Welcome to your gym for mental health with psychologist Dr. Emily Anhalt. Staying emotionally fit takes work and repetition. That's why this podcast delivers short, actionable Emotional Push-Ups every Monday and Thursday to help you build a better practice of mental health. We'll also share surprising, sometimes funny, sometimes shocking conversations on Taboo Tuesdays, because the things we are most hesitant to talk about are also the most normal. So join us to kickstart your emotional fitness. Let's flex those feels and do some reps together!

Emotionally Fit is brought to you by Coa, your gym for mental health. Head to joincoa.com to learn more.

Ready to break an emotional sweat?

I'm Dr.

Emily Anhalt, and as a therapist I know that staying mentally healthy takes work

and repetition, which is why I'll be bringing you short exercises that you

can do to strengthen your mental health.

I call them 'Emotional Push-Ups' and you'll get two a week here

on the Emotionally Fit podcast.

"Hi, Emily.

This is so fun.

I'm ready to do my Push-Up!"

From improving your friendships to preventing burnout to creating

a healthier sex life, I'll help you build your emotional muscles.

"I'm constantly oscillating between this extreme fear of being seen

and this deep fundamental urge to run the streaking naked through the neighborhood."

We'll also be dropping longer, in-depth 'Taboo Tuesday'

episodes every other week.

Sex.

Money.

Drugs.

Death.

No topic is off the table.

Because my work has taught me that the feelings we're most hesitant to

talk about are also the most normal.

You'll hear the inventor of the hashtag talk about sex:

"I thought sex was dangerous.

Something I shouldn't want.

Something that I should repress."

A Hollywood actress on her struggles with mental health:

"It's like a volcano in your stomach, and it slowly, the

lava keeps coming up and up and up until finally you just explode."

And a basketball all-star talk about the importance of therapy:

"Without therapy I don't know if I'd be sitting here.

I was just living through basketball and if I was not performing I was

not bringing any value to the world."

So join me as we dive into the things you might not say

out loud, but you're definitely not the only one thinking.

"We could probably have a whole episode on the

psychological reason behind that!"

Emotionally Fit is brought to you by Coa, your gym for mental health.

Head to joincoa.com to learn more.

Follow the show wherever you listen to podcasts so you never miss an episode.

And follow me on Twitter @dremilyanhalt.

If you tweet with the hashtag #emotionallyfit with topics

you want to hear about—or talk about—we may just be in touch.

Let's flex those feels and do some reps together.