Mauro Ranallo Quotes

Everyone who comes to my show has their own struggles. There's so many people dealing with so many things; I love that I get to be part of their healing process by making them laugh.

Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.

If I'm having a really bad day, I always have a girlfriend - or even a guy friend - who I can call. They'll listen to me wallow for a minute and then be like, 'Okay, let's stop. Everything's great. Let's figure out how to fix whatever's bothering you.'

The idea is to improve somebody's day. That's how I've always viewed my job. I'm a distraction therapist. I make people's problems go away for just a little bit.

For me, calling my mom really helps soothe me when I'm spiraling. Having someone to talk to, whether it's a therapist, your brother, or a friend, can be such a positive thing.

My family, and just the people around me in my life - you know, my friends - they take care of me, and whenever I'm too high, they bring me right down, and when I'm too low, they pick me up.

Just the fact that I have people I can talk to about my worries is a great gift.

I'm lucky to have a great support system in my friends and some of my family. If you have those people that you trust, go ahead and fall back into them and let them be your hammock and cocoon and let them embrace you.

Thank God my best friend's a therapist.

What people don't realize is that everybody needs support, one way or another.

When trouble comes, it's your family that supports you.

But back then the thing that saved me was the music, and it's certainly the music that saves me now. The music, my family and my friends and everybody around me.

They did is sent me down Clearwater, Florida, and they said to me, Jessica, I need you to make Jim Bakker feel better.

My mom was always the support. I can always go out to her and she'll always find the positive in things.

I don’t care if it’s dog piss. It makes me feel better.

It's always good to have other people who you can lean on and pick you up when you're down and vice versa.

My family is the most important thing to me because they're always there for me when times are down.

My fans were probably the most therapeutic thing for me.

As humans, we need to reach out for support.

I think it's so important to have a great support network when you feel like you can't - I would actually go and talk to the people who tell you that you can.

If you have suffered from trauma, one of the most healing things that can happen to you is being seen. Being seen doesn't have to mean that someone actually lays their eyes on you, although that certainly helps.

A lot of people have a lot of things going on in their life. You'll be walking past ten people in the middle of the day and not even notice, but someone might have a family member that died, or someone might be going through a hard time. Sometimes you're the only person that someone might see that lifts them up.

If I get in a dark spot, I'll listen to some Adele and cry about it.

You need someone there that gets what you're going through.

If I texted somebody that I was having a down day, in seconds I would have somebody either call me or show up at my door.