About Be Connected

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Phil Hershon is a seasoned sales professional, who lives with a mood disorder. He currently works in a non-profit organization as a Peer Support Specialist in an early intervention program for transitional youth with early psychosis.

His lived experience with anxiety, depression & bi polar disorder led him to be hospitalized and then to multiple partial hospitalizations. When he left the hospital, the staff handed him a piece of paper with very few resources on it and wished him luck. The closest peer support group was a 30-minute drive, and he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, major metropolitan area.

As a result, he started a peer support group in our area, which he still runs. As he thought about how helpful the group was to him, and the rest of the participants, he wanted to help more people. And that is how Be Connected was born!

Kim Miller-Hershon is a business coach, speaker and corporate trainer. She runs the business end of Be Connected.