Karan Brar: Becoming Someone I Love | The Man Enough Podcast
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- Actor Karan Brar shares his journey from childhood as Disney’s first Indian-American star to the man he is today. Brar reveals the grief and personal growth he experienced after losing a dear friend and how it helped him find self-love.
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KARAN BRAR: BECOMING SOMEONE I LOVE
Award-winning Indian-American actor, Karan Brar opens up about how his experiences with depression and anxiety, along with navigating grief from the sudden loss of his best friend, have shaped his values, identity, and ideas of manhood. With humor, empathy, and wisdom beyond his years, Karan invites us to embrace vulnerability, seek help to take care of ourselves and to start a conversation between our head and our heart one word at a time.
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Karan, I also did not feel like I was "grieving enough". I really connected with that statement of yours. Thank you for sharing your story. This was such a beautiful conversation!
We're glad you found Karan's discussion on grieving enough so helpful and wish you well as you process your own grief.
Loved it! Came across this episode and had to watch it. Cried so much during this. I think about the post Cameron made on Karan's birthday about his future kids calling him Uncle Kar and thinking, won't ever have that. 😭 Karan, you are amazing! My son is now on his 4th watch-through of "Jessie"
Karan is a wonderful human and an inspiration / role model. I just wish we could have had Cameron Boyce on when he was still alive.
karan brings so much youth and love into this! thank you all for another beautiful convo :')
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love this conversation. Karan and Cameron, you are both so special and it has been amazing to grow up with you and to watch you both on screen. Happy for you Karan with your progress on the journey of loving who you become.
Karan has been on such an incredible journey to becoming who he is.
Again a great podcast!! My husband suffered mental illness and depression since childhood, then turned to drugs and alcohol as a preteen. He became clean after almost dying twice...once at 19 urs old and 2nd time at 25. He went into rehab and stayed clean til he was about 38 or so and downhill spiral until he committed suicide at 49 years old. I found him. I have never and will never be the same again. 16 mos later I was diagnosed with cancer. 7 years out and remarried 5 years. Many meds now for me to cope and live with PTSD, Anxiety, depression etc.....but I'm very loved. Thank goodness!!!! Love love love this podcast as a woman....there should be one call Woman Enough.....we have SO many roles to live up to that are engraved in us from a young age.
Wow, what a journey. Thank you for sharing it with us and so much love to you. We really consider this podcast and the larger movement "human enough", which is absolutely inclusive of women and female-identifying people. We call it "Man Enough" to call in the men who need to learn and do this work this most, starting with the elimination of the idea that they are NOT "man enough" or that they need to "man up" to be real men. So you're more than welcome here and this is all for you as well.
He is absolutely right. There is not enough conversation about epilepsy or enough research. I was diagnosed with epilepsy last year. My story is different. Doctors took 8 months to get me an MRI another 2 months to get an EEG. Within that time I had countless seizures (it’s amazing I’m still alive). I developed a stutter (I’m an actor, so that was hard). And doctors would not listen to me. Finally I got the test and medicine was thrown at me. It’s scary because I would only have them in my sleep at first (it progressed later). But I would go days without sleeping because I was afraid of having a seizure. And even of it ending my life. Mainly because doctors never found a source. They don’t know why I have seizures or why they suddenly started. It just is.It took a huge toll on my mental health.
Thankfully I’ve been seizure free for about 4 months now. But my doctor never really gave me resources or anything. I knew about epilepsy because I had a friend with it. Never knowing I would go through the same thing and how scary it would be. It was my therapist that found resources for me.
But it pushed me to take better care of myself to be on top of things, especially my mental health and physical well-being.
I say all this to say, awareness is so important. Support is so important.
Dyamond - Thank you for sharing your experience. That sounds really rough. We're so glad that you've found a treatment that seems to be helping. It's unfortunate that we have to work so hard to advocate for ourselves sometimes, especially in health care.
@@WeAreManEnough thank you. And thank you for doing this podcast. It’s really amazing!
Karan was amazing in this episode he is phenomenal at what he does we all miss Cam😭😢
His growth after tragically losing his best friend is inspiring.
Just putting this here as a self reminder for when I lose someone close to me, I really resonate with it. 53:16. To 57:02
Please bring him back! This episode was amazing! I was listening on spotify and I just HAD to come here to watch it cause Karan is so powerful that I wanted to get the whole experience!! Thank you
Thanks for watching AND listening to this episode!
I don’t know how Karan got through this podcast, I’m in tears.
We were too.
Wow, what a great conversation with such an awesome guy. If Karan is representative of the next generation then I can breathe out. What a wise soul he is. There were so many nuggets there. I totally believe that our "children" are here to teach us. I could relate to so much he was saying about grief, having lost my best friend of 26 years, 6 years ago. Grief takes you over and you have to go on the journey whether you like it or not (Unless of course you suppress it and get sick) The biggest takeaway from him which ties in with a quote I read this week which I love is - "Fall in love with taking care of yourself".
As for what Justin talked about (I noted the time stamp to go back and watch again) about what happens when we die, I just loved it. It was so profound and very moving.
