It's All In My Head

It's All In My Head

It's All In My Head is a podcast about mental health. Host, Joel Kaskinen, gets real and honest about how mental health impacts us, what we do to get by, and how to have grit. Joel chats with guests about their own experiences with the goal of building a community of resilience and normalizing conversations about the tough stuff we face. jdkaskinen.substack.com

Episodes

November 20, 2023 68 mins

Content Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, suicide and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.




In this bonus episode, you'll hear a featured conversation from Juliet Patterson and Chris Stedman, authors and advocates who share their experiences with suicide loss through creativity, writing, podcasting, and spea...

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Content Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, eating disorders/disordered eating habits, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.




In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel chats with friend and fellow NMU Wildcat Elsie Zajicek to talk about athlete mental health, disordered eating, and the comparison game th...

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Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, suicidal ideation & suicide, treatment, trauma and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.




In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel chats with fellow mental health podcaster Jesse Mangan about involuntary commitments, the mental health...

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Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation & suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.




In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel chats with new friend and fellow podcaster, Local Neighborhood Baby about living with mental illness. They discuss how mental illness shows...

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Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, depression, Bipolar Disorder, LGBTQ2S+ issues, sex, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.




In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel sits down with childhood friend Chase Gray to discuss a recent diagnosis with Bipolar Disorder, how he's processing thi...

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In this episode, Joel talks with bestie Emily Boone about living with anxiety, working as a nurse, and so much more. We talk about growing up in the Midwest and the shame and stigma of mental health. In this...

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In this episode, Joel sits down with Heather Kittelson to talk about those god-like moments that we've all had, but never quite know how to explain. The conversation is lighthearted even though the topic is heavy and ...
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November 12, 2022 56 mins

Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, anxiety, bullying, depression, eating disorders, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.




In this episode, Joel talks with new friend Claire Litzen about living with anxiety, body image issues, an eating disorder, being bullied, and walking in love. Claire shares her past t...

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Joel sits down with his good friend Jake Danielson to talk about his experiences with psychosis and depression. Jake shares about his history with self-harm, multiple suicide attempts, and building a community of support to get him t...

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A new era of It's All In My Head is here. Season three brings updated branding, new guests, and a merch store (coming soon!). In this episode, Enrique Rosario shares his experiences as a man living with mental h...

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In the season two finale, Joel and his bestie Monica chat about what it means to embrace life, trust the process, and say no to fear. Joel very briefly sexualizes Monica (just kidding, it's just a compliment), Monica burps a few times (as usual), and of course, there is some singing and rapping. Because what's a podcast episode without some rhymes and verses, anyway? Ending season two on a positive note, Joel and Monica share the g...

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In this episode, that took three hours to record, Annabelle DeSisto and I talk in circles about absolutely nothing. This episode is the definition of chaos and fun and is what true friendship sounds like. We talk about Annabelle's history of family mental illness, her "late" diagnosis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and moving to a small town from Los Angeles. Stick around and listen and laugh as we have the most fun ever!




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In this episode, Joel chats with friend and up-and-coming country music star, Cody Cozz, about finding healing through music and finding yourself in the lyrics when you feel lost.




Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including abuse, language, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.




Check Cody out at https://codyco...

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In this episode of It's All In My Head, Joel chats with fellow podcaster, Demi Wylde, about mental health, astrology, sex, relationships, dating, and so much more.




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Listen to Hookup Horr...

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Joel chats with friend and fellow mental health advocate, JD Murgolo, in this episode. They get into their jobs as educators and advocates, what working in the field of wellness means and how they get through their own stuff. Joel and JD could honestly have talked for hours but spared you all that even with the toddler anecdotes and long-winded tangents.

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April 16, 2022 58 mins

Joel chats with college friend Trent Podskalan about hitting rock bottom and realizing it's ok to start over when it comes to your mental health.




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Find Trent's podcast, Tren...

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In this installment of It's All In My Head, Joel brings back his dear friend Sara Letmanski, as his first two-time guest to the show to talk about how she's doing after a move across the country, the loss of their mutual friend Javi, and surprisingly, her crush on Steve from Blues Clues.




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Joel sits down with another friend from his hometown, Bronson Flint. They go off on tangents and ramble about mental health, moving away from home, and so much more. They get into the weeds of religious trauma and sexuality, and talk about how growing up in their hometown helped shape who they are today and the impacts it had on their mental health.




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March 5, 2022 29 mins

In this "short short" episode, Joel is solo again and shares some BIG things that have been happening in his world.




Content/Trigger Warning: This episode references mature themes including language, alcohol, drugs, suicide, and other themes that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.




Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allinmyheadshow; and Instagram: https://www.ins...

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In this episode, Joel chats with friend and former student employee, Noah Hellmund, about what it's like to be a neurodivergent man working in a high intensity field as a first responder. They talk trauma, grief, personal growth, and storytelling. Joel and Noah discuss how masculinity isn't always about being strong, but rather embracing the suck and doing the right thing even when it may not be the easiest.




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