How Are Millennials And Gen Z Already Having A Midlife Crisis? (Why They’re So Burnt Out + How To Deal)

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

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

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🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Clinical psychologist and author Dr. Lauren Cook discusses the unique stressors facing millennials and Gen Z, how to navigate a society lead by Baby Boomers, and practices to decrease anxiety and burnout and avoid the millennial midlife crisis. If life truly is harder for millennials and Gen Z-er’s than older generations How the parenting styles that were popular when we were kids are impacting us as adults How the increase in mass shootings has impacted our sense of hypervigilance in a real way (and what we can do to feel safe) What to do when it feels like politicians don’t represent your values How to not feel depressed when the milestones of previous generations—like buying a house, supporting a family on a single income—aren’t available to us How to cope with real financial concerns How to deal with anger at older generations How to deal with the insecurity of mass layoffs and unstable jobs The good and bad ways social media is impacting younger generations The true lasting impacts of the pandemic on our mental health & how you can begin to overcome them How climate change is impacting our mental health and decisions and how to deal And so much more For more from Dr. Cook, you can find her on Instagram @dr.laurencook or www.drlaurencook.com. You can find her book, Generation Anxiety: A Millennial and Gen Z Guide to Staying Afloat in an Uncertain World, where books are sold. To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order my new book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! This episode is sponsored by: AG1: visit drinkag1.com/lizmoody and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. Puori: go to puori.com/LIZMOODY and use promo code LIZMOODY for 20% sitewide. Olive and June: visit oliveandjune.com/LIZMOODY for 20% off your first Mani System. Previous episodes referred to in this episode: The Health Effects Of Alcohol Part 1: Gut Health & Cancer with Dr. Robynne Chutkan & Dr. William Li How To Hack Your Circadian Rhythm To Increase Energy, Sleep Better, Improve Gut Health, Fight Jet Lag & More With Dr. Russell Foster Invisible Labor Is Damaging Your Relationships–But This 6 Minute Exercise Can Change Everything with Eve Rodsky The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends and welcome back to the Liz Moody podcast. I'm your host Liz Moody and I'm a
0:05.5	best-selling author and longtime journalist. This podcast is all about helping you live your
0:09.3	health, whether we're learning about the effects of alcohol on our gut health,
0:13.2	discovering how to hack our circadian rhythm for more energy and better sleep, or discussing
0:18.7	the invisible labor damaging our relationships and how to fix it. And yes, those are all real
0:24.0	episodes and they are linked in the show notes if you would like to listen. If you are
0:28.0	a millennial or you are Gen Z and it feels like you cannot catch a break
0:31.9	no matter how hard you're working
0:33.7	or you're wondering whether it's even worth trying so hard for so little reward
0:38.7	this episode is for you. It is undeniable to say that millennials are having their own version of a midlife crisis, facing extreme burnout, very little support, far too many once in a lifetime societal events, and expenses that have only continued to rise throughout their adult life.
0:56.0	What I wanted to know was exactly what's causing it and what we can do to deal.
1:01.0	I've been looking for someone who could speak to this unique
1:03.6	situation for a while and I am so glad that I finally found the perfect person,
1:08.1	Dr. Lauren Cook. She is a clinical psychologist and author of Generation Anxiety, a millennial and Gen Z guide to
1:15.5	staying afloat in an uncertain world.
1:18.4	While these two generations are experiencing more anxiety than any others before, and we get into some of the reasons for that
1:24.4	they are real and fairly startling she works to provide practical resources to
1:29.5	combat stressors and anxieties that younger generations specifically face.
1:34.6	In this episode, we get into if life truly is harder for millennials and Gen Zirs than older generations,
1:40.9	how the parenting styles that were popular when we were kids are impacting us as adults,
1:45.6	how the increase in mass shootings has impacted our sense of hyper-vigilance in a real way and
1:50.9	what we can do to feel safe, what to do when it feels like politicians do not represent
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