Your Life Sucks

Today I sit down and answer all the questions you guys asked me on Instagram last week! 🗣

Some of the things I talk about:

🧠 How I make podcasts

🧠 Which are my favorite episodes

🧠 My future plans for the podcast

🧠 My “If I could go back in time and start the podcast differently” regrets

🧠 How I maintain my mental health

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🧠 DM for inquiries or to be a guest. 📞

Today I sit down with Jessi Moon, a meditation teacher from California, to speak about mediation and teenage mental health! We go into:

🧘‍♀️ How Jessi became a yoga teacher and being part of the Lineage of Siddhas

🧘‍♀️ How meditation and tapping into your energy can better teens mental health

🧘‍♀️ Ways that teens can implement mediation into their lives

🧘‍♀️ A GUIDED PODCAST MEDITATION SESSION LED BY JESSI!!

To find Jessi’s work and inquire about her meditation sessions follow her Instagram @jessimoon.mindfulness 🧘

Listen to the Enlightenment Radio on Spotify to hear Jessi’s guru’s meditation sessions. 🧘‍♂️

Tune in to this thought-provoking, mind-opening, and unique episode! 🎙

Today I sit down with English teen yoga instructor Beth Hoskin to speak about, you guessed it, teen yoga! 🧘‍♀️

We delve into:

🧠 The stresses of today’s teenager

🧠 Why Beth became a teen yoga instructor

🧠 What a teen yoga session looks like

🧠 How teen yoga differs from adult yoga, and the false stereotypes of yoga

🧠 How the physical and mental aspects of yoga release stress and improve mental health

🧠 How teens can implement yoga/meditation into their busy lives

You can find Beth on Instagram @yogaforteenwellbeing and the Teen Yoga Foundation @teenyogafoundation👍.

LINKS 💻:

👨‍💻 A list of basic yoga positions that are referenced in today’s podcast:

https://www.pocketyoga.com/pose/

👨‍💻 To become a Teen Yoga Foundation instructor or ambassador:

https://teenyogafoundation.com/supporting/#teachers

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🧠 Listen to the Your Life Sucks podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙

🧠 Follow - Instagram @theyourlifesuckspodcast 👍

🧠 DM for inquiries or to be a guest. 📞

Today I sit down with Diana Katsikaris 🏃‍♀️and speak about:

🧠 Her story with OCD and how she recovered

🧠 What inspired her to write the book YES, YOU CAN

🧠 How exercise can better teens’ mental health

🧠 How over-exercising can negatively impact teens

You can find Coach Diana on Instagram @coachdianak, and you can find out more about her work and book on her website, https://dianakatsikaris.godaddysites.com/ .

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Today I sit down with Anastasia Vlasova and talk to her about:

* Her social isolation in 7th grade

* How her family conflicts and restrictive eating habits led to her binge eating disorder throughout middle and high school

* Her road to recovery

* Her work with This Is My Brave, and how she thinks teenage mental health stigma will end.

Anastasia is a phenomenal character and this is truly a conversation you don’t want to miss.

You can find more of Anastasia and her work @thisismybraveteens on Instagram.

Be sure to check out @thisismybrave and look out for Anastasia’s podcast later this year!

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In this episode, Ozzie Nevenansky (who’s at a boarding school, how cool!) talks about

* His obsessive thoughts and how they led to self-harm

* His depression and social anxiety

* His four trips to the hospital and recovery center and coping techniques he learned from there

* His life at boarding school (again, how cool!) and how he finds calm today

Ozzie has a truly powerful story with a simple, yet powerful message.

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Today I talk with Talia Berg, a junior at The Frisch School. She speaks about:

* Her journey with anxiety and the decision to take medication

* Her disordered eating and how the pandemic lead her to become more comfortable in her body

* Her deep sadness during the pandemic

* How socialization has improved her mental health

Talia is witty and a great storyteller, and this was one of the best conversations I’ve had yet!

You can find her on Instagram @talia.berg.

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In this episode, Nemi Helfgot, a junior at SAR High School speaks about his anxiety and depression. He goes into:

* His anxiety in 6th and 7th grade and how CBT led him to sleep away from home

* His “vicious cycle” of anxiety relating to throwing up

* The symptoms of his three depressive episodes and how he received support from his school, family, and friends

* His journey with psychoanalytical therapy and medication

You can find Nemi on Instagram @nhelfgot1.

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Today’s episode features Jordan Levine, a Junior at SAR high school. She speaks about:

* The symptoms of her middle school anxiety spike.

* Her realization that therapy and medication are normal and her decision to use them.

* How she has matured from therapy/medication.

You can find her on Instagram @jordan__levine.

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Six months, fifteen published interviews, and hours of conversations later, I finally sit down to formally introduce myself. I speak about why I created the podcast and reflect on what I’ve learned so far.