Ep. 70: Recovering from Executive Loneliness with Guest Nick Jonsson

There's a phrase that says "It's lonely at the top." Today, we are talking with Nick Jonsson as he shares just how lonely he got and how he recovered from the burnout the loneliness created.  We will talk about 

• how he ended up at his bottom
• how he recovered
• and how he is maintaining his recovery

*Trigger warning* In this episode we briefly discuss substance abuse and suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicide please reach out for help. You are not alone and there is hope and help available. 

In the US you can reach out to:

• 988-suicide hotline and crisis support
• 741741- crisis text line, text "START" to begin a text conversation

Nick Jonsson is the co-founder and Managing Director of one of Asia’s premiere networking organizations, Executives’ Global Network (EGN) Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia — 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.

His passion for mental health awareness through his very lived life experiences paved the way for Nick to author his first #1 international bestselling book, published in April 2021—”Executive Loneliness: The 5 Pathways to Overcoming Isolation, Stress, Anxiety and Depression in the Modern Business World“.

Nick has been featured in more than 20 newspapers and magazines including a 4-page feature in the Business Times and a full page in the Straits Times and on Money FM Radio, as well as on TV including Channel News Asia (CNA), and is passionate about bringing the discussion to the forefront.

Nick won the Entrepreneurs 100 Award in 2021: Singapore’s Emerging Entrepreneurs of the year and was also named one of Asia Pacific’s 50 Leading Lights on World Kindness Day in 2021.

Nick has worked across Asia, Australia and Europe representing major international firms as well as having served as the Vice-Chairman of the Nordic Chamber of Commerce and the Vice Chairman of the Direct Selling Committee Vietnam. 

Outside of working hours Nick is active in charitable and fundraising organizations to give back and support his local community, along with volunteering and fundraising for the Samaritans (SOS) – a suicide prevention hotline in Singapore.

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