Founders First - The Show About Mental Health in Entrepreneurship

Dr. Charmain Jackman shares a host of tips and experience, teaching us how to better gain perspective on our problems and stay present in our work without burning out. 

Andrea Grisdale saw her revenue drop 95% when Covid hit after two decades of consistent growth. Her flexibility has seen her company rebound and she shares some of her greatest tips with us here today. 

It turns out that love isn't just a fairy tale or a four-letter word. Dr. Charlie Cartwright explains that authentic leadership leads with love and that love has to start with yourself before you can truly uplift others.

Allen Clary spent 20 years climbing the ladder of the business world, eventually reaching the level of CEO only to give it all up. In this episode, you'll learn why, and how you might need to quit to start the next chapter of your life.

It turns out that many of us are so focused on how to become successful that we don't think about how to handle it once we have it. Bennie Fowler knows first hand what the spotlight feels like. To find it again and maintain it, however, he's had to learn and change a few things in his approach.

Karl Shallowhorn knows first-hand the struggles of anxiety, depression, and entrepreneurship. With over 3 decades of experience managing his personal issues and almost as many helping others with theirs, he's found community to be one of his best tools for continued success.

Dr. Chloe Carmichael has transformed a passion for yoga and body-mind connection into a hugely successful consulting practice. Rather than avoiding or squashing your anxiety, Dr. Carmichael suggests we use our anxiety as an indicator in our lives and teaches us how to manage it to be a force for positive change.

Mark Williams shares the importance of self-care and rest to perform at your best. It's so crucial, he says, that the airforce mandates all their pilots get 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep per day. Tune in to learn why, and how this applies to you as an entrepreneur.

David Paul is one of the most self-disciplined people around. It's something he largely attributes to his success and his ability to juggle the stresses of his business and personal life. In this episode, he offers a few simple steps to focus on to get these same benefits for your own entrepreneurial journey.

Join the conversation about what science says about the entrepreneurial brain and what makes us different. Learn more about our common strengths and the things we need to look out for.