Interview with Former Disney Channel Star Alyson Stoner on Mental Health Struggles, Overcoming an Eating Disorder & Battling Depression + the Dangers of Idolizing Fame

The Dr. Leaf Show

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Get a free Cleaning up your Mental Mess workbook when you sign up for my weekly newsletter at drleaf.com Early bird tickets on sale now for my 2021 Mental Health Retreat: https://www.drleafconference.com SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I speak with actress and former child star Alyson Stoner about what happens when stardom becomes too much to handle, why she became an advocate for children in the entertainment industry, the dangers of pressuring children from a young age, and how to help children manage stress and pressure. Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/former-disney-channel-star-speaks-about-mental-health-struggles-overcoming-an-eating-disorder-battling-depression OFFERS FROM OUR SPONSORS: -MeUndies: Get your 15% off your first order and free shipping go to MeUndies.com/DRLEAF. -Blinkist: Get your free week on Blinkist AND 25% off your subscription see: https://www.blinkist.com/nc/partners/cleaning-up-the-mental-mess. -InsideTracker: Get up to 25% off their entire store at Insidetracker.com/DRLEAF PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS: 2:02 Alyson’s experiences as a child star 3:06 How becoming famous affected Alyson’s development 3:41 How Alyson uses her experiences to help children in the entertainment industry 6:12, 9:05 How labels can help us AND hold us back 10:00 Why we all go through mental health struggles 11:16 Why Alyson started her advocacy work 12:30 The dangers of de-humanizing people in the entertainment industry 12:50 The “toddler to train wreck” pipeline 18:44 The dangers of putting fame on a pedestal 23:50 How stress affects everyone in different ways 29:00 How to help children manage their mental health and life’s pressures 37:00 How our experiences change our brain and body and affect our wellbeing 40:00 Why we can’t always control events but we can learn to control our reactions 43:25 The incredible resilience of the human mind Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app Sign up to join my free text program and receive mental health care tips. Just text DRLEAF to 1 (833) 285 3747 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:28.9	Hi, I'm Dr Caroline Leif and welcome to my podcast, Cleaning Up Your Mental Mace. In today's
0:40.5	podcast, we have such an interesting guess. Alison Stoner remembers exactly heartfelt when
0:46.0	it all became too much. Stoner, who was then the best known as the Little Girl, musting
0:51.2	a move in Miss Elliot's work at video and for playing one of Steve Martin's younger
0:55.6	daughters in 2003's cheaper by the dozen. She checked into rehab to treat an e-kindness
1:00.8	order shortly after. She was just 17. At 27, Stoner has had time to look back on the
1:06.9	experience of Stoner at a young age and how it affected her. She didn't like much of
1:11.2	what she found. Now Alison has made it her mission to advocate for children working in the
1:16.6	industry. She spoke about the problems and potential solutions to what she's called
1:21.6	the toddlers to train wreck industrial complex. In today's podcast, we really get into the
1:27.2	danger of children being put under pressure in any industry, whether it's the entertainment
1:31.5	industry, education, sports, the impact on their lives, the changes in their brain and
1:36.9	how to manage this and how to de-escalate these situations. So it's really, really advocating
1:41.5	to try and understand how to help children and the pressure that children are under. Just
1:46.1	a reminder, these podcasts are for educational purposes only and are not medical advice. If
1:52.2	you need medical advice, please see the appropriate medical professional. And if you haven't
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