As a part of our Mental Health Moment campaign, Ben Chodor is joined for a special interview by three members of the Crisis Text Line team - Courtney Hunter, Jana French and Becka Ross.

Together, they discuss the mental health crisis, the tools Crisis Text Line provides, and tips for managing stress, anxiety, depression and loneliness.

About Crisis Text Line

Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7, high-quality text-based mental health support and crisis intervention by empowering a community of trained volunteers to support people in their moments of need.

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As we continue our Mental Health Moments campaign into June, Ben Chodor sits down with Adi Segal, CEO of Hapi, a self-care app that helps people feel heard and understood by providing active listening as a service. To-date, Hapi has provided more than one million minutes of listening!

Together, Ben and Adi discuss the power of active listening, the importance of finding someone to talk to, and following your dream with intention.

About Hapi

Hapi is a self-care app that helps people navigate through day-to-day life challenges by providing active listening as a service. The service is on-demand, 24/7, real time with a real human, over an internet call, and it’s 100% anonymous.

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Join us for the second-to-last interview in our Mental Health Moments series featuring a conversation between Ben and Partnership to End Addiction  president, Fred Muench. Together the pair discuss engaging with loved ones struggling with substance use, how to talk to your children about drugs and alcohol, and the Partnership’s work empowering families, advancing effective care, shaping public policy and changing culture.

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Join us for the FINAL interview in our Mental Health Moments series featuring psychiatrist, author and farmer Drew Ramsey and Student Ambassador Sreeya Pittala on behalf of the nonprofit organization Bring Change to Mind! Drew and Sreeya bring their unique perspectives to the conversation about mental health, share guidance for supporting high school students experiencing challenges, and tips for creating space to share feelings.

About Bring Change to Mind

Bring Change to Mind is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging dialogue about mental health, and to raising awareness, understanding, and empathy. They create multimedia campaigns, curate storytelling movements, and develop youth programs to encourage a diverse cultural conversation around mental health. Actress & activist Glenn Close co-founded Bring Change to Mind in 2010 after her sister, Jessie Close, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and her nephew, Calen Pick, with schizoaffective disorder.

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Join Ben as he interviews Uncompromising author, Steve White about his path from the housing projects to the board room. Steve’s remarkable journey is one of vision, grit, and a relentless focus on possibility and purpose. Steve will discuss the lessons that have shaped him and the principals he follows in order to live a life with more fulfillment, purpose, and a lasting legacy.

About Steve White

Steven A. White grew up as the son of a fiercely determined and hard-working single mother. His family moved often in the hopes of creating a better life and future. From Florida to Georgia and eventually Indiana, Steve was influenced by his mother’s strong will and work ethic.

As President of Comcast’s West Division for eleven years, Steve White created a culture defined by Working Together To Win Together. Driven by continuous learning, radical responsibility, and an unwavering commitment to excellence, Comcast’s West Division became a pacesetter by delivering industry-leading results. Steve White was responsible for all Comcast Cable operations in the Western U.S., leading nearly thirty thousand employees, serving almost ten million customers, and driving annual revenue of nearly $18 billion. 

Today, Steve applies that same winning philosophy to his new post as President, Special Counsel to the CEO of Comcast.

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Entrepreneur Natasha Miller broke free from a troubled, abusive childhood to build a multi- million dollar entertainment production company while raising her daughter as a single parent.

In this episode of the Insights podcast, Ben Chodor interviews Natasha about her memoir Relentless and the transformational inner work she did to grow her confidence and independence as well as the strategic, practical steps that enabled her to activate profits, optimize her systems, and become a leader with intention.

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A great deal of conversation has been had on the subject of motivating and influencing others, but what happens when the person you most want to influence is you? Setting and achieving goals for yourself—at work, at home, and in relationships—is harder than it seems. How do you know where to start?

Join Ben Chodor and author Ayelet Fishbach as they dive into the field of motivation science and what it means to motivate yourself!

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We think of rebels as troublemakers, outcasts, contrarians - people who complicate otherwise straightforward decisions and create chaos wherever they go.

But, in truth, rebels are also those who change the world for the better - instead of staying with the familiar, they defy the status quo!

They are masters of innovation and reinvention - and we have much to learn from them!

Join Ben and Francesca Gino as they dive into what it truly means to be a rebel.

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 So many of the things that make a great leader feel intangible - like style or presence. But a personal style and undeniable presence are easier to develop than you might think - and it all begins with finding your signature voice.

Join us for this masterclass in learning to lead as Ben Chodor interviews Amy Jen Su, author of Own the Room. Learn about the framework that has helped hundreds of leaders find their signature voice, and explore tactics that will help you to take on the next level in your career - and the next, and the next after that.

If you've ever wanted to own the room, you won't want to miss this episode!

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One of the last bastions of "doing things the old way," live events were ripe for disruption when the pandemic hit in 2020. Fast forward 18 months and we've all learned a lot - but what about the future of live events? Where do we go from here?

Join Ben Chodor and Marco Giberti as they discuss how to reinvent live events and what an always-on event community could look like. Adopt a "beginner's mindset" with us and explore the future of online-offline-online events.

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