In this inspiring and actionable presentation, therapist, coach, author, and Maroon 5 founder Ryan Dusick shares his unique program for reaching the highest levels of your potential. Get Curious helps high performers stop feeling like they’re on a ride-along in their own lives and start gaining control, by using a system that allows them to look inward with true curiosity instead of avoidance. The biggest mistake people make is seeking external solutions to internal problems. With high performers especially, the added stress and pressure to be “on” at all times can often lead you to avoid the work of seeking the roots of your issues, in lieu of quick - albeit temporary - fixes. The truth is, if you really want to perform at your peak sustainably, you have to Get Curious.

Shortcuts won’t last in the long run, and if you’re not looking inward first, you’re skipping the most crucial step to optimizing your life. Today, more and more people are suffering from anxiety, stress, and feeling like they’ve been permanently put in the passenger’s seat of their own lives. When you add the high expectations of being at the top of your field, it’s easy to reach for external stimuli and avoid looking inward - but that’s where the real difference is made. You have to get to know yourself first, have curiosity, and develop the skill of looking inward with self-love and without self-judgment. These tools will bring you to your true peak potential while also getting you back in the driver’s seat. When you Get Curious, you will have the mindset, tools, and vision to take back full control of your life and build out a future that brings you total fulfillment.

Maroon 5’s founding drummer Ryan Dusick tells his inspiring story of resilience, heartbreak, and redemption. Spoken from his current perspective as a psychotherapist, mental health advocate, and author of the roller-coaster memoir, Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing It All, and Finding Recovery, Dusick’s harrowing tale offers highly impactful themes of overcoming obstacles, facing personal demons, and dealing with failures on a path to ultimate fulfillment.

Having worked for a decade to build the worldwide fame and success of Maroon 5, Dusick suffered through his darkest days when a physical and psychological breakdown forced him to walk away from that life and career. But he refused to let that disappointment define him, finding new passion and purpose in a deeply fulfilling career in mental health. Dusick’s journey will inspire hope within audiences that recovery is possible and astounding things can come with it.

In this presentation, Maroon 5’s founding drummer Ryan Dusick shares his inspirational message of creating meaning and purpose in a fulfilling life and career. Spoken from his current perspective as a psychotherapist, mental health advocate, and author of the roller coaster memoir, Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing It All, and Finding Recovery, Dusick tells the story of how he gained connection and purpose by following his passion for music.

While the life of an artist was fulfilling, that career ended tragically when Dusick was forced to walk away from Maroon 5, just as they were reaching the highest peaks of success. Heartbroken and coping with a total loss of identity, Dusick went into a tailspin due to the lack of purpose in his life. Recovering from his challenges, he found new passion, purpose, and meaning in the field of mental health. Going back to school to earn an MA in clinical psychology, writing a book to share his inspiring story of redemption, and venturing into the world of advocacy with a platform of awareness and hope, Dusick imparts profound lessons he has learned about the importance of fostering connection, creating purpose, and ultimately finding meaning and fulfillment in one’s life and career.

In this meaningful address, Maroon 5’s founding drummer Ryan Dusick inspires his audience to walk toward anxiety rather than run away from it. Speaking from his current perspective as a psychotherapist, mental health advocate, and author of the roller-coaster memoir, Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing It All, and Finding Recovery, Dusick shares the insights he has gained both as a mental health survivor and as an associate marriage & family therapist with an MA in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University.

Having overcome anxiety disorder, perfectionism, self-doubt, impostor syndrome, and alcohol abuse, Dusick speaks from the knowledge that growth happens in discomfort, and often the things that scare us most are the very things that bring us the most learning, growth, and fulfillment. Stop living in fear and start seeing the possibilities that come when you walk toward the anxiety!