Joey & Alison: Mental Health Warriors

It's been a while, but we're back with a new episode! Alison talks about her ups and downs with her health over the past couple of months, we both discuss how much we want to return to a sense of normalcy, and we touch on the current state of the country and the senseless murders of Asian Americans. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We're back this week and we're talking about how the events of the past few weeks (and 4 years) in U.S. politics have shaped our mental health. NOTE: Whether you voted Democrat, Republican, or third party, we still love our listeners and are not judging anyone! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We kick off 2021 on the podcast by talking about how we made it through 2020 and why there's been no episodes in a while. But we're here in 2021 and hope to be with all our listeners regularly again! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We’re excited to be back!! We talk about how our lives have been these past few months we were off from the podcast and the state of our mental health while closing in on the U.S. election. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We are back this week to talk about body positivity. Follow us on Instagram at joeyandalison_mhwarriors. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

Hey everyone, we're back this week and this episode is a first for us in that we recorded over Zoom and we actually were able to see each other! This episode's topic is on how this whole pandemic has affected our relationships with those we live with and how our depression can make us feel lonely within our own families. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We are back this week to discuss how we’re grieving over the loss of the plans we have due to the ongoing Covid pandemic. Follow us on Instagram @joeyandalison_mhwarriors. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We spend this episode talking all about the recent news with Alison being very passionate about it all and Joey, as usual, just agreeing with it all. #BlackLivesMatter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

It’s been a while, but we’re back and updating you on how our lives have been these past couple of months. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We are back this week talking more about how we’re holding up during this global pandemic and then we get into the long awaited topic on this podcast about how cosplay is not consent as well as Alison’s first cosplay experience! Spoiler alert: she loved it! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We are very happy to have Alison’s daughter Keely back on to talk about how her life has changed in the past week due to the current events. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We’re back to talk how the coronavirus is affecting us all mentally and what we can do to take care of ourselves in these stressful times. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We are back together for the first time in a few weeks, and we dive in depth into the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard situation, the danger of jumping to conclusions, and the dark side of #MeToo. If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, you can get help by visiting https://www.thehotline.org or call 1-800-799-7233. https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/johnny-depp-amber-heard-cycles-of-abuse --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We were unable to work out our schedules to record our episode for this week so we decided to have this special release here! This was originally an episode of “The Joey Shwartz Podcast” (at the time “The Joey Losing Weight Podcast”) that was first put out on June 9, 2019. This was the first time we had ever had a conversation before we decided to start this podcast. We hope you enjoy our “origins”!

In this episode, we are joined by special guest Crystal (@reducedfatmomma on Instagram). We discuss how different groups are portrayed in movies and tv among other things. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We recorded this episode right after the breaking news of Kobe Bryant’s death so we open the show discussing that before getting into the importance of inclusion and how to deal with the January Blues. Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors?igshid=1lyowq8au6efm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We are back in your ears this week after our little hiatus and we give an update on what’s been going on in our lives in our time away!! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors?igshid=15nlbrq28hmy0 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We open the show this week with some coffee talk followed by how we are reacting to a 1-star rating on Apple Podcasts. We then get into the main topic of this episode which is a list of what the best gifts are for loved ones who deal with sensory issues. Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

This week, Joey & Alison recap their Thanksgiving and then get into the topic of how to combat the loneliness of mental health with Christmas coming up. Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! In this episode, we talk about ways to deal with the stress of the holiday season. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

Joey & Alison are back this week discussing different stigmas surrounding different aspects of mental health for men. The end of this episode, we also get into a true crime discussion (we are both Murderinos after all) and Joey makes an announcement! Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes Read the Men’s Health article Joey referenced in the episode here: https://www.menshealth.com/health/a20111514/men-mental-health-awareness-month/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

In this week’s episode, we welcome special guest Josh on to talk with us about the stigma and misconceptions about epilepsy and other invisible illnesses. Josh happens to be an old friend of Alison’s from the renaissance community and he has a lot of information to give. Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes Buy Alison’s book “Playing With Fire” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1695903005/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2yCMDbY7RAKAW --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

TW/CW: This episode contains heavy discussion of suicidal thoughts and idolization. We talk about the stigma surrounding suicide and the upsetting statistics of suicide. Joey also talks about a friend he lost this past week. National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes Buy Alison’s book “Playing With Fire” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1695903005/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2yCMDbY7RAKAW --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

We had a small timetable for recording this week so we went in with no particular topic in mind and just chatted about our week, Halloween and what we have planned coming up on the podcast. Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes Buy Alison’s book “Playing With Fire” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1695903005/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2yCMDbY7RAKAW --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

Joey and Alison return after a week off to discuss ways to overcome the mental load and how to recognize and deal with relationship toxicity. Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes Buy Alison’s book “Playing With Fire” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1695903005/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2yCMDbY7RAKAW --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

Opening October with an emphasis on awareness, Joey & Alison listen to Guest Alli talk about her beloved daughter Maria & her two brothers as she discusses the struggle of being a young loss mom, conceiving after a loss & the hierarchy within the loss community. Apologies for any audio issues in this episode, although it wouldn’t be a true Joey & Alison Show without those hilarious technical difficulties! Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Buy Alison’s book “Playing With Fire” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1695903005/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2yCMDbY7RAKAW --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

