So excited for this episode, I have Elizabeth Fischer,  founder of ZerModus. I was honored to get to share Elizabeth’s story and journey creating her planners. We chat about all things mental health, parental expectations, entrepreneurship, and EMDR therapy. You get to hear first hand what inspired her creating Zermodus. 

Elizabeth also shares the newest addition to her business the Everyday Human Planner, a wellness and recovery planner designed for everyday growth. This planner is all about waking up  setting intentions, meditating, and checking in with yourself as a part of your daily cognitive self-care routine. The Everyday Human planner was created to capture tangible moments of personal growth. This recovery planner is relevant to any kind of recovery process whether it be recovering from a divorce, a major surgery/injury, depression, addiction, anxiety, or eating disorder. 

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More about my guest: 

Elizabeth is a second generation entrepreneur with a passion for empowering others and promoting mental health awareness. Her designs have been featured in HuffPost, D Magazine, PopSci, Mashable, as well as other notable publications. 

Her first venture ZerModus, is an e-commerce startup that helps transform people’s daily routines through the use of uniquely designed daily planners like the Everyday Visionary (for goal-oriented people) and the Everyday Human (for everyday personal growth). After releasing the Everyday Human planner, a wellness and recovery planner, she realized she wanted to do more in the wellness space so she launched her second startup, H2Hx. 

H2Hx is a wellness patient advocacy and creative agency focused on human-to-human experience design for mental health professionals and organizations. The mission with H2Hx is to remove the stigma around mental health by redesigning the therapeutic experience to be more attractive to consumers. This involves working with therapists, hospitals and nonprofit organizations to make mental health services more beautiful, more educational, more structured and more sharable. 

 As an equestrian and mental health advocate, Elizabeth also sits on the Board of Directors for Equest and is the 2020 Equest Gala Chair. Equest is one of the largest equine therapy center’s in the country, focusing on improving the quality of life for children, adults and veterans with diverse needs in the Dallas Fort Worth area.

She is a member of the Female Founder Collective and a supporter of the Arts, Women’s Rights and Mental Health Awareness. Elizabeth is an SMU Graduate and received a Mini MBA in Digital Marketing from Rutgers’s Executive School of Education. She resides in Dallas, Texas with her German Shorthaired Pointer, JoJo. 

In this episode we cover: 

• Elizabeth’s inspiration for creating Zermodus.
• What is EMDR Therapy and how it was beneficial in Elizabeth’s mental health journey.
• Elizbabeth shares how a toxic relationship led to isolating herself from others. 
• Elizabeth talks about losing hope and regaining it as she worked on herself through the guidance of her therapist. 
• Therapy is like seeing a personal trainer for your state of mind.
• Elizabeth shares key differences from the Everyday Visionary Planner and the Everyday Human Planner.
• Elizabeth talks about what burnout looked like for her. 
• Burnout can feel like depression. 
• Elizabeth expressed she needed to find the beauty of things again so she took a trip by herself. 
• Elizabeth shares her advice on what you can do to reset your mindset.
• The Everyday Planner is a tool you can use for everyday wellness
• We define what recovery means.  

Guest Contact:

• Follow Elizabeth on Instagram and check out her website.
• Purchase Planners
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• Work with Elizabeth 
  • H2Hx 
    • Is a human-centered design firm. 
    • They focus on four areas: 
      • Mental Health Professionals & Organizations
      • Hospitals, Clinics and Medical Centers
      • Corporate Wellness Programs
      • Educational Programs for Mental Health

Resources mentioned in this episode. As always, please research, read, and listen at your own discretion.

• The Everyday Visionary & Everyday Human Planner
• Dallas Treatment Center
• EMDR Therapy 
  • Learn about EMDR and find an EMDR certified therapist near you. 
• Recovery Centers:
  • Sierra Tucson:
    • World renowned inpatient rehab and trauma treatment center.
  • Momenta Recovery:
    • Female focused long-term rehab that allows mothers to bring their children if 5 years old or younger for the entire length of their treatment.