Nick Jonsson on ”Strategies to Overcome Isolation, Stress, Anxiety and Depression in the Workplace”

<p>With the rise of mental health issues and with the COVID pandemic forcing less and less interactions amongst co-workers and leaders, senior leaders in many organizations are suffering numerous new ailments and challenges. With this workplace scenario continuing to be a problem, as times progress with more and more complications arising, many leaders are reaching breaking points in their personal lives. With no one to reach out to, many of these leaders may be suffering from what Nick Jonsson, the Co-founder and Managing Director of Executives Global Network in Singapore, calls “<em>executive loneliness</em>” that arises when top executives are exposed to extreme and prolonged stress, resulting in an increase in anxiety, isolation, and depression.</p> <p>Watch this interview on YouTube here. <a href='https://youtu.be/b6TCGyysI-A'>https://youtu.be/b6TCGyysI-A</a></p> <p>On this episode, you will learn</p> <p>✔︎ What is "Executive Loneliness" and how has the Pandemic caused us to make our mental and physical health a priority?</p> <p>✔︎ Nick's story and why he is passionate about talking about what others would rather shy away from.</p> <p>✔︎ What is "smiling depression" and how to recognize when change is needed for yourself, and others.</p> <p>✔︎ 5 Steps to Recovery outlined in Nick's book "Executive Loneliness"</p> <p>✔︎ Where to begin to make changes with our physical and mental health.</p> <p>✔︎ What increasing your activity looks like and how to measure it.</p> <p>We just uncovered on EPISODE #188 “Putting Your Mental and Physical Health First”<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a> the shocking statistic that  “one-quarter of Americans intend to improve their mental health in 2022”<a href='#_edn2'>[ii]</a> and that according to a poll conducted by the American Psychiatric Association, “almost 70 million adults resolve to find ways to improve their mental health this coming year”<a href='#_edn3'>[iii]</a> but Nick Jonsson, from Singapore, shows us that this is a global issue, and he wants to raise aw