Tay Lautner is making mental health awareness “sexy” — at least according to one of her mentors. “When I first launched the nonprofit, before I had the podcast, she was like, ‘You make mental health sexy. You make it appealing,’” the activist tells Bustle over Zoom. “I was like, ‘Oh, I kind of like that.’ I want to save people's lives and make it sexy while doing it.”

Ever since experiencing issues with her mental health while working as a nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lautner hasn’t just realized the importance of mental health awareness — she’s made it her full-time job. In 2022, she founded the non-profit Lemons Foundation and launched a blog bearing its name.

A year later, the 26-year-old launched The Squeeze podcast with her husband, also Taylor Lautner (yes, the actor fro

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