Happy To Be Sad
Happy to Be Sad is a Mental Health Education Podcast. 18-year-old host Aspen Warden aims to provide her listeners with the Mental Health education she grew up with via a series of interviews her father and cohost, Dr. Michael Warden - a frequently exasperating, occasionally brilliant, and always enthusiastic psychiatrist.
Episodes
MIchael and Aspen finally talk about Wellbeing!
They review the origin of Wellbeing Theory, the term’s history in the positive psychology movement, and why it works better than happiness as an achievable goal. Then, they briefly explore the five elements of Wellbeing: Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Achievement.
Michael and Aspen explore why they chose the term Well Being, and not happiness, in their definition of Mental Health. Aspen is surprised to learn that Michael has made it her job to convince their listeners that they should abandon happiness as a goal of mental health (he was too afraid to try).
Despite Michael’s treachery Aspen systematically breaks down the term happiness, showing once and for all why it can’t ...
Michael takes a stab at defining mental health while Aspen mercilessly plays devils advocate.
In the process, they explore a number of critical concepts such as the role of our behaviours in influencing our thoughts and feelings, the difference between good mental health and happiness, and the necessary role of painful emotions in good mental health.
At the end, they test if their discussion successfully debunked thre...
In our very first podcast, we introduce ourselves, and outline why we made the Happy to Be Sad podcast, and what we hope it will achieve.
Aspen recounts what life was like growing up with her overly enthusiastic father, and why she ultimately came to appreciate his obsession with mental health. She talks about what inspired her to share what she learned with others. Finally, Aspen and Michael give a basic ou...
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