MAURICE BENARD STATE OF MIND with ALISON SWEENEY 

Alison does everything behind the camera, love her on those hallmark mystery movies and Christmas movies…just love her personality thx for sharing and always thx Maurice ❤️❤️❤️👏🏽👏🏽

As a fan of both Days and GH, this is beyond AWESOME to me!! ❤️

Really love this interview! Have been a fan of Allison since 1993. Even met her at a mall in California back in 1995 lol. She is so talented, intelligent, real and kind (to name a few) and of course beautiful.

Sami and Sonny would be the Ultimate supercouple the only person who I could see taking over the role as Carly would be Alison Sweeney

Thank you, Maurice and Allison for a wonderful state of mind today. Loved the discussion about body image. It’s so important that our young girls learn that they don’t need to look like a Barbie doll to be loved. Maurice, I hope you don’t mind me saying this but I think God prepares us for things in our lives. The Alzheimer’s story Line with Max was God’s way of preparing you for the next chapter in your life with your own dad. It’s funny how God works because when you were doing the BI Polar storyline in 2016, My daughter, who had just started college, was diagnosed with Bi Polar. God knows what we need. God bless and thank you, Allison and Maurice ♥️

Nice interview with Alison. She is so fun to watch on Days. Maurice- You are so good talking to your guests. Inspiration to us all that we are all in this together. ♥️

Just a fun fact: Allison has been playing Sami longer than Maurice has been playing Sonny.

Omg if she gets to gh it's going to be so amazing

I have never viewed a show all the way through, and it held my interest, both of these people are down to earth. They shared personal issues and how they worked through the issues. I agree it was like therapy, it was really enlightening I really would like to thank these two people, they were dynamic together as host and guest. I love how these two people are involved in helping others, for they are talented and knowledgeable to be able to help people. Thank you for sharing.

Maurice, thank you for being so open and honest about your mental health struggles. My entire family (including me) has dealt with either depression, anxiety, bipolar, PTSD, OCD, ADHD. Yeah. We won the genetics lottery (ha!). I have spent the better part of my 57 years on this planet trying to hide my pain and struggles. It's been exhausting. Thanks to people like you, we are having conversations about this and some of the shame is going away. I appreciate you so much for being willing to be a leader in this. All my best.

I love Ali. She is the Reese Witherspoon of daytime, can do it all.

Great interview! I love you both! She is quite intimidating at first. Then you feel her sincerity! Maurice, although we want you back as Sonny, I fully understand now why you needed a break. Mike's a breath of fresh air for you! I will remember that now as I watch GH! Continued success and stay blessed and well!

This was excellent! Now I want to see a GH/Days crossover where Sonny and Sami work together.

Being a long time Days watcher, (year two), I have watched Ali since she started on The show. I absolutely loved this episode of State of Mind. Congratulations to both of you. We don’t get Hallmark up here so hopefully it will end up on the W channel.

Maurice thank you for this and your honest dialogue. I love Alison, my fav actress. I have one brother still living with mental illness, 2 sisters that died who had maniac depression/bipolar. It was devastating. They were and r very intelligent accomplished people. I love how u and Alison got along, I’m impressed that you admire her and want to work with her..that would be outstanding. You’re both great people. Thanks for this.,💗🙏👏👏👏

I love watching your program called State of Mind! I really enjoyed listening to what Alison said about her life! She is very talented and a bright woman! Now I need to say this about Maurice father that has a bad illness. My mom who has passed away from dementia is very hard to see your family member go through it! Plus trying to play the character of character who is playing the role of an mental illness! That can't be easy coming home from work as an actor and leaving your job at work. I hope that I made some sense about what I just said. Very well done with the interview. Thank you so much for sharing the information. May God bless you Maurice Benard! 🙏💝💯👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Nice conversation from a couple of Daytime vets talking about real life. THANKS!

I meet Alison Sweeney and days of lives several time in Nashville Tn at fan fair and she was so down to earth such sweet person. Best times of my life.

Maurice thank you for sharing your story and im enjoying the interviews. I'm dating myself but I remember you on AMC...love you as Sunny and your other bodies of work. As a nurse I feel mental health and awareness is misunderstood but very important. Thank you for all you do.

Alison is a force. What a fabulous interview with Alison Sweeney. Guys y'all really went deep. Great job Mo.

