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How Minerals & Metals Mess with Your Emotions
How Minerals & Metals Mess with Your Emotions
with Valentina Bain, certified epigenetic coach and somatic therapist
What if the root cause of your mental and physical health struggles isn’t in your mind — but in your minerals?
In this eye-opening Summit Session, certified epigenetic coach and somatic therapist Valentina Bain joins HOH Founder Tina Stoyka to give an overview-101 of Tina’s personal, actual results from a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA).
Together, they’ll explore how mineral and metal imbalances directly affect your gut-brain axis — impacting your clarity, energy, focus, mood, and overall well-being.
This conversation challenges the traditional mental health model, offering a more personalized, holistic path to healing that gets to the root cause before resorting to guesswork or pharmaceuticals.
Logistics:
📗 In-person
🗓️ Tues, Sept 16
🕘 9:00am - 11:00am
📍 Nashville Entrepreneur Center @ 41 Peabody St.
Hang on Health is so grateful for our 2025 venue partner, the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.
PEAK LEVEL SPONSOR!
An extra special thank you this month to Amy Mascali, a 2x founder and owner of Female Entrepreneurs of Nashville (F.E.O.N)! F.E.ON. is a no-membership, $10-a-pop networking group for women entrepreneurs and solopreneurs who want meaningful connection without the fluff. Every other month, 25–30 women show up to support each other, swap stories, and grow together.
Amy knows firsthand from building and exiting her first company, She’s Got Baggage — a luxury luggage storage service for travelers coming to Nashville — that success happens faster when we don’t go it alone.
More information about F. E.O.N. can be found on Instagram by following @feon_nashville.
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About Valentina Bain | @valentina.bain on Instagram
Valentina Bain is a certified epigenetic coach and somatic therapist with over 20 years of experience in integrative wellness. She specializes in mind-body healing and hormone balance, combining modalities and functional labs such as DNA, HTMA, Gut Microbiome testing with energy work, Emotion Code, frequency healing, and somatic therapy to create customized, lasting, root-cause transformation.
To register for this in-person event, head over to eventbrite to save your seat!
Business, Biology & the Future of Mental Wellness
Business, Biology & the Future of Mental Wellness
A Summit Session with Bill Brown
Hang on Health’s October Summit Session is a two-for-one you don’t want to miss.
We’re featuring Bill Brown — a seasoned entrepreneur, growth advisor, and now CEO of one of the most innovative, precision health companies out there: Genomind.
Simply put, Genomind helps providers test patients’ genetics to eliminate the trial-and-error process of medication. (Imagine figuring out which one actually works right from the start — for mental health, that’s a game-changer.)
In this session, Bill takes us behind the curtain of both entrepreneurship and innovation. As a founder and advisor, he’s grown his own consulting practice, led companies to scale and exit, and personally experienced — as well as witnessed — how mental health challenges, emotional blind spots, and personal patterns can fuel success or derail it.
He’ll share:
His own mental health struggles as an entrepreneur and growth advisor
How unexamined weaknesses and emotional triggers can impact leadership and culture
Why understanding your genetics can help you find the right treatment faster — and why this matters especially for high-performing individuals
This session blends lived experience with clinical insight — and promises a powerful conversation for anyone building something big while trying to care for their mind.
Logistics:
📗 In-person
🗓️ Tues, Oct 28
🕘 9:00am - 11:00am
📍 Nashville Entrepreneur Center @ 41 Peabody St.
Thank you to our 2025 Venue Host, the Nashville Entrepreneur Center!
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About Bill Brown - entrepreneur, growth advisor & CEO, Genomind
Bill Brown has extensive experience working with growth companies. As CEO of Entrada, he pivoted a small company into one of the first integrated healthcare mobile platforms, years of rapid revenue growth, and a successful exit in 2017. Since then, Bill has guided numerous companies with his strategic planning and advisory firm. In 2023, Bill was named CEO of his client Genomind, an award-winning personalized medication management company.
Bill was a founding task force member of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center and continues to serve as a director today.
About Genomind - LinkedIn | Instagram
Genomind is a lab testing and technology platform that empowers providers with prescribing recommendations based on a patient’s genetics (captured with a simple cheek swab). Genomind minimizes the guessing game in medication selection and management, enabling providers to pair their existing clinical expertise with a precise and personalized treatment plan for every patient.
