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This podcast episode features a conversation between Ashley Loeb Blasingame and Preston Moore, a passionate advocate for mental wellness and addiction education. Preston discusses his recent TED talk, which focuses on the significant mistakes society makes regarding mental health and addiction stigma. He argues that emotional dysfunction, stemming from family dysfunction, is often the root cause of mental health issues and addiction, rather than the other way around.
Preston emphasizes the importance of addressing emotional dysfunction proactively, rather than waiting for a crisis to occur. He suggests that society should focus more on mental and emotional fitness, incorporating practices such as meditation, journaling, support groups, and positive literature. Preston believes that by normalizing these practices and making them a regular part of our lives, we can prevent many mental health challenges before they escalate.
The conversation also explores the challenges faced by the mental healthcare system, including insurance constraints and the limited number of sessions covered. Preston advocates for a more comprehensive approach that combines professional therapy with peer support groups and personal practices, acknowledging that true emotional well-being requires a sustained effort, much like physical fitness.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Emotional dysfunction, stemming from family dysfunction and inherited patterns, is often the root cause of mental health and addiction issues.
- Society should focus more on proactive mental and emotional fitness practices, such as meditation, journaling, and support groups, to prevent crises before they occur.
- True mental and emotional well-being requires a sustained effort, comparable to physical fitness, incorporating various practices and support systems.
- Even seemingly functional individuals can pass on emotional dysfunction to their children, highlighting the importance of addressing these issues proactively.
- Moderate levels of emotional dysfunction can cause significant suffering, while more severe levels often force individuals to confront and address their issues.
- Insurance constraints and limited therapy sessions covered by healthcare systems pose challenges to comprehensive mental healthcare.
- A combination of professional therapy, peer support groups, and personal practices is recommended for effective mental and emotional well-being.
- Reframing mental health and addiction issues as relief-seeking behaviors can make them more relatable and approachable for broader audiences.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “Our issue is not mental health and addiction, it's emotional dysfunction. Our society is emotionally sick because our families are emotionally sick and our families are sick because we're living by inherited rules we didn't write.“ by Preston Moore
- “If we're really going to make an impact, we need to talk more about mental and emotional healthcare or mental and emotional fitness, not mental illness has all these weird things attached to it, you know?“ by Preston Moore
- “Even if I have the job and I'm a loving father, even if I got all this stuff, there's still stuff that I do think and feel that I'm kicking down the road to my kids and nobody even knows because I'm not getting arrested anymore.“ by Preston Moore
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The Courage to Change: A Recovery Podcast
Ashley Loeb Blassingame
6/12/24