Inside "Like Minded": The BetterHelp Video Series on Music and Mental Health

Most people have felt some version of it. A good day that somehow arrives with a heavy feeling attached. A moment of success that leaves room for doubt rather than filling it. Those quieter experiences rarely make it into the story a person tells in public, which is part of why they can feel so isolating.

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"Like Minded" was created to make a little more room for that honesty. In partnership with Billboard, the series brings well-known musicians together to talk openly about their mental health, guided by licensed therapists. 

The conversations are candid and unhurried, and they tend to land on something familiar rather than something distant. The full collection is available on the Like Minded playlist.

What the series looks like

Each episode pairs artists who might never otherwise sit down together, often from different genres or different stages of a career, and lets the conversation go where it naturally goes. A BetterHelp clinician helps guide the discussion, which keeps it grounded and steers it away from easy talking points. 

The presence of a licensed professional also matters for a subtler reason. It signals that these are not casual chats but supported conversations, the kind where difficult moments can surface safely and be met with genuine understanding rather than a quick change of subject.

The goal is not a performance about wellness. It is a real exchange between people who happen to make music for a living, talking the way friends might if they trusted each other with the harder parts.

The first episode set that tone. It paired Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, who marks 20 years in the industry, with multi-platinum R&B artist Ravyn Lenae, whose rise has been much more recent. 

One spoke from long experience and the other from the middle of a sudden ascent. Watching them recognize pieces of their own stories in each other is a good example of what the series is after. The debut episode is a fitting place to start.

Why these conversations matter

There is a common assumption that professional success should cancel out emotional difficulty. It usually doesn’t. That idea came through clearly when Ravyn Lenae described a low moment that arrived at a high point in her career. "What you don't expect is the loneliness of it," she said, recalling a night she found herself crying in a hotel room even as everything around her seemed to be going well.

Hearing that from someone whose career is thriving can be quietly reassuring. It suggests that a person is not doing life wrong simply because good news and hard feelings show up at the same time. Corinne Bailey Rae offered the other side of that coin, the kind of steadiness that tends to come only after years of learning what a creative life asks of a person.

Corinne Bailey Rae during her interview with the Like Minded series. Photo credit: Billboard

The series holds both of those truths at once, and it does so without tidy conclusions. That restraint is deliberate. Real conversations about mental health rarely wrap up neatly, and pretending otherwise would undercut the point.

A viewer looking for a simple fix will not find one here, and that is arguably what makes the exchanges feel trustworthy. What the episodes offer instead is company, the reassurance that comes from hearing a difficult feeling named out loud by someone who has clearly lived it.

Speaking to more than musicians

The choice to center musicians is not accidental. People who work in music tend to carry a heavier emotional load than the general population, shaped by irregular income, constant travel, public attention, and long stretches away from ordinary routines. 

A survey of more than 2,200 professional musicians in the United Kingdom found unusually high rates of anxiety and depression, well above national averages, which helps explain why the music world is a natural place to open this conversation.

Still, the feelings the artists describe are not unique to the stage. Loneliness in a crowd, pressure to appear fine, difficulty asking for help, the sense that everyone else has figured out something you have not. 

Those experiences belong to parents, students, shift workers, caregivers, and just about everyone else. The details differ, but the shape of the feeling tends to be the same. By starting with people whose stories are already public, "Like Minded" makes space for viewers to see their own experiences reflected back.

That is the deeper aim of the series. Stigma often works quietly, convincing a person that their struggle is unusual or shameful and best kept to themselves. Watching someone admired speak plainly about the same thing can loosen that grip. It can make the idea of seeking support feel ordinary rather than exceptional, and a little less daunting for the person who has been putting it off.

The Idea behind the series

BetterHelp helped create "Like Minded" out of a straightforward belief: talking about mental health should feel normal, and getting support should be within reach for the people who want it. Music has a way of reaching people that clinical language rarely does, so a series built around artists and honest conversation felt like a natural fit.

Cordae during his interview with the Like Minded series. Photo credit: Billboard 

That belief shapes how the platform works, too. Launched in 2013, BetterHelp connects people with a network of more than 30,000 licensed therapists and has served over 5 million people worldwide. The model is designed to lower the ordinary hurdles that keep people from care, including cost, scheduling, and the discomfort some feel about a traditional office visit.

People can work with a therapist through asynchronous messaging, live chat, phone, or video sessions, whichever suits their day, and can do so from wherever they happen to be. That flexibility exists for a practical reason.

Life rarely pauses to accommodate an appointment, and a format that adapts to a person's schedule tends to be one they can actually stick with. Subscription pricing that generally falls between $70 and $100 per week is meant to keep ongoing care steady and manageable, since traditional per-session fees can add up in a way that discourages people from continuing.

BetterHelp also accepts insurance through select major insurance plans, where eligible members pay an average copay of $23 per session.

Subscription pricing is based on factors such as your location, referral source, preferences, therapist availability and any applicable discounts or promotions that might apply.

None of that is the point of "Like Minded," exactly. The series stands on its own as a set of honest conversations worth watching. But the two share the same starting place. Whether a person arrives through a favorite artist or through a quiet decision to finally reach out, the hope at BetterHelp is that the next step feels a little more approachable than it did before.

A note on what online therapy can and cannot do

Online therapy is a helpful option for many situations, though it is not the right fit for everyone. Anyone facing a mental health emergency, thoughts of self-harm, or a crisis that calls for in-person or emergency care should contact local emergency services or a crisis line, such as 988 in the United States, rather than wait for a scheduled session.

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Text or call 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. Support is available 24/7.

"Like Minded" does not suggest that a single conversation, or even ongoing therapy, erases the difficulties of a demanding life. 

What it offers is simpler and more honest. Struggle and success often travel together, asking for help is a sign of strength rather than weakness, and the people behind the songs are working through the same questions as everyone listening.