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October 10th is World Mental Health Day, and in celebration of this day, today's episode is going to be all about mental health! Evan dives deep into various aspects of mental health, emphasizing the significance of seeking professional help. The episode explores common mental health struggles and the vital role of community and strong social connections.
Evan discusses what has the biggest impact on our mental health from the impact of social media, physical activity, sleep, and stress on mental wellness. Personal strategies, like creating a structured daily schedule, setting boundaries with toxic relationships, and prioritizing sleep and nutrition, are shared to foster stability and productivity. Practical and accessible practices are provided in the is episode as always so that you can walk away from this episode feeling empowered. This episode is packed with actionable advice and personal experiences aimed at enhancing overall mental well-being. Don't miss the valuable insights and scientifically-backed tips to elevate your mental health!
00:21 Importance of Mental Health Awareness
01:19 Disclaimer and Seeking Professional Help
02:53 Sponsors and Recommendations
05:05 Understanding Mental Health Issues
06:18 Factors Contributing to Poor Mental Health
10:07 Impact of Social Media on Mental Health
12:49 Exercise and Mental Health
15:26 Sleep, Stress, and Mental Health
16:51 Tips to Improve Mental Health
18:07 Struggling to Get Back into Routine
19:30 Importance of a Daily Schedule
20:09 Productivity and Mental Health
21:15 Movement for Mental Well-being
22:00 Self-Review and Setting Boundaries
23:23 The Role of Therapy
24:56 Prioritizing Sleep and Nutrition
26:02 Meditation and Mindfulness
27:51 Mood-Boosting Supplements
30:40 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
DISCLAIMER:
This podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. Evan Roberts is not a medical professional and this podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Statements and views expressed on this show are not medical advice, this podcast, including Evan Roberts and any guests on the show, disclaims responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained in this episode. If you think you have a medical problem please consult a medical professional.
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world mental health day that recently
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and we need to bring a lot of awareness
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mention, there are so many different.
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be experiencing poor mental health.
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reasons there could be, uh, you know,
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of why we have poor mental health.
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to cover all of them.
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terms of the ones that I think make
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in why, uh, we are dealing with
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mental health problems.
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lack of community or close friends.
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a moment and think of.
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you spend most of your time with
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do you spend most of your time with?
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might just be one person.
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or a pretty good group of friends
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really think about who you spend
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there was a poll done and it showed
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loneliness at least once a week.
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time goes on and this could
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we feel that we can just connect online.
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person or maybe it's remote work.
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house to go interact, or you can just
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the dating game and you don't want to
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spend some time alone, but tends to lead
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reasons, but nonetheless, 30% of us
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loneliness at least once a week.
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blue zones, which are areas in the
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centenarians or people that live to
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and not only just live to a hundred, but
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mentally able into those later years.
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community, their friend group, the
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turn to at any time of the
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these people know them.
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able to really just foster and, you know,
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their entire life until literally death.
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terms of the blue zones, which I
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others as well, but that is one
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can be pretty easy.
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where you live, but community
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not only in our life span, but as
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looking at the people who are having
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believe it was a study done by Harvard.
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which they were looking at people.
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their life for literally about 80 years.
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like money, food, uh, you know, their
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that they could possibly think of and
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of who was living the longest and had
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quickly mentioned social media,
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of comparison going on and I think
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you know, you compare yourself very often
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just a snippet of their life and it's
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their life that they want you to see.
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that people are sharing.
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ourselves and, you know, asking like,
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their shoes kind of deal.
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that you don't want to go down, but
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like you always have to be a part
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bullying that takes place online and
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just the mindless content that we.
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also be a lot of fear-mongering right.
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fear in you and make you fearful of.
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whatever it might be.
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that we could be consuming tends to
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isn't some incredible content out
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more, we have to choose to actually.
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who it was that said this, but.
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becomes your body, right?
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also, um, you know, what you see
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builds the body, then what we're consuming
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become our mind and our mental health.
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healthy, good things in our mind, not just
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that we're not putting all of that poor.
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allowing it to take up space and also to
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putting good things in our mind through
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to and you know, the different types
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pasted something from their website.
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exercise can be just as beneficial as,
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there is a lot of benefit.
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specifically they talk about a low
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called neurotrophic or growth factor.
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grow and make new connections.
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function makes you feel better.
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neuroscientists have noticed that
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is the region that regulates mood.
