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Teenager Therapy

Jensen McRae on chronic illness, lessons of her 20s and how to be vulnerable in your art

Teenager Therapy

Astrolescence & Joy Coalition

Society & Culture

4.84.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

we talked to Jensen McRae about aging into adulthood. from her journey through college life, insecurities, transitioning into adulthood, and finally feeling at home in the music scene. she also opens up about relationships, dealing with chronic illness, and the bittersweet feels of growing up. plus, some advice for anyone in their early twenties figuring it all out. enjoy! follow us: @grownk1d @gaelaitor @_kaylasuarez join our social club: https://form.typeform.com/to/eBSho4lE overshare with us: grownkid.com About our Partners: GrownKid is made in partnership with Joy Coalition where purpose driven content meets powerful storytelling. From 13 reasons Why to unprisoned, Joy Coalition projects are made to bridge generations and drive groundbreaking conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I found my first gray hair the other day.

0:15.8

Yeah, my hairstylist was like, oh, first gray.

0:18.7

But I was like, don't, don't burst.

0:20.6

I think she pulled it out, yeah, so she could show it to me.

0:23.1

No, I plucked mine out.

0:24.2

I found two last week.

0:26.2

So this is the thing.

0:27.2

I was so stressed out about it for like 10 seconds.

0:29.8

And then I was, because I called my mom and I was like, does that mean I'm going to like start going gray?

0:33.1

And she was like, no. like no all of a sudden just like no you don't get your first gray hair and then you just have gray hair

0:39.4

it's like you've got like 10 to 15 years until it fully yeah before it even starts getting multiple

0:44.9

like when you get one gray that's just like that's just we had a stressful day that day you got

0:49.5

one gray hair dear were you like going back like when to you when you, can you just tell us, like, you're working in the entertainment industry, right?

0:58.9

You're getting totally mature for your age.

1:00.8

Did you have any sort of interesting transition into your 20s?

1:04.6

Because I feel like that's when you can finally start saying, like, okay, well, now I'm actually an an adult which people have been telling me I

1:11.1

kind of look and feel like well so I've always had a baby face and so I've always felt like I've

1:16.6

always looked really young I feel like again this is another thing that people say and then everyone

1:21.1

else is like girl no you don't but like I had a baby face when I was younger and I also had like a

1:25.5

pretty sheltered childhood so even for me like into college like I was younger and I also had like a pretty sheltered childhood. So even for me like into college, like I was still, I was still very much a kid.

1:31.9

Like even at like 19, 20.

1:33.0

It wasn't until I graduated college that I started to kind of, I joke that I like speed ran coming of age because like so much stuff happened to me when I was like between the ages of 23 and 25.

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