How To Face Uncertainties And Learn To Pivot With Benoit Kim

<p>Benoit Kim is a former policymaker turned therapist and the host of Discover More Podcast- a show for introspective thinkers with growth mindsets seeking authentic life stories. </p><p>After leaving the private sector upon graduation, Benoit joined Teach for America (TFA) to teach in inner-city Philadelphia which soon became his entry point into the world of nonprofits and policy. </p><p>Then, in 2017, as a veteran, he experienced a deployment that forced him to take a leave from my AmeriCorps commitment with TFA and my graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. </p><p>This near-deployment (i.e., when Trump and Kim Jun Un were threatening nuclear actions and my unit was summoned to support the troops on the North-South Korean border which was canceled 1 day before his mobilization due to the situation being de-escalated) catalyzed his first major depression and forced him to contemplate his mortality.</p><p>Growing up with a &#34;tiger mom,&#34; I always was taught to believe that perseverance would always prevail until it did not. This was a profound realization and I believed in mental health for the first time in 24 years of my life at the time. After my near-deployment, I worked in the policymaking sector via truancy prevention and social equity programming until my most recent second career pivoted into the clinical field as a therapist. </p><p>I had to reconcile with the difficult truth that the macro is always comprised of the micros and I did not want to sacrifice my soul vis-a-vis compromising my own moral compass for the sake of utilitarian impact over time.</p><p>Benoit&#39;s podcast: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/discovermorepodcast" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/c/discovermorepodcast</a></p><p>***</p><p>John Cordray, Host <a href="https://www.johncordray.com/" rel="nofollow">johncordray.com</a></p><p>GET UNSTUCK Newsletter: <a href="https://www.getunstucknewsletter.com/" rel="nofollow">www.getunstucknewsletter.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Disclaimer: The Mental Health Today