Good evening, everybody. How are y'all doing? Welcome to the show. I wanted to start the show off by just saying, how is your mental health? I want to remind us to keep doing that. Ask those around you, who you are seriously interested in building that kind of intimacy with. How's your mental health? It's a better way of starting that conversation. Because again, we're letting people know we actually care about how your

mental health is doing asking that question reminds them to actually consider their mental health

and it lets them know that we're a safe space for that kind of deeper processing when you say things

like how are you it's a little too common it's a cliche very few people don't really mean how are you

it's just kind of a etiquette based thing that we we throw off the cuff. But when you say to someone, how's your mental

health? It's us really saying, I care. You know, I'm a safe resource. And also it's saying,

check in on it. So I want to remind everyone to ask themselves that and to ask those that they're

close to and they care about that question. It's something we want to

keep asking ourselves and keeping front of mind. Again, we're great with physical health. It's apparent,

apparent and overt most of the time. Mental health tends to be more covert. Sometimes we do display

behavioral symptoms or signs of the struggle. So more meaningful then. But again, often it's

something that's a little more covert and less obvious. So it's a really important thing to do.

Also tell those that you care about that you love them. I tell all of my friends I love them when I

get off the phone. Straight, gay, male, female, I want them all to know that I care for them.

So for those that I have that love for,

I say, all right, you know, great talking, love you and they say, I love you too. It's really

beautiful thing. So I also want to remind people to try to practice that. Our ability or willingness to ask

someone, how's your mental health or to tell someone we have love for? I love you really helps

us understand both how much intimacy we can tolerate and also how close we are or want to be.

If you don't feel as though you're in a relationship with someone of any kind, it's okay if it's

casual. Not every relationship is infused with love and deep processing of emotions. But if it's

a best friend, a close family member or someone you're in a primary relationship with, if you're unwilling or unable to ask such a question and to process such a thing, you got some work to do.

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