Today, we’ll experience Los Angeles featuring an interview with incredible Ryan Dusick! Ryan Dusick is a registered therapist, coach, speaker, founding drummer of Maroon 5, author of the book “Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing It All, and Finding Recovery,” and host of The Harder to Breathe Podcast. His life has been a winding road from aspiring pop star with anxiety, to heartbroken alcoholic, to thriving mental health survivor and messenger of hope in recovery. Founding the group Kara’s Flowers in 1994 with best friends Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, and Mickey Madden, Ryan and his bandmates worked tirelessly for a decade before the group changed its name to Maroon 5 and finally recorded its first multi-platinum album Songs About Jane. Multiple hit songs, two Grammy awards, and 20 million albums sold later, Ryan found himself suffering and without direction, when his career as a performer came to an end, just as it was taking off. After years of struggling with physical and mental health challenges, Ryan finally overcame in 2016, when he began his journey of recovery, culminating in a new life path full of meaning, purpose and fulfillment. While adding a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University to his bachelor’s degree in English from UCLA, he decided it was time to write his story, in hopes of helping others who might see themselves in his personal struggles. Now working as a mental health professional and advocate, Ryan is spreading the message that recovery is possible, and astounding things can come with it. Websites: https://www.ryandusick.com/ Linktree - https://linktr.ee/ryandusickofficial BenBella Books Author Page - https://benbellabooks.com/authors/dusick-ryan/ Amazon Book Page - https://www.amazon.com/Harder-Breathe-Memoir-Finding- Recovery/dp/1637742339/ WWSG Speaker Page - https://wwsg.com/speakers/ryan-dusick/ Psychology Today Therapist Profile - https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/937599 Social Media: IG - @ryan_michael_dusick Podcast IG - @hardertobreathepodcast YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@RyanDusickOfficial LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-dusick-26460894/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ryan.m.dusick Facebook Author Page - https://www.facebook.com/RyanMichaelDusick/ X / Twitter - @DusickRyan Brag List - UCLA – Bachelor of Arts Degree in English - Pepperdine University – Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology - Maroon 5 album Songs About Jane – 2x Diamond status (20M records sold internationally) - Maroon 5 – 2x Grammy Awards winner (Best New Artist 2005 and Best Pop Duo or Group Performance for “This Love” 2006) - Maroon 5 – 2x Billboard Music Awards winner (Digital Artist of the Year 2004 and Top Hot Adult Top 40 Track for “This Love” 2004) - Maroon 5 – 3x MTV Video Music Awards winner (Best New Artist in USA, Europe, & Latin America 2004) - Maroon 5 – 2x BMI Awards winner (Songwriter of the Year 2004 and Most Performed Song 2004) - Maroon 5 – 2x World Music Awards winner (Pop/Rock Group of the Year 2004 and World’s Best-Selling New Group of the Year 2004) - Maroon 5 – 2x 1 Billion Streams on Spotify (“This Love” and “She Will Be Loved”) - Maroon 5 – 6x Billboard Top 40 hit songs (“Harder to Breathe”, “This Love”, “She Will Be Loved”, “Sunday Morning”, “Makes Me Wonder”, and “Won’t Go Home Without You”) - Maroon 5 album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long – 5x Platinum internationally – Musical Director Ryan Dusick will take us along on his journey as he shares his life story, navigating the highs of fame with Maroon 5 and the personal challenges of mental health and healing, all shaped by the vibrant energy of Los Angeles. www.inthemoodforcalifornia.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maria.korpacheva.3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthemoodforcalifornia/ Twitter: @InTheMoodForCA