60 - How to Make Your Mental Health a Top Priority with Peloton Instructor Kendall Toole

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Even though Kendall shares a lot of inspirational and motivational messages with her followers, she’s open about her own struggles with mental health issues. She makes it clear that while her OCD and depression were treated, she doesn’t consider her journey with mental health over. She continues to make her mental health an ongoing priority in her life, and she shares the strategies that work for her. Some of the things Kendall shares are how to make your mental health a real priority in your life, a strategy that can help you take action when you don't feel like it, how to find the courage to ask for help when you need it, and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.
0:22.9	This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.
0:45.8	Okay. Today I'm talking to Kendall Tool.
0:51.2	Kendall's a Peloton instructor who has attracted over 400,000 followers on Instagram.
0:55.6	She doesn't just talk about fitness. She talks a lot about mindset and mental health on social media. And that's why I wanted to talk to her. I wanted to learn why she
1:00.9	was so passionate about talking about mental health in such an authentic way. I discovered she's
1:06.2	had her own battle with mental health in the past, which she'll talk about today. She also shared some really
1:11.8	good strategies for boosting your mood, getting motivated, and managing your mental health on a daily
1:17.0	basis. Make sure to stick around for the end of the episode for The Therapist Tink. This is the part
1:22.8	of the show where I'll break down the strategies Kendall shares and tell you how you can apply
1:26.7	them to your own line. So here's Kendall Tool. She's mentally strong. This is her story. Kendall Tool, welcome to the
1:34.6	very well-mind podcast. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here. I'm excited to talk to you.
1:40.9	I know that you're a Peloton instructor and you've gained this huge following on social
1:46.0	media and I know that people love you. And yet you're not afraid to talk about mental health issues
1:51.2	along with physical health issues. What do you think is the link between mental health and physical
1:56.3	health? It's amazing, I think, how deeply connected and intertwined they are. And yet, they're often
2:01.9	talked about in these separate silos, right? When people think about their physical health,
2:05.7	oftentimes we see a visual representation of it. When we think physical health, we're like,
2:09.7	oh, someone looks muscular or can lift heavy weight or looks a certain body type. But really,
2:16.1	the physical strength,
2:18.8	and in fact, true physical strength is all from more of the inner body, right?
2:21.4	It's having the ability to have a strong core.
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