Hello, hello, it's Brooke DeVarand and you're listening to the Naked Beauty podcast.

Welcome back for another week.

This episode is all about mental health, mental wellbeing, and just issues that plague a lot

of us when it comes to our own mental and emotional health.

So one of the things that Poppy and I discuss is being type A, and this is something that

I've kind of struggled with my whole life, which is every single moment of the day you

want to be doing something, you want to be productive.

And I think for me, the issue is that when I am not doing something and when I'm not

quote unquote productive, even though it's relaxing is one of the most productive things

you can do, I have this nagging sense of guilt.

And it's really interesting to kind of trace this back.

I think if I think back to middle school, high school, I was always doing the school play.

I was also doing dance.

I was also on the swim team and I was on the track team.

And on top of that, I wanted to get straight A's.

I spent my summers prepping for the SATs.

I was prepping for the SATs, I think starting in 10th grade.

And then before that, I went to summer school in Switzerland to learn French.

So I was one of these people that I think was always on, always striving to be the best

at everything in this episode.

We talk a little bit about how I was able to overcome that or break that.

She gives a poppy, gives amazing advice on this episode.

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