Michelle Williams - Getting Real and Sorting it All Out
Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff and Friends
Bob Goff
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
There are so many ways to get distracted from pursuing our big ambitions. Some of them, though, are much more serious than others- like depression and other mental health challenges.
We can't separate our mental health from the rest of our lives- it's the foundation for everything. That's why it's so important to develop habits of getting real, being authentic and honest with friends, and seeking help when you need it.
This week, on the Dream Big Podcast, we're engaging in a serious discussion about mental health with a dear friend of mine who is articulate and incredibly genuine.
About Michelle Williams: Michelle Williams is a Grammy Award-winning recording artist and actress who rose to stardom as a member of the R&B mega group, Destiny’s Child, and most recently appeared as the Butterfly on Fox’s hit series, The Masked Singer. Her successful solo albums include Heart to Yours; Do You Know; Unexpected, which spawned the internationally charted single, “We Break the Dawn”; and Journey to Freedom, which featured groupmates Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland on the single, “Say Yes.” Also a talented actress, she debuted on Broadway in Aida (2003) and starred in productions of The Color Purple (2007), Chicago (2009–10), What My Husband Doesn't Know (2011) and Fela! (2013). Michelle is passionate about raising awareness about mental health and about sharing the lessons she has learned in her own struggle with depression.
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Producer : Tatave Abeshyan
Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We are back for another episode of the Dream Big Podcast with Bob Gaffin-Friends. |
| 0:12.3 | I'm Scott Shimmel and one of the most enduring themes of this podcast and the Dream Big |
| 0:17.6 | conversation is clearing the path, the idea that we actually need to attend to some |
| 0:23.8 | more significant deeper things in our lives. |
| 0:26.7 | Whether it's limiting beliefs, whether it's distractions, or in the case of today's topic, |
| 0:31.9 | mental health challenges like depression. |
| 0:34.4 | In my day job, beyond what I do with Bob, I focus on the social and emotional mental |
| 0:40.0 | health for kids inside schools. |
| 0:43.0 | So it's a conversation that I'm a part of every single day. |
| 0:47.6 | And the guest we have on the show today, Michelle Williams, is one of the most poised, articulate |
| 0:54.3 | and genuine voices I've run across. |
| 0:57.6 | Michelle Williams also comes from a little group called Destiny's Child. |
| 1:02.8 | I don't know if you've heard of them. |
| 1:05.1 | So she's a big deal. |
| 1:07.0 | She's also an actress and an author with a book coming out that they dig into. |
| 1:12.9 | So whether or not you currently have mental health challenges, chances are that you have |
| 1:20.3 | people in your life that you dearly care for that do. |
| 1:24.3 | And they share some very common sense ways, practices and ideas for how to get engaged. |
| 1:31.6 | Or you might find yourself at that place at some point, not just because of your circumstances. |
| 1:37.4 | Michelle talks about it in her experience and her story. |
| 1:40.3 | Having phenomenal, great, amazing circumstances in her life, and yet an underlying issue |
| 1:44.7 | of depression. |
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