March 25, 2025 • 38 mins
In today’s episode, we’re diving into some powerful trends—from the healing power of music to Gen Z’s bold moves against burnout. Plus, we’ll explore why going offline is becoming the ultimate self-care trend and why some people are feeling nostalgic for the slower pace of lockdown life.
Whether you’re looking for fresh wellness tips or simply curious about what’s buzzing in the mental health space, this episode’s got you covered. Let’s get into it!
The purpose is to support men and women while giving them the tools and space to heal emotionally, psychologically and physiologically.
Mental Health is a Lifestyle Podcast with Andrea Wise-Brown, is where we discuss practical strategies for managing mental health and wellbeing. Thank you for listening to this episode of Mental Health is a Lifestyle Podcast. We hope you found these practical tips helpful and encourage you to continue prioritizing your mental health and wellness.
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Whether you’re looking for fresh wellness tips or simply curious about what’s buzzing in the mental health space, this episode’s got you covered. Let’s get into it!
The purpose is to support men and women while giving them the tools and space to heal emotionally, psychologically and physiologically.
Mental Health is a Lifestyle Podcast with Andrea Wise-Brown, is where we discuss practical strategies for managing mental health and wellbeing. Thank you for listening to this episode of Mental Health is a Lifestyle Podcast. We hope you found these practical tips helpful and encourage you to continue prioritizing your mental health and wellness.
If you have any questions or suggestions for future episodes, please email us at mhialpodcast@gmail.com.
See you next time!
Find Andrea: awisebrown.com
Follow The Podcast At @mentalhealthisalifestylepod Mhialpodcast@gmail.com I want to know your opinions…….
In addition; if you have any questions that you want answered on the podcast send your request to mhialpodcast@gmail.com or inbox me @mentalhealthisalifestylepod
Remember, Mental health is a Lifestyle!®️😘
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This podcast is not a substitute for our relationship with
your mental health professional. Hey hey, hey, family, Welcome back
to another episode of the Mental Health Is a lifestyle
podcast with.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Your girl, Andrea wise Brown.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
And if you have not joined the family as of
yet and you stumbled upon us, do you know that
every single thing happens just as.
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It's supposed to.
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Speaker 2 (01:19):
Okay, guys, so let's jump right in it.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So let me just tell you this that the intention
of this podcast is to empower you so that you
live the life that you truly, truly desire, that you truly, truly,
truly desire. All right, So this week, family, it is
(01:43):
we are in March still, and you know, this is
Woman's History Month.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
So I did some interviews earlier in.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
The month with some strong, powerful women that I'm hoping
you learn something than from and that it actually the
information that they provided maybe inspired you in some way
to live bigger, to go after yours, to not be complacent,
(02:15):
because women, we kill the game.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
You know what I'm saying, Like.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
When you know your power women, then oh my gosh,
there is no stopping you. And my intention is to
turn that thing up. And let me tell you, for
men too. This podcast is not just for women, but
this was Women's History Month, but for men, I really
want to turn you up too, so that you live
(02:45):
the life that you desire and live it with your
highest potential.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
And it's for men and for women.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
So yes, women, those interviews that I had earlier in
the podcast for you and for men.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
If you are with a woman or.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
If you have sisters, I know you have a mother,
well you could usually take something that you've gotten from
one of those interviews and inspire the women in your life.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Okay, but today, family, in this month.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Of March, and I just want to say, my birthday
is in the month of March, and yes I am
a Piscey's But today, in this month of March, we're
gonna talk about trending topics in mental health. Trending topics
in mental health. I just wanted this episode to be
(03:41):
just a little light and free and let me just
check in. I was like, let me, let me start
just googling what's popping, what's popping right now in mental health.
So I'm gonna start off family first of all, by
just asking you, how is your mental health when you
hear some of these stories.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
So some of these stories.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
About let's say, uh, who is this now looking down here?
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Tiger Woods?
Speaker 1 (04:11):
So many of you may not care, but maybe some
of you do care. But that Tiger Woods confirmed his
relationship with Vanessa Trump, who is the ex wife to
Donald Trump Jr.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I don't know. I don't know. Did it get under
your nerves?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Well, I'm not really here to talk about that, but
I just throw that out there because I saw that
that was like a trending topic, like people really do
care about who people date. I don't know, So I'm
just asking you, I don't know, did it raise your anxiety.
Did it get under your nerves? Did did it make
you suck your teeth? Or was you like me and
(04:55):
say okay, well good for them, or let me tell
you another thing that was true. Thing that I thought
was interesting is Megan Markle. And so we know that
she is the wife to Prince Harry. So she has
this new real is it a reality show? Maybe it's
a reality show on Netflix, and everybody is criticizing this
(05:21):
new show of hers, and they were they're talking about
this one moment in the show when she corrects her
friend Mindy, who is a comedian, she corrects her and uh,
because Mindy called her I think Megan Markle or she
referred to her as Megan Markle, at which most people
(05:41):
know her as. However, Megan corrected her because of course
she's married and she is, uh, Magan Sussex. So she
was telling her that she needs to refer to her
last name is is Sussex. Okay, So now so many
people are really upset about this. And I was at
(06:05):
my girlfriend, a good friend of mine's house the other
night and we were just chilling and having great conversation
with some beautiful, smart women. Okay, some heavy Hitters, and
I hadn't seen the show. I didn't even know that
there was a show. I didn't even know the lady
had to show, honest to goodness, because I'm celebrating my
birthday this month. So I really wasn't tuned in, and
(06:26):
I don't really honestly be tuned into many hot topics anyway.
But somebody all is always gonna tell me. So they
had this whole conversation about people getting upset when you
don't refer to someone's name, specifically how their name is pronounced,
and how their name is well, I must just say pronounced, okay.
