How to Enjoy Your Own Company and Build Self-Confidence | Cyrus Veyssi on Coming Out
A Really Good CryShow Notes
What if the anxiety you’ve been fighting your whole life isn’t something to be fixed, but something to be cherished? How do you honor your identity and non-binary experience while building unwavering support within a traditional family? And what does it really take to embrace solitude, set zero-tolerance relationship boundaries, and step unapologetically into your power?
In this episode of A Really Good Cry, Radhi sits down with digital creator, performer, and beauty visionary Cyrus Veyssi for one of the most vibrant, candid, and deeply resonant conversations on the show. Cyrus opens up about growing up as a fearless, performative child, coming out at a young age, experiencing their first panic attack at 12, and the transformative mindset shift that allowed them to reframe anxiety from an enemy into a cherished companion.
Together, Radhi and Cyrus explore the profound armor of unconditional parental love, the nuanced experience of gender fluidity and non-binary identity, and why comedy serves as the ultimate bridge to empathy and human connection.
They delve into navigating career boundaries with family, why physical solitude is essential for personal growth, empowering women to set unapologetic relationship standards, overcoming industry pushback, and Cyrus’s thrilling Broadway debut in & Juliet.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn: Why anxiety isn’t a flaw to fix, but a relationship built on self-awareness and self-compassion How honesty, open communication, and family support protect against external hostility How gender fluidity embraces the balance of masculinity and femininity beyond societal binaries Why humor and lightness can reduce judgment and foster genuine understanding How solitude builds self-confidence, emotional neutrality, and mental clarity without disconnecting from a partner Why simple dating advice, like cutting off toxic exes and setting firm boundaries, can be life-changing How transformation, skincare, and beauty routines can become an apology to your younger self How seeing industry rejections as business decisions builds career resilience and the confidence to walk away
Follow Cyrus: https://www.tiktok.com/@cyrusveyssi https://www.instagram.com/cyrusveyssi/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC78a2BkfOwEnR47HkJ0QtnQ
Follow Radhi: https://www.instagram.com/radhidevlukia/ https://www.instagram.com/areallygoodcry/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWe9A4kMf9V_AHOXkGhCzQ https://www.facebook.com/radhidevlukia1/ https://www.tiktok.com/@radhidevlukia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
More from A Really Good Cry
Do you feel like you’re always trying to survive life? Do the difficult moments seem to stay with you longer than the beautiful ones? What if having a good life isn’t about feeling happy all the time, but learning how to truly receive the good?
Are you exhausted from performing the version of yourself the world expects? Do you keep pushing through feelings instead of actually letting yourself have them? What would it feel like to stop proving yourself and just be?
What if the hardest parts of your past are actually showing you who you’re meant to become? How do you stop settling for relationships that don’t serve you? And what does it really take to build friendships rooted in honesty, trust, and zero jealousy?
Are you afraid of death because no one talks about it honestly? Do you avoid the conversation even when you know you shouldn’t? What if understanding death taught you how to live?
Do you spiral over one short reply? Does one comment stay with you for days? What if none of it was ever about you?