77: Zak Williams on Therapy, Sobriety, and Happiness

Welcome to Episode 77 of The Madhappy Podcast. This week we are excited to welcome Zak Williams, host of Lemonada Media's “Call For Help” podcast, onto the show to hear more about his mental health journey and his reasoning to lead a sober lifestyle & found PYM.

We kick off the episode as Peiman asks Zak to share more on his childhood and first conscious mental health experiences (2:31) leading the two into a conversation about therapy and Zak’s evolving relationship with therapy (11:42).

Peiman and Zak talk about the inspiration behind Zak’s company PYM (15:27) before Zak opens up more about his relationship with alcohol, elaborating why and how he has been sober for five years and counting (23:11).

The two talk about the concept of finding happiness through meaningful service (27:28) prior to wrapping up the episode with a conversation about the mental health resource and platform 988 (31:33).

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