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Post by Admin on Oct 11, 2020 19:26:41 GMT
Selena Gomez has always been a vocal advocate for mental health awareness, having struggled through her fair share of turmoil. During an interview with former Surgeon General of the United States, Dr Vivek Murthy, the singer detailed why she ended up deleting her social media applications from her phone, nearly two years ago. http://instagram.com/p/CGK2ESSHuLn In the video, shared on Rare Beauty’s official social media, the two went into discourse about “chronic loneliness and the healing power of human connection.” “I’m very vocal about technology. I have not personally for two years had any social media on my phone – though I use the platform, I make sure I approve things I want to write – but I don’t look at it. It’s not on my phone,” said Gomez. http://instagram.com/p/CGK5DUJnDcV “I believe heavily that there is something about social media and it’s technology being blamed for increases in loneliness and disconnection … I get pretty fired up about it,” she added. “Every day I woke up and was like why am I doing this? If I constantly think I’m doing something wrong or they think I’m this sell out, they feel like I’m not authentic? Which is every part of my being.” “These words hurt and they add nothing to my life. The truth is, they’re lies. That was how I handled it by saying I’m going to step out. I noticed a change to the things with what I was posting. I was very on-trend with the whole ‘pretty stuff’ posts,” she went on to say. “I feel like I’ve become normalized in this situation which isn’t normal. My job is a lot of travel, connecting with people, making people happy — and that makes me happy and it has been a struggle,” she added. www.instagram.com/tv/CGK5DUJnDcV/
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Post by Admin on Oct 12, 2020 2:45:19 GMT
At her wedding on October 12, 2018, Princess Eugenie purposefully showed off her scoliosis-surgery scars in a low-backed dress designed by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos. Eugenie, who is now expecting her first child, had an eight-hour surgery for her scoliosis when she was 12. http://instagram.com/p/CEqQIA9jfK0 On Friday, Eugenie posted to praise Selena Gomez for sharing her kidney transplant scar on Instagram. "I thought this was super cool of @selenagomez to show she's confident of who she is and what she went through after finding it difficult to show her scar," Eugenie wrote on her Instagram story. http://instagram.com/p/CFhtu__j9zy On September 24, Gomez posted a photo of herself in a La'Mariette swimsuit in which she showed off her scar from her kidney transplant in 2017. She posted the following as a caption and addressed La'Mariette's Theresa Marie Mingus. "When I got my kidney transplant, I remember it being very difficult at first showing my scar," she wrote. I didn't want it to be in photos, so I wore things that would cover it up. Now, more than ever, I feel confident in who I am and what I went through...and I'm proud of that. T - Congratulations on what you're doing for women, launching @lamariette whose message is just that...all bodies are beautiful."
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Post by Admin on Oct 12, 2020 21:25:55 GMT
It may mean her uncle Alec Baldwin losing his Saturday Night Live gig — the actor famously spoofs President Donald Trump on the comedy show — but Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) is officially endorsing Joe Biden for president. The model and wife of Canadian pop star Justin Bieber used World Mental Health Day, Sat. Oct. 10, to share her political views, wearing a blue tie-dyed Biden T-shirt as she wrote, “It’s World Mental Health Day, and something that has affected my mental health is the state of our country and the future of our country. I have hope, but we need to collectively make the change we want for our future and that means getting out there to VOTE!!!” http://instagram.com/p/CGLQ91mFIfd The 23-year-old’s post got plenty of likes and supportive comments from fellow celebrities including Jennifer Aniston and Miley Cyrus. Her uncle Billy Baldwin, a frequent critic of the president, also appeared to be overjoyed at his niece’s endorsement. “Thanks Hailey!!” the Backdraft star wrote. “You have no idea how much this means to me.”
