The Fulfilled Leader with Jean Balfour Ep. #50 Navigating Isolation & Anxiety at Work with Nick Jonsson
You are not alone if you are struggling with workplace-related anxiety and stress.
In this episode, Nick Jonsson, author of "Executive Loneliness: The 5 Pathways To Overcoming Isolation, Stress, Anxiety, and Depression," discusses the widespread issue of workplace-driven anxiety and stress.
He shares his personal experience with anxiety and addiction and advocates for health strategies to alleviate these challenges, which can affect individuals at any level from junior staff to senior leaders.
Jean and Nick discuss:
- Overcoming layoffs and the profound impact of it
- Difference in how men and women approach executive loneliness
- The importance of vulnerability
- The five steps of recovery
Meet Nick
Nick is the co-founder and Managing Director of one of Asia’s premiere networking organizations, Executives’ Global Network (EGN) Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia — EGN is a caring peer group network providing hundreds of executives and business owners a safe haven to share their challenges, receive support, and learn from each other.
Nick is enthusiastic about supporting his local community. He is a volunteer and fundraiser for the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS), a suicide hotline in Singapore. He also does frequent community service for a support group for problem drinkers. Now in recovery himself in his third year, he is also an International Coaching Federation (ICF) coach, who loves to work with executives to help them with their career and lifestyle choices.
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