#233 - Interview with author Aly Vredenburgh

In this conversation, author and researcher Aly Vredenburgh. Joins me for a raw, wide-reaching look at what’s driving Gen Z’s mental health crisis. Looking into why most of the explanations we’re hearing. Rather realising there not even scratching the surface.

Aly breaks down how housing, burnout, toxic individualism, social media, environmental collapse. Even our outdated education systems all converge to create a perfect storm. This continious disconnection, anxiety, and loneliness. We also get into economic survival, systemic failures. How AI’s impact on jobs, and the erosion of creative spaces. Focusing on how it is affecting young people today in ways that can't be solved with self-help alone.

This episode is about more than problems. More about rethinking what mental health support should actually look like. Seeing why compassion, community, and honest policy are the only way forward. Aly’s book, Out of Focus and upcoming documentary Crisis Generation. Are more than projects, they’re a call to fix the systems making us sick.

Where to Find the Guest?

🌐 Website: https://outoffocusbook.com

🎧 Work: Out of Focus: Why Gen Z’s Mental Health Crisis is More Complex Than You Think is available now

https://a.co/d/dA6qabc

📲 Social: Follow Aly @alyvredenburgh