Alison Sweeney, I watched you from day one on Days, and loved you as a villain and still love you. My Mom got me watching and I never stopped. You are beautiful inside and out. Keep up the great work! Maurice, love this State Of Mind! You are so relatable and a breath of fresh air

First.. your show is informative and entertaining. Second.. let me say this was one of my favorites. Alison is one of my favorite actresses I watched her since she started on days. I also enjoy your portrayal of Sonny. My sister was diagnosed with bipolar, one of her daughters with bipolar both including depression and anxiety disorders. My husband has debilitating OCD, tourette's, clinical depression, anxiety. It took us awhile for him to be diagnosed. I am working that he takes his medication faithfully. However our lives or anything but easy. July 2014, June 2015 so significant losses in my life. Then 2016 came and it seemed like every month we were dealing with something devastating including the death of my father-in-law and my sister that had been diagnosed with bipolar. I started having health problems as well and I have not gotten a lot better. So with the loss, the physical issues that leave me in pain, severe pain daily, for the first time in my adult life I also deal with extreme anxiety, depression, feeling of worthlessness. I feel that my place in this world is to help people. And I'm not in a position to help myself. I'm unable to work both physically, emotionally or mentally, which is left us in an extreme financial situation which also makes it almost impossible for me to get help physically or mentally. That's the reason for the feeling of uselessness and helplessness. I have family members who don't believe in mental illness, or mental difficulties. You get the "you just need to put on your big girl britches & do what needs to be done. And your husband needs to get over himself & go back to work." So it is refreshing to hear people speak out with a platform of not a degree but of personal knowledge with such conviction. I would be very interested in another conversation between you and Alison. They showed seem to be 5 minutes instead of 41 minutes. That was a compliment in case it didn't come across correctly. You do good work Maurice on the show, and on your podcast. I am truly sorry for your Dad's diagnosis. A few short years before my father-in-law died he had a stroke which caused early on set Alzheimer's. For all my husband's issues he was so patient with his dad and even though we lived almost 500 miles away he talked to him multiple times a day and help him a lot because he was home during the day alone & would get scared. God Bless!!

What a fabulous interview! Alison Sweeney is a fan favorite! Love State of Mind and all the guests to date… everyone has opened up and given enlightenment in so many areas that can and will encourage others with similar problems to hopefully seek help. She is so correct about ADHD being over diagnosed.. not every active child needs meds! Thank you for being such a huge Mental Health advocate because the umbrella it encompasses is massive. Sonny & Sami would be awesome together! Her character kinda makes Carly look like Mother Theresa sometimes!! 🤣🤣

Sonny, you inspire others every single day. Thank God.

Another great State of Mind..always look forward to them!😍

Great show agreed Sammy and Sonny could be a dangerous duo Love it. I had an aha moment you explained to me why a certain someone calls themself God it makes a lot of sense now with the initials KW 😉. Alison certainly has a good head on his shoulders after all the crap that she has been through (body shaming)very strong woman I applaud her. As usual Maurice I enjoyed the show thoroughly and look forward to next week.

I think you all were talking about Tyler Christoper ;(

Enjoyed the interview. Wouldn’t it be a gas as a bonus couple episodes of the had a funny show where it is DOOL meets GH. They could have GH actors playing DOOL characters etc. I have a daughter with a mental health disorder. I could never get help for her as a child. She took off at 17. Thank you for your mission of awareness.

Thank you for your openess and being so transparent Maurice. You are a true inspiration for so many of us that are living with mental illness or who have a loved one with mental illness. You are making a difference in so many peoples lives. ❤

Maurice fabulous interview with Allison Sweeney. Depression, bipolar, & anxiety are all very real. I believe everyone suffers from at least one of these. However some cases are mild and others are far more severe. You truly are setting a great example to all of us by sharing your struggles. It shocks me that there are people who don't realize it is a very real thing. We all learn from other people's struggles, issues etc. I have so much respect for your wife for standing by you.

Two of the best! Crying again, honesty and compassion x10.

I can relate with the alcoholism. My dad was in the Air Force and he drank ever since I can remember. He didn’t want help. My mom stuck it out but my dad passed away at 54.

Thank you for sharing some of your stories Ms. Sweeney. Maurice you're getting better and better each week my man. 👏🏻

It blows my mind that a fan can blur the line between actor and character enough to verbally abuse an actor over a storyline! (Or constantly tell an actor what to do in the role like he or she is the writer🙄)

I remember Ali's first scenes on Days and it has been great to see her really perfect her skills and then to go above and beyond all that. This conversation flowed so easily and she really is so open and outgoing.

First, Allison is phenomenal and such an inspiration. SAMI and SONNY! ❤️‍🔥Listen - if this was Sami in this storyline Sami would’ve never accepted that Sonny was dead and she would come after anyone involved at keeping him from home. 😌 - GH needs to make Carly’s sister - I bet she would get her Emmy. Thanks Maurice for bringing her on this was so great.

