Joseph Bates

Welcome to Proper Mental episode 66, my guest this week is Joseph Bates, the co-founder and CEO of Halen, an app that is working to change how people view mental health and wellbeing.

Joe lost his father at a young age which led him to join the military as a sniper.  This would take him on back-to-back tours of Afghanistan with UK Special Forces.

By his mid-twenties he was working in The City in a fasted paced job and running on adrenaline and late nights and it was at this point that his emotions started to catch up with him and his mental health started to rapidly deteriorate.

Both therapy and coaching played a big part in his recovery journey and that’s where the idea for Halen was born.

Halen is an app that offers access to therapy and other forms of coaching and gives users the opportunity to pick who they want to work with in an easy and accessible way.

It was incredible to hear about Joe’s journey and the impact it had on his mental health and we cover a lot of ground in this episode!

You can learn more about Halen here:

Halen Strength

You can connect with them via social media @halenstrength and download for yourself wherever you get your apps from.

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