About the Nashville Entrepreneur Center - LinkedIn | Instagram
Nashville’s Home for Entrepreneurs
Since 2010, the NEC has been the first stop for anyone looking to turn their ideas into reality. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, the NEC is committed to making Nashville the ultimate destination for startups by nurturing a thriving ecosystem that supports entrepreneurs at every step.
About Hang on Health
LinkedIn | Instagram | Newsletter Signup
Founded by 3x entrepreneur, growth executive and speaker, Tina Stoyka created Hang on Health, a Nashville, TN nonprofit, to empower entrepreneurs with mental resilience. By supporting entrepreneurs with mental wellness resources such as education and community, they are emboldened to achieve peak performance and propel their businesses to success.
To register for this in-person event, head over to eventbrite to save your seat!
Made for More: Reclaiming Your Purpose in Entrepreneurship
Hang on Health Summit Session with Pastor Lyle Phillips on Aug 12.
June 17 | Summit Session | The Highs, Lows & Lonely Roads
The Highs, Lows, and Lonely Roads
A Summit Session with Robbie Goldsmith and Josh Ellis
In this raw and real conversation, with two 4x founders Robbie Goldsmith, CEO of Silverbelly Whiskey, and Josh Ellis, founder & CEO of WithCo Cocktails, Hang on Health founder Tina Stoyka will explore the deep impact of unspoken stress, suppressed emotions, and internal pressure on both relationships and personal well-being.
They’ll share how constantly chasing the next milestone can leave founders feeling disconnected—from themselves and the people closest to them. Through hard-won insights and honest storytelling, Robbie and Josh reflect on the power of slowing down, finding community, and learning to regulate instead of medicate. From men’s therapy groups to wilderness wellness retreats and faith, they’ll unpack what it really means to do the inner work while building something big. Come for the business stories—stay for the healing.
If you’ve ever looked successful on the outside while silently falling apart inside, this one’s for you.
Logistics:
🗓️ Tues, June 17
9:00 - 11:00am
Nashville Entrepreneur Center
All registrations are complimentary!
Agenda:
9:00am - doors, networking, light breakfast
9:30 - programming begins
11:00 - event concludes
Parking is available at the venue in the garage behind the Trolly Barns off Lea Ave. Please bring your parking ticket into the NEC for validation.
Huge thank you to the Nashville Entrepreneur Center for hosting Hang on Health's Summit Session!
REGISTER HERE!
Can’t join us in person? Sign up here to receive a link to the recording.
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About Robbie Goldsmith
Robbie is a 37 year old entrepreneur born in Chicago, IL. He studied business management at the University of Tennessee and learned from the best at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Robbie is 4x founder, who leads Silverbelly Whiskey as CEO for country music icon Alan Jackson and with his other ventures Hustle Media and Rocket Experiences. He is also the President of TN Folds of Honor.
About Silverbelly Whiskey
Premium Tennessee Whiskey - Distilled for country music icon Alan Jackson and made for a Good Time.
About Josh Ellis
Born and raised in Nashville, Joshua is the co-founder of WithCo (with company) Cocktails, a fresh-ingredient cocktail mixer company. As an entrepreneur for the past 20 years, he's navigated the emotional highs and lows of building businesses, which led to a deep exploration of mental health and the science behind how our brains, bodies, and nervous systems respond to stress. Alongside running a growing company, Joshua is a dedicated advocate for integrating practices like breath work, meditation, and fitness to support sustainable growth and taking care of ourselves from the inside out. Joshua believes that entrepreneurship doesn’t have to come at the cost of your well-being—and that success is richer when it’s rooted in self-awareness, presence, and the practice of well-being. Through honest storytelling and science-backed tools, Josh encourages others that, though entrepreneurship can feel like a lonely journey, it doesn't mean you're alone.
About WithCo Cocktails
WithCo, meaning "with company", is a Nashville based non-alcoholic cocktail mixer using only fresh juices, real botanicals, and best enjoyed with others. WithCo is free of additives, concentrates, or natural flavoring. Simply pour WithCo, add spirit, shake, and enjoy. For a non-alcoholic version trade spirit for soda water.
