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Six years ago, in an Austin motel room during South By Southwest, Aaron Harvey contemplated suicide.
Harvey was the co-founder of Ready Set Rocket, a thriving digital ad agency. He was 33 years old, married, and successful. But ever since his teenage years, his mind had swirled with gruesome, violent thoughts--and in the midst of the notoriously hectic and relentless business conference and festival, he felt like his true self was about to explode into the open.
He’d always feared researching his symptoms, but as a last resort, he Googled “violent thoughts.” It was an epiphany: Psychology and mental health websites said his brain was caught in a vicious cycle, and there were ways to break it. Harvey's feelings of great relief--soon a combination of therapy, medication, meditation, and surfing all provided a great source of help--gave way to disbelief. How had this taken him so long to discover?
Ever since, Harvey has worked to improve mental health awareness. His latest venture, Made Academy, is specifically aimed at improving mental-health conditions in workplaces. It's a series of lessons and videos that companies can use as part of diversity, inclusion, and sexual harassment training. Verizon Media is the company’s first major partner; Harvey hopes to expand his program to other workplaces starting in January.
You can get a head start. Read our story to learn three key takeaways from Made Academy’s training that any leader can implement right now. |
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