Emily Anhalt (@dremilyanhalt), co-founder of Coa, joins Erik to discuss:

- Why people should have a proactive approach to emotional fitness and should think of it like to going to a gym on a regular basis, rather than only seeking help when things go wrong.

- The seven traits of emotional fitness and how to get them.

- Why the true mechanism of healing is relationships.

- The fact that sometimes a founder’s biggest strength and can become a weakness.

- Why so many founders aren’t happy even after achieving significant success.

- Therapy vs. coaching and the main schools of thought in therapy today.

- Why group therapy is effective and the fact that people in group therapy actually find that helping others was the most helpful part of going to therapy.

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