Tomorrow (October 10, 2019) is World Mental Health Day – and October is ADHD Awareness Month.
I’m speaking (today and tomorrow) at a mental wellness conference in Toronto that is focused on mental health in the gaming industry – and Amare is a Founding Sponsor to help bring some of the very top though-leaders together to devise plans for addressing mental wellness issues on a massive scale.
I spoke today about the links between our microbiome, our gut-brain-axis, and our mental wellness – something that many attendees were hearing for the very first time – so it was a lot of fun!
In a growing trend that I hope continues, we are seeing more and more celebrities “come out” about their personal struggles with mental wellness issues from depression to anxiety to chronic stress (https://www.insider.com/celebrities-depression-anxiety-mental-health-awareness-2017-11).
I’m very fortunate to be part of a company (http://Amare.com) that is DOING something to help people improve their Mental Wellness – through a platform of products, programs, and people that can help all of us improve how we feel, how we perform, and how we help others.
Here are just a few of the celebrities who have opened up recently about their personal struggles with mental wellness…
- Oprah & Prince Harry = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/prince-harry-partner-oprah-apple-tv-mental-health-series-1200852
- Michael Phelps = https://www.boston.com/sports/olympics/2018/05/22/michael-phelps-depression-mental-health
- Jesse Eisenberg = https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7515619/Jesse-Eisenberg-says-fatherhood-helped-anxiety-making-worry-things-real.html
- Bruce Springsteen = https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/entertainment/bruce-springsteen-mental-health-interview/index.html
- Adele = https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/01/health/adele-postpartum-depression/index.html
- Selena Gomez = https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/selena-gomez-gives-moving-speech-about-living-depression-anxiety-n686666
- Beyonce = https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/evewoman/article/2001331227/from-beyonc-to-the-rock-celebrities-speak-up-on-struggles-with-mental-health
- Jay-Z = https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/01/189292/jay-z-interview-mental-health-masculinity-therapy
- Andrew Luck = https://globalsportmatters.com/culture/2019/08/30/andrew-lucks-retirement-focused-attention-on-mental-health-and-injury-recovery/
- Kevin Love = https://www.theplayerstribune.com/global/articles/kevin-love-everyone-is-going-through-something
- Bill Hader = https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a28938235/bill-hader-daily-show-anxiety
- The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) = https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a20914834/the-rock-interview-depression/
