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 continuing to have open conversations about mental health is so important because it shows that you're not alone in the things that burden you in your head. You feel like your world is ending because of something's happening and you realize, 'oh my god there's so many people around me that are struggling with depression and anxiety,'" says Dasha. "I go to therapy every week. I have to talk things out a bit, and so sometimes she just listens the whole time, but I yap and then I leave the session. I feel so much better. So having a therapist or a friend or a parent that you can really talk things out with is a very important tool."

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 opening that door for your friends and stuff is the best way that you can help people, and I know it's important to me," admits Nate. "For my own mental health, what helps me a ton is, I go to YouTube and I do this guided 5-minute meditation... I do the 5-minute meditation anytime I'm kind of feeling like I need to chill out my nervous system, because typically what I find is it's your nervous system needs a little reset. Everything's just like overly fired up and stuff, so you calm that thing down, that helps a lot. And then, you know, prayer. I think prayer and getting in my Bible and worshiping God, I think helps me a ton too."

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.

"Everyone's going through the same thing, you know, at once," says Hudson. "Everyone's living life and I feel like even when you're on the road or whether it's college or whether it's missing home, anything that it might be, I feel like it's important for everyone to understand you and know where you're at."