Episode 338: Quitting Alcohol, Accepting Your Authentic Self & How Money Allows You Time To Heal With Rich Jones

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rich Jones, founder of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find More Balance</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">joins the podcast to discuss his personal development journey. Rich’s career, mental and physical health transformation is inspirational, relatable and can be a case-study in how learning to cope with mental illness and dissatisfaction in life in a healthy way can make your dreams a reality. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also chat about Rich’s journey to sobriety, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy, getting back into track, and more. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode you’ll learn more about:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Facing your problems head-on instead of putting a temporary change bandaid over them</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why considering others “behind the scenes” challenges is essential to building empathy </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How financial independence allows you to walk away from situations, take breaks + gives you space to “do it your way”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Rich’s breaking point and what caused him to rethink full-time entrepreneurship + more</span></li> </ul> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter"> <div class="c-message_kit__gutter__right" data-qa= "message_content"> <div class= "c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text"> <div class= "c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text"> <div class="p-block_kit_renderer" data-qa="block-kit-renderer"> <div class= "p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first"> <div class="p-rich_text_block" dir="auto"> <div class="p-rich_text_section"> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong style= "font-size: revert;