“It Would Be Crazy Not To” — Simon Cowell, Therapy, and the Truth We’ve Been Avoiding

“It would be crazy for me not to go to therapy.”
— Simon Cowell, Diary of a CEO [1:36:58]

Simon Cowell.
The man known for cutting critiques, cold precision, and a no-nonsense path to success.
And yet, on a recent episode of Diary of a CEO, he opened up about something I never thought I’d hear him say:

He goes to therapy.
And he loves it.

“Wow, you feel great afterwards.”
“It made me feel better in so many ways.”
— [1:37:20]

This wasn’t some vague PR line. This was real.
He shared how after a major back injury, pandemic isolation, and years of emotional buildup, he realised he couldn’t keep bottling things up.
At 1:39:30, he says it plainly:

“Most of us have actually bottled stuff up in our bodies…
And it’s like a release. Actually, it’s not a weakness — it’s a strength to admit we’re all vulnerable.”

I had to pause the podcast.

Because honestly… I’ve been there too.

Before I Started a Mental Health Company…

…I had my own quiet resistance to therapy.
I told myself:

• “it's weak to be depressed"

• “there is nothing wrong with me"

• “I’ll figure it out on my own.”

But here’s what changed that: data.

When I started a mental health company, I began studying the research deeply.
I learned something that stunned me:

90% of us will go through a mental health crisis in our lifetime.
Not a rough week. Not a slump.
A crisis.

The human mind wasn’t built to carry what modern life throws at us.
And beneath so much of it — in my experience — is something even deeper:

A spiritual disconnection.

From spirit, source, God — whatever name resonates with you.

When we disconnect from that deeper current of truth, intuition, and meaning…
We disconnect from ourselves.
And in that separation, we start to collapse — inside-out.

I remember something my mentor Vijay once told me:

“Cameron… you already know the answer.”

I didn’t get it at the time.
But years later, I noticed a pattern.
Every time I hit a wall — in business, in love, in life — I’d ask, “What do I do?”
And almost instantly, I’d hear the answer inside me.

Sometimes I hated the answer.
Sometimes I resisted it.
But there it was. Every time.

That’s what therapy helped me reconnect to:
My own inner voice. My own wisdom. My own knowing.

So when Simon said therapy helped him feel better "in so many ways"…
I believed him.

Because I’ve lived it.

If a man like Simon Cowell — known for holding it all together — can say publicly that therapy changed his life…
We can too.

And maybe we should stop asking “Why would I go to therapy?”
And start asking:

Why wouldn’t I?

PS: If you've been thinking about it, this might be your nudge.
Not because something is “wrong” with you.
But because more of you is ready to be heard.

Check out the full interview here