DetoxPod 94 :Jared Salekin (Mental Health Educator/Podcaster)

What's the dream for you? Do you think that status and money can buy you happiness? Is a six-figure paycheck and a jet set lifestyle your ultimate goal? While I'm not saying those aren't good goals to have, there are plenty of people who have reached what they thought was the mountaintop, only to realize that what they really wanted wasn't there.

 

Such is the case with this episode's guest, Jared Salekin. For a while, Jared was a baller. He put his entrepreneurial mindset to good use, and then had an epiphany at the tender age of 25, turning his back on everything that had built him up till that point. These days, he runs a food business and works primarily as a mental health advocate, with a podcast called  The Journey with Jared.

 

In addition to discussing Jared's quarter life crisis and why he now is such a staunch supporter of mental health awareness, he and I also go deep on body dysmorphia and how it can affect men, how he feels these days about honesty and confrontation, and we talk about the stereotypes that (somewhat fairly) apply to his native Canada. Enjoy the conversation.