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“I want more people to choose sales, at least for a bit – think of it as an enlistment to uncover your superpower”
“If we don’t take the time, however, to process any kind of grief that may have impacted us over the past year, we are missing our chance to heal”
“So little by little, year after year, I managed to freeze all my feelings away. That is until they all revolted”
“During the month preceding my involuntary hospitalization, I sought help in multiple places – hospital, church, police – only to be turned away every time”
“More than ever, I strongly believe that, as humans, we are not intended to live this life alone”
“In feeling like I had lost absolutely everything, myself included, ultimately I found myself once more”
“I have found that going back to the basics is a way in which to survive anything, even COVID-19”
“I knew pretty early on that if I didn’t stay connected, in all of this chaos, to the things that were important to me, that I would not do well”
“Living with PTSD and dissociation oftentimes makes me feel so separate and abnormal from everyone else because they don’t have the same intense reactions, thoughts and feelings that I do”
“I have a hard time describing my experiences as mere hallucinations. Everything was just so incredibly real- essentially indistinguishable from reality”
“Once you know the location where your anxiety spikes, then you can do something about it”
“I was standing in a pile of rubble and struggling through the grief process after she died.”
“I want to change my life. I want to find a new sense of meaning. I want to reconnect to the meaning that once drove everything I did”
“My past…has taught me lessons that I could not have learned in a thousand years without the pain and struggle that came with it”
THE UNCRUSHED PODCAST

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“What if there is a place within you that is unharmable? What would knowing that create in your life? You are more than your past. You are more than your beliefs. You are a whole and perfect spiritual being”
“Can we create a space that is safe…where you can come and connect with others who are on a similar journey”
“I didn’t know anyone else who had struggled with what I had struggled with…it’s really important for me to talk about this because there are so many people who are going through all types of scenarios”
“I don’t care how long you spent planning your 2020 in 2019…3 months into the year…you took that entire plan and threw it into the trash…and there was nothing we could do to change that”
“I’ve gone through the pain of sexual assault and come out on the other end…but a lot of people don’t realize that this happens and how much it hurts…I am strong now”
“After removing yourself from the environment that you associate heavily with your addiction, there’s nothing but choice”
“I really felt, even in one of the largest behavioral health organizations in the world, that I was being stigmatized by coming out and being open about it”
“I wanted to flock to something that was constant, and work was constant for me, and I was good at work. I could dive right in, so for me, it was blinders. I remember my sister was pronounced dead, and I grabbed my laptop and started working by her bedside table”
“As I worked the process and worked through myself and with the help of family and friends, my therapist and even medication, I realized that I could use this to help push me forward instead of holding me back”
“When you’re going through something hard, you start to lose that sense of sunshiny positivity, you start to lose your sense of self. Who you know yourself to be starts to slip through your fingers. It also makes you feel like a fraud”
“The more we can break this down in our interpersonal relationships with one another, the more freedom and confidence we will have in bringing that authenticity in the greater world”
“Over that period of very traumatic events… I listened to a bunch of books, talked to a lot of experts, gone to conferences, joined different support groups and I realized that it’s gonna be a lifelong journey”
“I looked in the mirror, I was getting ready to go to work, and all of a sudden the person I saw was…I wasn’t laughing, I wasn’t having fun, I hadn’t seen my friends. I was just traveling, I was just grinding”
“I realized that the conversation of body positivity and feeling insecure in who you are wasn’t a conversation publicly…and I realized that I wanted to start having those conversations publicly”
OPINION Pieces

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“Almost 3 in 5 sales people struggle with their mental health and frontline sales managers/individual contributors struggle the most”
“Here are three tips to feel more empowered to help others when they’re in need without feeling like their problems are your own”
James talks to Ashleigh and Kasey about the secret to forming meaningful relationships, prioritizing time, and ‘bro culture’ in sales
“i think it’s important more than ever to be self aware of how you feel. allow yourself to feel that way, don’t be afraid to talk about it”
“Active listening, to me, means being involved in the conversation. It’s being present for the other person and engaging with them”
“By owning the sadness and fear, it also let in the possibility of feeling joy and happiness again”
“So, there are ways to find the positives after loss. You have to be willing to step out of the pain, if possible, and look for them”
“My personal healing accelerated significantly by adding these healthy routines throughout my day”
“We have to focus on coming out of this and being able to function effectively. Many things we once took for granted, will never be the same again”
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE surf and sales podcast- bringing humanity back into sales with tim clarke of salesforce
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE STRESSD PODCAST- HOW TO COPE WITH ADDICTION: Interview with james buckley
Highlights from the Overcoming adversity podcast #21: tim clarke, founder of uncrushed.org, shares his personal experiences with mental health
Highlights from the Xvoyant Sales Leadership Podcast #82: Richard Harris of The Harris Consulting Group joins to discuss how sales leaders can find better mental health
“Dreamforce 2019 Brain Health And Resilience Recap: What actress Emilia Clarke, Deepak Chopra and the Plum Village Monastics can teach you about being resilient”
“Mental health is a factor that affects everyone. What are we doing both personally and corporately to address these issues in ourselves and those who work around us every day?”
“We need to start treating the mind as importantly as we treat the body. We need to understand the process of health just like we understand the process of sales or marketing”
Tim Clarke shares his experience in sales and how he’s on a mission to bring awareness to mental health issues in the sales industry
“I don’t see the point in measuring life in terms of time anymore. I’d rather measure life in terms of making a difference”
“Caring for your soul is an important part of taking care of yourself that can improve physical and mental health along the way”
“Work allows you to provide for yourself and your family while also serving a purpose in the community, but when it takes over your life, it can negatively affect your health”
“Finding humor in the circumstances of life can lift moods with laughter and help people to better deal with and overcome difficult experiences”
FEATURE PIECES

