Breaking Mental Health with Darrell

Breaking Mental Health
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I have a story, a journey, a vision, and a goal. My goal is to bring greater awareness to mental health. My story is about sharing the struggles I face with my own mental health. My journey is creating this podcast so that both you and I can better understand the realities of mental health. My vision is to build a genuine connection with my audience. And my goal is to explore the many aspects of the mind and how mental health affects our lives, our relationships, and our growth. Through this podcast, we learn together.

  1. Oct 27 ·  Bonus

    Anne van Leynseele: Finding Purpose Beyond Your Career

    Who are you when your career no longer defines your everyday life? On this episode of Breaking Mental Health with Darrell, author and entrepreneur Anne van Leynseele joins me to explore the relationship between identity, purpose, mental health, and major life transitions. Anne created Preferment® to help people rethink the years beyond their primary careers. Her perspective challenges the idea that retirement is simply the end of working life, encouraging people to consider what will bring them meaning, connection, curiosity, and fulfillment in their next chapter. We discuss the emotional side of retirement, the pressure to define ourselves through professional achievements, and why transitions can leave even accomplished people questioning who they are. We also explore the challenges women may face after years of leading, working, and caring for others—and the importance of making room for their own needs and aspirations. Whether you’re approaching retirement, considering a career change, or simply wondering what the next chapter of your life should look like, this conversation offers an opportunity to reflect on what truly matters. Your career is part of your story, not the entirety of it. Learn more about Anne and Preferment® at https://www.rarifiedlife.com/ Follow Breaking Mental Health with Darrell for more conversations about mental health, healing, relationships, and personal growth. Anne van Leynseele, Preferment, mental health, retirement, career transitions, identity, purpose, personal growth, women’s well-being, emotional health, life transitions, reinvention, Breaking Mental Health with Darrell If you want to share your story, email me at breakingmentalh@gmail.com Breaking Mental Health is currently accepting aligned sponsors and brand partnerships focused on mental health, wellness, leadership, and personal growth. For sponsorship inquiries: breakingmentalh@gmail.com If you or someone you know who is being abused, there is help. Please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 88788 If you or someone you know who is suicidal or attempted suicide, please call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can also text 988 If you or someone you know who is struggling with mental illness, there is help. As Please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Hotline at 1-800-950-6264 or text NAMI to 741-741 There is also a Crisis Support Services National helpline, call 800-662-HELP (800-662-4357) If you know a teen that is suffering also, call 800-852-8336 Other than that, if there is a serious crisis, contact 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. National Mental Health Hotline- 866-903-3787.

  2. Oct 16 ·  Bonus

    Scott Wiederhold: The Cost of Saying “I’m Fine”

    Men are often taught to stay strong, keep their struggles private, and say they’re fine—even when they’re not. In this episode of Breaking Mental Health with Darrell, author Scott Wiederhold joins the conversation to discuss men’s mental health, infertility, failed IVF, relationships, and the emotional cost of keeping pain hidden. Through his book Small Town Has-Been, Scott explores a side of infertility that doesn’t always receive enough attention: the man’s emotional experience. We talk about masculinity, vulnerability, self-worth, and how the pressure to appear okay can affect both individuals and their relationships. This is a conversation about recognizing the pain we hide, finding the courage to speak honestly, and understanding that vulnerability is not weakness. Because sometimes the most important words a man can say are: “I’m not fine, and I need help.” Follow Breaking Mental Health with Darrell for more honest conversations about mental health, healing, and personal growth. 
Scott Wiederhold, Small Town Has-Been, men’s mental health, infertility, failed IVF, relationships, emotional vulnerability, masculinity, mental health awareness, emotional healing, Breaking Mental Health with Darrell If you want to share your story, email me at breakingmentalh@gmail.com Breaking Mental Health is currently accepting aligned sponsors and brand partnerships focused on mental health, wellness, leadership, and personal growth. For sponsorship inquiries: breakingmentalh@gmail.com

