Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Have you ever felt like you’re doing everything right - checking all the boxes, staying busy, achieving your goals - but still feeling unfulfilled?
In this week’s episode of Hello Monday, host Jessi Hempel talks with Dr. Judith Joseph, psychiatrist, researcher, and author of High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy. Together, they dive into the topic of high-functioning depression - a quiet but powerful condition that can hide behind success and productivity.
Dr. Joseph opens up about her own experience with hidden depression and introduces her Five V’s framework - a practical, healing approach to rediscovering joy.
Tune in to hear more about:
What high-functioning depression really looks like - and how to recognize it
How “anhedonia,” or the loss of joy, shows up in daily life
Why unprocessed “little T” traumas can drive us to stay constantly busy
How to shift from being a “human doing” to a “human being”.
Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter for more on building a work life on your own terms: bit.ly/HelloMondayNewsletter
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#hellomonday
#depression
#anhedonia
#JudithJoseph
00:00 - Intro: The boom in longevity and mental health
01:16 - Introducing high-functioning depression
03:28 - Anhedonia - the silent red flag
05:56 - Burnout vs. depression: What are you really running from?
10:22 - Identifying and confronting hidden traumas
13:01 - The 5 V’s framework for rediscovering joy
17:04 - Values and vitals: anchoring mental health
22:45 - Stop chasing happiness, start earning joy points
24:07 - How a “Joy List” helped me find light again
26:45 - Conclusion
Have you ever felt like you’re doing everything right - checking all the boxes, staying busy, achieving your goals - but still feeling unfulfilled?
In this week’s episode of Hello Monday, host Jessi Hempel talks with Dr. Judith Joseph, psychiatrist, researcher, and author of High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy. Together, they dive into the topic of high-functioning depression - a quiet but powerful condition that can hide behind success and productivity.
Dr. Joseph opens up about her own experience with hidden depression and introduces her Five V’s framework - a practical, healing approach to rediscovering joy.
Tune in to hear more about:
What high-functioning depression really looks like - and how to recognize it
How “anhedonia,” or the loss of joy, shows up in daily life
Why unprocessed “little T” traumas can drive us to stay constantly busy
How to shift from being a “human doing” to a “human being”.
Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter for more on building a work life on your own terms: bit.ly/HelloMondayNewsletter
#linkedinnews
#hellomonday
#depression
#anhedonia
#JudithJoseph
00:00 - Intro: The boom in longevity and mental health
01:16 - Introducing high-functioning depression
03:28 - Anhedonia - the silent red flag
05:56 - Burnout vs. depression: What are you really running from?
10:22 - Identifying and confronting hidden traumas
13:01 - The 5 V’s framework for rediscovering joy
17:04 - Values and vitals: anchoring mental health
22:45 - Stop chasing happiness, start earning joy points
24:07 - How a “Joy List” helped me find light again
26:45 - Conclusion