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“Declining mental health and the weakened ability to perform at a high-level is ignored. Fear becomes the driving force; motivating salespeople to work longer hours, make more calls and push themselves to avoid failure”
“Would I be a different sales manager today knowing what I do, and understanding the power that burnout has on the effectiveness of my team?”
“In a survey of nearly 10,000 people, 55 percent agreed with the statement ‘I am afraid of getting punished for taking a day off to attend to my mental health’”
“Senior managers…must acknowledge that significant emotional strains and hazards accompany selling”
“MICROMANAGEMENT BY LEADERSHIP AND MISSING TARGET WERE CONSISTENTLY RANKED #1 AND #2 FOR HAVING THE GREATEST NEGATIVE IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH DECLINE IN SALES”
“Improving mental health in the workplace can decrease productivity losses by as much as 30%”
Events / WEBINARS

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Breakout recording with Kasey Jones at aa-isp digital sales world norwood on september 12th 2019
Breakout recording with lindsey boggs at aa-isp digital sales world norwood on september 12th 2019
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR RECORDING AROUND MENTAL HEALTH HOSTED BY AA-ISP ON TUESDAY JULY 9TH 2019
Watch the keynote recording and slides from a Mental Wellness Panel with 3 of our co-founders (Janelle Cronk, Lindsey Boggs and Tim Clarke) in Dallas, Texas on Thursday April 18th 2019
book excerpts

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“Look at all these fools. Wasting their time with no perspective on how things really are. I’m the only one who knows how things really are. I made eye contact with a finch that was at my level in a nearby tree. See, we both get it”
“Living this way will free you from the need to reject any situation, person, or memory; it allows you to stand in the midst of anything happening and welcome it all”
“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself”
“Every single time I put together any amount of continuous sobriety; I would hit this concrete wall in my spiritual progression, and repeatedly fall back into the pit from where I had just emerged”
research

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“Learn how salespeople can become more mentally resilient and engaged during these challenging times”
“We already knew that not enough was being done to support people living with mental illness, but the…report confirms the trend that mental health in the U.S. continues to get worse”
“Sales Health Alliance conducted a survey of over 275 salespeople to determine how salespeople and sales leaders perceive their roles. The purpose of the survey was to answer one primary question: Does meaningful work really matter to the Mental Health and Happiness of a salesperson?”
“67% respondents agree / strongly agree that they are close to currently experiencing burnout”
“We need to put a premium on early identification and early intervention for everyone with mental health concerns”
“People who reported that it was unsafe to discuss their workplace stress in their companies had the poorest outcomes for employee engagement and wellbeing”
“People are simply not receiving the treatment they need to live healthy and productive lives – and too many don’t see a way out”
NEWS

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“One in five adults in America experience a mental illness. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed this to five in five”
“We asked members of our team to highlight which content published last year was most impactful to them”
“You might feel more on edge than usual, angry, helpless or sad. You might notice that you are more frustrated with others or want to completely avoid any reminders of what is happening”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that”
“ON THIS VETERANS DAY, TO HONOR MY FATHER AND THE MANY LIVING VETERANS…I AM HONORED TO SHARE AN EXPERIENCE THAT WAS LIFE CHANGING FOR MYSELF”
“Many people do not seek treatment in the early stages of mental illnesses because they don’t recognize the symptoms #MIAW19 #7Days7Ways”
“NEARLY HALF OF HR LEADERS SAY EMPLOYEE BURNOUT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UP TO 50% OF THEIR ANNUAL WORKFORCE TURNOVER”
#4Mind4Body Theme Highlights Importance of Work-Life Balance, Pets and Spirituality in Achieving Balanced Mental Health
“Announcing the launch of uncrushed.org, a platform and community for mental health awareness”
TED / KEYNOTE TALKS

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“I had never felt so lost and in a black hole before, I felt like there was no way out”