53. Depression and the Plan of Happiness - Jane Clayson Johnson

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🗓️ 23 August 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In this episode, we spoke with Jane Clayson Johnson about a really tough and important topic.

Jane is an award-winning journalist widely known for her work at CBS News, ABC News, and on the nationally syndicated NPR program, On Point. At CBS News, Jane was co-anchor of The Early Show, a regular correspondent for 48 Hours, and an investigative reporter for “Eye on America” segments for the CBS Evening News.

We spoke with Jane about her 2018 book Silent Souls Weeping, an incredibly important book that addresses depression, specifically within a Latter-day Saint context. In our discussion, Jane shared her own moving story about her struggle with depression, along with insights about how depression relates to missionaries and missionary work, a culture of perfectionism, social media usage, suicidality, and the stigma that still remains around mental health issues.

We’re so grateful to Jane for coming on and for her vulnerability and openness. If you or anyone you know struggles with depression, we invite you to listen to Jane’s message of hope, survival and resilience.

11:24 Depression and Feeling the Spirit

22:01 Finding Traction When Depressed

26:51 Having OCD While Serving a Mission

36:36 Dealing With Toxic Perfectionism

47:22 Returning To Our Wards During A Pandemic

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0:56.0	Hi everybody, this is Tim Chavez from Faith Matters.
0:58.0	In this episode, we spoke with Jane Clayson Johnson
1:01.0	about a really tough and important topic.
1:04.0	Jane is an award-winning journalist widely known for her work on CBS News, ABC News, and on the
1:09.6	nationally syndicated NPR program on point. At CBS News, Jane was co-anchor of the Early Show, a regular correspondent for 48 hours, and an investigative
1:18.6	reporter for ION America segments for the CBS Evening News. We spoke with Jane about her 2018 book,
1:24.5	Silent Souls Weeping, an incredibly important book that addresses depression
1:28.3	specifically within a Latter-day Saint context. In our discussion, Jane shared her own moving story about her struggle with depression, along with insights about how depression relates to missionaries and missionary work, a culture of perfectionism, social media usage, suicidality, and the stigma that still remains around mental health issues.
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