The ER Visit That Taught Me to Choose Myself

The Blow Your Mind Podcast · May 7, 2026 · 19m

Erika thought she was having a brain bleed. She was actually having a panic attack, in an ER in Boston, with her client sitting next to her. She'd been running three full-time jobs out of one body, sleeping four hours a night, and gaslighting herself every time her body tried to warn her.

In this episode, Chris joins Erika to talk about the moments most leaders never share. The ER visits. The denial. The cost of building something extraordinary while quietly falling apart. Chris shares what it was like to watch it happen up close, how it shifted his old-school views on mental health, and what…