NEW DAY TODAY IS
OUR MENTAL HEALTH THAT TODAY
MARKS MENTAL HEALTH ACTION DAY
AND IT'S DEDICATED TO
ENCOURAGING AND
EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO TAKE THE
NEXT STEP IN THEIR MENTAL
HEALTH JOURNEY TO HEAR
DISCUSSED NOW IS
ERIKA SOTO LAMB VICE PRESIDENT
OF SOCIAL IMPACT STRATEGY OVER
AT MTV ENTERTAINMENT GROUP SUCH
A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE,
THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. YOU GUYS AN MTV
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP YOU'RE
BRINGING TOGETHER MORE THAN A
1000 ORGANIZATIONS FOR THIS DAY
TO DAY. OBVIOUSLY WE NEED
ACTIONS LIKE TODAY NOW MORE
THAN EVER. SO WHAT'S THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS AND HOW
CAN PEOPLE UTILIZE IT REALLY TO
ITS FULLEST EXTENT HERE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT BAKER ACTUALLY
WE ARE AT MORE THAN
1300 PARTNERS NOW IN THE END
NOT ROLL MENTAL HEALTH ACTION
DAY WITH IT SPEAKS TO THE MORE
THAN A YEAR THAT WE'VE LIVED
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC THE
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL
UNCERTAINTIES THAT HAVE COME AS
PART OF THAT FIGHT FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE. MENTAL HEALTH
STRUGGLES HAVE SKYROCKETED
AND CELEBRATING AN ALREADY DIRE
HEALTH CRISIS SO WE KNEW THAT
THIS WAS A THE WITHIN MENTAL
HEALTH
AWARENESS MONTH. TO SHIFT OUR
CULTURE FROM MENTAL HEALTH
AWARENESS TO MENTAL HEALTH
ACTION SO AND TV ENTERTAINMENT
GROUP WE LAUNCHED A MULTIYEAR
INITIATIVE CALLED MENTAL THIS
HEALTH WITH
THAT GOAL AND HELPING PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
THE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT
LIKE WE DO OR PHYSICAL HEALTH.
>> YEAH, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED
THE CHANGE IN THE LANGUAGE HERE
BECAUSE
WE KNOW SUICIDE RATES WERE
ALREADY GOING UP ANYWAY AS OVER
THE LAST COUPLE DECADES, BUT
THE PANDEMIC OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T
HELP THAT WHATSOEVER. SO HOW IS
JUST TOUCH CHANGING OF THE
LANGUAGE FROM MENTAL HEALTH
AWARENESS TO MENTAL HEALTH
ACTION HOW IS THAT SIGNIFICANT
HERE.
>> THIS IS REALLY A CULTURE
CHANGE
AND SO MUCH IMPORTANT WORK HAS
ALREADY BEEN DONE TO
RAISE AWARENESS. TO BE
STIGMATIZED. STRUGGLES WITH
MENTAL ILLNESS.
TO NORMALIZE IT'S CONVERSATIONS
LIKE THIS AND SO GRATEFUL TO
CHEDDAR FOR BEING A PART VERY
MENTAL HEALTH ACTION DAY.
BUT THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO
SHIFT THE DOG I LOVE NOW
FROM AWARE AS TO WHAT YOU CAN
TO ACTIONS AND OF
THERE IS NO SINGULAR CALL TO
ACTION ACTUALLY LOOKS DIFFERENT
FOR EVERYONE I DID PENDING ON
WHO YOU ARE WHAT YOU'RE
STRUGGLING WITH IT COULD
REACHING OUT TO A FRIEND
IT COULD MEAN STARTING A
MEDITATION PRACTICE AND IT CAN
TRYING TO FIND A THERAPIST
TODAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND THIS IS ALSO
PART OF AN INITIATIVE YOU GUYS
AT MTV ENTERTAINMENT GROUP ARE
DOING A MULTIYEAR INITIATIVE
ESSENTIALLY DOING MENTAL HEALTH
IS HEALTH THAT'S THE
INITIATIVE HERE. I MEAN HOW
IMPORTANT IS IT JUST ALMOST A
SENSE TO NORMALIZE THIS BECAUSE
EVERYBODY IS BASICALLY BEING
IMPACTED AND AFFECTED BY ALL OF
THIS.
>> MENTAL HEALTH HAS AND A
LEGACY TOP PRIZE, YOU'RE READY
FOR US AT THE MTV ENTERTAINMENT
GROUP IN PARTICULAR AS IT
RELATES TO
YOUNG PEOPLE. COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR THE LGBTQ BUT AFTER THE
LAST YEAR WE KNEW THAT WE
NEEDED TO GO BIGGER AND BETTER
OLDER AND SO MENTAL HEALTH HIS
HEALTH IS REALLY ABOUT TALKING
ABOUT THE CONTINUE ON.
