Entrepreneurship, Family, and Mental Health: Learning Life Lessons from Tragedy | Larry Sprung

In this episode, entrepreneur and financial expert Larry Sprung shares his journey of overcoming loss and tragedy in his family to help others. Larry's experiences taught him valuable lessons about the importance of mental health and seeking help when needed.

“If you're walking down the street and there's a pebble on the ground, and you pick up the pebble, and you put it right here up against your eye. It looks like a boulder. You're never gonna get around it. But if you take that same pebble and you put it out at arm's length and then you look at it, you're like, well, it's just a pebble. I could get around that thing”

Larry's mother's battle with cancer instilled a level of fight and battle in him. He also shares how his brother-in-law's suicide reinforced the idea that life is short and that if we're not healthy, the outcomes could be detrimental. As a result, Larry became passionate about raising awareness for mental health, serving on the National Board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for over 12 years and raising over $1.7 million through the Keith Milano Memorial Fund with his wife, Denise.

Larry encourages others to prioritize relationships and family and to create a life by design, not by default.

Larry Sprung is the founder and wealth advisor at Mitlin Financial, Inc® www.mitlinfinancial.com and the host of the Mitlin Money Mindset™ Podcast www.mitlinmoneymindset.com. He has been named an Investopedia Top 10 Advisor and has received several other industry recognitions. Outside of work, Larry volunteers through Family Reach, providing pro-bono financial planning services to those dealing with a cancer diagnosis. He values his family tremendously and strives to do right by his wife and two sons.

Purchase Larry’s New Book: https://www.mitlinfinancial.com/financial-planning-made-personal/

Connect on Social:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencesprung/

https://www.facebook.com/lawrencesprung/

https://twitter.com/Lawrence_Sprung

https://www.instagram.com/larry_sprung/

Get access to ad-free episodes released two days early and bonus episodes with past guests through Patreon. https://patreon.com/thelifeshiftpodcast

Connect with me:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/thelifeshiftpodcast

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thelifeshiftpodcast

YouTube: https://bit.ly/thelifeshift_youtube

Twitter: www.twitter.com/thelifeshiftpod

Website: www.thelifeshiftpodcast.com

Mentioned in this episode:

Thank you to Ear Worthy - Ear Worthy Independent Podcast Awards

https://podnews.net/press-release/ear-worthy-awards-2024

This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:

Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Mentioned in this episode:

Available Now: "still HERE: True Stories of the Moments That Changed Everything"

This episode is brought to you by *still HERE: True Stories of the Moments That Changed Everything* by Matt Gilhooly. Matt is the creator and host of The Life Shift Podcast. Over four years and more than 240 episodes, he has sat with strangers and asked them about the moments that changed everything. *still HERE* is what he found. Over 100 true stories. Eight sections. One listener making sense of what it all means for the rest of us. Available now in Kindle and paperback on Amazon. Find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Still-Here-Stories-Moments-Everything/dp/1639011854/ If you read it and it moves you, an honest review on Amazon helps more people find it.