Ayelet struggled to be vulnerable for quite some time. When she was finally being vulnerable though, trusting those around here, it almost seemed to blow up in her face. Being vulnerable with those around you is going to be crucial to your own mental health, especially when done right.

There's a lot that goes into unleashing your vulnerability, the main thing being the meaning you give to your identity. Every one of us has failed but that doesn't mean that we are failures. With her close family member attempting suicide Natalie is not unfamiliar with the heart breaks that come from mental illness, especially depression and anxiety in her own life. Through sharing her stories she not only allowed herself to be helped but she also unleashed the movement of other amazing people who struggle with us in battling with our mental health on a daily basis.

It's easy to spend $40 on a dinner or even save up 1,000s of dollars for that beautiful sports car...but how often are you investing in your actual being? When you listen to this podcast you are investing in your mental health. Ayelet is very grateful that you have been tuning in and taking the time to improve yourself. Now, after this how is it you'll be investing in yourself?

What do you want to accomplish? Ayelet craves to help those suffering in their mental illness but of course she can't do that if she's too busy fighting her own. She has personal experiences with all of this but also those close to her help others deal with traumas. When they both finally allowed themselves to acknowledge and recover from their past trauma though they were able to help others in their struggles with domestic abuse, anxiety, and everything else under the sun. We have to love ourselves to truly love others.

Tony Robbins, the #1 Personal development coach, finally got Ayelet to cry through gratitude. It's at those moments of gratitude where she realized that they came from the release of all the anxieties that she held inside. Gratitude comes from the releasing of pain. What pains do you have inside of you that if released would fill you with a lack of pain.

There's nothing more difficult than putting yourself out there for the world to see. The reason being is because now you'll feel like there's new expectations you have for yourself. After getting a lot of attention on Facebook for a post, Ayelet wants to clear the air on how authenticity is important but also what happens as the after effect.

What happens when we have depression but are not feeling depressed? Ayelet shares her experiences with this. It's sometimes scary to go out of our comfort zone into the unknown, but this is exactly what we need to do. Listen in to be able to move into the future with confidence!

Already in 2020, Ayelet has had a ton of new opportunities and challenges presented to her. She's made it her mission this year to add to the movement of not only normalizing depression and anxiety but also helping people to identify their mental illness as a superpower. She knows that her anxiety and depression can often feel crippling, but they allow her to feel deeper and even have a faster brain. What do your "struggles" help you accomplish?

People have constant mind chatter inside of their heads that never stops. When this mind chatter begins to become negative and doubtful we can get into a negative cycle. Ayelet describes this cycle as the Thought Feeling Action Triangle. She talks about how we can break free of this triangle and get into a positive thought process.

Ayelet shares an experience she had this week with anxiety and how she overcame it. Having someone else to talk you through it is key. The surefire formula for failure is going at it alone. When you have someone else to talk to this person can help shift your own thought process.