Interview with Eric Kussin: S5E9

After a successful career that started at the NBA League Office, and led to senior management positions with a number of professional sports teams, Eric’s mental health took a sudden and rapid decline.

Due to unresolved personal life traumas he failed to appropriately address at a younger age – life experiences he was unaware were affecting his mental health – Eric developed a severe bout of PTSD, along with symptoms of anxiety and depression. This fall came essentially “out of nowhere” and left him almost permanently in bed, and with severe cognitive impairment, for just over two and a half years. Once he found a way to climb out of his abyss, he vowed to spend the rest of his life focused on changing the global conversation through mental health advocacy.

It wasn’t until he met practitioners who taught him methods to actually heal his body and central nervous system, that he began to improve and get his life back. He is determined to spread his message: that EVERYONE in the world is affected by life’s inevitable traumas and stresses. We can’t escape them, as they are part of the human experience and they impact us on many levels. Mental health exists on a continuum, with some simply experiencing more severe declines than others over varying periods of time in their lives (and/or being more genetically predisposed to such declines). Because of this, his view is that we should all be open and accepting of those who need help, because we’re one community in this “crazy” world, all fighting our own unique, but often similar, battles.

Same Here App:
Global Mental Health Movement | Gym for the Brain - Same Here (samehereglobal.org)
Website:
Home | Same Here Global
LinkedIn:
(2) Eric Kussin | LinkedIn
Instagram:
@eric_kussin • Instagram photos and videos
Twitter:
(1) #SameHere Global Mental Health Movement 501c3 (@SameHere_Global) / X (twitter.com)


Eric Reyes: Host of Hey Coach! Podcast

Email:
eric@heycoachreyes.com
LinkedIn:
Eric Reyes | LinkedIn
Facebook:
(1) Hey Coach | Facebook
Facebook Group:
(2) Hey Coach! Sports,Life and Business | Facebook
Instagram :
Hey Coach Podcast (@theheycoachpodcast) • Instagram photos and videos
Twitter:
Hey Coach! Podcast (@HeyPodcas1) / Twitter