Jeffrey Johnston lost his son, Seth, in 2016 to fentanyl poisoning. From there, Jeff decided to change the trajectory of his life. He realised that in the face of grief and loss he had two choices. He could go down a road of anger and despair, and become bitter, or he could use his situation as motivation to become better. Jeff chose the latter. He took a step back from his career as a financial advisor and began to focus on ways he could make a difference. In 2021, Jeff lost his wife of 21 years, Prudence, to alcoholism. This furthered his passion for bringing awareness to these issues.
Jeff is now the CEO of startup Brightn, an Author, the Founder of “The Living Undeterred Project”, and host of “The Living Undeterred Podcast”, all fuelling his strong advocacy and mission to offer resources and help, developing alternative solutions to the mental health and addiction crises.
You can connect with Jeffrey on the following links:
https://www.brightn.app
https://www.linkedin.com/company/brightnapp
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-a-johnston
And here are our previous interviews under #UpspiralGrief:
https://youtu.be/EXFTkEpuCTM?si=dmqbhoBvx1I4qTqW
https://youtu.be/_84QLuEuFiM?si=6gX5IuP7ChTSIYwy
https://youtu.be/I06PhCAVWgo?si=rJX56KaUcB70D_LE
Enjoy - and please spread the word about Brightn, to support our youth and young adults through finding their path in life!
#unsilencegrief #mentalhealth #suicideawareness #healing