Allison Sweeney so amazing and she’s one of the reason that I started watching DAYS in 2004.

Maurice, I hear you on the difficulty of having a parent or loved one with cancer. So hard to watch a loved one in pain or with this serious illness! Praying for peace for you & your Dad! ❤

Loved this SOM with Alison Sweeney. You are both awesome!

I feel it’s more important for you to continue with State of Mind than Sonny on GH (if there had to be a choice).This show is so honest and hearing it from celebrities makes us feel that we’re not in this alone!! I hope you continue doing this show it’s amazing and so refreshing!!! Thank you!!

This was just great!!!!! Alison I just googled your mother, Polly! She was in NYC a decade before me at school but I knew of all the people she spoke of. Fascinating stories!!

YOU REALIZE Kirsten(Maxie)was her sister on Days.

This was an absolutely an AMAZINGLY AWESOME INTERVIEW!!! Thank you so very much for not only doing the interview but for sharing it as well. I love you both so much but I have watch Allison a lot longer and I remember hearing about the things she went through on Days because not only viewer's but producers and others felt like she didn't fit the skinny mold that that television pounded into our heads back then. I was very over weight as a child and not only was I made fun of by kids but my sister as well and then her husband after they got married. She was 8 yrs older than me man's she thought she could shame me into losing weight. So I grew up with such a severe that at times I still have trouble with it but I have gotten so much better and I am 70 now. As a teen and young adult i of course tried every fad diet known to man and my weight would of course come back with a vengeance. I love my sister but we fought like cats/dogs growing up but forgiving her wad what I had to do for myself. I think she never really knew how deep it hurt me and I was always thankful for my big brother who helped run interference between us. I don't think it ever really occurred to either my sister or her husband until they had a daughter that looked so much like me weight and all that suffered through so much of the same until she for into until she got into High School and started playing sports. I did the same thing but mine was Drill team in. High School. I appreciate you both and all you both do to help so many others. Thank you so much for sharing your stories so that I can help so many people suffering these days. You Both are such amazing people. I hope you both, as well as your famlies, have a safe, blessed, wonderful week/weekend. Stay healthy and God Bless You All. Much Love My Dear Sweet Friends💜💛💜

We hang on to the negative more than the positive because of the "belief" that we are not worthy of all the positive. That's why self Love is the only thing that should matter. Love thyself ... then Love others. Allison your beautiful 🙏 and Maurice are just as beautiful 💜

Thank you for being honest & forthcoming! I enjoyed this but hurt for the aloneness that those with these struggles face. #Alzheimers is a brutal illness. Caretakers are underappreciated. #akf

I thought I was the little old lady from Pasadena. But I can share the title. Lol

Such an incredible episode. Have always loved Allison and all her work and realness so it was wonderful to watch the two of you interact. (Side note a Sami and Sonny spin off would be epic!)

Sorry I didn't see you all LIVE but the show was awesome. You always have good guests, I'm always learning from State of Mind;

Thank you for opening up and being honest about your feelings and life. Admire both of you and your excellence at your craft.

Yes it would be great to see you act together.

More! Just like the way u did it this time, keep the format, pacing/progression, but keep the real life stuff!!! Don't fake it or half truth it! This, getting Actual slightly real, slightly, and allowing us to see pieces, only ppl in ur real life, can view/experience, and see You (Sami/Sonny) as real humans . . That, is Gold!

Forgot to like the last video so thumbs up today. Alison is really chill and relaxed. Amazing Convo as always MO

Thank you Maurice for doing such a great interview. You & Allison rock! :) Can you imagine if Allison ever made an appearance in GH as a rival mob boss? Wow! She'd be a force to be reckoned with! ;)

Another great state of mind...sorry to head about your father diagnosis. Praying for you guys

I absolutely loved this!!! You two are amazing human beings and such inspirations. Have a wonderful week.

This is Fantastic! I have so many family stories. Thank you Maurice and Alison!

Love this. I would like you to speak about Depression and Anxiety. I suffer and so many.

It would be nice is Allison did a cameo on GH. Maybe have her character work at Deception with Maxie. That would be fun to see.

I absolutely adore Alison Thank you this was my favourite 😍 May God bless you always and forever Amen 🙏 I know this isn’t easy for you to do ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Love this interview and Allison and Maurice❣️. Both incredible actors and gorgeous people, beautiful souls!

Thinking of TC during their chat. Bless him.

My oldest daughter died from brain cancer at age 15. I am still devastated 30 years later. I am now able to volunteer at our local Grief Center as a grief facilitator for young children. God opened a door for this chance to heal by healing others❤

This was awesome!! You and Allison were great. Y’all need to do a show together as it would be a great watch!! Thanks for doing State of Mind. I watched this one and the one with Laura Wright so far and they were both great. Keep up the good work Maurice!!

