Cheers mate appreciate it - Russel has prooved he is nothing but a really good guy more than enough money to live comfortably yet openly admits his heroin addiciton to try and save others and I now myself do the same thing but unfortunately we can't save everyone due to the Evil nature of this world. I hope to meet Russel one day to thank him as he speaks nothing but the truth. When you do that shit its cos you feel you are for some reason not good enough but true happiness is realising we are all equals, all nothing but molecules and atoms so Dragonfly I thank you too for taking the time to reply. We do not need killings we are not put on this planet to kill each other. Respect bro.
GrandFather is 98 this year. Gods bless you. After death, love is all xX I would recommend trying DMT at that age. If you cant get any DMT then go to your local pub and ask for some LSD. Don't be afraid of chasing dragons when you're older x
I'm almost 57 & finally learning all this that I did innately before but didn't know what I was doing. Then I lost my balance & getting it back with a purpose & understanding. ❤
I wish Ruby were my best friend. I could listen to her talk all day long, - she's funny, she's smart, and she seems so genuine. I could learn so much from her.
+ I'm the cosmos Thank you. That's probably the most encouraging and thoughtful thing someone has ever said to me on TH-cam. I'm working on becoming a better person. I struggle terribly with anxiety - I see more and more senseless violence in America, from within and from outside sources, and it makes me incredibly anxious to go out in public. I don't want to just hide in my own home. I want to go out and breathe fresh air and meet new people and interact with those who have the same ideas and ideals as I do. And I struggle very badly with various addictions. I can freely admit that even at the age of 49 I am a work in progress. That, perhaps, is the first step in the right direction.
Ruby Wax is a liar when she says depression is a brain disease and its very irresponsible to her to say so. Lets take a real disease like diabetes, if you suspect diabetes your urine sample will be tested for glucose. Urine doesn't normally contain glucose, but glucose can pass from the kidneys into your urine if you have diabetes. If your urine contains glucose, a specialised blood test known as glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) can be used to determine whether you have diabetes. However is you suspect depression your urine isn't tested, no blood test or any other biological test is given, and the reason is very simple, its because depression is NOT a real disease. At the moment the whole premise behind psychiatry is that if you're mentally ill its due to a biological problem like a brain disease which is a lie. This means society can carry on screwing people over and making them ill because if its a brain problem then nothing needs to change and those who do thrive in this environment will continue to do so. Psychiatrist use a book called the DSM to diagnose people however most of the illnesses are voted into existence by the American Psychiatric Association, none are discovered in the laboratory. In fact most mental illnesses are diagnosed through an interview. Can you imagine a normal doctor giving someone insulin, chemotherapy, drugs to treat cancer etc on the basis of an interview? If I'm going to have chemotherapy or be put on a life long drug treatment plan then I want a test to prove it especially when psychiatric drugs can causes liver, kidney damage and other health problems.
Russell is one of those people every generation needs who seemingly can't be intellectually bested by anyone. We need people like this because they challenge us.
To me he is like the boy who pointed out that the Emperor wasn't wearing any clothes! We need people like this. However annoying some might find him, he does put stuff on the agenda which was previously outside the bounds of accepted dialogue....he smashes through ideologies with a sledgehammer and for that I salute him!
The issue is still the stigma, lack of understanding about mental Illness. People only understand if they have suffered with it. It was great to hear Ruby describe what her symptoms were. I can relate to the racing mind and anxiety and the avoiding is crippling. I applaud Ruby for being so open and honest.She is right saying "we are all alone and isolation plays a part in that"'
I only discovered Ruby in the last decade, watching her older interviews. I loved her shows and friendship with Carrie Fisher . She also did a very telling interview with Trump. Showed the worst of him , even in the most basic way, if he wasn't attracted to someone. I like her
Being Sarah you helped me so very much! I cannot belive I came here and found you again, we never met but you put some things on TH-cam that myself and group used in therapy to express things that we couldn't for ourselves. 🤗😍 so happy your present. Thank you for being honest, open and uploading. Peace out x
Being Sarah a bad day sucks, please keep being just beautiful you, nothing more and nothing less than your unique self. More than me are with you in spirit, if you breath deep you may feel us on the breeze xxx
These comments are really polarized. She spoke honestly and sensibly about a topic she invested a great deal into, and shares with us the positive results of her studies. I can't figure out what is getting peoples goat about her.
This is like a dream come true for me...My idols right in front of my eyes. Can't get better than this. Been following both their careers for years. Bought all their books. Can't recommend them enough. Dream team Russ n Ruby!
Ruby is so real, not afraid to be vulnerable, wise and educated. Wondrous human being. Her self doubt is so interesting to me. We all entertain the thought that we might be frauds, less than, imposters. Ruby is the real deal as is Russell. Wonderful discussion
Ruby's parents were malignant narcissists, that's the key. Born, not made. Made worse by traumatic events which made them even angrier than they would have ordinarily been. She only mentions "narcissist" in passing at the beginning. Children of narcissists are always depressives. Narcissistic abuse changes the chemistry of the brain, damages it.
Fantastic interview Russell brand is fantastic and true keeping interviews pure not like the mainstream media who are after him such a shame is rather listen to him them the news reports today
The reason Russ seems turned off is that Ruby doesn't want a revolution. Russ wants to disrupt the status quo, and change the conditions that create the madness, Ruby just wants to survive within it.
Yes, but RW has always maintained she wasn't capable of orchestrating the big changes, she freely admits other people can do it and do it better. And I've heard Ms Wax speak of the various conditions that contribute to mental illness. She addresses them and advocates change for an individual where possible. Sometimes people can't change the circumstances that contribute to their depression, and if that's the case, these people need coping tools. If Brand wants to start a revolution Ms wax would be right beside him lending her support. Ms Wax adds her voice and effort to helping peeps cope. Sometimes that's all peeps can do, just take one minute at a time and cope, or survive as the case may be. My sister suicided at age 48 because she was overwhelmed and couldn't cope with her depression. For me personally, Ms Wax's humourous descriptions of her depressive symptoms and episodes are the only thing I've found that makes me laugh and assists me with making sense of some of the aspects of my own experience with depression. I've tried to bring about change in my family to the detriment of my own mental health after my sister died, I experienced severe backlash and scapegoat abuse. In my experience suicide as a result of depression really is the last taboo...only exception is talking about that dead person.
Ruby is so generous and opens herself right up, as many with mental illness do. Watching Russell going from being very quiet to more enthusiastic towards the end was interesting as he seemed almost distracted early in the conversation, but Ruby has come a long way in life, I remember her from back in the 80's.
Beautiful Sinèad 👑💜 watching this again in 2023 after the sorrow of your passing 💔😢 Thank you for giving voice and courage to so many. WE will honour You and never forget You. YOU are Special and too precious for this world. Rest now beautiful Soul.🙏🏿❤🖤💚
One of the most enlightening grown up truly intellectual conversations I've heard in a long time! I could listen to the two of you all day! Thank you, inspiring x
It’s as though Ruby found the door to the Holy Grail and became obsessed with the door rather than walking through it to what she calls “woo woo”. She’s greatly analysed the door, which yes is representative of the realm beyond it but is not the realm. Therefore her analytical mind and ego still rule and as she said if “she can’t see it or smell it she doesn’t buy it.” The lower self dwells in the senses and the higher self transcends them. You’re so close Ruby but you stopped at the door! Come in!
