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Pierson said Gomez's self-help practices, like the notes, helped influence what exercises they set out to provide to the platform's subscribers.

Gomez also said how powerful music is for her as an emotional outlet. \"When I have moments in a studio and create something from a place of, I don't know, happiness, or sadness or grieving something, it's such a safe place for me,\" she said. \"It's so cool. To me, I love the idea of coming together and having essentially a therapy session.\"

The \"Rare\" artist also has notably stepped away from social media, despite having more than 300 million followers on Instagram.

\"I haven't been on the internet in 4 1/2 years,\" Gomez said. \"It has changed my life completely. I am happier, I am more present, I connect more with people. I understand how powerful the internet is, and in so many ways it's done the best things for the world. But for me, I get to my news that is actually important I get through people in my life.\"

\"And everything else I could care less, because it's not my business to care about people's other business,\" she added.

Finding purpose through Wondermind

Gomez, an actor and award-winning artist, emphasized the importance of having a purpose in her life, with her mental health advocacy efforts at the forefront.

\"I honestly don't think I should be sitting here if I didn't have a purpose. ... This life in a way kind of chose me, and I continue to choose it,\" she said. \"I just know that if I'm here and I'm doing something, let it matter.\"

She also said that although she is a proponent for raising mental health awareness, she still often struggles with it herself.

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\"I understand that feeling of having no one and -- it's pure -- it's just sadness -- and I know what that feels like,\" she said. \"And I still have days where sometimes I feel like that. It's just unfortunately part of it.\"

\"But that's what we're trying to do here,\" she said of Wondermind. \"We want there to be a community and a space for people to feel like they're OK -- that they're not alone.\"

The singer also said that besides her family, she believes \"understanding\" her mental health is the \"most important thing in the world\" to her. She wants to extend that level of prioritization of one's mind to others through the new platform.

\"If I'm known for anything, I hope it's simply just for the way I care about people, and you know, those days where I don't wanna get out of bed, if I had something like Wondermind, even if it -- it took me a minute to get into it, it's just there. And there's something that's really comforting about that,\" she said.

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