Speaker 1How do you want to split it? Actually, dinner's on me.
Speaker 2Okay, big money.
Speaker 1Well, I got a Venmo balance that I can spend with my Venmo Debit MasterCard, so.
Speaker 2Well, I Venmo'd you three times last week, so it's kind of on me, actually.
Speaker 1Yeah, you send it, I spend it.
Speaker 2Did my money get, like, reincarnated?
Speaker 1Yeah, it's chicken shawarma. Want it back?
Speaker 3I can't believe you, like, ate my Venmo.
Speaker 1Spend your balance instantly with the Venmo Debit Card. No monthly fee or minimum balance. Venmo balance account required to get a card and use a balance. A Venmo MasterCard is issued by the Bancorp Bank N.A.
Speaker 4I joined Millennium as an intern, and today I'm an engineering analyst in Dublin. During my internship, I worked on an AI chatbot and learned quickly with support from accessible managers. It showed me how quickly you can grow when you're surrounded by the right people. Learn more at mlp.com slash spotify students.
Speaker 5And in case you didn't know, September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Over 720,000 people. Every single year, take their own lives. September is a moment to recognize the importance of mental health. The importance of your presence and how you affect this world. I want to remind you that your mental health matters. You matter. I want to reaffirm some things when it comes to mental health and how you see the world and how you view yourself. I want to remind you that other people are going to judge you. Other people are going to bring you down in this lifetime. Sometimes it feels like life isn't fair. I just want to remind you, just because you feel does not mean that you are. For any moment in time where you feel like there's a defining moment, a sequence of events, or a failure that you might feel like defines you and curates everything and all these thoughts for your life, I just want to remind you, that does not define you. Your thoughts do not define you, and I don't want you to make a permanent decision. Because of a temporary feeling. That feeling might not feel temporary because it happens for a day, it lingers for a week. You're struggling with it for a month. But that does not dictate the trajectory and outcome of your life. That does not define you as a human being. You are worth so much more than the love that other people have shown you, the disrespect that you've been received. You deserve a lot more than just the life that you've been living. And I know so. It takes a lot of good friends, good moments, good trips, experiencing new life and culture to really open up your eyes of what it means to really live a life worth living. To gain that peace and prosperity. It doesn't seem like things are improving in the present moment. You have nothing to look forward to at the moment, and that is okay to feel that way. I just want to remind you, that belief is the hardest to get rid of. The belief that you aren't enough. The one that thinks that things aren't going to get better. That your conditions won't improve. You question why. You question why are my circumstances so bad if my ceiling is higher. Why am I being challenged with so much adversity and obstacles along this journey of just trying to be well and just okay. Not even thriving, but okay. I want to remind you on nights like these. Days in the moments where you don't feel like showing up. You showed up on a day like this. You showed up in a moment where you didn't want to be here. You showed up in a moment where you wanted to cry. If you care, you'll cry. If you have nostalgia. If you have moments looking back worth living. If you have verses of yourself that you enjoyed. If you care, you'll cry. You'll show emotions. You'll be vulnerable. You matter. You matter a lot more than you think you do. Your feelings, your mind is not always going to be your best friend. Sometimes we don't want to die. We want to live a fulfilling life. We just want to stop suffering. And I just want to remind you that that suffering is never forever. And I know that words are just words and the things I'm speaking to you might just sound phony. That these things won't do anything for you. But I really want you to take a different perspective on how you view life and mental health as a whole. One of the hardest things to accept is the fact that you might be struggling or that you have been struggling. Other people around you aren't treating you the way that you want to be treated. And to that I say, I'm sorry. You didn't deserve that. You don't deserve that. It's a given. Sometimes your ceiling is higher because your calling is going to be higher. And it's going to be harder. Mental health will never be an easy path. I want to remind you to take it one day at a time. To take it one moment at a time. It's okay to feel the way that you feel. It's okay to struggle. To suffer. I want to remind you that that suffering is not forever. It is okay to struggle. It's okay to be in a rut. It's okay to be in a cycle of procrastination. It's okay to be in a moment where you might not have it all figured out. And I don't need you to have it all figured out. I don't need you to be perfect to keep other people in your life. I don't need you to be perfect to appease other people in the perspectives of you in their minds. Other people are going to envy you. They're going to hate. They're going to be jealous. They're going to abandon you. Other people are not going to be the reliable sole dictator in these friendships. But the only thing that you can do is continue to be yourself. To continue to be the right person. If you're thinking about it, I just want to remember a thing about you. We have