Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.

This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.

Okay. My guest is Dave Hollis.

Dave is a New York Times best-selling author.

He's the host of the popular podcast, Rise Together.

He's a keynote speaker and a life and a business coach. He's recently undergone some big changes in his life, and he wrote a book called Built for Courage.

That's what he's talking about today, how to live your dream and not someone else's, and how to find

the courage to live according to your values. Make sure to stick around until the end of the episode for the therapist take.

This is the part of the show where I'll break down Dave's strategies and share how you can

apply them to your own life.

So here's Dave Hollis.

He's mentally strong and this is his story.

Dave Hollis, welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast.

Oh, Amy, thank you so much for having me.

Well, I was fortunate enough to get an advanced copy of your new book, Built Through Courage.

I know it comes out in October, so I feel super lucky that I got to be one of your early readers.

It's a wonderful book.

Oh, man, thank you so much.

I love to hear that, and it's very few people who've actually seen it or read it so far.

So it's great to hear anything positive at all. Well, I'm glad I'm part of the exclusive club.

I know what that's like when you start to release. This one's amazing. I know you're going to help a lot of people. Oh, thank you. I'm excited. So one of the things I especially loved about it right from the get-go is

that you talk a lot about boats. There's a lot of discussion about ropes, anchors, those sorts of

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