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A spooky self-care podcast about the mental health benefits of horror. Journey into the horrifying depths with Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist (and all-around spooky ghoul), as she explores how mental health themes are portrayed in your favourite horror movies and beyond. Drawing on archetypes from final girls to horror villains, Candis provides guidance in each episode about how listeners can navigate their own mental health woes.Mental Health is Horrifying is the recipient of two Canadian Podcast Awards — Outstanding Health & Fitness Series, and Outstanding Education Series.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA spooky self-care podcast about the mental health benefits of horror. Journey into the horrifying depths with Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist (and all-around spooky ghoul), as she explores how mental health themes are portrayed in your favourite horror movies and beyond.
Recent episodes include "Carrie, Educator mental health is on fire" (23 October 2026, 33 minutes), "Halloweentown, Must be the season of the witch wound" (9 October 2026, 29 minutes), and "Practical Magic 2, The mental health benefits of watching spooky movies with your besties" (25 September 2026, 23 minutes).
Mental Health is Horrifying publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 60 episodes.
Booking probability for Mental Health is Horrifying is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Mental Health is Horrifying requires a Pod Score of 81 or higher. Mental Health is Horrifying's contact route on record: verified email.
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Mental Health is Horrifying
I bet the educators in Carrie also wanted to set everything on fire. In this episode (with spoilers), I explore Mike Flanagan's Carrie (2026), and its portrayal of mental health within schools. I talk about...
Mental Health is Horrifying
"Halloween is cool, nature boy. I mean, it's exciting, strange, and ancient." Marnie knows! In this episode, I explore Halloweentown (1998) and its portrayal of the witch wound. I talk about: The history of the...
Mental Health is Horrifying
Let's have another round of midnight margaritas, shall we? In this spoiler-free episode, I explore Practical Magic 2 (2026) and the mental health benefits of watching spooky movies with your besties. I talk about...
Mental Health is Horrifying
Get out your Ouija board because we're having a séance in the bathroom! In this episode, I explore cozy horror What Lies Beneath (2000) and its exploration of how our intuition speaks to us. I talk about: Why...
Mental Health is Horrifying
Debbie Jellinsky is the gold-digging, murderous, glamorous, Black Widow in Addams Family Values who when Fester says gimme a kiss, she says gimme a 20. Today, we honour her legacy. In this episode, I explore Addams...
Mental Health is Horrifying
The Devil's Mouth may seem like just another sharksploitation movie, but this is a therapy shark! And this shark wants you to face that wonky friendship in your life. In this episode, I explore The Devil's Mouth...
Mental Health is Horrifying
Do you struggle with catastrophic thinking? Well, if sharks getting swept up in a tornado and falling from the sky isn't a catastrophe, I don't know what is. In this episode, I explore Sharknado (2013) and its portrayal...
Mental Health is Horrifying
It’s officially summer, and now that school’s out, what better way to spend the summer than by going to camp? And how are we going to get to summer camp? Let’s take the hot mess express to Camp Arawak...
Mental Health is Horrifying
I am so very grateful that Forbidden Fruits exists, and that pink horror is becoming more popular, because pink horror is such a glorious, safe space to explore the horrors or womanhood, while also reclaiming the...
Mental Health is Horrifying
Obsession has really struck a chord in a world where we are increasingly unsure how to be in relationship with each other, and where true intimacy feels like a horrifying threat. In this episode, I explore...
Mental Health is Horrifying
Gather 'round sisters, as we leave lavender but our garden gates and bury our abusive exes under the rose bush! In this episode, I explore Practical Magic (1998), its portrayal of intimate partner violence, and...
Mental Health is Horrifying
<p>I say this with my full chest — Undertone was not lying when it said that it is "the scariest movie you'll ever hear." And I cannot un-hear it!</p><p>In this spoiler-free episode, I explore Undertone (2025) and the...
Mental Health is Horrifying
<p>I was there! I was a teenager, there to experience the genius marketing surrounding The Blair Witch Project. It signalled a new era for horror, while the movie itself mirrors a complete uncertainty about reality...
Mental Health is Horrifying
<p>Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, Netflix’s newest horror series, begs the question — do you really want to marry this guy, or do you just feel like you have to?</p><p>In this spoiler-free episode, I explore...
Mental Health is Horrifying
<p>Lestat and Louis have one of the most complicated, twisted relationships in literature and film. And it brings up the topic of energy vampires – what do you do when you’re in a relationship with someone who is just...
Mental Health is Horrifying
<p>90s nostalgia is everywhere right now, and it's not a random coincidence.</p><p>In this episode, I explore the documentary In Search of Darkness 1995-1999 (2026) and the psychology of nostalgia. </p><p>I talk...
Mental Health is Horrifying
<p>In this special tribute to Canadian icon and spooky legend Catherine O'Hara, I talk about all that she gave us, and the healing capacity of a psychological phenomenon called transference. </p><p>I talk...
Mental Health is Horrifying
<p>It's winter and all I want to do is solve cozy mysteries! In this episode, I explore Knives Out (2019) and its portrayal of the impact of grief on family dynamics.</p><p>I talk about:</p>What grief is and why it...
Mental Health is Horrifying
<p>The holiday season always makes me think of ballet and how it is both a horrifying and beautiful dance. In this episode, I explore Black Swan (2010) and its portrayal of perfectionism. </p><p>Mental Health is...
Mental Health is Horrifying
<p>In this episode, I explore Frankenstein (2025) and its portrayal of narcissism. </p><p>Mental Health is Horrifying is hosted by Candis Green, Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Many Moons...
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