Michael Orlowski

Reclaim your evenings, weekends, + 7–10 hours of focused work time each week | Creator of the MOJO Framework
- Mental Health Awareness
- Get your MOJO Back!

[Michael Orlowski @MichaelOrlowski]

Chason Forehand was on the wrong path.
Continuing to make bad choices and throw away opportunities.
He was on the verge of throwing another one away.
Losing a great job and ending up in dire straights...again....
When he had a boss choose to pay it forward instead.
To help Chason, to make a difference and to truly save his life.
Now Chason is doing the same through his organization.
Learn how you can help too.
More tomorrow on Mojo, Motivation & Mental Health
Thank you for continuing to pay it forward Chason Forehand!
You are truly making an impact on the lives of others.

[Michael Orlowski @MichaelOrlowski]

I never applied for the job.
Even when I knew I could do it.
Fear of failure doesn't feel like fear.
It feels like logic.
I was failing in private so nobody else could watch.
The day I chose to live — I chose to let people tell me no.
Because telling myself no first had already cost me more than any rejection ever could.

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@mhp_guy Dang! And I'm excited about our 23 states in 13 days. Lol. We are halfway through and leaving Utah tomorrow.

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Dakota Meyer doesn't have bad days anymore.
Let that land for a second.

Medal of Honor recipient. Combat veteran. A man who lived through losing every single member of his team.

If anyone has earned the right to call something a bad day — it's him.
But here's what he says instead.
"I have bad moments."

The hard phone call. The rough morning. The memory that levels you.
Real. Valid. Painful.

But a bad moment doesn't get to hijack the whole day.

His rule: Are the people I love alive and OK?
If yes — the day is still good.

I heard him say this on the Sage Steele podcast and I haven't stopped thinking about it.

Because most of us are calling bad moments bad days.
Letting one hard hour write off the other twenty three.

That's not honoring the pain. That's giving it more power than it deserves.
Bad moment. Not a bad day.

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Halfway
What a road trip it has been so far!
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There is much power in asking how someone is doing.
Know that it will NOT increase their risk of suicide.
It can be the pattern disrupt that they need.
Lean In.
Full episode at https://t.co/Hx698hA86G

[Michael Orlowski @MichaelOrlowski]

Burnout has costs most leaders never see coming.
Your reputation.
Your safety record.
Your ability to attract the next great hire.

High turnover doesn't stay internal.
It becomes your brand.

In healthcare it goes even further.
Burnout directly correlates with decreased patient satisfaction, increased medication errors, and safety issues.

This isn't a people problem.
It's an organizational risk.

What are you doing to get ahead of it?

[Michael Orlowski @MichaelOrlowski]

You can make a difference.
Awareness precedes action.
Full episode at https://t.co/Hx698hA86G

[Michael Orlowski @MichaelOrlowski]

Imagine what it's like to find your best friend in the world dead. In his room.
From suicide.
Imagine the impact on everyone from Bernie, to friends, and family.
Today's episode of Mojo, Motivation & Mental Health is a gut wrenching story that Bernie DeSantis III has turned into positive ways to help others, to prevent suicide and to save lives. Learn how you can too.

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[Michael Orlowski @MichaelOrlowski]

For forty years the alarm went off and the voice started immediately.
Not out loud. Just inside.
Ugh. Not today. I don't want to!!

I didn't even notice I was doing it anymore.
It just became the first thing every morning.
Before my feet hit the floor.
Before the coffee.
Before anything.

What I didn't know then is that your brain believes the first thing you tell it.
Whatever you feed it in that first minute — that's the tone it sets for everything that follows.

The whole day builds on that foundation.
I know because I watched mine crumble from it for decades.
The morning everything shifted I did something that felt almost embarrassingly small.

Before the UGH could land — I interrupted it.
I'm choosing to be happy today.

That was it. Six words.
Said to nobody. Felt ridiculous.
But my brain didn't know it felt ridiculous.
It just heard the words.

And something — not everything, just something — shifted.
I'm not going to tell you it works on day one. It didn't for me.
But five days in I noticed the UGH getting quieter.
Thirty days in it almost stopped showing up.