to look at things in an objective sense. I believe honesty is key when it comes to improving our mental health. It's okay to admit that we're not okay. But one thing I want to remind you of. Is that you are a survivor. You are a survivor. You are brave. You are courageous. Yes, you are. You are courageous. And I am proud of you. I am so proud of the person that you are becoming. The person who you are. And the person you once were. A big part of who you are today. Despite how much you shame yourself. And to evolution. I want to remind you. I want to remind you. A big part of who you are. Is who you once were. I'm proud of you. I'm proud of everything that you've been through. And how you got through it. No matter how ugly it might have seemed. Or how much you might have struggled. I am proud of you and the person you are today. And if no one has told you today. I care about you. I may not be able to speak to every single person individually. But I am proud of you. The person listening to this. If you're struggling with mental health. In battles. Where you think you weren't even going to overcome those obstacles. Yet you pushed through. Showed up on days where you didn't want to be here. I want to remind you. I am proud of that person. I'm proud of the person you're becoming. I'm proud of who you are. I don't want you to think. That there's nothing. You should be proud of. I want to get rid of a limiting belief today. I want to get rid of a limiting belief. That you might be a failure. Or that you don't belong. I want you to know. That there is so much life ahead of you. And what life you might ask. Why should I believe you? There are so many friends. Families. Cultures. Books. Music. Moments where you didn't even think the fabric of reality to be changed and shaped. You don't even know what is ahead of you. The chapter that you mourn. For it to get better. Is the one that might change you. It might just be your favorite. You don't want to move forward. And I know it's not going to be easy. I know it's difficult. But it does get better. As someone who struggled with mental health. For a vast majority of my life. For around 18 and 19 years. As someone who is almost 21 years old. I've struggled. I've been in your shoes. I've tried to OD. I've tried to do these things. It was a cry for help. But I remembered. That you don't have to do everything all at once. You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to deem yourself a failure. I was so caught up in my own head. That I wasn't going to be okay. Because I couldn't appease the perceptions of other people. I was a failure to my parents. I was a failure to those around me. I was a failure in school. And therefore I had no purpose. No divine reason to be on this planet. Things would be better without me. I had no friends. I was at rock bottom. My mental health was at it's absolute worst.
Speaker 1How do you want to split it?
Speaker 2Actually dinner's on me.
Speaker 1Okay big money. Well I got a Venmo balance that I can spend with my Venmo debit mastercard.
Speaker 2So. Well I Venmo'd you three times last week.
Speaker 1So it's kind of on me actually.
Speaker 3Yeah you send it I spend it.
Speaker 1Did my money get like reincarnated? Yeah it's chicken shawarma.
Speaker 3Want it back?
Speaker 1I can't believe you like ate my Venmo. No monthly fee or minimum balance. Venmo balance account required to get a card and use a balance. A Venmo mastercard is issued by the Bancorp Bank N.A.
Speaker 4I joined Millenium as an intern. And today I'm an engineering analyst in Dublin. During my internship I worked on an AI chatbot and learned quickly with support from accessible managers. It showed me how quickly you can grow when you're surrounded by the right people. Learn more at mlp.com slash spotify students.
Speaker 5The other side will change. I can't go back exactly and tell you where I flipped the switch. But what I can tell you is to take it one day at a time. Can you give me one more day? Can you go on for one more walk? Can you meet the quota for me? Can you go on a walk today? Can you get out of bed and appreciate yourself and talk to yourself in the mirror and tell yourself that you are proud of yourself for doing these things? I need you to unlearn that shame that you give to yourself. I need you to unlearn those bad habits. I need you to realize that nothing changes if nothing changes. And as hard as it might be, that you are way stronger than you ever think you are. Don't let a temporary problem, don't let temporary people, don't let temporary things ever shake you into trying to make a permanent decision. Your presence matters a lot more to people than you would ever imagine. A lot more than you would ever, ever imagine. And I hope you know that. How much the people around you would care. I would rather listen to you for hours than to see you cry, to weep, and go through these things alone. You're not weak for these things. I just want to remind you, I will be taking care of mental health struggles this month. Pod with Ace has one journey, one goal, to help people, to save lives, to think twice before making a decision. Because I love you, and I'm proud of you, even in the moments where you don't think you are. I love you. This is Pod with Ace, and I'll be covering mental health in honor of Suicide Prevention Month this September.
Speaker 4I joined Millennium as an intern, and today I'm an engineering analyst in Dublin. During my internship, I worked on an AI chatbot and learned quickly with support from accessible managers. It showed me how quickly you can grow when you're surrounded by the right people. Learn more at
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