September 12, 2025
We were invited to talk about the making of a mental health NGO in a podcast! 🎙️
Listen to the episode here. Content below is from the podcast profile.
In this "Making of a Coach," topical deep dive, we unpack mental health interventions with Rochelle Bata and Shen Javier, co-founders of Phlourish, a nonprofit in the Philippines. They discuss their mission to help adolescents flourish and solve a mental health crisis through evidence-based solutions, based on the principles of "effective altruism". The episode explores the challenges of mind-blowing suicide rates and mental health stigma in low-resource areas and the impact-driven approaches Phlourish employs to address these issues, including the use of lay mental health workers and guided self-help workbooks.Key Learnings:Understand the importance of mental health stigma (and literacy) and how it can be improved through targeted interventions.Learn how to effectively use lay mental health workers to bridge the gap in mental health services.
The Making of a Coach podcast, by Tobi Weghorn from metaFox Coaching Tools, takes you on the paths of succesful Coaches, Facilitators & People Developers. Learn how they turned their passion into profession and listen in on intimate coaching demos. Listen how they became who they are, how they built their business and the methods they use to help people grow. Take inspiration for your own journey as a coach. Tobias Weghorn, co-founder of the global brand metaFox Coaching Tools, dives into entreprenurial hacks and looks behind the practice of successful coaches. More on https://metaFox.eu/podcast