WEBVTT 00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:07.179 Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the Messenger Mic 00:00:07.179 --> 00:00:10.080 Dub. My name is Harper, and I'm joined with McKenzie. 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:13.919 I'm Noah. I'm the vice president of Active Minds 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:18.079 here on campus. Today, we are going to basically 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:20.920 just interview Noah and get to know more about 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:26.000 Active Minds. It's semi -new, you said. It's 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:28.140 been around for maybe about a year and a half, 00:00:28.379 --> 00:00:30.449 two years. Yeah, it was on campus for a little 00:00:30.449 --> 00:00:34.390 while. I believe that ended in 2022. And now 00:00:34.390 --> 00:00:36.829 it's just been restarted this year. So we're 00:00:36.829 --> 00:00:38.729 trying to get some more members involved and 00:00:38.729 --> 00:00:41.030 build up a bigger community base, which I think 00:00:41.030 --> 00:00:43.549 will help the students and faculty who are both 00:00:43.549 --> 00:00:47.729 involved in the club. Nice. Well, tell us a little 00:00:47.729 --> 00:00:50.950 bit more about Active Minds. Like, what does 00:00:50.950 --> 00:00:54.229 Active Minds do? Yeah, well, I can kind of paint 00:00:54.229 --> 00:00:56.789 the picture, the overall thing that we're up 00:00:56.789 --> 00:00:59.630 against. trying to build towards is more awareness 00:00:59.630 --> 00:01:02.969 and advocacy for mental health in general. So 00:01:02.969 --> 00:01:04.989 to give some background on that, the challenges 00:01:04.989 --> 00:01:08.549 are still pretty widespread. Over 60 % of college 00:01:08.549 --> 00:01:11.269 students in the US report clinically significant 00:01:11.269 --> 00:01:14.310 anxiety over the past year. On top of that, at 00:01:14.310 --> 00:01:17.150 least one in three have reported one instance 00:01:17.150 --> 00:01:19.750 where they felt they were too depressed to function, 00:01:19.849 --> 00:01:21.629 to go to class, to do all sorts of things. And 00:01:21.629 --> 00:01:23.859 that really... presents in a number of ways. 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:26.620 It can obviously be feeling sad and down and 00:01:26.620 --> 00:01:28.780 not yourself, but it also affects motivation 00:01:28.780 --> 00:01:31.239 and some other stuff that's really crucial to 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:34.459 being successful in school. So on top of all 00:01:34.459 --> 00:01:36.640 those things and the transition from high school 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:38.840 to college, we're really focusing on trying to 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:42.019 build a better student community. And it's not 00:01:42.019 --> 00:01:46.000 just us here at Johnson County. Active Minds 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:48.459 in general is a nationwide nonprofit so I think 00:01:48.459 --> 00:01:51.939 there's 600 chapters across the US at different 00:01:51.939 --> 00:01:55.219 schools and the whole point is advocacy and changing 00:01:55.219 --> 00:01:57.659 the conversation around mental health, reducing 00:01:57.659 --> 00:01:59.959 the stigma and just trying to make sure that 00:01:59.959 --> 00:02:02.579 everyone is doing okay along with teaching some 00:02:02.579 --> 00:02:05.140 strategies to see in your friends and the people 00:02:05.140 --> 00:02:07.159 close to you who might be struggling so that 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:09.819 you can be there for them and get a step ahead. 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:15.819 That's super awesome. Active minds obviously 00:02:15.819 --> 00:02:18.599 you guys are on Johnson County Community College's 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:22.900 campus. Do you guys have any? weekly meetings 00:02:22.900 --> 00:02:27.379 or Events that you guys come up with yeah, we 00:02:27.379 --> 00:02:31.460 do We have weekly meetings on Wednesdays in the 00:02:31.460 --> 00:02:35.740 MTC building. I think it's room 212 Double check 00:02:35.740 --> 00:02:38.979 that but from 3 to 4 on Wednesdays we meet and 00:02:38.979 --> 00:02:41.800 like I said, we're still building up Some membership 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.979 there. So the meetings don't always go a full 00:02:44.979 --> 00:02:47.500 hour, but on top of the weekly engagements, we 00:02:47.500 --> 00:02:51.639 also host speaking panels. So the next one is 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:54.639 Joshua Rivadol on November 5th, and he's coming 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:59.199 to the MTC building. He's an author and speaker 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:01.860 just in general about mental health, suicide 00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:05.340 prevention, things like that. And he does speaking 00:03:05.340 --> 00:03:07.360 tours around the country. So he's stopping in 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:09.960 on the 5th. I'm working on trying to get some 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:13.039 free... and other stuff if anyone can come by, 00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:15.520 it would be much appreciated. I'm also taking 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:19.060 order requests, so let me know. But in general, 00:03:19.060 --> 00:03:22.020 we're just trying to build that community and 00:03:22.020 --> 00:03:24.120 have a space that people can talk and, like I 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:26.060 said, learn some strategies about what might 00:03:26.060 --> 00:03:28.180 help, especially in more stressful times like 00:03:28.180 --> 00:03:31.099 midterms, finals, whatever it might be. But even 00:03:31.099 --> 00:03:33.639 day to day, it's just helpful to have a few talking 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:36.039 points that will help you and the people around 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:39.319 you. No, yeah, 100%. I feel like that's especially 00:03:40.079 --> 00:03:43.039 valuable for newer students, high school students. 