How can one song launch an entire movement?

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The whole goal of the campaign is to make taking care of yourself cool and create a conversation about it.

Hello and welcome to Live Happy Now.

Today we are learning about a campaign called This Is My Self Care, which was launched by Nashville artist Brian Thompson,

who performs under the stage name Stealing Oceans. A known for positive, uplifting lyrics,

Stealing Oceans is using the platform of music to create greater awareness about the need for

tending to our emotional wounds with his This Is My Self Care Initiative.

Live Happy Science Editor Paula Phelps caught up with him to talk about how he started a

self-care movement from a single song.

Brian, thank you so much for coming on Live Happy Now today.

I'm familiar with your music.

I know a lot of our listeners are going to become familiar with your music now.

Now, one thing that really struck me the first time I saw you

was how much your message and your music is about positivity.

And I wondered where that comes from.

It comes from growing up with a lot of negativity

and growing up in a pretty rough place mentally.

I struggled a lot with, you know, depression, anxiety. I abused drugs, alcohol. It was a very

toxic environment for me coming up. And uh and i was always in a negative

head space you know i even got to a point where i almost took my own life um in high school and and

luckily you know by the love of my parents and friends around me you know that that strength helped

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