[trailer] welcome to 'she persisted'

She Persisted is THE Gen Z mental health podcast. In each episode, Sadie brings you authentic, accessible, relatable conversations about every aspect of mental wellness. Expect evidence-based, Gen Z-approved resources, coping skills (lots of DBT), insights, and education in each piece of content you consume. She Persisted offers you a safe space to feel validated and understood in your struggle while encouraging you to take ownership of your journey and build your life worth living.

Sadie Sutton is a 22-year-old aspiring clinical psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. At 14, she underwent a year and a half of intensive treatment (3East McLean Hospital + a therapeutic boarding school) for severe depression and anxiety. Compelled to share her insights from her journey, She Persisted was born. A firm believer that if we’re not progressing, we’re regressing, Sadie is always looking for ways to expand her mental health toolbox and broaden her perspective on psychology—and of course, bringing you along for the journey.

Since launching in 2019, She Persisted has garnered over 300,000 downloads and reached millions across social media. The podcast has been featured in the Sunday New York Times and recognized by NBC, Today.com, Bustle, ABC7 Bay Area, KSBW, and Common Sense Media. Past media partners include Amazon Prime Student, BetterHelp, Crisis Text Line, Active Minds, Lumate, Truth Initiative, Bubble, and Magic Mind. The show has welcomed leading experts and advocates, including Dr. Steven Hollon, Zachery Dereniowski, Victoria Garrick Browne, Dr. Kojo Sarfo, Dr. Aliza Pressman, Dr. AnneMarie Albano, Dr. David Yeager, and Dr. Uma Naidoo. Beyond the podcast, Sadie continues to advocate for mental health, regularly speaking at high schools, panels, and webinars, and sharing her expertise on over 45 podcasts.

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
I'm Sadie, the host of She Persisted, a psychology student
at the University of Pennsylvania.
But seven years ago, I was receiving intensive mental
health treatment for depression,anxiety, and suicidality.
Mental health education and evidence based intervention
saved my life and forever changed it for the better.
It's my mission to make these insights widely accessible and
equip Gen. Z with the tools to take
ownership of their mental health.

(00:20):
If you're looking for vulnerableconversation, psychology back
tips and expert insights, this is the podcast for you.
So here's a quick peek at what you can expect.
The quality of our life depends on the state of our mind.
How? Much of our.
Mental. Health is the skill.
Set and nobody talks. About it like that.
No matter what craziness comes your way, there are ways for you
to be resilient. When we've gone through
something many times before, we know that we have coping

(00:41):
strategies that have worked for us.
But it's harder when you're experiencing these things for
the first time and you're still trying to figure out, who am I?
How do I navigate the world? Teenagers are lonlier now than
teenagers have ever been. Loneliness, in part, comes from
a feeling of wanting to be knownat a deep and intimate level.
Is anybody really experiencing what I'm experiencing?
There's someone. Else out there.
Who feels symptoms you do or is felt hopeless or lost?

(01:04):
It's a human commonality to struggle with our thoughts, to
have struggled with our negativefeelings.
If you start to isolate, you really start to believe this
narrative that it's just you. I don't think you should be
expected to navigate this yourself.
No human should. So crazy how stigmatized mental
health is. I think people don't even
realize how much they are struggling.
The answer isn't just putting the lid on it, getting really

(01:25):
good at distracting ourself awayfrom it, and marching toward
this idealized idea of what happy is.
It is. It's actually learning how to be
stress resilient, how to go through hard, difficult
emotions. Life is impermanent and that
impermanence will be on your side.
That extreme feeling of suffering cannot persist
forever. You have to want to change.
You have to want to improve yourlife, to have a life worth

(01:46):
living. You can't telepath yourself
until like a different way of experiencing your life.
Nothing changes if you don't change something.
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