Today, in honor of Mental Health Month, I am reading the essay, Not Just Me, by best-selling author, Lisa Jakub.  

Lisa Jakub is an author, therapeutically-focused yoga teacher, mental wellness educator, and retired actor who has more than FORTY film and television credits to her name. At the age of twenty-two, Lisa retired from her eighteen-year acting career and found a more purposeful path as a writer, teacher, and advocate. Lisa leads yoga classes for the management of anxiety and depression, and created a yoga program for combat Veterans with post-traumatic stress. Lisa is the author of YOU LOOK LIKE THAT GIRL: A CHILD ACTOR STOPS PRETENDING AND FINALLY GROWS UP and NOT JUST ME: ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND LEARNING TO EMBRACE YOUR WEIRD.

Lisa’s books:

Not Just Me: Anxiety, depression, and learning to embrace your weird

You Look Like That Girl: A child actor stops pretending and finally grows up 

(Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

Lisa’s website:

RealLisaJakub.com

Lisa’s podcast:

EmbraceYourWeirdPodcast.com

Connect with Lisa:

Instagram, Twitter, YouTube

Listen to our interview with Lisa HERE

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