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The topic of mental health is being talked about more than ever. The good news is that this means more solutions are being offered and the shame around the topic is diminishing. The bad news is that this means mental health struggles are more of an issue than ever. And if you don’t deal with it yourself, you know someone who does. I was diagnosed with clinical depression in my early teens, and I’ve been on a healing journey with it ever since, with my own mental health and wi

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I chat with mental health and addiction advocate Rynda Laurel who has not only overcome her own serious addiction and clinical depression, but she now educates others how to do the same. She even started her own supplement company called VRYeveryday that has blends filled with the powerful ingredients that have helped her heal on a biochemical level. Take a listen as we chat about: taking the shame out of mental health and addiction

This week’s episode is a continuation of last week’s conversation all about the important and complex topic of mental health. If you missed it, I recommend taking a listen HERE before you sit down with this one, so you’ll have more context of where I’m coming from and what points were already made. Last week was more of an overview of the mental health issue and what we as a community can do about it. And in this week’s Part 2, I dig into more of the nitty-gritty of how you c

My personal self-care journey began shortly after I was diagnosed with depression in my teens. And my path to heal and maintain that part of myself is the substance the powers what I bring to the world, including through my work and through this very podcast. The subject of mental health is so near and dear to my heart that honestly, I’m a bit nervous to talk about it in this format. But with all that is going on, with so many people out there that suffer alone or don’t know