Episode 355: CASTMWUP with Andrea and Liz on Aging and Mental Health

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This September is the 10th year anniversary of Your Kick-Ass Life! Over the years, the YKAL team has evolved and grown. In this episode, Liz Applegate, our lead coach here at YKAL, joins me for a conversation about shit that matters. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are talking about aging, perimenopause, and depression. One of the reasons I wanted to have a conversation about these topics was to shine a light on some of the ways they can show up in one’s life, especially in 2020, and the curveball we’ve been thrown this year. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode you’ll hear:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Liz shares her history with depression and antidepressants and how she gave herself permission to seek mental health help. (8:30)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I share my experience of how a discussion with my therapist about burnout turned into one about high functioning depression. (19:33)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our thoughts and feelings (and struggle) on being middle-aged. (22:08)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What we think about navigating perimenopause. (34:25)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "http://yourkickasslife.com/355'">http://yourkickasslife.com/355</a></span></p>