The Truth About Gen Z & Mental Health—What No One’s Telling You (From an Expert!)

We are in the age of pop psychology and social media therapy. We get our mental health tips from Tik Tok, Instagram or wherever and diagnose ourselves based on google searches. Although mental health conversations have become a major part of the zeitgeist, there are still core things that as a culture and as a generation we don't understand. This lack of knowledge is deeply hurting our wellbeing. So today we are hearing from an actual professional - Dr. Janelle Chase-Mayers, psychologist, teacher, and mental health consultant. She is here to dispell all the myths we hear everyday such as "therapy is a safe space", or "everyone should go to therapy" and lots more that you NEED to know if you want to better your wellbeing. 

Quote of the day: "You cannot lead what you do not know" - Dr. Janelle Chase-Mayers

More about Dr. Jay: https://www.jayceemayers.com/

Books & Resources Mentioned:

• Why We Sleep - Mathew Walker 
• Theory and Practice of Group Counseling - Gerald Corey
• This is Your Brain on Food - Uma Naidoo
• The Anatomy of Wellbeing - Monisha Bhanote
• Cari Genetics Kit - https://carigenetics.com/fitness4you/

Chapters

• 0:00 Introducing Dr. Jay
• 2:43 Quote of the day
• 5:10 Why don't people educate themselves properly?
• 8:21 The definition of mental health
• 14:15 Crash course on your anatomy
• 19:29 Common but not normal
• 21:39 Pop-psychology vs. real psychology
• 29:02 What do you need to do to improve?