I've always liked Ruby Wax... She used to have my Mum in stitches, when she was always on telly, in the 80's & 90's... My Mum loved her... So much so, that I always think of my Mum whenever I see her... She's obviously's a very bright, intelligent woman... She used to represent that stereotypical, loud, brash, American that British people view/ed them as being... I summarised that, that's why she was chosen by program maker's a lot, back then... To perpetuate that view of them... She seem's to have chilled a lot, these day's... It's more than likely, just her age... I remember her having a few problem's, a number of year's ago... I watched something on the T.V. where she was talking about it openly...I was under the impression that she had manic depression (bi-polar) though she stresses (in this interview) that she just has clinical depression... As she doesn't have the massive peak's & high's, along with the low's, in the doldrums... Anyway, she, at least outwardly, seem's fine to me during the conversation... I do hope that on the whole, she's in a much better place these day's... She really is a special kind of person & so kind hearted... You can just tell... I wish her the very best... I think that I can safely say that she's very well loved in this country, by most people...
Jane McGrath mental health issues are merely the repercussions of an attempt of people to fit into something that does not fit into them. Expect it to rise significantly, suicides also. This is because the lost souls believe they are their minds and the product of thought... not the watcher of. I know cause by medical standards I’ve had every single one of them pathological titles. Messiah complex was the best tho. Lmao 😂
Ash E- I kinda get what you're saying. I feel that. My mental health issues (though at times debilitating) can be a blessing. I watch my thoughts very closely these days since I stopped drinking (almost 9 months) and realized that I am not my thoughts and with it I am not one organism sustaining itself. There's a symbiotic relationship with all life and all matter/material. There must be a connection to something greater than ourselves and I'm not talking deities. I can sometimes feel very overwhelmed by the amount of information the world can offer the mind. In sight, sounds, smells, feeling, emotion and I have to really struggle to focus my mind back to a pleasant peaceful state . I've spent all my adolescents and adulthood surrounded by it. But, then I guess that's why I started drinking and using to switch it all off dull the senses. It got to a point were I'd look forward to the abysmal headaches (*edit* and hangovers) in the wake of a days long binge because I felt calm in that pain and suffering I could focus my mind on it and when drunk, it's just, switched off and someone else was driving. My brain is hard wired into the existential and I don't think that calling it a crisis is very fair. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
TheDragonfly ShakaBooKa 🤯 The reality we’re sold is dryer than the Sahara The belief in it will leave you forever in Samsara They handed you crumbs and you just sat there and ate it Now every weekend your attempting to escape it Never questioning your story and who the hell made it Millions of beings are trapped in this wheel Believing every bit of this illusive spill All this energy wasted in fiction You were never told the truth So now it’s time to listen Let finding your self be your life mission You are an immortal soul occupying a human body Love is your number one hobby But they want you to believe you’re just meat and bones And now they’ve got you hooked on information and image stimulating phones You’ve believe so much in your story you tell yourself Not realising this is what harms your health Death is not coming for the soul So who is afraid right now You’re just an actor and acting out who you think you are. We’re all in fact producing our own little movie star The truth is so obscured and yet so obviously blatant It’s time to meet “God” and get reacquainted Once you’re touched by life everything falls into place And you like me will see the madness off the human race.
Transition. What transition? Comedy is psychology! It's an obvious, if not inevitable, route. We make sense of the world, among other things, through art & humour. Makes perfect sense to me! X
thank you, thank you, thank you for having these conversations. You often present something to me that I've been searching for. Please please please do interview Gabor Mate. The two of you have been so instrumental in guiding me towards my purpose. I've been hoping for this for some time, as I imagine so many have.Thank you for introducing me to Ruby Wax and so many other great minds that make me hopeful for a lovely possible future. Sometimes I feel incredibly broken and alone and then right on time I'll pull up an episode of Under the Skin and it's so eerily synchronous that tears or relief flow. You discuss things that remind us that we're not broken, we're not alone. You show us the beauty that can be born of suffering, Thank you for being a voice and champion for so many who feel we have no voice. I hope this comment comes to you like a warm hug. I love you, sir, truly. Thank you, you beautiful soul.
Loved this interview. I like the way both Russell and Ruby stayed mostly mindful during the conversation. I wrote this article about Ruby Wax's take on mindfulness in her book "Sane New World" 4 years ago. I have been practicing mindfulness for 5 years now and it has helped me immensely. I am diagnosed with PTSD and Bipolar. I now self-manage with my GP, no shrink involved any more. It has meant the world to me and the practice of mindfulness has helped enormously in this. I did two 8-week courses, though for the first I was in a high mood swing and had to miss two sessions. Hence, my MHT offered me the opportunity to take the 8 week course again, because every session is crucial to the whole. I'll never be perfect, NO-one will be hehe! But it has helped me cope with sudden, unexpected death of my husband 4 years back, and to deal with the ensuing few years beyond that. My article is here: tessatangent.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/crazy-not-to-why-sane-new-world-by-ruby-wax-and-mindfulness/ I have learned even more about it since practicing it over these last few years. It does make a lot of sense and my brain is certainly better at dealing with stress than it ever was before... Thanks for a great convo on this programme! :)
We are a very cold and isolated society. My philosophy teacher loved to tell the story about a famous symphony conductor who was a WWII refugee to the US. People were always asking him "How are doing?" and then he said "When I start telling them all of my troubles, they walk away."
Ruby I love what you said. I've never heard anyone ele say about the constant SCREAM in your head it's hard to drown mine out . I strugle with mine all the time and now I'm glad others have it also. I hope this knowledge will help me going forward.
I live in S.Wales I'm 49 years old and it was a right of passage at 11 years old to use psilocybin and have used them many times since for spiritual experiances. I would like to give DMT a try one day soon also.
great conversation! Love how Russel tried to lure Ruby to get out of her mechanical discourse without dismissing her point of view. That worked so well!
I love ruby! She has taught me so much. She is super, super intelligent and connected, and one of the most genuine spirits I've ever come across. I could tell Russel was totally captivated by her, I've never seen and heard him so relaxed and quiet, kindered souls, there's an energy and understanding they share, and I do too. I'm totally feeling both of them as human beings. Two of the greatest of our times. One of my favourite discussions I've ever had the pleasure to hear. Worth the watch. It's like a tonic, worked on my "Amygdala" anyway 😁
Oh my god! That resonates so much with me! I was constantly scared and tensed time when I was little that my mind was all over the place, could not concentrate and I was always worried to be wrong. I do understand completely where she is coming from. Difficult, for a child to make sense of grown-ups constant rage, a child takes it upon him/herself and starts believing that he/she is the cause of all evil.
I feel like this conversation is the one I have needed to have for a long time!!!! I finally feel like there are people who understand what's going on in my brain!!!!! The pull and push of spirituality peace and mindfulness in contrast to my busy mind that wants to move move move and achieve.
G. Bell exactly!! Going vegan has saved my life and health in amazing ways. When all doctors told me I can't heal or need medication, I didn't believe it. I believe in my body's ability to heal when giving the proper diet and nutrients. Fruits and vegetables are more powerful than society has led us to believe. And removing meat/dairy/eggs the source of many ailments and animal/environmental suffering is vital !
Love Ruby Wax. I saw her at a Brahma Kumaris rally in Wembley once. She keeps it real. I got a lot from this. Cheers. This is a cool channel, much needed. Om Shanti. Peace Out.
What a fabulous inciteful chat. I adore both Russell & Ruby. How fascinating it is now that Eastern mysticism is finally being acknowledged as helpful. I have been attending a course on mental health for young people this week which will have folk encouraging & being allowed to encourage young people to try these sorts of things in schools. About time!
