
Going Mental with Eileen Kelly
GOING MENTAL was born out of host Eileen Kelly’s desire to reckon with the shame she felt around her mental health journey. Despite early career success, internal struggles and a crippling personality disorder drove Eileen to leave her exciting New York City life behind and seek treatment at McLean — one of the oldest mental hospitals in the country. After five months and some serious self-discovery, she returned to the outside world looking for a way to disseminate what she'd learned in treatment and connect to others with similar experiences.
Each week, along with personal stories from Eileen, she interviews some of today’s most compelling media figures, artists, authors, and celebrities about their own mental health journeys, along with a range of experts who provide information and support around various mental conditions.
New episodes releasing every Thursday.
Latest episodes

Mar 16, 2023 • 1h 6min
Anna Weyant: Facing Criticism and Sexism in the Art World
Anna Weyant is a Canadian-born painter who lives in New York. She holds a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and studied at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. She is the youngest artist represented by Gagosian Gallery and in 2022, she had her debut solo show with Gagosian (which featured a painting of Eileen). She and Eileen discuss the ins and outs of her artistic practice — and for the first time, she publicly opens up about her boyfriend and dating life, the backlash she’s received, sexism in the art world, and how it all affects her mental health. Check Out squarespace.com/goingmental for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, use OFFER CODE: GOINGMENTAL to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. For listeners of the show, Dipsea is offering an extended 30 day free trial when you go to DipseaStories.com/mental. That’s 30 days of fulla ccess for free. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GOINGMENTAL to get 10% off your first month and get on your way to being your best self. Show links: Follow @eileen on Instagram Follow @killerandasweetthang on Instagram Follow @eileeninparis on TikTok More information at: Goingmental.com Produced by Dear Media.

Mar 9, 2023 • 1h 15min
Emily Ratajkowski, Retired Pick-Me Girl, on Therapy, Facetune, & Leaving Her Marriage
Emily Ratajkowski is an author, model, actor, entrepreneur, and host of the podcast High Low with EmRata. She opens up to Eileen about processing her need for validation and confronting her own contradictions. She also touches on the end of her marriage, what it means to perpetuate toxic beauty standards, and how she uplifts other women and femme-presenting people. No more shady business. Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is a multivitamin you can actually trust. Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit ritual.com/GOINGMENTAL to start Ritual or add Essential for Women 18+ to your subscription today. For a limited time, all of you can try Headspace FREE for 30 days by going to Headspace.com/MENTAL30. You won’t find this offer anywhere else! Show links: Follow @eileen on Instagram Follow @killerandasweetthang on Instagram Follow @eileeninparis on TikTok More information at: Goingmental.com Produced by Dear Media.

Mar 2, 2023 • 1h 1min
Taking Pop Culture Seriously with Journalist Naomi Fry
Naomi Fry is a Brooklyn-based culture journalist currently working as a staff writer at The New Yorker. She joins Eileen to discuss growing up between two cultures, the seduction of reality tv, her evolving relationship with therapy, and the repercussions of life online. She also talks about her writing process and the mental health impacts of motherhood in the digital age, both positive and negative. Show links: Follow @eileen on Instagram Follow @killerandasweetthang on Instagram Follow @eileeninparis on TikTok More information at: Goingmental.com Produced by Dear Media.

Feb 23, 2023 • 57min
Functional Medicine & Mental Health with Dr. Will Cole
Dr. Will Cole is a leading functional medicine expert and host of the podcast The Art of Being Well. He and Eileen discuss the differences between conventional and functional medicine, the “second brain,” and how we can work toward healing mental health issues with holistic approaches. Check Out squarespace.com/goingmental for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, use OFFER CODE: GOINGMENTAL to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Right now for my listeners, if you go to HelloFresh.com/mental65 and use code mental65 you'll receive 65% off your HelloFresh order, plus free shipping! For listeners of the show, Dipsea is offering an extended 30 day free trial when you go to DipseaStories.com/mental. That’s 30 days of fulla ccess for free. Show links: Follow @eileen on Instagram Follow @killerandasweetthang on Instagram Follow @eileeninparis on TikTok More information at: Goingmental.com Produced by Dear Media.

Feb 16, 2023 • 33min
AMA: Eileen on Single Life & Friend Drama Updates (Solo)
In today’s mini episode, Eileen answers your burning questions about work-life balance, living alone, single life, meeting listeners IRL, and everything in between. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GOINGMENTAL to get 10% off your first month and get on your way to being your best self. Show links: Follow @eileen on Instagram Follow @killerandasweetthang on Instagram Follow @eileeninparis on TikTok More information at: Goingmental.com Produced by Dear Media.

