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Kelly Rowland.
“Look who checked in with me yesterday with me! The only time we’ll let y’all eavesdrop on our group chats,” Williams wrote on Instagram.
In one clip, Beyoncé and Rowland praised the release of Williams’ new book,
Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life – and Can Save Yours, with Kelly saying, “We’re so proud of you, Mimi.”
Beyoncé added, “You are so inspirational for both of us, and we just love watching you become exactly who you are, and the world sees your impact and wisdom and your beautiful advice and your discernment. We’re just so proud of you.”
Elsewhere in the recordings, Beyoncé and Rowland congratulated Williams on her new book, with Rowland telling Williams they’re “so proud of (her)”.
Beyoncé added: “You are so inspirational for both of us and we just love watching you become exactly who you are and the world sees your impact and wisdom and your beautiful advice and your discernment. We’re just so proud of you.”
Beyoncé’s latest release was last year’s
Black Is King visual album, which included collaborators from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Tierra Whack, Childish Gambino, Blue Ivy Carter, and Jay-Z. Refresh your memory on the best looks from the video here.
“I found help when my responses just the anger and the irritability and the bitterness was just out of character for me,” Williams told co-host Robin Roberts when asked how she went about pursuing mental health treatment. At the time, she had been struggling with depression since her teenage years but had yet to seek assistance.
She says that after getting help, she finally got her diagnosis in her thirties she was struggling with depression.
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The stigma and culture of silence around mental health is something that can be detrimental to adults who need help. Per 2017 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, nearly 17.3 million adults in the United States have experienced a major depressive episode but that same study also found that “approximately 35 percent of adults with major depressive episode did not receive t