Jason Gray I do really hope that meditation can be taught in schools, as well as an awareness of Mental Health Issues/Self Esteem etc. I am glad that there are courses out there that are starting to encourage this 👍
Ruby Wax is a liar when she says depression is a brain disease and its very irresponsible to her to say so. Lets take a real disease like diabetes, if you suspect diabetes your urine sample will be tested for glucose. Urine doesn't normally contain glucose, but glucose can pass from the kidneys into your urine if you have diabetes. If your urine contains glucose, a specialised blood test known as glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) can be used to determine whether you have diabetes. However is you suspect depression your urine isn't tested, no blood test or any other biological test is given, and the reason is very simple, its because depression is NOT a real disease. At the moment the whole premise behind psychiatry is that if you're mentally ill its due to a biological problem like a brain disease which is a lie. This means society can carry on screwing people over and making them ill because if its a brain problem then nothing needs to change and those who do thrive in this environment will continue to do so. Psychiatrist use a book called the DSM to diagnose people however most of the illnesses are voted into existence by the American Psychiatric Association, none are discovered in the laboratory. In fact most mental illnesses are diagnosed through an interview. Can you imagine a normal doctor giving someone insulin, chemotherapy, drugs to treat cancer etc on the basis of an interview? If I'm going to have chemotherapy or be put on a life long drug treatment plan then I want a test to prove it especially when psychiatric drugs can causes liver, kidney damage and other health problems.
I'm not in a rage, we live in a dormant uncaring society so it hard to wake people up when they've been conditioned from a young age. I've got my own You Tube channel where I air my views and sometimes I ring BBC London Radio and LBC to give my opinions, nothing much changes though lol
Psychiatry Capitalist Fraud I understand your frustration and I can sympathise and relate to not always being treated appropriately or accurately and with my (the patient) best interest. Also I do agree that there is a big business in pharmaceuticals, and I must say that everyone being told “it’s a chemical imbalance” for the last few decades is false information. How do we know that it is false? Because they have no baseline of comparison. Where I disagree with you is this, and I hope you do consider what I’m saying. Just because a test has not been invented does not mean that a disease does not exist. Think about the onset of any kind of disease outbreak.Or a better example, late stage Lyme disease (which causes mental and physical illness) can not be tested for using the antibody test because the immune system has been destroyed and under immune suppression you won’t make the antibodies. They have recently found new ways of testing. Also, knowing just how debilitating mental health can be (just as much as physical) I think it’s fair to acknowledge the brain is in suffering, has an illness, and that illness is real, physical, and felt very deeply. Did you know depression can cause brain inflammation and vice versa? A bit of a chicken and egg thought for you there, because until a root cause is identified, who knows what test even fits? In closing I must also mention that there are many studies showing that a parasite problem can cause psychological illness, as can heavy metal poisoning. They are very real and physical problems that cause this physical and mental suffering of disease. Symptoms are varied and chronically severe in many cases. Parasites, heavy metals, autoimmune reactions to foods and toxins can all affect the mind. My worst experience, my deepest depression, was when I was living with mold. Google the effects of mold illness on mental health, or mold rage. Mold/mould causes the brain to both shrink and swell causing a wide range of psychological problems.
This is simply great, just great. I love Russel, adore Ruby and the other chap is nice on the eye. It’s wonderful how Ruby is sharing her conversation with both of them too. Bloody brilliant.
Would be interesting to really take some time to study Russell's interaction (physical & verbal) w/ Ruby during this interview. She's a deep thinker w/ a quick delivery--much like Russell....but she's learned how to deliver her charged insight in a much more cortisol-free way. My first inclination is to say that he's genuinely impressed w/ her....and being genuinely impressed w/ others is probably not an easy feat for Russell.
Thank you both for doing these shows. The ability of the internet to come together for people that would of never been able to other wise meet. Keep up the good work. That was great!
Very interesting. This is unbelievably good for not obvious reasons. The person he's talking to is a great example of a person who thinks mainly mechanically, materialistically, but is learning rapidly enough, has a trajectory of honesty, that might actually allow her to eventually see through her limits in thinking. So it's so mixed that it's a perfect way to see the limits of mechanical/rational thinking:
Here on a retrospective watch as I ate this Interview up when It aired. Without any dramatic bs It was honestly a seminal moment In my journey not only to wrestle back my autonomy from the clutches of recovering but still fragile mental health, but also helped to re Invigour the curiosity the 7 year old genius within us has. Ensued a year long battle trying to reassign the notion of being healed and why It suddenly became a nonsense word. Like the word normal. That subsequently made me re look at much of the language commonly used In perceiving the nature and social or societilal 'validity' of humans. You didnt look healed. You were clearly In charge of your minds autonomy whilst sonehow also remaining very raw and human. The year I spent debating why that bothered me so much at first and the realisations followed and right up to this day where on stand on the precipice of being the educator, the umcomfortable truth bearer that frees us all I want to say this Interview was more than an Interesting lump of media to me. It was a puzzle piece that change the whole picture. Too Ruby Wax. Much thanks for sharing your 'ugly truths'. I understand now how shame Is transformed Into magic. 😊 I live In a ripple of your Butterfly Effect. And I creating my own. So there your ripple too. Isn't that just the most beautiful thought. It Is to me. 🥰
This is so like my Dad who died last September Heart failure.I was saying last night to myself my Mum is a planner and a leader and Dad was a thinker and a doer.
i love that the guy in the background that usually just looks like he is on facebook or something, is now totally taken in by Ruby, great video i have just started trying to use Mindfulness and so much of what Ruby is saying makes so much sense, very compelling
I just watched this... a bit late to the party... 2 years.... thank you so much. Great topic, so helpful and has opened feelings of hope and motivation in me . I am currently reading Ruby's book "Frazzled", and so grateful for info I can use to better understand and live my life with clinical depression. Cheers!
Phenomenal Interview .... I feel that. Ruby Wax has a spiritual gift for the world though her own gain and inner pain ..... so hope she’s become a massive success. Loved her work with French & Saunders and now she’s offering her own pearls of wisdom .... This was over 2 1/2 years ago so she’s a must to follow through for me!
Fair play for giving Ruby a platform - although she is obviously still in a state of disarray. She should be looking deep into her own consciousness. "I can't get into the whole buddhist stuff" - yes you can Ruby, you're just listening to your own prejudgements but they are just thoughts, you know, the things you are meant to be mindful about.
If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.
Poem with Fire 🔥 Who am I? who am I? The answer will leave you higher than timbuktu They say talking to yourself is the first sign of madness, Broken hearts, lost souls and sadness. But isn’t that just imagining you? Cause in a lot of respects that’s what we’ve all been trained to do. We’ve been trained in falseness and not in truth. When you breakthrough and realise your story is fictitious. Life itself becomes rather delicious Fear is just a theory there’s no need to be suspicious. Ego is an illusion That drowns you in delusion We are all brothers and sisters finding our way If you believe anything other than that you’ve been led astray Who are you for the facts Question your reality you silly twats 🤙🏻😍
The beings and generations that follow ours and those that follow those will remember quicker and quicker. The world is awakening, mental illness will rise as souls struggle to handle society’s narratives and their own inner awakenings, chaos, suicides, will humanity save itself or will we let the whole house of cards come crashing down on ourselves? 🌈 Stay tuned in folks !
