This week on Behind Beautiful Things, we welcome Mitch, the author of the book “Columbus Day”. On this episode, the first part in a two part series, Mitch tells the harrowing story of his childhood relationship with his Mother, how he was checked into a hospital for a 30 day “evaluation” without hi…
This week on Behind Beautiful Things, we welcome Maura, the author of the upcoming book “Saving Ellen”. On this episode, Maura tells us the difficult story of learning about her sister’s illness, the inspiring way her family rallied around her, her sister’s kidney transplant, and finally, the lasti…
This week, we welcome Carol, the author of the upcoming book “Girl, Groomed” to Behind Beautiful Things. Carol joins us to tell a harrowing story of severe childhood trauma, the silence around the abuse she and others experienced, and then how her trauma continued to effect her throughout her life.…
This week, we welcome Joel to Behind Beautiful Things. Joel is a professional actor and a friend of Kevin’s. On this episode, we talk about his early childhood struggles with mental health, his turbulent medication journey, and we check in on where he is today. Please join us! Please note th…
This week, we welcome Julie to Behind Beautiful Things. Julie is the author of three books about her journey as an adopted child. Today, we discuss her newly released third book “Twice the Family”. During this episode, we talk about Julie’s experience as an adoptee, her bond with her family, and he…
This week, we welcome in Subha to tell her incredible story. Born in a small village in India, Subha was always told that societal norms dictated what her life could consist of. Through her story, we learn about her determination to build a career, raising a daughter on her own, the incredible work…
This week, we welcome the host of the excellent podcast “Creating Greatness”, Robert! Robert joins the show to talk about his issues growing up, how he turned to drugs as a solution, his time in and out of prison, and finally, his fourth prison sentence. Robert tells an absolutely incredible and…
This week, we welcome a returning guest: Jason! Jason is the host of the excellent podcast “My Madness METHod”. He was a guest in episode 71 of “Behind Beautiful Things”. This week, Jason returns to talk about his incredible podcast, his thoughts on what the “operating system” version of oursel…
This week, we welcome in Moey! Moey and Kevin have known each other for over two decades. She is on the show to talk about her struggles with body positivity issues, how we often long for what we once were but are no longer, some health issues that she had to deal with, and her continuing journ…
This week, we welcome Marilyn! Marilyn is the author of the inspiring book “Don’t Walk Away: A Care Person’s Journey”. This week, we discuss her childhood, how her family has always dealt with death, her mother’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, her role as her mother’s caretaker, and the absolute joy Mar…
This week, we welcome in a returning guest! Jon has been on the show a few times before, but today he is appearing as “New Blue Eyes”, the name in which he writes and records music. We also welcome the owner of “Handwritten Recording”, Rick. The three of us discuss the new name, our connection with…
This week, we welcome in Anne, the author of the book Mattie, Milo, and Me: A Memoir . During this episode, we will discuss Anne’s traumatic upbringing, her discovery of Bruce Springsteen, and her incredible memoir about dog ...
This week, we welcome in Dan, the author of the book “Why is Sam so SAD?” . During this episode, we will discuss Dan’s early years trying to find his place at both school and at home, his years as a special education teacher,...
This week, we welcome in Janet and Jenny, a mother and daughter. During this episode, we will discuss Jenny’s diagnosis of autism, how her mother, Janet, struggled to find help and resources, the challenges they both faced as Jenny was growing up, and their shared journey to thriving. Janet and Jen…
This week we wrap up our two Part series discussing Kevin’s Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) work with Nikki. In an earlier episode (linked below), Nikki and Kevin discussed the first half of the NLP work he did with Nikki. This week, we rejoin Nikki and Kevin as they discuss his second half of t…
This week we welcome Elise to Sad Times! Elise is the co-host of the Deep Life podcast (link below). During this episode, Elise shares her story about encountering supreme struggles in her mid life, her horrific year of many ...
This week we welcome Gina to Sad Times! Gina is an author, artist, teacher, filmmaker, and media executive. On this episode, Gina tells her story of struggling throughout her life with suicidal ideation, about how healing is a solo sport, and the amazing work she is doing now to help those struggli…
This week we welcome Jon to Sad Times! Jon is an activist and the head of “Pulverize the Stigma” — a mental health advocacy group that is working to do just that: Pulverize the Stigma on Mental Health. Jon has spent a lot of his life dealing with major depressive disorder and after trying multiple …
This week we welcome Gen! Gen talks about her early life, learning that she was adopted, how this impacted her throughout her life, the way she changed her life in her 50s, and the incredible work she is doing now. I hope you can join us for this incredibly inspiring and hopeful conversation. Visi…
This week we complete Qin’s two part story. The first part can be found in episode 109. In this week, we discuss Qin growing up in crushing poverty, how her mother held the family together, her father’s political arrests, her family’s incredible perseverance, and Qin’s studies and eventual departur…
This week we welcome Qin Sun Stubis for part one of a two part series. In this first part, we learn about her grandmother’s belief that her father was cursed before he was born, how her parents met, the work they did in the western part of China, the great famine that decimated China from the late …
This week we welcome back our return guest Nikki. In an earlier episode (linked below). Nikki came on and talked about her mental health journey and her transition into becoming an expert and helping others. Kevin has been taking her course over the past 6 weeks, and at the halfway point, he wanted…
On this episode of Sad Times, we speak with Terry. During this episode, we discuss Terry’s moving and bracing new documentary “Put the Guns Down: A World Epidemic”. In this documentary, Terry and his team focus on South Central Los Angeles, but are hoping to further expand their scope across the gl…
On this episode of Sad Times, we speak with Samantha. During this episode, we discuss Samantha’s experience during the attacks of 9/11. She was working in lower Manhattan, right next to the twin towers. We also discuss the PTSD she felt after this horrific experience, her building her Silver Lining…