Mike Bayer is the Founder and CEO of CAST Centers, which works with people who are suffering from addiction and mental illness. He sits down with Alyssa Julya Smith to talk about his partnership with popstar Demi Lovato and a new initiative the two are working on around her upcoming world tour.
Mike is a renowned wellness expert with over a decade of experience in mental health and addiction recovery, and played a critical role in Demi Lovato’s treatment and continues to support her in active recovery. Mike says he has continued to work with the superstar and Demi is now part-owner of the addiction recovery centers.
He also discusses the recent announcement that CAST Centers will be joining Demi Lovato for her 20-city concert tour with a pre-concert experience for concert ticketholders, featuring special guests and speakers who will discuss change and inspiration around mental health and wellness in an intimate session.
Austin city officials have canceled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival. Mayor Steve Adler announced a local disaster as a precaution because of the threat of the novel coronavirus, effectively cancelling the annual event.
Heather Hardy, pro boxer, has a petition urging the World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Council to remove the word 'female' from boxing championship belts.
MindMed became the first publicly listed psychedelics company in the world after kicking off trading on the Canadian stock exchange NEO this week.
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.
Bond yields fell to more record lows as investors continue to demand safety and unload stocks. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note sank as low as 0.66% as investors worried that economic damage from the spreading virus outbreak will be worse than previously thought.
Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University said taking steps like sanitizing the subway system "may play a small role in mitigating the transmission of this virus, but it signals to people that we ought to be functioning as we can and doing the things we can do."
Stocks are falling sharply again in midday trading on Wall Street, and bond yields are sinking to more record lows on worries about the economic damage coming from the spreading coronavirus outbreak.
Oakland-based e.l.f. Beauty has acquired cosmetics pioneer W3LL People in a $27 million deal that reflects a jump in consumer demand for cosmetics that don't use harmful chemicals.
Vape, equipment, and specialty packaging manufacturers that do business in China have been hit by demand-based price hikes on raw materials and delays due to factory closures, worker shortages, and transportation restrictions.
Stocks and bond yields fell sharply Thursday as fears about fallout from the virus outbreak sent more shudders through markets.
