After a successful fortune 500 career, Tony found himself doing meaningful work but at the expense of himself. After admitting to a friend that he was depressed, he decided to intentionally live his best year yet. Tony Loyd is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and coach. He is the Executive Producer of the podcast Social Entrepreneur where he shares positive stories from underrepresented voices, focused on solutions. Social Entrepreneur is downloaded more than half a million times in over 180 countries. He is a TEDx speaker and the best-selling author of Crazy Good Advice: 10 Lessons Learned from 150 Leading Social Entrepreneurs. He is a former Fortune 500 executive with companies such as John Deere, Medtronic, and Buffalo Wild Wings. He has extensive experience in strategic planning, talent management, and leadership development. In this episode, we discuss: ·      The importance of our values aligning with our career. ·      The conflict between the hustle and grind mentality and self-care. ·      The truth about why we are depressed and if it starts in our brain or the way we live our life. ·      Asking yourself, “Why do I work?” and how to find purpose and meaning in the work we do. ·      A defined, measurable way to actually live your best life. ·      Using commitment and accountability for self-work. ·      How all of our “bests” look different and change throughout different stages of life. You can find and follow Tony here: TonyLoyd.com Facebook: /TonyLoydSocialEntrepreneur Instagram: @anthonyloyd Twitter: @tonyloyd LinkedIn: /tonyloyd Primally Pure makes a safe, effective, non-toxic deodorant that actually works. It doesn’t contain any harmful chemicals AND it’s formulated with ingredients that are actually good for your skin, like coconut oil, arrowroot powder, beeswax and essential oils. AND you can get a discount from being a listener of the who – just use code TheBetterYou at check out for 10% off. Please do yourself and your endocrine system a favor and throw out your toxic deodorant and try Primally Pure. SHOP additional CLEAN products with DISCOUNTS in my SHOP! Please SUBSCRIBE, SHARE, RATE, and REVIEW the podcast! Follow the podcast on Instagram @TheBetterYouPodcast or Facebook @TheBetterYouPodcast. And you can email the podcast at [email protected] Follow me on all the socials: Instagram @kaciemain_writes, Facebook @kaciemain.write, or Twitter @kaciemain_write. Find my book – I Gave Up Men for Lent, the story of a jaded, hopelessly romantic, health-conscious party girl’s search for meaning – on Amazon, Kindle, and Audible. And for everything else you want to know about me, visit my website at www.kaciemain.com     Some links are Affiliate links.