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When founder and CEO of How To Heal, Jessi Beyer, was in high school, she struggled with depression, anxiety, self-harm, disordered eating, and the trauma from her then-boyfriend's suicide attempt.
As she began to heal, she saw the power that vulnerable conversations could have on someone else's journey with mental health, and she knew that those types of conversations were the way to break down the mental illness stigma that prevents survivors from getting the help they deserve.
After writing a #1 best-selling book on trauma healing and speaking around the world on supporting someone who's struggling with their mental health, she decided to start How To Heal Co. to faciliate those life-changing conversations through apparel.
Hear her conversation with Lee Callahan here: