109 - How to Take Charge of Your Mental Health with GRAMMY Award-Winning Singer JoJo

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

JoJo is a GRAMMY Award-Winning singer, songwriter, and actress. She chose to start talking about her mental health publicly a few years back. She revealed she has battled depression, and she shared that she attends therapy and takes antidepressants. While many people talk about their struggles with mental health once they feel better, JoJo makes it clear that managing her mental health is an ongoing process. Some of the things you'll hear on the show are how therapy has helped her, how she deals with self-doubt, how her view of mental strength has shifted over time, and why depression isn't a sign of weakness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.
0:22.9	This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.
0:50.1	Okay. Normally on Fridays, I share a Friday fix episode that includes a quick tip that can help you build mental strike.
0:53.2	But today, we're doing things just a little bit differently.
0:57.7	We've got a special guest who happens to be releasing some new music today.
1:01.1	So we wanted to release this episode on the same day.
1:06.0	My guest is Jojo, the Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter.
1:15.8	She rose to fame when she was just 13, when she became the youngest artist in history to top the Billboard pop songs chart with her song, Leave, Get Out.
1:29.1	Since then, she sold millions more albums across the globe. And throughout her career, she's been really open about talking about mental health. In fact, her new album, which just went on sale, is called Trying Not to Think About It. And it's a musical expression about her continued transparency around mental health.
1:35.2	And today's also an exciting day because we're releasing our first ever digital cover on Very
1:40.0	Well Mind, and Jojo is our cover star. Go to very wellmind.com to check it out and to hear more about
1:46.6	what Jojo has to say about mental health. She's really honest that her journey to improve her
1:52.2	mental health isn't over. In fact, it's an ongoing battle. She has some great tips that I'm
1:57.9	super excited to share with you. And while most of our shows have been
2:01.4	recorded virtually during the pandemic, I was able to interview Jojo in person at Sound City
2:07.1	Studios in L.A., which was tons of fun. She's really nice, and she has some great wisdom to share
2:13.4	with us about mental strength. Some of the things she talks about are how she manages her
2:18.5	depression, how her view of mental strength has shifted, and the steps she's taking to keep
2:24.4	working on her mental health. Make sure to stick around until the end of the episode for the
2:29.1	therapist take. It's the part of the show where I'll break down Jojo's mental strength
2:33.8	strategies and talk about
2:35.2	how you can incorporate them into your own life. So here's Jojo on how taking charge of your
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