(06:49):
So in this conversation the women, most of the women
there was really on the side of, yeah, well, if
that's what she wants her to call her, then that's
what she should be called.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
I mean, that's her name, and that's what she should
be called.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
And then they went on to talk about how them personally,
you know, they just believe that it was respectful and
that there was no problem with her correcting someone call
me something else, okay. So but then for some other
people they may have looked at that as like thinking
that she is so full of herself because a lot
(07:24):
of people have these opinions already about her feeling like
she kind of like scammed the system anyway, like she's
not supposed to be there. So since she's not supposed to,
you know, supposed to be there, and now she has
a seat in the castle and with all the royalness,
you know, instead of her being humble, they are feeling like, well,
(07:46):
here she goes again, fronting, you know, trying to put
on and taking herself really seriously, acting like she's so
much better than everyone else.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
My opinion is this, and listen whether she feels like
that or whether she feels like she should be respected, and.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Listen to each his own.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
My opinion, which I stated at the our Little Shindig
the other night, was for me personally. And let me
tell you, many of my clients who've come to me
will tell me that they have issue when someone mispronounces
their name. And were talking about mispronouncing because to me,
the name is the name with the Megan Markle it
(08:27):
was saying using her old name instead of using her
new name, which she felt like, now she's royalty and
she wants to be recognized as such.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
To me, same thing. So for me, my name is Andrea.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
But as you might know people that you know in
your life who have the same spelling, is my name
and may have introduced themselves as Andrea.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
You may call them or you may have heard other
people refer to them.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Is I've gotten Andrea, I've gotten Andrea, I've got in Andrea,
Andrea and sometimes Andrea. We'll just keep it short like that.
Setting me going down the rabbit hole point is for
me and people will say to me when they say,
(09:15):
what is your name? You're pronunciation I'm like, it's Andrea,
and then they'll say, okay, because I want to make
sure I get it right for me personally, I don't care,
like I honestly do not care how you pronounce my
name as.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Long as you shooting for my name. Like you know, you.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Ain't calling me no you know what I'm saying, or
you not calling me no mom. To me, that's different.
That's disrespectful. But if in your head you're thinking Andrea, okay,
and then it comes out is Andrea Andrea when you
see me, I don't have a problem with it because
(09:54):
for me, you know, I don't see any malicious intent,
and I.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Know when you meet me Andrea if you know me,
you don't know me, you're gonna remember me.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
So for me, you pronouncing my name that that is
so small in regards to how you treat me when
we are interacting. Okay, but that's me right, and I
think everyone is entitled to the opinion. Now, these women
were saying, well, no, no, no, no, no, that's not me.
And then they started to tell me their names. And
(10:27):
as they started to speak their names, their name was maybe.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Not the regular name.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
They were beautiful names and they were different, so they
wanted the regular names like you know Annie and you know.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Susan. You understand what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
They were like different names, and so the women had
stories behind people feeling dismissed because people wouldn't take the
time to actually enunciate their name, wouldn't take the time
to remember how to pronounce their name.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
So once I heard them say that, and they also
talk to me about culture, you know, because where they
were from were New Orleans.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
And they were saying, like culture and how your name
means so much, you know, and it really determined your
lineage and where you were from. So me here in
that perspective, I could understand why it was it's really
important for them to, you know, for you to pronounce
(11:31):
their name correctly. So I'm like, let me make sure
I pronounce they name correctly because I don't ever want
people to feel like.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
They're being disrespected.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
So going back to Megan Markle right in her little show,
and it's kind of like a Martha Stewart I think
kind of thing where she's showing you how to do
make your house a home and be hospitable.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
I do believe. But going back to.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
That, if if she and she's been through a lot
in her life, she's been through a lot, you know it,
just growing up and being biracial and even meeting this
man that she loves and marrying him.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
So at this point.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
If she feels like that shows her respect, then who
cares call.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
The woman what she wants you to call her?
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Okay boom. So that's just my opinion on that. I
don't trip. But if you ever meet me, you go Andrea,
Andrea Andrea. As long as I get it, we see
each other, just don't be you, Lanna you I want
hair all that. Okay, So now moving on, I want
us to go to some trending topics in mental health.
(12:40):
I just needed to point those out because I still
think they was affecting people's mental health because people were
just talking about them.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Okay, so you.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Know I got to put on my little readers. Okay, family,
come on now, t T you gotta put on her readers.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Okay. So let me just tell you this.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
What is trending today and mental health is the importance
of music therapy for chronic pain relief. So if any
of you family members are dealing with some chronic pain
in your bodies, you better turn on.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Some sexy red honey.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
You need to turn on some Megan the styleon. No,
I'm just kidding, but whether it doesn't matter what you
they token doesn't matter, doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
It could be oh Marvin sad. You know what I'm saying,
doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
But the point is is music therapy is helpful for
chronic pain. So let me just read you this little research. So.
A pioneering project by the Welsh National Opera suggests that
music can alleviate chronic pain. Participants engaged in singing and
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reading exercises reported significant reductions in pain and improvements in
mental health.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Y'all with me.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
An independent report noted that two thirds of its participants
experience decrease pain in it and enhance well being. Okay,
all right, and that was from the Guardian dot com.
But let me just tell y'all music and not only music, family,
I'm gonna take it.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
A little bit further. I love music.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Music can change your mood. You know, there used to
be cartoons back in the day. And you've also heard
the saying that music can soothe a savage beast, because
it really can.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Music, I'm telling you, it can.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Take you up where you really get to get some
energy and your endorphins start to flow.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Music can take you down where you can feel real sexy.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
It can kind of give you about like music is
everything a great mood booster.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
All right. And in addition to music, honey, because when
I have music, your.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Girl, Andrea, I have to dance. I will dance, dance, dance, dance.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
I love the dance.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
I love music and I love dancing. And dancing also
increases the endorphins in your body, and it increases the
dopamine in your brain, which is that neurotransmitted that we
have in the brain.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
It's our I call it our natural feel good.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
So family, move your body and if your pain is
too heavy and you can't move that much, then tap
your foot, but turn on some music, okay, music therapy.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Okay. So that was the number one thing that was
trending and mental health. Family.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
So now we're gonna go to number two, y'all with me, family, Okay.
