In this episode James and JR address mental health challenges within startups, which can put a particular amount of stress on founders and employees. This episode is particularly poignant because the recording day marked the anniversary of the death of JR’s friend from mental health. We discuss how we've both had our own run-ins with depression and anxiety, what we've done to overcome it and how JR approaches this with his employees at Lemon Squeezy.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:23 JR's surprise
03:18 Why we're talking about mental health
09:26 JR and James' own struggles
17:49 Dealing with mental health / finding the root cause
20:32 Burnout in startups
24:50 Addressing employee mental health
29:11 The tricky balance of knowing when to push
34:35 Lemon Squeezy updates

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Dealing with mental health challenges in startups

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Dealing with mental health challenges in startups