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2020 6:04:11 GMT
Camila Cabello is speaking up about the tools that have helped her improve her mental health. Inspired by World Mental Health Day on Saturday (Oct. 10), the singer filmed a personal video highlighting what she's been working on. "There are so many things that affect our mental health, traumatic experiences, emotional abuse, being in extremely toxic environments," Cabello wrote on Instagram, where she shared the seven-minute clip. "There’s systemic oppression, discrimination, inequality, that have been going on for far too long, not to mention financial troubles that have only been made worse by a global pandemic, and countless more things that affect our mental health- but i wanted to share my journey and some of the tools that have helped me take my power back. Healing is a lot of work, but don’t let anybody tell you it’s impossible, even if it feels like it right now- you will be stronger, wiser, and a more compassionate human for it." http://instagram.com/p/CGNsNypJdo5 In the video, Cabello noted, "It's very hard and it's a lot of work, and obviously every person is going to decide what's best for themselves if you are struggling, but here's my journey and some of the things that have helped me." "I committed to 10 minutes of mindfulness every day, at least," she explained. "I started just every day for a year and a half. Haven't skipped a day of mindfulness because it lets me focus on my breath, it lets me look at my thoughts from a more objective perspective as opposed to believing everything I think is true, which was, I think, a big source of my anxiety. Meditation was definitely, probably number one. It was a huge part. Also, really 10 minutes of meditating is 10 minutes of training your mind and body to concentrate on being present. Anxiety is really focusing on the things that you can't control, and a lot of that is what may happen in the future. Mindfulness really helped me with that." She shared ideas about how to incorporate some form of exercise into the day, even when you might not feel like moving. "I committed to moving my body every single day, doing some form of exercise or connecting with my body every day because a lot of it was me staying stuck up here," Cabello said, pointing to her head, "when I needed to come down here. Sometimes when I don't want to exercise, I just put on songs and dance around in my room like a crazy person for 30 minutes and sweat. As long as you're and you're getting your heart pumping, that's really good for releasing, getting in touch with your body and releasing extra energy. I'm a super insanely hyper person, so if I'm not moving, I'm in my head, like, destroying my life." Cabello had some wise words to offer about being kind to yourself and your feelings. She said, "I started definitely changing the way I talked to myself in my own mind and learning qualities of self-compassion ... You can't berate yourself into feeling better. You have to just kind of hold your pain and whatever your struggle is like your baby." Additional tips included turning the water "super, super cold" after a hot shower to regulate your nervous system and gratitude journaling. She suggested writing down "10 things every day that you're grateful for, really small things, like sunshine on my skin and feeling the ground beneath my feet, little things like that."
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2020 4:51:52 GMT
Over the weekend, Selena Gomez did an Instagram Live with Dr. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general under President Barack Obama, to discuss chronic loneliness as part of her Rare Beauty's Mental Health Social Summit for World Mental Health Day. Gomez was candid talking to Dr. Murthy about her own difficulty coping with quarantine and the isolation it has imposed on everyone for the last six-plus months, saying she went through "a bit of a depression" initially. http://instagram.com/p/CGK5DUJnDcV "I’d say I’m a big-time extrovert so I get that it’s a bit harder," Gomez started after asking Dr. Murthy about whether the experience is different for extroverted versus introverted people. "Or at least I feel that because my other [introverted] friend feels what you’re explaining as peaceful and having time to process. and I’m like, 'I need to talk to someone! I need to do something!' So I definitely get that." Gomez then admitted that "in the beginning, I couldn't deal with it [quarantine] that well. I kind of went into a bit of a depression. And then I started going into a place where I was really writing and being active. And then I guess it just forced me to have that time. And again, I’ve been able to spend time with those quality people a lot more than I ever have. And spending a lot more time with my family, and I almost feel like I’ve become normalized in this situation that’s not normal." "But yeah, I mean, my job is a lot of travel, connecting with people, making people happy, and that makes me happy, so it has been a struggle," she continued. "I think I even posted on my Instagram where I was crying, explaining to all the people who were following me how much I miss them. It’s okay [that it’s been difficult]. Slowly, toward the end, I’ve found the things that I’m doing are coming out and that was something extremely exciting for me. I worked on personal things like a beauty line that has—our goal is to reach $100 million in 10 years for mental health. And we have all of these different things so that has kept me busy. And recently, I’ve been able to go into the studio so I would say right now, I’m fully coming out again. I just think I had handle it the way I needed to handle it, and I got through that with the right people and doing the right things and doing the right steps to not make me go crazy." Gomez went on to talk about her relationship with social media and why she hasn't had any apps on her phone for years. "Well, it took me years to really work on myself for that [to get to a better place] so sometimes technology gets blamed for this," she began. "I’m very vocal about technology. I have not personally in two years had any sort of social media on my phone. Though I use the platform, I make sure I approve and write things that I want to write but I don’t look at it and it’s not on my phone so I believe heavily there is something about social media and its technology getting blamed for increases in loneliness and disconnection. I get pretty fired up on the subject." She asked Dr. Murthy his take on the subject, and he said the reason people are posting—seeking validation versus just having a moment of authentic self-expression—really matters. "I agree," Gomez said. "I appreciate what you’ve said about it because I have been so anti-social media, maybe too far just because of course the intake of social media on my end was about my personal life and it was used to say these things and I just felt like everyday, I woke up and I was like, 'Why am I doing this?' Like if I’m constantly doing things wrong or if they think I’m this sellout, fake, not real, not authentic, which is every part of my being, these words hurt, and they add nothing to my life. And the truth is they’re lies. So that is how I handled it by saying it, you know what? I’m going to step out of it because it’s not helping me at all."
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