00:03:44.020 --> 00:03:48.520 We mentioned off camera, a lot of people, or 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:50.240 mainly us, because we were talking about us, 00:03:50.460 --> 00:03:54.319 were struggling with high school and COVID and 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:57.680 how our grades were different. And the mindset 00:03:57.680 --> 00:03:59.500 was definitely different going from high school 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:03.000 to college and introducing active minds to freshmen 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:07.599 students or even second year. students who may 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:11.539 not have heard about it first year, having a 00:04:11.539 --> 00:04:13.900 support system like that is definitely great 00:04:13.900 --> 00:04:19.060 for getting back into school. Is there something 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:21.800 that drew you to Active Minds to make you want 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:25.480 to be a part of it? Yeah, there is. Well, really 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:29.120 throughout my life, I started my undergraduate 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:32.560 degree and finished that in journalism, so this 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:34.529 feels kind of like coming home. even though I 00:04:34.529 --> 00:04:36.370 never did something this cool with my degree. 00:04:36.490 --> 00:04:38.870 Just kind of got it and walked out. Waste of 00:04:38.870 --> 00:04:42.490 time. But I have since landed on psychology and 00:04:42.490 --> 00:04:45.209 I'm finishing up a master's program. So on top 00:04:45.209 --> 00:04:48.170 of all the coursework, I also have a lot of family 00:04:48.170 --> 00:04:51.250 connections to mental health in general and addiction 00:04:51.250 --> 00:04:55.769 and some battles with both. In my family, my 00:04:55.769 --> 00:04:59.709 grandpa and my mom are both practicing psychologists 00:04:59.709 --> 00:05:03.660 or what he was and she still is. So that drew 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:06.000 me to the field in the first place, but also 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:08.259 going through the undergraduate journey myself, 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:10.899 especially during COVID, like you said, and dealing 00:05:10.899 --> 00:05:14.339 with all that and seeing it come out in my friends 00:05:14.339 --> 00:05:16.480 and them dealing with anxiety, depression, whatever 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:19.199 it might be as an outcome of losing community 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:21.519 and also just all the changes that come with 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:24.660 college. It was important for me to find something 00:05:24.660 --> 00:05:28.480 where I could be helpful and also just anyone 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:31.550 who joins Active Minds. not only is it something 00:05:31.550 --> 00:05:34.250 that's nice to show even on things like your 00:05:34.250 --> 00:05:35.930 resume or something practically that you're willing 00:05:35.930 --> 00:05:38.490 to put in time but also because you might actually 00:05:38.490 --> 00:05:40.970 have a real situation where you can help someone 00:05:40.970 --> 00:05:44.509 in your circle and so that was the original draw 00:05:44.509 --> 00:05:48.029 of it to me and I'm pretty new to the Kansas 00:05:48.029 --> 00:05:51.350 City area in general so having something like 00:05:51.350 --> 00:05:53.209 this where there are built -in people that might 00:05:53.209 --> 00:05:55.790 be like -minded was a big source of community 00:05:55.790 --> 00:05:58.290 for me and and some of my motivation in the first 00:05:58.290 --> 00:06:00.699 place. We're seeing that even in the first few 00:06:00.699 --> 00:06:03.480 meetings already that it's going well and people 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:06.300 are asking questions and learning some stuff 00:06:06.300 --> 00:06:09.500 that can help them and their friends too. Right. 00:06:10.339 --> 00:06:13.439 That's really awesome. It's nice to have a community 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:16.879 to come back to. You didn't say you're from Kansas? 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:20.319 No, I'm from Minneapolis. I was born and raised 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:23.980 in the Twin Cities and now my family actually 00:06:23.980 --> 00:06:26.860 has a little farm south of the cities. So we've 00:06:26.860 --> 00:06:29.480 got dogs and horses. I think gonna get goats 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:31.939 at some point soon. It's just a zoo up there. 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:35.120 It's a lot of fun. There's a lot going on. But 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:38.000 that was definitely a gear shift for me coming 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:41.019 from that environment down here and learning 00:06:41.019 --> 00:06:43.600 more about Kansas City, which has been amazing. 