The number two's subject that was trending, and that is
trending and mental health is jen Z's approach to preventing
workplace burnout.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Gen Z, y'all.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
So now I know, I know because I've had these
conversations with you before. If you and if you're a millennial, maybe, if.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
You in Generation X maybe eh.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
And you're boomer absolutely, but you know, y'all be judging
gen Z.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Y'all be judging gen Z. Now gen Z.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Said they're experiencing burnout at the work please even though
they don't really.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Go to work.
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People are always asking me whether I'm traveling, going to
the supermarket.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
What's that? Who's that?
Speaker 1 (18:40):
And I'm like, mental health is a lifestyle because see
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Speaker 1 (19:07):
You don't have to go into place else. I'll see
you on the other side. And don't necessarily like the
work that much. But they said that when they do go,
they experience and burnout. But I'm gonna break it down
for you today, family, I'm gonna tell you why.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
So So first let's just clarify that gen Z.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
You are in Generation Z if you are born or
if your children are born between the years of nineteen
ninety seven and twenty twelve, So that means that you
are in between the ages of thirteen and twenty eight
years old. Okay, thirteen and twenty eight. They experience work
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place burnout. When I tell you, there is so much
research on Generation Z and the workplace.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
You want to know why this dang I got dang
on the what? So let me let me just.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
I'm gonna read this little part of this article. So
this is the New York Posts and the Scottish Son
So a significant number of young this is done in Australia. Australians,
particularly from Generation Z, are experiencing burnout, costing workplaces approximately
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six point eight billion dollars annually.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
They burnt out.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
The symptoms exclude no The symptoms include exhaustion, cynicism, and
reduced professional accomplishment. They burned out because they said they
exhausted in the scenics of the workplace and the purpose
(20:56):
for it being. And you know they have reduce professional accomplishment.
They can't accomplish what they want to professionally, so they
get burnt out. Experts emphasize the importance of recalibrating motivation
and setting boundaries to address burnout effectively. Employers are encouraged
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and listen. This this is for you employers out there
who have hired some Gen zs. Let me just tell
you that the employers are encouraged to foster open communication
and support mental health initiatives. To create psychologically safe workplaces here, y'all.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Isn't that something?
Speaker 1 (21:49):
So listen, you know, I'll just tell you a little
bit more about the gen Z and what research has
shown proven with the gen Z. So gen Z, you know,
what gen Z is complaining about is what they're saying
is is they're in the workplace.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
That they.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
They're just not happy. They ain't happy in the workplace.
And I'm just gonna say this that fifty percent in
a study, fifty percent of gen Z's say that they
are neuro divergent, neuro divergent. You like, well, Andrea, what
is neural divergent, Well, neuro divergent is when the brain
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works differently than the typical brain.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
So the typical.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Brain family would be neurotypical. And a neurotypical brain is
a brain that is developed in a way that's expected.
So when we say expected expected, like you go to work,
you work, you're behind off, You're grateful to work through
the weekend to get your check.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
At the end of the week, you go home. You
enjoy your.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
Weekends just to get ready on Sunday evening to go
back to work again and work hard, communicate with the people, work,
your way up, create relationships. You work hard so that
you can get that money and do whatever you want
with that money, but it's gonna support your lifestyle.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
And accept that.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
This is how you take care of yourself until you
get to Friday again.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
You know, you get the weekend and you celebrate the
weekend again, and then on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
You got it. Okay. So that's the typical way.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
That's the expected way that we see out not gen
Z's right, but the other generations that this is how
we take care of ourself. That's how the brain works.
That's the typical way. That is the neurotypical way that
a brain works. You understand that, yes, you know, the
world is my oyster. I'm gonna go to work, I'm
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gonna thug it out. I'm gonna make that money. And
then whatever I do with that money besides feeding myself
putting the roof over my head. Maybe I want to
go on vacation. Maybe I want to buy something that
I don't know, a car, some property gives. That's the
typical way that the brain works, okay, in our society.
But I guess what there has been a shift family,
(24:23):
and what this shift is saying is proving is that
fifty percent of gen Z's report that their brains work differently,
that they are neuro divergent. Baby, and they saying it.
They're saying, there's nothing wrong with me, just my brain.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
I just don't see the world like that.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
What they're saying is is that, you know, when they
think about work the workplace, they value flexibility in their schedules,
yes they do. They value work life balance, yes they do.
They want it to be so balanced. But let me
(25:06):
say they value advancement. They want to get in and
move up, move up, move up, move up, move.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
Up right away. Oh and they love perks. That's what
they do.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
But then what the what the workplace is reporting is
is that the gen zs they have a lack of
interpersonal skills relating to other people. You know, because when
you are communicating with people and your priority, your your
prioritized form of communications your cell phone and you text
(25:38):
in and you you're on social media and that's how
you communicate, well, then of course you would lack into
personal skills. You got me, makes sense, Let's stop judging.
Don't judge them. You know, they also lack negotiating skills.
This is what the workplace reports. Another thing that they
lack in the workplace is speak seaking confidently. Well, it
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would make sense to me if they haven't practiced how
to speak confidently in life in all the other places,
then how do you show up in a workplace and
know how to speak confidently. And then the other thing
that they lack, this is what the workplace reports, is
working long hours. Now y'all know them gen zs don't
(26:27):
want to work long hours. What they get in when
they're supposed to be in, maybe sometimes a little bit late,
you know, because they like the flexibility and they schedule,
you know, they like to take a little lunchtime break
because why because it's lunchtime and you know, they value
work life balance. They gotta eat, you know what I'm saying.
(26:50):
They like perks, you know. And then when it's time
to leave, honey, huh. They got the Apple Watch on,
so it tells him the time you have to sell
phone men, so it tells them the time. They watching
the time on their computer. So they leaving when they
when the time said when when the hours is over?
(27:10):
They ain't working over time, they not, They're not They're
not trying to work until the project is done. You
know that it's not about that. They value work like that.
So listen, I'm just here to tell you this is
what the research is saying, is that they burnt out.
Gen Zas are burnt out, and family, I'm here to
(27:30):
take the pressure off the gen Zas and I'm here
to take the pressure off of you.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Family. We ain't gonna judge him. Were gonna come at
them differently. That's what we're gonna do.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
So if you know that they burned out, then yes,
we referring them to mental health services because that's what
they said. They value. They value the flexibility, you know,
and they're scheduled to encompass mental health services and mental
health services. Come on now, I'm the advocate for that.
