Samantha Meis, entrepreneur and multidisciplinary designer, gets real about her mental health journey, completely blowing us away with her strength and honesty. As an entrepreneur who made an investment deal on Shark Tank while in college, she has learned all about the work habits that support and hinder your mental health. We also love how open Sam gets about her struggles, her successes, where she is in her life and what she’s working towards.

 

Topics We Discuss: 

• Mental Health 
• Entrepreneurship
• Work Culture
• Suicidal Thoughts

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• How her passions were supported by her family growing up.
• How her mother's passing affected her and still affects her today. 
• Her dad has been her most influential business mentor.
• About her own experience with suicidal thoughts.
• Her fears around talking about her mental health.
• Although she was exposed to depression as a child, she did not really understand it until she was going through it herself.
• Why one of her main core values is kindness.
• About what Brené Brown calls the “vulnerability hangover”.
• How our body stores emotional pain.
• About the close link between mental, emotional and physical bodies.
• Tips to support your mental health as an entrepreneur.
• The importance of starting a conversation around mental health in the workplace.
• The power and importance of saying “no”.
• How Friendly Feels, a mental health community for women, was started.
• About her experience on Shark Tank with Misto Box.

 

Resources:

• Follow Sam on IG @samantha_meis
• @friendlyfeels - Mental Health Community for Women
• Brené Brown
• The retreat center Sam is attending: Survivors at The Meadows 
• Benshen Course with Desirée Pais
• The Social Shift created by Jenni Adishian
• The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris 
• Your Body Keeps Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
• The Year of Knots by Windy Chien
• The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
• Misto Box 
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255