Episode 12, Season 1 with Forrest Wheeler

Episode 12, Season 1 with Forrest Wheeler

It's Gonna be Okay, featuring Forrest Wheeler, Los Angeles based comedian, Featured on Roast Battle League at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, Jam in the Van. We talk about dysfunctional coping mechanisms, how those mechanisms affect our relationships, not just romantic but friendships. The challenges of seeking therapy, being a comedian and navigating through sobriety. Hosted, produced and curated by Carissa Gomez, comedian with Schizophrenia working to de-stigmatize, demystify and bring comedic, yet educational insight to mental health awareness and issues surrounding the narrative. Not an alternative to therapy, but can be therapeutic!

Episode 11, Season 1 with Brinan Weeks

It's Gonna be Okay, featuring Brinan Weeks, Los Angeles based comedian, show producer. We talk about functional coping mechanisms, Having ADHD and compulsion issues, but growing into being a person who understands safe spaces, understanding how to treat people with empathy, working through therapy vernacular and challenging the idea of productivity and capitalism on our mental health. We also go into how he got into stand-up moving to Los Angeles to get a master's in teaching. Hosted, produced and curated by Carissa Gomez, comedian with Schizophrenia working to de-stigmatize, demystify and bring comedic, yet educational insight to mental health awareness and issues surrounding the narrative. Not an alternative to therapy, but can be therapeutic!

Episode 10, Season 1 with Becca Ward

It's Gonna be Okay, featuring Becca Ward, Los Angeles based comedian, show producer, featured on Laugh After Dark. We talk about her family history, traumas how that has influenced her stage persona; navigating comedy as a woman; genetic metabolic disorders and managing them; stressors and how physical illness plays a large role in managing mental health and well being. Hosted, produced and curated by Carissa Gomez, comedian with Schizophrenia working to de-stigmatize, demystify and bring comedic, yet educational insight to mental health awareness and issues surrounding the narrative. Not an alternative to therapy, but can be therapeutic!

Episode 9, Season 1 with Casey McNeal

It's Gonna be Okay featuring Casey McNeal, Boston based comedian and SAG actor, has a comedy special on Youtube. We talk about his late diagnosis of ADD, the importance of building support systems not just in comedy, recognizing patterns of symptoms and directing coping mechanisms, rejection sensitive dysphoria (a type of perfectionism). Hosted, produced and curated by Carissa Gomez, comedian with Schizophrenia working to de-stigmatize, demystify and bring comedic, yet educational insight to mental health awareness and issues surrounding the narrative. Not an alternative to therapy, but can be therapeutic!

Episode 8, Season 1 with Elias Zepeda

It's Gonna be Okay featuring Elias Zepeda, Los Angeles based comedian and actor, former gang member. We talk about his history as a former gang member, how he got shot multiple times making him a paraplegic and his mental state before and during rehabilitation. Hosted, produced and curated by Carissa Gomez, comedian with Schizophrenia working to de-stigmatize, demystify and bring comedic, yet educational insight to mental health awareness and issues surrounding the narrative. Not an alternative to therapy, but can be therapeutic!