About Nashville Entrepreneur Center
The NEC is known for helping to make Nashville the best place to start and grow a business by increasing the likelihood of success for entrepreneurs.
About Hang on Health
LinkedIn | Instagram | Newsletter Signup
Founded by 3x entrepreneur, growth executive and speaker, Tina Stoyka created Hang on Health, a Nashville, TN nonprofit, to empower entrepreneurs with mental resilience. By supporting entrepreneurs with mental wellness resources such as education, community and coaching, they are emboldened to achieve peak performance and propel their businesses to success.
May 8 | Summit Session | Unraveled & Rebuilt | In-Person
Still Standing: Unraveled and Rebuilt
PRESENTED WITH THE NASHVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER
JOIN US FOR HANG ON HEALTH’S SIGNATURE EVENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
In-Person or Zoom
What does it mean to keep going when your mind says stop?
In this powerful session, entrepreneurs John Anderson and Rusty Goodsell open up about battling inner chaos—imposter syndrome, trauma, anxiety, addiction, and facing the darkest extremes —all while building and leading companies. They explore the raw and often invisible toll entrepreneurship takes on mental health, from the loss of identity to the uphill climb of redefining self-worth and success.
With brutal honesty, they share how financial collapse, family strain, and internal pressure nearly took them out—and what it took to come back. While this discussion focuses on how John and Rusty bounced back, it's also about showing up differently, with the confidence to define success on your terms, in every season of life.
Logistics:
Thurs, May 8
Doors at 11:30 - Lunch and networking
Programming: 12:00 - 1:15
To join virtually, please follow the same registration link and select the registration for virtual.
Thank you to the Nashville Entrepreneur Center for partnering with Hang on Health and hosting the event!
REGISTER HERE.
Hope to see you there!
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About the Speakers
John Anderson | LinkedIn
John Anderson is an accomplished entrepreneur, advisor, and public speaker. As the former Co-Owner of Resource Communications Group (RCG), he helped transform the company’s business model, driving 3.5x revenue growth and a 4x increase in valuation before a successful exit in 2023.
John serves as Entrepreneur in Residence at the EC, on the Board of the NTC, and is the creator of The Impodsters™ - a show about Imposter Syndrome.
Rusty Goodsell | LinkedIn
Rusty Goodsell is a dynamic leader, entrepreneur, and strategist with over 15 years of experience in the technology sector. As the CEO of New Orchard, a SaaS company providing cutting-edge technology platforms to consulting firms, he brings deep expertise in operations, business development, marketing, and team building. With a background spanning multiple industries, Rusty excels at crafting strategies and predictable processes that drive growth while helping organizations differentiate themselves through a consultative approach. A passionate mentor, he values the lessons learned from diverse leaders and is committed to paying it forward by guiding the next generation. Whether steering a company to success or casting a line in challenging waters, Rusty thrives on uncovering opportunities where others see obstacles.
About Hang on Health
Hang on Health, a Nashville, TN nonprofit, empowers entrepreneurs with mental resilience. By supporting entrepreneurs with mental wellness resources such as education, community and coaching, they are emboldened to achieve peak performance.
May 6 | Summit Session| From Sweet Success to Surrender | In-Person
Educational programming from entrepreneurs and experts on mental health lessons from the business trenches.
April 23 | Summit Session - Virtual | What I Wish I Knew About Mental Health
April 23, 2025 HOH Virtual Summit Session - educational programming from an entrepreneur and expert on mental health lessons from the trenches.
April 15 | Summit Session - In Person | The Journey of Failure and Fierce Pursuit
Educational programming from entrepreneurs and experts on mental health lessons from the business trenches.
Summit Session - Entrepreneurs’ Story Series
Join Hang on Health for our in-person Summit Series where two entrepreneurs will share the honest truth about their mental health.
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Watch Our Past Events!
If you missed any of our events, you can catch the replays below!
Watch our very first event, an in-person Summit Session where two entrepreneurs, Allie Williamson and Bryan Barringer, share their stories about their mental health struggles as a business owner.
Watch our very first virtual Summit Session with ex-Amazon, L&D global executive Natalie Thibault on how to level up and innovate your life. You definitely want to hear the insights and philosophies shel earned at Amazon to grow personally and professionally. The resources mentioned in this webinar can be found on HOH’s Resources page.