http://consultantjournal.com/blog/staying-motivated-fighting-depression Learn how to become a consultant, with articles on how to become a consultant, becoming a consultant, setting consulting fees, and more. Tue, 15 May 2012 09:33:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://consultantjournal.com/blog/staying-motivated-fighting-depression/comment-page-1#comment-193586 Darren NZ Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:54:12 +0000 #comment-193586 Thanks. that was helpful and refreshing to know that other people are or have experience the same feelings. Working alone or going on your own in business is tough as i have found it challenging. The mood cycles you go through appears to be close to a menstual cycle. Having to balance the things that need to be done for your business which do not bring in money with having to try and generate money and earn money at the same time with the having to at the same time balance and keep in tact a relationship and having to somehow find the money to pay the ongoing monthly living costs and mortgage costs.. Mood swings and short tempermant is what i have recently been experiencing... snapping at the partner and getting boared with things and also frustrated with not being able to do more and upsetting the natural balance of things in your household... I am a highly motivated person but some how recently working from home has had a negative impact on me almost sending me over the edge...I am slowly learning to find the balance and control those mix of emotions ansd it is so nice to find help and support around you when you can somehow drop to your lowest. Of course no one would expect that the happiest and most successfull people are the ones that rough it the most and have there lowest point as well... i have recently found that embracing help around you somehow takes the edge of things for you even though some of us are too proud and dignified to admit it. I remember one wise words from my accountant was to make sure that you are conscious of the effects that running your own business can have on a relationship with the pressures and ups and downs. Its a real test in my view of how powerful and strong a relationship is. But i am learning that no matter how powerful that can be stress and depresssion can also bring down a good thing.. I am still trying to learn how to find that balance 4 yrs on after being in business and finding how you can still keep that spark alight ... success is not without failure and hard work and scarifice... Thanks. that was helpful and refreshing to know that other people are or have experience the same feelings. Working alone or going on your own in business is tough as i have found it challenging. The mood cycles you go through appears to be close to a menstual cycle. Having to balance the things that need to be done for your business which do not bring in money with having to try and generate money and earn money at the same time with the having to at the same time balance and keep in tact a relationship and having to somehow find the money to pay the ongoing monthly living costs and mortgage costs.. Mood swings and short tempermant is what i have recently been experiencing… snapping at the partner and getting boared with things and also frustrated with not being able to do more and upsetting the natural balance of things in your household… I am a highly motivated person but some how recently working from home has had a negative impact on me almost sending me over the edge…I am slowly learning to find the balance and control those mix of emotions ansd it is so nice to find help and support around you when you can somehow drop to your lowest. Of course no one would expect that the happiest and most successfull people are the ones that rough it the most and have there lowest point as well… i have recently found that embracing help around you somehow takes the edge of things for you even though some of us are too proud and dignified to admit it. I remember one wise words from my accountant was to make sure that you are conscious of the effects that running your own business can have on a relationship with the pressures and ups and downs. Its a real test in my view of how powerful and strong a relationship is. But i am learning that no matter how powerful that can be stress and depresssion can also bring down a good thing.. I am still trying to learn how to find that balance 4 yrs on after being in business and finding how you can still keep that spark alight … success is not without failure and hard work and scarifice…

]]> http://consultantjournal.com/blog/staying-motivated-fighting-depression/comment-page-1#comment-10344 Mental health for the self-employed « JustSue.ca Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:01:36 +0000 #comment-10344 [...] Second, it occurred to me that mental health for the self-employed is not a topic often broached in the business community. In fact sometimes I wonder if the business community would just prefer the words “mental health” didn’t exist at all, considering how wholly subjective and unquantifiable the questions are around this subject. A quick Google of the terms “mental health self-employed” turns up very few useful resources, (Andrea over at ConsultantJournal.com does have this insightful article). [...] [...] Second, it occurred to me that mental health for the self-employed is not a topic often broached in the business community. In fact sometimes I wonder if the business community would just prefer the words “mental health” didn’t exist at all, considering how wholly subjective and unquantifiable the questions are around this subject. A quick Google of the terms “mental health self-employed” turns up very few useful resources, (Andrea over at ConsultantJournal.com does have this insightful article). [...]

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