Max Greenfield: Recovery Led Me to a God of My Understanding

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Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Max Greenfield (New Girl, The Neighborhood, Veronica Mars, Ugly Betty) stops by for a spontaneous chat with Mayim and Jonathan! He opens up about how feeling alone led to addiction, connecting with others brought him to recovery, and how getting a rescue dog changed his life. Max and Mayim discuss their wildly popular shofar performance on The Late Late Show with James Corden and their love of basketball, and Max reveals why he thinks Mayim doesn’t like to be spontaneous. They discuss the challenges that come with progressive parenting as individuals who were raised under an authoritarian parenting style, the importance of consistency in parenting, and how Max’s spirituality provided a good parenting foundation. Mayim and Jonathan explain the importance of checking in with yourself and being accountable to yourself and others, especially in recovery.

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0:00.0	I was raised here like it was New York in the 1940s.
0:05.5	Like we sat on the stoop, we played, you know, hit the penny, we, I was telling my kids
0:10.8	an activity when I was a child was just to go somewhere and sit on a bench and watch
0:15.5	people.
0:16.5	And hit a penny, I know it's a game.
0:20.5	You're the one who likes it.
0:22.5	Okay big man with your game exposter.
0:24.1	Hit the penny is two people's sand across each other.
0:28.1	I once saw a 7 foot four guy step into a hit the penny game and I said, you slow.
0:33.2	You continue to hit it.
0:34.2	B thumbs up.
0:35.2	You're going to hit it the penny is or not?
0:41.4	I actually don't really care.
0:42.7	Can I ask you another question now?
0:45.2	Do you think that you're better because I grew up without money?
0:50.9	Yes.
0:51.9	But do you think that you are against...
0:56.9	Dice things?
0:58.9	Spontanady, because your parents seem so spontaneous.
1:02.9	Oh!
1:04.9	Oh! Dr. Greta feels here.
1:06.9	He is laid out on the couch.
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