I'm the cosmos I’ve been one of those who was in ignorance, have compassion in realising these people are only ignorant because they’ve been trained to be. Our society is full of fear, the real battle and choice has always between fear or love. It’s just a choice but people believe they are the story of the person they have been trained to identify with. What we need to work on the children of the world, mediation and introducing them to the inter dimensional heart-space that exists within all of us. The problem is this doesn’t help with the economy, we no longer become passive, fearful consumers, going through life obtaining. We become free!. What use is this to a dead world ideology?. This is why there is war on consciousness albeit a war on us as a collective.
I graduated early from a NY high school. I never went to the graduation, was never handed my diploma. For years after that, I had nightmares that I didn't finish high school and ALSO found myself in the hallway trying to get into my locker. Just like she said.
Thank you so much, I can't even express how much this helped me... the timing was perfect and this conversation and Rubys sharing of her experience are a part of my very real relief today. Thank You. Thank you.
Hi Russell, if you are not already aware of her you MUST look up Marisa Peer, a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist who has such truly phenomenal success at healing people. I think it would be amazing if you could do a talk with her!
Brilliant! INlightening! I will watch more than once because there are so many gems to pick up! Simply AB FAB! I'm thrilled that I "stumbled on to Russell's "Under The Skin" and hope to discover he is still doing them in 2019!!
oh beauriful ruby.. time n place lovely..thank goodness for the "gettin kicked out of the spotlight" and finding you lovely healing giving new path.. bless. word up lady.. love how your brain is working.
Hello Russell thankyou soo much for doing this I look up to you iam a survivor of Domestic violence and abuse and I have struggled with depression and self harm since I was 13 and iam ashamed of it I still struggle with it And now iam a singer songwriter and I struggle with emotionally eating
Hi, I hope your day is going well, I have had my fair share of emotional issues in my past and I know what it is like to consume in order to fill that lonely painful void or wound, I just wanted to share with you, that at least from my experience, the power of positivity, self love and love for others, is key to healing, but I know how hard it can be sometimes to find that desire to treat yourself right and stay positive, in those darker moments, that I still encounter sometimes, I have found that the closer I am to nature and positive settings, whether its a serene park or a Good movie, the better I feel and the more time I spend in these Good spaces, wherever they be, although I highly recommend nature and sunlight, the better I feel, I think we are more responsible for our current realties than we really know most times, and if one continues to focus and think about the painful past one may well and in some sense's probably will through law of attraction and such, repeat similar experiences of their past, think positive, do positive things and you will become a positive Being, I hope you have a great day, :)
Anwell EarthlyBeing hello Thankyou i have also struggled with my faith cause I have grown up in a Atheist household and with family who don't pray and who don't go to church and I have tried to change and break away from that to having faith but I was Abused by people who claim to be Christian or catholic and it made me sacred cause they to me that I can do anything and and iam automatically forgiven by God and when I was 18 I was diagnosed with concealed depression I was living with my father and his wife then it changed to a domestic violence experience and after my 20th birthday I was on Suicide watch in my own home I had nothing Music saved my life and they gave me a knife to end my life with on my bed and they were just standing there laughing at me and I picked it up and they took it away I survived I had been taught that when someone try's to Encourage you do something Negative Don't Give them the pleasure of watching you crumble and sink that saved my life
I am glad you were able to navigate successfully and not give in to that negativity, I have had my own personal issues with suicide and real bad depression in the past and like you I have found a lot of amazing healing power from music, both listening and creating, during some of the darker periods of my life I have found that just simply positive melodies and even my own ability to hum and sing has kept my vibrations up and helped me move on positively, I feel when you bring out that deep inner love from inside your soul and vocalize it to the external; it seems to set a good happy frequency, for you and those around, Best of energies to You!
Anwell EarthlyBeing the part of my domestic violence experience that affected me the most was that my father said that cause he Ptsd and mental health that made all the abuse was Ok and it was my fault cause I made his life difficult cause of my mental health struggles so that made me dark tunnel even darker I slept in till midday cause I didn't wanna wake up
I'm sorry your father treated you so abusively, hurt people tend to hurt people, I think they do this because it temporarily puts a Band-Aid on their own wounds when they inflict negativity on another, its a deflection response, instead of going within themselves and reflecting on the issues of their own self they choose to escape or neglect their own problems and instead, they choose to bring to attention the problems of others and put the blame there on others, instead of looking at themselves, its not your fault he has Ptsd or any mental issue, don't let that get to you, I know its hard, I have a pretty complicated past with my father too, but I have now come to forgive him and moved on from his negativity, and if your situation is so difficult with him around and stuff, you might want to think seriously about finding a better place to live, around people who will help and treat you right. Best of energies to You. :)
Russel Brand helped me with my heroin addiction big time - 11 months clean and will never touch it again....
Alright N That UK much love sir
Yes bro, that's soo nice to hear. Congratulations, that's amazing... 🍒
Well done! much respect to you.
That's fucking brilliant man that's incredible.
Cheers mate appreciate it - Russel has prooved he is nothing but a really good guy more than enough money to live comfortably yet openly admits his heroin addiciton to try and save others and I now myself do the same thing but unfortunately we can't save everyone due to the Evil nature of this world. I hope to meet Russel one day to thank him as he speaks nothing but the truth. When you do that shit its cos you feel you are for some reason not good enough but true happiness is realising we are all equals, all nothing but molecules and atoms so Dragonfly I thank you too for taking the time to reply. We do not need killings we are not put on this planet to kill each other. Respect bro.
I'm 77 , people like Russell give me hope for the future of the human race.
laugh out loud Me too
This is true!
GrandFather is 98 this year. Gods bless you. After death, love is all xX I would recommend trying DMT at that age.
If you cant get any DMT then go to your local pub and ask for some LSD. Don't be afraid of chasing dragons when you're older x
I'm almost 57 & finally learning all this that I did innately before but didn't know what I was doing. Then I lost my balance & getting it back with a purpose & understanding. ❤
I'm 29 and agree, but people like Russell are rare beacons of hope
I wish Ruby were my best friend. I could listen to her talk all day long, - she's funny, she's smart, and she seems so genuine. I could learn so much from her.
NothingHereMoveOn Ruby should have her own talk show on radio.
+ I'm the cosmos Thank you. That's probably the most encouraging and thoughtful thing someone has ever said to me on TH-cam. I'm working on becoming a better person. I struggle terribly with anxiety - I see more and more senseless violence in America, from within and from outside sources, and it makes me incredibly anxious to go out in public. I don't want to just hide in my own home. I want to go out and breathe fresh air and meet new people and interact with those who have the same ideas and ideals as I do. And I struggle very badly with various addictions. I can freely admit that even at the age of 49 I am a work in progress. That, perhaps, is the first step in the right direction.
She was very patient and compassionate when Russell started to follow only his own ideas about mindfulness and "consciousness"...
She is great - gives a great hug, too
Ruby Wax is a liar when she says depression is a brain disease and its very irresponsible to her to say so. Lets take a real disease like diabetes, if you suspect diabetes your urine sample will be tested for glucose. Urine doesn't normally contain glucose, but glucose can pass from the kidneys into your urine if you have diabetes. If your urine contains glucose, a specialised blood test known as glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) can be used to determine whether you have diabetes. However is you suspect depression your urine isn't tested, no blood test or any other biological test is given, and the reason is very simple, its because depression is NOT a real disease.
