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Rebranding Mental Health

Rebranding Mental Health

By: Iman L. Khan LMHC LPC / Co-Host - Kurt Lois
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The Rebranding Mental Health Podcast explores what mental health could look like if we moved beyond the outdated disease model and embraced TOTAL health—brain, body, relationships, and purpose. Through real talk, cultural critique, and forward-thinking ideas, we unpack the systems that shape our well-being and imagine bold new ways to heal, connect, and grow. It’s not about fixing what’s broken—it’s about building what we’ve been missing.

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Episodes
  • Feelings Are Signals, Not Verdicts: Why Everyone’s So Defensive (and What to Do About It)
    Dec 4 2025

    We live in an era of emotional pop-ups: constant alerts, quick reactions, and inboxes full of unread feelings.

    In this episode of Rebranding Mental Health, Iman and Kurt unpack why we take everything personally, how defensiveness hijacks empathy, and why emotional literacy is the health skill of the decade.

    You’ll learn:
    • Why the average emotion lasts 90 seconds (unless you hit “replay”).
    • How to tell the difference between data and drama.
    • What happens to your relationships when you stop treating feelings like verdicts.

    Because your emotions aren’t trying to convict you, they’re trying to connect you.

    #RebrandingMentalHealth #EmotionalIntelligence #Defensiveness #Empathy #FeelingsAreData #TotalHealth #HealingHumor



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    "Rebranding Mental Health: A Movement, Not a Label."






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    34 mins
  • Checks and Balances: Wholeness Through Homeostasis
    Nov 28 2025

    We’ve all been told to “just be moderate.” Eat in moderation. Work in moderation. Feel in moderation. Basically live life at a polite simmer.

    But here’s the thing: moderation is overrated. Aristotle’s “Golden Mean” sounded great in philosophy class, but in real life, balance doesn’t come from dialing everything down, it comes from letting the right things turn up together.

    In this episode of Rebranding Mental Health, Kurt and Iman explore homeostasis, the body’s built-in system for dynamic balance—as a more realistic, embodied model for mental and emotional health.

    You’ll learn:
    • Why “too much” is often just “too isolated.”
    • How to pair your strengths so they keep each other in check.
    • And how to stop chasing neutrality and start practicing responsiveness.

    Because you don’t need to live in moderation, you need to live in rhythm.

    #RebrandingMentalHealth #TotalHealth #Homeostasis #Wholeness #DynamicBalance #Psychology #Philosophy



    https://www.bloomingminds.org

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    "Rebranding Mental Health: A Movement, Not a Label."






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    40 mins
  • The Hypocrisy Files: Why America Needs a Therapist (and Maybe a Nap)
    Nov 20 2025

    If America were a therapy client, the intake form would be wild.
    Chronic contradiction. Inflated ego. Deep abandonment wounds. Trouble listening. Possibly projecting onto everyone.

    In this episode of Rebranding Mental Health, Iman and Kurt put the nation on the couch, unpacking the cultural dissonance between what we say we value and what we actually do.

    From freedom and faith to protests and burnout, we explore why the U.S. is simultaneously exhausted, divided, and still deeply hopeful. Because you can’t heal what you refuse to admit is hypocritical.

    You’ll learn:
    • How collective cognitive dissonance impacts mental health and trust
    • Why protests matter even when outcomes don’t change
    • And how “hope fatigue” is really a nervous system issue disguised as cynicism

    Because the American dream doesn’t need to be scrapped, it needs therapy, hydration, and probably a nap.

    #RebrandingMentalHealth #HypocrisyFiles #CulturalHealing #AmericanPsychology #TotalHealth #SocialWellness #HealingHumor



    https://www.bloomingminds.org

    https://www.instagram.com/imanlkhan/

    https://www.facebook.com/bloomingminds.org


    "Rebranding Mental Health: A Movement, Not a Label."






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    30 mins
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