Something that comforted me in my grief was believing that my friend was called to her next assignment, so she wasnt just wafting out there aimlessly and in limbo from this life, her Soul is off to learn more lessons, and she is needed.
Such a wise soul and inspiration!
This is such good advice for other people and such a good talk between everyone R.I.P Camron Boyce and I ended up watching this because I’m a fan of Karan brar but this is such a good life lesson and such a good conversation that can help people understand about death and grief
Thank you. We're so glad it resonated with you.
Anyone else's heart skip 3 beats when Jamey said he was leaving for a year?! Just a mixture of "nooooo, but take care of yourself and do what you need, but nooooo" ....also, one of my favorite moments was when he said the world is beautiful and we also know it needs to look different.🥰
Jamey isn't leaving the podcast, don't worry. :)
@@WeAreManEnough I thought I had figured it out, lol--thank goodness! 💗
i'm so excited! we're works in progress at every age and i loved hearing karan's perspective on grief.
Well said! Karan's experience of grief is so insightful.
Didn't know who Karan is, but what a wise man! Wish I was so wise at his age. Really powerful conversation! One of my favourite episodes so far! Thanks so much for doing it guys!! 🙏❤️
I watched Liz's Instagram live, we need more of those and 7AM cakes.
I'm a 19 year old indian guy, I loved the way he talked about his parents being supportive of his career choices, my parents are supportive too thankfully, this culture of parents imposing certain career choices on their children needs to stop, this and the whole not even recognising mental health is a thing.
Also we need more people like karan who are willing be vulnerable which makes it easy for other men to be the same way.
What an Amazing young man.This is the kind of Podcast to be played to youth groups and schools.It covers so many different things young people fo not know how to deal with. These issues like how to help a friend dealing with grief or mental health or even some kind of disability needs to be addressed openly and have an open conversation about in order to understand it as it could save a life....🙏🙏✨✨💜❤
We were so inspired by all Karan had to say. Grief and mental health can be difficult to discuss. We hope his story inspires many others to open up to friends and family as he did.
I went through loss in 2020 and I couldn’t relate more to what Karan said. I needed this talk so much. Love and support to Karan.❤️
Condolences on your loss. Thank.you for being here.
So grateful for this beautiful podcast!
I hope you know just how special and incredible you are as well Karan! My husband is going through grief currently and I look forward to sharing this episode with him.
This was so beautiful!!! So much love and power in his words. So incredible to hear Justin give him an alternative for after life. Thank you for these conversations
Thank you for being here.
What a beautiful conversation! Really grateful for this podcast❤
😃Thanks for being a part of the Man Enough community and gratitude for the podcast!
Thank you Karan. Your wisdom is astounding.
Thank you for this awesome, beautiful, deep and authentic conversation❤. It resonated so much💖💓.Karan reminds me so much of my twin brother Shaheed, sweet, funny, humble, empathetic and the list goes on. He has the same diagnoses. We need conversations like this🔥
I have just finished seen this episode and im broken. What a beautiful episode, so deep... Thank you karan for sharing your pain and love for cameron. Im sure this had to be very hard sharing your thought about cameron... Thank you for your words and vulnerability, i really appreciate this. Your friendship it seems to me that it was beautiful. Cameron was to be a good guy, god bless him!
Thank you again for sharing this episode! I always learn something from your episodes, and sometimes when i feel a little bad, you guys always make feel better. Thank you for making this work available with subtitles!
Lots love!
Thank you. We're so happy that this connected with you so deeply.
Great conversation as always. Awesome guest 👏👏
We don't talk enough about grief. This was enlightening.
I also loved the bit about epilepsy. When someone you love and care about suffers from those seizures it's really scary. My nephew has epilepsy so I totally relate to this.
Thank you for the love and for sharing. We need to talk about these issues more regularly and raise awareness.
I’m in a healing journey and this podcast is helping me a loot! Much love
Wonderful to heart that. Thank you for being here.
Justin’s explanation of death & hell resonated with me. It’s exactly how I’ve been feeling over the past year in my spirit but didn’t have words to express.
Thanks for your support, we're so glad his words resonated with you. It's definitely been a weighty experience, but hope you were able to find some comfort in these dialogues.
I really love this guy.....His voice and inspiraction, he is a being awesome
i get completely mesmerized with every single conversation and podcast you all have! Thank you for doing this! This conversation was beautiful and so so important.
Thank you for being a member of the Man Enough community and for this feedback. 🙏
Karan is such a humble and amazing individual ❤️❤️❤️
We agree!
Obrigada pela essa linda conversa o karan é verdaderamente uma pessoa maravilhosa, incrível, humilde, bondoso,amigo, engraçado,simpatico,doce, tem um coração a mil e inspira muito gente tenho muito orgulho e muita gratidão por ele.👏🧡😍❤️
Im so happy I found this!
Thank you
Such an important conversation!
Wow, so hopeful in every word, so young and so wise.🤍 thanks Karan to talk about your journey and show us your heart with your friendship with Cameron 🙏 thank you. And yes, Justin, this kind of conversation can save a life 💙 love you guys, so much love from Mexico.
Really felt this one ❤
We did too.
loved this episode!!
Karan really inspired us!
