What Do You Think You Should Know About Mental Health?

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As busy as you are, in as much as you have on your plate, i think everyone needs to make time, call it two to three hours a week for good mental hygiene. For me, in the intensive periods of my life, it's having a therapist, which is now table stakes in my life,. So having a mental health professional therapist, let's call that our one. Our two is a coach. A coach is there for the business to succeed. And then i think our three is a relationship therapist. Maybe it's some other healing practice that you're in. Maybe maybe it's 20 minutes of meditation a day.

From the outside, it seemed like Andy Dunn was living the dream. His menswear company, Bonobos, was acquired by Walmart for $310 million in 2017 — the same year he married the love of his life, Manuela. Of course, Andy’s entrepreneurial journey wasn’t without its challenges. Under the surface were much darker struggles that he largely kept hidden…

This week on How I Built This Lab, Andy returns to the show to talk to Guy about his new book, Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind. In this radically honest memoir, Andy finally opens up about the struggle with bipolar disorder that nearly cost him everything.

Check out Andy’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Rate-Launching-Startup-Losing/dp/0593238265

Listen to Andy’s How I Built This interview from 2019: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/18/686640146/bonobos-andy-dunn

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