Bettermental
Your business can’t function without you, which means taking care of your mental health is a crucial part of showing up. Join certified corporate wellness speaker Mike Veny and writer Leanna Lee each month as they share their lived experiences and offer practical solutions for healthy business growth. If you’re dealing with burnout and your business is controlling your life instead of supporting your goals, listen in as we explore working to live well. If you want to learn how to grow your business without burning out, hit follow and get ready to change your business life.
Episodes
19 episodes
Are you trying to control your own success?
Bettermental is wrapping up Season 2 with a question: are you limiting your own potential by trying to control your success?Mike and Leanna discuss what success has meant for each of them: professionally, financially, and mentally. They ...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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28:55
Anxiety and control with Tatiana Garcia LPC
Ambitious, goal-oriented, perfect. These qualities may sound like positives, but sometimes the person with which we label them, actually feels overwhelmed, burnt out, or not enough.In this guest episode,
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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31:27
Helping high-achievers while managing anxiety with Tatiana Garcia LPC
Are you a perfectionist? Do you appear to have it all together, but inside you feel worried, overwhelmed, and burnt out? In this special guest episode, Licensed Professional Counselor Tatiana Garcia
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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29:58
Energy, depression, and giving up control
Running a business with depression can be a huge challenge —and a never-ending one. In this episode, Mike and Leanna take a break from their scheduled episodes to share a spontaneous update on their mental health and work.You’ll learn:
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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38:38
How to manage your business clients better
As business owners and freelancers, we rely on our client relationships to make a living. But managing them can sometimes be a struggle. In this episode, Mike and Leanna discuss defining your ideal client, setting expectations and having emerge...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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35:10
Getting control of your business finances
Do you feel like you have enough money in your business bank account? In this episode, Mike and Leanna talk about the financial pressures of being an entrepreneur, hustle culture, and the impact money has on our mental health and self-worth.&nb...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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29:54
Controlling your business better with time management
How much of your work day is truly productive? Are you spending time on the right things?In this episode, Mike and Leanna dive into the topic of time management, and how managing your time can improve your mental health as well as your p...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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26:25
Can you control your emotions?
What happens when you feel an emotion? A common piece of advice is to “think positive thoughts. But is that enough if you struggle with mental health challenges? Listen to this episode to learn the difference between controlling and...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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30:30
Control vs Management
Do you consider yourself a manager? Or would you say you’re more of a control freak? We often can't control our emotions, but we can learn to recognize them. We can learn to notice how they feel in our bodies, understand what they a...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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29:45
We're Back! Welcome to Bettermental Season 2
Bettermental is a mental health resource for small business owners. Your hosts are Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist®, Mike Veny and future of work and wellbeing writer,
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Season 2
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11:28
8: 4 stress management lessons for entrepreneurs
Running a business isn’t easy. Whether you work one-on-one with clients or lead a product-based business, being an entrepreneur means a lot of hard work and stress. There’s always another fire to put out or another project that’s falling behind...
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Season 1
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26:45
7. Manage your energy effectively at work
Freelancers and business owners know too well: time is a precious resource. You have a finite amount of time each day to manage client relationships, do your work, and juggle everything in between. But what about your mental health? Do you have...
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Season 1
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43:22
6. Talking to clients about mental health with Chrissy Kozol
How can you talk about mental health with your clients? What’s the difference between indirect and direct disclosure? In today’s episode, Leanna and Mike meet with Chrissy Kozol to discuss how to navigate client relationships and your mental he...
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Season 1
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43:36
5. How to build a healthy work culture
Whether you’re working remotely, in the office, or somewhere in between, mental health isn’t something you can leave at the door. In today’s episode, Mike and Leanna walk through how leaders can create a mentally healthy work culture with empat...
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Season 1
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35:33
4. Start 2022 with a stress-free reset
Happy New Year! 2021 is FINALLY over, and if you’re thinking it’s time for some changes to your business, you’ve come to the right place. Continuing the season’s theme of stress management, Mike and Leanna ring jump into January with ideas for ...
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Season 1
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37:18
3. Stress management for business owners: Burnout (Part 3)
Welcome to Bettermental! To kick off their season on stress management, Mike and Leanna have introduced a three-part mini series on stress, exhaustion, and burnout. The last part of this mini-series (Part 3), is all about burnout, which is what...
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Season 1
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29:17
2. Stress management for business owners: Exhaustion (Part 2)
Welcome to Bettermental! To kick off their season on stress management, Mike and Leanna have introduced a three-part mini-series on stress, exhaustion, and burnout. Part 2 focuses on the next stage of stress: exhaustion. According t...
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Season 1
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29:47
1. Stress management for business owners (Part 1)
Welcome to Bettermental’s first episode! Mike and Leanna are excited to be back recording together again in person. In this episode, they introduce a three-part mini-series on stress, exhaustion, and burnout. Starting with stress, t...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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40:15
Trailer Episode: Welcome to Bettermental!
Meet the hosts of Bettermental: Mike Veny and Leanna Lee! In this trailer for their upcoming podcast, they discuss how managing mental health has impacted their lives and careers and talk about what they each hope to bring to the arena of menta...
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Season 1
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Episode 0
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12:09
