Mental Illness Happy Hour

The IT entrepreneur and writer who created the Mend app talks about her struggles with obsessions and letting go especially after breakups or loss, how she is creating a community online to deal with the shame, isolation, obsession and feelings of rejection and not being enough.  She also talks about the sickness of working to extreme exhaustion and trying to find validation outside of her accomplishments. More About Our Guest On leaving Google: https://medium.com/this-happened-to-me/why-i-left-google-c02f1ff471c6 On her parents' divorce: https://www.letsmend.com/posts/what-my-parents-divorce-taught-me-about-heartbreak   Other links: Mend website: https://www.letsmend.com/ Elle's Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/loveislikeaplant Mend Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/wholehearts Elle's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellenhuerta/?hl=en Mend's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letsmend/?hl=en Mend App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mend-self-care-for-breakups/id1074475992?mt=8 Support Our Sponsors!  Thi