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If you haven't heard Kaiser Permanente.
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Mental health workers are currently on strike in Socal Kaiser.
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Mental health workers are now entering their ninth day on strike.
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This tiktok actually went viral in solidarity with her therapist,
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Roxanna. This is for my therapist who's striking with Kaiser right
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now, Roxana. I love you.
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You're my girl. They wanted me to see another therapist temporarily
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I said, absolutely fucking not.
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I'm going to wait as long as I,
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as long as I have to for Roxana,
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Roxana, my ex hit me up this week,
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I'm crashing the fuck out.
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Ok? But I'm waiting for you.
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I want you to get your bag.
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Please help me welcome Lulu.
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Yeah. Thank you so much for having me.
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I really appreciate it.
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Thank you so much for joining us Lulu.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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So I, so we saw the Tik Tok and I was
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like, damn, like she is loyal like that is a
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loyal girl. What inspired you to create this video in
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solidarity with your therapist?
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Of course, absolutely.
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So I remember I got a text I think like two weeks
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ago and it said it was from Kaiser and it said,
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we got noticed that therapists are going to be striking but you
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haven't been affected now.
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And I remember I was like,
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oh, I haven't had a therapy appointment since last month and
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I was holding on by a thread already because I had so
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ok, it hasn't been affected yet.
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my cousin sends me a text and she's like,
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hi Lulu, she's like,
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is your therapist on strike?
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She's like, because look at the videos and I was like
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So I went and I looked at the videos and I saw
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all of the comments saying we're not going to see anybody else
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So Kaiser started blowing me up and started saying like,
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hey, we need to talk to you.
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We're going to reschedule you.
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I said absolutely not.
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listen, I'm supporting the strike.
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I'm not going to see anybody else because on my little thingy
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it said unassigned and I said,
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no, I built a relationship with Roxana.
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It took me a long time to get comfortable and I was
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like, there's no way.
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let me show my solidarity and just tell Roxana and in my
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I was like, there's no way it's going to get to
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her like, absolutely not,
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but I was going to do it anyway because at that point
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yeah, that's why I made it.
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I love that. I love loyalty,
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loyalty, loyalty. Like I get you.
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It takes a long time to get there with your therapist.
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Like, find one that fits you because it's so hard.
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Like that's so true.
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Lulu, you talked about your ex and the situation
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he's unimportant, right?
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Sorry. Sorry, I hope I didn't.
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Lines. Has your therapist been super important when dealing with this
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particular breakup? Yes.
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Absolutely. So, for a long time after things happened and
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we weren't together anymore,
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I just, I just found myself just blaming myself for everything
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but what about what he did?
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you forget that. Yes.
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Exactly. I think they call it rose colored glasses when you're
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trying to see the X in a better light and you're not
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looking at the faults as well.
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And she helped me take those glasses off and really acknowledge that
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there's a lot of work that I need to do and maybe
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he needs to do work too.
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So I feel the healing that Roxanne has helped you done in
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what you've, oh my God,
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make me cry. You can buy a thread.
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You guys, I know that the video went viral.
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I had mentioned to you via email that I actually saw the
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video and it had like 700 likes and I was like,
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this has to blow up this just,
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I reposted it so fast.
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And I went back and looked at the comments.
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Some are really funny and,
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and a lot of kind of showing solidarity.
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But did any of the comments make you laugh out loud or
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which one stood out to you if you have time?
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Look at the comments section if you haven't already,
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it just gives you so much life and they're funny,
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there was one that said,
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yeah, I might be having a MP but I'm loyal and
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absolutely. And then there's another one that says like,
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oh, I'm holding it down for you,
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yeah, not for a man but yes for Roxana,
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you feel me. And then,
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oh and then there was another one that said Roxana inviting you
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for coffee just in case I was like,
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bro, I, what do you mean?
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I love these conversations,
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you know, because mental health used to be,
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especially within our Latino community.
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I feel like it used to be such a th topic.
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And even in the beginning,
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you mentioned your prima was the one who was like,
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hey, you're therapist,
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like you're comfortable sharing that with your family and stuff.
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And I think conversation like these just keep pushing that narrative away
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One thing that I noticed about this new generation rate that I
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really, really appreciate,
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right? Because my mom,
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when I told her that I was going to therapy the first
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And I looked at her and I was like,
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mom, I'm really struggling right now.
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I was like, so if that's what you define as loca
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I said, I'm going to do it anyway.
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And it took her a while to accept.
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Right. And she finally did it.
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oh, mental health is so important.
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And then with my cousins,
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it's so open and honest that I can tell them like,
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hey, I'm seeing a therapist or like you,
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you should see therapy.
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I'm very grateful for this new generation.
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Well, thank you so so much for joining us today.
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It was simply a pleasure to speak with you Lulu.
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Thank you Lulu. Girls are so sweet.
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Thank you for having me.
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I appreciate you. Is there anywhere we can follow you on
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social media? Anything you want to plug?
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Whether it's also I know in your bio,
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you had a link to Kaiser.
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There was a petition I would love to log in Kaiser.
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Don't deny dot dot org where you can share your story in
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support for Kaiser Therapists.
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There's also a link in my bio for a gofundme that's organized
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by a fellow therapist.
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Striking already, I'm going to be joining them on the picket
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lines on Friday. So I'm very,
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very happy about that,
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that they're going to give me an opportunity to speak and they're
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going to hear me baby.
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But also yeah, I'm so excited about that.
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But also if you guys want to follow me on Instagram,
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my name is Dale Crona as well on Tik Tok.
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And I have a small business that I'm not working on right
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that's not the point.
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Please go to Kaiser.
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Don't deny.org you got this.
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We're so proud of you.
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But thank you for all the work you've been doing so special
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take care. Thank you so much.
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Thank you. Thank you for having me.
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I wanna be best games with her.
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Me too. I feel like I mean she may not have
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Roxana right now. She has a,
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