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I Weigh with Jameela Jamil

Building Mental Hygiene with Zak Williams

I Weigh with Jameela Jamil

Jameela Jamil

Society & Culture, Comedians, Comedy Interviews, Conversation, Stand-up, Comedy, Funny, True Stories, Shame, Embarassing

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Mental health advocate, CEO of Prepare Your Mind, and son of the late great Robin Williams - Zak Williams - joins Jameela this week for an in-depth discussion on how to build out mental hygiene. They discuss his personal mental health journey, why digital overload is real issue for all of us, the power of good nutrition and sleep, how meditation has been game-changing for Zak, why multiple self-care approaches can be necessary, and more. Check out Zak's company - Prepare Your Mind - on Instagram @youcanpym Follow Zak on Instagram @zakpym You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website. I Weigh has amazing merch - check it out at podswag.com Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and Twitter @Jameelajamil And make sure to check out I Weigh's Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube for more!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of I Way with Jermina Jamel, a podcast against shame.

0:05.0

I hope you enjoyed today's episode. It's one that's about the kind of holistic approach,

0:11.2

not only the holistic, but a lot about the holistic approach to mental health. And it is

0:17.0

with the lovely Zach Williams, who was the son of Robin Williams, who was one of the

0:21.4

great comedy actors and just general actors of our time. And he tragically took his life

0:27.6

a few years ago and Zach, because of that, has been, I guess, inspired to make advocacy

0:38.1

around mental health, his cause in life and unexpectedly found great solace and comfort

0:44.6

in doing so and great purpose in doing so. And he's even created an entire company around

0:50.6

mental health. And it is his, and I mean this in the most positive way, his crusade in life

0:57.4

having grown up with his own mental health issues and watching his dad suffer and then

1:01.3

watching his dad lose his life to suicide. And so it was really cool to have a chat with

1:10.4

someone who has really seen it all and been through the mill themselves and who has pulled

1:17.0

themselves out, who is still in the process of pulling themselves out with such transparency

1:21.4

and who's willing to share all the little things, the tips and tricks that he has used

1:26.3

to be able to find peace and solace. And this is via research and via the help of experts

1:32.1

and people he's had access to. And a lot of these things that we talk about sound incredibly

1:38.0

obvious, because it's shit that we hear in soundvites every so often online. But there's

1:44.0

no real societal emphasis on implementing those simple things because, you know, there's

1:51.5

a lot of money to be made when we're sick. So we have a society that doesn't really,

1:57.0

it sort of shames us when we're not feeling very well, but doesn't actually give us tangible

2:01.5

steps as to how to pull ourselves out or how to prevent it. And I don't mean to sound

2:06.1

like a conspiracy theorist there, but we all know how this shit works and how capitalism

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