I've been going mental I'm losing my mind

because you're on and all of the time

I've been going mental but I'm feeling just fine.

Going mental all of the time.

I'm Eileen Kelly and you're listening to the going mental podcast.

On today's episode, it's going to be a solo and it's really the mental health check-in sharing

how I'm doing and answering some questions that the listener is sent in. By the

way I've been putting this off for weeks. There's something about solo

episodes that make me extremely anxious, but I know it's important to kind of let you in on my life a little bit and I do enjoy the connection that comes

from the vulnerability not necessarily having to be vulnerable about my own life but

I hope you guys enjoy.

Thank you so much for listening.

Hi everyone, so I'm going to jump right in,

but I wanted to do a mental health check-in

for this solo episode as well as just update you on what's been going on in my life

behind the scenes. I think you know I sit down with guests and we hear about their

stories but I don't always get to share what's going on with me and sometimes it's nice to get to know your host a little bit better.

Last week I had the opportunity to moderate a conversation

around mental health, mental illness

with Dr. Francis Lee and Zandy Forbes on behalf of the Center for Youth Mental Health at New York

Presbyterian, which is a massive hospital in New York City.

And Dr Lee is actually the chair of the Department of Psychiatry as well as a

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