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May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we wanted to do a special episode around mental health and generate awareness within our community to help reduce the stigma so many experience.
Ryan Mundy, Super Bowl Champion and founder of Alkeme Health joins The Pivot to share his work in this space since retiring from the NFL.
RC, welcoming his former Steeler teammate, starts the conversation off by talking about their time in the league, their Super Bowl run and life after football.
Mundy talks about his experiences with counseling during football and what led him to purse a career and be an advocate for mental health, especially in the black community.
Fred opens up about dealing with anxiety and what’s the best way to present situations to kids and sharing advice for not getting caught up in social media.
Channing breaks down with the emotion he still deals with after losing friend and teammate Junior Seau to suicide.
Asking someone if they are ok and actually listening to the answer is a big part of checking on the people we love and care about. If you know someone who may be struggling, reach out to www.suicideprevention.com.
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So true!!!
@@TBtheking405216 Was going to say the same thing.
I'm also glad Channing brought up the thing about having money and being depressed. I've never been rich but people have this belief that if you have money...no problems exist, you're not allowed to complain, voice opinions, etc. I really hate that stigma and it's even greater with black athletes/celebrities. They're usually hit with the "shut up and play or stay in your lane." So I'm glad Mundy touched on that subject, he's so well-spoken
So true.
The pivot can attract any high level name or person of notoriety… but it’s episodes like these that set them apart from everyone and what truly makes this show powerful. These topics and discussions are necessary!
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I be the type to say "I'm good" all the time when asked even when I'm not. A lot of us Black men truly don't know how to express in words how we be feeling. Great interview.
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The Pivot is my weekly therapy. It has helped me to process my own feelings.
Pivot is saving my life… as someone who suffers from mental health issues, I look forward to the pivot every week … it’s the one hour in the entire week where I can actually sit back & enjoy the things around me
I love this podcast man…. This hit so many places when Channing said people that work hard don’t have the same resources like successful people. I try not to complain but when my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer (cancer free now) when it happened I had to work 80-85 hours a week just to make sure that everything was taken care of while she was fighting for her life. I’m so thankful we had a great support system, but in that time I lost myself. I got unhealthy, my mental is not as strong as it use to be and Everytime when someone said how’s your wife doing and they praying for her, I was thankful but sometimes the guy who see his wife going through it, and gotta be tough and just be a man and make sure everything is good. Sometimes I wish someone took time and told me hey you’re doing good we’re praying for you as well.
proud of you man. Keep up your great work and I hope you getting your Freddy flowers in life no matter how they may show themselves to you
Great stuff bro! Reading your story is truly awe inspiring. You held it together in the midst of a major storm in your families existence. I pray and salute you.
@@namwani thank you bro!!!
@@ghart22 thank you bro!!!
Loved the transparency on this episode. Chan kept it real with his questions and thoughts. We have to talk more about how we can help low income less fortunate people
I definitely agree when Ryan said just because you was raised a certain way doesn't mean you can't change your ideology about present day issues.
As a guy from a regular white lower middle class family, yeah you can definitely have different ideologies despite how you were raised and taught. Good to think for yourself and be able to articulate the negatives and positives learned along the way to hopefully teach the next generation an even better path than before and in hopes they’ll do the same
Fred didn't want to say it but I believe he wanted to say it. We have raised soft kids. Not on purpose but we didn't want them to struggle like we did. But we are strong because of our struggle. 52 year old man talking.
I am Gen Xer n I definitely feel where Fred is coming from with some using it as a cop out. I am working on myself to understand and express empathy. Depression is real and I am glad it is being taken seriously.
Really good topic. As a person that's dealing with mental illness this episode has really touch my soul. I really believe that mental illness is a topic that's need to be discussed more. Shot out to The Pivot crew much 🙏.
Sitting in nature helps focus on what really important Wish you the best on your journey!
Get your shit together
Channing funny as hell. Mundy gave Ryan his flowers and Channing talking about some “you still ain’t shit” lmao had to humble him real quick
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I like how Channing ask the difficult questions
You know it’s a serious episode of when Channing doesn’t talk about how freaky he is
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Yea you right, it's like we waiting for it lol. Channing was definitely more serious on this one
I was waiting to see how he would work it in tho 🤣
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Happy for Ryan Mundy we played muny league together in Pittsburgh I played center I think he was playing RB at the time but always a hard worker and good kid so happy his dreams came true and he got to play for his home time Steelers it’s crazy he still got his Pittsburgh accent
Fred, you definitely broke my heart. I grew up in Pittsburgh, so of course I was a Steelers fan. I was at that Sunday night game with my Dad when you WENT OFF on the Steelers. I'll never forget that game, watching you run all over my favorite team.
Went to college with Mundy sister. She's an awesome woman/mother today and always showed love, respect, supprt to her big brother. Great guy!!
