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ES 🍝 069: Couples Therapy, Trauma With A Comedian and More Wellness Product Picks
Plus some good news!
Thomas Drew
May 03, 2024
🍝 In Today’s Extra Sauce…
Some GOOD news baby!
This week’s 1AND1 Picks
A note from Minaa about couples therapy
An Off the Cuff episode about trauma with comedian Mona Shaikh
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This week, our experts picked and reviewed Body Fortress Protein Powder (hands-on review and YouTube video), an air fryer oven, and laptop stand for proper neck/back posture while working!
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! ⬇️
Couples therapy still seems taboo to many people but it can be beneficial for the health of a relationship in so many ways. Take a few minutes this week to explore with your partner the pros and cons and the research therapists in your area together. Look for someone who specializes in couples therapy and who you both feel comfortable with so that finding a therapist feels like an actual partnership.
In Off The Cuff Season 2, Episode 11 of the podcast, Danny sits down with the incredibly resilient and hilariously sharp comedian, Mona Shaikh. Mona opens up about her journey from childhood trauma to finding her voice on the comedy stage, turning her pain into an empowering narrative that resonates and entertains.
Mona reflects on the complexities of her family dynamics, noting how her perspective on her parents' shortcomings evolved over time:
"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.”
Throughout the episode, Mona shares her experiences with humor and honesty—from being hilariously catfished by a fake Indian finance bro in LA to tackling serious issues like her brothers’ battle with polio and her own rocky relationship with her parents. She discusses how comedy became a therapeutic outlet for her, allowing her to confront and cope with her past.
Mona also delves into the therapeutic journey that helped her reclaim her life, emphasizing the importance of self-reliance and mental health:
“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.’”
Join us for this riveting episode as Mona discusses the challenges of being a woman in comedy, critiques the American approach to mental health, and shares how 15 years of therapy profoundly transformed her life. This conversation is not only a testament to Mona’s incredible resilience but also a powerful reminder of the transformative potential of humor and self-awareness in the face of adversity.
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