I pivoted early into the non-profit and policy sector from management consulting upon graduation, then committed to Teach for America (AmeriCorps program) teaching in inner-city Philadelphia before taking a military leave from this commitment and graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania due to a 2017 near-deployment.
In this 2017 near-deployment to the North-South Korean border, I experienced my first major depression and had to acknowledge that perseverance does not always prevail, which catalyzed my venture into the realm of mental health. Then, I worked in the policy sector for a few years after becoming the youngest policymaker in the agency's 100-year history and, then pivoted recently into the clinical field as an aspirational psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist.
Lastly, I started the podcast in 2019 as a passion project which has turned into a business with growing team, and the show has been recently ranked #1 in all independent science podcasts, #16 overall in all science podcasts, Apple Podcasts top 100 in 2023, and is a top 1% globally ranked podcast in all categories.
Discover More is a podcast for independent thinkers who appreciate the importance of nuances with mental health as a throughline. Looking for deep thinking? Topics include exorcism and mental illness, cognitive psychology and psychedelics, criminal psychology and true crime, consumer psychology and well-being, and more. Notable guests include Matthieu Ricard, Fr. Vincent Lampert, Dr. Courtney Tracy (The Truth Doctor), Andrew Bustamante, Zoe Chance, Todd Kashdan, and more.
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