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It's good for everybody. And if you lack motivation, then
we need you to get mental health services because if
you come to see me, I'm gonna get you right. Okay,
itna get you right, but you gotta keep coming because
you fall off, then you're gonna go back into all
of the things, you know. But AnyWho, mental health services.
So we're not gonna pull on the gen Zs. If
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they said they burned out, we have to give them
some respite, you know. We we have to encourage them,
we have to motivate them. So the things that they're
lacking we have to teach. We have to encourage them.
We have to give them different goals. You know, we
have to find out what it is that they want
and we have to help them figure out a way
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to get it. In the workplace, and especially you're an
entrepreneur like me, you own your own business and you
employ gen.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Zs, I'm trying to teach you something.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
You want to keep your employees happy, You want to
you wanna keep you want to keep the momentum up. Okay,
so these are the things you I want you to
be aware of that they are burnt out. They are
neuro divergent. And guess what the reality is this. This
is not a small little thing. Twenty percent of the
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population family worldwide are reporting that they are neuro divergent
gen zus neuro divergence. So this is not just something
just that just came up in the United States of
the Americas. Okay, this is just all over. But I
will tell you this now. I'm just gonna take you in.
You know, some time ago we would put the word
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neuro divergent, and it would kind of be in the category. Well,
let me say this usually years ago being on the
autistic spectrum and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, so ADHD and
autism years ago, when we you know, would do diagnosis
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would lead up to neuro divergence.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
Okay, there was like a lead up to it. But
now they claiming it.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
It's a thing, and guess what, I respect it. So
let me say this family, there is no right or
no wrong.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
It just is.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
So whether you're neural divergent or whether you're neurotypical. And
remember neurotypical is the brain works in the expected way.
It's what we expect.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Either way, does it make you right or wrong? It
just is.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
And when we connect them to our family, what we
need to do is figure out what it is that
they need and then try to get those needs to
them so that they can be their best selves.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Because that's what this is about, you know, you.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Know this podcast, our family system. It's not about pulling
on nobody. Okay, we just need to know what you need,
and now we know what the gen z is need. Okay,
So this is number three that was trending okay and
mental health discussions. Okay, is the rise of going offline
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as a wellness trend? Come on, family, or your offline
because if you're offline, you can still listen to the podcast. Okay,
just pull it up on the podcast. Well, they're talking
about offline.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Let me just read it.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
So it says, in response to the negative impact of
constant screen time on mental health, a growing number of
individuals are embracing the trend of going offline. This movement
includes adopting basic dumb phones. We're going back to the
dumb phones like the flip phones to limit online presence
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and reduce.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
Social media jiction. Oh I kind of like this.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
Celebrities such as Ed Sharing and Justin Bieber have advocated
for using simpler devices to stay present and improve well being.
Traditional offline activities, including camping and digital detox retreats, are
also gaining popularity as people seek to disconnect and focus
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on mental health. Wow, family, y'all hear that? So this
is a new trend.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
So people are disconnecting? What is it?
Speaker 1 (32:43):
It's a they going offline, shutting down social media and
going offline to protect their mental health. I do believe
that mental health breaks are necessary.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
In whatever realm. So whether you're breaking from certain.
Speaker 1 (32:59):
Peace people in your life, Okay, from certain places in
your life, certain activities, certain foods, certain drinks, you need
a break for your mental health. But social media is
a huge one because research the support that the use
of social media can heighten your anxiety and depression.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Do you hear me? Use of social media? Not even
over use use of social media can.
Speaker 1 (33:29):
Really create anxiety, heighten your anxiety and.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
Bring on depression because a lot of people get lost.
Speaker 1 (33:39):
You get lost in people's stories and what they're doing,
and you start to compare your life to theirs, when
the reality is everything up there is curated. You know,
when you put your stuff up there, you don't put
your best where you put your best, That's what I'm
meant to say. You put your best, you don't put
your worst. So's it's curated to pull people in and
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to create.
Speaker 2 (34:00):
This life that's I don't know, almost.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Close to not even perfect, but I guess, I guess
the best thing possible. So then when onlookers see it,
they start to judge themselves. And if you're on social media,
you have compared yourself and your situation to someone else.
Whether it was where you lived, whether it's what you drive,
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whether it was your lifestyle, whether it was vacation, whether
it was the workplace.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
You've done it. I've done it.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
And when I find myself even starting to do it,
That's why I don't really be on there. I get
on there, I put whatever up, and if I see
something I like, I like it, and then I'm off again.
I got too much other stuff to do. But I
do know that in a short period of time. It
has been in the past where all of a sudden
I may see this fabulous trip and I know that
I've already gone on several fabulous ship but now I'm
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looking like, oh, I think I want to go there
because I don't know if my trip was that fat Okay,
I want to do it. And it's just like, Andre,
get off of that, because your trip was just as fabulous,
and you're gonna be there anyway next year.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
Just book it and go, you know.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
But you can find yourself getting pulled into comparison, and
comparison is a thief of joy, and we're not trying
to get our joy robbed from us.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
Okay, So I.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Agree with this trend. I agree with getting offline.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
And if I'm not.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Saying you should get offline forever, you know, I'm not
saying you should neverver get back online, but taking mental
breaks offline, shutting down your social media, I.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
Think that that's pretty cool. For certain periods of time,
it is pretty pretty cool. I like it.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
And they say, spend some time going to wellness retreats,
camping somewhere where you can be present with the absence
of having the social media apps. Hmmm, that might be
a good thing. But honey, they even said, so that
you can still be connected, get a phone, but a
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dummy phone, one that doesn't have all the wells and biscus,
the bells and whistles, you know, off the flip phone.