00:06:44.699 --> 00:06:47.379 And the master's program that I'm in right now, 00:06:47.540 --> 00:06:51.040 I was in Boston for most of the summer to finishing 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:54.810 that up. And the school, which happens to be 00:06:54.810 --> 00:06:57.970 Harvard, did one of the biggest studies, longitudinal 00:06:57.970 --> 00:07:00.990 studies, in the history of research on happiness 00:07:00.990 --> 00:07:03.069 and resilience, and it's the Harvard Happiness 00:07:03.069 --> 00:07:06.290 Study. And throughout that whole thing, one of 00:07:06.290 --> 00:07:09.889 the biggest findings is that community support 00:07:09.889 --> 00:07:13.290 was the biggest indicator of someone's not only 00:07:13.290 --> 00:07:16.149 happiness, but also their longevity. So even 00:07:16.149 --> 00:07:19.220 people who had heart surgery. Lifelong smokers 00:07:19.220 --> 00:07:20.959 who might have battled cancer things like that 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:24.040 that really impact your physical health Having 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:27.300 a strong support network was the number one protective 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:31.160 factor against that and the study compares people 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:34.980 from all kinds of socioeconomic racial ethnic 00:07:34.980 --> 00:07:37.839 backgrounds just across the board in Boston and 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:40.220 it's I think coming up on a hundred years of 00:07:40.220 --> 00:07:42.139 these longitudinal studies where they follow 00:07:42.139 --> 00:07:45.720 people from high school through their entire 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:48.819 lives. So it's a really unique data set and that 00:07:48.819 --> 00:07:51.500 also just reinforced everything that I was hoping 00:07:51.500 --> 00:07:54.740 to find here in Active Minds and on the Johnson 00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:57.879 County Community Campus anyway, which is just 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:00.180 that strong network and finding your people and 00:08:00.180 --> 00:08:02.160 doing all that because it really does impact 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:04.540 not only your mental but your physical health 00:08:04.540 --> 00:08:10.379 too. So it's important. It's coming from Minneapolis 00:08:10.379 --> 00:08:14.819 to Kansas City. I'm sure that's a bit of a difference 00:08:14.819 --> 00:08:18.699 considering I don't know it based off of I've 00:08:18.699 --> 00:08:21.600 never been there but from what I've heard isn't 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:25.779 it majority just as you're saying farmlands and 00:08:25.779 --> 00:08:29.060 I know that they do have Minneapolis with the 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:33.320 city yeah and there's some nightlife there for 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:38.570 sure the difference between here and there I 00:08:38.570 --> 00:08:40.629 don't want to say Minneapolis is smaller than 00:08:40.629 --> 00:08:43.429 Kansas City, but is it? It's actually the opposite. 00:08:43.690 --> 00:08:46.769 Okay, yeah, I always get that so wrong. I always 00:08:46.769 --> 00:08:49.549 assume Kansas is way bigger than it is, and I'm 00:08:49.549 --> 00:08:54.509 like, ugh. It's kind of funny. It is a huge difference 00:08:54.509 --> 00:08:57.610 between downtown city life in Minneapolis and 00:08:57.610 --> 00:09:00.669 being outside of that, so I... went to school 00:09:00.669 --> 00:09:03.110 downtown at the University of Minnesota. And 00:09:03.110 --> 00:09:05.929 that is absolutely a big city vibe. I mean, the 00:09:05.929 --> 00:09:08.250 whole place, I think, combined between Minneapolis 00:09:08.250 --> 00:09:11.330 and St. Paul is three million people, whereas 00:09:11.330 --> 00:09:13.809 Casey is half a million or something like that. 00:09:14.169 --> 00:09:16.190 Obviously, the Twin Cities are more spread out, 00:09:16.210 --> 00:09:18.269 too. So it's, you know, it's a bigger area. She 00:09:18.269 --> 00:09:20.970 would know she she corrected me last episode 00:09:20.970 --> 00:09:22.629 of how many people are in Kansas City. Really? 00:09:22.990 --> 00:09:28.610 I think so. We were talking about going from. 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:31.659 Were we talking about you going to like Texas 00:09:31.659 --> 00:09:35.580 to Kansas City or something or maybe uh because 00:09:35.580 --> 00:09:38.580 there's way more people in Dallas than there 00:09:38.580 --> 00:09:41.139 is in Kansas City obviously but but we were talking 00:09:41.139 --> 00:09:43.519 about something and I don't know if it was on 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:47.799 or off camera where you looked up how much uh 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:49.899 of a difference there was between the two cities 00:09:49.899 --> 00:09:53.700 and I was so wrong I always have this mind bubble 00:09:53.700 --> 00:09:57.340 of Kansas City being so giant for some reason 00:09:57.580 --> 00:10:01.019 But it is getting on the map. A lot of celebrities 00:10:01.019 --> 00:10:03.240 and influencers are talking about it, thanks 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:08.179 to what? Chaperone, Taylor Swift. Yeah. I mean, 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.620 a lot of celebrities come here now, nowadays, 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:15.059 especially with the, what is it, the World Cup? 00:10:15.580 --> 00:10:21.159 Yeah. This year, right? 26. 