Can You Start a Company While Grieving? Should You?

After our conversation with the co-founders of the Sloomoo Institute, co-host Christine Lagorio-Chafkin followed up with clinical psychologist, author, and professor Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, about the concept of grief--and how to navigate it, especially when you’re extremely busy, or a founder. She explained the complex range of responses humans have to grief, and the unique ability founders might have when it comes to coping through being able to envision a transformation in the future. She also spoke about getting off the productivity-industrial complex’s “wellness hamster wheel” and instead embarking on your own journey. She shared insight into finding support systems for mental health--and establishing a healthy relationship with your co-founder.
Show notes and links:
Tracy’s company, Arcade Theraputics: arcadetherapeutics.com/about-us/
Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary’s website: www.drtracyphd.com/
Inc.com (inc.com/) article on Sloomoo Institute episode
Grief as Startup Fuel: The Sloomoo Institute's Unusual Beginnings (www.inc.com/christine-lagorio...) www.inc.com/christine-lagorio...
Karen Robinovitz and Sara Schiller had been through multiple businesses--and multiple traumas--before coming together to find reinvention and joy through an unlikely substance: slime.
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Transcript of this episode: www.inc.com/christine-lagorio...
DSM entry on Prolonged Grief Disorder: www.psychiatry.org/patients-f...