BILD What Matters
BILD What Matters is a podcast for impact-driven founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who are willing to take off the mask.
BILD stands for Business, Impact, Life by Design and that lens shapes every conversation.
We talk about when life, leadership, and building a business comes at a cost, and how to navigate it. The moments where values are tested, opportunity has a price, and the easy path is rarely the right one.
This show is here to normalize the struggle behind building what really matters. Honest conversations about business, identity, and execution.
Take off the mask. Build what matters.
BILD What Matters
#3 - Mark Johnson | From Home Renovations to Rebuilding Himself
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This is one of the most raw conversations we’ve ever had on the BILD What Matters Podcast.
Mark opens up about losing his father to suicide, watching his mother’s health decline, navigating a brother’s homelessness, and how that pain shaped years of spiralling, addiction, and self-destruction.
He also shares the turning point, the wife who stayed (Josee), the moment he finally chose change, and how business coaching and personal development helped him rebuild from the inside out.
Today, Mark has:
- Lost over 45 pounds
- Quit drinking
- Built a stronger business
- Created more time for his wife and two kids
- Started a men’s mental health group to help other men stop suffering in silence
This episode is real, heavy, and hopeful.
Content Warning: This episode includes conversations about suicide, addiction, and mental health.
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If you want to learn more about Mark, Johnson Construction 613 and Menstalk his details are below:
https://johnsonconstruction613.com/
https://www.instagram.com/johnsonconstruction.613/
https://www.instagram.com/therealmarkjohnson/
BILD What Matters explores Business, Impact, and Life by Design.
Here to normalize the struggle behind leadership and building what really matters, so you know you're not alone.
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