Zach Gottlieb, Teen Mental Health Advocate: Happy To Be Here Show Notes

Zach Gottlieb is a teen mental health advocate and the founder of Talk with Zach, a global mental health community dedicated to teens. In our conversation we talk through questions that both teens and parents are interested in — how do you make it easier for teens to talk about mental health? What do healthy mental health coping mechanisms look like at 16? What can parents do to support their kids’ mental health? 

You can listen to the full episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here.

HERE’S OUR EPISODE BREAKDOWN:

:45 — Meet Zach 

1:30 — The good parts of social media for teens

2 — What inspired Talk with Zach 

3:20 — How teen boys may see talking about mental health 

4:50 — How Zach gave himself permission to talk about mental health 

7 — Favorite part of starting Talk with Zach 

9 — Zach’s next steps as a mental health advocate

10 — Zach’s message to other teens 

12 — The importance of finding your people 

13 — Zach’s mental health habits 

16 — Social media’s impact on mental health 

20 — What is modeling?