Now it's the first thing I do every morning before my feet hit the floor.

Not because I have to.
Because I finally know what the alternative costs.

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Josh Perry was at the peak of his BMX career.
X Games. Elite competition. Everything he'd worked toward.
Then doctors found a brain tumor.

Surgery to remove it. Awake. While it was happening!
Then they found another one.
Then another.

Most people would have closed the book.
Josh didn't.
He kept riding. Kept competing. Kept showing up.

And when he eventually stepped back from competition it wasn't because the tumors won.

It was because he found something that mattered more.
His full story is on Mojo, Motivation & Mental Health.

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[Michael Orlowski @MichaelOrlowski]

This Morning I Left On A Road Trip

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We are truly seeing a loneliness epidemic.
I have seen it here where I live.
Kids don't get outside, don't hangout with friends.
We need to change this!
More on the Mojo, Motivation & Mental Health podcast
https://t.co/6foxTvvQuQ

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What are the challenges of gentle parenting?
Do you want your kids to fail? Don't set them up for it then.
Dr. Andrea Mata and I discussed it on this week's episode
of Mojo, Motivation & Mental Health.

Full Episode on https://t.co/IrqWIjVYZU

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@mattvanswol We love Charleston! We usually stay in Edisto though. And hour away. Not as crowded!

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- What if loneliness were as dangerous to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day?

- Why is Gen Z the most mental-health aware generation and at the same time the most anxious?

- How can gentle parenting and overprotection backfire?

All this and more in my episode of Mojo, Motivation & Mental Health with Andrea Mata, Ph.D. Andrea - thank you for bringing your message to the world. It's important that we spread it far and wide! I'm grateful for you and your efforts to Throat-Punch the Gen Z Mental Health Crisis!

YouTube: https://t.co/gVdxYSdyJg

Spotify: https://t.co/fNIUCnELnV

Apple: https://t.co/v5nrbpcsnJ

[Michael Orlowski @MichaelOrlowski]

Our kids do not trust themselves.
Why is this and what are the impacts of gentle parenting?
This and more on Tuesday's full episode of Mojo, Motivation & Mental Health.

[Michael Orlowski @MichaelOrlowski]

When I was at my lowest I needed a way out.
Not a plan. Not a system. Not a complete life overhaul.
Just something.
I started walking.

Not far. Not fast. Just a little each day.
Some days it was the only thing I did right.
But I kept going. A little further each time. A little longer each week.

Now I walk at least two miles at a time.
Every day. Before the world starts.
That walk didn't just change my mornings.

It became the foundation I rebuilt everything else on.
My mindset. My energy. My purpose. My life.

Here's what I know now that I couldn't see then.
Your circumstances don't determine where you end up.
They just determine where you start.

One step. Then another.
That's how forty years of depression starts losing its grip.
You don't need to overhaul your life today.

You just need to take the first step.
Even if it's a small one.

[Michael Orlowski @MichaelOrlowski]

I got arrested 4 times in 3 years.
Today I'm 25 years sober and saving lives.
Preston Moore sat in the back of a police car wondering how he got there. Again.

Real estate agent. Good family. By every outside measure — a man who had it together. But alcohol and drugs had him by the throat. And the worst part? He couldn't see it.

His counselor looked at him and asked one question.

"Your freedom is on the line. Your career is on the line. Everyone you love is fed up. So why are you so insistent on hanging onto something you say isn't even a problem?"

Preston didn't have an answer. That was the answer.

Recovery wasn't a straight line. It never is. He still works on it daily — mentorship, prayer, accountability, men's groups. Not because he has to. Because he knows what the alternative costs.

Now he's a mental health speaker. Pulling back the curtain on what's possible for people who've been told there's nothing left possible for them.

His message is simple.
We need you here.

You are not your worst moment. You are not your four arrests. You are not the version of yourself that couldn't stop. You're the person on the other side of this — if you're still here to become them.

Preston's full story is on Mojo, Motivation & Mental Health.

If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available 24/7.
Call or text 988.

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