Felicia Day on Depression, Anxiety, Achievement, Burnout, and Failed Prodigies

It would take an entire section of show notes here to list all
the things Felicia Day has accomplished in her career. Here’s an
attempt at making that brief: acted in a bunch of TV shows you
know, created and starred in web series, made just so very many
online videos, and is now the author and star of an audiobook
called Third Eye about someone who is supposed to save the
world but fails. In our interview, Felicia talks about doing all
those things while dealing with mental disorders like depression
and anxiety as well as mental health phenomena like perfectionism
and impostor syndrome. We hear about her life as a 20-year-old
college graduate/violin prodigy/mathematician trying to make it
in Hollywood, about hitting a burnout wall, and about how covid
and parenthood slowed her life down.


Pre-order your copy of Third Eye, out October 5,2023, at
Audible.com. Join Felicia's streams on Twitch by following her at
www.twitch.tv/feliciaday.


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