In this episode, Jacy talks with 3 time Emmy winner and NY Times best selling author, Maurice Benard. Maurice is most famous for his role as Sonny Corinthos on ABC's General Hospital. In this interview Maurice candidly shares details about his battle with anxiety, depression and how he built his own life experience of being bi-polar into his soap opera's character storyline. Jacy & Maurice talk about what true happiness means and his journey to find inner peace. Learn why Maurice's podcast State of Mind with Maurice Benard is his true passion and the life changing letter that led him to put his own story into the spotlight, helping millions of other people.
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