At the moment the whole premise behind psychiatry is that if you're mentally ill its due to a biological problem like a brain disease which is a lie. This means society can carry on screwing people over and making them ill because if its a brain problem then nothing needs to change and those who do thrive in this environment will continue to do so. Psychiatrist use a book called the DSM to diagnose people however most of the illnesses are voted into existence by the American Psychiatric Association, none are discovered in the laboratory. In fact most mental illnesses are diagnosed through an interview. Can you imagine a normal doctor giving someone insulin, chemotherapy, drugs to treat cancer etc on the basis of an interview? If I'm going to have chemotherapy or be put on a life long drug treatment plan then I want a test to prove it especially when psychiatric drugs can causes liver, kidney damage and other health problems.
Russell is one of those people every generation needs who seemingly can't be intellectually bested by anyone. We need people like this because they challenge us.
To me he is like the boy who pointed out that the Emperor wasn't wearing any clothes!
We need people like this. However annoying some might find him, he does put stuff on the agenda which was previously outside the bounds of accepted dialogue....he smashes through ideologies with a sledgehammer and for that I salute him!
I love that woman. I’ve always felt a connection to her for some reason I could never explain.
I never used to like watching ruby on tv at the time ...but now when I look back at her interviewing people I think she is brilliant
The issue is still the stigma, lack of understanding about mental Illness. People only understand if they have suffered with it. It was great to hear Ruby describe what her symptoms were. I can relate to the racing mind and anxiety and the avoiding is crippling. I applaud Ruby for being so open and honest.She is right saying "we are all alone and isolation plays a part in that"'
I only discovered Ruby in the last decade, watching her older interviews. I loved her shows and friendship with Carrie Fisher . She also did a very telling interview with Trump. Showed the worst of him , even in the most basic way, if he wasn't attracted to someone. I like her
I was one of those people that Ruby interviewed for her online series... I met her twice... amazing lady and was so understanding :-)
Being Sarah you helped me so very much! I cannot belive I came here and found you again, we never met but you put some things on TH-cam that myself and group used in therapy to express things that we couldn't for ourselves. 🤗😍 so happy your present. Thank you for being honest, open and uploading. Peace out x
moonbeam beth Oh wow.... thank YOU... You've made me smile on a very bad day... thank you xxx
Being Sarah a bad day sucks, please keep being just beautiful you, nothing more and nothing less than your unique self. More than me are with you in spirit, if you breath deep you may feel us on the breeze xxx
These comments are really polarized. She spoke honestly and sensibly about a topic she invested a great deal into, and shares with us the positive results of her studies. I can't figure out what is getting peoples goat about her.
This is like a dream come true for me...My idols right in front of my eyes. Can't get better than this. Been following both their careers for years. Bought all their books. Can't recommend them enough. Dream team Russ n Ruby!
Ruby is so real, not afraid to be vulnerable, wise and educated. Wondrous human being. Her self doubt is so interesting to me. We all entertain the thought that we might be frauds, less than, imposters. Ruby is the real deal as is Russell. Wonderful discussion
Ruby's parents were malignant narcissists, that's the key. Born, not made. Made worse by traumatic events which made them even angrier than they would have ordinarily been. She only mentions "narcissist" in passing at the beginning. Children of narcissists are always depressives. Narcissistic abuse changes the chemistry of the brain, damages it.
She's never talked about both parents being narcissists that I'm aware of
@@andyd6338 She did, but she doesn't want to focus on them.
Fantastic interview Russell brand is fantastic and true keeping interviews pure not like the mainstream media who are after him such a shame is rather listen to him them the news reports today
The reason Russ seems turned off is that Ruby doesn't want a revolution. Russ wants to disrupt the status quo, and change the conditions that create the madness, Ruby just wants to survive within it.
Yes I agree with this analysis.
Yes, but RW has always maintained she wasn't capable of orchestrating the big changes, she freely admits other people can do it and do it better. And I've heard Ms Wax speak of the various conditions that contribute to mental illness. She addresses them and advocates change for an individual where possible. Sometimes people can't change the circumstances that contribute to their depression, and if that's the case, these people need coping tools. If Brand wants to start a revolution Ms wax would be right beside him lending her support. Ms Wax adds her voice and effort to helping peeps cope. Sometimes that's all peeps can do, just take one minute at a time and cope, or survive as the case may be. My sister suicided at age 48 because she was overwhelmed and couldn't cope with her depression. For me personally, Ms Wax's humourous descriptions of her depressive symptoms and episodes are the only thing I've found that makes me laugh and assists me with making sense of some of the aspects of my own experience with depression. I've tried to bring about change in my family to the detriment of my own mental health after my sister died, I experienced severe backlash and scapegoat abuse. In my experience suicide as a result of depression really is the last taboo...only exception is talking about that dead person.
Ruby is so generous and opens herself right up, as many with mental illness do. Watching Russell going from being very quiet to more enthusiastic towards the end was interesting as he seemed almost distracted early in the conversation, but Ruby has come a long way in life, I remember her from back in the 80's.
One of my newest heroes(Russell) chatting with one of my childhood heroes (Ruby) about mindfulness. What's not to like about that? F!@#ing awesome
Beautiful Sinèad 👑💜 watching this again in 2023 after the sorrow of your passing 💔😢
Thank you for giving voice and courage to so many.
WE will honour You and never forget You.
YOU are Special and too precious for this world.
Rest now beautiful Soul.🙏🏿❤🖤💚
One of the most enlightening grown up truly intellectual conversations I've heard in a long time! I could listen to the two of you all day! Thank you, inspiring x
Over the years, i can see i've changed my mind listening to people like Ruby Wax and Russell Brand. xx
It’s as though Ruby found the door to the Holy Grail and became obsessed with the door rather than walking through it to what she calls “woo woo”. She’s greatly analysed the door, which yes is representative of the realm beyond it but is not the realm. Therefore her analytical mind and ego still rule and as she said if “she can’t see it or smell it she doesn’t buy it.” The lower self dwells in the senses and the higher self transcends them. You’re so close Ruby but you stopped at the door! Come in!
Spot on! The whole point is to have direct experience
I've always liked Ruby Wax... She used to have my Mum in stitches, when she was always on telly, in the 80's & 90's... My Mum loved her... So much so, that I always think of my Mum whenever I see her... She's obviously's a very bright, intelligent woman... She used to represent that stereotypical, loud, brash, American that British people view/ed them as being... I summarised that, that's why she was chosen by program maker's a lot, back then... To perpetuate that view of them... She seem's to have chilled a lot, these day's... It's more than likely, just her age... I remember her having a few problem's, a number of year's ago... I watched something on the T.V. where she was talking about it openly...I was under the impression that she had manic depression (bi-polar) though she stresses (in this interview) that she just has clinical depression... As she doesn't have the massive peak's & high's, along with the low's, in the doldrums... Anyway, she, at least outwardly, seem's fine to me during the conversation... I do hope that on the whole, she's in a much better place these day's... She really is a special kind of person & so kind hearted... You can just tell... I wish her the very best... I think that I can safely say that she's very well loved in this country, by most people...
I like how Ruby speaks to the other guy in the room also.She is so smart,then you have to be smart to have mental health issues."unsettled brain".
Jane McGrath mental health issues are merely the repercussions of an attempt of people to fit into something that does not fit into them. Expect it to rise significantly, suicides also.
This is because the lost souls believe they are their minds and the product of thought... not the watcher of.
I know cause by medical standards I’ve had every single one of them pathological titles. Messiah complex was the best tho. Lmao 😂
Ash E- I kinda get what you're saying. I feel that. My mental health issues (though at times debilitating) can be a blessing. I watch my thoughts very closely these days since I stopped drinking (almost 9 months) and realized that I am not my thoughts and with it I am not one organism sustaining itself. There's a symbiotic relationship with all life and all matter/material. There must be a connection to something greater than ourselves and I'm not talking deities.
