Patrick and Kristin talk about his journey with hemophilia and the impact on his mental health. Patrick shares where he finally opened up to his friends and colleagues a time when he was struggling with mental health challenges. The opening up, as it always does, was liberating and humbling for him.

Patrick James Lynch is a filmmaker, media professional, and globally-recognized health advocate who has delivered more than 100 presentations, all around the world. He's been recognized with the Hemophilia Federation of America's (HFA) Health & Wellness Award (2013), the National Hemophilia Foundation's (NHF) Meritorious Service Award (2014), was a featured speaker during World Federation of Hemophilia's (WFH) World Congress (2016, 2018), is an executive producer of Save One Life's 2020 content campaigns, has served as founding board president of the 501(c)(3) Entertainment 2 Affect Change since 2013, and since 2011 has been the CEO of Believe Limited. His work has been featured by Backstage, BuzzFeed, Forbes, Fox News, HemAware, Hemophilia News Today, HuffPo, PBS, Reuters, VoyageLA, and elsewhere.

Film credits include documentaries Bombardier Blood (director/producer; EP Alex Borstein), My Beautiful Sutter (EP; also EP: Paul Rudd), Poster Child (director/producer, in production), and the scripted films Elsewhere (director/actor; Best Picture HRIFF; Best Ensemble NYCIFF) sometimes, i think about dying (EP, Sundance 2019, Oscars 2020 shortlist), and Ryan's Mom (producer/writer, in development w/ Jersey Films).

Notable digital content includes the comedy web series "Stop The Bleeding!" (9 seasons; numerous awards; bi-lingual), The BloodStream Podcast (creator/host, also founder: BloodStream Media), and Hemophilia: The Musical, an original 6-song musical, co-created with teen participants (original cast recording streamable on website!)

Bleeding disorders programs of note include the arts workshop Breaking Through!, the youth empowerment program Teen Impact Awards, and the interactive & educational The Science Fair.

Patrick can be seen as an actor in the Amazon Prime series Baker's Dozen and he occasionally writes about mental health and other things at www.patrickjameslynch.com and www.believeltd.com