if our families are not receptive. As with all Life Kit episodes, this one comes with actionable advice and signposts additional resources.

We’ve long been huge supporters of the work that Fearne Cotton is doing around mental wellbeing with her own podcast and brand The Happy Place. In this conversation with Holly Tucker, Fearne talks about approaching her own mental health, building her brand so closely to herself, and how Imposter Syndrome still creeps in. A really interesting conversation between two women who inspire us in how they bring people together and share their own experiences and learnings in order to help others.

What if anxiety is your superpower? In this episode neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki, author of Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion, talks with Lauren Miller Rogen, filmmaker and co-founder (with her husband Seth Rogen) of the non-profit Hilarity for Charity. Together they discuss how to worry well, joy conditioning, and exercise as a positive “neurochemical bubble bath”. This one is filled with practical advice for when you are anxious.

In this episode, hosts comedians Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn talk to educator, fashion creative, and dancer Karen Arthur on her campaign to Wear Your Happy. Here they connect fashion and mental wellbeing, discussing why what we choose to wear can make us feel good and empower others to feel good too. They also cover the connection between the Menopause and anxiety and depression - Arthur also hosts the podcast Menopause Whilst Black. A fun, intimate chat that roams across subjects that matter.

We are long-time fans of The Cut, so we’re thrilled to find this episode on anxiety. Taking its NY Magazine conversational tone, and headed up by host Molly Fischer, this episode roamed across author Sarah Wilson’s years-long search for equilibrium, artist Jenny Odell’s conscious ways of doing nothing, and comedian’s Aparparna Nancherla’s take on anxiety as like ‘there’s an edgy improv group in your brain and it just needs a one-word suggestion to spin like countless scenarios that no-one’s comfortable with.’ We also loved the concept of the anxiety bar from deputy editor Ruth Spencer (see below and please someone make this exists) and the idea of finding places where you can ride out emotional storms (sound familiar?).