Episode 380: The intersection between mental health and social justice with Mia Hemstad

Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

Andrea Owen

How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 517 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week Mia Hemstad, mental health advocate and social justice activist, joins me for a discussion about major depressive disorder, the intersection between mental health and politics, and how women can make themselves a priority by doing one small thing a day. Mia and I had recorded this episode several months ago. I was waiting to release it for various reasons (which I share in this episode). Like many, I saw the recent interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, where Meghan shared her story of suicide ideation. During my conversation with Mia, she shared her own story of suicide ideation, as did I. Therefore, I felt it was important to share this episode now. It’s relevant and after the year we’ve experienced, an important one to discuss. I hope this episode is helpful to you. How Mia became a mental health advocate and social justice activist out of necessity. “Mental health and politics are connected.” (6:34) How women can make themselves a priority by doing one small thing a day to nourish themselves. And, a reminder from Mia that, “Healing is not a checklist.” (15:56) Mia’s major depressive disorder and suicidal ideation story.(26:48) How to handle overwhelming emotions. (46:32) http://yourkickasslife.com/380 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.5	resentful and we need to leave that way of life behind. And we need to create a new way of life
0:52.8	where we really honor and respect ourselves and to see the positive ripple effects that happens from that and I will never go back to the old way of doing things because my career started blossoming my health started to improve my relationships got better the way that I mother my children improves once you do it enough that you see the positive ripple effects, all the naysairs,
1:11.5	all that noise just gets quieter and quieter.
1:15.9	This is Your Kickass Life podcast, episode number 380 with guest Mia Hempstead.
1:22.8	This is the Your Kickass Life podcast with Andrea Owen, a no BS guide to self-help and badassery.
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