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The Proof with Simon Hill

Mental Illness and Addiction | Osher Günsberg

The Proof with Simon Hill

Simon Hill

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education

4.92.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In Episode #20, Australian celebrity TV host (and vegan) Osher Günsberg (who formerly went by Andy G or Andrew G) shares his story and, in particular, his battle with mental illness and addiction. With his gift of the gab and contagious smile, it would seem Osher was always destined to entertain, but just how did a kid with anxiety end up hosting live TV in front of millions of viewers? What toll did that take on his mental and physical health? And what learnings does he have to share from that experience? That’s exactly what this episode is all about – Osher came over to my place in Bondi and we had a really open and honest conversation about what he went through behind the scenes, from the terrible lows to the positive learnings and life-changing experiences. He shared how he has learned to deal with mental illness and alcohol addiction, his battle with weight, why he went plant-based, and how he ended up on the cover of Men’s Health. If you are an Australian and know of Osher, this episode will provide you with some insight into the man behind the microphone. If you are from overseas, I’m sure you will still find this episode tremendously interesting with many take-home messages. If you want to hear more from Osher, check out Episode #156 or connect with him on Instagram @osher_gunsberg. Enjoy, friends. Simon Want to support the show? The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. Simon Hill, Msc, Bsc (Hons) Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill Author of The Proof is in the Plants Watch the episodes on YouTube, or Listen on Apple/Spotify Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Download my complimentary two week meal plan and high protein plant performance recipe book

Transcript

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0:00.0

Quick one. My team tells me we actually have very few reviews relative to the weekly audience

0:07.4

numbers. This is no doubt my fault, as I've always felt a little weird about asking you

0:12.2

to do something for me. But clearly, if you don't ask, you don't get. So if you're enjoying

0:17.6

the show, if it's providing you value, please take 30 seconds and leave a review on Apple

0:22.6

or Spotify. In doing so, you'll help the show rank higher, which means we can continue

0:27.5

to attract the brightest and most trustworthy people in science. My team and I have big plans

0:32.6

for the show where we want to be in 24 months and we need your help to make this possible.

0:37.3

I managed to become the first Australian to host live network primetime television.

0:46.8

10 million people coast to coast every now. It's the reason I left everything in Australia

0:51.0

and got my green card and left promising, you know, career prospects behind here because

0:55.0

I wanted that. I wanted that to fuck a gold medal. I got it. Standing on that stage, standing

1:00.3

in front of that CBS, studio 46, those moments on camera, absolute serenity, all the fear

1:07.5

or the worry or the rumination or the anxiety or the wadi for the weird feeling of my body,

1:12.0

completely gone and chit-chit, those moments. And then to come down from that, it was difficult

1:18.2

and so I was using alcohol to come down from that. Eventually, the amount that I needed

1:22.8

to drink to come down was just to waste him much and kind of really got out of hand.

1:28.0

To the point where I had stopped drinking because I could see where it was going.

1:31.5

That's Oshar Ginsburg and this is the proof podcast.

1:38.4

This week on the Planned Proof Podcast, I had the tremendous pleasure of sitting down at my house

1:56.8

in Bondi with Oshar and Ginsburg or Andy G or Andrew G as you may know him by. Oshar

2:06.4

is an iconic TV host here in Australia. Before working on TV on some of the largest reality

2:13.6

TV shows like Australian Idol and the Bachelor Oshar made his name in radio and working as a video

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