I’m so glad we found each other!
Welcome to my Substack! I’ve been a fan of Substack for years and have used this platform to get my news and my mental health support. It only seemed fitting to join Substack as a writer, podcaster, and creator. And I’m so happy you’re here with me!
With a reach of about 13M across all of my social media platforms, I am grateful to be able to share content that matters to me with so many humans on this planet all over the world.
Aaaaaand.... I want to do more. I miss connecting more intimately in a more intimate setting.
Here’s what you may know about me from show business. I played Amy Farrah Fowler on “The Big Bang Theory” for 9 years. I was Blossom on “Blossom” from the time I was 14-19. I hosted “Jeopardy” for 2 seasons. I was also CC Bloom (Bette Midler’s character as a child) in “Beaches” and I’ve been in a bunch of other shows like “Webster,” “Facts of Life,” “MacGuyver,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and I even got a makeover before returning to acting on “What Not To Wear.” You may know I was nominated for 5 Emmys (and that I have not won any!), and starred in “Call Me Kat” for three seasons on FOX after TBBT ended.
I wrote and directed my first screenplay, “As They Made Us” which starred Dustin Hoffman, Candice Bergen, Simon Helberg and Dianna Agron in 2023; it was one of my most proud accomplishments of my life.
I also hold a PhD in Neuroscience from UCLA and I specialized in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in adolescents with Prader-Willi Syndrome. I have two sons; one in college and one in high school and I started my writing career as a Mommy blogger for Kveller.com and for a variety of websites back when the internet was just taking off (!). I wrote a book about Attachment Parenting, a vegan cookbook, and two NY Times Bestselling books about puberty - Boying Up and Girling Up. I also hold a Guinness World Record for the largest online science lesson!
I started it in 2015 and this page features many videos I made about religion, being a celebrity, being a mom, and being a scientist. I love to find beauty in the mundane and much of my YouTube and writing focuses on a unique perspective I have cultivated in my almost 50 years on this planet. That Youtube page is now the home of the podcast I co-host about the exploration of the practical, the revelatory, the interpersonal, and even the magical as we tackle every part of what makes us human: the physical, emotional and psychological, as well as everything beyond our current understanding: the spiritual, mystical, esoteric, and even the metaphysical. It’s all what makes you who you are. Understanding it all is what makes you who you can imagine you can be.
I am also a person who has lived with a variety of mental health challenges and I have been very open and honest on Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown in discussing what has worked for me, what hasn’t worked, and the ways in which I am still growing.
On substack, I am excited to get back to writing, sharing the lesser-known aspects of my time as an actor and public person since the age of 11.
Through the MBB substack, I will send out weekly newsletters and do weekly lives with my co-host Jonathan Cohen. If you choose to be a subscriber to MBB (which I hope you will!), you will also get Monday check-ins, a ton of fun bonus podcast content and a variety of other awesome features!
I’m excited to build a community here and unity at a time when social media and the news cycle can feel destructive and hurtful. And I’m excited to see how this space can be a place for growth, creativity and friendship. Thanks for being here and make sure to check out our podcast’s Substack, too. That’s where my content will be most easily accessible.
I’m so glad we found each other.
