Grammy-Nominated Singer/Songwriter Mary Lambert On Overcoming Childhood Abuse And Trauma

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Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Mary Lambert’s says she was abused as a child, attempted suicide at 17, turned to drugs and alcohol before being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and survived multiple sexual assaults throughout her childhood. Her poetry collection “Shame is an Ocean I Swim Across” explores themes of childhood abuse, sexual trauma, body acceptance and mental illness, stemming from the entertainer’s personal experiences. “I'm really impressed by it - and impressed by your courage,” Dr. Phil tells the artist on this week’s “Phil in the Blanks” podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:07.8	Does it take you a long time to write?
0:09.6	It's all different.
0:10.8	I was like teaching Madonna how to sing this one phrase,
0:14.5	and I was like, this isn't, this doesn't happen.
0:16.9	Honestly, when we wrote it and we released it,
0:18.8	I thought, I thought for sure I was going to be murdered.
0:21.5	You are an artist with a mission, would you say?
0:25.4	Yes, I've always been a really vulnerable, open person.
0:29.3	I think that vulnerability is the key to empathy.
0:37.2	Well, that was Mary Lambert.
0:39.1	She is a Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter,
0:42.0	poet and musician.
0:43.6	You know her, but you may not know you know her.
0:46.2	She has had two Grammy nominations for Song of the Year,
0:49.2	for Same Love, an album of the year for The Heist,
0:52.8	with Mack Lamore and Ryan Lewis,
0:54.8	as well as the iconic performance
0:57.2	alongside Pop Legend Madonna at the Grammys.
1:01.0	And this is someone that writes from a really authentic place,
1:06.4	and she holds nothing back.
1:08.9	She has suffered from PTSD due to rape.
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