Practice Makes Progress

Challenges to your mental health as an adult aren't always talked about, so I wanted to use this episode to talk about a time in my life where I really struggled to articulate my emotions and didn't know how to ask for help. It's not always an easy thing to do and can sometimes be quite painful and embarrassing, but we're all flawed and far from perfect! And from personal experience, I've learnt far more from the struggles and failures I've had than my successes.

As an ex-perfectionist, I know first hand how debilitating trying to live your life according to unreasonable, unattainable standards can be on your mental health. From my appearance, to grades, to how I spoke to myself, nothing was ever good enough. I was so scared of getting things wrong that I never even gave them a try. But the worst part about it all is that I was suffering in silence. It wasn't until I broke down during my second year of university, and had no choice but to open up and face my demons, I realised other people could relate.

I started this podcast to encourage open, honest, and stigma-free conversation around mental health and empower people to talk about their emotions. I used to think vulnerability was a sign of weakness, but now I see it as my greatest strength. Chances are, you open up about how you feel, someone out there will say "no way! me too".