26? OK. Yeah. It's 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:22.940 exciting. It might be the next edition to the 00:10:22.940 --> 00:10:25.850 studio. Like a normal map and then like a harper 00:10:25.850 --> 00:10:29.350 map with Kansas City just three times Right here 00:10:29.350 --> 00:10:31.889 would be nice. Oh my god. We can have it for 00:10:31.889 --> 00:10:34.549 a little background We've been looking for a 00:10:34.549 --> 00:10:36.129 poster or something to put right there. That 00:10:36.129 --> 00:10:39.450 would be perfect. Oh my god This giant Kansas 00:10:39.450 --> 00:10:44.110 City. It's like the Geological maps where they 00:10:44.110 --> 00:10:47.970 think America is huge or like smaller compared 00:10:47.970 --> 00:10:52.610 to all the others. Have you seen like people 00:10:52.610 --> 00:10:57.169 who come from Europe are saying that Americans 00:10:57.169 --> 00:11:01.250 are not well -traveled, but America is like freaking 00:11:01.250 --> 00:11:04.470 huge, so it's hard to like get around the entire 00:11:04.470 --> 00:11:06.769 country, but in Europe, they're saying they're 00:11:06.769 --> 00:11:09.029 like 30 minutes from France when they're in like 00:11:09.029 --> 00:11:13.049 the UK or something. It's like we're not that 00:11:13.049 --> 00:11:18.009 close to everything in the US. No, I know. This 00:11:18.009 --> 00:11:22.539 is so off -topic. Yeah. Fire away. Well, not 00:11:22.539 --> 00:11:27.340 to that but to active minds But there was a I 00:11:27.340 --> 00:11:31.360 don't know if it was like a joke but it was this 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:36.779 map of a France tourists, I believe because he's 00:11:36.779 --> 00:11:39.720 like yeah, I think I'm gonna you know drive 30 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:43.559 minutes from Chicago to Texas or something and 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:47.460 then like take another 45 minute train to like 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:51.019 Like it was just like an all over be like, I 00:11:51.019 --> 00:11:53.440 want to see all the sites. And everyone's like, 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:57.360 that's not how it works. No. I mean, they have 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:01.860 Paris. We have Louisiana. Pretty cool. It's pretty 00:12:01.860 --> 00:12:06.940 good. We do have. They have. What? We have, I 00:12:06.940 --> 00:12:09.460 mean, lots of stuff. It's almost too much to 00:12:09.460 --> 00:12:13.600 name. They have the Eiffel Tower. We have the 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:17.240 Statue of Liberty. True. We're going toe to toe. 00:12:17.309 --> 00:12:19.769 Statue of Liberty is from France, though. That's 00:12:19.769 --> 00:12:21.370 true. That is technically... They did give that, 00:12:21.370 --> 00:12:24.230 yeah. Have you seen it in person? Yeah. I have 00:12:24.230 --> 00:12:26.750 not. You really? Really. I feel like New York's 00:12:26.750 --> 00:12:29.110 one of the places where everyone's like, oh, 00:12:29.149 --> 00:12:33.289 you have to go. Never been. It's really like... 00:12:33.289 --> 00:12:35.470 New York's great. I'm not hating on New York. 00:12:36.090 --> 00:12:40.370 Obviously. It's... It's New York. You wanna stand 00:12:40.370 --> 00:12:42.649 in a, I got overstimulated, that's what I'm trying 00:12:42.649 --> 00:12:44.649 to say. That's what I feel like you wouldn't 00:12:44.649 --> 00:12:47.149 happen. It's for that. Constantly stand in crowds 00:12:47.149 --> 00:12:50.250 of people and smell sewage and hot dogs, go to 00:12:50.250 --> 00:12:54.830 New York. No. 10 out of 10. It is a social anxiety 00:12:54.830 --> 00:12:57.070 simulator that you just walk in and you feel 00:12:57.070 --> 00:12:58.950 uncomfortable, which is how it usually goes. 00:12:59.210 --> 00:13:02.850 I have no idea how people do it, and I don't 00:13:02.850 --> 00:13:05.350 know how people enjoy it, but people enjoy chaos 00:13:05.350 --> 00:13:22.129 sometimes. True. I like my pee. I think a good 00:13:22.129 --> 00:13:27.750 segue would be the social anxiety in New York. 00:13:28.649 --> 00:13:30.909 So the Active Minds Club is for mental health, 00:13:31.070 --> 00:13:33.690 like you guys help with social anxiety as well. 00:13:34.110 --> 00:13:37.559 Just like tips to help with that. Exactly. Yeah, 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:41.460 we do. We've got a couple different agenda items 00:13:41.460 --> 00:13:44.139 for most meetings, making sure that everyone 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:47.139 is getting something back out of giving us their 00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:51.779 time. So we have a couple different quick strategies 00:13:51.779 --> 00:13:53.700 and things, little talking points that I like 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:56.320 to mention with people who are stopping by because 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:58.460 like I said, it's not only for them, but might 00:13:58.460 --> 00:14:00.419 help with other friends of theirs and stuff as 00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:04.159 well. So building routines is one of the biggest 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:08.019 ones. It's taught for almost all levels of psychotherapy 00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:10.740 as well, just in general, that having some structure 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:13.759 reduces stress, makes things a little bit more 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:15.940 predictable, even if it's small parts of your 00:14:15.940 --> 00:14:17.840 day. It really makes a big difference to have 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:19.720 some anchor points about maybe when you go to 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:22.240 bed, when you wake up, lots of research on even 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:24.200 making your bed, stuff like that. But just little 