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Buddhist Solutions for Life's Problems

A Buddhist Perspective on Mental Health

Buddhist Solutions for Life's Problems

SGI-USA

Self-help, Buddhism, Religion & Spirituality, Self-care, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is about mental health, which was one of our most requested topics of the year. Because there’s so much to cover, it’s divided into four parts, which you can listen to all at once, or you can check the show notes for time stamps to skip to the section that most resonates with you, though they are best understood in total.

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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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