Joy Lab Podcast
Henry Emmons, MD and Aimee Prasek, PhD
Welcome to the Joy Lab Podcast! We're your hosts, Dr. Henry Emmons and Dr. Aimee Prasek, and we blend soulful insights with practical strategies to help you navigate mental health challenges like chronic stress, anxiety, and depression.In each episode, we dive deep into the art and science of joy, exploring how to build resilience and flourish, even in the face of life's overwhelming moments. You'll probably resonate and benefit most from joining us if any of the below resonate:* You feel caught...
Episodes (507)
How to Love Fully When You Know Loss Is Coming [256]
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How the World's Pain Enters Your Body and What to Do Next [255]
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How Facing the Harm You've Done Can Set You Free [254]
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Breaking the Cycle: Ancestral Grief, Epigenetics, and the Power to Change Your L...
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Born to Belong: Grieving What Should Have Been There From the Start [252]
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Why You Can't Escape the Sorrows of the World (and why that's a good thing) [251...
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Welcoming Back the Parts of You That Have Not Known Love [250]
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Everything We Love, We Will Lose: Navigating the First Gate of Grief [249]
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The Grief Series: The Wholeness of Being Human [248]
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The Science of Goal Setting: Fit (with self-connection) and Grit (with harmoniou...
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The Power of Self-Alignment & Reclaiming Your True Self [246]
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Stop Waiting to Accept Yourself: The Truth About Unconditional Self-Acceptance [...
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The Practice of Self-Awareness: Why You're Worth Knowing [244]
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Making Self-Connection Your Superpower in 2026 [243]
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Joy vs. Happiness: Why Joy Is Your Birthright (And How to Find It in 2026) [242]
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From Depression to Joy: Why We Created Joy Lab (And How You Can Help) [241]
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The Power of Gathering: Science-Backed Ways to Combat Loneliness Through Group C...
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Caring What Others Think Isn't Your Weakness [239]
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Sympathetic Fear vs. Sympathetic Joy: What Are You Tuning Into? [238]
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We're Wired to Give, But Are You Giving Too Much? [237]
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The Power of Good Enough Parenting & Calling Out Our Moms [236]
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Reducing Negative Self-Talk With Illeism (it's a thing!) [235]
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Gratitude: Beyond the Hashtags and Eye Rolls [234]
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There's More Right With Us Than Wrong With Us (encore) [233]
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Facing Pain and Finding Freedom (encore) [232]
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Reducing Self-Criticism & Judgment by Recognizing Our Shared Human-ess (encore)
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Understanding Ourselves & Others (encore) [230]
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Ordinary Human Compassion & Self-Compassion to Improve Mental Health (encore) [e...
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You Belong and Are Connected Meditation (encore) [228]
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Self-Love Is Not Narcissism [227]
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Self-Love and Finding Light in the Darkness (encore) [226]
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Welcome to Love [225]
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From FOMO to GOMO: Discovering Freedom and Joy in The Choices We Make [224]
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Breaking Free from Pathological Productivity [223]
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Are You Stuck in Joyless Urgency? [222]
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"The Opposite of Play is Not Work, The Opposite of Play is Depression."
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The Still Small Voice: Awakening with Soulfulness [ep. 220]
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Follow Your Bliss: Awakening to Joy [ep. 219]
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The Road Most Travelled: Awakening Through Suffering [ep. 218]
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Embrace Your True Self: Accepted, Connected, & In The Game [ep. 217]
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Unmasking Your True Self: Exploring Authenticity and Awe [ep. 216]
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Are You Curious to Learn or Confirm? [ep. 215]
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Fast-Acting Strategies to Combat Worry and Anxiety [ep. 214]
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Worrier? You're Not Alone. Here's Why We Worry... [ep. 213]
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How uncertainty & anticipatory anxiety can keep you stressed out & stuck [ep. 21...
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What You Need to Know About Hope When You've Lost It [ep. 211]
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"I Can't Handle Change" (and how to squash self-limiting beliefs like that one)...
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You Are Capable of Radical Change [ep. 209]
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When Your Life Passions Become Obsessions (encore) [ep. 208]
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Emotional Inertia: Feeling Dull & Disconnected [ep. 207]
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