HARDY at 'Stars and Strings'

Inside the Hard Rock Artist Lounge at Audacy's 'Stars and Strings,' this year's lineup made space to talk about mental health to support the 'I'm Listening' initiative because talk has the power to save lives.

"I think the more we are open about it, the more people that go through a similar thing can embrace those people that are going through something, whether it's long-term or in the moment and talking about it is the first step," shares HARDY. "My stuff is pretty much all rooted in anxiety. I'm doing tremendously better over the past two years. Number one, if you've never done it and you have any sort of mental health, anything, anxiety, depression, OCD, whatever, go to a therapist and get your stuff worked out because it's very important. And then once you do that, my biggest thing is distraction, in the form of anything at all, listening to music, even like focusing on like your breath, or reading a book."