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Imani State of Mind

Keeping Up with the Joneses is Bad for Your Health

Imani State of Mind

Imani State of Mind

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

4.8764 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Who are the Joneses and why does everyone want to keep up with them? You might be tempted to buy things you don’t need to temporarily boost your self-esteem or your status on social media, but the ladies of Imani State of Mind are diving deep into the psychological damage that comes with Keeping up with the Joneses.

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0:00.0

This show is for general information and entertainment purposes only.

0:03.8

It is not intended to provide specific health care or medical advice

0:07.2

and should not be construed as providing health care or medical advice.

0:11.4

Please consult your physician with any questions related to your own health.

0:14.9

Music Hey y'all, welcome to Imani state of mind. I'm Dr. Imani. And I am Meg Scoop. How are you?

0:35.6

I'm doing well. I'm doing well. I'm actually really just kind of like full and relaxed.

0:41.4

Yesterday it was Thanksgiving. Got to kick it with the family, which is always fun.

0:47.0

Yeah. How is your Thanksgiving?

0:49.9

It's good. You know, I always love like just the togetherness and the food of Thanksgiving. But, like, I don't, I guess I don't like, like, what comes with it, which is, like, the extra pounds. And, like, you already know, once you eat, you're just going to have to sit down. We're not going nowhere. We're not doing nothing.

1:11.7

Right.

1:12.8

And so Black Friday, on days like today, I just like shop on my phone.

1:18.3

I'm not going anywhere.

1:20.1

Yeah.

1:20.8

Yeah.

1:21.4

Usually that's what I do.

1:23.8

Like, we used to, and when my family lived in New York, we used to wake up,

1:30.0

well, my mom used to wake us up super early. And when I say super early, I mean like at six o'clock

1:34.0

in the morning, um, to go to, you go to sit at the store in the lines. Well, to go to this

1:40.2

outlet, this outlet mall called, uh, Woodbury Commons, umbury Commons, which is, yeah, Wilbury Commons.

1:47.3

I've been there, girl. It's great. It's a great outlet. It's great. No, it's great. So she, we lived,

1:52.7

we lived in Westchester County at the time. We lived in Mount Vernon. So it wasn't as far as if we were

1:56.9

driving from like Manhattan, let's say, but she would wake us all up and we would go there.

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