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ES 🍝 066: Good News, New Reviews, and Navigating Mental Health Challenges
PLUS: Minaa B.'s Tips for Coping with Seasonal Changes
Thomas Drew
April 12, 2024
🍝 In Today’s Extra Sauce…
SOME GOOD NEWS, BABY!
New hands on protein reviews & other product picks from our experts.
A note from Minaa about seasonal depression in the Spring months.
An Off the Cuff episode about being kind to your mind with ex-professional athlete Cooper Chapman.
This week, our experts picked and reviewed Six Star Whey Protein (hands-on review and YouTube video), multiple amino acid supplements (bcaas), and an oil-to-foam body cleanser that we love!
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! ⬇️
“Seasonal Affective Disorder can happen in the spring months, too, as people approach new changes in the weather and their personal lives. Consider spending a few minutes this week engaging in pre-care. What's a significant change that's coming up for you in the next month? Practicing pre-care looks like preparing your mind, body, and emotional well-being for this upcoming change.”
In "Off The Cuff" Season 2, Episode 12, host Danny LoPriore sits down with former professional surfer Cooper Chapman, who shares his personal journey and his passion for mental health advocacy.
Inspired by his own experiences with anxiety and stress, as well as witnessing the impact of depression on his father and losing two family friends to suicide, Cooper has embarked on a new career path focused on mental health. He discusses his organization, The Good Human Factory, and the importance of addressing mental health challenges.
Cooper opens up about the pressure he faced as a young professional surfer and how he began to struggle with his identity and self-worth when his achievements in the sport declined.
I started to struggle a little bit with my identity. I felt a bit of shame, like being around people at my local community when I wasn't succeeding as often. And then I went and spoke to my sports psychologist about how I was feeling and what was going on. And he's like, man … so many people base their self worth and their overall well being on their achievements and their successes. He said, I want you to take this forward in your life and it's gonna change the way you think. I want you to base your life on how well you live to your values. And that was this light bulb moment that completely changed my life.
Throughout the episode, Cooper emphasizes the idea that mental health exists on a spectrum and that everyone can benefit from having the tools to support their own well-being.
"We are all on a spectrum of mental health to mental illness. And we're all moving up and down it from time to time. And what I'm trying to do with The Good Human Factory is, I like to think of it like, life is almost like a treadmill that's dragging us from good mental health to mental illness. We're all walking against it, just at different paces. And I'm trying to give people the skills to be able to walk against it at a faster pace so that when life does speed up and throw some of these really difficult times at us, you can walk back against it."
Cooper also shares practical advice, such as the importance of making gratitude a daily habit and why everyone should have access to resources that can help them navigate mental health challenges.
Tune in to this thought-provoking episode to learn more about Cooper's inspiring journey from professional surfer to mental health advocate and discover valuable insights for supporting your own mental well-being.
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