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Great conversation. I will just add that kids today are dealing with much more than what we dealt with growing up. Some of the same things but at a much higher level especially due to social media. For this reason, I must be sympathetic and empathetic to my kids. I give them the same grace God gives me.
Amen
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Mr. Clark, Mr Crowder, and Mr. Taylor I really appreciate what you guys are doing and where you all are truly trying to take the podcast. This is so much therapy for me and I am so blessed to enjoy your show and how it is helping me through so many areas of my life.
I don’t comment on ANYTHING but thank you Mundy! He represented mental health awareness from a perspective that’s hard for ppl to understand!!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥 This is my favorite discussion y’all had so far. I believe that this is the most universal convo you guys have had thus far, no matter what someone does for a living career wise, no matter where they come from, their background this right here everyone can relate to and to me this was a true breath of fresh air. These types of convo’s need to be heard, need to be had and you guys have definitely blessed us with some gems, eye opening perspectives, terms and most importantly this is something that will stand the test of time and can be rewatched, play the audio back often and a pivot for better can be made every time.
I'm glad y'all keep blessing us with these even though i stopped playing football i still take gems from this show and imply it in my life which has helped and I'm glad you guys keep talking about mental health in the black community and keep shedding the light on it we need it.
Another great show!!! I’m a 60’s baby I’m now understanding that somethings that were embedded in us didn’t serve us well! The most important part on your body is your mind and your peace of mind is worth more than gold. The best way to help is to listen and be a safe place for someone to share how one truly feels without judgment. Great content as always!
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Ryan Mundy is a perfect leader on this subject! And RC said something very important when he talked about "planting ideas!" What a great conversation among great young men! Thank you! Sincerely, a 37 yr old white man who is struggling to find out who I am! Much love to EVERYONE!
Mental illness is REAL and appears differently on everyone. No illness is greater or lesser than the other. It’s important we respect and embrace people with ALL types of illnesses. One day even your illness may be revealed. 💯
Thank you for this episode. I’ve learned to live with and accept being diagnosed with BPD (borderline personality disorder) and not let anyone define because of that. The best thing I’ve done since being diagnosed a couple of years ago is to check in on myself daily, learn to improve mentally and emotionally and also understand that I will have my days. Keep doing the good work fellas by providing us with good, informative episodes.
This is my second time watching this, because I can TRULY relate!! I'm currently writing my book My inner evolution!! My channel is based off how to push through. Discovering a new version of you. Peeling back those hardcore levels, to find out who you truly are. It was my failed attempt at suicide, and not wanting to even be around myself, that made me change, and try to help others. Thank you RC, FF, and CC, for this very informative and inspiring episode!!
This is by far one of the best podcasts out there. Between the guest and the conversation they have, they are helping a lot of people open their eyes to major issues. Especially discussion people try to avoid having or addressing. Keep em coming!!! 💯💯💯
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me neither I even check to see when the next one is coming out and sometimes back check to be sure I didn't miss one
Man they asked some good questions to Ryan Mundy
Been told to “go to bed” or stop crying or go outside so many times and I find myself displaying the same behavior with my kids. Even though I know better it’s not easy to remove if you do not actively work on it. Great episode fellas!
POWERFUL. These conversation need to be held in our communities. Thank you for expressing that it's okay not to know everything about mental health or to understand what someone is going through, but be willing to listen and empathize.
Real conversation with real people.
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Love love love this episode.. So much to get at when it comes to our community and mental health..Slowly but surely the stigma and barriers will be eliminated I truly believe this!! Thank you all! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Ryan Mundy is a deep brother!
There is a fine line between helping and clutch. Also understanding our positive history. U can't fully understand a person because you are not them. Everyone take problems emotionally in a different fashion.
It all goes back to - “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” In my opinion. - I say "I'm Good" at least 5 times daily. Great show fellas.
No man upstairs,...you put the effort/determination into sheparding and growing your children, and it worked because you did what you knew you had to do enjoy the fruits of YOUR labour.😘😘🏆
Now you's showed the proper way in my eyes to have this conversation shout out to Randy Mindy for coming over an showing the talent the 3 of you have without making this subject boring, a pity pot segment and NOT another way to put a label AND MOST ALL kept it real. Thank You for pivoting me the ingredients 😜😜 so I/we can become better version of ourselves 🙏
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All these views and hardly any likes. Help these brothers get some dough
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Outstanding episode! Mundy's 'Alchemy Health'. "if it's good for Black folk then it's good for everybody".
Informative episode. Thanks for sharing.
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I'm really surprised that this episode doesn't have more viewership. This was really informative.
