#101: Helping Marginalized Communities Find Therapists: Colleen Leung, CEO of Unmute

Colleen is the Co-Founder & CEO of Unmute, a platform that makes the process of finding a therapist easy by matching therapy seekers to the right therapist through AI.

In this interview, we talk about:

- Colleen's early life - growing up in Hawaii and where she got her entrepreneurial spirit from

- How Colleen was introduced to mental health through her mom being diagnosed with clinical depression

- How Colleens' Mom Bad Experience With Finding a Therapist Led Colleen to Co-Founding Unmute to create a solution for finding the right therapist

- Colleen's thoughts on certain mental health topics - how to help a parent you think is struggling with mental health and the benefits of therapy

Unmute/Collen's Socials:

Unmute Website: https://www.unmute.today/

Colleen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herrrocolleen/

Unmute's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unmute.today/

Grateful Living Info:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo0LHtRJJNJBUYIceg27w

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttttmbWfVqAhWh4Jhi

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1503185956

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

Medium: https://gratefulliving4.medium.com/

Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

0:45 Can you introduce us to yourself?

2:40 Where did your entrepreneurial spirit come from?

3:38 What was it like growing up in Hawaii?

5:30 Secret recommendation for something to do in Hawaii?

7:11 When were you first introduced to the term mental health?

9:38 When did you think about starting Unmute?

11:47 What was the incentive to try and create a solution to the “finding a therapist” problem?

13:04 Any advice to people on starting a venture?

15:13 What’s the process of using Unmute?

18:17 Can you talk about how big of a problem lack of fit is?

21:30 Any piece of advice if you see your parent struggling with mental health?

25:04 What are the benefits of therapy from your perspective?

28:10 If someone finds out they’re depressed, any piece of advice on action plan?

30:08 Anything else you want to cover?

30:32 Supporting Unmute