Wellness
Going There with Wrabel: Using a “Me-Machine” to Find Sobriety and Embrace Sexuality
The artist touches on the positive and negative feedback he's encountered during his mental health journey. Going There with Wrabel: Using a “Me-Machine” to Find Sobriety and Embrace Sexuality Consequence Staff
Enter the Consequence Shop’s $200 Holiday Giveaway
The holiday season is one of the busiest times of the year, but we’re here to make it a bit of a brighter one with a $200 giveaway. Between finding the perfect gifts for everyone special in your life, consider treating yourself, too, with some free merch from the Consequence Shop. This year, we’re giving away a holiday pack that takes stocking stuffers to the next level. Enter below to win a pack of Good Times Gummies from Rome + Duddy and our Elevate tincture from the Flower Lab line. These rich, high-quality CBD products are here to help make the season truly merry and bright. You’ll also receive a Good Times Grinder to make sure the party doesn’t stop any time soon. And, that’s not all! Bundle up in a new Protect Live Music hoodie, along with a timeless Festival Bandana, which will...
BOGO 25% Off CBD Products for World Mental Health Day
Monday, October 10th is World Mental Health Day, a global day of awareness designed to start conversations and mobilize around the topic of mental health. Championed by the World Health Organization, World Mental Health Day has become more important than ever as people around the world work to reduce biases surrounding discussions of mental well-being and grapple with challenges of living through times of unrest. It’s no secret that CBD is taking the wellness world by storm. The non-psychoactive cannabis compound has been widely popularized due to its calming effects and potential health benefits. Specifically, it has been studied as a potential treatment for chronic pain, stress, anxiety, and insomnia, and more. To coincide with World Mental Health Day and help you in your quest for self-...
Going There with D.R.U.G.S.’s Craig Owens: Coping with the “Horror Movie” in His Head
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Craig Owens of Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows opens up about his struggle with bipolar disorder, an experience he refers to as “the horror movie in my head,” on this special bonus episode of the Going There with Dr. Mike podcast. Advertisement The former Chiodos frontman joins host Dr. Mike Friedman to talk about how he copes with being bipolar by understanding and managing the triggers that put him at risk for manic or depressive episodes. He has identified several such triggers, including sometimes feeling drained by connecting with others, certain noises, and his misophonia. As a result, he communicat...
Jonah Hill Details Anxiety Attacks Ahead of Mental Health Documentary Stutz
Jonah Hill is stepping back from promoting his films in order to manage anxiety attacks, a subject he’ll explore in his just-announced, secretly-shot documentary Stutz. The title comes from his therapist, and in a statement to Deadline, Hill unveiled some of his history with anxiety within the film industry. “I have finished directing my second film, a documentary about me and my therapist which explores mental health in general called Stutz,” he wrote. “Through this journey of self-discovery within the film, I have come to the understanding that I have spent nearly 20 years experiencing anxiety attacks, which are exacerbated by media appearances and public facing events.” Hill notes that he “won’t lose my job while working on my anxiety,” and after talking about his privilege,&n...
Going There with Jewel: Knowing the Tide of Mental Health Will Always Come Back In
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Jewel joins the Going There podcast to discuss her personal mental health journey and how she learned to except the changing tides of wellness. Advertisement The iconic singer-songwriter shares that the cornerstone of her approach to mental health is what she calls the concept of emotional impermanence. Jewel explains that one of the most difficult issues we face on our mental health journey is that oftentimes when we experience depression, anxiety, or addiction, there is such a powerful feeling that our emotions and behaviors are permanent. But her concept of “emotional impermanence” suggests that we are dyna...
Celebrate National CBD Day with 20% Off at Consequence Shop and $300 Giveaway
National CBD Day arrives just in time for the dog days of summer, and Consequence Shop is marking the occasion with a week-long storewide sale and a massive giveaway. From August 8th through the 14th, all CBD products on Consequence Shop are 20% off. That includes Flower Lab products, from CBD flower to simple salve balms to our new high-strength strain specific tinctures. Or get a taste of GWAR’s Bud of Gods capsule, with Sour OG and classic Delta-8 vape cartridges, pre-rolls and smokes, and gummies galore. Advertisement Related Video Even our latest capsule, Rome & Duddy’s Good Times, is included, so here’s your chance to try Orange You Glad CBG gummies, Cherry Chill THC-O gummies, Snoozeberry CBN gummies, or Good Times flower at 20% off. Accessories are also on sale, like ...
Ask Dr. Mike: Embracing Our Authentic Mental Health
Spinning out of the Going There with Dr. Mike podcast presented by Consequence and Sound Mind Live, the monthly “Ask Dr. Mike” column is here to answer listeners’ questions. As we wrap up BIPOC Mental Health Month, Dr. Mike discusses how we can improve our mental health by embracing our authentic selves. Sometimes it can feel like we are trapped in a mental health paradox. On the one hand, there is so much happening in the world that can cause us to suffer emotionally: pandemic, climate change, political strife, economic suffering and inflation. Some who had never experienced depression or anxiety have begun feeling an overwhelming sense of loneliness and dread, while those already grappling with mental half have found their struggles exacerbated. On the other hand, whe...
Going There with Taylor Bennett: The Chicago Rapper’s Uplifting Individuality
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Musician, rapper, entrepreneur, and all around positive guy Taylor Bennett brings his “be yourself” mentality to the Going There with Dr. Mike podcast. Advertisement The Chicago native discusses how “uplifting individuality” is his guiding philosophy in his mental health and well-being journey. Bennett explains that in order to discover our best self, we must be able to focus on how we as individuals can constantly grow and develop. That allows us to figure out what we want in the world and how to attain optimal mental, physical, and social health. In an ideal world, we would have the freedom to always be growing a...
Going There with Pom Pom Squad: Mia Berrin’s Galaxy Brain and the Stigma of Mental Health
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Mia Berrin — leader of former Artists of the Month Pom Pom Squad — joins the Going There podcast to discuss the bias that “mental health” means always feeling and acting happy, calm, and confident. Advertisement The world would have us believe that being “normal” involves continuous positive and optimistic thinking, and being accepted or popular socially. If we don’t behave this way, our mental health and well-being can be questioned. This bias can create a stigma whereby people are unduly judged or criticized. Berrin explains that she took on these societal standards by evoking the image of a cheerleader in h...
Ask Dr. Mike: Coping with the Mental Health Effects of Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination
Spinning out of the Going There with Dr. Mike podcast presented by Consequence and Sound Mind Live, the monthly “Ask Dr. Mike” column is here to answer listeners’ questions. As we wrap up Pride Month, Dr. Mike is here to guide us through the mental health effects of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination. Over the last month of Pride, members of the queer community and allies alike have celebrated how wonderful and life-affirming it can be when people can freely explore, embrace, and express their authentic sexuality and gender identity. Being able to live openly as an LGBTQ+ person can radically bolster an individual’s sense of mental health and well-being. The spirit of Pride is to build a world in which everyone can live in a free and open way to embrace who they are and love wh...
New Study Suggests Dance Music Is Good For Your Cognitive Health
Sad boi emo songs ain’t got nothin’ on dance music. A recent study published in Scientific Reports suggests that dance music can be beneficial to your cognitive health. They studied 51 young adults with an average age of 20, examining the effect of “groove rhythms” on the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for the executive function that dictates our everyday movements and decisions. Conducted by a group of Japanese researchers, the study added that the music doesn’t necessarily have to be electronic dance music, but rather a song with a simple groove that makes you want to get up and dance. “The results were surprising,” Dr. Hideaki Soya, the study’s lead author, told ScienceDaily. “We found tha...
