Breaking free of anxiety’s shackles.
Article taken from HBR.org Zulfi, a coaching client of mine, is the envy of many of his peers. As the general manager of a large, successful business, his work is one of the CEO’s core priorities. He does good work and is well-loved by his team. But Zulfi has a secret. He suffers from anxiety.…
Depression Amidst Loud Whispers of Hope
I was casually browsing content that might help me create a visualization of the way I experience racing thoughts, which I came across this painting on someone’s blog that caught me off guard. The image is hosted by it’s author on her blog, MyLoudWispersofHope his depiction of one woman’s experience with depression was spot-on and…
Bipolar Startup Warriors
“So much Congrats to you for getting to this point. Tenacious doesnt even begin to describe it. Even the toughest folks fold it up by now. U are a warrior!”
Getting Honest About Mental Health In The World Of Tech Startups
Abdullah Snobar Forbes Councils MemberForbes Technology CouncilCOUNCIL POST | Paid ProgramInnovation POST WRITTEN BY Abdullah Snobar Executive Director at the DMZ — a tech accelerator for high-potential startups to scale and grow into world-class businesses. Shutterstock The tech sector is built on bright minds developing new solutions to create economic or social impact. This fast-paced industry…
Top 25 Funded Mental Health Startups in 2018
[Article originally from Vector.tv, author, Steven Loeb] Healthcare is such a massive space, one that takes up a sixth of the entire U.S. economy, that just one small piece of that pie can be extremely lucrative. Take diabetes, for example, where there have been a slew of different companies tackling that problem, and raising money in…
Bipolar at Work – Coming Out
As the founder and CEO of a tech startup, I found that transparency about my condition to my colleagues was a major step in the right direction. I spoke individually to my key wingmen, I took each out separately to lunch and explained the situation and my plan for improvement. Later, like the speaker in…
My shrink’s better than yours
I knew my psychiatrist, Dr. Goldberg M.D. was fantastic at his job after more or less rescuing me from one of the darkest periods of my life. What I didn’t realize is that nearly everyone else in the bipolar-focused psych business feels likewise. After randomly finding several articles he penned from WebMd I decided to…
Faces of Bipolar Depression
My psychiatrist once told me that I don’t fully understand what it feels like to be content – that as an adult I likely had never experience pure, simple satisfaction – that it is a mental state almost completely foreign to me. On the contrary, this collection of bipolar faces shows hope amidst despair. Tragically,…
Are Entrepreneurs Touched with Fire?
We honor the memories of our brilliant, brave and beloved entrepreneurs whose missions will never be accomplished. We seek to understand the causes of their strengths and vulnerabilities, hoping that application of this knowledge will empower future entrepreneurs to prevail. From a book “Touched Entrepreneurs Touched with Fire” by Michael A. Freeman, M.D. From a…