Brad Stulberg: Six Mental Health Principles Entrepreneurs Need to Beat Burnout | Mental Health | YAPClassic

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha

YAP Media Network | Hala Taha

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Brad Stulberg experienced a severe mental health crisis in his early 30s, battling OCD, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, and suicidal ideation while outwardly succeeding as a performance coach. This disconnect between his external achievements and internal struggles pushed him to reevaluate how he defined success and excellence. Through therapy, psychiatry, and extensive research, he developed six principles of groundedness to support sustainable success during both good and difficult times. In this episode, Brad explains how groundedness can reduce burnout and promote long-term mental health, wellness, and performance. In this episode, Hala and Brad will discuss: (00:00) Introduction (02:29) Brad’s Career Path to Performance Coaching (07:25) The 2017 Mental Health Crisis and OCD (18:53) The Science Behind Groundedness (21:01) Understanding Heroic Individualism (34:10) The Six Principles of Groundedness (44:09) Developing Patience for Long-Term Success (49:53) How Vulnerability Builds Real Confidence (54:53) Embracing Emotional Flexibility for Wellness (57:11) The Importance of Building Deep Community (01:03:02) How Movement Supports Mental Health Brad Stulberg is a bestselling author, executive coach, and researcher focused on mental health, sustainable success, and human performance. He regularly contributes to The New York Times, and his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, among other outlets. In his coaching practice, Brad works with executives, entrepreneurs, physicians, and athletes on their mental skills and overall well-being. Sponsored By: Indeed - Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job's visibility at Indeed.com/profiting Shopify - Start your $1/month trial at Shopify.com/profiting. Spectrum Business - Visit Spectrum.com/FreeForLife to learn how you can get Business Internet Free Forever. Northwest Registered Agent - Build your brand and get your complete business identity in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes at northwestregisteredagent.com/paidyap Framer - Publish beautiful and production-ready websites. Go to Framer.com/profiting and get 30% off their Framer Pro annual plan. Quo - Run your business communications the smart way. Try Quo for free, plus get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to quo.com/profiting Working Genius - Take the Working Genius assessment and discover your natural gifts and thrive at work. Go to workinggenius.com and get 20% off with code PROFITING Experian - Manage and cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reduce your bills. Get started now with the Experian App and let your Big Financial Friend do the work for you. See experian.com for details. Huel - Get all the daily nutrients you need with Huel. Grab Huel today and get 15% OFF with my code PROFITING at huel.com/PROFITING. Resources Mentioned: Brad’s Book, The Practice of Groundedness: bit.ly/Groundednes Brad’s Book, Peak Performance: bit.ly/Per4mance Brad’s Instagram: instagram.com/bradstulberg/ Active Deals - youngandprofiting.com/deals Key YAP Links Reviews - ratethispodcast.com/yap YouTube - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting Newsletter - youngandprofiting.co/newsletter LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ Social + Podcast Services: yapmedia.com Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com/episodes-new Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Podcast, Business, Business Podcast, Self Improvement, Self-Improvement, Personal Development, Starting a Business, Strategy, Investing, Sales, Selling, Psychology, Productivity, Entrepreneurs, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Marketing, Negotiation, Money, Finance, Side Hustle, Startup, Mental Health, Career, Leadership, Mindset, Health, Growth Mindset, Biohacking, Motivation, Manifestation, Brain Health, Life Balance, Self-Healing, Positivity, Happiness, Sleep, Diet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's going on, young and profiteers? Today's the app classic is all about redefining success from the inside out.
0:17.7	If you've ever found yourself grinding nonstop, hitting milestone after milestone,
0:21.4	yet still feeling like it's just never enough, this conversation is going to hit home.
0:26.2	I sat down with bestselling author, researcher, and human performance coach Brad Stoolberg
0:30.8	to unpacked groundedness, which is his research-backed antidote to burnout, anxiety,
0:35.8	and the nonstop chase for more. Brad went from
0:38.1	coaching elite performers and writing books on peak performance to privately battling severe OCD,
0:43.4	intrusive thoughts, and a total mental collapse. That breaking point led him to redefine
0:48.0	success around six principles of groundedness. In this episode, Brad shows us how to loosen our
0:52.9	grip on heroic individualism,
0:55.0	relate to our emotions more skillfully, build deep community, and still pursue big goals without
1:00.0	losing ourselves. It's an essential listen for all of us high achievers and young and
1:04.6	profitors, especially in the New Year. So without further ado, let's get into this interview with
1:08.9	Brad Stuhlberg.
1:18.0	I'd love to get more color about your background. So would you kindly walk us through your career path and how you first got into performance, coaching, and writing and some of your
1:22.7	proudest accomplishments? Yeah, it's been a really circuitous path, to be honest.
1:29.1	I've always just kind of vaguely followed my interests and somehow ended up here.
1:34.9	I'll do my best to do it quickly, but it really started all the way back in high school when
1:41.0	I fell in love with writing. And like most high school kids, I thought, okay, well, I'm going to be a writer.
1:50.0	And I applied to Northwestern University's journalism school, which is one of the best in the country,
1:56.0	if not in the world.
1:57.0	And I didn't get in.
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