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:26.799 points of something that you do every day and 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:30.279 at a specific time tend to ground you a lot. 00:14:30.940 --> 00:14:33.919 Speaking of that even probably bigger would be 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:36.759 prioritizing sleep as much as we can It's something 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:39.019 that you trip over cliches trying to talk about 00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:43.379 but it really is important for every level of 00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:45.539 mental health and one of the things I'm putting 00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:48.299 together for our next few meetings are just little 00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:51.580 mindfulness cards little things that have meditation 00:14:51.580 --> 00:14:54.379 and deep breathing practices things that are 00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:58.100 clinically proven to lower your stress and kind 00:14:58.100 --> 00:15:00.350 of change the way that you Feeling in your body 00:15:00.350 --> 00:15:03.230 make sure that you are as relaxed as possible 00:15:03.230 --> 00:15:06.090 Especially when there's new things like class 00:15:06.090 --> 00:15:08.590 or maybe exams or anything else like that coming 00:15:08.590 --> 00:15:12.429 up Staying connected obviously like I said with 00:15:12.429 --> 00:15:14.710 the happiness study to just making sure you're 00:15:14.710 --> 00:15:16.850 checking in with your people and and knowing 00:15:16.850 --> 00:15:20.289 that it's okay for Them to help you out to is 00:15:20.289 --> 00:15:24.799 is a big point And one of my favorites that we 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:27.740 are going to go over next week is setting realistic 00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:31.700 goals So one popular way to do that is the one 00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:35.519 three five rule just having one big goal which 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:38.539 might be Graduating from Johnson County or it 00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:40.879 could be any any number of things on whatever 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.279 scale makes sense to you But it's having one 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:47.799 big goal three medium tasks and then five small 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:50.389 actions that you can do in a day to get a little 00:15:50.389 --> 00:15:53.789 bit closer to that. And by small, I mean tiny. 00:15:53.970 --> 00:15:56.269 Can be anything that really gives you a better 00:15:56.269 --> 00:15:59.330 sense of feeling like yourself, moving towards 00:15:59.330 --> 00:16:02.250 whatever that goal might be. So could be grabbing 00:16:02.250 --> 00:16:04.409 some coffee and studying or doing something like 00:16:04.409 --> 00:16:06.070 that. It doesn't need to be something where you're 00:16:06.070 --> 00:16:08.610 taking off a big bite of the apple every single 00:16:08.610 --> 00:16:12.460 time that you're trying to better yourself. And 00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:15.259 we also talk about finding meaning and purpose, 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:17.220 which is something that obviously goes along 00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:19.100 with happiness and hopefully is something that 00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:22.440 people find going to school here as well, which 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:25.399 is not only a job or something that you're studying 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:27.779 for, but something that actually gives back to 00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:30.200 you and that you can see yourself working on 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:33.340 over a long period of time because those things 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:36.080 that bring purpose also grounds you in a better 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:41.080 sense of who you are. And lastly, we talk about 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:42.860 anxiety and depression a fair amount because 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:46.220 those are the two most common mental disorders 00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:48.379 that we might come across or mental conditions. 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:52.240 And like I said before, it's something that really 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.039 can impact different parts of your day and how 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:59.740 you see yourself. So the best way to fight that 00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:02.820 obviously are some of these routines and other 00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:05.599 other strategies I mentioned, but it can also 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:09.309 impact your self worth and maybe. you, how you 00:17:09.309 --> 00:17:12.250 feel about yourself, how that interacts with 00:17:12.250 --> 00:17:14.710 the world. And one of the best ways to improve 00:17:14.710 --> 00:17:17.750 your self -worth is to do things that make you 00:17:17.750 --> 00:17:20.690 feel worthy. Things like could be as small as 00:17:20.690 --> 00:17:22.529 working out, it could be volunteering, could 00:17:22.529 --> 00:17:25.789 be calling your friend, things like that. Even 00:17:25.789 --> 00:17:28.650 studying really small pieces of your day that 00:17:28.650 --> 00:17:33.470 will build and over time, dealing with mental 00:17:33.470 --> 00:17:35.890 illness struggles is really like anything else. 00:17:36.009 --> 00:17:39.910 It's just practice over and over that will make 00:17:39.910 --> 00:17:42.009 a huge difference even if it's something that 00:17:42.009 --> 00:17:45.589 you're dealing with that's small. So all of those 00:17:45.589 --> 00:17:47.410 things are stuff we try to cover in the meetings. 