Feb 9, 2023 • 1h 15min
How Games Shape Our Minds with Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen
C.Thi Nguyen, Ph.D. is a philosophy professor at the University of Utah and author of the book Games: Agency as Art, which was awarded the American Philosophical Association’s Book Prize. His work examines games as an art form —specifically, their role in communicating different forms of societal agency. He and Eileen discuss how our social structures and technologies shape how we think and what we value, including everything from games, social media, porn and echo chambers. You can find him at objectionable.net. Twitter: @add_hawk https://twitter.com/add_hawk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor You can buy his book Games: Agency As Art. https://www.amazon.com/Games-Agency-As-Art-Thinking/dp/0190052082 Check Out squarespace.com/goingmental for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, use OFFER CODE: GOINGMENTAL to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Show links: Follow @eileen on Instagram Follow @killerandasweetthang on Instagram Follow @eileeninparis on TikTok More information at: Goingmental.com Produced by Dear Media.

Feb 2, 2023 • 1h 14min
Toxic Diet Culture & Body Liberation with Chrissy King
Chrissy King is a writer, speaker, strength coach, and educator with a passion for creating a diverse and inclusive wellness industry. She holds workshops on body liberation, anti-racism , diversity, equity, and inclusion for wellness professionals. She and Eileen discuss the lies the wellness industry sells us, what insecurities they prey upon, diet culture's racist origins, what we can do to help ourselves and others, and how we're all victims of a toxic system. Chrissy's debut book, The Body Liberation Project, comes out on March 14, 2023. Pre-order The Body Liberation Project: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593187040 No more shady business. Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is a multivitamin you can actually trust. Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit ritual.com/GOINGMENTAL to start Ritual or add Essential for Women 18+ to your subscription today. For listeners of the show, Dipsea is offering an extended 30 day free trial when you go to DipseaStories.com/mental. That’s 30 days of fulla ccess for free. Show links: Follow @eileen on Instagram Follow @killerandasweetthang on Instagram Follow @eileeninparis on TikTok More information at: Goingmental.com Produced by Dear Media.

Jan 26, 2023 • 55min
Camila Mendes on Representation, ED Recovery, & What's Next
Camila Mendes is a Brazilian-American actress best known for her role as Veronica Lodge on The CW's Riverdale. She talks through her upbringing, her views on romance (including past relationships and current dating life), recovering from an eating disorder, and putting her mental health before fame. She also discusses her role in creating more opportunities for Latinas in entertainment. Check Out squarespace.com/goingmental for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, use OFFER CODE: GOINGMENTAL to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Show links: Follow @eileen on Instagram Follow @killerandasweetthang on Instagram Follow @eileeninparis on TikTok More information at: Goingmental.com Produced by Dear Media.

Jan 19, 2023 • 59min
Life After Rock Bottom: Arielle Lorre on Addiction & Plastic Surgery
Arielle Lorre is a well-known lifestyle influencer and host of The Blonde Files Podcast. Today, she opens up to Eileen about overcoming addiction and her advice for those whose loved ones are struggling. Plus, she discusses the decision-making behind her cosmetic procedures and at what point pro-plastic surgery thinking may become dangerous. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GOINGMENTAL to get 10% off your first month and get on your way to being your best self. Show links: Follow @eileen on Instagram Follow @killerandasweetthang on Instagram Follow @eileeninparis on TikTok Follow @goingmentalpodcast on Instagram More information at: Goingmental.com Produced by Dear Media.

Jan 12, 2023 • 1h 4min
Dissociative Identity Disorder: Life with Over 30 Parts
Dissociative identity disorder, previously called multiple personality disorder, is a condition characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states, or "alters." The disorder arises as a response to childhood trauma — each alter may have a unique name, personal history, and characteristics. To learn more about DID, we're joined by Ella, who lives with over 30 alters. They tell Eileen about their diagnosis, life with alternate personalities, and how they've used Instagram to debunk myths around DID. Ella is also the author of a non-fiction guide book to DID and Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (OSDD), which will be released this May through Jessica Kingsley Publishers. You can follow them on Instagram at @dissociation.info. Check Out squarespace.com/goingmental for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, use OFFER CODE: GOINGMENTAL to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Show links: Follow @eileen on Instagram Follow @killerandasweetthang on Instagram Follow @eileeninparis on TikTok Follow @goingmentalpodcast on Instagram More information at: Goingmental.com Produced by Dear Media.
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