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🎙️ EPISODE 01 – “The State of Mental Health Is Bad. Here’s Why We Built a System.”
Hosted by Ash and Dan | Powered by elevate.epo

In our debut episode, Ash and Dan dive into the raw findings of the State of Mental Health 2022 survey—a deep, data-backed analysis conducted by Enrique Arteaga, MSc., revealing a truth most systems still won’t say out loud: the collective mental health of America is in crisis.

145 respondents across six major U.S. cities painted a picture that’s impossible to ignore:

• Mental health scored a “2 out of 4” – clinically Bad
• 63% say they won’t seek help in the next year
• Cost, lack of awareness, and disconnection from care are breaking the system
• And most tellingly, the more stressed people become, the more invisible they feel

But this episode doesn’t just stop at diagnosis—it starts a new conversation about what comes after the data. Ash and Dan break down why the existing therapy model isn’t built for real transformation—and why elevate.epo had to be created.

You’ll hear:

• Why people are “fine” on paper but emotionally collapsing in private
• What the Kendrick Lamar quote “the feeling of an apocalypse happening, but nothing is awkward” says about mass psychological dissonance
• How social determinants like housing insecurity, income stress, and neighborhood disconnection predict mental health better than symptom checklists
• And what it actually means to build a precision system designed for those who are done performing healing

Whether you’re a founder, creative, or someone burned out by traditional therapy, this episode lays the foundation for the elevate.epo movement—one rooted in radical honesty, data integrity, and an unapologetic vision for psychological recalibration.

🎧 This isn’t self-help. This is system override.