RT 15 | Jason Tafler: From Near Death to Deep Purpose

 

In today’s show, Cherry Rose interviews Jason Tafler, Founder & CEO of Unyte, a tech company of mind-body solutions for healthier and more meaningful lives. Formerly the Chief Digital Officer of Rogers, a $30 billion telecom company, Jason is disrupting mental health.

This episode focuses on death. How can thinking about our death help us lead more fulfilled and fruitful lives? 

Jason starts by sharing his experience as a high-flying executive working in the telecom sector. After working incessantly for two decades, he was rushed to the hospital with a serious medical condition in January 2016. He almost died.

He realized that he had pushed himself to the brink of death. This hospitalization caused him to question his priorities in life. It shook him and set him on a journey of awareness and change. He was forced to look inwards and uncover who he really was.

It was not easy. Once you get in touch with your feelings and realize who you really are, you might realize that you have to walk down on a long, hard path to transform yourself. In fact, death and the ensuing loss and grief is a universal thing that binds all of us. It has become even more apparent after COVID. 

How can you lead a fulfilling life, so that you have minimal regrets when you finally meet your end? In the whirlwind of life, have you stopped to pause, think, and reconsider your priorities? Day in, day out, are you doing the things that bring you closer to your life’s goals?

This show will certainly compel you to some self-introspection. We wrap up this show by sharing the latest technologies and research that is helping further mental wellness. We hope you enjoy this show!


WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • His near-death experience with burnout, landing him in the hospital

  • How thinking about our death can help us lead more fulfilled lives

  • How the COVID outbreak and the ensuing grief has bound us on a universal level

  • How to connect with your innermost feelings and initiate a journey of transformation

  • The latest research in the neurological field that can help with your well-being

QUOTES

“COVID has given us a chance to pause and reflect on what is truly important for us.”

“When you are lying there to die, the things that you think are important are not really important.”

“If you wake up in the morning and do some sort of meditation and yoga, it helps you feel calm and peaceful and connected, so that you are in a much better position to help others.”

RESOURCES

 
Cherry Rose Tan