INCREDIBLE episode. I didn't know Karan before - now I wish I could be in his circle of friends. Also, has he written a book?? I think he'd be an amazing author that could teach us so much! I had tears in my eyes throughout the entire episode and I just felt everything he said so deeply. And the way Jamey looked at him - like a caring father ❤️ Also loved Justin's explanation of birth/death - it's definitely something I'm taking with me from the buffet 🥰
So many wonderful moments from this episode!
One of the parts that got to me was when Karan said people with seizure disorder died for unknown reasons. I think about all the people I know who've died during an seizure episode. I have seizures and that is a concern for me, suddenly dying. I do all I can to keep hydrated and staying rested, etc. It's scary. I thought I was being hypervigilant. Thank you for confirming my fears and preparing for the possibility. ✍️🏾✌🏾💜❤
Thank you so much for sharing. That is scary and that should be recognized. When we remove the stigmas, then people will feel more comfortable sharing these types of fears and vulnerabilities, which means you will be safer. Sending love to you.
Thank you, interesting podcast and conversation.
Thanks for watching.
Wow….inspiring and wise words.
Thanks for listening
He has an incredible personality. Very charming
So true! We were so taken by his positive energy while being so vulnerable.
amazing podcast♥️♥️
Love this! Need to see the one with Jaime Camil!!
Hang in there!
Beautiful conversation
Thank you.
I somehow missed the Rapid Fire questions on this one. And I'm so stoked Liz said my last name as if I were a Superhero. 😎
Haha love this comment. We adore you, Ron. You are a superhero.
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They really had him fake a stereotypical Indian accent in every movie and show he was in
Bicon Karan 💗💜💙
Keep pushing guests like that, Jamey.
He is so good at pushing gently.
HUH- HOW- OMG- WAIT WHAT- HE LOOKS SOOOOO MUCH OLDER- OMG- FROM JESSIE TO NOW.
I am a huge fan of Man Enough and I love most episodes. I’ll admit that this one didn’t hit for me. Tough to go from Joy DeGruy (and even her nephew!) who has a lifetime of research under her belt, is a published author, and was dropping tough, uncomfortable truths that challenge the fiber of my being to Karan Brar, a 22-year-old actor. His experience is unique and I don’t want to minimize it (and I’m challenging my own negative reaction to this episode too- I’m not closed off to learning from Karan). At the same time, he came off as very measured and controlled and well-prepared to discuss the subject matter, which left me missing a feeling of deep, uncontrolled authenticity and vulnerability (compare to Anthony Padilla, who totally transformed over the course of the episode). I’m a survivor of trauma so maybe my brain is just hard-wired to chase those more extreme feelings but this episode felt too clean to me. It didn’t feel like we got to the heart of his internal struggles and it didn’t feel like he was struggling to deliver any of the information he communicated. The accountability here didn’t feel as profound as we’ve seen in the past (even with Jamie sharing his past and his truths with us). I was looking for shame and a unique revelation of humanity and couldn’t find it. Sure we can’t have Joy DeGruy every episode, but this one really felt off to me. I hope that if Karan comes back, the panel can get him to reach a little deeper and reveal more raw, unprepared, unscripted character. Also, Jamie please stop assuming people are going to have children! “When you have children of your own…” is used a lot more frequently than “IF you have children of your own.” Anyway, long time listener, first time caller, and contrary to the impression this comment may provide: I really am a huge fan of the show and can’t thank you all enough for the hard work you do (especially Liz Plank!). Proud to support such an outstanding work of media. I share this podcast with friends frequently and I love watching the show’s success!
Emily, thank you so much for your candid feedback. Please don't ever feel like it's not welcome -- we're all growing and learning together and all views and experiences are invited. We don't expect everyone to agree. We think the beauty of a series like this is that different episodes reach different people. We don't expect everyone to like or be touched by every episode; that would be unrealistic. Thank you for your support, for sharing with others, and for challenging us as you see fit.
“Get Outta Their Way” Thank you for finally being straight about the feminists ideology being pandered on this show.
Not a show to better men, but a show to sympathize with women and neuter your male characteristics.
Dan, we have no interest in neutering men or male characteristics. Our aim is to help men and all people get better by freeing them to decide for themselves what makes them who they are. We are absolutely feminists, in the sense that we believe women deserve equal rights. We do not, however, align with the extremist version of feminism that a small group of people have brought forward, which is indeed anti-men and male characteristics. Thank you for watching and for giving your feedback. We hope you hear more than a one-sided anti-man message here and continue to check out what we're doing.
@@WeAreManEnough feninism isn't about men, is about women rights and how the society treats women
@@pamguil Agreed. And, ultimately, we hope that it will become about human rights and how people treat each other, which is what most feminists we know believe in.
Justin - we know Liz wrote a better book than you. It's okay. LET IT GO
EJi
man brought ravi with steroids on the show
Anytime Justin talks longer than 30 seconds, it's either self-aggrandizing or trying to sell us his religion and it's getting really old
Thanks for your feedback. Many feel differently and the hosts bring themselves as they are. We'll take this note into account, especially from such a consistent member of our community.
He put on some weight