Erin Frey

Erin Frey describes how stress and anxiety affected her work as a startup founder and led her to seek therapy. She explains therapy as a process of setting goals, understanding thought and behavior patterns, and learning skills to respond to difficult emotions and thoughts. Using the example of a founder preparing to pitch investors, she shows how examining evidence and considering worst-case outcomes can reduce fear of failure. She also describes therapy’s immediate relief and longer-term benefits, and encourages founders to treat mental health care as an investment in themselves.