{"id":117709,"date":"2024-05-15T00:03:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T00:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/05\/15\/selena-gomez-provides-loneliness-check-in-for-her-mental-health-platform-wondermind\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T00:03:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T00:03:14","slug":"selena-gomez-provides-loneliness-check-in-for-her-mental-health-platform-wondermind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/05\/15\/selena-gomez-provides-loneliness-check-in-for-her-mental-health-platform-wondermind\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez provides Loneliness Check-In for her mental health platform, Wondermind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-05-14\/M_SelenaGomezonKimmel1_022724.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Disney\/Randy Holmes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and\u00a0two things that can impact\u00a0a person&#8217;s mental health are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/news\/2023\/05\/03\/new-surgeon-general-advisory-raises-alarm-about-devastating-impact-epidemic-loneliness-isolation-united-states.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>loneliness and isolation<\/strong><\/a>. So<strong> Selena Gomez<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wondermind.com\/article\/selena-gomez-on-loneliness-and-connection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>sat down with Wondermind<\/strong><\/a>, the mental health platform she co-founded, for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/selenagomez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Loneliness Check-In<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I used to hate to be alone. I always had someone around me, but now I cherish my alone time. I find it\u2019s a way for me to recharge,&#8221; she says. That being said, she adds, &#8220;I love quality time with my family and friends. That is when I feel the most connected. Playing board games, watching movies, cooking. It usually doesn\u2019t matter what we are doing as long as we are together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And Selena says it&#8217;s very important to check in with friends and family, no matter how busy you are.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to make your friendships a priority. I\u2019ve been working extremely long hours lately and I was at a shoot the other week, I had some down time, so I took the time to catch up with some of my friends,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to know what\u2019s happening in their lives and not feel disconnected. Even if it\u2019s a text or FaceTime, that goes a long way if you know you aren\u2019t going to be able to see each other in person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And despite being a superstar, Selena admits even she gets social anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are times when I am in certain situations and can feel anxious. Sometimes, I know why I feel that way and other times I can\u2019t explain where it is coming from,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am wired to just push through things, but I think also hearing other people in the room are feeling the same way helps make you feel like you aren\u2019t alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney\/Randy Holmes May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and\u00a0two things that can impact\u00a0a person&#8217;s mental health are\u00a0loneliness and isolation. So Selena Gomez sat down with Wondermind, the mental health platform she co-founded, for a Loneliness Check-In. &#8220;I used to hate to be alone. I always had someone around me, but<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/05\/15\/selena-gomez-provides-loneliness-check-in-for-her-mental-health-platform-wondermind\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,426,427],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}