After a short break, Joey & Alison are back, joined by Alison's friend Holly, to discuss & shatter the wrongful ideology that trauma leads a person to deviate from a heteronormative lifestyle. Also discussed are topics of gender dysphoria, self care as an LGBTQIA+ person & what the community would like to see from Allies. Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Buy Alison’s book “Playing With Fire” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1695903005/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2yCMDbY7RAKAW --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

As the annual Out of the Darkness walks occur across the US, Joey & Alison discuss how they reach out & ask for help when experiencing a crisis, how they hope people will respond when someone reaches out & they're favorite methods of self care. Follow us on Instagram!!! Podcast page: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Joey: Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Alison: Instagram.com/brushstrokes_and_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

In this episode, Alison opens up about the abuse she dealt with from her ex-husband during their marriage. We understand that this episode may be difficult to listen to for some of our listeners. We ask that you continue to put your mental health first & only listen if you can. Stop where you need to if you do try, we will understand.

Due to a scheduling conflict, Joey & Alison are left to their own devices this week & end up diving into the chaos of the rumormill. Hilarious Technical difficulties abound as they make their way through discussing Alison finding out she was deemed "dead" by some old classmates while living in Canada & Joey reminisces about how classmates were treated based off rumors after the events of Columbine. Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

Hello everyone! We’re doing something different this week: Anchor, which we use to record this podcast, is having issues with not being able to record with multiple people so we weren’t able to do our normal thing this week. However, I (Joey) had the idea to give you an audio preview of Alison’s book “Playing With Fire” and I read the first 2 chapters! Although I admittedly have always been not the best at reading out loud and stammered my way through some of this, believe me, the book is MUCH better than I am making it sound. We hope you enjoy this! Please rate and review us and follow us on Instagram! Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

This week on the podcast, Joey talks about his experience attending Pride Day in his hometown of Akron, Ohio and we have a discussion about Andrew Luck retiring from the NFL to focus on his mental health. Thank you for listening!! Please be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and share us with your friends! We want to hear from you! Follow and message us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

In this week’s episode, we talk about how our past week went, including an exciting announcement from Alison, and Joey talking about his birthday and the steps he continued to take in fighting his depression and anxiety. Eventually, we get into the intended topic of this episode, which is why we feel Trigger Warnings and Content Warnings are necessary. This is the first episode of this podcast exclusive to this new feed (the first 8 episodes were initially part of “The Joey Losing Weight Podcast”) and we would like to welcome any and all new listeners we may have!! Follow our podcast’s Instagram page as well as our personals!! Instagram.com/joeyandalison_mhwarriors Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

On this week’s episode, Joey talks about the step he took this week in needing to get help for his mental health. (TW/CW) Alison opens up about a recent assault she experienced. Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

ORIGINAL PODCAST DATE: 8/5/19 In this episode, Joey gets very open and emotional about the loss of his younger sister. This episode was recorded on August 3, which marked 11 years since she passed away. This episode contains discussion of suicide and suicidal thoughts. Later on in the episode, Alison’s daughter, Keely, makes another appearance to talk about the movie “Ralph Breaks The Internet” and her son, Sean, also makes an appearance! Thank you for listening and follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

ORIGINAL PODCAST DATE: 7/29/19 CW/TW: Childhood Sexual Assault, Family Abuse, PTSD, Suicide Discussion This week we welcome Alison's friend & sorority sister Alicia (@sailorscout83) as a special guest to talk about overcoming childhood trauma, creating a family outside of your own & the importance of accepting & identifying trauma in children. We also get another special visit from Alison's daughter Keely towards the end. Follow Joey & Alison on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

ORIGINAL PODCAST DATE: 7/22/19 In this episode, we talk about internalized phobias and the damage they can do to your mental health. Eventually we get off topic and discuss other things such as boy bands and movies. Follow us on IG!! Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

ORIGINAL PODCAST DATE: 7/15/19 CW/TW: This week’s episode contains discussion of spousal abuse, sexual abuse, infertility, miscarriages, and suicidal thoughts. Alison opens up about the torment she suffered from her abusive ex-husband and the trauma of having miscarried twice. However, she now has 2 wonderful children and her daughter Keely makes a very special appearance later on in this episode. Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

ORIGINAL PODCAST DATE: 7/8/19 This week, we talk about Alison’s joint 4th of July/birthday party, the mental health accusation/assumption cycle, and Joey touches on men’s mental health and what it was like to grow up always thinking to just “be a man”. Thank you for listening and follow us on Instagram and send either one of us a message if you have a topic idea you’d like us to discuss! Instagram.com/joeylosingweight Instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

ORIGINAL PODCAST DATE: 7/1/19 We’re back! We talk about why we (Joey in particular) felt the need to take a week off from recording so early on in our series. We also talk about what has been going on in our lives. Follow us on Instagram! https://instagram.com/joeylosingweight https://instagram.com/brushstrokes_n_artichokes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

ORIGINAL PODCAST DATE: 6/17/19. Welcome to the very first episode of Joey & Alison: Mental Health Warriors! In this episode, we give a basic overview of our mental health struggles that we’ve had throughout our lives and up through today. We’re open to hearing your story as well, reach out on Instagram to either Joey (@joeylosingweight) or Alison (@brushstrokes_n_artichokes), we’ll be more than happy to hear from you! Thank you for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message

Welcome to Joey & Alison: Mental Health Warriors!! Listen along and tell a friend!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joey-and-alison/message