About Episode

I’ll bet if you’re reading this right now, you define yourself as a “creative.” What you do for a living is not just your job, it’s your identity.

Your creativity defines you.

While being highly creative has its blessings, it also comes with its share of curses, not the least of which is that high levels of creativity have been linked to attention problems as well as increased levels of anxiety and depression¹. Mental health issues are unfortunately just part of the package for many creative people…including me.

When you define yourself by what you do, it’s easy to put “normal life” on the back burner and lose yourself in a project for days, weeks, or months at a time until you wake up one morning and realize you’re a shell of the person you used to be.

• You can barely get out of bed
• Simple tasks like laundry and paying bills seem overwhelming
• You’ve lost your creative passion (and you might even hate the job you used to love)
• You avoid family & friends
• You feel like you’re “broken”

In short…you’re burned out.

I have spent the last ten years and over $75,000 on self-experimentation obsessively searching for ways to optimize creative performance while also maintaining some semblance of a healthy & balanced life raising two young kids.  After achieving levels of success in the Hollywood film industry I never could have dreamed of despite constantly fighting my own mental health demons, I can confidently tell you:

It just isn’t necessary to sacrifice yourself for the sake of your creative work and your career.

Welcome to a new way of living life as a “creative” based on science where you can achieve immense levels of personal and professional success because you prioritize your mental and physical health, not despite it.

Welcome to Optimize Yourself.