00:17:48.190 --> 00:17:50.450 It's also usually covered by our speaking panels 00:17:50.450 --> 00:17:53.890 and all that as well, but it's really important. 00:17:54.289 --> 00:17:56.230 So that's what I hope people get out of coming 00:17:56.230 --> 00:17:58.509 to those meetings, which are Wednesdays three 00:17:58.509 --> 00:18:02.430 to four at the MTC building in room 212. 212 00:18:02.430 --> 00:18:06.960 confirmed? 212 confirmed. Perfect. Yeah, those 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:09.480 are definitely some great exercises that people 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:14.759 can do like we mentioned earlier New students 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:20.140 freshmen and Yeah, the overall social anxiety 00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:25.420 from New York But those are all things that definitely 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:30.660 can get someone started and I know Yeah, little 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:33.240 things like working out reading like those are 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:35.839 things that have definitely helped my mental 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:42.180 health personally, and things that keep going, 00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:46.140 or to keep it going, like journaling, and on 00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:51.640 top of that, if it's available, like a therapist, 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:54.079 or at least someone to talk to, a best friend, 00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:57.039 gosh, everyone knows, everyone in here knows, 00:18:57.079 --> 00:19:00.619 I love a good gossip session. Oh my gosh. Does 00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:04.119 wonders, for sure. Oh yeah. Yeah, I think you're 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:06.490 absolutely right. And the timing of that, whether 00:19:06.490 --> 00:19:08.670 it's gossip, talking with a friend, actually 00:19:08.670 --> 00:19:11.390 going to some sort of therapy, or any of the 00:19:11.390 --> 00:19:15.710 online options as well, the early interventions 00:19:15.710 --> 00:19:17.910 and stuff makes a big difference. And that's 00:19:17.910 --> 00:19:21.490 true clinically too. I mean, between 18 and 25 00:19:21.490 --> 00:19:24.529 is usually when most mental stuff might come 00:19:24.529 --> 00:19:27.450 to the surface, which obviously is right during 00:19:27.450 --> 00:19:30.150 college too. So that's. Just fun for everybody. 00:19:30.230 --> 00:19:32.589 That's how the timeline works out. But doing 00:19:32.589 --> 00:19:34.630 something early, like you said, even if it's 00:19:34.630 --> 00:19:36.869 chatting with a friend, can make a big difference. 00:19:36.930 --> 00:19:39.349 Waiting and waiting and fighting that is just 00:19:39.349 --> 00:19:42.170 going to make things harder mentally, but also 00:19:42.170 --> 00:19:44.289 maybe more expensive, maybe more time consuming, 00:19:44.470 --> 00:19:48.029 stuff like that. So gossip for sure. Yeah, for 00:19:48.029 --> 00:19:52.549 sure. And I know we are kind of running on time 00:19:52.549 --> 00:19:58.250 here. Zach, do we have like enough? Yes. OK, 00:19:58.250 --> 00:20:03.859 cool. Sorry, we do have one question and we're 00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:06.779 still testing this out. And this may not be the 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:10.720 question that we ask everyone. But we hope to 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:16.039 have other club presidents or club members join 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:18.220 us on the podcast to tell us about their clubs. 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:25.460 And this question is specific for you. If you. 00:20:28.809 --> 00:20:31.329 If you were shrunk down to the size of a pencil 00:20:31.329 --> 00:20:34.390 and stuck in a blender, how would you get out? 00:20:40.130 --> 00:20:45.150 That's a stupid question. In all the talking 00:20:45.150 --> 00:20:46.809 points that I thought about for this interview 00:20:46.809 --> 00:20:49.210 that didn't come up, honestly, I do feel like 00:20:49.210 --> 00:20:51.670 I'd be a Ticonderoga, probably classic, you know, 00:20:51.710 --> 00:20:55.089 the yellow, nice pink eraser, not chewed on. 00:20:55.230 --> 00:20:58.910 I think I'd be a good pencil to start with. I 00:20:58.910 --> 00:21:00.910 mean, I'm just saying you toss that in a blender 00:21:00.910 --> 00:21:04.529 Rude, I think I want to correct you real quick. 00:21:04.710 --> 00:21:06.970 I didn't say you were a pencil I'm saying if 00:21:06.970 --> 00:21:10.750 you were shrunk down to the size of one I Mean 00:21:10.750 --> 00:21:15.670 either way if I was the size of a pencil Just 00:21:15.670 --> 00:21:17.109 get thrown in a blender who's throwing me in 00:21:17.109 --> 00:21:18.650 the blender first one I need more information 00:21:18.650 --> 00:21:20.309 someone hate you right now because it's them 00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:24.359 Are they going to turn the blender on? No, I 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:27.019 hope not. You're leaving a lot to the imagination. 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:30.079 This is a wild question. It's a crazy premise. 