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 ...
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 experie...
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, a...
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 tal...
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 determina...
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...
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 ...
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, ...
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...
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 R...
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...
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 welcome Elise as she shares her story about encountering supreme struggles in her mid life, her horrific year of many family member’s suffering from cancer, and the recovery she went through to get to where she is today.
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 ...
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: Pulvarize the Stigma on Mental Health. Jon has spent a lot of ...
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...
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...
This week we welcome Qin 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...
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 ta...
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 Centr...
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 PT...
On this episode of Sad Times, we speak with Miss Liz. During this episode, we discuss Miss Liz’s traumatic and difficult upbringing, the loss of her first child, her abusive first marriage, and her long healing journey. Pleas...