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Olivia Rodrigo is making waves as a compassionate employer by funding therapy for her band and crew. Her guitarist Daisy Spencer shared how this rare benefit transformed her life on and off tour. Rodrigo’s own family background in therapy likely inspired this thoughtful initiative. The pop star continues to set new standards for artist-led care in the music industry.

Key Points: Olivia Rodrigo Funds Free Therapy for Guts Tour Band and Crew

  • Olivia Rodrigo covers therapy costs for her entire touring team
  • Guitarist Daisy Spencer calls it a life-changing gift
  • Therapy helps Spencer process childhood experiences
  • Rodrigo’s father is a therapist, influencing her advocacy
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Good boss Olivia Rodrigo pays for her band and crew to consult therapists

Olivia Rodrigo provides free therapy access for her touring team, praised as "the dreamiest boss" for prioritizing mental health support.

"One of the best things you can give to people is accessible free therapy – Daisy Spencer"

Los Angeles, July 9

Singer-actress Olivia Rodrigo has a heart of gold, and goes out of her way to care for her tea. Her touring guitarist Daisy Spencer has revealed that the singer pays for her band and crew to have access to free therapy, both on and off tour.

Spencer, 31, spoke about her experience working with the Grammy winner, 22, on ‘The StageLeft Podcast’, reports ‘People’ magazine.

"On the Guts World Tour, Olivia and our tour manager, Marty Hom, made accessible and free therapy for all of the touring personnel”, Spencer said. “I have never had anything like that. And that reignited the importance of therapy to me because I had just kind of fallen off for so long, and then suddenly I had this free resource of incredible therapists, and I utilized the crap out of that”.

She continued, “Honestly, that was one of the coolest things that has ever happened on tour. Like, seriously, one of the best things you can give to people is accessible free therapy, because it can get kind of expensive”.

As per ‘People’, Spencer then detailed how having access to free therapy has impacted her life offstage. "I'm doing baby Daisy a good justice of finally getting to hear baby Daisy's story of what they were going through when I was younger and everything”, she said.

She shared, "It's been a gift for real. I feel like it is such a gift to be able to look within yourself and have someone else help you bring some stuff out of you that you might otherwise on your own not be able to get there. That's the gift that therapy has given to me, is that I am able to really flesh out some stuff from my childhood that needed a voice”.

Towards the end of the podcast, Spencer called Rodrigo "Literally is the dreamiest boss of all time”.

The singer has previously been open about the importance of therapy in her own life. Her father, Chris Rodrigo, is a family therapist.

Olivia is known for exploring the growing pains of young womanhood through her nostalgic pop-rock music.

- IANS

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Rohit P
While this is great, I wonder if this would work in India where therapy is still stigmatized. Our work culture is very different - bosses here expect you to just "deal with it" 😅
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Aman W
My company in Bangalore actually started something similar last year! It's part of our health insurance. Glad to see global celebrities normalizing mental health support at workplace 👍
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Shreya B
So refreshing to see a young celebrity using her influence for good! Most Bollywood stars would rather spend on designer clothes than employee wellbeing. Olivia setting new standards 💯
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Vikram M
The article mentions her father is a therapist - explains why she understands the value of mental health support. Wish more Indian parents would talk openly about therapy instead of dismissing it as "western concept"
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David E
As someone who works in HR in Mumbai, I can confirm mental health benefits are becoming more common in MNCs here. But we still have long way to go before it becomes standard like in the West.

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