00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:33.500 It's a question that I was asked and I was left 00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:38.359 with the same open -ended questions. If they're 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:40.799 turning the blender on, I think I'm hugging one 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:42.859 blade if I'm that small and just going to get 00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:44.539 really dizzy. I think I'm just going to lock 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:47.240 in. You're hugging the blade and not the little 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:48.799 middle part that the blades are connected to? 00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:54.859 All right, it's either that or it's just like 00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:57.359 a pull -up hang from the top right, you know 00:21:57.359 --> 00:22:00.900 I think scamper would be the verb to get up, 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:03.380 you know, and then you just hang that could happen, 00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:05.880 too But I'd probably just really try to stay 00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:15.900 dialed Someone could add it if they don't see 00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:21.619 you But if we're just saying that you're sitting 00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:26.099 in a blender, how do you get out? In it just 00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:29.299 Not turned on or plugged in blender, but it's 00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:32.859 there right how do you get out? Well, I'd imagine 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:35.880 I'd get pretty nervous So I'd use the natural 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:38.759 clamminess of my hands to just plant on the side 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:40.559 I think and you'd probably have to give dogs 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:43.119 out as well. So shoes are coming off And then 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:45.220 you just plant the grippers kind of going up 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:48.180 the side. And once you get to the top, assuming 00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:50.380 there's not a lid on it, then you have a whole 00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:53.539 other issue, which is how to gracefully slither, 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:55.420 if you will, probably down the side. I'm not 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:57.180 going to jump if I'm the size of a pencil. That's 00:22:57.180 --> 00:23:00.500 definitely a broken ankle minimum. So either 00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:03.740 the same strategy, kind of just gripper down 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:07.680 or you wait for someone of a slightly larger 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:10.180 size to come help you kind of a B movie situation. 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:12.180 Have you ever seen Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:15.400 No, actually, I haven't. What is that? Oh. What? 00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:17.759 This is another movie we have to add to our list. 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:23.380 OK. Have you ever seen Hotel for Dogs? No. I'm 00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:25.079 absolutely the wrong person to be asking this 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:27.220 to. I'm the only one in this room here has, so. 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:29.019 Media, illiterate. What about the B -movie, though? 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:31.720 I've seen the B -movie. I've seen it. It's a 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:37.759 big marching band thing. What? Marching band 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:41.380 theme thing. Oh, OK. It's just because. In high 00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:45.940 school, we had a bee -themed marching show. OK. 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:50.660 And so the saxophonists, all of them, they dressed 00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:56.380 up as the bees. Bees. And we're quoting it. And 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:57.259 they have the whole. Do they have the fingers 00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:59.460 on their head? No. Dang. They were quoting the 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:02.440 whole movie, too. You would just walk past them. 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:05.970 They'd be like, you like jazz? All right. All 00:24:05.970 --> 00:24:08.630 right. I mean, that is a good line if you do 00:24:08.630 --> 00:24:12.230 play this. Exactly. That's not bad. But that's 00:24:12.230 --> 00:24:14.890 that's I never knew there was a marching band. 00:24:15.970 --> 00:24:18.710 Well, just for that, I guess. What was your favorite 00:24:18.710 --> 00:24:23.589 quote from the B movie? It's not you like jazz. 00:24:24.210 --> 00:24:28.450 No, it's not. It's the one where he's talking 00:24:28.450 --> 00:24:32.289 about yogurt night. It's like you ruined yogurt 00:24:32.289 --> 00:24:36.859 night. It's a great choice. Yeah. It's an excellent 00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:38.960 choice. Do you have a favorite quote? I don't 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:41.200 know