So in case you gotta call nine one one or
your nine one one needs.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
To reach you, you can get them.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
Who Okay, family, the rise of going offline as a
wellness trend, I like it.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
Well, all right, family, there you go.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
I just wanted to bring to you the things that
I actually saw when I looked at what are the
trending topics and mental health today today? And we're almost
the end of March, end of March, and I just
wanted to bring them to you to see what you're
gonna do with them, what you going to do with them? Family,
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I always want to empower you, educate you, inspire you
so that we can do this thing together, so that
you can live your best life. Because I'm definitely going
to live mine.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
And it makes me would make me so.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Happy if you really did choose to live yours too well. Family,
I love you, love you, love you so much. I
love you long time. And this has been another episode
of the Mental Health is a Lifestyle podcast with your
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girl Andrea.
Speaker 2 (37:32):
Wise Brown and Family. I will see you, Lord Willing,
Lord Willing.
Speaker 1 (37:41):
I will see you next week in next episode. And
remember this is what I always have to say, family,
and all of what's trending and what's not with the
gen Zias, with being all of the things trust God
and dancing and listening to music for your chronic pain
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through all of the things. In your name, whether you
want the people to say your name, trust God.
Speaker 2 (38:10):
You know I have to give him a shout out.
Speaker 1 (38:12):
I'll see you on the next episode.
This podcast is not a substitute for our relationship with
your mental health professional. Hey hey, hey, family, Welcome back
to another episode of the Mental Health Is a lifestyle
podcast with.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Your girl, Andrea wise Brown.
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Speaker 2 (01:19):
Okay, guys, so let's jump right in it.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So let me just tell you this that the intention
of this podcast is to empower you so that you
live the life that you truly, truly desire, that you truly, truly,
truly desire. All right, So this week, family, it is
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we are in March still, and you know, this is
Woman's History Month.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
So I did some interviews earlier in.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
The month with some strong, powerful women that I'm hoping
you learn something than from and that it actually the
information that they provided maybe inspired you in some way
to live bigger, to go after yours, to not be complacent,
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because women, we kill the game.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
You know what I'm saying, Like.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
When you know your power women, then oh my gosh,
there is no stopping you. And my intention is to
turn that thing up. And let me tell you, for
men too. This podcast is not just for women, but
this was Women's History Month, but for men, I really
want to turn you up too, so that you live
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the life that you desire and live it with your
highest potential.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
And it's for men and for women.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
So yes, women, those interviews that I had earlier in
the podcast for you and for men.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
If you are with a woman or.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
If you have sisters, I know you have a mother,
well you could usually take something that you've gotten from
one of those interviews and inspire the women in your life.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Okay, but today, family, in this month.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Of March, and I just want to say, my birthday
is in the month of March, and yes I am
a Piscey's But today, in this month of March, we're
gonna talk about trending topics in mental health. Trending topics
in mental health. I just wanted this episode to be
(03:41):
just a little light and free and let me just
check in. I was like, let me, let me start
just googling what's popping, what's popping right now in mental health.
So I'm gonna start off family first of all, by
just asking you, how is your mental health when you
hear some of these stories.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
So some of these stories.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
About let's say, uh, who is this now looking down here?
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Tiger Woods?
Speaker 1 (04:11):
So many of you may not care, but maybe some
of you do care. But that Tiger Woods confirmed his
relationship with Vanessa Trump, who is the ex wife to
Donald Trump Jr.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I don't know. I don't know. Did it get under
your nerves?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Well, I'm not really here to talk about that, but
I just throw that out there because I saw that
that was like a trending topic, like people really do
care about who people date. I don't know, So I'm
just asking you, I don't know, did it raise your anxiety.
Did it get under your nerves? Did did it make
you suck your teeth? Or was you like me and
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say okay, well good for them, or let me tell
you another thing that was true. Thing that I thought
was interesting is Megan Markle. And so we know that
she is the wife to Prince Harry. So she has
this new real is it a reality show? Maybe it's
a reality show on Netflix, and everybody is criticizing this
(05:21):
new show of hers, and they were they're talking about
this one moment in the show when she corrects her
friend Mindy, who is a comedian, she corrects her and uh,
because Mindy called her I think Megan Markle or she
referred to her as Megan Markle, at which most people
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know her as. However, Megan corrected her because of course
she's married and she is, uh, Magan Sussex. So she
was telling her that she needs to refer to her
last name is is Sussex. Okay, So now so many
people are really upset about this. And I was at
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my girlfriend, a good friend of mine's house the other
night and we were just chilling and having great conversation
with some beautiful, smart women. Okay, some heavy Hitters, and
I hadn't seen the show. I didn't even know that
there was a show. I didn't even know the lady
had to show, honest to goodness, because I'm celebrating my
birthday this month. So I really wasn't tuned in, and
(06:26):
I don't really honestly be tuned into many hot topics anyway.
But somebody all is always gonna tell me. So they
had this whole conversation about people getting upset when you
don't refer to someone's name, specifically how their name is pronounced,
and how their name is well, I must just say pronounced, okay.
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So in this conversation the women, most of the women
there was really on the side of, yeah, well, if
that's what she wants her to call her, then that's
what she should be called.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
I mean, that's her name, and that's what she should
be called.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
And then they went on to talk about how them personally,
you know, they just believe that it was respectful and
that there was no problem with her correcting someone call
me something else, okay. So but then for some other
people they may have looked at that as like thinking
that she is so full of herself because a lot
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of people have these opinions already about her feeling like
she kind of like scammed the system anyway, like she's
not supposed to be there. So since she's not supposed to,
you know, supposed to be there, and now she has
a seat in the castle and with all the royalness,
you know, instead of her being humble, they are feeling like, well,
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here she goes again, fronting, you know, trying to put
on and taking herself really seriously, acting like she's so
much better than everyone else.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
My opinion is this, and listen whether she feels like
that or whether she feels like she should be respected, and.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Listen to each his own.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
My opinion, which I stated at the our Little Shindig
the other night, was for me personally. And let me
tell you, many of my clients who've come to me
will tell me that they have issue when someone mispronounces
their name. And were talking about mispronouncing because to me,
the name is the name with the Megan Markle it
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was saying using her old name instead of using her
new name, which she felt like, now she's royalty and
she wants to be recognized as such.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
To me, same thing. So for me, my name is Andrea.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
But as you might know people that you know in
your life who have the same spelling, is my name
and may have introduced themselves as Andrea.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
You may call them or you may have heard other
people refer to them.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Is I've gotten Andrea, I've gotten Andrea, I've got in Andrea,
Andrea and sometimes Andrea. We'll just keep it short like that.
