The Art of Leadership Network.

Well, welcome to today's podcast.

Hey, before you jump into today's episode,

I'm here for my monthly check-in with David Kinneman,

our state of the church segment.

Things are changing in real time.

And this is part of the state of the church initiative.

So David, we get some fresh data on Gen Z that I'm personally really excited about for you to share.

I'd love for you to talk about what you're seeing because you've done a deep dive into

mental health issues among Gen Z, the teen segment of Gen Z, and then young adult,

Gen Z. What are you finding?

Well, it comes to no surprise that one of the key parts of our

last five years has been a rise of mental health issues, mental health awareness, a language

for mental health. I think over the last couple decades, there's been more and more awareness

of that. It's been actually a positive trend of people being more comfortable talking about it. It's a very therapeutically oriented generation. But we're really seeing some of the

challenges of growing up today and young adults. So Gen Z, we've done a study called Gen Z,

Volume 3. And in that study, we have a really good tale of the tape, a really good set of

finding. So the challenges of young people, especially going from being a teenager to a young

adult, are especially hard. So things like being deeply cared for by those around me,

having someone who believes in you, my life has purpose, the positive attributes

decrease very significantly when a person crosses that threshold from 17 to 18 and into

the young adult years. They also see an increase in being a pressure to be successful,

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