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ZAK WILLIAMS is the co-founder and CEO of the mental health company Prepare Your Mind (PYM), which he established with his wife Olivia June Williams. When Zak lost his father, Robin Williams, to suicide, his own mental health struggles went into overdrive. The work Zak and his wife did to restore his mental health then fueled the couple’s desire to help others with their mental wellness. For two years, Zak and Olivia worked with food scientists and neuroscientists to develop safe, natural and effective mental wellness supplements that help “prepare your mind” to produce the naturally occurring neurotransmitters that help you feel like yourself. Zak is also an active mental health advocate, working with nonprofits and professionals in order to help our society integrate mental hygiene practices into daily life. Through PYM, Zak promotes self-care while working to end the stigma around mental health. For more information about Zak Williams and PYM, please visit: youcanpym.com --- DR. RAGHU APPASANI is a first-generation Indian-American integrative psychiatrist, psychotherapist, neuroscientist, mental health advocate, author, social entrepreneur, and amateur chef. He is the founder of The Minds Foundation, an NGO in India that fosters and advocates for mental wellness and accessibility worldwide. He is also at the forefront of mental health research, as he is currently an Addiction Psychiatry Fellow at the University of California San Francisco, where he and his team treat mental illness using psilocybin. He has also completed the MAPS MDMA Psychotherapy Program as a Health Equity Scholar. Dr. Appasani goes outside of the norm for doctors in his field, meeting his patients where they are (quite literally) to make very comprehensive assessments. From living situations, daily practices, personal history, and more, Dr. Appasani learns all aspects of who his patients are, and guides them in developing slow but life-changing habits that bring them out of mental crisis and into sustainable stability. Raghu is a one-of-a-kind human being. He is dedicated to transforming mental health on a global scale, one human at a time. For more information about Dr. Raghu Appasani, please visit: raghuappasani.com --- ANDREJ HOSTYNEK is a sound healer and artist working at the Living Edge. Andrej’s Living Edge is the interface where the manmade meets the wild, and where the feral and transitional commune with and influence the fullest possible spectrum between the wild and the domestic. Through the boundless modalities of sound, touch, and movement, Andrej seeks to be both a bridge and an ambassador towards the symbiotic and mutual appreciation in our current culture of competition and hyper-polarization. Andrej was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1995 and has since been navigating his own cycling emotional and mental health challenges through the direct experience of measurable healing, while simultaneously developing his own healing arts and movement practices. Sound, touch, and movement have opened the portals and pathways to the playground, the classroom, the laboratory, and the sanctuary of nature as part of Andrej’s lifelong healing journey. For more information about Andrej Hostynek, please contact: info@beyond-the-fog.com