Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsMeet Ethan SupleeWhy Ethan Suplee Is Mentally StrongWhat You’ll Hear on the ShowWhat You’ll Learn About Mental Health and Mental StrengthQuotes From EthanMore About the Podcast
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Meet Ethan Suplee
Why Ethan Suplee Is Mentally Strong
What You’ll Hear on the Show
What You’ll Learn About Mental Health and Mental Strength
Quotes From Ethan
More About the Podcast
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OnThe Verywell Mind Podcast, Amy Morin, LCSW, interviews authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and other inspirational people about the strategies that help them think, feel, and do their best in life.
In many of his acting roles, Ethan was morbidly obese. Butfood wasn’t his only addiction. He struggled withaddiction to drugs and alcohol as well.
After being told that he was going to die due to the severity of his health issues stemming from his weight and addiction, Ethan decided to try and get healthier. He went to rehab and lost hundreds of pounds and took control of his health.
Ethan is honest about the struggles he continues to have. Despite the changes he’s made to his behavior, he still struggles withnegative self-talk.
He talks openly about the fact that he has a hard time liking anything about himself. But despite those struggles, he continues to work on keeping his self-destructive tendencies at bay.
How to Journal to Build Mental Strength
Sometimes people assume you can identify someone’s level of mental strength based on their behavior alone. But someone’s external behavior doesn’t reveal anything about the internal battle they’re fighting.
So even when Ethan started going to the gym regularly,he says he hated himself. And his workouts stemmed from his desire to punish himself and inflict pain.
That’s why building mental strength isn’t just about changing your behavior. It also involves learning skills to manage your thoughts and your emotions.
Ethan explains how he changed his behavior first. But now, he’s on a quest to keep working on learning to manage theunhealthy thoughts and uncomfortable emotionsthat plague him.
Ethan SupleeI really just didn’t like myself and I was terrified of [al]most everything except for playing a fat guy because it was OK to be fat in those moments.
Ethan Suplee
I really just didn’t like myself and I was terrified of [al]most everything except for playing a fat guy because it was OK to be fat in those moments.
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