410: Mayim Bialik on Owning Your Truth & Living Life on Your Own Terms

Mayim Bialik (IG: @missmayim) is an American actress, neuroscientist, author and film director. From 1991 to 1995, she played the title character of the NBC sitcom Blossom. Mayim later played neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2010 to 2019.

She hosts Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, a quirky, informative, and interactive podcast breaking down the myths and misunderstandings about mental health and emotional well-being.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The inspiration behind Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown
• Mayim's mental health struggles over the years
• The impact of the pandemic on introverts/extroverts
• Practicing self-care during lockdown
• Connecting & bonding with your children through attachment parenting principles
• The boundaries of gentle discipline
• Mayim’s decision to leave academia to raise her children
• Consciously preparing to be a mother
• Navigating celebrity life with young kids
• Teaching your kids about the internet & access to information
• Why Mayim isn’t a fan of watching her work afterwards
• The Waldorf & RIE homeschool philosophy
• The college system is adjusting to the rise of homeschoolers
• Becoming vegetarian at age 19, later transitioning to veganism
• How Mayim’s sinus infections stopped after eliminating dairy from her diet
• Raising healthy vegan children
• Learn how to quiet your mind through meditation
• Religion provides a foundation to build an ethical & spiritual framework for life
• Falling in love with Judaism
• Appreciating the wonder of the human experience
• Teaching your kids to talk about their feelings
• Mayim's OCD diagnosis
• The challenges filming a sitcom during a pandemic
• Mayim’s future goals & upcoming projects

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Mayim Bialik's Breakdown (podcast)

Mayim Bialik's website

Follow Mayim Bialik on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube

Call Me Kat, Season 1

Big Bang Theory, Season 1

Blossom: The Complete Series

Mayim Bialik - Boying Up (book)

Mayim Bialik - Girling Up (book)

Mayim Bialik - Vegan Table (book)

Mayim Bialik - Beyond The Sling (book)

Jim Parsons

Waldorf Education

Resources For Infant Educarers (RIE)

Black Lives Matter

Khan Academy

Insight Timer (app)

Sharon Salzberg (books)

Listen to Sharon Salzberg previously on TUHP (episode #105)

Hillel at UCLA

Darlene Hunt

As Sick As They Made Us

Dustin Hoffman

Candice Bergman

Simon Helberg

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