I can sometimes feel very overwhelmed by the amount of information the world can offer the mind. In sight, sounds, smells, feeling, emotion and I have to really struggle to focus my mind back to a pleasant peaceful state . I've spent all my adolescents and adulthood surrounded by it. But, then I guess that's why I started drinking and using to switch it all off dull the senses. It got to a point were I'd look forward to the abysmal headaches (*edit* and hangovers) in the wake of a days long binge because I felt calm in that pain and suffering I could focus my mind on it and when drunk, it's just, switched off and someone else was driving.
My brain is hard wired into the existential and I don't think that calling it a crisis is very fair.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
TheDragonfly ShakaBooKa 🤯
The reality we’re sold is dryer than the Sahara
The belief in it will leave you forever in Samsara
They handed you crumbs and you just sat there and ate it
Now every weekend your attempting to escape it
Never questioning your story and who the hell made it
Millions of beings are trapped in this wheel
Believing every bit of this illusive spill
All this energy wasted in fiction
You were never told the truth
So now it’s time to listen
Let finding your self be your life mission
You are an immortal soul occupying a human body
Love is your number one hobby
But they want you to believe you’re just meat and bones
And now they’ve got you hooked on information and image stimulating phones
You’ve believe so much in your story you tell yourself
Not realising this is what harms your health
Death is not coming for the soul
So who is afraid right now
You’re just an actor and acting out who you think you are.
We’re all in fact producing our own little movie star
The truth is so obscured and yet so obviously blatant
It’s time to meet “God” and get reacquainted
Once you’re touched by life everything falls into place
And you like me will see the madness off the human race.
That's a very poignant poem.
Did you write that ?
TheDragonfly yes mate
I love these two. So good to see them together.
Transition. What transition? Comedy is psychology! It's an obvious, if not inevitable, route. We make sense of the world, among other things, through art & humour. Makes perfect sense to me! X
thank you, thank you, thank you for having these conversations. You often present something to me that I've been searching for. Please please please do interview Gabor Mate. The two of you have been so instrumental in guiding me towards my purpose. I've been hoping for this for some time, as I imagine so many have.Thank you for introducing me to Ruby Wax and so many other great minds that make me hopeful for a lovely possible future. Sometimes I feel incredibly broken and alone and then right on time I'll pull up an episode of Under the Skin and it's so eerily synchronous that tears or relief flow. You discuss things that remind us that we're not broken, we're not alone. You show us the beauty that can be born of suffering, Thank you for being a voice and champion for so many who feel we have no voice. I hope this comment comes to you like a warm hug. I love you, sir, truly. Thank you, you beautiful soul.
Following both of these people closely.....wisdom beyond words. Truely grateful
Loved this interview. I like the way both Russell and Ruby stayed mostly mindful during the conversation. I wrote this article about Ruby Wax's take on mindfulness in her book "Sane New World" 4 years ago. I have been practicing mindfulness for 5 years now and it has helped me immensely. I am diagnosed with PTSD and Bipolar. I now self-manage with my GP, no shrink involved any more. It has meant the world to me and the practice of mindfulness has helped enormously in this. I did two 8-week courses, though for the first I was in a high mood swing and had to miss two sessions. Hence, my MHT offered me the opportunity to take the 8 week course again, because every session is crucial to the whole. I'll never be perfect, NO-one will be hehe! But it has helped me cope with sudden, unexpected death of my husband 4 years back, and to deal with the ensuing few years beyond that. My article is here: tessatangent.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/crazy-not-to-why-sane-new-world-by-ruby-wax-and-mindfulness/ I have learned even more about it since practicing it over these last few years. It does make a lot of sense and my brain is certainly better at dealing with stress than it ever was before... Thanks for a great convo on this programme! :)
We are a very cold and isolated society. My philosophy teacher loved to tell the story about a famous symphony conductor who was a WWII refugee to the US. People were always asking him "How are doing?" and then he said "When I start telling them all of my troubles, they walk away."
Ruby I love what you said. I've never heard anyone ele say about the constant SCREAM in your head it's hard to drown mine out . I strugle with mine all the time and now I'm glad others have it also. I hope this knowledge will help me going forward.
louise you are sooo not alone. Wish you well and hoping you find your peace 🤗
Have you ever tried psilocybin or DMT?
Thankyou for taking the time to wish me well .I hope peace and happyness for you. Lou.
I live in S.Wales I'm 49 years old and it was a right of passage at 11 years old to use psilocybin and have used them many times since for spiritual experiances. I would like to give DMT a try one day soon also.
great conversation! Love how Russel tried to lure Ruby to get out of her mechanical discourse without dismissing her point of view. That worked so well!
Brilliance is urgently required in this day and age. Ruby radiates brilliance like our beautiful life giving Sun.
I love ruby! She has taught me so much. She is super, super intelligent and connected, and one of the most genuine spirits I've ever come across. I could tell Russel was totally captivated by her, I've never seen and heard him so relaxed and quiet, kindered souls, there's an energy and understanding they share, and I do too. I'm totally feeling both of them as human beings. Two of the greatest of our times. One of my favourite discussions I've ever had the pleasure to hear. Worth the watch. It's like a tonic, worked on my "Amygdala" anyway 😁
Oh my god! That resonates so much with me! I was constantly scared and tensed time when I was little that my mind was all over the place, could not concentrate and I was always worried to be wrong. I do understand completely where she is coming from. Difficult, for a child to make sense of grown-ups constant rage, a child takes it upon him/herself and starts believing that he/she is the cause of all evil.
I think Russell is so engrossed by what she's saying it's giving him food for thought. Think that's why he's quieter. I could listen to Ruby all day!
I feel like this conversation is the one I have needed to have for a long time!!!! I finally feel like there are people who understand what's going on in my brain!!!!! The pull and push of spirituality peace and mindfulness in contrast to my busy mind that wants to move move move and achieve.
" The body's ability to heal is greater than anyone has permitted us to believe. " ...... #govegan
G. Bell exactly!! Going vegan has saved my life and health in amazing ways. When all doctors told me I can't heal or need medication, I didn't believe it. I believe in my body's ability to heal when giving the proper diet and nutrients. Fruits and vegetables are more powerful than society has led us to believe. And removing meat/dairy/eggs the source of many ailments and animal/environmental suffering is vital !
Need I go on...... :)
Best of luck with your journey! You're on the right path.
Love Ruby Wax. I saw her at a Brahma Kumaris rally in Wembley once. She keeps it real. I got a lot from this. Cheers. This is a cool channel, much needed. Om Shanti. Peace Out.
Favourite under the skin so far. Ruby is a force of nature, inspiring & powerful ✌🏻x
What a fabulous inciteful chat. I adore both Russell & Ruby. How fascinating it is now that Eastern mysticism is finally being acknowledged as helpful. I have been attending a course on mental health for young people this week which will have folk encouraging & being allowed to encourage young people to try these sorts of things in schools. About time!
Jason Gray I do really hope that meditation can be taught in schools, as well as an awareness of Mental Health Issues/Self Esteem etc. I am glad that there are courses out there that are starting to encourage this 👍
Another insightful being! Truly a first class representative of the world folks!
i love the way you worded that!
