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ES 🍝 065: Heartwarming News, Expert Picks & Turning Trauma into Strength
PLUS: Minaa B.'s Advice on Supporting Women's Emotional Needs
Thomas Drew
April 05, 2024
🍝 In Today’s Extra Sauce…
A good news boost
More 1AND1 Picks from our experts
A note from Minaa about the link between women and depression
A must listen/watch Off the Cuff episode about trauma featuring Mona Shaikh.
This week, we’re profiling picks from our experts that include their favorite cold plunges, a review of some great choices for a journal/planner, and a green tea that may help boost your metabolism.
Discover the power of self-care and community care with Minaa B., 1AND1's Chief Behavioral Officer and licensed therapist, as she shares actionable tips in "Minaa's Minute" each week — check it out below! ⬇️
Did you know that women have a higher likelihood of experiencing depression and anxiety compared to men? So for this week, take a moment to reflect and consider the women in your life and define one way you can support their emotional needs, which can look like having a non-judgemental conversation, listening to understand, not responding, and being supportive by asking them what they need. And if you are a woman reading this, consider the people in your circle who you can ask for help supporting you through your mental health. Don't forget that sometimes asking for help might look like seeking professional and therapeutic support.
In "Off The Cuff" Season 2, Episode 11, host Danny LoPriore sits down with comedian Mona Shaikh for a raw and honest conversation about turning childhood trauma into a source of strength and humor.
Mona shares her incredible story, from her brothers' battle with polio to her own experiences with childhood abuse and her complex relationship with her parents. She also opens up about the humorous side of life, including a wild story about being catfished by a fake Indian finance bro in LA.
Throughout the episode, Mona emphasizes the importance of taking life's challenges and turning them into something positive.
"As you get older, there's a turning point where you're like, my parents are just fucking people who did the best they could. They did the best they could with all their issues and all their traumas. And don't get me wrong. I am super grateful to my mom, to my dad for bringing us to America, for giving us good education, even all the fucked-upness they gave us. I'm grateful for it. Right? 'Cause I chose to take all that shit and turn it into gold. Turn it into something good. You have to."
Mona also discusses the challenges of being a woman in comedy, the need for change in the American approach to mental health, and how 15 years of therapy saved her life. She shares a powerful message about the importance of self-discovery and healing:
"The greatest gift you'll ever give to yourself is to learn to be alone. It's the single greatest gift you'll ever give yourself. There is no greater gift than the power of sitting alone in your thoughts and sitting with your pain and your trauma and all the fucking mess, just sitting with it and saying, 'I'm gonna find my way out of this. I'm gonna go to therapy. I'm gonna do self-help, I'm gonna work out whatever the fuck it takes, but I'm gonna carve my way out of this and I'm gonna make a life for myself.'"
Tune in to this inspiring and thought-provoking episode to learn more about Mona's journey and the power of turning trauma into strength and laughter.
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