Love love love this episode! You guys hit it right on the head with this mental health episode. Mental health is a growing concern but is it a fad or a crutch or legit to some. Like Channing said, we all have issues. This was definitely very enlightening. The social media aspect definitely resonates. Sometimes folks need to disconnect from all social media. Great episode
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I really appreciated this interview. Mental Health in our community is very important
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May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you guys for bringing awareness to the community. Praise be the Almighty God for this platform
Thanks to the men of The Pivot for featuring Bro. Mundy on this important episode that focuses on African Americans and our mental health. The mind is such a delicate and sometimes fragile part of our being. It deserves to be treated with gentleness and care regardless of the person's gender. For so long, men in the U.S. have been socialized to internalize our feelings. And I believe that this form of socialization helped to create a great number of stress-filled individuals. Sometimes this stress caused men to implode and sometimes it caused them to explode. Either way, the black man needs to follow a healthy mental health regimen. And combined with a healthy spiritual life, this may play a role in creating a much better person...a whole person. Thanks guys. God bless the black man.
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Fred is a old wise guy... Gandalf of Pivot.
This is such a great conversation amongst black men about our people!!!
Yo this dude Mundy is a real one seriously never thought about the ideas of grinding your self to the ground bro is the truth
I'm so glad I founded this podcast and these guys ❤
Wow everything he just said my family went thru thr same exact thing . My grandmother past in 2019 she had dementia/diabetes and later found out she had Pancreatic cancer.. then my father always had health issues as well . Diabetes/strokes/heart attacks. He finally gave up on me 0ct 10 2020. That shit still fcks with me till this day . I'm still trying Be Positive and hold tight 4 the family .. so I kno exactly how this brother feels.. prayers 4 him and his family 🕊 🙏
Fully agree w/ you Ryan C. I struggle w/ the understanding of it also. I believe as a people we've lost our spiritual morality as a culture and have adapted some of the cultural misnorms of others.
It's refreshing weekly for me to watch men of color discussing various topics and being authentic. Football generally brings you to this podcast ,but the conversations are a breath of fresh air. The are conversations that need to be had. What you do is needed! Keep soaring men!
we was told graduate HS Go to collage get a good job. That’s not what we should be teaching our kids. We gotta pivot.
Exactly, I been saying that for years. Working for someone else means another person or company determine what you are worth. Gotta teach kids to get an education to work for themselves!
My brother it’s college, did you complete the first half of your sentence?
@@sw5401 yeah, then who ya gonna get to work for you?
Collage? In your case you may need it, coz the spelling is College 😂😅😂😅😂😂😅
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Watupdoe fellas. Stay blessed
Wow.. this was very deep. I love it. Thank You So Much.. I have learned a lot from this discussion. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The honest conversation about not understanding the subject of Mental Health the transparency of all of them I'm very proud of you guys I have always been the one to have to push through playing ball it was always taught to us about mental toughness pushing your body and your mind to the Limit and to the edge of failure until you break through I have to do that my whole life no matter the situation because there's so many people depending on me makes me wonder. this is so enlightening
This was a great interview
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loving the line ryan! channing's questions have excel more and more after each episode! keep elevating!!
Channing questions are on 🔥🔥🔥 the realist questions I’ve heard on these issues that are discussed daily. Regular people don’t have the same thought process thank you Channing. Appreciate you saying and explaining this.
This guys are amazing... Maturity is on another level 👌💯
Great Convo. Keep thr conversation going until we get better at express our true feelings
As always, I love the real content. All love brothers. Keep up the good work!
Unreal interview. Mundy is the man. Go Steelers
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I appreciate this episode to the max it was mentally helpful knowing someone who understands that were all human and go through different things and the pressure to live up to the standard people think you should be at
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Thank yall for givin Ryan Mundy his Flowers!!!!!! Congrats Pivot Podcast!!!!!!......Great Convo!!!!!
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It’s so great hearing guys with this much success talk and give awareness to mens mental health, we need to keep talking and give more awareness everyday for it, get help if you need it, it’s important
Great topic! I needed to hear this & I’m sure there’s a lot others that did as well. Thank you guys
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Wow. Best episode so far, a lot of good and productive points. Thank you guys
Beautiful brothers, beautiful conversation! This conversation is much needed in the Black Community!
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Thank you guys for all these enlightening podcast
Great interview! Very insightful & overall good conversation on a huge issue today where some are praise for being strong & others crucified & not understood.
No cap this my favorite podcast Chandler funny ash Ryan you remind me so much of my pops Fred you remind me of my uncle Rip
Highly appreciated episode. We all love this podcast for bringing and keeping it real 💯💯💯
Another fantastic episode. Thank you.
I'm so proud of you gentlemen for having these type of discussions. Recently, I set-up an appointment to talk with a therapist. Lately, I've been feeling overwhelmed. Trying to suppress those emotions isn't an option. Several of my friends and I we encourage and support one another in mental health. Thank you for having those discussions. 👍🏾👍🏾
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Really can say my favorite episode, laughed and cried. Made me me think, not only for myself but for my children. How could I make them better, cause we all can lend a hand