Ruby Wax is a liar when she says depression is a brain disease and its very irresponsible to her to say so. Lets take a real disease like diabetes, if you suspect diabetes your urine sample will be tested for glucose. Urine doesn't normally contain glucose, but glucose can pass from the kidneys into your urine if you have diabetes. If your urine contains glucose, a specialised blood test known as glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) can be used to determine whether you have diabetes. However is you suspect depression your urine isn't tested, no blood test or any other biological test is given, and the reason is very simple, its because depression is NOT a real disease.
At the moment the whole premise behind psychiatry is that if you're mentally ill its due to a biological problem like a brain disease which is a lie. This means society can carry on screwing people over and making them ill because if its a brain problem then nothing needs to change and those who do thrive in this environment will continue to do so. Psychiatrist use a book called the DSM to diagnose people however most of the illnesses are voted into existence by the American Psychiatric Association, none are discovered in the laboratory. In fact most mental illnesses are diagnosed through an interview. Can you imagine a normal doctor giving someone insulin, chemotherapy, drugs to treat cancer etc on the basis of an interview? If I'm going to have chemotherapy or be put on a life long drug treatment plan then I want a test to prove it especially when psychiatric drugs can causes liver, kidney damage and other health problems.
Psychiatry Capitalist Fraud that conversation has done nothin for you has it! Your in a rage
I'm not in a rage, we live in a dormant uncaring society so it hard to wake people up when they've been conditioned from a young age. I've got my own You Tube channel where I air my views and sometimes I ring BBC London Radio and LBC to give my opinions, nothing much changes though lol
Psychiatry Capitalist Fraud I understand your frustration and I can sympathise and relate to not always being treated appropriately or accurately and with my (the patient) best interest. Also I do agree that there is a big business in pharmaceuticals, and I must say that everyone being told “it’s a chemical imbalance” for the last few decades is false information. How do we know that it is false? Because they have no baseline of comparison. Where I disagree with you is this, and I hope you do consider what I’m saying. Just because a test has not been invented does not mean that a disease does not exist. Think about the onset of any kind of disease outbreak.Or a better example, late stage Lyme disease (which causes mental and physical illness) can not be tested for using the antibody test because the immune system has been destroyed and under immune suppression you won’t make the antibodies. They have recently found new ways of testing. Also, knowing just how debilitating mental health can be (just as much as physical) I think it’s fair to acknowledge the brain is in suffering, has an illness, and that illness is real, physical, and felt very deeply. Did you know depression can cause brain inflammation and vice versa? A bit of a chicken and egg thought for you there, because until a root cause is identified, who knows what test even fits? In closing I must also mention that there are many studies showing that a parasite problem can cause psychological illness, as can heavy metal poisoning. They are very real and physical problems that cause this physical and mental suffering of disease. Symptoms are varied and chronically severe in many cases. Parasites, heavy metals, autoimmune reactions to foods and toxins can all affect the mind. My worst experience, my deepest depression, was when I was living with mold. Google the effects of mold illness on mental health, or mold rage. Mold/mould causes the brain to both shrink and swell causing a wide range of psychological problems.
'Change the rules on what controls you and you will change the rules on what you can control.'
This is brilliant she is so open, raw and honest Love her so sad and funny at the same time - best ambassador for mental health 🌹
This is simply great, just great. I love Russel, adore Ruby and the other chap is nice on the eye. It’s wonderful how Ruby is sharing her conversation with both of them too. Bloody brilliant.
Would be interesting to really take some time to study Russell's interaction (physical & verbal) w/ Ruby during this interview. She's a deep thinker w/ a quick delivery--much like Russell....but she's learned how to deliver her charged insight in a much more cortisol-free way.
My first inclination is to say that he's genuinely impressed w/ her....and being genuinely impressed w/ others is probably not an easy feat for Russell.
Thank you both for doing these shows. The ability of the internet to come together for people that would of never been able to other wise meet. Keep up the good work. That was great!
Very interesting. This is unbelievably good for not obvious reasons. The person he's talking to is a great example of a person who thinks mainly mechanically, materialistically, but is learning rapidly enough, has a trajectory of honesty, that might actually allow her to eventually see through her limits in thinking. So it's so mixed that it's a perfect way to see the limits of mechanical/rational thinking:
Thank you for letting us listen ❤️
OMG!!! I loved this! Let’s all be that REAL! Russell u sure are help me think about things! 23 years clean & sober next Tuesday!!
Here on a retrospective watch as I ate this Interview up when It aired. Without any dramatic bs It was honestly a seminal moment In my journey not only to wrestle back my autonomy from the clutches of recovering but still fragile mental health, but also helped to re Invigour the curiosity the 7 year old genius within us has. Ensued a year long battle trying to reassign the notion of being healed and why It suddenly became a nonsense word. Like the word normal. That subsequently made me re look at much of the language commonly used In perceiving the nature and social or societilal 'validity' of humans. You didnt look healed. You were clearly In charge of your minds autonomy whilst sonehow also remaining very raw and human. The year I spent debating why that bothered me so much at first and the realisations followed and right up to this day where on stand on the precipice of being the educator, the umcomfortable truth bearer that frees us all I want to say this Interview was more than an Interesting lump of media to me. It was a puzzle piece that change the whole picture.
Too Ruby Wax. Much thanks for sharing your 'ugly truths'. I understand now how shame Is transformed Into magic. 😊 I live In a ripple of your Butterfly Effect. And I creating my own. So there your ripple too. Isn't that just the most beautiful thought. It Is to me. 🥰
This is so like my Dad who died last September Heart failure.I was saying last night to myself my Mum is a planner and a leader and Dad was a thinker and a doer.
Wow Ruby, she helped me, she spoke what I feel and am too afraid or don't have opportunity. Thanks Russell once again. Namaste, Z.
I fell in love with Ruby Wax this week! It led me from a Madonna interview, being a fan, to the genius person called Ruby Wax.
This just blew my mind. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you Russell and Ruby.
i love that the guy in the background that usually just looks like he is on facebook or something, is now totally taken in by Ruby, great video i have just started trying to use Mindfulness and so much of what Ruby is saying makes so much sense, very compelling
I just watched this... a bit late to the party... 2 years.... thank you so much. Great topic, so helpful and has opened feelings of hope and motivation in me . I am currently reading Ruby's book "Frazzled", and so grateful for info I can use to better understand and live my life with clinical depression. Cheers!
Phenomenal Interview .... I feel that. Ruby Wax has a spiritual gift for the world though her own gain and inner pain ..... so hope she’s become a massive success. Loved her work with French & Saunders and now she’s offering her own pearls of wisdom .... This was over 2 1/2 years ago so she’s a must to follow through for me!
I can see science and spirituality coming together everywhere. This conversation is very exciting!
It is interesting to see these two reinventing themselves and learning from their own experiences.
Fair play for giving Ruby a platform - although she is obviously still in a state of disarray. She should be looking deep into her own consciousness. "I can't get into the whole buddhist stuff" - yes you can Ruby, you're just listening to your own prejudgements but they are just thoughts, you know, the things you are meant to be mindful about.
I've seen her TED talk and one other talk she's given and she's brilliant ... I didn't know she wrote books too!
If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.
Poem with Fire 🔥
Who am I? who am I?
The answer will leave you higher than timbuktu
They say talking to yourself is the first sign of madness,
Broken hearts, lost souls and sadness.
But isn’t that just imagining you?
Cause in a lot of respects that’s what we’ve all been trained to do.
We’ve been trained in falseness and not in truth.
When you breakthrough and realise your story is fictitious.
Life itself becomes rather delicious
Fear is just a theory there’s no need to be suspicious.
