18 Best Minnesota Mental Health Podcasts

1. The Hilarious World of Depression

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The groundbreaking, award-winning mental health podcast is under new ownership after six years ago. Old ownership, really, since it's now run by original host John Moe. Join John for new and classic content for frank, moving, and, yes, funny conversations with important artists who have dealt with depression and other mental health conditions. Maria Bamford, Paul F. Tompkins, Andy Richter, Open Mike Eagle, Daryl DMC McDaniels, Gary Gulman, and more. The Hilarious World of Depression is not medical treatment and should not be seen as a substitute for therapy or medication...more Host John Moe
Producer/Network American Public Media
Email ****@americanpublicmedia.org
Location Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 250k-1M
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 5KFacebook 24.2KTwitter 10.5K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Since Nov 2016 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Depresh Mode with John Moe

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Join host John Moe (The Hilarious World of Depression) for honest, relatable, and, yes, sometimes funny conversations about mental health. Hear from comedians, musicians, authors, actors, and other top names in entertainment and the arts about living with depression, anxiety, and many other common disorders. Find out what they've done to address it, what worked, and what didn't. Depresh Mode also features useful insights on mental health issues with experts in the field. It's honest talk from people who have been there and know their stuff...more Host John Moe
Producer/Network Maximum Fun
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Claude Steele, Benjamin Wagner +43 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 983Twitter 2.2KInstagram 2.1K Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Since Mar 2021 Get Email Contact

3. Joy Lab | strengthen your mental health with the science of joy

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Joy Lab isn't your typical happiness podcast. We focus on strengthening your mental health with the science of joy, recognizing that joy can be tapped into even amidst experiences like depression, anxiety, stress, grief, and burnout. You can expect a blend of the best cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques, positive psychology practices, stress management techniques, and mindfulness skills. Each month we focus on building one Element of Joy such as gratitude, self-compassion, confidence, self-acceptance, humility, and self-connection...more Hosts Henry Emmons, Aimee Prasek
Producer/Network Henry Emmons, MD and Aimee Prasek, PhD
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Minnesota, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 162Facebook 1.6KTwitter 4 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. This Whole Life

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How does our mental health relate to our faith? How can we become whole while living in a broken world? Every day, we all strive to encounter God amidst the challenges of balancing faith and family, work and leisure, our sense of self and complicated relationships. Pat & Kenna Millea bring joy, hope, and wisdom to those who believe there *is* a connection between holiness and happiness. Kenna is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist; Pat served for 15 years as a youth minister; together they have 7 children and a perfectly imperfect marriage...more Hosts Pat Millea, Kenna Millea
Producer/Network Pat & Kenna Millea
Email ****@patmillea.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Dr. Julia Sadusky, Peter Herbeck +17 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 146 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast

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Strong Tower Mental Health is an authentic and encouraging podcast hosted by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Heidi Mortenson. Get ready for heaven to be unlocked in your soul with real life stories, skills, and amazing guests who will inspire you. Topics on this podcast include vulnerability, authenticity, how to have difficult conversations, keeping healthy boundaries with others, marriage, depression, anxiety, addiction, co-dependency and more. You will learn how to pull the gold from yourself and others, and walk in freedom no matter the circumstances surrounding you...more Host Heidi Mortenson
Email ****@heidimortensonlmft.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Jennifer Tucker, Dusty May Taylor +6 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 75 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. Hmong Mental Health Podcast

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Mental health for the Hmong community remains difficult to address and understand. Yet it is a growing concern that continues to impact the well-being of Hmong families. In this podcast, the clinical team at Vanguard Mental Health and Wellness Clinic will talk about mental health from a cultural framework. This 2023 season, Healing the Self, will explore psychological components that often impact a person's sense of self and how gaining insights about self-healing can help individuals with their overall life quality.more Hosts Alyssa Kaying Vang, Chue Her, Houa Vang, Mosi Thao
Producer/Network Alyssa Kaying Vang, PsyD, LP; Chue Her, LMFT; Houa Vang, LICSW, Mosi Thao, MA
Email ****@vanguardmhclinic.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 20 Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Talking Your Way to Change: A Mental Health and Psychology Podcast

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This is a podcast about slowing down, understanding ourselves more deeply, and finding steadiness in a complex world. Hosted by Dr. Xan Banker, a licensed psychologist with decades of clinical experience, each episode explores mental health, psychotherapy, trauma, nervous system responses, relationships, and the inner patterns that shape how we cope. This is a space for reflection, emotional insight, and practical tools — not quick fixes, but meaningful change over time. This podcast is for educational purposes only and not a substitute for professional help.more Host Xan Banker
Producer/Network Xan Banker , Psy.D., L.P
Location Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 9Facebook 133Twitter 12 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

8. Recovery Discovery by Show Up and Stay

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Recovery Discovery (brought to you by Show Up and Stay) is a podcast series dedicated to exploring addiction through the lens of science and technology. DeAnn Knighton is a recovering human and a clinical mental health counselor in the making. She is joined by co-host and Show Up and Stay co-founder Craig Knighton. Craig is an engineer, a technology expert, and a world-class big brother inspired by scientific and technological advancements that will change how we think about and treat substance use disorder.more Hosts DeAnn Knighton, Craig Knighton
Producer/Network DeAnn Knighton
Email ****@showupandstay.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Caitlin Krebs, James Piacentino +2 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9Facebook 21Twitter 6Instagram 620 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Redefining Recovery: A Recovery Revolution

