This week on Founders & Empanadas, Joshua Eidelman sits down with Patrick Gilligan, founder of Somethings, a behavioral health platform connecting teens with young adult peer mentors who’ve been through it themselves.
Patrick opens up about the emotional cost of working in youth mental health, why peer support often resonates more than traditional therapy, and how founders can stop gripping the wheel so hard just to survive. From building trust with teens to modeling vulnerability as leaders, this conversation is a masterclass in empathy, emotional self-awareness, and building things that actually help.
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