RE-RELEASE PART 2: An honest and REAL conversation with Ian Vizina....

A recap of what he shares about his experience with depression and how that has played into amplifying seasonal depression:

• What he's done to help depression/seasonal depression including habits, routines, triggers, education, seeking help and more
• The problem with male masculinity 
• The strength in sharing emotions
• The importance of crying
• Why I don't experience seasonal depression/how I've avoided it
• His top 4 key takeaways
• What it means to him to "flow with the grow"

In the episode, before our conversation, I share 3 important messages:

1. A motivation message to be okay with being sad some days
2. The potential, powerful lessons and growing opportunities during this season of your life that your future self will be grateful for... if you are open to and intentionally look for these opportunities 
3. "The more you know somebody, the better you can love them. Same goes with yourself." Message by We're Not Really Strangers

QUOTES:

"I have felt the strongest that I've ever been mentally and that I've ever been socially and even physically when I am open about it. I don't have to hide it. I'm not sitting there expending my energy holding something in because I've made it a point to just openly express it."

"Being open about it and talking with people about it has given me more personal strength."

"Let's develop a way to train your mind back into shape essentially. I just tried to find methods that would help me. Methods that would allow me to be a better person."

"I think that you live your fullest life if you experience every emotion."

"We lose our motivation for everything. And I think just starting with small little things... I think that's the best for people that are experiencing it..."

"...You might feel just a tiny bit better, but the goal is that the next winter, you feel that tiny bit better permanently."

"Don't resist your growth. Don't put the brakes on something if you start noticing a change because you don't necessarily know if that's positive or negative... your growing in some direction. Let it go. 2 months from now, that growth is going to be a completely different result."

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