{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"MAA #085: With Lucy Best","description":"Interview with Melbourne Comedian Lucy Best, who has been performing comedy for 2 years. Lucy was a 2019 RAW finalist and also performed a show this year with Comedian Jaxson Garni. The show is called Keep the Change which is all about embracing change. Lucy is also a writer, artist, photographer, director musician, and an environmental and human rights activist. We discuss: Lucy\u2019s unconventional upbringing, her Dad\u2019s appellation and being the daughter of a Lord, experiencing anxiety and depression while growing up, Lucy\u2019s positive experiences with medication, counselling and mindfulness, the importance of a good night\u2019s sleep and finding the funny, the court jester role in society, where Lucy\u2019s thoughts go when she has a bad day, Lucy\u2019s marriage breakdown and subsequent transformation, the Writing Is Therapy course at the School of Life, Lucy\u2019s conscious decision to move on, the nature of grief and loss, Ducks for Detainees and Lucy\u2019s trip to Canberra, the Tarot Card experience and phoenix mythology, the physical and emotional impacts of alcohol, a mother\u2019s intuition and knowing her children better than medical professionals, the daily roses and thorns activity, stories behind her kids\u2019 names, Lucy\u2019 super power, reframing \u201cLucy Quite Good\u201d to \u201cLucy Does Her Best\u201d, and Lucy\u2019s message to embrace change and not be afraid to make change when it is needed. ","author_name":"Mental As Anyone","author_url":"http:\/\/mentalasanyone.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"