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How can a deeper understanding of mental health help us see our world, and ourselves, differently? Hosted by therapist Kurt White and journalist Mary Wilson, each episode of Unravelling explores a complex mental health topic with insights from both professionals and people…
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What the circus can teach us about mental health (opens the original)
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In this episode of Unravelling , we’re talking about circus arts and mental health with two people behind A Little Unwell , a circus variety show coming to Brattleboro, VT, this October through a partnership between the Brattleboro Retreat and the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA). First, Mary talks with Caytha Jentis, director of the show, about how she turned a personal story about anxiety into a circus performance. Then, she talks with Hayley Brown, an aerialist and performer whose w
Releasing with joy: Inside hoarding recovery (opens the original)
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In this episode of Unravelling explores hoarding disorder through the lived experience of Marnie Cooper, an acting teacher, coach, wife, and mother who has openly shared her journey through her online project, A Hoarder Comes Clean . Building on a previous conversation with hoarding expert Dr. Randy Frost, Marnie shares how her relationship with “stuff” began in childhood and how painful wake-up calls eventually led her to seek help and connect with others who understood her experience. Marnie d
It’s not about clutter: Why we misunderstand hoarding (opens the original)
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In this episode of Unravelling, Kurt interviews renowned psychologist Dr. Randy O. Frost, a pioneering researcher in hoarding disorder, who explains what clinically significant hoarding looks like and why it’s about far more than clutter or cleanliness. At the heart of hoarding, he explains, are powerful emotional attachments to possessions, and the anxiety, grief, and meaning tied to letting them go. Dr. Frost explores how hoarding often begins in adolescence and can intensify over decades, aff
Extension of your mind: Navigating complexity beyond the individual (opens the original)
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In this episode of Unravelling , Kurt White sits down with psychiatrist and bioethicist Dr. Anthony Peter Weiss, Chief Medical Officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, to explore how our brains navigate an increasingly complex world. From the brain's limited energy supply to its remarkable ability to build mental "maps" of reality, Dr. Weiss explains why relying on tools, technology, and other people isn't a weakness, but
Who deserves to exist?: The dark history of eugenics (opens the original)
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In this episode of Unravelling , Kurt White interviews Mercedes de Guardiola, historian and author of " Vermont for the Vermonters": The History of Eugenics in the Green Mountain State , to examine the history of eugenics and its profound impact on mental health care. Together, they explore how the movement gained mainstream support, how pseudoscience was used to justify forced sterilization and lifelong institutionalization, and how people with mental illness, disabilities, and other marginaliz
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