when you can't afford to be sad (dealing with mental health as an adult)

Teenager Therapy

Astrolescence & Joy Coalition

Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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how do you prevent your life from falling apart when you don’t feel like doing anything? Can we even afford a mental health day? we hear from individuals who have juggled their mental health challenges with professional life, learning about their coping mechanisms and the support systems that have helped them persevere. we discuss practical self-help strategies that go beyond traditional therapy, such as engaging in hobbies, utilizing third spaces for relaxation, and the benefits of peer-to-peer support networks. we also talk to Dr. Jessi Gold about how not to let life unravel when facing mental health issues. SOCIAL LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grownk1d/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grownkid Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3C6oJYFLbesR2ELhXIk7dz?si=6acdcba455dc4323 Website: grownkid.com JOIN OUR SOCIAL CLUB IN LOS ANGELES: https://form.typeform.com/to/eBSho4lE About Our Partners: GrownKid is made possible by the Schultz Family Foundation, dedicated to helping young people unlock their full potential and successfully navigate to fulfilling careers. GrownKid is made in partnership with Joy Coalition where purpose driven content meets powerful storytelling. From 13 reasons Why to unprisoned, Joy Coalition projects are made to bridge generations and drive groundbreaking conversations. Interested in a career in mental health? Check out the Youth Mental Health Corps – a new program created by the Schultz Family Foundation, Pinterest and AmeriCorps - where anyone with a high school degree can gain experience, skills, and a credential during a year of paid service in the mental health field. Learn more at youthmentalhealthcorps.org Featured Guests: Dr. Jessi Gold: @jessigoldmd, Chief Wellness Officer for the University of Tennessee System. Order ‘How Do You Feel?’ out on 10/8! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-Do-You-Feel/Jessi-Gold/9781982199777 Elio Kennedy-Yoon: Viral internet personality, Harvard Student, Singer Reid Hensen: @reidhensen, Writer, Producer, Director @ Joy Coalition Resources: Active Minds - Encourages students to talk about mental health and seek help. Provides peer support, education, advocacy training, and resources for awareness campaigns. The Jed Foundation (JED) - Works to protect emotional health and prevent suicide among teens and young adults. Offers program assessments, educational resources, peer support training, and suicide prevention efforts for schools and communities. Born This Way Foundation - Focuses on youth mental health and promotes kindness. Provides mental health resources, anti-bullying campaigns, and youth-led community programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode is for the grown kids who are trying to maintain their mental health while
0:04.6	also keeping up with their career and just day-to-day responsibilities, the ones trying to make ends
0:10.2	of me, and for the ones that are trying to practice self-care to make themselves feel better,
0:15.7	and also, maybe you're just coping, that's okay too. So this means just exploring the realities of managing your mental health,
0:22.6	while also trying to maintain a career, which is a lot for somebody to do.
0:26.6	And we'll learn about coping mechanisms and support systems that have helped other people persevere,
0:32.6	and also look into practical and realistic self-help strategies beyond just traditional therapy. And so this
0:39.2	includes hobbies, using third spaces, and the benefits of peer-to-peer support networks.
0:44.2	So to guide us along, we'll be talking with two 20-somethings who are doing their best to balance
0:48.3	their mental health and the demands of everyday life. But one of them being someone that is
0:52.7	still in their early 20s, still in college, trying to figure out the career, and then that is still in their early 20s, still in college,
0:55.1	trying to figure out their career, and then someone that's in their later 20s, that's a little
0:59.1	bit more advanced in their career, but are still dealing with some of these universal issues.
1:04.0	We'll also be talking with mental health expert Dr. Jesse Gold, who's the chief wellness
1:08.3	officer for the University of Tennessee System, and also a member
1:11.7	of the Rare Beauty Mental Health Council.
1:14.1	But anyways, let's get into the episode.
1:15.9	Hi everyone, welcome to Ground Kid. I'm Gail. And I'm Kayla. And we're just two 20-year-olds who feel like
1:33.6	grown kids and don't really know where our life is going or if we're even prepared for it or let
1:38.9	alone how to plan for it. So that's why we decided to make the show, a podcast where we'll be
1:44.0	exploring the career and life issues that we're experiencing as we transition from being teenagers to young adults.
1:50.4	And throughout the episodes, we'll basically help you get your shit together by talking with experts and researchers who'll give us actual advice and tips to just help us navigate this really stressful and confusing time.
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