about a quote. I just like listening to 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:43.039 Jerry Seinfeld just, ah, you know, the really 00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:45.019 high -pitched yelling. Right. Yeah. In pretty 00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:48.019 much all instances of flight. But I mean, I do 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:51.759 feel bad for the guy who came back and is not 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:54.259 fiance, I think. Yes, I think. As fiance or wife. 00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:57.160 Serious relationship. Really, I mean, like. Over 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:59.799 a B is insane. I mean, if you do something like 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:03.160 that. I would crash out. I would go to therapy. 00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:07.539 I've probably joined some sort of organization, 00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:10.599 student -led, ideally. I wonder if there's one 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:14.500 maybe called Act of Minds. That is a catchy name, 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:16.920 and I like that. You should probably check that 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:21.059 out. If I were to crash out because my fiance 00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:25.420 wanted to be best friends with a bee. I think 00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:29.680 it was more than that, but go ahead. For the 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:33.460 sake of... I constantly get called out for censorship. 00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:39.180 Oh, I see. So, that friendship with that bee. 00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:43.119 Right, entanglement. Yes, their little picnic 00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:47.700 dates. What? I think, yeah, I would definitely 00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:51.140 join Active Minds. But that's not the only scenario 00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:53.039 that I would join Active Minds, of course not. 00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:55.619 No, that would be ridiculous. No, that would 00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:57.940 be a far stretch. I would do it for any insect, 00:25:58.220 --> 00:26:01.589 stealing my romantic partner and... Just if I 00:26:01.589 --> 00:26:04.250 happen to be a student at Active Minds, or at 00:26:04.250 --> 00:26:06.910 Johnson County, I'd say, hey, let's get some 00:26:06.910 --> 00:26:09.589 mental health going here today. No, yeah. Specifically, 00:26:09.710 --> 00:26:14.289 Wednesdays at 3. At 3, in the MTC 112. 212, hang 00:26:14.289 --> 00:26:19.750 on. 212, MTC at 3 p .m. on Wednesdays. Appreciate 00:26:19.750 --> 00:26:24.109 it. Yeah. Thank you so much for coming on The 00:26:24.109 --> 00:26:25.829 Messenger Mic'd Up. Thanks for having me. Talking 00:26:25.829 --> 00:26:30.200 about Active Minds and... spreading mental health 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:37.079 awareness. And yeah, just being here, being such 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:41.420 a great guest because this is our first guest 00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:44.660 of this semester. Yeah. No way. Yeah. Do I get 00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:46.240 some sort of like a plaque or something? We can 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:49.960 give you a sticker and some pens. Nice. I'm thrilled. 00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:55.640 We have a whole candy bowl in there. Oh, yeah. 00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:58.519 She can't eat any of the Reese's though. So we 00:26:58.519 --> 00:27:02.200 have like that whole bowl is just full. Perfect. 00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:05.359 Well, I mean, Active Minds is a nonprofit organization, 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:09.880 but we do accept fruit snacks. No, with that. 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:15.460 No, thank you. And yeah, everyone on the listener 00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:20.349 side or viewer side. um go stop by see if it's 00:27:20.349 --> 00:27:23.089 your vibe and if you need any help they do have 00:27:23.089 --> 00:27:28.069 resources 100 and they are uh like actively willing 00:27:28.069 --> 00:27:30.529 to work with you talk with you if you have any 00:27:30.529 --> 00:27:34.609 questions you can hit up the vp right here absolutely 00:27:34.609 --> 00:27:40.789 and um yeah just what was the word i was thinking 00:27:40.789 --> 00:27:44.829 of better better your mental health like put 00:27:44.829 --> 00:27:50.630 yourself first you Yeah, yeah, you deserve it 00:27:50.630 --> 00:27:57.509 you have the midterms coming out It's it is fall 00:27:57.509 --> 00:28:04.549 and it is October Which we will talk about next 00:28:04.549 --> 00:28:07.890 week, but yeah, no, thank you and thank you guys 00:28:07.890 --> 00:28:12.150 for listening and watching again last week we 00:28:12.150 --> 00:28:16.240 had some technical Last week we had some technical 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:22.279 difficulties and if you weren't watching, you 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:25.359 can watch now on our YouTube channel which is 00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:28.339 connected to The Messenger or on our Instagram 00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:30.539 page. 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