  3. Aug 19 ·  Bonus

    Surviving Isn’t the Same as Living with David Deane Haskell

    David Deane Haskell joins Breaking Mental Health with Darrell to discuss addiction, trauma, recovery, shame, grief, and the long process of learning how to live again. David’s memoir, Wounded Angels, comes from his own lived experience and explores healing without reducing it to a neat success story. His perspective is rooted in vulnerability, creativity, and the understanding that recovery can be messy, complicated, and deeply personal. In this conversation, we explore the difference between surviving and actually living, how writing can become part of the healing process, and what it means to face difficult parts of your story without allowing them to define your entire future. The Wounded Angels audiobook is out now. I narrated it myself, and it's live on Audible, Apple Books and the rest. Here’s the link: https://books2read.com/woundedangels mental health, addiction, recovery, trauma, healing, sobriety, David Deane Haskell, Wounded Angels, grief, shame, resilience, emotional healing, personal growth, breaking mental health If you want to share your story, email me at breakingmentalh@gmail.com Breaking Mental Health is currently accepting aligned sponsors and brand partnerships focused on mental health, wellness, leadership, and personal growth. For sponsorship inquiries: breakingmentalh@gmail.com If you or someone you know who is being abused, there is help. Please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 88788 If you or someone you know who is suicidal or attempted suicide, please call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can also text 988 If you or someone you know who is struggling with mental illness, there is help. As Please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Hotline at 1-800-950-6264 or text NAMI to 741-741 There is also a Crisis Support Services National helpline, call 800-662-HELP (800-662-4357) If you know a teen that is suffering also, call 800-852-8336 Other than that, if there is a serious crisis, contact 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. National Mental Health Hotline- 866-903-3787. Breaking Mental Health with Darrell is an internationally charting mental health podcast focused on real conversations around resilience, growth, trauma, leadership, and healing.

  4. Aug 10 ·  Bonus

    Healing the Unfinished Business of Childhood with Dr. Adam McCormick

    What happens when the wounds we experienced as children continue showing up in our adult lives? Dr. Adam McCormick joins Breaking Mental Health with Darrell to explore the unfinished business of childhood and how unresolved trauma and emotional survival patterns can influence relationships, identity, burnout, and the way we care for others. As a Professor of Social Work and author of Healing the Helping Professional: The Unfinished Business of Childhood Trauma, Dr. McCormick brings both professional experience and personal insight to a conversation about authenticity, resilience, masculinity, emotional connection, and what genuine healing can look like. A powerful conversation for anyone who’s ever wondered why the past still seems to follow them into the present. mental health, childhood trauma, trauma healing, burnout, social work, helping professionals, emotional healing, resilience, authenticity, masculinity, Adam McCormick, Healing the Helping Professional, trauma recovery, emotional wellness, personal growth, breaking mental health If you want to share your story, email me at breakingmentalh@gmail.com Breaking Mental Health is currently accepting aligned sponsors and brand partnerships focused on mental health, wellness, leadership, and personal growth. For sponsorship inquiries: breakingmentalh@gmail.com If you or someone you know who is being abused, there is help. Please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 88788 If you or someone you know who is suicidal or attempted suicide, please call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can also text 988 If you or someone you know who is struggling with mental illness, there is help. As Please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Hotline at 1-800-950-6264 or text NAMI to 741-741 There is also a Crisis Support Services National helpline, call 800-662-HELP (800-662-4357) If you know a teen that is suffering also, call 800-852-8336 Other than that, if there is a serious crisis, contact 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. National Mental Health Hotline- 866-903-3787. Breaking Mental Health with Darrell is an internationally charting mental health podcast focused on real conversations around resilience, growth, trauma, leadership, and healing.

  5. Aug 7 ·  Bonus

    Breathwork, Meditation & Mental Wellness with Andrew Keaveney

    Andrew Kivney, a teacher with the Art of Living Foundation, discussed breathwork, meditation, and their applications in mental health, stress reduction, and addiction recovery. The conversation covered the science behind breath-based practices, common misconceptions about meditation, and the importance of self-care routines. Andrew also shared his documentary work on breathwork in opioid recovery communities and the Dry January Mindful Edition campaign. mental health breathwork meditation mindfulness stress anxiety andrew keaveney art of living wellness emotional health If you want to share your story, email me at breakingmentalh@gmail.com Breaking Mental Health is currently accepting aligned sponsors and brand partnerships focused on mental health, wellness, leadership, and personal growth. For sponsorship inquiries: breakingmentalh@gmail.com If you or someone you know who is being abused, there is help. Please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 88788 If you or someone you know who is suicidal or attempted suicide, please call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can also text 988 If you or someone you know who is struggling with mental illness, there is help. As Please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Hotline at 1-800-950-6264 or text NAMI to 741-741 There is also a Crisis Support Services National helpline, call 800-662-HELP (800-662-4357) If you know a teen that is suffering also, call 800-852-8336 Other than that, if there is a serious crisis, contact 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. National Mental Health Hotline- 866-903-3787. Breaking Mental Health with Darrell is an internationally charting mental health podcast focused on real conversations around resilience, growth, trauma, leadership, and healing.

