Ep. 36: Associate Producer for TV Turned Social Worker and Author, Kent Weishaus

Kent Weishaus had a successful career in television when, in his fifties, he decided to completely switch gears in search of work that would have a more positive social impact.

He is the author of the recently released book "Stop Breaking Down: The Secret to Avoiding Overwhelm and Crack-Up".

Kent Weishaus Links:
Website: https://www.kentw.net/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Breaking-Down-Avoiding-Overwhelm/dp/B0C8786FMB/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

About Your Host, Eric Teplitz:
Website: http://ericteplitz.com/
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Chapters

• 0:00 Opening Clip
• 0:40 The Person You Want to Be intro
• 1:19 Introducing Kent Weishaus
• 3:55 Family background and early influences
• 11:23 Interest in theatre
• 15:31 Stories we tell ourselves
• 17:48 From college to a career in TV production
• 22:04 Dick Clark
• 31:16 Arsenio Hall
• 33:25 Freeze response
• 39:33 Meeting Amy
• 40:16 Unease about TV career
• 52:12 "Becoming Attached"
• 1:03:05 The healing power of validating relationships
• 1:07:22 How Kent made a career change in his 50s
• 1:10:24 Social work
• 1:18:24 Being an older grad student
• 1:24:33 "Stop Breaking Down"
• 1:30:07 Challenges with the current mental health system
• 1:50:20 The person Kent wants to be now