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cell growth in the hippocampus,
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nerve cell growth and new connections in
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hippocampus, which is going to be, uh,
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of mood and in the people who tend to,
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is those are the people, or I don't
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the ones who are dealing with, uh,
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cell growth in the hippocampus
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correlated with relieving depression.
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I think when we are moving our bodies,
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setting ourselves up to feel like
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just not in the best of moods.
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especially like when I got to come
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like that, I like to move my body
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me into a better mood and allows
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did a little bit of exercise, nothing
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something to get my blood pumping.
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and true and always works for me.
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helps out in boosting the mood.
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wanted to include in here was
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everything in your life.
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and I will continue to do so.
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It is something that you can literally
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of not getting enough sleep.
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know, two weeks worth of bad sleep.
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to see some poor outcomes.
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key for literally everything in your,
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comes to your mental health,
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a lot of stress in your day-to-day
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easily lead to a poor mental health.
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need to be very mindful of.
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different reasons why we would have
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this episode moving and rolling and, uh,
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and tricks in terms of what you can do
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goal goal of this episode is to
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actually apply to your life.
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that I have either tried on myself.
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have researched and found some evidence,
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use the things that are tried
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own experience is, uh, is just.
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not have a huge scientific backing
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personally found some benefit in.
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is like the least sexy of them.
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always talk about is when I
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actually put me in kind of a.
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gone long for, you know, like a month
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get back into the swing of things.
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very low level depression, maybe.
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feeling at my best and.
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when I was still a student.
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vacation, I didn't necessarily have
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time before they started.
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wasn't really feeling all that great.
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set up and it would take me a while to
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you come back from vacation and you
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for the first couple of days, but then
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already back into the swing of things.
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it has a lot to do with the
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times and things to do and accomplish.
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back into your body, gets you a little
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feel like yourself faster, and
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for me personally, but I've seen
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other people who have used this.
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is really important.
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and you realize that your day is largely
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to your day can be super beneficial.
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time and a time in which you go to bed
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your day that you just kind of have
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it could be gardening.
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store could be your work.
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have some form of structure to your day.
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productivity, which I think goes
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your schedule that are productive.
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and it could be very simple tasks.
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on a hobby of yours.
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be better at painting or.
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the heck it is, right?
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at, or be productive with and
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are accomplishing things within your day.
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have been really key for me if
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health has kind of taken a hit
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kind of how my day is structured.
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back all notice that, um, there's
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:And they're just kind of like, as the day
comes, which isn't always a bad thing.
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taking a hit, I will take note of that.
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:Uh, number three is going to be movement.
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:So I already kind of mentioned this
earlier, but just to really reiterate
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:this movement is so important for a
mental health and many other things.
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especially outside, that is awesome
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:Not only are you going to feel great
after you do some form of exercise,
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show, I'm sure you have some kind
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about after you accomplish a really.
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know, pretty challenging workout.
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:Uh, you feel amazing and if you can be
outside and get that vitamin D on your
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:So movement's going to be number three.
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:Number four is going to be a self
review, but more specifically,
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poor mental health state.
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:So really taking note of things
like your friends, your family,
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:You have some toxic friends or
some toxic family members, right?
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:Like when you hang out with these
people, do they make you feel
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make you feel drained and like make
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:You know, you just want to go
curl up in a ball and not talk
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:to anybody for three days, right?
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:Like take no of the people you're
spending most of your time with and set
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:boundaries with the people who maybe you
love them to pieces, but they're just not
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:serving you or any function in your life.
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:And in fact, they're actually
hurting your mental health, then you
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:absolutely need to set boundaries
boundaries with those people.
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:Uh, and I know it can be difficult
with family members, but you
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:might have to lay some boundaries
down for your own mental health.
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:And, you know, this could also
be something to do with your
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:You just want to sit down and, and
kind of recount and take note of things
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are either uplifting you or bringing
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:you down and, uh, you know, kind of
navigate those, however you see fit.
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:And I would be, you know, Uh, I would.
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:It would be kicking myself if I didn't
include somewhere in this episode, therapy
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:therapy is a incredibly useful tool,
especially when it comes to mental health.
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:Um, and not only that, but we have such
accessible forms of therapy nowadays.
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:Um, I believe there's a website called
better health and you can literally
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:on your computer, get in touch
with a licensed therapist and have.
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:Good great conversations and sessions
with these therapists that can help
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:and benefit your mental health.
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:So, so much.
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:I have a ton of friends that have used
therapy and actually specifically better,
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:uh, better health or better health.
