{"id":1890,"date":"2022-12-30T10:47:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T15:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2022-12-30T10:47:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T15:47:33","slug":"the-voice-runner-up-bodie-shares-how-connecting-with-god-helped-him-breakup-with-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2022\/12\/the-voice-runner-up-bodie-shares-how-connecting-with-god-helped-him-breakup-with-depression.html","title":{"rendered":"“The Voice” Runner-Up Bodie Shares How Connecting With God Helped Him Breakup with Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe Voice\u201d Season 22 runner-up Bodie says his breakup with depression after connecting with God inspired him to write the song \u201cHappy Now<\/a>,\u201d seeking to raise awareness of the rising rates of suicide and warning about songs that romanticize suicide. \u201cI broke up with depression, and I wrote a song about it,\u201d Bodie Kuljian said in a\u00a0Dec. 7 video<\/a>\u00a0posted to social media discussing the 2021 song.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got tired of seeing songs on the radio popup that kind of romanticize the idea of depression, romanticize the idea of let\u2019s be sad together. I guess I kind of paid more attention after that or noticed the rising rate of suicide in young adults. It just started to anger me in a way that I can\u2019t really explain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bodie, a Southern California native who runs a media company with his wife and\u00a0serves as \u201cmusic coach\u201d<\/a>\u00a0for a local Christian university\u2019s worship collective, advises those struggling with suicidal thoughts or depression to admit their struggles openly.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think it\u2019s even more significant, more powerful, and more influential in your life is when you realize, \u2018Hey, those things aren\u2019t the end of my story, those things don\u2019t define who I am, and those things don\u2019t decide where I am called to go in my life.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The artist spoke of his struggles, saying his \u201cbreakup\u201d with depression felt like a \u201cregular breakup.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand it\u2019s not just an easy switch to flip off or flip on,\u201d he said. \u201cJust like a regular breakup, it\u2019s painful and takes time to heal. Maybe your journey doesn\u2019t look exactly like mine, but for me, it wasn\u2019t until I connected with God that and realized where true joy and true freedom came from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bodie said he wrote \u201cHappy Now\u201d after \u201cpersonally deciding\u201d to \u201ctake a stand and break up with those things in my life and break up with the world influencing me in a negative way and say, \u2018You know what, I am called to so much more than my circumstances. I am called to so much more than how I might feel in this moment of pain.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 24 in the U.S., according to the\u00a0National Alliance of Mental Illness<\/a>. Additionally, almost 20 percent of high school students report severe thoughts of suicide and 9% have attempted suicide. The suicide rate among children aged 10 to 14 has nearly tripled from 2007 to 2017, according to a\u00a0U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.<\/p>\n

Bodie\u2019s performances on NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Voice\u201d this season struck a chord with fans. In the season finale, he sang a\u00a0rendition<\/a>\u00a0of Brandon Lake\u2019s \u201cGratitude\u201d that moved judges to tears. He dedicated his performance to his three kids. Although he came in second place to Bryce Leatherwood, his performance went viral online, and he even earned kudos from Leatherwood.\u00a0A higher percentage of fans polled by\u00a0Gold Derby<\/a>\u00a0seem to believe that Bodie should have won. Bodie offered congratulations to Leatherwood in a video posted on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Voice\u201d Season 22 runner-up Bodie says his breakup with depression after connecting with God inspired him to write the song \u201cHappy Now,\u201d seeking to raise awareness of the rising rates of suicide and warning about songs that romanticize suicide. \u201cI broke up with depression, and I wrote a song about it,\u201d Bodie Kuljian said…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":1896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[8,558],"class_list":["post-1890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mental-health","category-suicide","tag-suicide","tag-the-voice"],"yoast_head":"\n"The Voice" Runner-Up Bodie Shares How Connecting With God Helped Him Breakup with Depression<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cThe Voice\u201d Season 22 runner-up Bodie says breaking up with 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