State Of Mind with Maurice Benard

Eva LaRue: 12 Years of Stalking Before the FBI Caught Him | Part 2

How do you protect your child from someone you can’t identify? A message at her daughter’s school was supposed to be from her dad—but one detail made it impossible to tru

Eva LaRue & Maurice Benard: The Friendship Beyond General Hospital | Part 1

Eva LaRue had questions for Maurice Benard that no General Hospital script could answer. He was struggling with anxiety, yet still worried about seeming rude when he need

Amy Morin on Grief, Anxiety & Getting Through the Hardest Nights

Amy Morin knew the advice for grief and anxiety. Living through it was a different question. After losing her mother and her husband, the psychotherapist was helping clie

General Hospital's Kayden Tokarski: When Confidence Meets Anxiety | Part 2

General Hospital's Kayden Tokarski and Maurice Benard get personal about anxiety—and the gap between looking confident and feeling it. Kayden knows what it's like to seem

General Hospital's Kayden Tokarski Surprises Maurice Benard | Part 1

General Hospital's Kayden Tokarski sits down with Maurice Benard, and Scout is only the beginning. Behind the credits is a young actress learning when to trust her work a

General Hospital's Paige Herschell: Maurice Benard Knew It Was Real | Part 2

General Hospital's Paige Herschell returns with Maurice Benard—and it gets personal. Paige asks the Daytime Emmy-winning host a question that turns the interview around;

General Hospital’s Paige Herschell on Grief, Caregiving and Finding Her Voice | Part 1

In Part 1 of this conversation, Maurice Benard sits down with General Hospital’s Paige Herschell for a deeply personal conversation about transformation, creativity and g

Rob Brownstein on Rejection, Al Pacino and the Actor’s Inner Work

Rob Brownstein (Michael, Straight Outta Compton) joins General Hospital's Maurice Benard. On State of Mind, the actor and longtime teacher reflects on working with Al Pac

Laura Day on Anxiety, Identity and What Actually Works

Laura Day and Maurice Benard ask what separates intuition from anxiety—and what pain requires. The New York Times bestselling author argues that a useful signal should le

Mark Teschner on Casting General Hospital, Discovering Stars & the Vulnerability of Acting | SOM Vault

In this episode originally recorded in 2022, Maurice is joined by Mark Teschner. Mark has been the Casting Director at General Hospital since 1989 and has won ten Emmy Aw

Ben Greenfield on Anxiety, Longevity & the Limits of Biohacking

Ben Greenfield, health consultant, trainer, triathlete, personal trainer, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author, joins Maurice Benard for a wide-ranging conversa

Maurice Benard Meets Jordan Sunshine: 3 Body Problem, The Pitt, Music & Big Dreams

Jordan Sunshine walks into State of Mind with the kind of confidence that makes Maurice Benard forget he is interviewing a six-year-old. His work in 3 Body Problem and Th

Tarek Tohme: What Loss Revealed, What the Cage Gave Back & Michael Jackson's Advice

Tarek Tohme joins Maurice Benard to discuss grief, mental health, Michael Jackson, and MMA. In this full episode of State of Mind, the filmmaker, actor, producer, and wri

Trauma Surgeon Jeremy Heffner on PTSD & the Cost of Holding It All In...

Trauma surgeon Jeremy Heffner tells Maurice Benard what emotional control cost him. After years of managing chaos and carrying other people’s worst moments, Jeremy says h

Breaking the Cycle with Rena Sofer (GH's Lois Cerullo)

In this episode from the SOM archives, General Hospital's Rena Sofer opens up about breaking family cycles, B&B, and becoming Lois. In this powerful conversation with Mau

"I Kept It Inside": GH's Finn Carr (Rocco) Reveals His Hidden Struggle

In this episode, which originally aired in January of 2025, General Hospital's Finn Carr (Rocco) and Maurice Benard (Sonny) sit down for a deeply honest conversation abou

Matty Fiorenza: Firefighter PTSD, Addiction and Surviving a Suicidal Crisis

First responder Matty Fiorenza joins Maurice Benard for an unflinching conversation about firefighter PTSD, complex trauma, moral injury and recovery. After a 22-year car

James Patrick Stuart: Anxiety, Addiction, Grief and Finding Purpose

This episode is from the SOM archives. Originally recorded in 2021, it features James Patrick Stuart, beloved as Valentin Cassadine on General Hospital. James joins Mauri

AJ Mendez / AJ Lee on WWE, Bipolar Disorder, and and Making Peace With “Jean”

AJ Mendez, known to WWE fans around the world as AJ Lee, returns to State of Mind and has a deeply honest and powerful conversation Maurice. They talked about growing up

Joshua Benard on Music, Mental Health, and Turning Pain Into Art

Maurice Benard welcomes his son Joshua Benard back to State of Mind for a deeply personal conversation about music, acting, anxiety, depression, family, and the creative