Ego is an illusion
That drowns you in delusion
We are all brothers and sisters finding our way
If you believe anything other than that you’ve been led astray
Who are you for the facts
Question your reality you silly twats 🤙🏻😍
Programed , trained in falseness , break free ,,,,, Poem with fire , is FIRE,
Ash E Great poem, deep message
The beings and generations that follow ours and those that follow those will remember quicker and quicker. The world is awakening, mental illness will rise as souls struggle to handle society’s narratives and their own inner awakenings, chaos, suicides, will humanity save itself or will we let the whole house of cards come crashing down on ourselves?
🌈
Stay tuned in folks !
Ash E Wow, that's cool man... I like it, I like it a lot...
I'm the cosmos
I’ve been one of those who was in ignorance, have compassion in realising these people are only ignorant because they’ve been trained to be. Our society is full of fear, the real battle and choice has always between fear or love. It’s just a choice but people believe they are the story of the person they have been trained to identify with. What we need to work on the children of the world, mediation and introducing them to the inter dimensional heart-space that exists within all of us.
The problem is this doesn’t help with the economy, we no longer become passive, fearful consumers, going through life obtaining. We become free!. What use is this to a dead world ideology?. This is why there is war on consciousness albeit a war on us as a collective.
Love you Ruby....and like you a lot Russell
I graduated early from a NY high school. I never went to the graduation, was never handed my diploma. For years after that, I had nightmares that I didn't finish high school and ALSO found myself in the hallway trying to get into my locker. Just like she said.
Thank you so much, I can't even express how much this helped me... the timing was perfect and this conversation and Rubys sharing of her experience are a part of my very real relief today. Thank You. Thank you.
Love Ruby Wax, fantastic comedian and great human being.
Russell Brand is amazing so down to earth and a real resuer great helped me as am anxious and he has southed my soul thanks
Hi Russell, if you are not already aware of her you MUST look up Marisa Peer, a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist who has such truly phenomenal success at healing people. I think it would be amazing if you could do a talk with her!
I really liked her TED Talk.
me too, I wish it was longer.
This interview wasn’t long enough. Hopefully they invite Ruby back
Brilliant Russell! You pick your guests very well!
Brilliant interview, I could have listened to so much more....as a paid up card carrying member of Ruby's people, I found it very interesting.
This material and all your Under The Skin broadcasts need to get to a wider audience. Get a TV version of it ASAP.
Wow this woman is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing Ruby
Ruby & Russ are ALL-BOUT-IT on this smashing interview !!!
Wholeness & Balance :)
Great new series, I will watch and listen to these again and again. so much wisdom.
I remember swinging my feet for five minutes in grade two when we got the grade five chairs handed down to us. It was the best feeling!
Brilliant! INlightening! I will watch more than once because there are so many gems to pick up! Simply AB FAB! I'm thrilled that I "stumbled on to Russell's "Under The Skin" and hope to discover he is still doing them in 2019!!
Ruby Wax what a journey and what a wonderful woman. Well done Russell, you left her respectful space. Love this interview. Second listen
The finest of guests.
i listened to the podcast the other day... inspirational stuff
This is brilliant! Relatable information, deeply meaningful conversation spoken in a language that is most reaching and believable.
Keep up the good work. Love the variety of information you get out there.
she speaks the truth awesome stuff love the podcast russell
I love these two thanks for this.
Would love a Russell Brand talk on our current Ascension Process and New Earth 🌍💓💡✌
Loved listening to this, BOTH FAB TALKERS.
I love this. It's so real and helps me grow with my spiritual journey.
28:24 the minute you can watch your thoughts, you are not slave to them
This is so important! ❤
Just amazing,!! This was so interesting.Totally resonated with me.Thankyou Loved this, has really helped.Big respect to Ruby and Russel ❤
This episode should be seen by 8 billion people translated into every known language.
Makes sense compassion and trust in faith of others.
Brilliantly vulnerable and passionate. Refreshing. Thank you.
Excellent interview! A mindfulness masters, fantastic!
oh beauriful ruby.. time n place lovely..thank goodness for the "gettin kicked out of the spotlight" and finding you lovely healing giving new path.. bless. word up lady.. love how your brain is working.
I've been no fan of Russel Brand in the past but this is a great conversation.
Hello Russell thankyou soo much for doing this I look up to you iam a survivor of Domestic violence and abuse and I have struggled with depression and self harm since I was 13 and iam ashamed of it I still struggle with it And now iam a singer songwriter and I struggle with emotionally eating
Hi, I hope your day is going well, I have had my fair share of emotional issues in my past and I know what it is like to consume in order to fill that lonely painful void or wound, I just wanted to share with you, that at least from my experience, the power of positivity, self love and love for others, is key to healing, but I know how hard it can be sometimes to find that desire to treat yourself right and stay positive, in those darker moments, that I still encounter sometimes, I have found that the closer I am to nature and positive settings, whether its a serene park or a Good movie, the better I feel and the more time I spend in these Good spaces, wherever they be, although I highly recommend nature and sunlight, the better I feel, I think we are more responsible for our current realties than we really know most times, and if one continues to focus and think about the painful past one may well and in some sense's probably will through law of attraction and such, repeat similar experiences of their past, think positive, do positive things and you will become a positive Being, I hope you have a great day, :)
Anwell EarthlyBeing hello Thankyou i have also struggled with my faith cause I have grown up in a Atheist household and with family who don't pray and who don't go to church and I have tried to change and break away from that to having faith but I was Abused by people who claim to be Christian or catholic and it made me sacred cause they to me that I can do anything and and iam automatically forgiven by God and when I was 18 I was diagnosed with concealed depression I was living with my father and his wife then it changed to a domestic violence experience and after my 20th birthday I was on Suicide watch in my own home I had nothing Music saved my life and they gave me a knife to end my life with on my bed and they were just standing there laughing at me and I picked it up and they took it away I survived I had been taught that when someone try's to Encourage you do something Negative Don't Give them the pleasure of watching you crumble and sink that saved my life
I am glad you were able to navigate successfully and not give in to that negativity, I have had my own personal issues with suicide and real bad depression in the past and like you I have found a lot of amazing healing power from music, both listening and creating, during some of the darker periods of my life I have found that just simply positive melodies and even my own ability to hum and sing has kept my vibrations up and helped me move on positively, I feel when you bring out that deep inner love from inside your soul and vocalize it to the external; it seems to set a good happy frequency, for you and those around, Best of energies to You!
Anwell EarthlyBeing the part of my domestic violence experience that affected me the most was that my father said that cause he Ptsd and mental health that made all the abuse was Ok and it was my fault cause I made his life difficult cause of my mental health struggles so that made me dark tunnel even darker I slept in till midday cause I didn't wanna wake up
I'm sorry your father treated you so abusively, hurt people tend to hurt people, I think they do this because it temporarily puts a Band-Aid on their own wounds when they inflict negativity on another, its a deflection response, instead of going within themselves and reflecting on the issues of their own self they choose to escape or neglect their own problems and instead, they choose to bring to attention the problems of others and put the blame there on others, instead of looking at themselves, its not your fault he has Ptsd or any mental issue, don't let that get to you, I know its hard, I have a pretty complicated past with my father too, but I have now come to forgive him and moved on from his negativity, and if your situation is so difficult with him around and stuff, you might want to think seriously about finding a better place to live, around people who will help and treat you right. Best of energies to You. :)
Beautifully weird and smart...I loved this
This is good. I'd like to hear a talk about borderline personality disorder.