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.

This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.

Okay. You're listening to the Friday fix.

Every Friday, I share a quick mental strength strategy that can help fix the thoughts, feelings, and actions that can hold you back in line.

Today we're doing the second edition of Ask Me Anything.

I get tons of voicemails from lots of you with really good questions about everything

from relationship issues to depression.

So today, I've picked a handful of questions to answer on the show.

In the meantime, if you have a question that you want me to answer, go to very wellmind.com

and check out the podcast page.

On the show notes for the Ask Me Anything episodes, there's a link at the bottom to a special

voicemail box where you can leave me a message and ask your question.

Every day, my mail inbox is flooded with questions from people and I no longer have

time to respond to all of them.

So this is the best

thing I could come up with. Ask me your question here and you don't have to leave your name.

I'll answer it publicly because there are often a lot of other people who could probably

benefit from hearing the same response. Now let's dive in today's episode and I'll get on with

answering your questions.

Hi, Amy. I had a question about my diet. I know that eating well is important to keep your

mind healthy and have mental strengths. However, whenever I'm trying to plan for my meal schedule and I go to the

store, even though I have a list, I look down in my cart and it's always full of junk food

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