Ever notice how the loudest voices in the room are rarely the most helpful?

To start off season 5, we conclude with the second episode of this two part series.

In this episode, Jonathan doesn’t fight the noise—he walks away from it.

📍 If no one taught you how to be mentally tough, how would you start?

Nearly 70% of young adults say online hate has crushed their mental health. But what happens when that negativity isn't just from random trolls—it's coming from your group chat and your own father?

Meet Jonathan: 19 years old, creative dreamer who posted one freestyle video hoping to share his art with the world 🎵. Instead, he went viral for all the wrong reasons. 20,000 views. Thousands of comments tearing him apart. His friends turned it into a roast session. His dad called it embarrassing.

When everyone you trust becomes a critic, how do you keep believing in yourself? Jonathan almost gave up on his dreams until one voice message from his best friend Malik cut through all the noise: "Don't let those who don't mean that much, mean that much." 📍

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do isn't clap back or prove the haters wrong—it's deciding what YOU believe about yourself. This two-part story follows Jonathan as he learns to turn down the volume on everyone else's opinions and finally starts listening to his own voice again 🔊.

Over 60% of young adults struggle with mental health, but here's the insider secret—you don't have to just wing it through hard moments. Mental skills are the cheat code to life that nobody's teaching, and your future self will thank you for learning them now ✨

FACT: 84% of Gen Z believe they’re expected to lead—yet less than 20% feel emotionally prepared to do it.

Julia is 21. A dancer. A quiet anchor. The one who always shows up early, stays late, and leads without the spotlight.

But behind her calm? A stormy upbringing, an older sister who brought chaos, and a house full of slammed doors.

She’s not loud. She’s not perfect.

📍This episode is for every young adult who's leading without a title, holding it together behind the scenes, and showing others how to stay grounded when things get messy.

Because the strongest leaders? They don’t always make noise.

🎧 Listen in. And let Julia’s quiet strength show you what real leadership looks like.

👶 FACT: Only 2% of teen dads earn a college degree before 30.

At 19, he’s repeating his senior year.

When life handed Lucas chaos, he built structure.

📍This episode is for anyone facing something you didn’t ask for.

Hard isn’t hopeless. And cycles can be broken—one bottle, one class, one decision at a time.

🎧 Listen in. Because second chances aren’t always given.

🧠 FACT: Nearly 70% of young adults say they feel overwhelmed by the expectation to have it all figured out.

Kyrie was that guy—22, brilliant, calm, systems-driven.

🚨 His dad—his role model, small business owner, and backbone of their family—was in the ICU.

But in a quiet garage, staring at a broken alternator, he found 3 words scribbled in Sharpie:

That moment? Changed everything.

Now, he’s building AI tools not for the brands… but for the people behind them. The ones carrying pressure they never asked for.

📍This episode is for anyone staring at a mess, feeling stuck, or overwhelmed by fixing it all at once.

😳 FACT: 1 in 2 young adults say they’ve never felt truly understood.

Meet Steven — 19, soft-spoken, book-loving, competition-avoiding, and invisible to most of his peers. But in his world of heavy themes and hidden meanings, he’s seen more than he says.

📚 Until one day, a cruel cartoon on his favorite bench nearly silenced him.

Then came a message.

📍Mental isn’t just for the loud, the athletic, or the extroverted.

If you’ve ever felt like you don’t “fit in,” this episode is your reminder:

🎧 Quiet doesn’t mean weak. It means focused.

🔥 FACT: Nearly 1 in 3 teens say they feel “numb” when life hits hard.

Lola was 18, the heartbeat of her high school band, chasing her dream gig… until a crash fractured more than her wrist. It cracked her identity.

But thanks to her brother and one powerful line—

🎶 She couldn’t play drums… so she wrote lyrics.

📍Mental isn’t about avoiding pain. It’s about turning it into purpose.

🎧 Tune in, rebuild, and show up—sticks or no sticks.

Katie Meyer wasn’t just a national champion.

🧠 In a world where over 60% of young adults say they struggle with their mental health, Katie’s story is a heartbreaking reminder: even the strongest-looking among us can be silently hurting.

This episode isn’t just about loss—it’s about why building mental skills before you need them is no longer optional.

✅ It’s about preparing for pressure.

Her legacy lives on through Katie’s Save and Katie’s Law—ensuring no student ever has to face fear alone again. 🙏

🎧 Listen in, reflect, and carry this truth with you:

Link to Katie's story via YouTube and ESPN: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPbZIg-xYi4

Teenagers spend over 7 hours a day consuming content—but less than 5% of that time is spent intentionally building their mindset. Enter Jenna, a 16-year-old gamer flipping that script.

She’s not quitting Fortnite. She’s not ditching Valorant.

📍It didn’t make her perfect. It made her resilient.

Mental isn’t just about motivation. It’s about strategy.

🎧 Tune in, level up, and remember:

Did you know some species of ⭐ starfish can regrow entire arms… and even their whole body? While most living things see loss as the end, the starfish sees it as a new beginning.

In this episode, we dive into what that means for you — especially if you’re rebuilding after a setback. Whether it’s an injury, a breakup, or a dream that slipped through your hands, this story reminds you:

💡 You weren’t designed to stay broken.

Just like Ashlyn—a college track star whose season-ending injury ended her old path… and revealed a better one. Now she helps others come back stronger, just like she did.

📍Mental isn’t just motivation—it’s a guide for your bounce back.

🎧 Tap in. Reflect. Regrow. And remember: