104: Take Care of Your Mental Health

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are delighted to be speaking to Sherry Walling, PhD, today. Sherry is an amazing person! She and her husband are both entrepreneurs. Sherry hosts the ZenFounder podcast, which has produced 300 episodes so far, and she is also the owner of a company called ZenFounder. Sherry offers mental health advice for entrepreneurs. She has a new book coming out soon, called Touching Two Worlds. It is about mental health and ensuring that you know how to take care of yourself as a business owner. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Sherry tells her professional story, shares her experience, and talks about her new book. She describes the similarities between trauma from combat and the trauma experienced by entrepreneurs. She also talks about using psychedelic drugs to cure trauma, what we can do to prevent burnout, and coping with grief as a business owner.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We hope you enjoy our insightful conversation with Sherry Walling! </span></p> <p><strong>Bio</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Sherry Walling is a clinical psychologist, speaker, podcaster, best-selling author, yoga teacher, and mental health advocate. Her company, ZenFounder, helps leaders and entrepreneurs navigate transition, loss, conflict, or any manner of complex human experience.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She hosts the</span> <a href= "http://www.zenfounder.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ZenFounder</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">podcast, which has been called a “must listen” by both Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine and has been downloaded more than 1,000,000 times. She is also the host of</span> <a href= "https://www.mindcure.com/podcasts"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mind Curious</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a podcast exploring psychedelics and innovations in mental health care.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her best-selling book,</span> <a href= "https://www.a