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:I think it's better help actually.
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:Um, And they've really enjoyed it.
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:They've had some great outcomes
and, uh, you know, benefited
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:a lot from using a therapy.
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:So.
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:If you have never tried therapy before, I
know it can be a little bit of a barrier
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:of entry, but I think with having super
accessible forms, like having it online
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:is a really big benefit and kind of
lowers that barrier of entry for people.
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:So if you're dealing with some.
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:Mental health issues or
problems or disorders.
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:Reach out for some help.
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:Um, it's super accessible.
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:Like I said, better help is one way.
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:I'll try to link them in the
description or show notes.
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:If I can remember after this episode.
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:Um, but that's a really great
way to improve your mental
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:health and to really dig deep.
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:So therapy is awesome if you haven't used
it and you feel that you could benefit
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:from it, please go ahead and check it out.
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:Then we're going to get back
into prioritizing our sleep.
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:I know you already mentioned this,
but I'm going to reiterate it again.
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:Get good sleep, get at
least six hours of sleep.
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:And if you can, seven to eight
hours is going to be better.
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:And this means, you know,
putting away the phone at night.
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:Uh, prioritizing a wind downtime
at night, making sure that you're
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:giving yourself enough time to
actually achieve an eight hour sleep.
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:That's really crucial.
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:A lot of times we only give ourselves
opportunity to sleep at best six
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:or five and a half hours, which is
just really not going to be enough.
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:So make sure we're prioritizing our sleep.
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:On top of that, we want to
prioritize our nutrition as well.
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:Prioritizing, our nutrition is always
going to be beneficial, making sure
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:we're eating brain healthy foods,
things that are going to benefit our
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:brains and make sure that they're
proper, uh, functioning properly.
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:And as I mentioned earlier,
Making sure that we are feeding
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:our minds healthy media, right?
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:We don't want to be putting
all that random junk in there.
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:We want to be consuming, healthy
things for our brains that
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:are going to benefit them.
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:And for the last few ones here, I
have meditation and mindfulness.
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:Meditation is incredibly
beneficial for mental health.
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:Um, if you haven't heard me talk
about this already, I did a 30 day
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:meditation challenge a couple years
ago now, and it was so incredible.
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:I was going through a time in my
life where I was feeling a bit down.
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:And when I did this 30 day meditation
practice, I would meditate every
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:morning for about 25 to 30 minutes.
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:And it completely changed my day around.
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:If I would wake up in a bad
mood or whatever it might be.
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:I could go do this meditation and
sure enough, every single time I would
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:come out of that meditation in such a
good mood, it was such a mood booster.
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:I would just.
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:I don't know how to explain it.
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:I felt great.
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:In the time of my life, that,
uh, was pretty difficult as well.
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:So I am a huge proponent of meditation.
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:If you haven't already tried
it, I highly recommend it is.
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:I couldn't recommend something more.
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:Meditation has been one of the
biggest game changers in my life
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:personally, and has massively helped
my, uh, my overall, um, brain health.
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:So.
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:And, uh, my.
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:Uh, mental health.
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:So please, if you haven't tried out some
meditation, feel free to give that a go as
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:There are a ton of them online.
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:Just feel free to drop it into Google
meditation or mindfulness practices
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:or better yet drop it onto YouTube.
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:There's going to be a bunch of
videos that come up, um, as well.
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:One of my good buddies, Sandy that's
breathed with Sandy has some great
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:breath work and meditation videos.
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:Feel free to give those a try.
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:They're all free.
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:And, uh, unless you want to go
ahead and check out his Patrion,
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:which is very much worth it.
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:Uh, and then the last ones,
these are going to be more
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:on the, um, supplement level.
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:I always like to start with the
things that are typically free or
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:very accessible for us to do, and then
kind of move our way into supplements
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:because once again, supplements are
just that they're supplemental, right?
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:They, they are supplementing.
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:Your progress or like whatever
you're already doing, right.
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:They're not the main
thing you should be doing.
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:They are the addition.
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:So.
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:For the two additions that I
have here, they have a common
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:theme, which is saffron.
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:Safran has been used for such a long
period of time now, and it is known
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:to enhance or boost your mood or
help at least regulate your mood.
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:Uh, people even drink saffron
tea to help boost your mood,
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:but however you consume it.
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:It definitely has some benefit for
regulating and balancing your mood.