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Redefining Recovery: A Recovery Revolution with Caddy Frink. Join us for conversations about Substance Use Disorder and the journey to recovery. Host Caddy is an advocate for long-term recovery, bring her experience from Minnesota Recovery Connection, an organization committed to embracing diverse paths to healing. Discover the significance of honoring all pathways and why it's crucial in our journey towards recovery. Historically, people with SUD (substance use disorder) are categorized and treated uniformly into the same category and given the same treatment...more Host Caddy Frink
Producer/Network Redefining Recovery: A Recovery Revolution
Email ****@minnesotarecovery.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Kenzie Johnson, Rachel +9 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. Wellness in the Woods Podcast

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The mission of this podcast is to give voice to peers throughout Minnesota, to foster and embrace acceptance of all life experiences. We wish to build communication and community through authentic conversations about emotional and mental health through recovery. Real stories. Real recovery. Real hope. Because no one heals alone.more Email ****@mnwitw.org
Recent Guests Randy Anderson, Monica +3 more
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 67 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery

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Hear what leading addiction and recovery experts are talking about—addiction trends, topics and challenges as well as research, practices and advances that point the most promising way forward. Author and recovery advocate William C. Moyers serves as host of this thought-provoking interview series, brought to you by the renowned Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. Listen in on Moyers' conversations with his colleagues who work at the forefront of addiction treatment, recovery and prevention, including noted clinicians, researchers, academics and other thought leaders...more Host William C. Moyers
Producer/Network Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Presents Let's Talk Addiction and Recovery with William C. Moyers
Email ****@hazeldenbettyford.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 124Facebook 77.7KTwitter 17.8KInstagram 10.2K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Since May 2018 Get Email Contact

12. The Depression Files

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Men experience depression differently. Al Levin interviews men who have suffered from depression, educating those who may know little about mental illnesses while giving hope to those who may be suffering. He also has 'deep dive' conversations with guest experts on various topics of mental health and mental illness.more Host Al Levin
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 68 Avg Length 67 min Format Long form Since Sep 2017 Get Email Contact

13. The Therapist Thrival Guide

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The Therapist Thrival Guide is a podcast from Ellie Mental Health. We want to take therapists from just surviving to thriving. This is everything you didn't learn in graduate school! This podcast is hosted by Miranda Barker, LICSW and rotating therapists. We'll have a different therapist guest for each episode to cover topics like burn-out, client retention, finding your niche, session structure, and balancing professional relationships. Find the video podcasts here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE1KQgI5Dc4Kkjvlzm1GtuAmore Producer/Network Ellie Mental Health
Email ****@elliementalhealth.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Rachel Snipes, Jessie Colter +4 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 34 Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

14. Behavioral Health Integration

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Behavioral Health Integration is meant to raise knowledge and awareness of the behavioral health field for those planning to enter the field and the professionals that are currently in it. Behavioral Health Integration prides itself on discussions and topics on mental health and substance abuse interventions being used as a collaborative approach to improving the lives of others.more Host Jacob Minnig
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6Instagram 209 Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

15. Ground and Grow

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Ground and Grow with therapist, Kayla Estenson Williams. Hey, Kayla here! I am a Minnesota-based licensed marriage and family therapist, yoga teacher, and mental health content creator. In this podcast I chat about topics related to mental health and guide meditations so that you have tools to help you ground and grow- and most importantly- so that you know you're not alone.more Host Kayla Estenson Williams
Producer/Network Kayla Estenson Williams, MA, LMFT
Email ****@kaylaestenson.com
Location Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9Instagram 290 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. Mental Health In Minnesota

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'Mental Health In Minnesota' is a podcast produced by NAMI Minnesota and consists of interviews with NAMI Minnesota members, volunteers, staff members, board members, and advocates as they share their personal stories of hope and provide information about mental illnesses, treatment and mental health policies.NAMI Minnesota champions justice, dignity, and respect for all people affected by mental illnesses...more Producer/Network NAMI Minnesota
Email ****@namimn.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. Resilient Waters: healing in the 10,000 lakes

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Welcome to Resilient Waters: healing in the 10,000 lakes podcast, where we shine a light on the dedicated mental health professionals serving our community. Let's get connected! In each episode, we sit down with experts from the field to discuss their unique journey and uncover valuable insights into the local mental health landscape. Through thoughtful interviews, we explore their clinical focus, the types of clients they serve, and the starting process for prospective clients...more Host Amy Halverson
Producer/Network Amy Halverson MS LMFT
Email ****@resilientwaterscounseling.com
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Instagram 51 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. The Mind and Wellness Podcast

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Our goal is to raise mental health awareness by covering topics like anxiety, depression and even how to handle life's big pressures. By combining knowledge and research from, not only the mental side, but also the physical side of health. We will show you how to improve your mind, and wellness.more Producer/Network Scott Quesnell & Jennifer Herman
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact