Steven Bartlett

Depression is preoccupation with past losses.

Anxiety is preoccupation with future losses that may never occur.

What do they have in common?

All about loss.

And you could say the generations now are very preoccupied with loss.

Well, we're preoccupied with what I say the, you know, I don't want to judge, but I want to say the unimportant things in life.

What are the important things in life?

Relationships, love, connection, health, right?

You would say objectively family.

These are the important things in life.

But we've become very preoccupied with material success, money, career achievements, fame.

I think there was a study that interviewed teenagers.

And it was really discouraging because they said that the thing they wanted more in life than anything was to be famous.

And so we're preoccupied with the wrong things.

Yeah.

Yeah, so remember what I said, that you can't control everything that happens to your child.

Divorces do happen and adversities happen to children.

Health issues happen to children.

What you can control is you can control the first three years and be as present as possible for your child.

You can have me on speed dial, Stephen.