You're listening to Well Now Slate's podcast on Health and Wellness. I'm Kavita Patel.

And I'm Maya Feller. So a real vital component of wellness is really taking care of our mental health.

Kavita, you and I have talked so much about what wellness is and what it isn't.

And I think that every time we have this conversation, a new piece comes to mind for me.

When we hear people talking about mental health and mental wellness, I know for me, for sure,

that I know it's more than just drinking water or going for a walk or

forest bathing, all good things, but it's so much more than that.

It is, Maya.

And I think it's also so much more than just even talking about mental health or stigma with it.

We know that at least one in six people probably have some sort of mental health diagnosis,

often undiagnosed or underdiagnosed. One in eight in the world, according to the World Health

Organization, live with a diagnosed mental disorder. So we're not talking about something that's rare or unusual. It's everywhere.

And when you think about how many people we just have in our household, Maya, just under our

roofs, there's a chance that one of us has something. So, and I certainly know that this affects

me personally. I think we're going to try to talk about that. That's why it was important

for us to try to find someone that could have a conversation with us, not just about what

being well means in the context of mental health, but how you live, have relationships,

and just have a life with mental illness. You know, Kavita, I'm really interested in the idea of bringing

this conversation into the mainstream. Just as you said, there's so many people that are

either living with or know someone that is navigating a mental health challenge, but yet

it's not openly discussed. And I feel like that does, like,

society at large, a significant disservice. So I'm very much looking forward to this conversation

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