  6. Aug 6 ·  Bonus

    Helping the Next Generation Thrive with Rafael McMaster

    Rafael McMaster, founder of Indivisible Arts (a 501c3 nonprofit in Southern California), shared his framework for addressing the youth mental health crisis through three pillars: creativity, consciousness, and connection. The conversation centered on how screen addiction, loss of purpose, and absence of mindful awareness training are converging into a coming mental health and addiction epidemic. Rafael's core intervention — teaching teens they are "not their thoughts, but the one having the thoughts" — is delivered through a summer program and a book called Fundamental Life Tools. mental health youth mental health creativity emotional resilience mindfulness rafael mcmaster indivisible arts fundamental life tools creative wellness breaking mental health darrell watts mental health podcast personal growth mentorship emotional intelligence If you want to share your story, email me at breakingmentalh@gmail.com Breaking Mental Health is currently accepting aligned sponsors and brand partnerships focused on mental health, wellness, leadership, and personal growth. For sponsorship inquiries: breakingmentalh@gmail.com If you or someone you know who is being abused, there is help. Please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 88788 If you or someone you know who is suicidal or attempted suicide, please call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can also text 988 If you or someone you know who is struggling with mental illness, there is help. As Please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Hotline at 1-800-950-6264 or text NAMI to 741-741 There is also a Crisis Support Services National helpline, call 800-662-HELP (800-662-4357) If you know a teen that is suffering also, call 800-852-8336 Other than that, if there is a serious crisis, contact 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. National Mental Health Hotline- 866-903-3787. Breaking Mental Health with Darrell is an internationally charting mental health podcast focused on real conversations around resilience, growth, trauma, leadership, and healing.

  7. Aug 5 ·  Bonus

    From Addiction to Redemption with Austin Rampt

    Austin Ramp, author of One Last Hit, shared his full arc from childhood-rooted shame and early addiction to long-term sobriety and fatherhood. The conversation covered the psychological drivers of addiction, the role of relapse in recovery, and how vulnerability, service, and consistent daily practice sustain sobriety. Austin now has 5 children, has been married 8 years, and actively sponsors others in 12-step recovery. mental health addiction recovery sobriety healing hope trauma austin rampt one last hit resilience If you want to share your story, email me at breakingmentalh@gmail.com Breaking Mental Health is currently accepting aligned sponsors and brand partnerships focused on mental health, wellness, leadership, and personal growth. For sponsorship inquiries: breakingmentalh@gmail.com If you or someone you know who is being abused, there is help. Please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 88788 If you or someone you know who is suicidal or attempted suicide, please call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can also text 988 If you or someone you know who is struggling with mental illness, there is help. As Please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Hotline at 1-800-950-6264 or text NAMI to 741-741 There is also a Crisis Support Services National helpline, call 800-662-HELP (800-662-4357) If you know a teen that is suffering also, call 800-852-8336 Other than that, if there is a serious crisis, contact 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. National Mental Health Hotline- 866-903-3787. Breaking Mental Health with Darrell is an internationally charting mental health podcast focused on real conversations around resilience, growth, trauma, leadership, and healing.

  8. Aug 4 ·  Bonus

    Healing Through Music with Taylor Marie Contarino

    Taylor Marie Contarino, a singer-songwriter from New Jersey based in LA, joined Darrell's Breaking Mental Health podcast to discuss her song Survivor's Guilt, written after losing her father to a drug overdose in December. The conversation centered on grief, coping through music, mental health advocacy, and the importance of kindness and human connection. Both host and guest shared personal losses and found common ground in the healing power of vulnerability and presence. mental health music healing grief survivor’s guilt songwriting independent artist taylor marie contarino If you want to share your story, email me at breakingmentalh@gmail.com Breaking Mental Health is currently accepting aligned sponsors and brand partnerships focused on mental health, wellness, leadership, and personal growth. For sponsorship inquiries: breakingmentalh@gmail.com If you or someone you know who is being abused, there is help. Please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 88788 If you or someone you know who is suicidal or attempted suicide, please call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can also text 988 If you or someone you know who is struggling with mental illness, there is help. As Please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Hotline at 1-800-950-6264 or text NAMI to 741-741 There is also a Crisis Support Services National helpline, call 800-662-HELP (800-662-4357) If you know a teen that is suffering also, call 800-852-8336 Other than that, if there is a serious crisis, contact 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. National Mental Health Hotline- 866-903-3787. Breaking Mental Health with Darrell is an internationally charting mental health podcast focused on real conversations around resilience, growth, trauma, leadership, and healing.

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I have a story, a journey, a vision, and a goal. My goal is to bring greater awareness to mental health. My story is about sharing the struggles I face with my own mental health. My journey is creating this podcast so that both you and I can better understand the realities of mental health. My vision is to build a genuine connection with my audience. And my goal is to explore the many aspects of the mind and how mental health affects our lives, our relationships, and our growth. Through this podcast, we learn together.

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