Weâre kicking off Season 14 with a guest who needs no introduction but deserves every ounce of respect: Mayim Bialik. đ This episode drops Tuesday, 10/7/25 at 3 AM ET
âWeâre as sick as our secrets. Talking about it sets us free.â â Mayim Bialik
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đ Whatâs Up with G-Rex & Dirty Skittles
đ Boundaries & Brave Choicesâ This week, I (G-Rex) am writing to you from a conference where my brain and heart are both stretched wide open. Networking, making new connections, moving the needle forwardâitâs the kind of busy I used to fear but now embrace. And hereâs the truth: Iâm showing up differently because Iâve been doing the hard work behind the scenes.
Case in point? I recently set a boundary I never wouldâve had the courage to set five years ago. It wasnât easy. My stomach twisted in knots for days. But I held firm. I didnât back down. And when it was over, I felt something I hadnât felt in a long timeâproud of myself. Boundaries are terrifying, but theyâre also freedom.
đ Seasons of Joyâ Meanwhile, Dirty Skittles has been back from family vacation, refreshed and recharged. Weâve been leaning into the simple joysâthe kind that come from laughing at things you âshouldnâtâ laugh about. That kind of laughter is medicine. And if you know DS, you know sheâs already eyeballing her holiday decorations. đâš Donât be surprised if you see pumpkins and string lights popping up in her house any day now.
đïž A Conversation Worth the Waitâ And then thereâs this episode. Weâve been holding the secret for five months, and now we finally get to share it with you. Sitting down with Mayim was humbling, honest, and surprisingly funny. Donât miss the last few minutesâwe ended in laughter, the kind that felt like medicine for the soul.
đ Your Turnâ What about you? What boundary could you set today that your future self will thank you for?
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Mayim Bialik has worn many hatsâactor, director, scientist, podcaster, mom. But in this conversation, she takes the hat off and sits with us as Mayim, a human being who knows what it means to struggle. From the outside, her career looks unstoppable: Blossom, The Big Bang Theory, Jeopardy!, and now her own mental health podcast. But as she told us, her real story is about anxiety, secrecy, and learning how to keep going when life feels impossible.
We travel back with Mayim to her teenage years on Blossom. While the world saw a confident, quirky girl on screen, Mayim herself was wrestling with insecurity. She spoke openly about what it meant to play a character who was brave in ways she wasnâtâand how groundbreaking it was to center a girlâs perspective at a time when networks thought ânobody would watch a girl.â That backdrop of sexism shaped her early years: Playboy models were brought onto set to boost ratings, while she and her co-star quietly absorbed the message that womenâs bodies mattered more than their voices.
But it wasnât just Hollywood pressure. Mayim shared about growing up in a family where secrets were the rule, not the exception. Mental illness was unspoken, hidden behind closed doors. Her fatherâs struggles left lasting ripples, and for years, she carried the weight of believing she had to hold everything in. It wasnât until her 20s, after her fatherâs hospitalization, that she found the rooms and support systems that finally gave her language and space to heal.
From there, the conversation opens into her recovery and advocacy. Mayim revealed how NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and 12-step programs helped her shift from secrecy to honesty. She credits the âfaith of othersâ as the anchor that kept her alive when she couldnât believe in herself. And sheâs quick to remind us: recovery isnât a straight line. For her, it looks like therapy, community, functional medicine, Chinese medicine, and sometimes just getting through the day one act of kindness at a time.
She also gets real about the dangers of influencer-driven mental health content. While she believes celebrities can help normalize conversations, she warns against the obsession with labels and âquick fixes.â Healing, Mayim insists, isnât one-size-fits-all. It might mean medication. It might mean therapy. It might mean cleaning your shower and taking joy in a cat purring on your lap.
And perhaps the most striking part of the episode? Her message to young people who feel quirky, outside, or broken: you may always feel a little different, but it wonât bother you as much as you grow. Life doesnât magically become easyâbut it does become more bearable, especially when you build tools, boundaries, and community along the way.
This spotlight isnât just about a celebrity interview. Itâs about Mayim showing up as a human beingâimperfect, resilient, sometimes weary, often joyful. Her honesty reminds us that anxiety doesnât define you, secrets donât have to own you, and joy can be as simple as finding a penny on the sidewalk and saving it for something bigger.
