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

Published: March 21, 2022, 12:05 p.m.

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.

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In this interview, we talk about:

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

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

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

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- 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

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Unmute/Collen's Socials:

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

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

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

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Grateful Living Info:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Time Stamps:

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0:00 Intro

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0:45 Can you introduce us to yourself?

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2:40 Where did your entrepreneurial spirit come from?

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

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

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

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9:38 When did you think about starting Unmute?

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11:47 What was the incentive to try and create a solution to the \u201cfinding a therapist\u201d problem?

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

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15:13 What\u2019s the process of using Unmute?

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

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

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

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28:10 If someone finds out they\u2019re depressed, any piece of advice on action plan?

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30:08 Anything else you want to cover?

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30:32 Supporting Unmute