Episode · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 2022-11-07
Books mentioned on SELENA GOMEZ ON: How To STOP Insecurity & TRULY LOVE YOURSELF To The Core | Jay Shetty
Mandy Teefey discussed The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, and Girl, interrupted by Susanna Kaysen. Selena Gomez recommended Daring Greatly by Brené Brown.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Silver Linings Playbook
Discussed“And so, like I like to tell stories and if I can you know, show and like I was telling you earlier, I like using Silver Linings Playbook because they're bipolar but they're having a life, they're having a relationship and as it may come with challenges, every relationship comes with challenges.”
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey's classic novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" portrays institutional life and psychiatric practices through the experiences of patients in a mental asylum.
Discussed“So then it's like navigating that and like you know, like I I mentioned like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Girl, Interrupted, favorite films, love them but that's not the reality Selena or I live in every day, you know, I have been in a facility and but it was not like what's being portrayed.”
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Girl, interrupted
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen is a well-known memoir detailing the author's stay at a psychiatric hospital in the late 1960s.
Discussed“So then it's like navigating that and like you know, like I I mentioned like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Girl, Interrupted, favorite films, love them but that's not the reality Selena or I live in every day, you know, I have been in a facility and but it was not like what's being portrayed.”
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Daring Greatly
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown is a popular non-fiction work that explores how vulnerability, shame, and courage can transform human connection and mental well-being.
Recommended“I'm sure it's in a Brené Brown book somewhere, but the best advice I've received is about making mental health a part of your life. That's why I say to make it your friend; you need to understand it, even if sometimes you don't know why you're feeling the way you do.”
Where to get it
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Passing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“I mentioned my love for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and how those portrayals aren't reflective of reality. Selena and I don't live in that world every day, although I have been in a facility; it wasn't as media portrays it.”