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Just Grow With It with Natalie Barbu

Advocating for Mental Health & Self-care with Tay Lautner

Just Grow With It with Natalie Barbu

Natalie Barbu

Education, Business, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.8982 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

TW: Suicide, drug overdose Episode 172: This week, Natalie is joined on the mic by mental health and self-care advocate Tay Lautner to discuss the importance of prioritizing your well-being. Tay shares the challenges she faced as a Covid nurse, the symptoms she experienced that set alarm bells ringing, and what led her to share her story online. Tay and Natalie discuss their personal experience with therapy and how you don’t have to be at a low point to talk to someone. They also talk about preventative steps you can take to care for your mental health and how self-care is never selfish. Tune in for a relatable, compassionate conversation that will hopefully serve as a reminder that you are not alone in your healing journey. Today’s episode dives into: Tay’s backstory and why she became a mental health advocate How to show up for a partner when they are struggling with their mental health How Tay and her fiancé Taylor work through disagreements Tay’s self-care practice and her favorite products to unwind with Thank you so much for being a part of our podcast community! Please be sure to rate, follow, review, and of course, post to your highlight reel. Follow your host Natalie on Instagram @nataliebarbu and @therealreelpodcast. Follow Tay @taydome and Lemons by tay @lemonsbytay Check out her website at lemonsbytay.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.

0:05.0

I've seen such positive effects in my relationship with Taylor, my relationship with

0:17.2

my parents, my friends, family, whoever just sharing how I'm feeling a

0:22.2

little more and just having that open line of communication.

0:25.6

Honestly, and like the people that love you are going to like hear you and respect you and either

0:31.1

agree or disagree, but at the end of the day as long as they like

0:33.5

respect and you're like what you have to say like that's a good friend or that's a

0:37.4

good family member and like the people who aren't really there for you or

0:40.4

don't love you if they like disagree with you or they't like leave, then they're not meant to be in your life.

0:50.0

Welcome to the Real Real, where I take you behind the Instagram reel and into the real lives of entrepreneurs,

0:55.9

content creators, and anyone who inspires me and may inspire you too.

1:00.0

I'm your host Natalie Barboo and let's get into it.

1:04.9

Hello hello, hello everyone. Welcome back to the real real podcast. I am very excited to be on the

1:10.4

mic with you coming to you from Miami which is the longest time I've

1:14.1

honestly been home in a while I've been home for about a week now which actually it'll be a

1:18.8

week tomorrow but it's been a whopping six days and I'm about to leave again on Friday.

1:23.8

I'm headed to DC actually with my family on another family vacation.

1:28.1

I honestly don't know why we're doing two family vacations in a row.

1:31.6

I'm not complaining. Trust me, but my family never does

1:34.8

this so I'm like okay I mean cool that's fine but it's just a little interesting I'm

1:39.7

like oh I didn't expect to do these two trips, but DC is definitely a more like local trip.

1:46.8

My family is driving from Charlotte.

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