It's quite interesting you said you had telepathy at that moment. It may be that during your mania the part of the brain which uses telepathy was activated. I have telepathy, but have had since I was 3 - I can't read minds but sense impressions of incidents, etc. I have major clinical depression from trauma at age very early in life...brain chemistry shifts during adolescence and after pregnancy - during traumas it gets bad. But my telepathy never changes...I used to have conversations with another telepathic...using projection. So brain areas responsible for sensativity are dormant with me...unless I choose to 'see' with it. But for some might manifest during chemical changes or trauma.

Ok you need. A part 2 of this one .. i love her ❤❤❤ but great one!!

...discovering at a young age What is of Most Interest And... Living that Life!!

Love these interviews 🔥

Love, love, love Alison! Sami Brady is a force to be reckoned with and her Hallmark movies are so good. If Sami and Sonny met, Salem and PC would not be the same. So glad to know her mom tried to break the chain of alcoholism. Body shaming is awful! She is gorgeous! I was so happy to hear about her relationship with Chandler Massey. It really comes across well on screen.

I love this I wish Alison and Maurice doing a show or a movie together

Two of my favorite people!! Why?? Because both of you are survivors. And use your celebrity status outlet for awareness. You both make such a huge difference. Thank you @mauricebenard#knowledgeispower

your so amazing Maurice, honesty you are truly amazing human being I have depression and PSTD and honesty it's never easy for me some times to deal with I am so happy your brining this to table. keep up the good work Alayna.

Allison has directed at gh.

My sister tried and now refuses to take meds for her bipolar disorder. I feel I have to allow her that freedom. She would be homeless if she didn’t love with me. People say to make it a condition of her living with me, but I can’t, because I know for sure she’d choose to be homeless.

The discussion about body image really hit home. I've always been a bigger gal, almost 6 ft tall, and not skinny. People are horrible enough when you aren't in the public eye. And timely, as so many anti vaccine/mask folks are weight-shaming and claiming their superior health practices keep them safe.

Omg both of you are my favs on Days & GH !!! Thank you for this !💗💗💥💥

Maurice would have been a good choice for Nick Corelli recast if he had joined Days. Him and Alison could have been paired up.

Maurice thanks again for state of mind and seeing Alison.

EXCELLENT Interview never miss❤👍

Sonny is such a soft soul.i have severe anxiety 😳 omg it sucks.ty for telling your story!

Both amazing people I love them ❤️

This is really one of the best Thanks for sharing about your weight Allison Thank you Maurice

Yes talk, I'm following that path, developing a one woman shop AND I AM NOT AN ACTOR you and Allison are brilliant.

Another great interview love sami on days of our lives she needs to come on gh you and her would make a great pair

Great show! My 2 favorite actors.

Great conversation between you and Allison

Can’t go without medicine!

Wonderful interview! There was a smoke detector chirping in the background of this interview. It sounds like someone was vacuuming too.

Wonderfully done!! Did make me alittle sad that woman are made to feel like they have to be a certain weight or have a certain look that has to stay with you deep down i know it does for me i can never feel skinny enough or beautiful enough thanks for the wonderful interview moe have a great week!!

I relate very well to the body image. I recently had someone stop seeing me as I was gaining weight. 😭

Love Allison,,thanks💖

I started watching Days because Genie Francis left GH & joined days. Then saw Gorgeous Drake Hogastan. Then Allison joined. Hooked ever since.

Some people are so ignorant ,can't separate a character from a real person Blows the mind Allison you are a brilliant actress and I have always thought you were very pretty I didn't like Sammy's character but that was the point isn't it ?

Sonny and Sammy would be too much. I love both Characters.

Allison really resembles Christina Applegate.

She's so beautiful. I think Maxie (Kirsten storms) played her younger sister. I can definitely see that.

Love Alison i watched Days for a long time and i still do and i heat it when she leevs for a piriead of time, i watched all hear mouves

Fear Factor. I loved that episode. She was killing it

What a true shame it is that body image is even an issue, whether in the business or any walk in life. Health should be the focus, as well as a persons heart, soul and talent, not whatever form your outside is...I feel for anyone in the business or out of it who have allowed other people to judge them only on their outward appearance and not been able to call them out for it. So many people in the world are overlooked or kicked to the proverbial curb by others in positions of power simply because they "looked" a particular way or didn't "fit". No one bothered to look a bit further and find out more about them and the possibilities that may have been there...it has always just pissed me off.

Oh Allison I hear you

That's so sweet 💖