Setting me going down the rabbit hole point is for
me and people will say to me when they say,
(09:15):
what is your name? You're pronunciation I'm like, it's Andrea,
and then they'll say, okay, because I want to make
sure I get it right for me personally, I don't care,
like I honestly do not care how you pronounce my
name as.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Long as you shooting for my name. Like you know, you.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Ain't calling me no you know what I'm saying, or
you not calling me no mom. To me, that's different.
That's disrespectful. But if in your head you're thinking Andrea, okay,
and then it comes out is Andrea Andrea when you
see me, I don't have a problem with it because
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for me, you know, I don't see any malicious intent,
and I.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Know when you meet me Andrea if you know me,
you don't know me, you're gonna remember me.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
So for me, you pronouncing my name that that is
so small in regards to how you treat me when
we are interacting. Okay, but that's me right, and I
think everyone is entitled to the opinion. Now, these women
were saying, well, no, no, no, no, no, that's not me.
And then they started to tell me their names. And
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as they started to speak their names, their name was maybe.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Not the regular name.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
They were beautiful names and they were different, so they
wanted the regular names like you know Annie and you know.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Susan. You understand what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
They were like different names, and so the women had
stories behind people feeling dismissed because people wouldn't take the
time to actually enunciate their name, wouldn't take the time
to remember how to pronounce their name.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
So once I heard them say that, and they also
talk to me about culture, you know, because where they
were from were New Orleans.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
And they were saying, like culture and how your name
means so much, you know, and it really determined your
lineage and where you were from. So me here in
that perspective, I could understand why it was it's really
important for them to, you know, for you to pronounce
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their name correctly. So I'm like, let me make sure
I pronounce they name correctly because I don't ever want
people to feel like.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
They're being disrespected.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
So going back to Megan Markle right in her little show,
and it's kind of like a Martha Stewart I think
kind of thing where she's showing you how to do
make your house a home and be hospitable.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
I do believe. But going back to.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
That, if if she and she's been through a lot
in her life, she's been through a lot, you know it,
just growing up and being biracial and even meeting this
man that she loves and marrying him.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
So at this point.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
If she feels like that shows her respect, then who
cares call.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
The woman what she wants you to call her?
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Okay boom. So that's just my opinion on that. I
don't trip. But if you ever meet me, you go Andrea,
Andrea Andrea. As long as I get it, we see
each other, just don't be you, Lanna you I want
hair all that. Okay, So now moving on, I want
us to go to some trending topics in mental health.
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I just needed to point those out because I still
think they was affecting people's mental health because people were
just talking about them.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Okay, so you.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Know I got to put on my little readers. Okay, family,
come on now, t T you gotta put on her readers.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Okay. So let me just tell you this.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
What is trending today and mental health is the importance
of music therapy for chronic pain relief. So if any
of you family members are dealing with some chronic pain
in your bodies, you better turn on.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Some sexy red honey.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
You need to turn on some Megan the styleon. No,
I'm just kidding, but whether it doesn't matter what you
they token doesn't matter, doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
It could be oh Marvin sad. You know what I'm saying,
doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
But the point is is music therapy is helpful for
chronic pain. So let me just read you this little research. So.
A pioneering project by the Welsh National Opera suggests that
music can alleviate chronic pain. Participants engaged in singing and
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reading exercises reported significant reductions in pain and improvements in
mental health.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Y'all with me.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
An independent report noted that two thirds of its participants
experience decrease pain in it and enhance well being. Okay,
all right, and that was from the Guardian dot com.
But let me just tell y'all music and not only music, family,
I'm gonna take it.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
A little bit further. I love music.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Music can change your mood. You know, there used to
be cartoons back in the day. And you've also heard
the saying that music can soothe a savage beast, because
it really can.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Music, I'm telling you, it can.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Take you up where you really get to get some
energy and your endorphins start to flow.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Music can take you down where you can feel real sexy.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
It can kind of give you about like music is
everything a great mood booster.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
All right. And in addition to music, honey, because when
I have music, your.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Girl, Andrea, I have to dance. I will dance, dance, dance, dance.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
I love the dance.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
I love music and I love dancing. And dancing also
increases the endorphins in your body, and it increases the
dopamine in your brain, which is that neurotransmitted that we
have in the brain.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
It's our I call it our natural feel good.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
So family, move your body and if your pain is
too heavy and you can't move that much, then tap
your foot, but turn on some music, okay, music therapy.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Okay. So that was the number one thing that was
trending and mental health. Family.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
So now we're gonna go to number two, y'all with me, family, Okay.
The number two's subject that was trending, and that is
trending and mental health is jen Z's approach to preventing
workplace burnout.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Gen Z, y'all.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
So now I know, I know because I've had these
conversations with you before. If you and if you're a millennial, maybe, if.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
You in Generation X maybe eh.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
And you're boomer absolutely, but you know, y'all be judging
gen Z.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Y'all be judging gen Z. Now gen Z.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Said they're experiencing burnout at the work please even though
they don't really.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Go to work.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
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What's that? Who's that?
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work that much. But they said that when they do go,
they experience and burnout. But I'm gonna break it down
for you today, family, I'm gonna tell you why.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
So So first let's just clarify that gen Z.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
You are in Generation Z if you are born or
if your children are born between the years of nineteen
ninety seven and twenty twelve, So that means that you
are in between the ages of thirteen and twenty eight
years old. Okay, thirteen and twenty eight. They experience work
(19:51):
place burnout. When I tell you, there is so much
research on Generation Z and the workplace.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
You want to know why this dang I got dang
on the what? So let me let me just.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
I'm gonna read this little part of this article. So
this is the New York Posts and the Scottish Son
So a significant number of young this is done in Australia. Australians,
particularly from Generation Z, are experiencing burnout, costing workplaces approximately
(20:29):
six point eight billion dollars annually.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
They burnt out.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
The symptoms exclude no The symptoms include exhaustion, cynicism, and
reduced professional accomplishment. They burned out because they said they
exhausted in the scenics of the workplace and the purpose
(20:56):
for it being. And you know they have reduce professional accomplishment.
