Lauren lives in Miami, Florida, but has always lived a life of "emotional awareness." Some of you listening might wonder, "I'm emotionally aware."

Lauren lives in Miami, Florida, but has always lived a life of "emotional awareness." Some of you listening might wonder, "I'm emotionally aware. What is Barbie talking about?" In my conversation with Lauren, we talk about this generation, which we call the "therapy generation" where we're all started to feel more comfortable discussing mental health but are we really seeing a benefit? We all talk about how damn hard it's become to make friends in this age, outside of spaces like college, and how novelas have given her "single girl superpowers." This… is Lauren's story.

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