Joseph Nguyen

What I found is that when you see people who are over-functioning, a lot of times it's not just them. It has been contagious. It spreads to their families. It spreads to their team. It spreads even to their pets, right? Everyone's not happy. There's a lack of joy. The anhedonia spreads to the ecosystem.

What I found is that when you see people who are over-functioning, a lot of times it's not just them. It has been contagious. It spreads to their families. It spreads to their team. It spreads even to their pets, right? Everyone's not happy. There's a lack of joy. The anhedonia spreads to the ecosystem.

What I found is that when you see people who are over-functioning, a lot of times it's not just them. It has been contagious. It spreads to their families. It spreads to their team. It spreads even to their pets, right? Everyone's not happy. There's a lack of joy. The anhedonia spreads to the ecosystem.

But if you can retrain yourself and start to engage in being present, slowing down and accessing life the way you should, then that spreads as well. So you can actually reverse things if you're mindful and intentional about it.

But if you can retrain yourself and start to engage in being present, slowing down and accessing life the way you should, then that spreads as well. So you can actually reverse things if you're mindful and intentional about it.

But if you can retrain yourself and start to engage in being present, slowing down and accessing life the way you should, then that spreads as well. So you can actually reverse things if you're mindful and intentional about it.

Thank you for having me.

Thank you for having me.

Thank you for having me.

Yes, it was back in 2020. I was actually giving a talk to this healthcare system and they were asking me for tools to adjust to what was happening in the world. And it was halfway through that talk that I realized that I was actually struggling. And no one knew it. On the outside, I was accomplishing incredible things. I run a research lab and we managed to stay open throughout the pandemic.

Yes, it was back in 2020. I was actually giving a talk to this healthcare system and they were asking me for tools to adjust to what was happening in the world. And it was halfway through that talk that I realized that I was actually struggling. And no one knew it. On the outside, I was accomplishing incredible things. I run a research lab and we managed to stay open throughout the pandemic.

Yes, it was back in 2020. I was actually giving a talk to this healthcare system and they were asking me for tools to adjust to what was happening in the world. And it was halfway through that talk that I realized that I was actually struggling. And no one knew it. On the outside, I was accomplishing incredible things. I run a research lab and we managed to stay open throughout the pandemic.

And at that time, we were like the only doctor's office still open in our building because we were doing these FDA studies that had to continue. You can't just yank people off of medications. And I had just joined this prestigious board for an Ivy league institution and was on multiple television shows, media, but no one knew that I was actually struggling.

And at that time, we were like the only doctor's office still open in our building because we were doing these FDA studies that had to continue. You can't just yank people off of medications. And I had just joined this prestigious board for an Ivy league institution and was on multiple television shows, media, but no one knew that I was actually struggling.

And at that time, we were like the only doctor's office still open in our building because we were doing these FDA studies that had to continue. You can't just yank people off of medications. And I had just joined this prestigious board for an Ivy league institution and was on multiple television shows, media, but no one knew that I was actually struggling.

And here I was on this call really feeling like a hypocrite because I questions coming through, well, how do we cope? What do we do? And I was just like, I feel the same way. And I, how many people are just like me? How many people are the rock? How many people have to show up for their families?

And here I was on this call really feeling like a hypocrite because I questions coming through, well, how do we cope? What do we do? And I was just like, I feel the same way. And I, how many people are just like me? How many people are the rock? How many people have to show up for their families?

And here I was on this call really feeling like a hypocrite because I questions coming through, well, how do we cope? What do we do? And I was just like, I feel the same way. And I, how many people are just like me? How many people are the rock? How many people have to show up for their families?

How many people have to show up for their teams, for their loved ones and push through pain in order to appear high functioning? And why is it that in mental health, we wait for people to break down, to intervene? I thought that was a broken model.

How many people have to show up for their teams, for their loved ones and push through pain in order to appear high functioning? And why is it that in mental health, we wait for people to break down, to intervene? I thought that was a broken model.