Oct 20, 2026 · 56 min · 11 segments
Anxiety is everywhere right now, but nobody teaches you what it’s actually for. We sit down with Dr. Leslie Bottoms, therapist and owner of Wise Mind Counseling PLC in the Richmond, Virginia area, to…
with i want to kind of talk about mental health as a whole sure um Number one, and we'll get into some specific sectors.
Number one, I think it's not like it was when we were probably growing up where it was like it was hush-hush.
I think people will literally call out of work and just say, I need a mental health day
But kind of talk to us about why you think there's been such a dramatic shift from keeping it hush-hush to bringing it to the forefront.
You know, we weren't allowed to kind of go out and do what we needed to do and resume our everyday lives.
You know, either they lost someone or they were stuck in the house with someone that was abusive or people that they don't like, right? And for other families, it brought them close together.
You know, and I think that COVID was kind of the catalyst for us to realize, like, we actually need to take stock of our own mental health.
Like we really need to understand what's happening internally for us that is making this so difficult outside of obviously the pandemic and all those different things.
But I really do think that COVID just put, it shined a light on our mental health issues.
with i want to kind of talk about mental health as a whole sure um Number one, and we'll get into some specific sectors.
Number one, I think it's not like it was when we were probably growing up where it was like it was hush-hush.
I think people will literally call out of work and just say, I need a mental health day
But kind of talk to us about why you think there's been such a dramatic shift from keeping it hush-hush to bringing it to the forefront.
You know, we weren't allowed to kind of go out and do what we needed to do and resume our everyday lives.
You know, either they lost someone or they were stuck in the house with someone that was abusive or people that they don't like, right? And for other families, it brought them close together.
You know, and I think that COVID was kind of the catalyst for us to realize, like, we actually need to take stock of our own mental health.
Like we really need to understand what's happening internally for us that is making this so difficult outside of obviously the pandemic and all those different things.
But I really do think that COVID just put, it shined a light on our mental health issues.
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