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The other night at dinner I asked my clever and sensitive 14 year old Godson where he was getting his news. To my dismay, he answered Tik Tok. As we watched his favorite 16 year old Tik Tok 'newscaster' describing the days events in the...

Families are complex. Family businesses even more so. In this article, Dr. Paul Hokemeyer, the world's leading authority on issues relating to wealth and mental health provides a four step process, innovative family enterprises can utilize in mitigating financial and emotional stresses from a host...

The field of mental health has an esteemed tradition of providing culturally competent care to human beings who live in the world as minorities. Historically, these minorities exist in positions of powerlessness relative to other people. Dr. Hokemeyer's work in the realm of mental and...

The success of HBO's hit show Succession is due in large measure to the public's obsession with people of wealth and power. Audience members are drawn into the Roy family drama because they simultaneously resent and envy what they think unlimited amounts of money can...

[caption id="attachment_332" align="alignnone" width="300"] Resolving family conflicts around money, wealth & entitlement. ESG investing[/caption] Families of all socioeconomic classes are subject to internal conflicts. When resolved through a clearly articulated process and in a contained frame, these conflicts enable families to evolve to higher levels of functioning. For...

On 15 October 2021, Dr. Paul Hokemeyer joined Ispahani Advisory Limited as the firm's expert on Family Mental Health and Wellbeing. You can read his bio on the firm's website below: Dr Paul Hokemeyer Family Mental Health and Wellbeing Dr. Paul Hokemeyer is one of the world’s foremost...

In 2020, Dr. Paul Hokemeyer was selected by Tatler as one of the World's Top Problem Solvers for his work in the realm of mental and behavioural health with multinational families and family businesses. You can read his bio below. Dr. Paul Hokemeyer in partnership with TATLER...

In this article that first appeared in Addiction Professional, Dr. Paul Hokemeyer discusses the narcissistic cycle of abuse and the personality disorder known as narcissism. ++++++ I suck at this.” The ‘this’ Tom was referring to were the boundaries he’d attempted to put around his emotional well-being and...

In this article for the World Economic Forum, Marcel Muenster and I discuss the need for culturally competent and clinically effective mental health services in the realm of entrepreneurship. There is a mental health crisis in entrepreneurship. Here’s how to tackle it [caption id="attachment_332" align="alignright" width="300"] Entrepreneurs,...