đŹ The heartbeat of our Season 14 openerâ Mayim Bialik reminded us that mental health isnât about fitting a moldâitâs about finding what works for you. From growing up in the spotlight to navigating therapy, recovery, and stigma, her story proves that vulnerability and honesty can transform isolation into connection.
đ« A quote that stuck with usâ âNo one is alone. And even when we feel alone, there is always a lifeboat.â â Mayim Bialik
đïž Real Talk from the Hostsâ âWhat I loved most about Mayimâs story is how real she was about the messinessâtherapy, insecurity, the weight of fame. She proves you donât have to have it all figured out to help someone else feel less alone.â â G-Rex
â âMayim showed us that joy isnât always bigâitâs cats, cooking, stickers. That reminder hit me hard: little things matter, and they can anchor us on the hardest days.â â Dirty Skittles
đ Reflection Prompts to Sit With
What small, simple joys can you notice today that make life feel a little lighter?
Where in your life are you still keeping secrets, and how might sharing them bring you freedom?
Whose faith in you can you borrow until you rebuild your own?
đ± Gentle Reminderâ Healing isnât one-size-fits-all. Your path doesnât need to look like anyone elseâsâit only needs to feel true to you.
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đïž Meet Our Guest â Mayim Bialik
Mayim Bialik is a rare kind of storytellerâsomeone who can make you laugh in a sitcom one moment and challenge you to rethink mental health the next. Most people first met her as Blossom Russo, the quirky, hat-wearing teenager in the early-1990s NBC hit Blossom. That role wasnât just entertainmentâit was groundbreaking. Blossom was smart, outspoken, and complicated at a time when TV rarely gave young women that space. Mayim carried that responsibility from age 14 to 19, all while navigating her own insecurities and learning how powerful visibility can be.
Years later, Mayim reintroduced herself to a new generation as Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory. For nearly a decade, audiences watched Amy and Sheldonâs love story unfold, but behind the jokes and Emmy nominations (she earned 4 of them, plus 2 Criticsâ Choice Awards and a SAG nomination), Mayim was carving out her own path. She was proving you could be a scientist on-screen and in real lifeâbecause in between acting jobs, she earned a PhD in Neuroscience from UCLA.
But Mayimâs story doesnât end with acting. Sheâs also an author of four books, including two New York Times bestsellers (Girling Up and Boying Up), where she writes directly to young people about identity, resilience, and self-worth. She wrote and directed her own feature film, As They Made Us, starring Dustin Hoffman and Candice Bergen. And yesâshe even stepped into the shoes of Alex Trebek to co-host Jeopardy! for two seasons, earning yet another Emmy nomination while guiding one of the most beloved shows in television history.
Today, Mayim uses her platform to go even deeper. As the host of the popular podcast Mayim Bialikâs Breakdownâwith more than 60 million downloadsâshe invites experts, celebrities, and everyday people to talk openly about anxiety, recovery, trauma, and resilience. Itâs her way of âdemocratizing mental healthââgiving people language for what theyâre feeling, showing that healing isnât one-size-fits-all, and reminding us all that no one is alone in the struggle.
Why does Mayim matter here? Because sheâs proof that success and struggle arenât oppositesâthey often live side by side. She knows what it means to feel insecure, to wrestle with anxiety, to grow up in the spotlight, and to still be searching for joy in the small things (like cats, stickers, or a good homemade tomato sauce). Sheâs a scientist, a creator, a mom, a partner, and a voice that makes people feel seen.
When Mayim speaks, you donât just hear a celebrity storyâyou hear a lifeline. And thatâs exactly why weâre honored to share her voice with you.
We laughed together, we sat in hard truths together, and we walked away feeling changed. Not because she gave us a perfect formula, but because she reminded us that none of us have to walk this road alone.
To be trusted with her story, her perspective, and her heartâit humbled us. It reminded us why we started this podcast in the first place: to hold space for conversations that heal.
So if you listen to only one episode this season, let it be this one. Mayimâs words will stay with us for a long time, and we think theyâll stay with you too.
Wherever you are in your own journeyâwhether youâre struggling, celebrating, or just putting one foot in front of the otherâweâre honored to walk alongside you. Thank you for being here, for listening, and for being part of this community that makes the hard stuff just a little lighter.
With love, gratitude, and awe, âG-Rex & Dirty Skittlesâ âChanging the way we talk about mental health, one real convo at a time
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