Entrepreneur Anne Devereux-Mills on Leadership, Philanthropy, Parenting

Anne Devereux-Mills (0:00)

Are you at the intersection of what you care about, what you do well, and what you value? And if you are, that's when you become a master of craft.

Michael Gervais (0:16)

All right, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm Michael Gervais. And the idea behind these conversations is to learn. It's to learn from people who are on the path of mastery to better understand what they're searching for, to understand how they explain the world, how they understand it at a rich level, to celebrate their unique journey, and to dig deep to understand the mental skills that they've been using to build and refine their craft.

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Now, this conversation is with Anne Devereux-Mills. Anne is an incredibly accomplished human. I mean, she was the chairman and CEO of a number of agencies in New York City, which is a massive undertaking. And then she transitioned into nonprofit programs where she was part of starting up a school in Uganda. She was part of starting up something called Parlay House. I'll explain that in a minute. And all while she was working as a single mom of two and at the same time battling cancer, it's a phenomenal life journey that she's had. She's now, she's the chief strategy officer for a company called Lantern. It's a San Francisco based startup that brings mental health and wellness programs to underserved populations, either due to the stigma of mental health, don't get me started there, and because or because there's an access because of cost or whatever reasons.

She's also started a something called the Parlay House. And it's a woman's gathering of about 800 women where they get together to connect, to learn and to grow. And it's a phenomenal community. And as she explains in this conversation, so I wanted to connect with Anne to better understand how she's been able to do so much in her life, not just in one arena, but so many arenas as a single mom parenting, running a business in a male-dominated industry, blazing trails in Uganda, battling cancer, all of that is just a phenomenal effort. And she's been able to do it in a world-class way. So what I hope will take place is that we'll be reminded from this conversation on how important authenticity is, how important relationships are, and how important it is to take risks, to take shots, to do the hard work.