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.

This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.

Okay. My guest is Leanne Rhymes.

Leanne is a Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and author.

She's sold more than 37 million records, and she's had over 40 songs hit the charts in the U.S. and other countries. She's been singing since she was three years old. Growing up in

the spotlight, however, had some downsides. She's also talking about how to be wholly human, which

happens to be the name of her podcast. Some of the things she talks about

includes self-care, getting help, and discovering how to be true to yourself. Make sure to stick

around until the end of the episode for The Therapist Take. This is the part of the show where I'll

break down Leanne's strategies and share how you can apply them to your own line. So here's

Leanne Rhymes. She's mentally strong, and this is her story.

Leanne Rhymes, welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast.

Thank you, thank you.

Thanks for having me.

So I love the fact that you've been so open about sharing your story

and how you eventually sought treatment for depression and anxiety.

Yeah, I think that that was, there was such a huge big. and how you eventually sought treatment for depression and anxiety. Yeah.

I think that that was, there was such a huge piece for me is to be able to share my story and to,

you know, that was a big piece of healing, I think, you know, to really kind of step outside

of the shame because I know there's so much shame that that kind of

encompasses and goes along with depression and anxiety in our society. And so for me, you know,

really being able to share my journey has been very, very healing. And I understand that it was the day

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