STRUGGLES IF YOU GO TO MENTAL
HEALTH IS HEALTH
DOT US THAT'S HOW YOU WILL
START BY ASKING YOU A QUESTION
ABOUT HOW YOU'RE FEELING WITH A
WHOLE MANY OF THE WIDE RANGE
OF THEM MOTIONS AND GIVING YOU
THE RESOURCES, THE TOOLS AND
THE TEMPS THAT HAVE BEEN
ADVISED BY MENTAL HEALTH
EXPERTS.
>> FOR HOW TO HELP SO LET'S
TALK ABOUT THOSE TOOLS AND TIPS
HERE BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES ERICA,
THE HARDEST PART IS JUST
REACHING OUT AND TALKING TO
SOMEBODY
ABOUT THIS. SO WHAT SORT OF
TOOLS ARE YOU GUYS KIND OF
HELPING WITH PEOPLE THAT WAY
THEY CAN HELP WITH THIS.
>> THE HARDEST
PART IS REACHING OUT IS BEING
IS NORMALIZING THE CONVERSATION
AND SO THIS IS
A DAY WHERE GIVEN HOW MANY
PARTNERS WE HAVE CULTURAL
LEADERS AND BRANDS AND
GOVERNMENT NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS ARE REALLY
CREATING
A CITY AROUND SOUND THAT
ENCOURAGES AND EMPOWERS PEOPLE
TO TAKE
A FIRST ACTION WHATEVER THAT
MIGHT BE FOR ON OUR OWN
AIRWAVES ARE SHARING A REALLY
FUN PASSING BOX BREATHING
TECHNIQUE WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T
TRIED BEFORE IS A REALLY SIMPLE
AND ACCESSIBLE STEP FOR HOW TO
TRY I TO TAKE ACTION FOR YOUR
MENTAL HEALTH.
>> IN MANY WAYS WE WENT THROUGH
TO PANDEMIC THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC AND THEN THE PANDEMIC
THAT THE STRESS THAT PUT ON OUR
MENTAL HEALTH OVER THE LAST
YEAR AS WELL AND THIS IS OF
COURSE WHAT MENTAL HEALTH
EXPERTS CONTINUE TO SAY IS WHY
WE WENT THROUGH TO PAN TO
PANDEMICS WHAT ACTIONS COULD
LOVED ONES TAKE FOR HELP FOR
THOSE IN NEED HERE.
>> RIGHT IT'S BEEN CALLED THAT
WHEN THE PANDEMIC FOR
MANY REASONS IF YOU KNOW,
THAT'S YOUR LOVED ONE IS
STRUGGLING I TODAY WOULD BE A
GREAT DAY TO REACH OUT.
TODAY'S A GREAT DAY TO REMIND
YOUR LOVED ONES THAT THEY'RE
NOT ALONE AND THAT
TO BEGIN LEARNING WHAT YOU CAN
DO TRYING DIFFERENT. ACTIONS
THAT CAN HELP
I KNEW OR MENTAL HEALTH AND SO
THE STAYS REALLY ABOUT
TAKING ON ACTIONS FOR YOURSELF
FOR YOUR LOVED ONES OR FOR YOUR
COMMUNITY GIVEN HOW MUCH WE
KNOW MENTAL HEALTH IS A SOCIAL
JUSTICE ISSUE. IT'S AN ISSUE OF
IT THIS IS AN EQUITY AND THAT
THERE'S A LOT TO BE DONE FOR US
TO BEGIN ADVOCATING. FOR THE
CHANGE WOULD WANT TO SEE SO
THAT EVERYONE.
>> IT'S MENTAL HEALTH IS A TOP
PRIORITY AND ERIC UPPER SIDES.
I MEAN I'VE DEALT WITH MY OWN
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY FROM THE
PANDEMIC HOW IS JUST EVEN JUST
SAYING THOSE WORDS OF BEING
OPEN ABOUT YOUR
OWN JOURNEY EXPERIENCE ALSO
IMPORTANT HERE TO SORT OF GET
THAT CATHARTIC RELEASE OF
SAYING THAT.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLY YOU KNOW.
>> PEOPLE WHO WERE CLOSEST TO
THE PAIN SHOULD BE CLOSEST
TO THAT POWER TELLING YOUR OWN
STORY, YOUR OWN STORY IT
LIVED EXPERIENCE SHARING THAT
WITH YOUR LOVED ONES IN
WHATEVER WAY YOU FEEL
COMFORTABLE IS A PART OF WHAT
WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO
DO IT TODAY I MIGHT JUST BE
SHARING WITH YOUR FRIEND GROUP
IN YOUR
TEXT CHANGE IT MIGHT BE GOING
ON SOCIAL IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE
READY FOR MORE BROAD BUT
WHATEVER
YOU DO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
EMPOWER THEM AND WE HAVE PLENTY
OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND
MENTAL HEALTH IS HEALTHY DIET