They can't accomplish what they want to professionally, so they
get burnt out. Experts emphasize the importance of recalibrating motivation
and setting boundaries to address burnout effectively. Employers are encouraged
(21:21):
and listen. This this is for you employers out there
who have hired some Gen zs. Let me just tell
you that the employers are encouraged to foster open communication
and support mental health initiatives. To create psychologically safe workplaces here, y'all.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Isn't that something?
Speaker 1 (21:49):
So listen, you know, I'll just tell you a little
bit more about the gen Z and what research has
shown proven with the gen Z. So gen Z, you know,
what gen Z is complaining about is what they're saying
is is they're in the workplace.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
That they.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
They're just not happy. They ain't happy in the workplace.
And I'm just gonna say this that fifty percent in
a study, fifty percent of gen Z's say that they
are neuro divergent, neuro divergent. You like, well, Andrea, what
is neural divergent, Well, neuro divergent is when the brain
(22:37):
works differently than the typical brain.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
So the typical.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Brain family would be neurotypical. And a neurotypical brain is
a brain that is developed in a way that's expected.
So when we say expected expected, like you go to work,
you work, you're behind off, You're grateful to work through
the weekend to get your check.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
At the end of the week, you go home. You
enjoy your.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
Weekends just to get ready on Sunday evening to go
back to work again and work hard, communicate with the people, work,
your way up, create relationships. You work hard so that
you can get that money and do whatever you want
with that money, but it's gonna support your lifestyle.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
And accept that.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
This is how you take care of yourself until you
get to Friday again.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
You know, you get the weekend and you celebrate the
weekend again, and then on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
You got it. Okay. So that's the typical way.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
That's the expected way that we see out not gen
Z's right, but the other generations that this is how
we take care of ourself. That's how the brain works.
That's the typical way. That is the neurotypical way that
a brain works. You understand that, yes, you know, the
world is my oyster. I'm gonna go to work, I'm
(24:02):
gonna thug it out. I'm gonna make that money. And
then whatever I do with that money besides feeding myself
putting the roof over my head. Maybe I want to
go on vacation. Maybe I want to buy something that
I don't know, a car, some property gives. That's the
typical way that the brain works, okay, in our society.
But I guess what there has been a shift family,
(24:23):
and what this shift is saying is proving is that
fifty percent of gen Z's report that their brains work differently,
that they are neuro divergent. Baby, and they saying it.
They're saying, there's nothing wrong with me, just my brain.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
I just don't see the world like that.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
What they're saying is is that, you know, when they
think about work the workplace, they value flexibility in their schedules,
yes they do. They value work life balance, yes they do.
They want it to be so balanced. But let me
(25:06):
say they value advancement. They want to get in and
move up, move up, move up, move up, move.
Speaker 2 (25:10):
Up right away. Oh and they love perks. That's what
they do.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
But then what the what the workplace is reporting is
is that the gen zs they have a lack of
interpersonal skills relating to other people. You know, because when
you are communicating with people and your priority, your your
prioritized form of communications your cell phone and you text
(25:38):
in and you you're on social media and that's how
you communicate, well, then of course you would lack into
personal skills. You got me, makes sense, Let's stop judging.
Don't judge them. You know, they also lack negotiating skills.
This is what the workplace reports. Another thing that they
lack in the workplace is speak seaking confidently. Well, it
(26:02):
would make sense to me if they haven't practiced how
to speak confidently in life in all the other places,
then how do you show up in a workplace and
know how to speak confidently. And then the other thing
that they lack, this is what the workplace reports, is
working long hours. Now y'all know them gen zs don't
(26:27):
want to work long hours. What they get in when
they're supposed to be in, maybe sometimes a little bit late,
you know, because they like the flexibility and they schedule,
you know, they like to take a little lunchtime break
because why because it's lunchtime and you know, they value
work life balance. They gotta eat, you know what I'm saying.
(26:50):
They like perks, you know. And then when it's time
to leave, honey, huh. They got the Apple Watch on,
so it tells him the time you have to sell
phone men, so it tells them the time. They watching
the time on their computer. So they leaving when they
when the time said when when the hours is over?
(27:10):
They ain't working over time, they not, They're not They're
not trying to work until the project is done. You
know that it's not about that. They value work like that.
So listen, I'm just here to tell you this is
what the research is saying, is that they burnt out.
Gen Zas are burnt out, and family, I'm here to
(27:30):
take the pressure off the gen Zas and I'm here
to take the pressure off of you.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Family. We ain't gonna judge him. Were gonna come at
them differently. That's what we're gonna do.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
So if you know that they burned out, then yes,
we referring them to mental health services because that's what
they said. They value. They value the flexibility, you know,
and they're scheduled to encompass mental health services and mental
health services. Come on now, I'm the advocate for that.
(28:03):
It's good for everybody. And if you lack motivation, then
we need you to get mental health services because if
you come to see me, I'm gonna get you right. Okay,
itna get you right, but you gotta keep coming because
you fall off, then you're gonna go back into all
of the things, you know. But AnyWho, mental health services.
So we're not gonna pull on the gen Zs. If
(28:25):
they said they burned out, we have to give them
some respite, you know. We we have to encourage them,
we have to motivate them. So the things that they're
lacking we have to teach. We have to encourage them.
We have to give them different goals. You know, we
have to find out what it is that they want
and we have to help them figure out a way
(28:45):
to get it. In the workplace, and especially you're an
entrepreneur like me, you own your own business and you
employ gen.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Zs, I'm trying to teach you something.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
You want to keep your employees happy, You want to
you wanna keep you want to keep the momentum up. Okay,
so these are the things you I want you to
be aware of that they are burnt out. They are
neuro divergent. And guess what the reality is this. This
is not a small little thing. Twenty percent of the
(29:18):
population family worldwide are reporting that they are neuro divergent
gen zus neuro divergence. So this is not just something
just that just came up in the United States of
the Americas. Okay, this is just all over. But I
will tell you this now. I'm just gonna take you in.
