In this powerful episode of The Voice of Hope, host Dr. Ken Huey sits down with Dr. Lew Zeidner, CEO of EOSIS (formerly Meridian Behavioral Health), a leading provider of mental health and addiction treatment services across Minnesota.

With decades of executive leadership—including roles at Fairview Health Services and M Health Fairview—Lew shares his journey from paramedic and crisis services to transforming complex healthcare systems. He opens up about his "why": ensuring equitable, high-quality care regardless of resources or ability to pay.

Lew discusses practical leadership lessons, including bridging vision and execution, managing anxiety as a leader, handling resistance to change, balancing operational efficiency with patient experience, and the promising role of technology and objective outcome measures in behavioral health's future.

He also shares an inspiring story of a patient who, after years of chronic addiction and struggle, found recovery and landed his dream job driving a Zamboni—proof that hope endures even in the toughest cases.

If you're a clinician, leader, or anyone passionate about mental health and addiction recovery, this conversation offers real-world insights on building better systems and lives.

Tune in for bold ideas, empathy-driven strategy, and a reminder that transformation is possible.