About this podcast
I’m Liana Kerzner and I am not a therapist! I navigate the madness of mental health with interesting guests, inspiring stories and real questions from regular people!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 100 episodes
- Understanding Consent · 48 min · Episode 190The alleged sexual assault incident at Cornell University, and how poorly it was handled, has again raised discussion of consent to prominence. But consent isn't a concept…
- Change, Loss, The Unknown and Wolverine · 48 min · Episode 189Change, loss and the unknown - three primal fears that our present reality pokes and prods on a daily basis. Liana presents her lifelong experiences with video games as a…
- Politics & Our Mental Health · 48 min · Episode 188We live in loud times. Opinions, especially about politics, are not spoken, they are shouted, at volumes that keep increasing as each side tries to out-shout the other. All that…
- Navigating the Madness of Mental Health · 48 min · Episode 187The mental health system can feel like an exhausting catch-22: the process of seeking help creates the exact kind of stress, anxiety, and burnout it is supposed to treat…
- 'Lanterns' Lights The Way to Understanding Trauma · 48 min · Episode 186It's a rare thing when superhero TV or movies offer something deeper than rousing beat 'em up action, but HBO's series about DC Comics' Green Lantern, Lanterns, does it. Liana…
- Why Modern Dating Feels So Hard · 48 min · Episode 185Online dating is a multi-billion dollar business...so why is dating harder than ever? Anxiety over rejection, communication deficits (real & imagined) and less-developed social…
- Canada’s Failing Grade on Mental Health Services · 48 min · Episode 184The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health released its fourth annual Mental Health and Substance Use Health Report Card and the results are… bad. Even worse than…
- The Feel Good Wisdom of Dolly Parton · 48 min · Episode 183When Dolly Parton exited the stage last week, she left behind a legacy of authenticity, positivity, integrity, strength and resilience. Throughout a long career filled with…
- 'A' Stands for Autumn...and Anxiety · 48 min · Episode 182The end of summer ushers in more than a change in the weather, it can also revive personal anxieties about the reduction of daylight, memories of back to school, and other…
- That's Private! ... Or Is It? · 48 min · Episode 181That's Private! ... Or Is It? In a society where cameras are everywhere, our personal privacy is under assault on a daily basis. But it isn't just technology that erodes our…
- Are You Too Scared To Be Authentic? · 48 min · Episode 180Everyone wants authenticity… from others. Expressing your real feelings, real opinions, and real needs can be scary in a world increasingly built on rejection; hiding behind…
- Defying Gravity - Neurodivergent Creators Making Stuff For Neurodivergent Kids · 48 min · Episode 179When her son Jonathan was very young, Lynn Greenberg was told that his neurodivergence would prevent Jon from achieving scholastic success. Years later, Jon graduated from…
- Neurodivergency, Sexuality and Communication · 48 min · Episode 178How to put the 'oral' in sex!A healthy sexual connection with a partner is built on good communication and understanding. But what happens when you don't fully understand what…
- Narcissism - Myths, Facts and When Therapists Get It Wrong. · 48 min · Episode 177Narcissism - Myths, Facts and When Therapists Get It Wrong. Narcissism is a word that has broken containment; people mistakenly believe it's simply an inflated ego rather than a…
- Why It's So Hard To Just Start Stuff! · 48 min · Episode 176We all have tasks or projects that we know we need to do, even want to do, but we don't, we don't even get started. Is it fear of failure? Fear of success? Fear of change? A…
- Social Media and Phone Bans For Kids - Solution or Band-Aid? · 48 min · Episode 175Social media and cell phone bans for children under 16 are a common topic among many world governments, including Canada's. But what if the device isn't the problem, but a…
- Weird Ways To Fight Loneliness (With Chachkes!) · 48 min · Episode 174Recent studies have shown that the loneliness epidemic has been furthered by a lack of meeting spaces in the real world, notably low-pressure gatherings... and what's more…
- Identity is Messy and Beautiful · 48 min · Episode 173Who are you? The answer to that question often depends on who is asking and where it's being asked. There's the "You" you are at work, the "You" you are to friends and family…
- Are You Terrified To Talk To People? · 48 min · Episode 172Many of us were told in childhood not to talk to strangers. Good advice at the time. But today, one of the foundations of the loneliness epidemic is people not knowing how to…
- Surviving Narcissism: Why Partners Make Us Feel Like Prey · 48 min · Episode 171Many of us have been in a relationship with someone who is wrong for us. This is especially true of people who are 'givers' that find themselves attracted to 'takers'...sometimes…