You know, some time ago we would put the word
(29:41):
neuro divergent, and it would kind of be in the category. Well,
let me say this usually years ago being on the
autistic spectrum and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, so ADHD and
autism years ago, when we you know, would do diagnosis
(30:05):
would lead up to neuro divergence.
Speaker 2 (30:09):
Okay, there was like a lead up to it. But
now they claiming it.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
It's a thing, and guess what, I respect it. So
let me say this family, there is no right or
no wrong.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
It just is.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
So whether you're neural divergent or whether you're neurotypical. And
remember neurotypical is the brain works in the expected way.
It's what we expect.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Either way, does it make you right or wrong? It
just is.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
And when we connect them to our family, what we
need to do is figure out what it is that
they need and then try to get those needs to
them so that they can be their best selves.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Because that's what this is about, you know, you.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Know this podcast, our family system. It's not about pulling
on nobody. Okay, we just need to know what you need,
and now we know what the gen z is need. Okay,
So this is number three that was trending okay and
mental health discussions. Okay, is the rise of going offline
(31:20):
as a wellness trend? Come on, family, or your offline
because if you're offline, you can still listen to the podcast. Okay,
just pull it up on the podcast. Well, they're talking
about offline.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Let me just read it.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
So it says, in response to the negative impact of
constant screen time on mental health, a growing number of
individuals are embracing the trend of going offline. This movement
includes adopting basic dumb phones. We're going back to the
dumb phones like the flip phones to limit online presence
(31:58):
and reduce.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
Social media jiction. Oh I kind of like this.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
Celebrities such as Ed Sharing and Justin Bieber have advocated
for using simpler devices to stay present and improve well being.
Traditional offline activities, including camping and digital detox retreats, are
also gaining popularity as people seek to disconnect and focus
(32:31):
on mental health. Wow, family, y'all hear that? So this
is a new trend.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
So people are disconnecting? What is it?
Speaker 1 (32:43):
It's a they going offline, shutting down social media and
going offline to protect their mental health. I do believe
that mental health breaks are necessary.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
In whatever realm. So whether you're breaking from certain.
Speaker 1 (32:59):
Peace people in your life, Okay, from certain places in
your life, certain activities, certain foods, certain drinks, you need
a break for your mental health. But social media is
a huge one because research the support that the use
of social media can heighten your anxiety and depression.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Do you hear me? Use of social media? Not even
over use use of social media can.
Speaker 1 (33:29):
Really create anxiety, heighten your anxiety and.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
Bring on depression because a lot of people get lost.
Speaker 1 (33:39):
You get lost in people's stories and what they're doing,
and you start to compare your life to theirs, when
the reality is everything up there is curated. You know,
when you put your stuff up there, you don't put
your best where you put your best, That's what I'm
meant to say. You put your best, you don't put
your worst. So's it's curated to pull people in and
(34:00):
to create.
Speaker 2 (34:00):
This life that's I don't know, almost.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Close to not even perfect, but I guess, I guess
the best thing possible. So then when onlookers see it,
they start to judge themselves. And if you're on social media,
you have compared yourself and your situation to someone else.
Whether it was where you lived, whether it's what you drive,
(34:24):
whether it was your lifestyle, whether it was vacation, whether
it was the workplace.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
You've done it. I've done it.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
And when I find myself even starting to do it,
That's why I don't really be on there. I get
on there, I put whatever up, and if I see
something I like, I like it, and then I'm off again.
I got too much other stuff to do. But I
do know that in a short period of time. It
has been in the past where all of a sudden
I may see this fabulous trip and I know that
I've already gone on several fabulous ship but now I'm
(34:51):
looking like, oh, I think I want to go there
because I don't know if my trip was that fat Okay,
I want to do it. And it's just like, Andre,
get off of that, because your trip was just as fabulous,
and you're gonna be there anyway next year.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
Just book it and go, you know.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
But you can find yourself getting pulled into comparison, and
comparison is a thief of joy, and we're not trying
to get our joy robbed from us.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
Okay, So I.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Agree with this trend. I agree with getting offline.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
And if I'm not.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Saying you should get offline forever, you know, I'm not
saying you should neverver get back online, but taking mental
breaks offline, shutting down your social media, I.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
Think that that's pretty cool. For certain periods of time,
it is pretty pretty cool. I like it.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
And they say, spend some time going to wellness retreats,
camping somewhere where you can be present with the absence
of having the social media apps. Hmmm, that might be
a good thing. But honey, they even said, so that
you can still be connected, get a phone, but a
(36:02):
dummy phone, one that doesn't have all the wells and biscus,
the bells and whistles, you know, off the flip phone.
So in case you gotta call nine one one or
your nine one one needs.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
To reach you, you can get them.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
Who Okay, family, the rise of going offline as a
wellness trend, I like it.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
Well, all right, family, there you go.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
I just wanted to bring to you the things that
I actually saw when I looked at what are the
trending topics and mental health today today? And we're almost
the end of March, end of March, and I just
wanted to bring them to you to see what you're
gonna do with them, what you going to do with them? Family,
(36:51):
I always want to empower you, educate you, inspire you
so that we can do this thing together, so that
you can live your best life. Because I'm definitely going
to live mine.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
And it makes me would make me so.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Happy if you really did choose to live yours too well. Family,
I love you, love you, love you so much. I
love you long time. And this has been another episode
of the Mental Health is a Lifestyle podcast with your
(37:30):
girl Andrea.
Speaker 2 (37:32):
Wise Brown and Family. I will see you, Lord Willing,
Lord Willing.
Speaker 1 (37:41):
I will see you next week in next episode. And
remember this is what I always have to say, family,
and all of what's trending and what's not with the
gen Zias, with being all of the things trust God
and dancing and listening to music for your chronic pain
(38:03):
through all of the things. In your name, whether you
want the people to say your name, trust God.
Speaker 2 (38:10):
You know I have to give him a shout out.
Speaker 1 (38:12):
I'll see you on the next episode.
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