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:Uh, my favorite personal ways of
getting saffron are either the
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:happy drops from Organifi, which is
going to include the saffron, GotU,
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:Kola, passion, flower, and ginger.
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:They're going to be gummies that
you can take every single day.
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:Um, and they're going to help boost your
mood, but don't just take my word on
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:it because honestly, there are a ton of
reviews on the landing page for Organifi.
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:happy drops and you can just read
them like one after the other.
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:It's just outstanding high
reviews of the happy drops.
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:So feel free to check that out as well.
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:You do get a 20% discount for that one.
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:And then the other one that I take
and actually take this one probably
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:more often, but that is the stress
relief from, uh, from ritual.
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:And that is going to have saffron.
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:It's going to have a and it's also
going to have ashwagandha in it.
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:And it is something that
you take in the morning.
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:It's got a time to release to it.
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:So it releases at different
times throughout the day.
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:So you feel the effects of it
all throughout the day and yes,
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:it is meant for stress relief.
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:But on top of that, the saffron
does a really great job of just.
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:Kind of keeping you in this like
unphased mood, like nothing really knocks
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:you off of your, off of your center.
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:Right?
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:So you're able to balance life
a little bit better and do it
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:with a better mood as well.
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:Things don't really phase you
as much as they normally would.
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:Um, it's one of my favorite supplements
that I've been taking here recently,
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:and I typically will take it at least
like three or four times a week.
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:Um, yeah, I just enjoy it that much.
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:Uh, so those are going to be the two that
I recommend if you wanted to try some, uh,
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:specifically because they contain Safran
and I really enjoy Safwan for the mood.
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:Uh, the mood boosting benefits of it.
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:So feel free to check out both of those.
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:They should be in the
description of today's episode.
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:But those are going to do it for today.
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:Now, once again, I want to highlight.
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:Those are supplements.
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:So we want to start with the.
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:The more accessible things first, right?
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:They're free.
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:They're easy to do.
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:Most people have access to
them and they tend to make some
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:of the biggest differences.
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:So once again, that's going to be.
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:Uh, things like movement.
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:It's going to be therapy.
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:It's going to be sleep.
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:It's going to be nutrition.
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:It's going to be creating a better.
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:Better schedule with some
productivity in there.
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:Um, and as well, like a self review, these
are the things we want to focus on first.
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:And then if we want to then add something
to there, things like happy drops and
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:stress relief, or also beneficial.
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:Um, I would say they're also
really nice to just kind of
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:like maintain that good mood.
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:So I do like the supplements a lot.
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:I'm not going to lie.
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:I mean, I will highlight that
you should do these other things
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:first by, uh, things like the
stress relief and the happy drops.
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:They are really nice to have on hand.
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:So if you're able to get yourself
a couple of those, give them
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:a try, see if you like them.
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:And they're a nice thing to just
have in your cabinet, have handy.
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:Maybe take them a couple of times a week
or whatever you see fit for yourself.
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:Alrighty.
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:That is going to do it
for today's episode.
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:Um, I think mental health is such
an important topic and something
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:that deserves way more attention.
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:Um, even for myself personally, I
don't do too many episodes on it.
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:Uh, at least not specifically on it.
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:Uh, so I'm happy to be doing this
episode and I hope you found some
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:benefit from today's episode.
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:If you have feel free to reach out and let
me know that you enjoy today's episode,
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:or if there's something you want to hear
more of as well, please reach out to me.
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:Uh, Instagram would probably be the
best place for that at elemental, Evan.
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:And if you haven't already left a
review for the podcast, please do so on
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:whatever app you're listening to this on.
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:If it's on apple podcasts, I know
you can leave a rating and a review.
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:I do read all of those love to see them.
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:Uh, what else?
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:Uh, if you could please share this
with a friend, a family member, a loved
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:one, anyone that could benefit from
hearing this episode or this show,
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:please go ahead and do that as well.
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:It helps people to find this show
and help spread the word of it.
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:So.
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:Anyways, that's going to
do it for today's episode.
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:Really appreciate all of you
being here and I hope you found
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:some benefit in today's episode.
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:I will see you next Monday.
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:On next week's episode, we have
some awesome interviews coming up.
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:So please stay tuned for those.
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:And aside from that, y'all
know the motto of the show.
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:It is do everything with good
intentions and connect to your elements.
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:Much love to every single one of you.
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:I hope you have a beautiful
rest of your day and I'll see
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:you on next week's episode.
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:Peace.