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🗓️ 31 December 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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0:00.0 | Welcome back to Buddhist solutions for life's problems. I'm Jihy Jolly. On this show we talk about how to apply SGI and |
0:14.8 | Buddhism to the challenges of daily life. Today we're talking about mental |
0:20.1 | health. This was one of our most requested episodes to date, so thank you so much to everybody who has |
0:25.8 | emailed requesting us to cover some aspect of mental health or mental illness. |
0:30.8 | Before we begin, I want to explain how the episode is structured because it's a little |
0:35.0 | different than usual. We've divided the topic into four parts which you can listen to |
0:39.6 | all at once or you can check the show notes for the time stamps to skip to the section that most resonates with you. |
0:46.2 | Though I do think all these stories are worth listening to. In part one, we discuss what the |
0:51.4 | Buddhist definition of health is and how we're defining |
0:54.3 | mental health and mental illness or mental health challenges for the purposes of |
0:58.7 | this episode. We do this through a conversation with two mental health professionals who happen to also practice |
1:04.7 | SGI Nichrian Buddhism, therapist Mindy Mylam and psychiatrist Borak-OLAC. |
1:10.4 | Both have different backgrounds in the mental health industry and were able to share some |
1:14.3 | insight on the parallels they see between their personal Buddhist practice and their professional |
1:19.3 | experiences in the field of mental health. In part two we hear the incredible story of a young |
1:25.2 | woman named Yuka Miama about her own mental health struggles specifically |
1:29.7 | with PTSD and depression. In part three we talked to Maya |
1:33.8 | Guniceaharan, young women's leader of the SGI USA, about what the |
1:38.1 | Buddhist perspective on mental health is and also what it takes to care for someone, whether it's a loved one or someone in your community |
1:46.0 | who's struggling with a serious mental health issue. And finally, in part four, we provide 10 takeaways based on Buddhist wisdom if you're currently struggling with your mental health. |
1:56.6 | It's important to note that this looks different for everybody and Buddhism is reason, |
2:01.3 | meaning it's extremely important to seek out professional help if you feel that's what you need. |
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