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EP 41 – Healing Takes Time | Jen Tan
TW: Mentions of depression and self-harm thoughts
This episode is a heavy one. I sit down with an old friend of mine, Jen Tan, who experienced family troubles at a young age and up until her college years. After having enough, Jen took life into her own hands and went on a healing journey to help her understand the words, “I am enough”. In addition, Randy and Jen bond over a similar therapy technique they used to overcome the harshest automatic thoughts that caused their depression. There’s a lot of healing in this episode and if that’s what you need, make sure to tune in!
Chapters:
0:00 – Episode Highlight
0:21 – Guest Intro
1:22 – Guest Mental Health Status
3:30 – Featured Funko Pop
6:17 – First Signs of Depression
9:18 – Development of Family Trauma
15:19 – Getting Kicked Out
18:17 – Becoming a Mom Early
28:31 – Ways to Heal #1: Therapy
36:35 – Ways to Heal #2: Listening to Your Body
39:15 – Ways to Heal #3: Finding Community
42:26 – Ways to Heal #4: Doing Uncomfortable Things
45:19 – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Automatic Thoughts
1:00:33 – Randy’s Story
1:03:37 – Not Feeling Good Enough
1:07:12 – Fear of Failure
1:15:39 – Final Thoughts on Journey
1:18:56 – Flowers to Guest
1:19:56 – Song Association
1:23:27 – Big 3 Questions
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