Breaking Down Anxiety & Depression With Dr. Lauren Cook
Happy Mental Health Awareness Month!! Mental health Awareness Month is a month that is meant to be celebrated. Let us celebrate that we are destigmatizing mental health issues and having open and honest conversations that will help everyone to know that they are not alone.
Our first guest for Mental Health Awareness Month is Dr. Lauren Cook. Dr. Lauren is a phenomenal therapist that shares her expertise of how we can identify anxiety and depression and take better care of ourselves. Not being the scary person behind the desk, Lauren is open and honest about her own personal struggles with anxiety and is committed to creating a safe environment for all of her clients. Lauren breaks down what the difference is between anxiety vs. stress, depression vs. just a down day, and when it is time for you or someone you know that is struggling to get help. Lauren educates the listeners on how diet and exercise affects our mental health and how getting our blood work can be very beneficial in identifying where we are lacking. Lauren offers great tips and tricks of how we can manage our anxiety attacks, resources we can turn to, and a deeper understanding of how anxiety affects everyone differently.
Inspired by this conversation, Shannon shares with the listeners her journey this week and how she has chosen to go back to seeing a licensed professional consistently. Shannon discusses her experience with finding a therapist and why she is making the change now to the type of therapy she is receiving. Shannon also shares the exciting things to come for Mental health Awareness Month and how you can support.
Get To Know Our Guest!
Dr. Lauren Cook is a therapist, keynote speaker, career coach, and author. She specializes in supporting people with all the life transitions that can be so overwhelming--whether it’s graduating, a career shift, starting or ending a relationship, or beginning a family—she’s there through all the highs and lows. She is the creator of the Find Your Why, Know Your Way course, which helps millennials make efficient and effective life decisions with confidence. She is the author of two books: Name Your Story: How to Talk Openly About Mental Health and The Sunny Side Up: Celebrating Happiness. Lauren lives in Pasadena, CA with her husband and Siamese cat, Mochi.
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Freebie: The Top 10 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before You Make a Life Change: https://dr-lauren-cook.ck.page/cff90ffa69
The Sunny Side Up book: https://www.amazon.com/Sunny-Side-Up-Lauren-Cook/dp/1475981872/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+sunny+side+up+lauren+cook&qid=1600387758&sr=8-1
Name Your Story: https://www.amazon.com/Name-Your-Story-Lauren-Cook/dp/1532018096/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=name+your+story+lauren+cook&qid=1600387801&sr=8-1
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrLaurenCook/
Resources Suggested By Lauren in This Episode:
Amare Global: https://www.amare.com/66081/en-us/
Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
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