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On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Anna Akana: ON How To Trust Yourself More & The Importance Of Using Your Voice To Help Others

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

iHeartPodcasts

Health & Fitness, Business, Mental Health

4.828.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2019

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of On Purpose, I sat down with Anna Akana. Anna is an American actress, filmmaker, musician, author, and comedian. She is most known for her massive presence on YouTube. Anna’s experience losing her 13-year-old sister to suicide when she 17 taught her that ultimately age is a gift that comes with wisdom. She's destigmatizing the way we feel about mental health issues & reminding us that we are not alone and your voice matters to at-least one person. Text Jay Shetty 310-997-4177

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0:00.0

We live in a very competitive environment.

0:04.1

Now that we have social media, you're constantly looking at everyone's highlight

0:06.9

reels and you feel unworthy and insecure and insignificant.

0:10.9

If someone has a success, they can't take that away from me.

0:13.9

You know, I'm not taking that away from them and the mantra that I have actually up

0:17.0

in my bathroom is what is mine will find me.

0:19.2

And it is true.

0:20.2

It's like if something is meant to be yours, it's going to find you.

0:22.2

If someone has success, that was always meant to be theirs.

0:30.8

Thank you so much for coming back.

0:32.5

I am so excited to introduce you to my next guest.

0:35.8

Today's guest can be seen on Comedy Central's corporate.

0:38.8

She starts in the film Go Back to China, which premieres in the narrative competition

0:43.6

at 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival.

0:47.0

She's the lead and executive producer of YouTube's Red Youth and Consequence.

0:51.5

And can be seen in Marvel's Ant-Man, Netflix's You Get Me, and Free Forms Stitches.

0:57.4

She's most known for her online weekly show with 2.5 million subscribers

1:02.1

and has sold out two North American tours as a stand-up comic,

1:06.4

playing comedy songs on her guitar.

1:09.2

And what I personally really love about today's guest is that she's super honest,

1:14.2

super vulnerable and has this incredible, straight talking approach,

1:18.0

which is endearing, hilarious, and on such a huge fan of.

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